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Katy Perry "I Kissed a Girl"

I don't know if anybody on here has heard of Katy Perry, but she's brilliant. If you hit up her myspace (http://www.myspace.com/katyperry), you can listen to a few songs that are going to be on her debut album.

She's probably best known for her "Ur So Gay" and "I Kissed a Girl" songs. Madonna pimped her out on Ryan Seacrest, not once but twice.

I think her voice is amazing. I love the beats in her songs. They are fun. Anyone else? 

c.cuevas's picture

yep

i like her songs don't know alot about her but i do like her style

Xenite29's picture

Loveee Her!

Shes awesome.  Have "I Kissed a girl" on my myspace and ringtone hehe

 

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c.cuevas's picture

for some reason...

"i kissed a girl" reminded me of Paramore
jesticle's picture

I totally have it on my

I totally have it on my myspace as well. I love to listen while driving actually.

I'm not sure if "I Kissed a Girl" reminded me so much of Paramore, but some of her other songs I do get that vibe.

She reminds me of someone and I just can't place who it is. I listen to way too much music and it's been driving me nuts for weeks.

u_suck's picture

she kinda reminded me of

she kinda reminded me of Mia Kirshner in the videofor  ur so gay

and ´´I Kissed a Girl´´ is so catchy

and I found her songs kinda funny x)

 

moonknight_q8's picture

Damn Shes SMOKING HOOOOT!

i agree she looks like her, i thought it was her but u see the eyes she's diffrent also she looks like Emily Blunt too. but man this chick it awesome, the vid clip is Ahhhhh HOOOOOOOT. u just wanna like wanna grap her & kiss her.

 

JaffaCakes's picture

I kissed a girl and l liked itttt

I looove her songs, I've had "yorue so gay" as my profile song for quite a while now :)

Her songs are lush, I've read a few interviews by her though, and she seems a bit dim :|

Oh well :)

MetalWiccaDyke's picture

...

nope not a fan at all
Meke's picture

Same Here

It kinda makes me wanna go head first into a brick wall

badwolf's picture

I concur.I kinda hate that

I concur.

I kinda hate that she looks like Zooey Deschanel. Oh well, Zooey's cuter and probably more intelligent.  

MetalWiccaDyke's picture

...

nope not a fan at all
music_lover's picture

That's Who It Is!!

I am istening to I Kissed A Girl on her website at this very moment, and i know that i am going to have it running though my head all day. I heard if first on the radio, and i wanted to listen to it again, but i didn't know who sang it. * hugs * so thank you for writing this post!!! Now i know who to listen to over and over and over and over and over again. = ) thank you!!
jesticle's picture

not a problem! glad you

not a problem! glad you could find it again. I hate when I hear something I like, but can never find it again.
ilive2play7's picture

love her

heard her song I kissed a girl on the radio and was like holy catchy holy great when can i get this cd? yeah it was bad.  She is actually traveling with WARP tour if you guys didnt know.  pretty much love her songs and rhythm

 

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jesticle's picture

Yeah, her debut CD drops

Yeah, her debut CD drops June 17th. The cover art and track list just leaked today or yesterday.
Crayon's picture

New Video..

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=14157218&blogID=397404709 

The ending is so typical.. 

 

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jesticle's picture

I totally agree. I didn't

I totally agree. I didn't like the video at all. It was kinda boring. There was so much they could have done with it. Instead, they show girls in corsets throwing pillows at each other. Don't get me wrong, that's awesome, but eh.

Come on Katy, drop the boy and walk out hand in hand with a girl at the end.

the_it_gurl's picture

I Love This Song

I saw it on VH1 today. I went to youtube.com and I had to see the video several times. She looks so sexy in this video, she has beautiful eyes. She reminds me of someone though, I'm not sure who though. I love her voice. Has anyone seen Rihanna's new video "Take a Bow?" It is me or she looking a bit like a lesbian. I loved it.
luxury_bus's picture

My straight female friends

My straight female friends ALWAYS sing this song, so I love Katy Perry for being able to have women across the nation singing about female-on-female action, haha. It's too catchy, and a little annoying, and almost a bit offensive... yet somehow, I still kind of like it. =]

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toverfaye's picture

Addicting ...

 

I personally think "I kissed a girl" is so addicting.

I started playing it and singing along (eventhough i don't approve with all the lyrics she is singing like, this is not how good girls shoudl behave, but whatever ... The song remains awesome somehow) and like 2 houres later i realised i was still listening to the same song =D

I just love it and have it on my ipod in repeat =]

Harpy's picture

mibtc86 wrote...

[Copied from a duplicate thread]

mibtc86 wrote:

has ne body seen this?? wtf especially the end :(.... *rolls eyes*....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F06DyWU2F8

imo: vid.'s stupidity level is beyond high. hazmat suits should be required.

sry if this is already posted-- i couldn't find it (obv.). usually it's Harpy so my bad :D. my face hurts.

falsealarm715's picture

Cherry chapstick

I've got more than a little crush on this girl, she's got such an amazing voice and style. She's also pretty damn cute, reminds me of Zooey Deschanel. The beats in most of her songs are brilliant and fit really well with the lyrics. I got addicted to "I Kissed a Girl" 'cause it's so damn catchy, and I also don't really approve of the chorus, nothing wrong with kissing girls.

I can't wait to see her at Warped Tour at the end of the summer.

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Model_through_it's picture

If Zooey Deschanel and Mia

If Zooey Deschanel and Mia Kirshner had a baby, it would look like Katy.

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unsure_canadian's picture

Great song

Thanks for the post.  I just listened to it and love it.  I'm putting it on my iPOD as I type.

trikkeeVadge's picture

mmmMM "i kissed a girl"

I heard this song for the first time at like 3 in the morning driving on the back roads...i was literally belting it out the window to lots of foliage and random woodland critters...very catchy :)
teliana's picture

Lyric change

I LOVE the beat, the background, the vocals, etc, but obviously I'm a bit offended by the lyrics. Soooo I've changed them.

"I kissed a girl and I liked it/The taste of her cherry chapstick/I kissed a girl just to try it/Hope that my friends won't mind it/That I've become/A lesbian/I might be in love tonight/I kissed a girl and I liked it"

:-P

maxandsammy's picture

catchy

I've got this song on myspace too and the lyrics have been stuck in my head these past couple days since I first listened to it.

 

OutRunning's picture

Hah

I find it funny that the subject matter of this song is the source of about 80% of the angst on the advice forum.
queeniefakesit's picture

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

It's catchy but what an irritating concept.

 

I got a dick like a mule...with a big dick.

myladytongue's picture

I always find it hard to get

I always find it hard to get into music that uses Internet-inspired abbreviations in the title (in this case "Ur So Gay"). I had the same problem with Jewel's 0304 album. I heard Katy's "I Kissed A Girl" on the radio for the first time today and wasn't all that impressed.
jesticle's picture

Album

I've had her cd for about a month and couldn't talk about it until yesterday. I actually really like it. Even if you take out "Ur So Gay" and "I Kissed a Girl" it's an awesome record. I especially love "Thinking of You" and "I'm Still Breathing". I didn't think her slower songs would be that great because she seems of more of an upbeat kinda artist, but I was wrong.

All the songs have something to offer. "Hot 'n Cold" is super fun. And I looooove the concept for "Fingerprints".

Even if you hate her two singles, I would say to give the cd a chance. Seriously...

LaceFace's picture

I don't like ''Ur So Gay''

I don't like ''Ur So Gay'' that much, but I love ''I kissed A Girl''
Thane McAllister's picture

...yeah but the video sucks the fattest part of my ass...

i actually like the song (even though it's totally exploitative); but the video, as i have said time and time again, is caveman-stoopid. i mean how in the hell can you sing such a provocative song but have such a conciliatory video?

 

 

profseverus's picture

i think "I Kissed a Girl"

i think "I Kissed a Girl" is my guilty pleasure! every time i listen to it i go crazy- it's SO catchy! I admit it doesn't have the best lyrics in the world, but still

*goes to dance to it*

 

 

 

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Volkova84's picture

I have

I have found out about her recently and I straightly loved "I kissed a girl" ( however the video sucks,it's disappointing,cough, cough...) I can listen to it many times in a row lol :P I also like "You're so gay" :) 

 

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gato's picture

If I am going to listen to something like this..

I will take Jill Sobule

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpI7znS8Fuc

I guess straight girls are a straight as the next cocktail.

this Katy Perry stuff is blech. Both of the singles are all about the two things that bother me the most. Straight girls using other girls to get in good with their man and the use of gay as an insult. (Oh i can't tell you how much that gets to me) Both are perpetuating a stereotype that will continue the joke.

 

 

PinkVespa13's picture

You have to admit, it's pretty catchy

I still don't know what to make of the song "I Kissed A Girl." It has a great pop/rock sound for sure. The lyrics...well, the lyrics are another story.

On one hand, hearing her sing about kissing another girl as an experiment or a game totally offends me as a "real" lesbian. On the other hand, the artist has made it very clear that the song is not meant to be any sort of a gay rights anthem. It's just for fun. I guess if you look at it like that, it's no big woop.

I'll tell you what though, I would have liked the video a whole lot more if it had beautiful women making out. Isn't that the whole point of the song?

IrishNatureGurl's picture

I agree with most of the

I agree with most of the people above, it's a catchy tune and got women everywhere humming along.  Sure, the wee lass made it to get herself on the A-list, who can blame her?  I'd rather she sang this wee song than pop up in some porno movie like Miss Hilton did.  As for the music video... the song was sexy enough, I don't think they needed to put anymore in the video.  If they had, I think it may have been a little too over the top for some women.  Hopefully it'll soar in the charts!
babyface30's picture

Addictive

I heard it on youtube a few days ago and have listened to it 50 or more times it's addictive lol.

The lyrics yes some are exploitative but the other half make it sound like a girl just discovered her bisexuality.The video was stupid,she looked sexy but the end blahhh.

Harpy's picture

It's alright

Heh, I just heard it -- Apparently it's someone's ringer here at work.  Mostly guys sit around me so I assume it is a guy's phone.  :P

The song is catchy and I do listen to it when it's on the radio.  I like the beat, but that's about it.  So, I don't mind the song -- But I've heard the video is pretty bad. 

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babyface30's picture

Ha the video

It's Katy and a bunch of girls in sexy underwear sitting around doing eadchothers make up and having a pillow fight,then the crappest bit is when she wakes up in bed with her boyfriend at the end and it was all a dream.It's basically a 15 year old boys wet dream but with less action lol.

Do love the song though and still think some of the lyrics make it sound like the girl is at least a little bisexual and not just curious.

OXYKXO's picture

I like the song, nothing

I like the song, nothing wrong about it. It's sexy too. Everytime I see it on t.v. i stop doing whatever it is i'm doing lol Terrible of me 

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naima's picture

rock on

i love this song, her voice is so sexy. i even made this song as my ringtone on my cellphone lol...
butterface's picture

I WAS going to post that

I WAS going to post that she looks like Mia Kirshner in her newest video, but I suppose evreybody has noticed that already xD

I like the song, catchy, her voice is pretty, etc. w/e , but as I saw from a video clip, she also takes kissing girls as something to turn her boyfriend on with but also adds if someone a la Natalie Portman walked in the room, she wouldnt take her eyes off. But who would?!

lonewolf91's picture

I love this song!!!,but they

I love this song!!!,but they banned from the radio due to angry soccor moms (Man I hate this town).
rokstar's picture

katy perry

I like the song, and I saw Katy Perry at Warped Tour a few days ago. She is really good live and she is quite funny. I love her song I kissed a girl, but Hot n Cold and waking up in vegas are my 2 favorites on the album. At Warped Tour, I got to see her up close because she walked right past me when I was going to the bathroom. She is really hot and I did the thing any fan would do and I followed her. lol (im not a stalker i just wanted an autograph) Katy Perry rocks and I love her new album. It is very catchy and more acceptable to listen to than Hannah Montana. lol The only thing I disliked about Warped Tour besides the 100 degree weather and the fact that I wore pants is that Paramore and Katy Perry were playing at the same time, so I had to pick between 2 awesome artists to see. I ended up seeing both, but only a little bit of the paramore set. 
FireWontQuell's picture

I hate Katy Perry and I

I hate Katy Perry and I hate her music.

 

 

To quote best lesbian week ever:

In case you can't tell what's wrong with this song, let me elaborate.

  • The girl has to be drunk first to kiss another girl, implying that kissing another girl is only something you'd do after you lose control of your decision-making faculties.
  • "I hope my boyfriend don't mind it" not only means she's cheating on her boyfriend, but that she thinks he's going to find out and hopes he won't mind. After all, what straight guy would mind watching his girlfriend kiss another girl?
  • "It's not what good girls do" clearly implies that lesbians are not good, and their behavior is wrong.

It's not exactly surprising that Katy Perry wrote this song, though, considering that she's best known for her recent song "Ur So Gay." That's a bitchy kiss-off to an ex-boyfriend, in which Katy derides him as a Hemingway-reading vegetarian who drives an electrical car, concluding, "You're so gay and you don't even like boys."

 

gato's picture

agree on every

agree on every point.

 

This is not a lesbian anthem....these songs are written just to get attention. It is a shame it works every time.

rainydaygirl's picture

Whew. I thought I was the

Whew. I thought I was the only one!

When I heard the first words "I kissed a girl and I liked it" I was like, WOW a lesbian/bi band is finally getting some play on popular radio. And then I the rest and I thought how this was such a stupid fucking song! Since so many people on here liked it, I thought I might just be too political about things that need not be. But I'm glad other people share my view. 

I'm not saying that she should have written a song in which the girl realizes she's a lesbian, instead of just experimenting. I mean, that's just what some straight girls do. 

 


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