Britney Spears

Circus[Deluxe Version]

I am not a willing Britney Spears junkie.What disturbs me most about the Britney Spears brand is not that it sells crotch shots and naked videos;not how easily it sells this sleazy sex ,but rather just how willingly I could go along with it.

It's like media crack.

But I am very afraid of something that wants me to not just have it,but,against my will,and at any cost.

Sure,laugh,call me a 50 year old dirty ol' man.That just makes my point.But everyone loves to buy into the Britney 'Circus'.Tv,rag sheets.Hell,if Ms.Spears didn't sell to almost everyone(admit it:you buy it),they wouldn't sell it.

That is why I became against all things Britney.Britney on the Tv-click-next channel.Britney at the check out counter-check out the price of finger nail clippers instead.

The only place I didn't have to worry about running into Britney Spears was-of all places-on the radio.The worst part of the Britney brand was the music.

Yes,you had to deal with all the Spears-a-likes:Janet Jackson,Danity Kane,Miley Cyrus and yes,even Madonna.

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Maybe that explains why 'Circus' even with all of it's Britney Spears typical voice tweeks sounds less like Britney Spears than any of her other albums.It sounds just like everyone else trying to sound like her.

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They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,but flattering yourself is just another form of masturbation...oh yes...I forgot....we're talking about the B.S. brand:-(

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Not that the cd doesn't have it's fair share of fun stuff(it is crack,after all).'All The Boys And All The Girls Are Begging To F.U.C.K. Me'{ie If U Seek Amy} is first and foremost the best hit..er.. song on the cd.

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The Miley Cyrus sounding,'Mmm Papi' is almost as addictive..and if you take it as a Miley Cryus put down(I do)...just a little twisted.

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'Photography' adds to the B.S. mystique(HEY!).

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'Womanizer' is the first single.Oooh,that first hit...aaah,that's the stuff....

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And so on and so forth....so...how do I rate this...

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If you you go willingly: A

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If you fight it:B-

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If you're going to B.A.(Britney Anonymous): D+

Kanye West

808's & Heartbreak

'808' refers to a type of auto tune voice distorter.

'Heartbreak' refers to the recent events of loss in Kanye West's life.

Put them together and you have a record closer to Phil Collins','Face Value' than any other auto tune rap cd.

I mean this as a good thing.There was a reason Phil Collins music was played to death:Everybody liked it.

There is no doubt about it,Mr.West is a unique wordsmith.On,'808' Kanye weaves a tapestry as fine as smoke yet strong as leather;simple yet poignant;brilliant yet open and honest.

While,'Heartless' is the hit it deserves to be,my favorite song is,'Amazing'(with fellow Rap Packer Young Jeezy).What makes this song so amazing is the slight use of Jeezy to just a few 'Humpfs' during the beginning and suddenly it is a rappers delight then back again.Now,something of this song reminds me of The Gorillaz,'Clint Eastwood',but that something 'adds' to the hear jammin' -not subtracts from it.Best lyric of the cd,"I'm the only thing I'm afraid of"...Damn straight.

'Love Lockdown' is a typical pop tune.It shouldn't work,yet it does.

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On a personal note,during the winter,I plow snow for the state.'It's 4am and I can't sleep,' is the story of my life.'If spring can take the snow away...' is also my hope.Yes,I realize this song is about sorrow and lost and,yes,even hope...but,'Coldest Winter',is a prime example how Kanye West's very personal lyrics can be translated onto the clipboard of other people's personal lives quite nicely.

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'Robocop' is a very funny song.With lyrics like,'Turned my life into Stephen Kings..' and ....'You're like the girl from 'Misery'.I just had to laugh...yet...maybe it is just me...but I get the hint that Kanye,perhaps,thinks that he created the monster,and that she is the way she is deservingly so.The coda(many songs on this cd have codas),'You're just an L.A. girl,' seems to be a rebuttal to this type of thinking...yet,I still think it.

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That is what I like about this whole recording,it gets into your mind.It gets you thinking about your own life and set of problems.

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Very entertaining...and more!

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Beyonce

I AM SASHA FIERCE

cOMPANION pIECES/yING AND yANG.

i SAW AN INTERVIEW ON tV WITH mISS 'Knowles.sHE LOOKED MORE THAN BEAUTIFUL.sHE LOOKED EMPOWERED,SEXY AND EVEN WITH A GORGEOUS BREAST EXPOSING POWER DRESS-SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE BUT NOT TOUCH.a MIXTURE OF A SMARTER tYRA bANKS & A YOUNGER oPRAH wINFREY.

tHEN...LOOKING AT THE BACK COVER OF THIS CD WE HAVE A SOMEWHAT BORED LOOKING bEYONCE WEARING A SKIMPY WHATEVER CONTORTING HER BODY TO THE ABSURD POINT OF STICKING A STILETTO HEEL IN HER EAR....BIZARRE.

i GUESS THAT IS AS GOOD OF A METOPHOR FOR THIS CD AS ANY.

'iF i wAS a bOY' IS A PERFECT COMPANION FOR kATY pERRY'S,'i kISSED tHE gIRL.'

'hALO' IS THE PERFECT COMPANION TO 'aVE mARIA.bUT 'aVA mARIA' IS EVEN A BETTER COMPANION TO rUFUS wAINWRIGHT'S VERSION OF, 'hALLELUJAH' BECAUSE IT IS PROBABLY THE MOST BEAUTIFUL,SARROWFUL SONG SINCE 'hALLELUJAH'.

tHOUGH,'rADIO' MAY NOT SEEM TO HAVE A SECOND...IF i CAN BE JUST A TAD OBSCURE,i FOUND MYSELF WANTING TO LISTEN TO AN EARLY 'eLECTRIC lIGHT oRCHESTRA TUNE CALLED,'hELLO,mR.rADIO' JUST BEFORE i WOULD LISTEN TO,'rADIO',AND THEN tHE mICHAEL sTANLEY bAND'S,'mIDWEST mIDNIGHT'' JUST AFTER IT.

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mY THEME IS NOT TOTALLY SHATTER PROOF.'sINGLE lADIES' IS A THEME ALL TO ITSELF{EXCEPT i KEEP HEARING 'fREE'S,'aLRIGHT nOW'}.i LOVE THIS SONG.pART HUMOR,PART TRUTH..ACKWARD DANCE STEPS.jUST FUN.

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oTHER THEN THAT,THERE ARE MUCHO GOOD STUFF HERE(i LIKE,'vIDEO pHONE' WITH IT'S NAUGHTY MOANS AND SUGGESTIVE LYRICS).

oNE NICE ALBUM.

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