Urgent and Key Sasha Fierce update

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

As you might expect, the album inlay booklet is split into a Beyonce half (subtle au-natural B with minimal bling) and a Sasha Fierce half - where she is WEARING A MOTORBIKE:



Also: the last track on the Beyonce side is a POST-ROCK epic (!)

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the Sasha Fierce bangers are much less exciting than the Beyonce ballads - 'Diva', 'Sweet Dreams' and 'Ego' are real standouts; 'Single Ladies' makes a lot more sense as a dance routine (like 'Get Me Bodied' before it), and every mental live performance makes me like it more; but neither 'Radio' nor 'Video Phone' have totally clicked with me, and the other top-level songs on Sasha Fierce are 'Hello' and 'Scared Of Lonely' ie BALLADS which have snuck on to the bangers disc.

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Was going to say, "Radio" and "Video Phone" both make me think "tired," but I'm not sure why...someone on ILM mentioned Rihanna, but I don't hear Rihanna this way, and it's not like it's a bad derivative...I think it's just that, paradoxically, though I hate engaging with Beyonce's bigness, I can't engage with her when she's not going really big.