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Music News: Christina Aguilera's 4th studio album: 'Bionic'
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Originally posted by Katia
From EW:
Christina Aguilera desperate for RELEVANCE!:
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?
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sometimes art isnt recognized in its own time.. 
oh and edit. your welcome.
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Quote:
Originally posted by Katia
From EW:
Christina Aguilera desperate for RELEVANCE!:
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?
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Spot on review. Madonna did her sex with so much class and xtina jsut looks desperate and if shes making ****. She did not study Madonnas sexuality and brains enough when making this cheap video.
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this video is effin Fiyah
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Adam Lambert Speaks On Christina AGAIN: "I'd be intimidated singing with her"
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Is there anyone who you didn’t work with who you’d like to in the future?
I would like to sing with Christina Aguilera.
Would you?!
Yeah. I’ve been a fan of hers since I was a teenager and when she first came out, we were around the same age, I just…I think she’s incredible. There’s really no one who can match those vocals. I think it would be really fun to sing with her. She’s a powerhouse.
Would you be quite nervous meeting her, especially having idolised her from a young age…
I don’t think I’d be nervous seeing her. I definitely think I’d be intimidated singing with her.
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http://www.teentoday.co.uk/article/i...m-lambert-000/
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If Christina is not relevant, Why last night ATRL crashed????
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Oprah's appearance is now more important than ever.
The Gaga comparisons lack validity, whereas the Madonna ones are pretty clear. But i dont think she's ripping off Madonna. For years she's been saying she loved Madonna's artistry and so with this hot video she is showing that.
All she has to tell Oprah is that people are wrongly comparing her to new names when really, Madonna is the one that started this all.
it doesnt even matter if this single is successful on the charts now. It's doing it purpose... just as dirrty did it.
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Not Myself Tonight up to #47  
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Not Myself Tonight Video #1 Most Discussed In Music.
Her video is the #1 discussed in the music category on YouTube.
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WAS trending.
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TT Again!!!
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It's trending ahead of gaga... Yet Beiber is STILL on there! 
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