Poll: Is Britney Predictable? - Page 3

Josh

Clearly you haven't listened to her albums in full to make such judgment other wise you wouldn't sound so damn ignorant

dperkins

Yes....

Josh

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Originally posted by dperkins

Yes....

says P!nk stan

RatchetBey

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Originally posted by Josh

Clearly you haven't listened to her albums in full to make such judgment other wise you wouldn't sound so damn ignorant

U need to calm down

Shaliydah88

Yes and no. Musically shes predictable because, like someone said, you know the songs will be about sex with maybe a ballad or two.
Personally, well, i'll leave that to the stans.

Josh

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Originally posted by Shaliydah88

Yes and no. Musically shes predictable because, like someone said, you know the songs will be about sex with maybe a ballad or two.
Personally, well, i'll leave that to the stans.

so I guess "I'm Not a Girl" is about sex right? Everytime too?

slw84

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Originally posted by QuitmanDJ

Yes. I didn't think about that. Each album has a distinctive sound to it. She's done something different each album.
BOMT - brought bubble gum teen pop back in the 90s.
OIDIA - stayed teen pop, but sexed up the sound a bit.
Britney - came out of the box with a sexy vibe to her album. Very unpredictable.
In the Zone - experimented extremely with new producers and new sounds. RnB, funk, pop, rock, etc. and blended them together perfectly.
Greatest Hits: MP - the new songs on the compilation had a rock vibe to them with a hard edge to the pop sound.
Blackout - experimented again with new producers and delivered an amazing dance album. Included a song which had the first dubstep influences, 4 years before it blew up.
Circus - more light and fluffy than blackout, but still had a very sexy edge.
Femme Fatale - first artist to bring dubstep to mainstream music. First album with dubstep influences from a mainstream artist.

No. She's essentially a very unpredictable artist which adds to her mystique. I mean we know so much yet so little about her at the same time.
The non-fans always doubt the underdog. She's the most successful female artist of the 21st century and from the beginning of her career she was never supposed to do many things:
She was never supposed to:
-have another hit after Baby one more time because she was a one-hit wonder.
-do it again after having a diamond selling debut...oops
-who expected the 2000 VMAs performance
-have a successful album after the teen pop crazed died down.
-have relevance in the industry because people perceived her as a one-trick pony who only was successful for her looks, body and clever marketing and was supposed to be one-dimensional.
-have a successful career after Justin Timberlake exposed her to further his career
-have success after rebelling with her looks and marrying an out of work dancer
-have success after the sex symbol image died with her rebellious basic looks and conceiving two babies
-have success after a public meltdown and rehab
-have success after tarnishing her performance image after the 2007 VMAs
-have success with an album 2 weeks after losing custody of her kids
-comeback from a meltdown after being on 5150 hold
-lasting career after the comeback hype died down
-launching successful tours garnering 200M gross.
-have longevity with the newer group of artist taking over
-doing Xfactor and getting public praise on the xfactor for being sane as many expected her to be unable to handle the job.
-Being the first talent show host to not need the show to boost their dying career
because it was make her look like a hasbeen
-being featured on a Will.i.am song AND IT BEING A SMASH due to Britney so she essentially has made careers for the irrelevants.
-Doing a Vegas residency at 31 with top 10 hits on the radio and platinum albums and millions grossed on tour. Again, defying the stigma that this deal is only for hasbeens.

Music and imagewise:
She shifts from era to era.
1) Baby one more time-(Teen pop/Bubble gum pop) girl next door image being youthful, effervescent playful teen innocence and the spirit of being young and having fun.

2) Oops...I did it again-(Cheezy/faux edge overproduced pop) good girl with a wink

3) Britney-(urban pop/teen angst crossroads) Coming of age transition phase from girl to woman

4) In the zone-(underground dance/vibey trancey and electro pop) her college party girl experimental phase Her free spirit, college, experimental image.

4-5) Greatest hits-MP: (electronic pop leftover) Her burnt out, rebellious image where she made declarative statements

5) Blackout-(european, dark, edgy dance pop) Her dark, out of control, girl gone wild post-rebellious/self destruction image

6) Circus- (conglomerate of her strengths/anthem pop) the comeback lessons learned from a jaded woman - Her comeback phase where it was really a compilation of her strongest themes from albums 1-5.

6-7 The Singles collection- Another GH album but 3 had rave, dance influences bringing back the 90s sound that artist having been using for the past 2 years.

7) Femme fatale (dubstep/modern, club dance pop)

Note: LOL at the bey stans lurking and perched in a Britney thread. Her impact is undeniable.

***Chu

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Originally posted by martikaisback

That type of stuff (production) would be credited to the producers.

Basically.

Her monotone and boring persona are surely predictable.

gloamingtheplain

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Originally posted by martikaisback

The question was: Is Britney predictable?

Unpredictable for Britney would be getting up on stage sans dancers and sitting in a chair while giving a live acoustic performance. She's just not THAT girl; she's not the mystery shock factor girl. She will stick to the formula that she's been comfortable with the past few years.

No. Because then everyone would be 'predictable'. Oh look, Pink is singing live again? Xtina is belting? Beyonce is dancing? How predictable.

Unpredictable as in you have no idea musically where she is going. Saying "she sticks to the formula she's been comfortable for years" is like saying "oh you know, Madonna will never go on stage and do a live acoustic". So does that make Madonna predictable? No.

Madonna changes it up each era, but fundamentally acts the same, performs the same, promotes the same etc. But each album is completely unpredictable. The most predicable she has ever been is with MDNA because GAYL demo was a clear indication of where she was heading.

Shaliydah88

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Originally posted by Josh

so I guess "I'm Not a Girl" is about sex right? Everytime too?

You are really taking this to heart.

B2R4D

Experimenting with different genres does not make someone unpredictable. Artists are continually evolving, and it's what they're expected to do. Britney has moved at a gradual pace. She never takes a huge jump.

dperkins

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Originally posted by Josh

says P!nk stan

Who also happens to be a Britney stan. I'm just being real here.

Oh, and to clarify, I'm referring to 2008 to now. She wasn't always predictable, but she's become predictable. I hope that changes though.

slw84

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Originally posted by gloamingtheplain

No. Because then everyone would be 'predictable'. Oh look, Pink is singing live again? Xtina is belting? Beyonce is dancing? How predictable.

I wasn't aware that we were just focusing on music. Britney's music, image and career as a whole should be considered.

martikaisback

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Originally posted by gloamingtheplain

No. Because then everyone would be 'predictable'. Oh look, Pink is singing live again? Xtina is belting? Beyonce is dancing? How predictable.

Unpredictable as in you have no idea musically where she is going. Saying "she sticks to the formula she's been comfortable for years" is like saying "oh you know, Madonna will never go on stage and do a live acoustic". So does that make Madonna predictable? No.

Madonna changes it up each era, but fundamentally acts the same, performs the same, promotes the same etc. But each album is completely unpredictable. The most predicable she has ever been is with MDNA because GAYL demo was a clear indication of where she was heading. [/CENTER]

That's not true. Christina and Madonna are perfect examples of artists who can be very unpredictable in this way. Nobody was expecting Christina to go the Britney route at the 2008 MTV Music Awards by lipping and focusing mostly on the routine, for example. Madonna has pulled out a guitar before and sang sans dancers. You never really know what's next with these women.

gloamingtheplain

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Originally posted by slw84

I wasn't aware that we were just focusing on music. Britney's music, image and career as a whole should be considered.

I'm not focusing on Music

Apparently, to be 'unpredictable' you have avoid being true to yourself and what you want to do. Britney performs in her own way, sings in her own way. But never has an era been predictable, an album predictable, a boyfriend, TV appearances.

XFactor, The comeback, Image changes, Scream and Shout etc. are all examples of how she's gone the opposite route. Saying "an artist performs the same and doesn't change it up" is like saying Beyonce never does acrobatics. Should she change her performance technique in order to be unpredictable? No way. Should she act like a bitch just because people expect her to be nice? No.

You cannot change how an artist works themselves, but they can change what the content is.

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Originally posted by martikaisback

That's not true. Christina and Madonna are perfect examples of artists who can be very unpredictable in this way. Nobody was expecting Christina to go the Britney route at the 2008 MTV Music Awards by lipping and focusing mostly on the routine, for example. Madonna has pulled out a guitar before and sang sans dancers. You never really know what's next with these women.

But with your logic, Britney is unpredictable because she sang live along with the backing tracks of her songs. How lame does that sound.

Madonna and Christina ultimately perform their own way and we know what to expect from them. So Xtina now has to not sing in order to become an predicable artist? No lol

slw84

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Originally posted by martikaisback

That's not true. Christina and Madonna are perfect examples of artists who can be very unpredictable in this way. Nobody was expecting Christina to go the Britney route at the 2008 MTV Music Awards by lipping and focusing mostly on the routine, for example. Madonna has pulled out a guitar before and sang sans dancers. You never really know what's next with these women.

I would say that
Madonna, Janet, Britney, Gwen, Pink for her first 3 albums, Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Michael Jackson, etc. are examples of shifting images/music to keep a career going strong.

Mariah (minus her comeback), Nicki (who I love is too hit or miss with her transformations), Christina, Kesha, Kelly Clarkson,Justin Bieber, Nelly Furtado, Whitney houston are bad examples how shifting images incorrectly can derail a career.

the others (Justin, Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Eminem, Usher, Alicia etc.) are predictable mainly in a good way.

jomarr

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Originally posted by dperkins

Who also happens to be a Britney stan. I'm just being real here.

Oh, and to clarify, I'm referring to 2008 to now. She wasn't always predictable, but she's become predictable. I hope that changes though.

Well we surely didn't expect her to judge at X Factor, sign a deal for Vegas Residency, collaborate with will.i.am, sing in a British accent and be the top female (with profits coming mostly in music) musician in Forbes last year.

She's very unpredictable which really makes every Britney fan die. We didn't also expect the fight scene in Hold It Against Me or the Criminal video at all or having Brunette hair

or her being featured in S&M, appearing twice at the BMA's or slaying TTWE live on Pittsburgh

or her giving an introduction to Beyonce at the VMAs in her "tribute"

Crystal.

Lol.

Havoc

Yes. Her music is very generic, she's a poor performer and has no involvement in her career.

jomarr

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Originally posted by Havoc

Yes. Her music is very generic, she's a poor performer and has no involvement in her career.

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Then, sometimes if it’s an Usher or Beyonce type of act, you’re ok with giving it away because if they sing over your song, they’re going to bring great attention to it.

Producers don’t mind giving CERTAIN artist the credit. But, it’s mostly African Americans that do that kind of stuff. I hate to say it, but it’s true. I know people that have written for Britney Spears and different people that are in the pop world, and they don’t ask for that kind of stuff. Britney don’t ask for ****. If you wrote it, you just wrote it. She sings it and leaves.

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Britney Spears has revealed it’s actually her who decides what her music videos should be like – including promos for some of her biggest hits.

The X Factor judge sat down with Perez Hilton this week to share her favorite videos, revealing that her personal highlights are for older songs Baby One More Time and Oops!… I Did It Again, because she got to choose the concepts behind them.

“My first video was Baby One More Time. I think I was 18 or 17 years old,” says Britney. “It was my idea to have the whole schoolgirl outfit and us being at school and having the dance numbers throughout it.”

She added: “Actually Oops! was one of my favorite videos. The whole concept was us being on the planet Mars, it’s just a really out there concept which I thought would be really appealing to people.”

Britney also said being so long in the music industry has made her realize what makes the perfect video.

She explained: “I think I understand the video process is really important for all of us as artists because it’s our one and only chance to really, really connect with the fans on screen and for them to see us in our work.”

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She added: “Actually the song, when I first heard it, [I thought] 'It's really different and [there's] not anything I've heard like this before'. So I really wanted to deliver this song.”

The pop icon didn’t reveal too many details about the upcoming video but she did say to expect the unexpected. “I was thinking of a really cool concept for the video just to make it interesting,” Britney teased. “You'll have to see.”

Not to mention she also is responsible for the concept of Oops, Toxic and Womanizer.

She also is heavily involved in Blackout, In The Zone and the unreleased The Original Doll and the original concept for Femme Fatale.

Skrillex also mentioned how Britney started the dubstep trend to be mainstream and reiterated that she was the only one who got it right

She is not what you think she is.

Britney doesn't demand writing credits for a word or two but she's written a hundred songs unreleased.

Britney pushes her label with the singles she wanted to release. She may not be vocal about her involvement but her peers are the ones talking about her involvement which is much more better than self crediting yourself for something you didn't do. She remains humble and level headed after 15 years. She is the reason why she's still here.

There is a reason why Simon wanted Britney on the X Factor. It's because of her talent and sophistication in music and style.