Katy Perry

djchameleon · 12-20-2013, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

Well that's good then. I will try not assume it again.

the one person that I always remember she has written for is Kelly Clarkson but I'm sure there are others she has written for.

xLizardx · 12-20-2013, 06:58 PM

I slightly resent the fact that she also has blue hair haha.

Some of her songs have been quite sing-along-able, how much she actually contributes to them herself though is rather more dubious. That's hardly a phenomenon unique to her though, unfortunately.

galt54 · 12-29-2013, 01:14 AM

The only original composition pop songs I really love from the most recent 20 years or so that I can think of are two (2) songs recorded by Katy Perry: HotnCold and I Kissed a Girl. Am I missing something? Could the current pop scene really be that impoverished? Or am I just getting old and completely out of touch

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djchameleon · 12-30-2013, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by galt54

Or am I just getting old and completely out of touch

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This. Plus you also are in tune with the current pop scene at all. Just random songs you hear from time to time.

MyPetMudkip · 02-10-2014, 02:29 AM

I like her music now a lot more than I did before.
My favorite songs by her are Dark Horse, Unconditionally, Who You Love, Roar, Teenage Dream, Waking Up In Vegas, The One That Got Away, Part Of Me, and Firework.

Gavin B. · 02-10-2014, 10:40 PM

She did a godawful rendition of Yesterday in the recent Grammy tribute to the Beatles. She's totally over the top with her histrionic vocal. It was like watching Joan Crawford sing a Beatles song.

Yesterday is a really difficult song to sing and Paul McCartney proves his extraordinary talent as a vocalist by making it sound deceptively easy to sing. Katy Perry pulverizes the beauty of the song with her bull-in-a-china-shop rendition of the song. She knows nothing about the art of voacalese. McCartney didn't seem to pleased with the vocal either. He stood up and applaud nearly every other performer except for Katy Perry.

BTW the grey balding guy with a grey beard playing one of the two acoustic guitars on the song is none other than Peter Frampton.

VanillaNasty · 02-13-2014, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Gavin B.

She did a godawful rendition of Yesterday in the recent Grammy tribute to the Beatles. She's totally over the top with her histrionic vocal. It was like watching Joan Crawford sing a Beatles song.

Yesterday is a really difficult song to sing and Paul McCartney proves his extraordinary talent as a vocalist by making it sound deceptively easy to sing. Katy Perry pulverizes the beauty of the song with her bull-in-a-china-shop rendition of the song. She knows nothing about the art of voacalese. McCartney didn't seem to pleased with the vocal either. He stood up and applaud nearly every other performer except for Katy Perry.

BTW the grey balding guy with a grey beard playing one of the two acoustic guitars on the song is none other than Peter Frampton.

I appreciate both the original version and Katy's rendition of it. I think it's unfair to listen to it with the mindset of "okay, let's see how this stacks up to the original". Granted that's the natural instinct, but if you can fight it and appreciate her performance for something totally unrelated and on its own, I think it's fantastic.

I counted two or three small hiccups in pitch/vibrato that I didn't really enjoy, but overall those made up about 4% of the performance.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 02-26-2014, 02:39 AM

Katy Perry video causes uproar for allegedly disrespecting Islam | JPost | Israel News

She's annoyed a lot of people it seems.

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Miley Cyrus and Rihanna can take a deep breath, because controversy that often follows them has taken a turn and is now cracking down on Katy Perry.

The "I Kissed a Girl" singer's latest single, "Dark Horse," is sparking harsh reactions from the international Muslim community for disrespecting a symbol representing their God, Allah.

A petition launched Tuesday on Change.org is urging supporters of Islam as well as other religions, to ask YouTube to remove the "blasphemous" music video. Thus far, the petition has received 35,000 signatures.

Perry portrays an animated representation of Egyptian Queen Cleopatra, and she is seen using her powers to destroy those who oppose her. One character in the video is seen wearing a religious symbol around his neck, who she then zaps into a pile of sand, along with his pendant.

"At 01:15 into the video Dark Horse; a man is shown being burned, whilst wearing a pendant (also burned) forming the word 'Allah', which is the Arabic word for God," says the online petition.

The petition describes Perry as representing the opposite of Muslim values, and when she is easily able to destroy something representing god, it is a "portrayal of blasphemy."

Bunch of children.

~~Soulflower~~ · 02-26-2014, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by VanillaNasty

I appreciate both the original version and Katy's rendition of it. I think it's unfair to listen to it with the mindset of "okay, let's see how this stacks up to the original". Granted that's the natural instinct, but if you can fight it and appreciate her performance for something totally unrelated and on its own, I think it's fantastic.

I counted two or three small hiccups in pitch/vibrato that I didn't really enjoy, but overall those made up about 4% of the performance.

I don't even think it is even about that.

She just simply can't sing and to sing certain songs you have to have vocal chops.

For a song like that they should have asked someone else with a broader range.

Tristesse · 03-16-2014, 07:58 PM

I have a major crush on KP.

I've only listened to her first album but, give or take a couple of tracks, I think it's excellent.

12-29-2013, 01:14 AM	#373 (permalink)
galt54 Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: A suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. Posts: 191	The only original composition pop songs I really love from the most recent 20 years or so that I can think of are two (2) songs recorded by Katy Perry: HotnCold and I Kissed a Girl. Am I missing something? Could the current pop scene really be that impoverished? Or am I just getting old and completely out of touch?

02-10-2014, 10:40 PM	#376 (permalink)
Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	She did a godawful rendition of Yesterday in the recent Grammy tribute to the Beatles. She's totally over the top with her histrionic vocal. It was like watching Joan Crawford sing a Beatles song. Yesterday is a really difficult song to sing and Paul McCartney proves his extraordinary talent as a vocalist by making it sound deceptively easy to sing. Katy Perry pulverizes the beauty of the song with her bull-in-a-china-shop rendition of the song. She knows nothing about the art of voacalese. McCartney didn't seem to pleased with the vocal either. He stood up and applaud nearly every other performer except for Katy Perry. BTW the grey balding guy with a grey beard playing one of the two acoustic guitars on the song is none other than Peter Frampton. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt

12-20-2013, 06:58 PM	#372 (permalink)
xLizardx Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: UK Posts: 71	I slightly resent the fact that she also has blue hair haha. Some of her songs have been quite sing-along-able, how much she actually contributes to them herself though is rather more dubious. That's hardly a phenomenon unique to her though, unfortunately.

02-10-2014, 02:29 AM	#375 (permalink)
MyPetMudkip Groupie Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Michigan, USA. Posts: 1	I like her music now a lot more than I did before. My favorite songs by her are Dark Horse, Unconditionally, Who You Love, Roar, Teenage Dream, Waking Up In Vegas, The One That Got Away, Part Of Me, and Firework.