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Watch Katy's live performance of:1. Waking Up In Vegas2. I Kissed A Girl3. Thinking Of You4. Hot N Cold5. Don't Stop Me Now plus a bonus interview! Check it out here!
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Katy Perry
One of the Boys
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AMG Review of One of the Boys
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All Music GuideListening to Katy Perry's debut, One of the Boys, it's easy to assume she'll do anything for attention, and a close read of her history proves that suspicion true. Prior to her transformation into a teen sensation, Perry was a Christian singer operating under the name Katy Hudson -- an appellation a little bit too close to Kate Hudson, so she swapped last names and started working with big-name producer after big-name producer, cutting sessions with Glen Ballard and then the Matrix. That was enough to get buzz touting her as a next big thing in 2004, but not enough to actually get a record into the stores, a nicety that often proves invaluable for wannabe pop stars. Given this long line of botched starts, maybe it makes sense that the 24-year-old is singing with the desperation of a fading burlesque star twice her age, yet Perry's pandering on One of the Boys is startling, particularly as it comes in the form of some hybrid of Alanis Morissette's caterwauling and the cold calculation of Britney Spears in her prime. This fusion is no accident, as Perry works once again with Ballard, the producer behind Alanis' breakthrough Jagged Little Pill, and Max Martin, the writer/producer of "Baby One More Time" -- and that's just for starters! She also brings aboard Desmond Child to give "Waking Up in Vegas" an anonymous anthemic pulse, Dave Stewart to give "I'm Still Breathing" a Euro sheen, and Butch Walker to amp up the amplifiers, giving her a different sound for every imaginable demographic.
All the pros give One of the Boys a cross-platform appeal, but there's little question that its personality is all down to Katy Perry. She disses her boyfriend with gay-baiting; she makes out with a girl and she doesn't even like girls; she brags to a suitor that he can't afford her, parties till she's face-down in the porcelain, drops brands as if they were weapons, curses casually, and trades under-the-table favors. In short, she's styled herself as a Montag monster. Perry is not untalented -- she writes like an ungarbled Alanis and has an eye for details, as when she tells her emo metrosexual boyfriend to hang himself with his H&M scarf on "Ur So Gay" -- but that only accentuates how her wild-child persona is an artifice designed to get her the stardom she craves. Maybe if the music were as trashy as the style, she could get away with it, as it would have been a junkie thrill, but that's where all the high-thread-count producers actually work against One of the Boys. But the real problem is not with Katy's gender-bending, it's that her heart isn't in it; she's just using it to get places.
Katy Perry Strips It Down
Katy Perry lays a turd on the Grammys
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According to MTV.com, Perry said this outside the Grammys before her performance:"I hope it goes well and I don't do something horrible. You can tell a lot about about that person's upcoming career from their first performance on the Grammys."(see the MTV interview here)BOY DID YOU BLOW IT !!!I am so sorry Katy Perry. I was really rooting for you. I thought your CD was fun and well produc...
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Confessions Week : Katy Perry
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Here on The World Forgot, in an effort to stay ever pithy and, as the youngsters call it, 'hip' I sometimes in an oblique way allude to the idea that I don't like certain artists. In the past such artists have included John Mayer, Rihanna, and more recently Katy Perry. And while in a general sense my objections to Katy Perry still hold true I must confess that her latest single has caught my ...
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Katy Perry - One of the Boys
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Somebody had to do it, right?Last time I checked, Last.fm had no less than 66 photos of Katy Perry on offer. These weren't gloomy pictures taken from across the street at 3am as she left a bar or something – these were glossy, pixel-perfect publicity shots, each showing this Californian pop product in a different outfit, ranging from party girl to, bizarrely, sailor (incidentally, she didn't lo.
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Katy Perry Thinks UR Gay
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Who among us here on MOG haven't dated someone who's "so indie rock it's almost an art", or who you wish would hang themselves with their scarf? I mean, seriously.I have been told that I have horrible taste in men. Now, I wouldn't exactly say that -- but when I listened to Katy Perry's song,"Ur So Gay", it definitely brought back a few memories.So I was hooked on this song. It's like a female p...
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Confessions Week : Katy Perry
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Here on The World Forgot, in an effort to stay ever pithy and, as the youngsters call it, 'hip' I sometimes in an oblique way allude to the idea that I don't like certain artists. In the past such artists have included John Mayer, Rihanna, and more recently Katy Perry. And while in a general sense my objections to Katy Perry still hold true I must confess that her latest single has caught my ...
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Who the F*ck is Katy Perry?
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Let's get the facts straight. I was at Warped tour this weekend, and there was a buzz in the air -the kind that clings to you like mid-august heat- preventing your circulation system from functioning correctly and stiffling your breath. I followed the whispers throughout the crowd, and every time - it was about some chick named Katy Perry. Who's currently #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 list. But who...
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Is this really the national #1?
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And so i was listening to the public radio station, and they were running what i thought was PRI's The World, and it finished with a story about what they said was the national #1 song - I Kissed a Girl. (MOG is acting up; click here to hear the song.) {Since fixed; go to the embedded player at the bottom of the post.}(I just tried to find that particular program online - it was The World, but ...
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Katy Perry lays a turd on the Grammys
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According to MTV.com, Perry said this outside the Grammys before her performance:"I hope it goes well and I don't do something horrible. You can tell a lot about about that person's upcoming career from their first performance on the Grammys."(see the MTV interview here)BOY DID YOU BLOW IT !!!I am so sorry Katy Perry. I was really rooting for you. I thought your CD was fun and well produc...
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GUILTY! TRES, TRES GUILTY!
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Yesterday I was having a chat with one of my internet music friends, Beam969, (aka My Other Music Guy) and while he praised my music taste waaay more than I deserve, he did take a moment to point out:"You do occasionally fall prey to some poppy nonsense though."I couldn't deny this, as he knows me and my music pretty well. But more than that, I didn't feel the need to try and deny it. "Pure p...
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The Katy Perry Virus has got me, oh yes, it has got me good
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Now I am not one to (intentionally at least lol) follow a crowd, however, as much as I tried .. I mean really really tried to NOT like Katy Perry's music, it grew on me and before I knew it I was listening to her entire album and not ashamed! haha Her music sounds very fun and goofy which matches her comedian like costumes and humor, plus I kind of like her style, it reminds me of a comedic Bet...
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I bought this song and I like it
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In a recent edition of the Radio Times - which, for those of you not acquainted with what's stored on British newspaper racks, is a weekly magazine filled with radio and TV programme listings - music journalist Stuart Maconie argued that only "earnest, dull men" kept the concept of the guilty musical pleasure alive. He claimed that these men promoted figures such as Tom Waits and Nick Cave as c...
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Katy Perry Strips It Down
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Watch Katy's live performance of:1. Waking Up In Vegas2. I Kissed A Girl3. Thinking Of You4. Hot N Cold5. Don't Stop Me Now plus a bonus interview! Check it out here!
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Katy Perry Thinks UR Gay
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Who among us here on MOG haven't dated someone who's "so indie rock it's almost an art", or who you wish would hang themselves with their scarf? I mean, seriously.I have been told that I have horrible taste in men. Now, I wouldn't exactly say that -- but when I listened to Katy Perry's song,"Ur So Gay", it definitely brought back a few memories.So I was hooked on this song. It's like a female p...
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New Katy Perry "Hot N Cold" video remix
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Watch the new video for Ms. Perry's new single "Hot N Cold". grab this remix by deejay Mia Moretti."Hot N Cold (Mia Moretti Remix)" | downloadParty with Mia Moretti:Oct 01 The Hunt NYC nyc, NYOct 03 Ella nyc, NYOct 08 The Hunt NYC nyc, NYOct 17 Market Week @ CA Mart downtown LA, CAOct 18 Market Week @ CA Mart downtown LA, CAOct 19 Market Week @ CA Mart downtown LA, CAOct 20 Market Week @ CA ...
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//New Video: Katy Perry - Thinking Of You//
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Katy Perry is mostly known for her upbeat, quirky songs…and of course, kissing girls. But Ms. Perry takes a more serious turn in the new video to her single, Thinking of You. The video, set in war time of the 1940s, stars Kyle XY hotness Matt Dallas as Kitty's numero uno boyfriend that is tragically killed [...]
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My Thoughts on Current Sensations
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I'm not much for Katy Perry's I Kissed a Girl,but I think she's a pretty great singer, so I looked into hera bit more, and here's what I found: I really like some of her songs, most of all Self Inflicted. It shows off her voice in a way that I can more relate to. Second of all, I think that since she mixes it up a bit (she doesn't just stick to her happy style, she's got sad songs too) we shoul...
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Katy Perry - One of the Boys
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Somebody had to do it, right?Last time I checked, Last.fm had no less than 66 photos of Katy Perry on offer. These weren't gloomy pictures taken from across the street at 3am as she left a bar or something – these were glossy, pixel-perfect publicity shots, each showing this Californian pop product in a different outfit, ranging from party girl to, bizarrely, sailor (incidentally, she didn't lo.
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//Katy Perry Performs ‘Thinking Of You’ On The Early Show//
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The Early Show caught up with Katy Perry and she performed her new single, "Thinking of You," live at Hotel Cafe in LA this week. It's kind of weird seeing Katy like this-so demure and subdued-but it's a great change of pace. She sounded wonderful, and even though she looked every bit of the church [...]
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Katy Perry announces tour
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Beautiful Ms. Perry has announced her first-ever tour. January:23 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market 25 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom 26 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom 28 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore 29 Sacramento, CA @ Empire Events Centre 31 Los Angeles, CA @ Wiltern February02 Tuscon, AZ @ University of Arizona 03 Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee Theatre 05 San Diego, CA @ House of Blues ...
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