Young and broke: this is the thread where we post links to smart commentary on Ke$ha
Last week Ke$ha ballooned into my consciousness when the chorus to "Blah Blah Blah" jumped me. The Jukebox reviewed "Blah Blah Blah" and produced terrific discussion and discord. I've gone back and found some interesting tumblr convo, and have decided to post a few links to what I like. I have no idea if I know aceterrier under another moniker, but
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October 29, 2009 in koganbot: "Ke$ha 'TiK ToK': Ambitious, shiny party girl who's done guest spots with everybody has OK sparkle here, while Luke accompanies her on OK toy-gizmos. Not as bright and sassy as she wants to be; I'm giving her the borderline on hope. BORDERLINE NONTICK."
November 6, 2009 in the Singles Jukebox: "Happy bratty party girl with a predictably sassy attitude and a good but not great Luke tune, her fun mannerisms are more forced and overbearing and vastly less effective than those of antecedents like Salt-N-Pepa and L'Trimm, though my letting her into the same sentence as them means I'm crossing my fingers in hope for her future. [6]"
November 7, 2009 in the Singles Jukebox: "I'm generally fine with Ke$ha's voice, though, or I wouldn't be referencing L'Trimm; L'Trimm (who've got four or five songs I'd give 10s to and everything on their second album is 8 or better) were a couple of kids showing off for anyone who would listen. Reading Erika and Tal I can imagine Ke$ha taking the giggling girl thing to desperation; what's wrong here is too much party sound, that fuzz bass, Ke$ha's putting on all those voices; it's the singer's and producer's desperation more than the protagonist's and it sounds crowded and unpleasant (as opposed to the relatively spare Davis-Stone-Klein Miami bass landscape in which Tigra and Bunny let their imaginations romp about). Actually, a crowded half-desperate party could sound great, and Ke$ha could sound great in it, but not this one."
November 11, 2009 in poptimists: "Ke$ha 'Tik Tok': I'm coming 'round to this, thanks in part to Tal's and Erika's discussion down in the Jukebox comment thread. My main stumbling block is how forced Ke$ha's joy sounds; but that can create force, the music partying its way to a party that comes a lot less naturally than it pretends. TICK."
November 19, 2009 in koganbot: "Several weeks later, 'TiK ToK' clearly should have been a tick. I was reviewing it more for what it wasn't than what it was (I did a better job over on poptimists). This still falls far short of its potential, but where, say, L'Trimm had been at ease, this track's uneasiness gives it a hint of desperation, in an uneasy party, hence its own character."
December 26, 2009 in koganbot: "Ke$ha's sober and subtle 'TiK ToK' has risen to number one (sober and subtle compared to everything else I've heard by her, that is; I'm impressed by Ke$ha's total commitment to cheesiness and stupidity, though nothing other than 'TiK ToK' gets the cheese 'n' honey burbling together for an entire song)."
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