How untalented is Katy Perry?

[closeupready]

So untalented that her 'career' would be nonexistent without Autotune? For evidence, watch the video to "Roar". I mean, I can't give you back that those 3+minutes but if you want a good laugh, check it out, lol:

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. Autotune. Any use of it any time makes my skin crawl....

Much rather hear the true artist and all of the attributes that people aren't perfect than any application of autotune (autoruin).

Maybe it is a generation thing - when I think back to the live albums from some of my favorite bands, they are pretty rough - but they are real!

[Miles Archer]

5. You beat me to it

Swear to God...clicked on the thread and was going to post "Autotune."

[Frank Cannon]

19. The problem is, "the true artist", in most cases...

couldn't carry a tune in the bed of an F-350. You can HEAR through the autotune that the "artist" isn't anywhere near the note they are supposed to be on. They simply can't fucking sing.

The sad truth is that most popular artists today are just heavily marketed fashion models. They are selected for success by recording executives on the basis of their sex appeal.

[NRaleighLiberal]

22. exactly. it's really why my favorite genres are jazz and classical

[jakeXT]

2. I think it works in that song, Cher's "Believe" always annoyed me with that Auto-Tune

Is it like CGI in Hollywood movies?


http://vimeo.com/18735772

[nomorenomore08]

40. As in, a crutch for those of meager talent? I think you're right.

[jakeXT]

42. Once they give you the tools, you want to play with them

Not everyone wants keep doing those mediocre youtube videos

[Vashta Nerada]

3. She's best viewed on mute.

She's hot. Nobody cares about how talented/untalented she is.

[orleans]

4. didn't watch the video but i think she's adorable. saw her on a talk show &

a commercial lately. "i kissed a girl" was one of the big fun songs of the last ten years.

[loli phabay]

11. yup think she would be fun to be around.

[petronius]

6. I'd love to be lost in the jungle with her

She seems to be extremely skilled at constructing shelter, acquiring food, and domesticating wild creatures...

(Not real fond of that song, however - but at least it's not catchy enough to create a painful earworm.)

[In_The_Wind]

7. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018474069

[closeupready]

8. When I was younger, we'd laugh at Madonna's paint-by-numbers

lyrics and songs. Looks like there's a new queen of that in town.

[In_The_Wind]

9. She's not twerking

... yet.

[loli phabay]

10. you are the wrong audience perhaps.

[mimi85]

13. Exactly....

that's what I tell my husband when he's bitching about some "new" music. I'm just glad we grew up when there was such a sea change in music - a wonderful time of discovery. It's tough to find acts today (men OR women) that can actually play an instrument and/or write music. Much less carry a tune.

[loli phabay]

14. at least shes better than genesis or rush who i totally hate

[dogknob]

27. Your hatred of Genesis and Rush has lasted so long...

I don't think anyone will remember Katy Perry enough to hold a grudge against her for that long.

[Nevernose]

12. In her defense

And I don't mean defense talent-wise, just as a human being: she posts a lot of pictures of herself without makeup, so that young girls don't think they have to look like that all the time. She wants people to know its fake.

[closeupready]

17. Well then at least she's trying, in her own way,

to improve the lives of her female fans, so that's a good thing.

[kwassa]

15. I find her amusing.

She does a send-up of the bombshell image, very tongue-in-cheek, drawing on glamor girl imagery of different eras. I like her visual sense.

as to the Autotune, that is the fad of this musical moment in time. Many are using it.

[cyberswede]

16. My 11 y.o. likes her (& loves "Roar"), but...

she's *11*.

[jakeXT]

18. Better version ? I don't know

[closeupready]

33. Oh, yes, definitely better - she can sing, her voice is lovely.

Perry's, OTOH, she's just yelling loud, and leaves it to the production crew to make it fit with melody.

I mean, a lot of people seem to like her, so that's fine. I just feel she's really plastic.

[jakeXT]

34. I know she has been accused of being pro military propaganda, and now her new album is called PRISM

Writer Naomi Wolf urges boycott of Katy Perry video, calls it military propaganda

..

Prominent feminist Naomi Wolf, author of "The Beauty Myth" and one of many who were arrested amid the Occupy Wall Street protests last year, is urging Americans to boycott the singer, labeling her video "a total piece of propaganda for the Marines."

"I really want to find out if she was paid by them for making it," Wolf wrote on her Facebook page. "It is truly shameful... I would suggest a boycott of this singer whom I really liked - if you are as offended as this glorification of violence as I am."

Katy Perry ‏@katyperry 5h

HAPPY #PRISM MONDAY TO: Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Norway…

https://twitter.com/katyperry

I guess the hashtag #PRISM has a new meaning with 45 Million followers


Speaking of plastic, I even liked Paris Hilton's song.....

[closeupready]

35. Yes, Stars Are Blind was good, harmless pop.

As I recall, even Lindsay Lohan's record was decent.

[Tabasco_Dave]

20. This untalented!

[Fearless]

30. Oh my freaking ears!

Please no!

If you must cover Queen, and I suggest no one does, please at least have SOME power and try not to be tone deaf!

[Tom_Foolery]

21. She's a lovely young woman...

Who has had her dreams come true. I am an old dude, and I think she has a lot of talent. Also, Russell Brand is an idiot.

[NewJeffCT]

23. If DU were around 30 years ago

people would have been saying the same thing about Madonna and those that came after her.

Some of her lyrics are pretty good for young girls to hear as well -

You don't have to feel like a wasted space
You're original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew what the future holds
After a hurricane comes a rainbow

Maybe you reason why all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it's time you'll know

That's from her song "Firework" - I think it's good that's she's saying you don't have to feel down about yourself because bad things have happened to you.

I'm not a big fan of hers, but my daughter likes her (she's in 6th grade). Certainly preferable to her liking Miley Cyrus.

[pscot]

26. We were saying the same things about Madonna

[cliffordu]

24. I don't care if she can sing or not.

As show business eye candy she works just fine for me.....

[baldguy]

25. I wouldn't say she untalented.

It's just that her talents are in self-promotion and marketing - not singing & songwriting.

[bigwillq]

28. I love that video, and I love Katy Perry.

She does not have a very good voice I will agree. But she makes cheesy pop songs, which I love.

If you don't like her, fine.
I wouldn't waste my time posting about someone I didn't like, but that is just me.


Off to listen to some KPerry!

[closeupready]

29. No, go for it with my blessings!! Music is magical -

what works for me mostly doesn't work for others, lol - I posted a thread about Music Box Dancer, an purely instrumental piece from the 70's which was probably 100% forgettable, but since I recall it from my youth, I love listening to it - it kind of makes me feel young again.

So please, listen to all the Katy Perry you want!! In fact, you can have my lifetime dose.

[Tom Ripley]

31. She wears it well

[Xyzse]

32. She has done a few decent non auto-tuned songs.

She isn't the best singer.
In fact, I don't even like her... However, she does have some measure of talent.

[Iggo]

36. She's pretty good at separating 12-year-olds from their allowance.

[dawg]

37. I like that song.

Granted, pop stars are more about image than talent these days, but I think she sings well. If I'm not mistaken, she writes some too.

[BlueJazz]

38. Hard to tell about her but I DID like the production values on the Video. The quality and..

....images were pretty damn good.

[Taverner]

39. She sounds like a robot

[Bucky]

41. Pfff, as if shooting foam out of one's knockers isn't a talent.

Talent, hell, it's a superpower.