Jessica Simpson To Cover "Dreams"

fleetln · #1 08-26-2006, 02:50 AM

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

paleshadow · #2 08-26-2006, 03:10 AM

The article meant that the song "Walkin' Round in a Circle" imitates the sound of "Dreams".

On Edit: I just listened to it, and it does have a similar type of sound. The way the vocals are layerd also reminds me of the "Dreams" sound.

BombaySapphire3 · #3 08-26-2006, 04:31 AM

ugh what a botch..what's next Britney does Sara?

vermicious knid · #4 08-26-2006, 04:55 AM

I went to allmusic.com, and the names listed as composers for that song are "Austin, Harris, Lewis, Nicks, Simpson". It looks like they are giving Stevie some kind of credit.

This Jessica Simpson bint is of no value. How many people's songs can she hijack without feeling any shame? When she isn't releasing pointless covers (Berlin's "Take My Breath Away" and Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'") of hit songs, she is cannibalizing their elements. One of her first hits, "I Think I'm in Love with You" was John Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane" regurgitated, and now she is barfing up Madonna and Fleetwood Mac. At any point will she ever feel like making a musical mark of her own? Or is she content with the easy profit of mimicking established artists?

paleshadow · #5 08-26-2006, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by vermicious knid

I went to allmusic.com, and the names listed as composers for that song are "Austin, Harris, Lewis, Nicks, Simpson". It looks like they are giving Stevie some kind of credit.

This Jessica Simpson bint is of no value. How many people's songs can she hijack without feeling any shame? When she isn't releasing pointless covers (Berlin's "Take My Breath Away" and Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'") of hit songs, she is cannibalizing their elements. One of her first hits, "I Think I'm in Love with You" was John Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane" regurgitated, and now she is barfing up Madonna and Fleetwood Mac. At any point will she ever feel like making a musical mark of her own? Or is she content with the easy profit of mimicking established artists?

Like I said, I listened to it. I'm listening to it again and there is nothing hijacked from "Dreams" directly that I can hear. It's definately got a similar sound, mostly in the instrumentation, so I'm actually surprised Stevie would get any credit. It's actually not a bad song at all. This isn't anything like when she used "Jack and Diane". Certainly can't call it a cover, but as far as covers go, Stevie's done a few covers herself, try as we might to forget her version of "Just Like a Woman".

And Madonna? Didn't she just "barf up" a big 'ol pile of Abba. The sampling of music has been around for a while, and it's a formula that seems to be pretty successful in a monetary way for artists, so I can't say I blame them. I used to have a friend who would say "Hate the game, not the player".

MacMan · #6 08-26-2006, 09:52 AM

The whole album is filled with samples from older stuff like Madonna, The Cars and other 80's music - probably why they credited Nicks on that track, they probably sampled it lifting either some of the music, a beat or textures from it.

nightbird89 · #7 08-26-2006, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

ugh what a botch..what's next Britney does Sara?

LOL

Who knows, maybe Hillary Duff will do SOTM...

Rickypt · #8 08-26-2006, 01:02 PM

I'm embarrassed to say I kinda like that song with the rollerskating video.

DestinyRules · #9 08-26-2006, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by paleshadow

And Madonna? Didn't she just "barf up" a big 'ol pile of Abba.

If an artist samples another's work, they are supposed to credit the original songwriter(s) in the sampled song. That's why "Bootylicious" had the writers listed as Beyonce' Knowles, Rob Fusari, Falonte Moore and Stevie Nicks, so if the Jessica Simpson song actually did sample "Dreams," she has to give Stevie a songwriting credit.

Madonna very (in)famously covered Don MacLean's "American Pie." Unfortunate because she ruined a classic. Of course, I may be biased because I hate Madonna.

skcin · #10 08-26-2006, 01:39 PM

^ No, it's not your bias. I like Madonna, and she DID ruin American Pie.

BTW - I've heard that Jessica is actually covering Patty Griffin's "Let Him Fly" on her new CD (which has also done by the Dixie Chicks.)

I'm scared. Very scared. The sad thing is that I think Jessica can actually sing, if she would cut the **** - and by **** I mean her bizarre facial expressions, attempts at runs, oversinging & using that annoying baby-talk singing voice. Barf.