Katy Perry "CALIFORNIA GURLS" v Ke$ha "YOUR LOVE IS MY DRUG"

sexxxy summer pop jamz

production on both sound like a fred falke remix

oh and links to both music videos in the names above

they're both 6/10 songs for me but i would give ke$ha the slight edge

"california gurls" easy, would be a total classic with someone else singing (or even perry's voice processed less gratingly)

which obv cannot be said for "love is the drug"

Both 7/10s for me, and I like Ke$ha more in general, but it's not one of her best songs. Katy's song wins for sounding really hip-house (at least during the Snoop part).

lol isn't "love is the drug" a roxy music song? i would like to see ke$ha sing that.

writing on these songs: Ke$ha >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> katy perry (too repetitive and not as clever)

The chorus on California Gurls is kind of bland but on the whole it's a much less annoying track. The verses are pretty solid.

......er, Snoop just came on and he's channeling the Slap Chop guy. Kesha it is.

as much as I dislike Katy Perry's voice and delivery, when she has a good song they don't bother me too much. I'm not sure Ke$ha's ever had a good song, but even if she did I don't think I'd be able to get past the voice.

writing on these songs: Ke$ha >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> katy perry (too repetitive and not as clever)

ke$ha is clever? she's not even interestingly or entertainingly dumb

kesha's drunk skank routine is not entertaining to me but she's got the better chorus

k perry's flirty good girl pin-up routine is not entertaining to me either, but she's got an amazing pre-chorus that's the best thing out of all this. plus, snoop is reliable. so, her.

ke$ha is clever? she's not even interestingly or entertainingly dumb

relatively speaking between these two songs, YES. please Katy's lyrics are the most generic boring California girl cliche's i have ever heard

anyone know the producers on these tracks?

kesha's drunk skank routine is not entertaining to me but she's got the better chorus

Yeah, I'm not a huge fan of either but the Kesha song has a better chorus. California Gurls is too generically bland, like the soundtrack to the Bratz cartoon.

How are you going to complain about repetition in "California Girls" when the chorus to "Your Love Is My Drug" goes:

Because your love, your love, your love, is my drug
Your love your love your love
I said your love, your love, your love, is my drug
Your love your love your love

havent heard the kesha so ill vote for that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKxQEwM8zMI

anyone know the producers on these tracks?

The fiendish team of Dr. Luke and Benny Blanco for both. Katy's also has Max Martin, while Ke$ha's has someone named Ammo.

(voted Ke$ha, cos she's taller and good for jogging)

well that sounds.... wrong

It does, doesn't it? Although I'm not really sure how to parse the wrongness.

Katy's also has Max Martin

I am so disappointed in him.

@ HI DERE

omg! i didn't even notice! srsly tho, the 2nd verse is super short, then the chorus repeats, then snoop then chorus. just a lil repetitive, there's at least a bridge to ke$ha

the slumber party and 808 drum lines are kind of endearing in ke$ha's song. i probably would have voted for katy if the video were any good, though. seriously wtf did they think they were doing

Ke$ha should be burned at the stake imo.

as much as I dislike Katy Perry's voice and delivery, when she has a good song they don't bother me too much. I'm not sure Ke$ha's ever had a good song, but even if she did I don't think I'd be able to get past the voice.

― ˁ˚ᴥ˚ˀ say hi to me (some dude), Friday, June 25, 2010 12:21 PM Bookmark

otm

"California Gurls" is a solid 8/10 summer jam.

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I never thought I'd vote in favor of Kate Perry ever but my hatred for Kesha exceeds my own expectations.

i refuse to vote in this poll bc both of these songs sound like death

i will say this: the one thing that california girls has going for it is that it SOUNDS like something when it first comes on. you're like OH and you kind of want to throw your hands up and say yeah. but then you realize it kind of sucks.

I voted for Ke$ha, but if I could've I would've voted for Rev's post b/c it's hilarious:

Ke$ha should be burned at the stake imo.

― an artist-mutant going beyond gender (The Reverend), Friday, June 25, 2010 6:48 PM (1 week ago)

lol yes

curious what rev would do with ke$ha, bruno mars, and a gun with only one bullet

i never realized how similar these two songs are -- dr. luke is an amazing hack

there's this thing about "your love is my drug" where her voice is so strangulated and terrible sounding that it's almost like you're listening a friend that's always in a good mood singing the song

like, i think ke$ha's music would become incredibly powerful if she died tragically

are you trying to dissuade or encourage rev's murder fantasies?

i will say this: the one thing that california girls has going for it is that it SOUNDS like something when it first comes on. you're like OH and you kind of want to throw your hands up and say yeah. but then you realize it kind of sucks.

― so sick of the fucking V8 commercials (surm), Friday, July 2, 2010 7:38 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is very otm

most offensive song by an artist I completely loathe vs. surprisingly bad/annoying song by an artist I actually kind of like

whoever wins, we lose

lol at ramzi's post

it's certainly otm

curious what rev would do with ke$ha, bruno mars, and a gun with only one bullet

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― some dude, Friday, July 2, 2010 4:49 PM Bookmark

use it on myself

they are both lulz and dumb and amazing and shitty for mostly the same reasons.. they are both 5's out of 10's. i have no idea who wins, but prolly not katy since the snoop part is kinda godawful.

Ke$ha's voice and persona is enough to forever destabilize and ruin a saint's equanimity.

curious what rev would do with ke$ha, bruno mars, and a gun with only one bullet

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― some dude, Friday, July 2, 2010 4:49 PM Bookmark

use it on myself

― The Reverend

No wait, you might want to try to line them and see if you can kill both in one shot. Place Bruno Mars in front though, just in case you fail, since it'd be probably easier to whack Kesha to death with the pistol's butt than him.

he'd be frigging nutting on you, she'd be complimenting yr beard

I shaved my beard off today u_u

"nutting on you" is my favorite thing to intentionally mishear in a pop song since "want joe biden, need joe biden" which i'm pretty sure will never be topped

both are awful but perry is a terrible person, so kesha gets a vote today.

just noticed the great typo in the OP. let me tell you about the day katy perry met my popsicle...

Katy's video gives me indigestion.

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Would have voted Ke$ha here, LIMD has a sort of appealing lameness that gives me a tiny window through which I can basically relate to Ke$ha. The Katy song is as robotic and endless as most of her others, and although the "ohOHoHOHOH" part is as good here as it is on "I Do Not Hook Up," it's sort of cancelled out by the knowledge that the dreary Snoop guest spot is always lurking just around the corner.

i apologize for my ke$ha vote, because now i have heard her song and o_O holy shit its awful

Both songs are evidence A and B of why the music industry is in the shitter.

would have voted Ke$ha b/c "California Gurls" is a lousy song with such a narrow point of listener identification and doesn't really get into Cali gurls AT ALL, it's just provincial and boring. But YLIMD is really stupid and abandoned and Ke$ha pisses people off like who else? She's like the anti-Gaga or something, and that's commendable.

taio cruz's "dynamite" is def my fav dr. luke vomit-house joint -- pretty much cuz it sounds like an akon song

also the melody is pretty obvious (not that all dr. luke's stuff isn't) but the "whoa-oh-oh"ing seems more appropriate since the song just feels... a bit bigger, fuller, more housey than kesha, flo rida, katy p etc

& taio cruz obv doesn't have a "good" voice by any means but he doesn't sound like he's being strangled when he does it

yeah this is straight akon

i also like the b.o.b song with rivers -- the chorus is pretty nice even tho the verses are completely awful -- i might be a vomit-house sexist

when are we gonna do a big dr. luke poll

oh come on, that song is so bad. he pronounces the word "dynomite" for fuck's sake.

Not only does "California Gurls" sound like Madonna's "Holiday", it also sounds like Dizzee Rascal's "Holiday".

vomit house = best description of this genre

i would love to see a luke poll put properly together

as long as it omits "since u been gone"

or start a vomit house thread, taio cruz's collaboration with ke$ha on "dirty picture" should be included

haha i was about to say, i'd only do a Dr. Luke poll if "Since U Been Gone" wasn't an option

gimme a few minutes

can we keep the poll vomit housey though, the clarkson stuff is too rock, i want all pop to sound like benny benassi

uhhhh i dunno dude. you can do a vomit house poll if you want, i'm just going to do a Dr. Luke poll.

I automatically hate any song whose conceit is the lazy-assed "love=drug" trope. It's 2010! Find another muthafuckin' metaphor!

http://bestrooftalkever.com/post/876272360/invisible-gurls-katy-perry-vs-genesis

^ invisible touch/california girls mashup

another song "california gurls" sounds like: "i wanna be your lover"

Would have voted Ke$ha here, LIMD has a sort of appealing lameness that gives me a tiny window through which I can basically relate to Ke$ha. The Katy song is as robotic and endless as most of her others, and although the "ohOHoHOHOH" part is as good here as it is on "I Do Not Hook Up," it's sort of cancelled out by the knowledge that the dreary Snoop guest spot is always lurking just around the corner.

― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, July 7, 2010 12:17 PM Bookmark

^^^ didn't realize "I Do Not Hook Up" was originally a KP song when I wrote this, wow. Her version kinda flubs the hook though, so maybe "California Gurls" is sort of an attempt to make good on the previous promise? CG has certainly grown on me a fair bit, still no LIMD tho

the new ke$ha single (i guess from the album) is a new level of low and pathetic. "take it off"

the track is a take on the melody "there's a place in france where the naked ladies dance"

the video is like mad max meets mgmt meets those sprite commercials where people explode

whyyyyyy

vid here:

http://altreport.hipsterrunoff.com/2010/08/slutwave-artist-keha-makes-new-video-for-a-cheesy-bloghouse-banger-song.html

who is to blame for Ke$ha? I have never been more baffled by someone's fame in my life.

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actually that's hipster runoff

ke$ha had parents in the music biz. and by all accounts she seems to have tried pretty hard, so I guess that's cool (cf. tons of weird pre-fame ke$ha demos circulating on youtube -- "you're freaking me out" was particularly enjoyable iirc)

so yeah, hustlin' + connections = music biz fame, who knew

Katy Perry is so horrible, someone please drop a safe on her k thx

I'm able to maintain neutrality in the Lady Gaga/Ke$ha wars only by channeling all of my hatred towards Katy Perry.

Katy Perry is so horrible, someone please drop a safe on her k thx

you are wrong; her lyrics capture the grace and poetry of everyday language.

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― The chickbad from the ludicrous 'ludacris' song (some dude), Wednesday, August 4, 2010 3:32 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

where are u learning about new kesha songs

oh whoa lol didnt realize this was from 2 weeks ago -- should really keep up w my bookmarks

where are u learning about new kesha songs

― NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Sunday, August 22, 2010 9:04 PM (1 hour ago)

the radio?

funny i just posted this in another thread but i would have voted "your love is my drug", i don't think i saw this

like, i think ke$ha's music would become incredibly powerful if she died tragically

― hell hath no furry (J0rdan S.), Friday, July 2, 2010 8:38 PM (1 month ago)

lol wtf

it's true tho

"she loved life so much"

lol that is cracking me up

"tik tok $tar tragically out of time"

lol!

smh

"was your love not her only drug?"

editorial complaining about all the hands-wringing inevitably "blah blah blah"

loool

Finally got "California Gurls". Pretty awesome guilty pleasure pop! Ke$a tho, is 100% grating.

Ke$ha remix album out in March, right?