Oh wait a minute, maybe I do like this song.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

On the Katy Perry thread at ILM, someone follows through on Tim Finney's question as to whether or not "UR So Gay" would make sense from a gay artist by linking to a pop-emo group covering it, and John C. follows up with a MySpace link:

False Start - I Kissed a Girl
Max Vernon - I Kissed a Girl

What BOTH of these covers do is expose this song as TWEE. I hadn't thought of it that way until the discussion yesterday, particularly girlboymusic's comments; there are still a few purely lyrics-based stumbles, particularly the "experimental game." But I was surprised finding the song CUTE. It's the annoying, mild-crossover-potential indie pop tune that accidentally got halfhearted Max Martin treatment, the wrong singer, and took the world by storm. It's a Frankenstein -- I like it more now!

Comments

[cis.livejournal.com]

I think, for me, it's also the way it doesn't... resolve? okay, it's a line in the middle of a chorus, you wouldn't necessarily expect it to resolve, but 'I liked it' takes the same sequence of notes as 'i kissed a-' and then just hangs there (doesn't, for example, go up a note and make everything sound more cheerful). it's making a point: it's wallowing.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

There's something kind of overwrought about it -- like wailing. I can imagine that a temper tantrum could take a similar melody and cadence. "I want the toy cuz it's my toy" or something.