Download California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg) by Katy Perry

Friday, July 2nd, 2010 at 12:44 am

Katy Perry manages to turn out some extremely catchy songs that epitomize (electro) “pop” music: the tunes are light and frothy, the vocals are sexy, and the lyrics are sassy-sweet. “California Gurls” is a perfect summer song; this is a sparkling pop ode to the “cutest girls in the world” (as Brian Wilson once put it) that you can play with your friends, laughing away the breezy days in your convertible, flying down PCH, admiring the bright blue Pacific waves off in the distance, all on a gorgeous afternoon. This song features the always fabulous Snoop Dogg in a lively guest appearance. In terms of its overall sound, the song’s composition is heavily reminiscent of the bouncy power-pop early ’80s new wave that Perry loves and also the funk stylings of Zapp. A fantastic song by Ms. Perry! (JF “Mr. A. Crowley” – IN.,USA)

There is no question that there can sometimes be too much of an artist with the same sound. For Katy Perry, she just doesn’t seem to showcase anything but being a “sex kitten” image. With her engagement to crude U.K. comic Russell Brand, and her personal life in a upswing, she just doesn’t seem to showcase that in her sound though. Her latest single California Gurls, really just doesn’t feel like she has a strong vibe here. It feels like a rehashing of her breakthrough when she came out with I Kissed A Girl a couple of years ago. Hopefully she will try and do a better sound for herself for her next single, and her next album. She really needs it, because she can’t be too much of the same singer, all the same time. Michael Kerner (“Michael Kerner” – Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.)

Wow. Thank you, Katy.
I had been complaining about Lady Gaga getting undeserved praise, but you’ve returned to remind me that things can be so much worse than copying Madonna and Ace of Base.
Gaga might be dull, but it seems that she enjoys what she does. “California Gurls” reinforces that Katy Perry is just doing whatever it takes to make a buck, including a poorly manufactured “summer anthem” for kiddies to blast through their range rovers while heading to the beach. One that sounds conspicuously like a sunny Miley Cyrus anthem for the Ke$ha demographic. One that, despite obvious employment of voice correction software, boasts singing that sounds like a poodle being stepped on. Oh, yeah, and it’s sexy too, don’t forget that. OH, and there’s Snoop Dogg there for street cred! Quite a package, right? Maybe the Dogg and poodle parallel is intentional?
Hey, I like plenty of dumb, fun anthems too–and there’s nothing wrong with making a profit–but this is crass marketing at its worst. It’s like the ads for all of those stupid toy products marketed to kids as the second coming of Christ (like the Skip-It and that ridiculous colored sand). It shows a brazen contempt for its audience that rivals the late 90′s teen pop explosion. Of course, if you didn’t see the cynicism in those acts either, chances are you’ll LOVE this new product by Katy Perry! Buy now while supplies last! (s.t. – Philadelphia)

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