Young and broke: this is the thread where we post links to smart commentary on Ke$ha

[koganbot]

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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The evolution of my taste

[koganbot]

The evolution of my "taste": Here is all my Ke$ha commentary prior to last Monday, when I knocked out my "Blah Blah Blah" review at the last second for the Singles Jukebox.

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

The further evolution of my taste

[koganbot]

January 15, 2010 in koganbot: "I get the feeling that if I call Ke$ha a 'bimbo' she's somehow won, since it's not like she isn't absolutely, emphatically, gratingly self-conscious about her commitment to the most hackneyed and reductive ideas of wildness and partying and fun (and note that I'm a guy who loves Asher Roth's 'College,' so it's not like I can't get behind hackneyed ideas of wildness and partying and fun, but artistry is also a useful ingredient; enhances the fun, even). In any event, our desperately vapid young woman is in the forty with a new single and a well-downloaded album track, but has she risen as high in my esteem? Look under the cut

Re: The further evolution of my taste

[edgeofwhatever]

it and "Stephen" are my two least-favorite tracks on the album.

You're crazy.

Re: The further evolution of my taste

[koganbot]

You're crazy.

How is this new information?

(On "Stephen" she sounds cute. Cute!)

Chuck says on a previous thread: "Uh... Now 'Stephen' is sounding like Lily Allen in my head for some reason. That can't be right, can it? (Ann Powers called it 'space-country' in her L.A. Times review, which seems off to me but I like the idea. Also wondering which parts of Ke$ha's album reminded her of Big & Rich -- weird.)"

Ke$ha has more variety than I had previously realized, but she definitely does not remind me of a cowboy Stevie Wonder. (Nor does she remind me of Steve Miller.)

Re: The further evolution of my taste

[edgeofwhatever]

I think there is a Lilyness to "Stephen," in the summer-glare lilt of the chorus, and it has a Lilyish combination of sexpot bravado and open neediness.

Which is to say: What's not to like? Actually, now that the Lily comparison has been made, I realize what I like about "Stephen" is that it's almost as good as Lily at her best. "Who'd Have Known" is one of Lily's best songs -- it's about the warmth and uncertainty of the beginning of a relationship, and the world Lily creates in telling that story is so complete that you feel like you're beginning that relationship yourself, and like you could get up and walk around and live in the picture Lily is painting. "Stephen" does almost the same thing, except Ke$ha goes back a little earlier, to the beginning of a crush instead of the beginning of a relationship -- when inside your head is a chorus singing his (or her, but the name is Stephen this time, so his) name, wondering why he won't call you, and the world feels like there's sunshine scattering off every surface, blindingly bright

[jeff_worrell]

Has ilX paid much attention, and if so, is any of it special?

The only dedicated thread on the whole of ILX is in I Love Games, if that answers your question. And this was started only to ask which video game "Tik Tok" samples. There's some basic hate on the "which newly ubiquitous female pop star do you dislike more?" thread on ILM and a few positive posts (in addition to snark) on the "Rolling Pop 2010" thread as people actually get to hear the album (which I haven't yet, which is why I'm not posting on your threads btw, though I've loved "Tik Tok" from Day 1). No special insights yet though. Even Tim F could only manage one sentence, and that was about the Ke$ha/3OH!3/Cobra Starship school in general.

Ke$ha's still good

[joshlanghoff]

Hey Frank, I've dithered about whether to link you to my review at Burnside Writers' Collective, but you might enjoy it. Either that or you'll feel like your steez has been jacked, though the two aren't necessarily exclusive.

Also, "Blah Blah Blah" sounds AMAZING when you're roller-skating with a bunch of middle school kids, FYI. (My wife's their band director, don't worry.)

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[anonymous]

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