August 19, 2010

Katy Perry - "Teenage Dream" (single) [2010]

Don't worry, I actually hate myself a little for admitting this to the blogosphere... but I kinda sorta love Katy Perry's new single "Teenage Dream." (See the official video here) With pop music being, for the most part, formulaic, contrived, unimaginative, and just plain annoying, it can be refreshing to come across rare songs like "Teenage Dream" that don't instantly make you reach for the barf bag (see: Selena Gomez), want to bang your head against the wall (see: Rihanna) or kill yourself (see: Ke$ha). I also find this admission super hysterical considering the scathing review I did for her ridiculously awful debut. If it means anything, up until now "Waking Up In Vegas" was the only KP song I actually didn't mind and would sometimes find myself taking the longer way home in my car just to hear it in its entirety (of course, only during moments when I was alone). So it's safe to say "Teenage Dream" just may be a true watershed moment, even though the most intellectually stimulating lyric of the song is "Ima get your heart racing, in my skin-tight jeans, I'll be your teenage dream tonight." But I'm learning that's okay. Sometimes you need something mindless, fun, harmless and not to be taken seriously... especially if it gets your motor running a tad. The song (and its completely literal video) speaks of youthful love, gallivanting on the beach, amorous drives up the coast in a convertible, cheap motel nookie, and all the associated cliche "been there, done that" rites of passage this country was founded upon, except... she chose a boxer guy instead of the typical football jock as her love interest (plus, he's not even cute, really?). If she was gonna go gaga over some muscular video dude, she may as well have commissioned Channing Tatum for the job because isn't he the boxer-type du jour with all the right moves? First Russell Brand, now this guy? I definitely question her taste in men. But at least the song's great and it will make my commute a little brighter until I get home and blast something in my collection that will restore any, if not all, of my music credibility... any suggestions?

10 Comments:

awmercy said...

I prefer Ke$ha.

Mona said...

I'm embarrassed that we actually have opinions to share regarding this topic. Plus, really? Whenever she sings "maybe I need some rehab, or maybe I need some sleep" it irritates the hell out of me. Neither can sing, is there really a contest? ha

awmercy said...

And both were produced by Dr. Luke.

Mona said...

Get out!? Haha, look out Timbaland!

Do you like La Roux at all? I find this song refreshing... maybe b/c not only is Depeche Mode one of her admitted influences, you can totally hear it too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQdC7h609k8

awmercy said...

Seriously, check out the list of people he has worked with.

Mona said...

Wow, I'm actually a little impressed. He's built a career on craptastic music, but the most surprising thing is how he once toured with Herbie Hancock!? Damn, lol.

Nightrain said...

Ya'll know what 90% of those names have in common?

Extremely large paychecks.

Charlie Lawrence said...

Ke$ha makes me regret having ears. That Katy Perry song is pretty rough to listen to after the first time. Can we discuss John Fogerty?

Mona said...

Charlie!! I would love nothing more than to hear you gush about John Fogerty over Grolsch... $250 worth, specifically ;) Although, gotta say, I'm a tad disappointed you even know who Ke$ha is (and you even knew about the $ sign for the 's')...

PS- Did you hear the rumor that David Lee Roth is back in the studio with Van Halen!? I fell off my chair and then thought of you... in that order :)

C-Murder said...

Actually I got the dollar sign from awmercy's first post otherwise I would have missed it. I did not hear the Van Roth rumor. This is the John Fogerty forum let's keep it all things Fogerty or CCR please.