Since the late 90′s Britney Spears has been on our radar. Like it or not you know her music, she has had a great number of songs which have been extremely popular. It seems everyone was obsessed and loved Britney and her Pop music. Even one of my closest friends back home made a fan-site for her; I still remember his angelfire site dedicated to what many were calling The Princess of Pop. Through the years, Britney has had a very interesting career and one that has become typical in a sense. A roller coaster is a good way to describe it. Some good hits and performances, tainted with several breakdowns and drama, sprinkled with some other hits.
Success, Breakdown, Minor Success, Breakdown, Comeback.
I like Britney. I like Pop music. I love catchy music, as crappy as it can be. Hello, I even like Ke$ha. But, I wouldn’t call myself Britney’s biggest fan. I used to like watching her videos, most of her MTV Awards performances were great, I especially liked the one with Madonna and Christina Aguilera, which brought a lot of drama because… gasp… Madonna kissed the two “princesses”. Enter Christina Aguilera. I know that they both can have a different appeal, but Christina can really sing. I personally believe she has, to this day, one of the best voices out there. Yes, sometimes she can over do it, but that’s part of the appeal, I like someone that can just play around with her voice like that. Britney doesn’t have that voice, and that’s okay, she is a great performer. But something that has turned me off to her as an artist through the years has been her lip-syncing; I don’t remember watching a live performance in which she didn’t lip-sync.
Now, after having two kids, a couple of failed marriages, shaving her head and several breakdowns, she’s back… again. Her new album is pretty solid and I am pretty sure it will sell well, I like her first single released. I don’t like to compare singers because as I stated earlier all of them had their own appeal. But as my friend Jessica tweeted:”Britney and Christina look like they are trying so hard to keep up with Lady Gaga. It is sad…”. I totally see this. Christina had, what was expected to be an amazing comeback, last year. It was very, very bland. Her album and singles failed to impress the critics and were welcomed by lukewarm sales. Add this to several other flukes, including missing some verses of the Star Spangled Banner and stumbling on TV, doesn’t make you look good. Britney on the other hand had her first live performances for her new album on Good Morning America and well, it was pretty, but had some major flaws. First, for some reason Britney is not the dancer she once was. She seemed stiff and uncomfortable. Her dancers and even some of the people on homemade videos shown had better moves. And then there was her infamous lip-syncing again. I just don’t get it. Can lip-synching get worse over the years? I have seen drag queens that can give her a run for her money. It is a little sad. Personally, I prefer at least the effort. You can say what you want about Taylor Swift and Katy Perry’s live singing, it is pretty bad in my opinion, but at least they sing. You can call out Lady Gaga for her antics and craziness but put the girl in front of a piano and she will blow you away. I got to see her live, a two hour show, with no lip-syncing. Plus, she writes her own music.
So, I’m not pitting popstarlettes against each other. To each their own. I hope Britney stays sane through and after this comeback. It looks like she’s doing well and has her life together. I also hope that she brings a little more spunk, does some yoga, gain some flexibility and practices her lip-synching a little better. People don’t want her to be Christina or Gaga, but at least she can strive to be the Britney she used to be.
