Gwen Stefani - Cool
Gwen Stefani’s solo effort is being panned as a failure left and right, and it hasn’t even been released yet. Take a breath folks! Stefani says that she just wanted to do a silly dance album and went through a lot of anxiety during the recording because she was stepping outside of herself to do something different. Hey, I give mad props to anyone who is willing to take a chance and bring something new to the table. And I actually really do like half of the album, the half that sounds like the soundtrack to an ’80’s movie.
I can see the video for Cool now: Gwen standing on the stage in the gym, all decked out in a hot pink Jessica McClintock taffeta dress, singing in the band that’s playing prom, the gym is all decorated with balloons and streamers as we watch all the different stereotypical John Hughs characters get their pictures made and dance the night away.
BONUS TRACKS: The Real Thing, Serious
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November 18th, 2004 at 6:32 pm
have you had sex before
November 18th, 2004 at 8:57 pm
Why yes Tommy, I have, last night with your mom.
Alt-Jen Ref.
November 19th, 2004 at 7:02 pm
Man! I hated the new Gwen when I first heard it, then started to dig it and downloaded it, then I find these mp3s and getting even MORE stoked. So I found an advance copy, listen to it, and…sadly you pretty much covered all the great tracks, and there are some really irritating ones. But thanks for hipping me to some of the good ones!
caley
-not anonymous, just having problems with blogger
November 19th, 2004 at 11:31 pm
The “hey, it’s just supposed to be fun” argument KILLS me because when did fun and good become mutually exclusive? I’ve seen that argument as an excuse for so many bad songs, action movies, romantic comedies… As if those things can’t be both fun and well-done.
I’m probably overreacting here - it’s just a long-running pet peeve of mine. It doesn’t even really apply to the Gwen songs (yet?) because I haven’t even listened to them (yet). It just doesn’t bode well when I see the “who cares if it’s bad? it’s fun!” thing implied.