I actually don't know why I'm doing this. I'm not a Britney Spears fan by any means. I haven't really liked anything she's done since Oops!... I Did It Again, but I thought I shouldn't ignore her comeback either. And I like to venture into music I don't listen to at times. I promise a write up on the Jon McLaughlin album (which, last I saw was #5 on the top albums on iTunes, way to go Jon!) this weekend...after I get to the store. Maybe one day I'll explain my need to have a physical CD in my hands instead of bits of data floating on my computer.
So, Britney. She's supposedly back from whatever was going on with her. I'm not into the rumors and crap. Personally, I'm glad to see that she does seem better now that her father has taken control of things. Something needed to happen, and I don't think anyone deserves to go through all of that. However, after releasing Blackout in 2007, she will release Circus this year. And the first single from that is "Womanizer." Which is what I listened to today. And I won't be listening to it again by choice.
It isn't my cup of tea, but I do think she'll have a hit with it. I won't be calling up the radio station to request it, but I'm pretty sure her fans will. She's singing about a womanizer (that was a stretch), and she knows what he is. Okay.
When she's singing (speaking? I don't know.) the verses, I would have never guessed it was her. If I heard the beginning on the radio with no indication that it was Britney Spears, I'd be wondering who it was. The chorus, however, does sound like her. I'm actually a little torn on the chorus for a few reasons. It's really repetitive as she sings the word "womanizer" about thirty times, and it isn't a repetitive I like (I can deal with it in some songs, but not in this one). I guess I don't see a reason for it. Well, maybe I do, but even so, it still seems overdone. On the flip side, I do like when she isn't repeating lyrics, but when she sings "a-a-are" I get annoyed.
I was actually pretty distracted by her singing, and I didn't notice the background music very much. It does go with the song (and I really don't know what else to say about it). I guess I miss the days when I could turn on the radio and hear "Sometimes," and when "Soda Pop" ended up on the soundtrack to the first Pokemon movie...when they thought it was necessary for a Pokemon movie to have a soundtrack...wow, that was a long time ago. So, like I said, I'm not a Britney fan, and this song doesn't change my mind. I do think, at the very least, she has a hit among her fans. Then again, I don't know, as I'm not one of her fans.
The song is now stuck in my head. Actually, just the repetition of the word "womanizer."
...I'll be more interesting with the Jon McLaughlin album.
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