Podcast Panel #10

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Keke Palmer - 'Music Box'

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Its submitter says: "Keke Palmer got semi-shafted last year with a pretty great album. Not sure how many people actually heard her best song, "Game Song," but if it was too many, her second-best (to me anyway) song is a totally sappy but pretty number about growing up in the ghetto called "Music Box." Mom fallen on hard(er) times gets a job as a janitor and proceeds to WIPE UP HER OWN TEARS. I mean that is insane."

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Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh I love this song but Dave (for it is you I presume) I would've TOTALLY submitted 'Game Song' or 'Keep It Moving' - I don't think many people did hear them.

The great thing about songs like 'Music Box' is that the focus of the sappiness is MUSIC: anyone who's ever loved music will totally get it.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

I thought "Game Song" was too obvious (I think it's technically her second single, anyway). This is the slightly-off (uh, "idiosyncratic" sez koganbot, I'll go with that!) brow-furrowing one that I keep returning to on the album...I'm surprised at how resilient the schmaltzy (also beautiful) production touches are in actually making me feel sad!