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

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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!

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And as I said, all of this could nonetheless constitute a GREAT song, the self-unaware singer communicating more than she knows, except that her voice itself lacks emotional juice. It's emphatic and energetic but beyond that it just kind of scrapes. And the music is good Max-Luke-Cathy but not great Max-Luke-Cathy.

But more of you should have ticked it.

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Might be a good track for Megan McCauley, come to think of it.