Who Called Perry?

[vovat]

Since I've been writing a bit recently about musicians I don't like, I might as well get around to Katy Perry, seeing as how she was on American Idol this week and all. After a failed attempt to break into Christian rock (and considering what contemporary Christian music is successful, you have to wonder how anyone could possibly fail at it), she moved into regular pop, with hits like "Ur So Gay" and "I Kissed a Girl" (not to be confused with Jill Sobule's earlier song of the same name), the latter being an anthem for straight girls who pretend to be lesbians to get men excited. What I'm not sure about is whether she's actually singing all this seriously, or if she's secretly a brilliant satirist. Or maybe she's like Larry the Cable Guy, who doesn't actually believe what he says, but has a lot of fans who do. It can be difficult to tell in our complicated world.

As of late, the Katy Perry song that seems to get the most radio play is "Hot N Cold," which is mostly a list of opposites ("You're hot then you're cold, you're yes then you're no, earthly then you're extraterrestrial, you're Sunni then you're Shiite"). I figure she must be gunning for an appearance on Sesame Street. Hey, it worked for Feist with "1234." But even better is how the song begins. "You change your mind like a girl changes clothes." Because girls change their clothes a lot, am I right? Seriously, that's a simile bad enough to challenge Fergie's "I'm gonna miss you like a child misses their blanket." Katy continues with, "You PMS like a girl I would know." So you DON'T know her, but you WOULD? That's a really convoluted line. These lines are just bad, but COMICALLY bad. They're up there with Neil Diamond's chair refusing to answer him. So once again, is she serious, or did she purposely set out to write bad lyrics?

I've seen some people say that they think Katy is a shitty musician, but she's still hot. I guess I can say I kind of like her fashion sense. Anyone who's looked at my Tumblr is aware of my weakness for the vintage pin-up look. I just wish those outfits were on a better-looking woman. {g}

No, really, she's not bad-looking, but her face just looks kind of sour. People point out how much she looks like Zooey Deschanel, whom I do find very attractive, and...yeah, they're similar in appearance, but Zooey looks a lot nicer. Of course, I have no idea what they're like in their day-to-day life. Maybe Zooey is actually a bitch and Katy is really sweet; I wouldn't know. But that's not how they come across in public appearances.

Comments

[revme.livejournal.com]

Katy Perry is Oh-Kay looking. Like, I've seen worse, but, yeah. But her music is awful. And I was kinda "whaa?" when the issue of Curve (a magazine for/by/about lesbians) I bought because my friend Caitie was in it was all "KATY PERRY IS AWESOME!!!111!!" Because, erm, yeah. If her stuff is ironic, then, um, she's really bad at it. And if it's not ironic, then she needs a Diablo Cody Special.

[bethje.livejournal.com]

Provide an example of someone who is great-looking.

[revme.livejournal.com]

Hm. The aforementioned Zooey Deschaniel is.

I also like Björk a lot, too. She is very pretty. (I have heard others refer to her as plain/homely. Whaaaa/!?)

Thora Birch before she got all scary thin. (I guess same for Christina Ricci, as they look quite similar.)

[revme.livejournal.com]

(I think a lot of it with Katy Perry is that she has a... weird kinda vapid/vaguely-malicious sort of look to her.)

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's kind of what I was trying to get at when I said she had a sour expression.

As for the lesbian magazine loving Katy, that seems to be sort of like a feminist magazine loving Meg Ryan. Although maybe that's actually happened. I don't know.

I liked Thora Birch in Ghost World, but I'm not really sure how she looks now. It does bother me when girls with nice bodies think they need to be stick-thin, though. Christina Ricci kind of scares me. Yeah, she and Thora look a lot alike, but Christina has more of a creepy doll look to her.

[revme.livejournal.com]

Yeah -- Thora in Ghost World is my ideal lady, I think. Or at least reasonably so. I occasionally see stuff with her now, and she went the Stick Route, which is depressing. Because sticks ain'ta pretty. I think Christina's pretty (again, pre-stickening), but, yeah -- Thora's like, Ricci v. 2. or something.

[poisonyoulove.livejournal.com]

You PMS like a girl I would know

I think she's implying there that she would know how badly a girl PMSes. So both she and her guy are bitches, heh.

I think her voice is very weak. I find it really weird that they have her, Avril Lavigne, and Posh Spice as people judging singing ability. Like, what would they know about it?
Katy Perry is pretty to look at though.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I think she's implying there that she would know how badly a girl PMSes. So both she and her guy are bitches, heh.

Ah, so you take it as two separate sentences? I never thought of that, but it does make a lot more sense. Although "PMS" still isn't a verb. :P

I do find it kind of amusing when American Idol has a guest judge who probably wouldn't have made it through to Hollywood if they'd been on the show. Katy or Victoria might have coasted through on looks, but I'm not so sure about Avril.

[jadavisofmo.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

Ha! The title is an obscure L. Frank Baum reference!

[vovat.livejournal.com]

I was hoping someone would catch that. I found that story rather appropriately eerie, by the way.

[brostron.livejournal.com]

Katy Perry has a big rack. That's her appeal.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yes, but there are girls with big racks who are better singers and songwriters. Jenny Lewis, for one.

[revme.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and Perry's rack isn't THAT big. Seriously.

[(Anonymous)]

And there are talented actresses with good figures, but Jennifer Love Hewitt still has her own series.