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New Track: Britney Spears - "Private Show"
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Originally posted by HIAM
Snatch my wig to the left, snatch my wig to the right <3
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Originally posted by Aleks
Is that a reliable chart? I read pre-orders don't chart on ITunes anymore?
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On the iTunes Store main Page there's a Pre-Order section that shows pre-order only chart!
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Member Since: 8/24/2011
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Her vocals are so bad here omg. But a big step from all the mess Britney Jean already
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Member Since: 5/15/2012
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Originally posted by WERKER
This is getting deleted from the album as soon as I get it. I know i'm sarcastic, but having been a fanboy for Britney since 1999 the new music she releases just isn't cutting it, I can barely even listen to this song without wanting to throw my laptop out of the window. FF + WB were amazing, why has she suddenly lost any sense of what sounds good and what does not?
Make Me is cute but its not the lead she needed, I don't care about success I stan for a flop these songs just aren't authentic "Britney."
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Both songs have Britney written all over them,
Sorry but this is undeniable Britney
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Originally posted by Unusualyou
Both songs have Britney written all over them,
Sorry but this is undeniable Britney
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MM is Britney yes, just not the lead she needed. PS is not authentic, its try-hard and embarrassing. I understand people have their own opinions but just because you're a fan of someone doesn't mean you need to delude yourself into liking their newer content. A real stan can critique/review/compare content without taking offence.
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Member Since: 3/27/2012
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Originally posted by Patrick
I was surprised to see the mixed reception for this one... and then I wasn't.
Further proof of a deep generational chasm that divides ATRL into two camps; the twentysomething pop sophisticates with 15 to 20 years of top-shelf pop consumption to their name, and an unruly kid crew with Scream Queens avatars and tributes to Nick Jonas in their signatures. It's not that the latter generation is a lost cause entirely, but they've clearly never heard a "Britney" — that is, they've never encountered a voice quite as distinctive as Britney's. "But I know Britney! Circus was the first album I bought!" First off, ask for a refund. And no, you don't know Britney, you know a very stilted and subdued version of the iconic performer.
The Britney of "Private Show" is Britney as Britney is intended to sound. She very skillfully vacillates between a range of tones; she nasally, then guttural, then grainy, then nasally again, then delicate. (And yes, that's how she's supposed to do it.) She's sultry. She's goofy. She's sounds slightly absurd. She's fully engaged. She's expressive in ways that "technically superior" vocalists just aren't. She is brilliant. You have no idea how brilliant she is.
This is the probably purest attempt Britney has made to harness some of that ineffable charm that made her early work so irresistible. I adore it.
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You’re giving Britney far too much credit here. I really do appreciate how she’s tried so many things here with her voice, as you say: guttural, grainy, delicate, etc. However the final result is incredibly hampered by the pitch they have her sing it in. It sounds processed, strained and unnatural (especially after the bridge in her riffs which sound directly from a computer). Nothing of which “technically superior” vocalists would allow on their track, who, by the way can exceed Britney in expression for miles and miles: look at expressive singers like Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Whitney, Mariah, Barbra, Aretha, and from the newer generation Adele, Ariana, etc. Compared to these women, if Britney is brilliant, we need a much stronger word to describe them.
I do agree though that her charm is showing through, I just wish that they had lowered her a bit so she didn’t sound so ridiculous.
Lastly though, I would not say that a younger generation just doesn’t get Britney or doesn’t know how brilliant she is. If she’s the icon she truly is, people will be familiar and revere her earlier work, even the younger generation.
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Member Since: 4/25/2011
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Do we have two Britney sings in the Top 10 of iTunes?  Someone screen cap this moment!
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Member Since: 9/1/2013
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Originally posted by Juanito
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It really isn't, its try-hard and an embarrassment to her legacy, yes her old albums in her discography have styles similar but this is 2016, not 2000. The past is the past for a reason.
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Member Since: 12/7/2008
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Originally posted by Aleks
Is that a reliable chart? I read pre-orders don't chart on ITunes anymore?
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My source is iTunes so yes.
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ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 12/7/2008
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When was the last two Brit song on iTunes top 10??
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Member Since: 8/7/2015
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Originally posted by Patrick
I was surprised to see the mixed reception for this one... and then I wasn't.
Further proof of a deep generational chasm that divides ATRL into two camps; the twentysomething pop sophisticates with 15 to 20 years of top-shelf pop consumption to their name, and an unruly kid crew with Scream Queens avatars and tributes to Nick Jonas in their signatures. It's not that the latter generation is a lost cause entirely, but they've clearly never heard a "Britney" — that is, they've never encountered a voice quite as distinctive as Britney's. "But I know Britney! Circus was the first album I bought!" First off, ask for a refund. And no, you don't know Britney, you know a very stilted and subdued version of the iconic performer.
The Britney of "Private Show" is Britney as Britney is intended to sound. She very skillfully vacillates between a range of tones; she nasally, then guttural, then grainy, then nasally again, then delicate. (And yes, that's how she's supposed to do it.) She's sultry. She's goofy. She's sounds slightly absurd. She's fully engaged. She's expressive in ways that "technically superior" vocalists just aren't. She is brilliant. You have no idea how brilliant she is.
This is the probably purest attempt Britney has made to harness some of that ineffable charm that made her early work so irresistible. I adore it.
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Literal post of the year. Bravo!!
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Member Since: 1/13/2012
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Originally posted by Monky_2405
On the iTunes Store main Page there's a Pre-Order section that shows pre-order only chart!
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Ah I see, I thought it was general albums chart.
Still good. I wonder how many pre-orders it can rack up during these 3 weeks.
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Member Since: 10/17/2011
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The song itself isn't bad but they completely destroyed it with her "vocals".
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Originally posted by Jeiboy
When was the last two Brit song on iTunes top 10?? |
Womanizer and Circus in 2008.
TTWE and S&M (Rihmix) in 2011.
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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Originally posted by Patrick
I was surprised to see the mixed reception for this one... and then I wasn't.
Further proof of a deep generational chasm that divides ATRL into two camps; the twentysomething pop sophisticates with 15 to 20 years of top-shelf pop consumption to their name, and an unruly kid crew with Scream Queens avatars and tributes to Nick Jonas in their signatures. It's not that the latter generation is a lost cause entirely, but they've clearly never heard a "Britney" — that is, they've never encountered a voice quite as distinctive as Britney's. "But I know Britney! Circus was the first album I bought!" First off, ask for a refund. And no, you don't know Britney, you know a very stilted and subdued version of the iconic performer.
The Britney of "Private Show" is Britney as Britney is intended to sound. She very skillfully vacillates between a range of tones; she nasally, then guttural, then grainy, then nasally again, then delicate. (And yes, that's how she's supposed to do it.) She's sultry. She's goofy. She's sounds slightly absurd. She's fully engaged. She's expressive in ways that "technically superior" vocalists just aren't. She is brilliant. You have no idea how brilliant she is.
This is the probably purest attempt Britney has made to harness some of that ineffable charm that made her early work so irresistible. I adore it.
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I *JUST* caught this.
DUDE. YES!!!!!!
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Member Since: 1/19/2012
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"Put on a privaaaate show!" 
I'd love the song without that ugly messy vocals but Brit sis what did you do
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Member Since: 8/19/2013
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I'm so mad I have four dumbass meetings at work today
UGH. Make sure ya'll keep streaming and link any article you find on the song.
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Member Since: 1/20/2012
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this is so bad & hilarious at the same time....lost it when she started singing "work it work it"
she can do better
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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I like Private Show more than I like Make Me here I said it. The vocals are so Britney
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