I made it a point to go to Wal-Mart tonight and get the new Britney album: Circus. I have been a Britney fanatic since day one and have always supported her no matter what shit she got herself into. She is really the reason why I started dancing when I discovered her in high school (complete truth). When I first saw her live performances on TV, I thought to myself "I really want to be a backup dancer for Britney Spears". I will admit she doesn't have the best voice (although she used to). That isn't the reason why I like her. She's a great performer.
I find all of Circus's songs anti-climactic. It's not as bad as pop can be. She's just changing as pop changes. She's not really much of a trend-setter in the music industry. She should've been looking for a new sound. Something different and unique. I will admit, I do like one song, "Unusual You". If you got the Deluxe Version, Phonography isn't so bad. The title "Lace and Leather" entices interest as it makes you think it has potential, but it just ended being disappointing. "Mmm Papi starts out fun, but then too many beats and instruments come into play. "Shattered Glass" is also a good one, but again, anti-climactic.
Has anyone noticed that the pictures in the album cover are boring? Do you notice a difference in her smile? A little more noticeably fake than usual and kind of lacking that sparkle in her eye that she used to have. Whenever you saw Britney wear an outfit, didn't you used to think that it was because she was wearing it that made it hotter? I know I did, but I find myself not automatically feeling that way as I look through the pictures in the album cover. I noticed she was wearing some hot shoes in one picture, but I had to stare at the picture for a little bit, and then tell myself "wow, those are kinda hot".
Why is climax important to me?
I perform as a drag queen on ocassion. I look for songs that have dynamic. Songs that don't have the same energy level throughout its entirety. While a lot of drag queens make their own mixes (or pay DJ's to do it... with cash or BJs), it's still desirable to find one song that has enough dynamic in it to perform the whole song, although it is rarely done.
Going off in tangents, I wanna talk about Beyoncé in comparison to Britney Spears. I noticed on Youtube that Britney's Womanizer video got rave reviews by fans and got about 30 times more viewings than Beyoncé's video Single Ladies. I skimmed through a lot of the comments for each video and I found that about 40% of people who watched Beyoncé's video did not like it. They were saying she's only dancing, there was no scenery, it's too just too much. For Britney, I saw about 99% positive comments. Nothing but "this video is so awesome! britney is coming back!". Now, everyone has their own taste. But, you have to admit, Beyoncé was more artistic, showed more versatility and talent, and most of all, was just simple. Britney's video just consisted of her posing naked, banking on pure lustful sex appeal, and scenes of her being different women marked by different hair, with some random moments of dance. I do have to admit, she did act cute in it. During the dancing scenes, the camera moved to much and switched back and forth you couldn't really catch a whole dance sequence. But when you could see her dance clearly, she was lacking energy and precision. She reminded me of those little girls in high school who thought they could dance but really couldn't because they didn't know how it felt to put in 100% effort behind their movement. You know, those groups of girls who signed up for the talent shows or lip sync contests. And then the instrumental break came up in the song, and I expected a hot dance break to go with it, and to my disappointment, there was none. I mean come on! This is Britney Spears!! She's known for her hot dance breaks. I was totally let down. Now, if I want to see a hot dance break to a Britney song, I lookup Bobby Newberry's choreography on youtube.
Britney I love you, but girl, come back... for real! Dance like you used to!
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