Video Club: Annie's new single..Poptimists, Poptimists..Annie's new single

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

The formularrific I Know Your Girlfriend Hates Me:

Comments

[koganbot]

Not just formulaic, but capital-F Formulaic as if to say "I'm using the formula; it's not using me." Normally, such detachment loses me, but Annie usually connects, though often with her it takes a lot of listens for me to feel the connection. (Which might be the case here. I'm not melting or swooning yet.)

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

Is this the opposite of grower that was being hinted at yesterday?

Hmmmmmmm.... it makes all the right noises doesn't it? But it's no Crush that's for sure.

[dzilinebisa.livejournal.com]

I suspect hope it'll grow on me.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

poor :-(

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

my feeling is 'I Liked Chewing Gum, and because this is quite like Chewing Gum but four years later I like this too - but not as much'

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

With this and Alphabeat it's like there's a bit of pop which has dropped any pretence of just 'referencing' the 80s and are just in full-on pastiche mode. Which is great, I mean, I remember Sly Fox too! But with this I think there's a really good song and the curatorial production gets in its way - all those kitschy sproingy noises are a distraction really. The nostalgia fest only works when the material's weak.

So I still really like it, because it's a good tune, but the production's getting horribly in the way.

[damnspynovels.livejournal.com]

Chant No 1

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

Okay, I"m starting to agree with this. Catchy song, but the blips and beeps are actually quite obstructive; you actually have to listen REALLY HARD to hear the melody [/geir] and I find this very annoying. This didn't seem a problem before for Annie as the music was seldom as BUSY as this.

Also the ring-ding bit and the bit at the end are pretty stupid non-sequiturs.

[weasel-seeker.livejournal.com]

The thing about Annie for me is that she's the epitome...well not of the popstar as cipher, that's Rachel Stevens or something. But of almost complete detachment.

This track has tuneage, 80s production tricks, "but now i'm thinking 'who's wearing your trousers now?'"...but I never buy much of it. Which is why Chewing Gum worked really well for me, because it felt kind of delightfully self-aware. Hopefully it'll grow on me.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I really like this, agree w/ Frank re: formula. It's generic in the great way that lots of minor r&b cuts are generic. Dunno why people are disappointed esp given the dross I know you go nuts for!

I know who would do this song better though: PARIS HILTON.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

New link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=5RQpb_I01D8

Actually, it's reminding me a lot of Melissa Lefton!

(PS - how have I never seen this video (http://youtube.com/watch?v=grxEdXMH4ok).)

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

This is very poor, and omg, actually Paris Hilton WOULD do this better.

Not fit to be mentioned in the same sentence as the mighty Alphabeat.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

Okay the song's not too bad (though it is just a palsied Chewing Gum xerox in search of a more defining melody) but I really hate the video.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Er, it's kind of boring, isn't it? Then again I have just got back from three days of neo-rave mentalism so anything without a 120bpm drum and bass backing is sounding quite lacking right now.