SNSD & music videos

The Boys, from best: The Boys I like. It is really unoriginal, and some of the chanting which is reminiscent of Telephone/Hollaback Girl is a bit dumb. I’m glad to understand the lyrics for once; they’re not quite as terrible as some of their other songs, even if they still have simplistic juvenile undertones. The video h/as really pretty snow and flowers. The girls look good when dancing in a group; the dancing itself is pretty good, though the later parts are totally from Bring It On. Best choice for the lead single given what else there is…

Trick sounds good the majority of the time, but sometimes it bugs me. And I suspect the former is when the production overwhelms the vocals; likely not a good sign.

Lazy Girl is kinda fun; I am mostly interested in their singing the title, though the part with that at the end’s annoying. The vocals are kinda off and it’s a bit repetitive.

Oscar I like the title. Some total shrieking esp in the bridge brings down an ok song.

Telepathy is ok, though it likely is even at that level because I was amused by “telepassy” and then I felt bad about it. Forgettable otherwise…well exc some whiny parts.

Say Yes If Kelly Clarkson needlessly stretching syllables doesn’t work, neither does SNSD doing the same. It sounds vaguely Disney Channel. Can they have a song w/o any shrieking? It’s like Glee’s Mercedes up in here. I say no.

Top Secret is ok tho short & w/some bad pronunciation & w/a bad talking part.

My J It starts meh. It somewhat improves sometimes but sometimes does not. I got bored before the end.

How Great is Your Love Bored now.

Sunflower is beyond dull.

Vitamin fails.

Well, there’s also a translation of Mr. Taxi, which is a great song though better in Japanese.

They usually have one single per release, but if they go w/2 I guess Trick would be a non-bad choice? The album cover’s bad too; only Yoona looks kinda good. Well, this isn’t as much of a disappointment as Kelly Clarkson’s album but I had higher expectations from her. Though her one noteworthy song is awesome, which The Boys is not.

Criminal’s music video is great. It’s not amazeballs, but the imagery is beautiful, she looks beautiful, and the concept while not original is executed well. It’s also slightly unexpected given the lyrics which is nice. I’m glad that this is her best video era ever for her most successful radio era ever and her best album ever (Rolling Stone & EW agree with me, so there.). # of vids I really liked from previous Brit albums: 2, 2.5, maybe 1, 2, 1, 2. 4.25/5

We Found Love’s music video is interesting with nice imagery, but I don’t like the casting and it doesn’t make me like the song any more; it’s really repetitive and unoriginal, with some nice sounds coming from Harris. 3.5/5