Jessica Simpson To Cover "Dreams" - Page 3

Macfanforever · #31 08-28-2006, 10:59 PM

These young talent can't write,can't sing,can't act on tv and the movies,but I will give them a chance,I know I probably wont like it. I love the Dixie Chicks Landslide cover.btw thats why we have so much reality tv on television these days because of the good talent shortage.

Livia · #32 08-29-2006, 09:34 PM

Another article:

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dw...1.3ebf101.html

CD review: Simpson's 'Affair' syrupy, familiar

CD REVIEW: Pop-hits sampler won't leave you fulfilled

08:02 AM CDT on Tuesday, August 29, 2006

By JON M. GILBERTSON / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News

A televised marriage and a tabloid-saturating divorce do not enhance artistic credibility, so it's probably smart that Jessica Simpson not attempt to make a particularly serious matter out of A Public Affair .

It's a Pop-Tart, not a balanced breakfast.

The processed-sugar content could induce the aural equivalent of a diabetic coma. The title track is already in heavy rotation, and its sticky-fingered use of early Madonna hooks and the Motown classic "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is practically subtle compared with some other (licensed) steals on the album.

"B.O.Y.," for example, nabs its crunchy riff from the Cars' "Just What I Needed." Fountains of Wayne did more or less the same thing with "Stacy's Mom" but also reconfigured the rip-off into clever homage.

Ardent pop fan she might be, but Ms. Simpson doesn't achieve that level of ingenuity by draping the central hook of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" over "Walkin' 'Round in a Circle" or "adapting" Louis Prima's "Sing, Sing, Sing (When You Swing)" into "Swing With Me."

Putting aside the Prima track and the unflattering comparisons the CD draws to Christina Aguilera's Back to Basics, most of the original material on A Public Affair gasps in the thin air of Ms. Simpson's voice.

She's most convincing when putting on a little-girl mien or pursing her lips in fashion-model mode, so not even hit-making producer Scott Storch can raise the temperature on tepid R&B such as "Fired Up," and Lester Mendez can only minimize embarrassment on the dance-floor faux gospel of "The Lover in Me."

If Ms. Simpson didn't show flashes of shrewdness – a cover of Dead or Alive's "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" is a natural, and "Push Your Tush" is good for a slightly choked laugh – A Public Affair would remain the labor of what she was before her dubious fame: a third-string Britney Spears.

BOTTOM LINE: A Kylie Minogue record, minus the experienced sexiness and healthy sense of proportion.

Jessica Simpson

C+

A Public Affair

(Epic)

JazmenFlowers · #33 08-29-2006, 09:48 PM

alright. here goes. I like Jessica. I used to love her. I've been slipping away for a while, but after previewing her album today, I think I'm done. it sucks. the song with Dreams interpolations or whatever they're called sucks.

nail. meet coffin.

Livia · #34 08-29-2006, 10:09 PM

I couldn't get through all of the Dreams song....and "Push Your Tush?" WTF is she saying at the beginning? Cock-a-cock-a-cock-a-doodle-do? There's a joke in there somewhere.

Oh, btw, Perez Hilton is reporting that Jessica and John Mayer are the newest star couple.

SortaSavageLike · #35 08-29-2006, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia

Oh, btw, Perez Hilton is reporting that Jessica and John Mayer are the newest star couple.

Rubbish.

UnwindedDreams · #36 08-29-2006, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SortaSavageLike

Rubbish.

Isn't that from the RRHOF ceremony?

UnwindedDreams · #37 08-29-2006, 10:31 PM

btw...john mayer looks like igor in that picture...

GODDESS6 · #38 08-30-2006, 06:09 AM

i like jessica & got her new cd pre-ordered from her site so it was cheap~
i like it, i mean it is syrupy pop, def not stevie, but i love to listen to all different kinds of music excluding britney sprears, i have always loathed her~ jess does some sampling on this cd, but anymore it seems all the new up & comers do~ oh well i like it

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"push your tush" is just silly, being a native texan, i think she is poking fun of herself~
b.o.y, has a riff form "the cars" in it~

jessiaca & xtina are about the only pop singers out there that i can't actually listen to~

Dreamz19 · #39 08-31-2006, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by fleetln

I just got this today from Google Alert, I am not sure if this is old news or what, but I figured I would post it. I hope I understood this article correctly lol

Jessica SimpsonBy Justine Parker
August 25, 2006 04:39pm

POP-singer-turned-actress Jessica Simpson says her latest album isn't about her high-profile marriage and divorce from ex-husband, former boybander Nick Lachey. No, really.

But naming the album - and first single - A Public Affair certainly won't harm sales.

For her fourth studio album - her first since 2003's In This Skin - Simpson has assembled a collection of pop tunes, ballads, country and club tracks which are largely uninspired and lightweight.

There's also a heavy reliance on samples and pop references.

The opening track, A Public Affair, opens with a rip-off of Madonna's 80s smash Holiday. The rest of the track has a light, summery feel, but lacks enough punch to become a bonafide summer hit.

The country-flavoured Walkin' 'Round in a circle, lets the southern belle side of Simpson come out, but the so-called "interpolations" from Fleetwood Mac's 70s hit Dreams are so obvious that it makes you wish you were listening to the original.
Simpson does create a new genre with the countrified 70s funk of Push Your Tush, which samples 70s funk/R'n'B legends The Ohio Players. But whoever let her think covering Dead Or Alive's 80s megahit You Spin Me Round was a good idea should be hang their head in shame. This could be the most gratuitous cover ever recorded.

The only track where Simpson really is on fire is the Scott Storch produced Fired Up. While it does include an awkward rap refrain where Simpson appears to be channelling Gwen Stefani on Hollaback Girl, it's definitely the most dancefloor-friendly track.

The rest of the album is a pleasant and forgettable mix of ballads, R'n'B-lite and chart-friendly pop.

JESSICA SIMPSON
A Public Affair
Epic/Sony BMG

I was about to scream when I saw this. I thought she was actually covering the song. I did listen to it and I kinda liked it. But I hate the way Jessica sings. It is hard to explain but it is like she exaggerates her words or somethin like that. Anyway, it was better than (to me anyway) that pile of dog **** that Lindsay Lohan did for Edge. I really like Lindsay as an actress but singing and performing just isn't for her.