Maybe I’m a teenager at heart, but I really like the music on this CD. Yes, it is pure fluff, but Katy Perry rocks in these songs. You’d have to be a cadaver not to react to this pop music. Katy Perry had a break-through hit last year with “I Kissed a Girl” (written by the underrated Cathy Dennis) and this summer Katy Perry’s hit song, “California Gurls” (NOT the Beach Boys classic), seemed to be on everybody’s car radio. Teenage Dream comes in two versions: the “Explicit” version and the “Clean” version. The music is the same, the lyrics vary. Critic Ken Tucker likes Teenage Dream, too. I included his review below. GRADE: A
TRACK LIST
1 Teenage Dream 3:47
2 Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) 3:50
3 California Gurls 3:55
4 Firework 3:48
5 Peacock 3:51
6 Circle the Drain 4:32
7 The One That Got Away 3:47
8 E.T. 3:26
9 Who Am I Living For? 4:08
10 Pearl 4:08
11 Hummingbird Heartbeat 3:32
12 Not Like the Movies 4:01
13 California Gurls Bonus Track / Passion Pit Main Mix / Mix 5:12
14 Teenage Dream Bonus Track / Kaskade Club Mix / Mix 6:27
I think you are just an everything lover at heart. Your zest for life just knocks me out.
I like to embrace Life, Patti. And I’m attracted to artists who project a lot of energy…like Katy Perry.
Leaving the music aside for a moment: Katy Perry is one of those people who seem to be ubiquitous these days, like Lady Gaga and Blake Lively. Every time you turn on the television or open a newspaper, there they are, usually exhibiting their body in a revealing outfit (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
It annoys me.
As for the music, I don’t listen to new music.
And stay off my lawn!
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Do you have a lawn, Jeff? Remember, I teach MARKETING so I have to stay current on trends in music, movies, etc. Plus, I like it.
George, “I Kissed a Girl” was actually from 2008.
I’m not quite sure what I think about Katy Perry. Some of her music is pretty catchy, but like Lady Gaga she gets too much media exposure.
I did like the “California Gurls” video, at least the part where Perry shoots whipped cream from her breasts.
Oops, sorry about the dating of “I Kissed a Girl,” Drongo. I seemed to hear it everywhere in 2009 so it must have spilled over from 2008. Sadly, artists have to market themselves relentlessly in our current culture. Media exposure is a necessary evil for pop singers and performers.
“creamy canvases”? I didn’t hear that, but I have a mostly deaf ear to pop. The tiny clips sound like really generic oughts music, I don’t hear anything original or compelling, just a voice and a beat, fine for a song on the radio, but a whole album? Enjoy, George, I’ll stick with my classical, jazz and soundtracks. Oh and speaking of lawns, I don’t have one at the moment, though there is a narrow “green belt” out front that’s community area.
I like classical music, too, Rick. But I also monitor the pop music world. TEENAGE DREAMS is Number One on the Billboard music charts.
George is just young at heart, which is never a bad thing.
Diane says I sometimes act like a 12-year-old, Jeff. I take that as a compliment.