Ke$ha

[discoprincess]

Feb 1, 2010 13:42:13 GMT -4 @roisin54 said:

I'm still not entirely sure of who she is, I don't think I've heard a single song of hers. And am I the only one that finds the whole substitution of $ for S thing stupid and annoying?

There is an explanation on wikipedia:

On the dollar sign in her stage name, Kesha states that she was being ironic, in that she does not believe in placing an emphasis on earning money. It came about after her Flo Rida collaboration achieved success worldwide; and yet she did not receive any money to show for it.[3][10] When asked about being compared to Lady Gaga and other artists, Kesha said "ny time you want to compare me to a successful woman, I'll totally take that."[35] She got a dollar sign tattoo on her hand for the same reason.[17]

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If she did a successful collaboration and didn't receive any money from it she's stupid. Nice cover with the irony bullshit.

I've never heard this song with Flo Rida, but I'll take a wild guess and assume that it wasn't oozing in artistry and musical genius.

How is anyone supposed to know this dollar sign tattoo is ironic without her having to constantly explain it? More stupidity.

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That's... silly.

On a shallow note, she is just plain fug. I can see why she piles on all that glitter and makeup and tries to hide behind her hair. I guess you could say the same thing about Gaga (sorry to bring up the comparison between them again), but Gaga really brings it and there's just something about her confidence and fearlessness that makes her beautiful. Ke$ha just looks like a drowned sewer rat. And I resent having to put a dollar sign in her name.

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Feb 1, 2010 14:07:30 GMT -4 @highondegrassi said:

If she did a successful collaboration and didn't receive any money from it she's stupid. Nice cover with the irony bullshit.

I've never heard this song with Flo Rida, but I'll take a wild guess and assume that it wasn't oozing in artistry and musical genius.

It's basically a cover of You Spin Me Round, with rapping in between choruses. Flo Rida sings the "you spin my head right round right round" part and Kesha's part is just echoing that line. I wouldn't call it a collaboration - she's basically just a backup singer providing that random female vocal that some songs use. It's not like she's heavily featured. She's not even in the video.

[danadel]

My understanding... from something she said was that her manager/people dind't want her first appearance to be a "featuring Ke$ha" thing, they wanted her to break with her own album. Which is why she isn't credited on the song or in the video. However, I still don't know why she wouldn't get paid for work she did- I don't buy that part of it.

[CyberCathy]

Feb 1, 2010 13:40:57 GMT -4 Karen said:

"But we kick 'em to the curb unless they look like Mick Jagger" is the most jarring, mood-breaking lyric I can think of. Mick Jagger? Really?!

This. She couldn't find a better rhyme?

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I think she has a rather obnoxious singing style.

Something about the way she sings that Mick Jagger line and the one about brushing her teeth with jack, or whatever it is she's saying, kind of irritates me. It almost seems as if she's trying to insert a hiccup at certain points in the song.

[Matilda]

Her voice irritates me like no other. It's worse than J.Lo's.

[Coffeecakes]

She really does have an irritating voice as well as being fug. She looks dirty, like she belongs on an episode of Cops. Though Blah Blah is catchy. I felt like shooting myself for liking it.

[birdface]

Her songs are just too over-processed for my liking. I'm all for techno, dance-y type beats, even with a singer who can't sing, but after reading a good review in a local paper I checked out her album on youtube and I can't hardly stand each song. It's hard to understand what she's saying and there's loud and shrill buzzing and zapping sounds every other beat. Tik Tok has been the most listenable song I've heard so far. I don't think I'll be picking this one up.