Thursday, March 4, 2010

plus 3, KE$HA SLAMS SPEARS FOR MIMING - PR Inside

plus 3, KE$HA SLAMS SPEARS FOR MIMING - PR Inside

KE$HA SLAMS SPEARS FOR MIMING - PR Inside

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 12:38 AM PST

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KE$HA has slammed BRITNEY SPEARS for miming on her CIRCUS tour, insisting the pop star cheated her fans by not singing live.
Spears was blasted for lip-synching on her global trek last year (09), with some disgruntled audience members in Australia reportedly walking ou t of the shows.
And now the TiK ToK hitmaker has joined the list of critics taking aim at Spears for her lacklustre vocal efforts.
She tells Showbiz Spy, =E2=80=9CI think that=E2=80=99s bulls**t. I don=E2 =80=99t think that=E2=80=99s fair at all for people who are going to see the show. I think if you are going to be a singer, you should sing. If yo u are going to be a dancer, you should dance. If you are going to do a co mbination of the two, you should make it very clear when you are singing and very clear when you are dancing. I would never do that to my fans.
=E2=80=9CNo offence to her specifically but people have asked me before to mime. I have been up at three in the morning for a television show wi th jet lag but I refuse to mime.
=E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s treating people as if they are too stupid to real ise you are not actually singing. Sometimes it is hard to sing and dance at the same time but I would rather be off (key) and be real and genuine about it to my fans. I don=E2=80=99t want to treat my fans like they are stupid.
=E2=80=9CThat is my take on my fans and life in general. My whole recor d is super-honest. I am really honest. When I am singing I may sound s**t sometimes but at least you=E2=80=99ll know I=E2=80=99m singing.=E2=80=9D

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Letter to the Editor: Creative Beats - Dartmouth

Posted: 04 Mar 2010 12:16 AM PST

To the Editor:

Arguing , as Dana Venerable '13 does ("Ke$ha Album Lacks Variety, Novelty," March 1), that Ke$ha's debut album "Animal" "[focuses] purely on her party-girl image" is inaccurate. Accusing her of biting Lady Gaga and Katy Perry stylistically is equally unreasonable. And asserting that "Animal" lacks variety and novelty ignores Ke$ha's creativity altogether.

Though "Animal" uses Ke$ha's propensity to party as a selling point, many of the songs on the album stray from the path forged by "Tik Tok," touching at times upon such anti-party-girl topics as enthusiastic, albeit immature love.

Furthermore, Ke$ha's use of fast-paced beats is not a strategy for cashing in on the Gaga and Perry bandwagon as much as it is a reflection of contemporary pop music. The Black Eyed Peas, Britney Spears and even Taylor Swift have songs around 130 beats per minute, which are easily included in club play while remaining mainstream enough to hit Billboard's Hot 100.

Besides, Ke$ha's affinity for Auto-Tune is more reminiscent of Ed Banger's Uffie than it is of Gaga or Perry. And even here, Ke$ha takes an outdated hipster trend and makes it accessible — many people chalk up the re-release of Uffie's hit "Pop the Glock" to Ed Banger cashing in on waves made by Ke$ha.

To say that "Animal" lacks variety and novelty is false. While neither Ke$ha's lyrics nor her instrumentals are entirely unique, it's important to recognize that Ke$ha isn't simply regurgitating previous pop efforts. Instead, she is combining a variety of influences to craft a style that is very much her own.

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U2 had 2009's biggest music paycheck - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:50 PM PST

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BRITNEY'S DAD BANS ALL LILO CONTACT - National Enquirer

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:50 PM PST

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BRITNEY SPEARS hates being under dad JAMIE SPEARS' heavy-handed financial thumb as her court-ordered custodian, but now she's furious and humiliated because he's ordered her never to speak again to old party pal LINDSAY LOHAN – even warning ...

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