NastradumasKid said:

CHIC0 said:

Lady Christina GaGuilera

Lady Gaga need to stop "gaging" on 9 inch cocks to get to the top of the music industry.

CHIC0 said:

Timmy84 said:

You meant Tony. Least you forget about me.

i didn't forget. but you never know.. you might get a little crazy..and feel like .....you're not yourself tonight.

I'm sober as fuck.

Timmy84 said:

CHIC0 said:

i didn't forget. but you never know.. you might get a little crazy..and feel like .....you're not yourself tonight.

I'm sober as fuck.

Timmy84 said:

CHIC0 said:

i didn't forget. but you never know.. you might get a little crazy..and feel like .....you're not yourself tonight.

I'm sober as fuck.

Since when?

CHIC0 said:

NastradumasKid said:

Lady Gaga need to stop "gaging" on 9 inch cocks to get to the top of the music industry.

It's true, my friend.

NastradumasKid said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm sober as fuck.

Since when?

midiscover said:

NastradumasKid said:

Since when?

Nice to see you too.

NastradumasKid said:

midiscover said:

Nice to see you too.

midiscover said:

NastradumasKid said:

Nice to see you too.

errant said:

sosgemini said:

I have no clue what you are talking about. I am referring to Gaga's ease in "borrowing" fashion statements from Bjork, Grace Jones and the like...her whole facade is borrowed...just like most artist (and Xtina). So, my comment was more directed at fan response and how they defend one artist as an original and slam another as not. Cha know?

I think the difference is that Gaga admits to that and cites her influences. When Christina got called on it, she acted like it was a silly idea and didn't know who Gaga was, then went on to bad-mouth her.

This.

btw, i'm listening to Bionic right now and so far it's not doing anything for me at all. I'm trying hard to like it but it's not working. FAIL

NastradumasKid said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm sober as fuck.

Since when?

You crazy if you think all my posts were because I was intoxicated on something.

I'm a crazy son of a bitch sober! WHAT!?

Timmy84 said:

NastradumasKid said:

Since when?

You crazy if you think all my posts were because I was intoxicated on something.

I'm a crazy son of a bitch sober! WHAT!?

LOL I'm kidding big brother. You are a crazy son of a bitch sober. Nice one.

She's so FUCKED. And that performance was horrible.

Cinnie said:

sosgemini said:

I find it interesting that Gaga fans will find proof that Xtina is bitting off of others yet refuse to admit that Gag does the same.

That's not even true though! When Gaga did a tribute to Madonna, it was wearing a leather jacket (for a couple frames) in a prison referencing a character Madonna played in cinema.

When Xtina did her "tribute", it looked like a big ripoff of Madonna's iconic music videos.. in a music video, for the entire video.

It's a difference between the two.

I don't even have Gaga's damn CDs but I can call it how I see it.

I guess some people confuse stealing with inspiration, Ga Ga made tributes to legends of the past (Madonna, Grace Jones, Vanity) adding her own twist, Xtina steals from her contemporaries (Peaches, Beyonce, MIA, Ga Ga) with a straight face. I don't like Ga Ga's music but at-least she knows music and pop history. Xtina is an airhead.

OUCH Bionic is at number 4 on Itunes. so much for a comeback...

Christina Aguilera Performs on the 'Today' Show

The pop star then went on to perform a medley of songs from 'Bionic,' including the title track and her latest single, 'Not Myself Tonight.' Aguilera continued her set with one of her biggest hits, 'Beautiful.'

Let the Christina Aguilera Backlash Begin

By John Mitchell Posted Jun 8th 2010 01:33PM

Christina Aguilera is used to applause. A performer since childhood, Aguilera has sold nearly 50 million albums worldwide and won four Grammys -- one for each of her three studio albums and a group performance prize for her participation in the hit 'Lady Marmalade.'

Of late, however, Aguilera has been the subject of some rather vicious criticism. Her fourth album, 'Bionic,' hits stores today, and the record and Aguilera's promotion of it have put the 29-year-old singer in the media cross-hairs. It seems she can't do much of anything right; early reviews for 'Bionic' have been mostly tepid, her first single tanked and she can't even get dressed without being accused of ripping off other artists -- Lady Gaga and Madonna, in particular.
(While media critics aren't too keen on it, fans who have already heard the album are giving it a 7.6 rating out of 10 on Metacritic.)

The contempt has been so intense that when Aguilera canceled her summer tour, citing her commitments to promoting the album and her forthcoming film, 'Burlesque,' critics immediately called foul. Though tickets had barely gone on sale, the blogosphere lit up with speculation that sales had been weak, causing Aguilera and Live Nation, the tour's promoter, to pull the plug before things got embarrassing.

In a sometimes-savage critique of Aguilera's performance at this weekend's MTV Movie Awards, the New York Post said, "The most upsetting thing about that performance wasn't the heart shaped box (although, ew), but the fact that Christina has seemingly given up on everything that made her a star in the first place. This is a woman who built her career on the strength of her vocals. She was a singer first and foremost, but I didn't see much singing going on last night. What I did see was a tired rehash of everything the industry has been churning out for the last two years."

This complaint, that her most recent work represents a "rehash" of already stale music trends, has dominated the discussion of Aguilera and her new album.

The most prevalent criticism of 'Bionic' has been that it tries too hard to be everything all at once -- one part Gaga-esque Euro disco, one part traditional ballad-driven pop -- but doesn't end up being enough of either to be satisfying. According to NME, "It's as if the mighty Xtina has been reanimated as a slightly confused cyborg with levers and LEDs where the leather chaps used to be."

In a dismissive review, the New York Times writes, "On her new album, 'Bionic,' how has she decided to present herself? Mostly as a sexbot: a one-dimensional hot chick chanting come-ons to club beats ... For Ms. Aguilera, 29, it's an artistic swerve, turning away from the soul-flavored songs on her two previous albums, 'Stripped' and 'Back to Basics,' to visit the electronic realm. But the choice makes her sound as peer-pressured as a pop singer can be. This is the way to ring tone sales and radio play, until the next sexbot struts off the assembly line."

The Post is already writing 'Bionic' off, saying that Christina's medley of three of the disc's tracks at the MTV awards felt "less like a showcase and more like a pet store's going out of business sale. Everything was put on display in hopes that at least one item would catch someones eye and prevent euthanization."

And the reviews are just the beginning.

'Not Myself Tonight,' the first single from 'Bionic,' topped out at No. 23 on the Billboard chart and has already fallen to No. 95. The over-the-top video for the single has been eaten alive by bloggers and fans alike, all claiming that, in addition to being crass, it hews too closely to themes and images already addressed by Lady Gaga and, in particular, Madonna. Aguilera herself has admitted that the video is something of a homage to the Material Girl's 'Express Yourself' video.

For fans, Aguilera's seeming desire to continue the narratives of others -- in the case of Madonna, female empowerment through overt sexuality -- is half the problem. Across her music, videos and stage performances, a major criticism of the singer has been an overriding lack of originality, or, more precisely, individuality. According to Vibe, "During Christina's two-year sabbatical from the dizzyingly evolving pop music landscape, blush-inducing 'it girl' antics were being raised to Madonna-like levels. Indeed, the naughty daughters of the Material Girl were intent on playing a game of top this, b***h!"

In other words, Aguilera, who with all her success should be above it, often seems to be appropriating what other artists have already done in order to, as they say, keep up with the Joneses. This is creating resentment among fans who turn to Aguilera for a breather from the Auto-Tuned pop landscape. And as the Associated Press notes, "By moving into territory already crowded with the likes of Ke$ha, Katy Perry and, yes, Gaga, Aguilera risks losing her edge, her niche." To fans, Aguilera's voice is the star of the show, and no one really knows why she feels the need to distract from it with pop spectacle and manufactured controversy.

In her commentary on the 'Not Myself' video, PopEater's own Michelle Ruiz, noted observantly that "sex does sell, after all, but it isn't terribly original."

But few doubt her powerhouse, multi-octave voice. In 2008, Rolling Stone magazine ranked her at 53 on its list of the 100 greatest singers ever. She was the youngest artist -- and the only one under the age of 30 -- to make the list. And when she applies her celebrated voice to a ballad or a mid-tempo pop number, she often strikes gold.

For example, in 2002, she released the song and video for 'Dirrty,' and was met with public resistance. With the single, Aguilera was hoping to mature her image by presenting herself as a sexually-aggressive young adult -- a far cry from the chaste teen who came on the scene just a few years earlier with 'Genie in a Bottle.' As with 'Not Myself Tonight,' the song was a commercial misfire, reaching only No. 48 on the Billboard chart. Despite generally good reviews, without a hit lead single, Aguilera's album 'Stripped' did not open to major numbers. However, the disc's second single, 'Beautiful,' inspired a commercial turnaround. The song reached No. 2 on the charts, won a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance and helped 'Stripped' move more than 4 million copies in the U.S.

It's when she attempts to move too far from the 'Beautiful' mold that she tends to get into trouble.

As for her tour, she says it will launch in 2011, after she finishes up her promotional obligations to 'Burlesque,' in which she co-stars with Cher and Stanley Tucci. "I put on a big show. I create sets, costumes. There's major choreography and dance numbers. All of that goes along with a huge production," the singer has said. "And I started to feel this is not the right time. It'll be a much better and bigger show when I have time to properly plan."

Which is all well and good, but in today's environment, tours have become central to album promotion, if not the music industry itself. How exactly is she promoting the album by not touring behind it? This disparity has not gone unnoticed by fans and detractors alike, who have speculated that low tickets sales were really to blame for the tour's cancellation. Over half of the comments left on PopEater's story about the tour's postponement said as much.

Discussing the video for 'Not Myself Tonight,' PopEater commenter Giselle perhaps best summed up fan reaction to Aguilera's most recent reinvention: "Nothing wrong with being sexy, but she's really trying way too hard. This video reeks of desperation. Instead of doing something different and leading the pack, she falls into the same old thing over and over again: SEX. How boring ... These 'artists' need to understand that shock value only lasts so long." (And that was one of the nice ones!) It's a refrain being echoed across the Internet whenever the subject turns to Aguilera.

Only time will tell if Christina's shopworn bag of tricks will help her move albums, but the reaction to her single and its video are less than promising. Rather than follow 'Not Myself' with a redemptive ballad -- a la 'Beautiful' -- Aguilera has chosen the upbeat 'Woohoo' featuring Nicki Minja. Would she have been smarter to play to her skill set and release the haunting 'Lift Me Up,' which she performed at the 'Hope For Haiti Now' telethon?

LINK >> http://www.popeater.com/2...-backlash/

I think she's having an identity crisis.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

No she did not just lip-sync the beginning of that performance and then come out with a glowing heart on her cooter. I still love her vocals and have to get the album, but damn, her image as of late is really nothing new for her regardless of how much she keeps getting compared to Lady Gaga and Madonna. She was doing the over-sexed imagery back on 'Stripped' and 'Lady Marmalade' so she just backslide really. The MTV performance was weak and her timing is bad for this sound because it's played out. Like I said in other threads about this sound, if she had released this album before B2B, she wouldn't be getting criticized for 'copying', which technically she isn't because electronica damn sure ain't a new thing regardless of how much Lady Gaga is getting praised for re-viving an old sound. Autotune wasn't new either, but that didn't keep mofos from bringing it back and trying to make people think it was new. Most of Christina's outfits are ugly; Lady Gaga's outfits are just ridiculously imaginative yet still ugly. Oh well, if the fans love the album that's all that should really matter in the end. I really like her 'Xtina' rings, but miss the dark hair. I think blonde hair is soo boring on her even though it's actually her natural color but that's just my opinion.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I think she's having an identity crisis.

That basically summerizes her whole career

VoicesCarry said:

Yes Yes Yes

Me likes

phunkdaddy said:

VoicesCarry said:

Yes Yes Yes

Me likes

Men and pussy.

Women and dicks.

Thank Buddha I am not a human.

NastradumasKid said:

phunkdaddy said:

Yes Yes Yes

Me likes

Men and pussy.

Women and dicks.

Thank Buddha I am not a human.

Oh yes you are...whether you like it or not. And...so was Buddha!

It is really a damn shame that she has allowed her handlers to concentrate on her pussy rather than her vocal ability... Caught the last of her performance on TV this mornining and it was a damn shame...because her vocals were good--live singing--but her performance was lacking in confidence and her Madonna wannabe out-fit and make-up just didn't work for her... She has the vocal talent...she just doesn't know what to do with it!

poetcorner61 said:

NastradumasKid said:

Men and pussy.

Women and dicks.

Thank Buddha I am not a human.

Oh yes you are...whether you like it or not. And...so was Buddha!

Not anymore my friend.

As this point, I rather live in a forest and be friends with some wild animals, society is fucked up.

poetcorner61 said:

It is really a damn shame that she has allowed her handlers to concentrate on her pussy rather than her vocal ability... Caught the last of her performance on TV this mornining and it was a damn shame...because her vocals were good--live singing--but her performance was lacking in confidence and her Madonna wannabe out-fit and make-up just didn't work for her... She has the vocal talent...she just doesn't know what to do with it!

Damn. Sad, but true.

SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said:

I think she's having an identity crisis.

That's what I been saying. She's not herself anymore.

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[Edited 6/9/10 16:41pm]