Second: sorry I haven't been posting in the past week. Things have been busy.
Onward! So tomorrow morning I will be on SiriusXM OutQ's The Morning Jolt with Larry Flick (and co-host Keith Price) at about 9 am ET. Every so often, I go against type and bring in a bunch of straight up pop records.
Right now, the biggest pop record on earth is the latest from Lady Gaga, Born This Way. I don't have as strong of an opinion on her as everyone else seems to. I think she is talented, she's written some good songs, and she's a savvy marketer. On the other, I think she goes way out of her way to prove her intelligence, her artsiness and how much of an outsider she is. I don't buy into her like other people do. I think her new album is pretty good, but it's about as edgy as a Loverboy or REO Speedwagon album from the '80s. I do enjoy the fact that she used Clarence Clemons from The E Street Band on two of the songs. His playing is very '80s: it reminded me of his playing on "Dancing In The Dark" or Aretha's "Freeway Of Love."
I choose a couple of other prominent pop records: a Britney/Ke$ha/Nicki Minaj collab, a Katy Perry/Kanye West collab and some new Beyonce songs. I have to say, I wasn't really impressed by any of them. Also a newer artist named Christina Perri: she's not my thing, but I can appreciate her a bit.
And also, the artist who I think will be one of the stories of 2011: Adele. Right now, I bet that 21 will be one of the big Grammy albums, and it may make lots of critics lists also.
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