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The official Christina Aguilera thread; New album in 2018
Topic Started: Jan 8 2008, 04:23 PM (22,192 Views)
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Apr 30 2010, 08:33 AM
The fact that it's for her own product makes it somehow worse than regular product placement.

yessss :lmao:
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Apr 30 2010, 08:34 AM
it's not a "bad" video by any means. it's very contrived and forgettable though and only makes me appreciate videos like 'Express Yourself', 'Human Nature' and 'Bad romance' even more
Yep. It's well shot and has a lot of energy, but it's ultimately dull. There's absolutely nothing we haven't seen time and time again. "Bad Romance" is so striking and different. This is basically just GaGa whoring it up in some cheap PVC. There's nothing else going on whatsoever.
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and yet, it's still better than Madonna's last few videos COMBINED.

at least it shows some effort
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Apr 30 2010, 08:43 AM
and yet, it's still better than Madonna's last few videos COMBINED
Faint praise. I took a video clip on my phone last week of a cat spraying its wee-wee all over a hedge.

Even THAT was a better video than Madonna's recent efforts. And sexier.
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Apr 30 2010, 08:47 AM
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Apr 30 2010, 08:43 AM
and yet, it's still better than Madonna's last few videos COMBINED
Faint praise. I took a video clip on my phone last week of a cat spraying its wee-wee all over a hedge.

Even THAT was a better video than Madonna's recent efforts. And sexier.

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btw, the song has grown on me a bit :drama: :confused:
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Do you think it's possible that she's openly doing a homage to these other artists? It seems so blatant. I'd be surprised if she would though, as she doesn't seem the type to big up other "competing" acts.
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Apr 30 2010, 08:54 AM
btw, the song has grown on me a bit :drama: :confused:
It's gone from a 4/10 song to a 5/10 for me. I can't see it going beyond that though.
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Apr 30 2010, 09:05 AM
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Apr 30 2010, 08:54 AM
btw, the song has grown on me a bit :drama: :confused:
It's gone from a 4/10 song to a 5/10 for me.

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Apr 30 2010, 08:43 AM
and yet, it's still better than Madonna's last few videos COMBINED.

at least it shows some effort
Oh please 4 Minutes is way better than this crap
and it's really sad that she's copying all these classic videos, it just proves again that she's just another wannabe... nothing unique about her except that irritating voice
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Britney put her crappy perfume in her video. Gaga put her shit product placement in her video too.

This video is quite contrived, but is better than the entire "Hard Candy" era.
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Will they stop putting Shitney in with these talented ladies? This must be a Turdney fan making these things.
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Entertainment Weekly isn't impressed with the video!


http://music-mix.ew.com/2010/04/30/christina-aguileras-not-myself-tonight-video/

The video for Christina Aguilera’s new single, “Not Myself Tonight,” hit the internets in the wee hours of the morning and immediately had the blogosphere—well, that’d be mostly one Mr. Perez Hilton—buzzing that it was a Lady Gaga rip-off. To be fair, it seems that Hilton thinks everything begins and ends with Gaga. But in this case, if you watch the clip after the jump, you’ll see that such a claim is by no means crazy talk.

In the video, Aguilera mostly prances around in various dominatrix-esque and lingerie-inspired outfits, sans any sort of storyline. You’ll see plenty of slick materials, exposed bras, and a whip. And, yes, there a few moments that are uncannily Gaga-ish. Two stick out in my mind: namely, those shots of Christina in white with a harem of dancers, and the moments where you see the diva, wet, in red lingerie. Just take a look here:

Truly, though, there’s another pop-diva influence clearly going on in this video, and her name starts with M. Could it be…Madonna? Yes, of course. Aguilera’s dominatrix outfit seems to be a clear nod to Madge in “Human Nature.” And those times where we see Aguilera amid mist at the top of those stairs, dressed as a German schoolmaster are reminiscent of Madonna’s “Express Yourself,” no? Are you seeing other Material Girl-inspired moments in the video?

The retort to this whole line of criticism, however, includes two arguments: 1) When it comes to Madonna, nearly every pop star has taken pieces of her performances/styling/etc. So there’s that. And then 2) With the Gaga argument, can we really fault Christina for taking from Gaga, when Gaga herself has so ripped from a variety of other artists? Then again, Gaga seems to rip from her musical influences and then blast it in a totally different direction. Right?

The worst part about Xtina’s video, beyond the rather unabashed unoriginality of it, is the sad stink of I’ve-been-gone-forever-had-a-baby-and-now-want-to-be-relevant-again desperation. Cue: the girl-on-girl makeout sessions! Text messaging! Fire balls! When watching, there’s wasn’t a moment where I didn’t feel like Aguilera was clawing for relevancy, in a crazy, far beyond, post-Aguilera world. True story: Aguilera has been gone for a long time. There’s a desperate need, sort of like when she blipped back for two seconds with “Keeps Gettin’ Better” a couple years ago, for her to resuscitate her look and build it in the image of what’s relevant now. But maybe she should have gone in a totally different direction to avoid comparisons? Given us something totally different? The thing about Aguilera is that she’s used to zig when everyone else was zagging. And now, it seems like she decided to zag along with everyone else.
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I really like this song now. :confused: :shy:
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The song isn't bad.... slightly bland but fun.

The video is very flat

Was there a total Madonna Express Yourself scene lifted? (the big stairs)
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I really like this song now. :confused: :shy:

same here. i think the video is working :manson:

6/10 from me
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May 1 2010, 08:44 AM
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Apr 30 2010, 11:16 PM
I really like this song now. :confused: :shy:

same here. i think the video is working :manson:

6/10 from me
I actually can't stop listening to it now. It's at least a 7/10 from me now. :confused:
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