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I can't get Toxic out of my head. It's fantastically fun.
On In the Zone:
I like Me Against the Music, but the remix is even more fun, because it includes....
The banjo sample from (I Got That) Boom Boom, which is the most infectious thing I've heard in a song since the bridge of Coldplay's Clocks. Otherwise, I don't particularly care for the fact that Brit's practically guesting on her own album on this track.
Showdown is sexy and cool, the song I feel Britney really owns on this disc.
Breathe On Me reminds me lots of JC's Come To Me, which is only facilitating forbidden pairing thoughts in my head. I like both tracks, and don't mind the accompanying visuals one bit.
Early Morning is fun for the sound effects - Britney yawning was especially cute.
I can't love Toxic any more than I already do. I thought the same thing as the first time I heard Outkast's Hey Ya, which was wow, this is totally cool and new and I can't quite do anything with it. The strings and horns producers are beginning to incorporate into . The beat is "if this don't make your booty move, your booty must be dead" good, the vocals are funky, alternately high and low and perfect everywhere - it's a fun track, and reminds me not a little of Up Against the Wall.
I don't much care for Outrageous, but mostly because that rhythmic repeat of the title is wholly distracting. I still don't know a single other word of the song.
Uh, I mostly giggled through Touch of my Hand. The Oriental instrumentation was interesting, but otherwise unremarkable. Maybe a video will make me eat my words.
Hook Up is another uniquely instrumented piece, but otherwise an innocuous little romp.
Shadow feels like something of a sore thumb when framed by the rest of the album, more Zero 7 than the hip-hop flavored dance pop of the rest of the album. A little melodramatic but it could've been great, but they held her back.
Brave New Girl sounds like it could've come off of any of her previous three albums, again not entirely in keeping with the rest of the album's sound. It's a kicky track, to be sure, but mostly filler.
Everytime is absolutely beautiful. I liked Justin's Never Again, and this is a nice little coming full circle. The piano is gorgeous, Britney sounds heartfelt, and it all tugs at whatever in me that carries a torch for those two.
The remix of Me Against the Music simply makes me jump out of my chair and dance, something neither the original or Boom Boom managed alone. The Indian flavor plus the added melody in the chorus make for a completely enjoyable, inspired reinterpretation.
Overall? While I hold with those who say Britney needs producers who recognize her strengths and would make her sing the way we all know she can, I think In the Zone suits her better than much of her previous stuff. The music is more complimentary to the vocals, more sensual like her voice gets in the lower registers, which is where I like her singing.
I wrote yet more about her today, image and music and transcendence and cultural icons and her influence, for better and worse. Endlessly fascinating stuff, with which I talked Jon's ear off over dinner.
Wrote some more on the Bassez, too. There might be an actual story here, not just the one scene with which it began.
My Amazon wish list continues to grow, with the release of the extended remix of Two Towers and Britney's In the Zone, as well as Bend It Like Beckham and Justin's DVD. It's called Christmas, self, be strong. Or Thanksgiving! What? It's a holiday.
Speaking of which, the darling pilgrim salt & pepper shaker commercials are back in rotation. Love those! I finally found a pair for my parents last year - it's all anyone we had over for dinner could talk about.
Having had my last of the popup-laden, crash-prone Internet Explorer, I downloaded myIE2 last night. *falls at its creators' feet* Not only are there no more ads, it imported all my bookmarks, and it doesn't reboot if Millenium Edition hiccups and it saves all my open pages so even if there is a problem, I don't have to go hunting through the History folder and days back on the friendslist. *hugs it tight* Very recommended.
Also, this is a big, big GIP. *snogs Miranda* My idea but at the end of the day, she's the one with the skillz.
I like Me Against the Music, but the remix is even more fun, because it includes....
The banjo sample from (I Got That) Boom Boom, which is the most infectious thing I've heard in a song since the bridge of Coldplay's Clocks. Otherwise, I don't particularly care for the fact that Brit's practically guesting on her own album on this track.
Showdown is sexy and cool, the song I feel Britney really owns on this disc.
Breathe On Me reminds me lots of JC's Come To Me, which is only facilitating forbidden pairing thoughts in my head. I like both tracks, and don't mind the accompanying visuals one bit.
Early Morning is fun for the sound effects - Britney yawning was especially cute.
I can't love Toxic any more than I already do. I thought the same thing as the first time I heard Outkast's Hey Ya, which was wow, this is totally cool and new and I can't quite do anything with it. The strings and horns producers are beginning to incorporate into . The beat is "if this don't make your booty move, your booty must be dead" good, the vocals are funky, alternately high and low and perfect everywhere - it's a fun track, and reminds me not a little of Up Against the Wall.
I don't much care for Outrageous, but mostly because that rhythmic repeat of the title is wholly distracting. I still don't know a single other word of the song.
Uh, I mostly giggled through Touch of my Hand. The Oriental instrumentation was interesting, but otherwise unremarkable. Maybe a video will make me eat my words.
Hook Up is another uniquely instrumented piece, but otherwise an innocuous little romp.
Shadow feels like something of a sore thumb when framed by the rest of the album, more Zero 7 than the hip-hop flavored dance pop of the rest of the album. A little melodramatic but it could've been great, but they held her back.
Brave New Girl sounds like it could've come off of any of her previous three albums, again not entirely in keeping with the rest of the album's sound. It's a kicky track, to be sure, but mostly filler.
Everytime is absolutely beautiful. I liked Justin's Never Again, and this is a nice little coming full circle. The piano is gorgeous, Britney sounds heartfelt, and it all tugs at whatever in me that carries a torch for those two.
The remix of Me Against the Music simply makes me jump out of my chair and dance, something neither the original or Boom Boom managed alone. The Indian flavor plus the added melody in the chorus make for a completely enjoyable, inspired reinterpretation.
Overall? While I hold with those who say Britney needs producers who recognize her strengths and would make her sing the way we all know she can, I think In the Zone suits her better than much of her previous stuff. The music is more complimentary to the vocals, more sensual like her voice gets in the lower registers, which is where I like her singing.
I wrote yet more about her today, image and music and transcendence and cultural icons and her influence, for better and worse. Endlessly fascinating stuff, with which I talked Jon's ear off over dinner.
Wrote some more on the Bassez, too. There might be an actual story here, not just the one scene with which it began.
My Amazon wish list continues to grow, with the release of the extended remix of Two Towers and Britney's In the Zone, as well as Bend It Like Beckham and Justin's DVD. It's called Christmas, self, be strong. Or Thanksgiving! What? It's a holiday.
Speaking of which, the darling pilgrim salt & pepper shaker commercials are back in rotation. Love those! I finally found a pair for my parents last year - it's all anyone we had over for dinner could talk about.
Having had my last of the popup-laden, crash-prone Internet Explorer, I downloaded myIE2 last night. *falls at its creators' feet* Not only are there no more ads, it imported all my bookmarks, and it doesn't reboot if Millenium Edition hiccups and it saves all my open pages so even if there is a problem, I don't have to go hunting through the History folder and days back on the friendslist. *hugs it tight* Very recommended.
Also, this is a big, big GIP. *snogs Miranda* My idea but at the end of the day, she's the one with the skillz.