StrawberryBlond 14,896 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Some people on this site say that Kesha's a bit overrated around here. Well, I think some of her old material definitely is. I didn't think she was all that amazing initially when it was cool to hate her but I thought her debut album was good...but it turned out that it wasn't anywhere as good as I remembered it at the time when I listened to it again recently. I think it's a shame her early work was so heavily overseen by Dr Luke because you can hear the times that she clearly had agency and wanted to take things in another direction but he insisted on generic dance pop and autotune. Kesha wanted to reinvent pop music with Warrior but he didn't let her carry out her full intention and left off to rockier tunes, not even on the deluxe. I think with some re-working, she could have had better earlier work. Sure, her recent case has made a lot of people feel sorry for her and listen to her old work with a different outlook and that can have an effect on how good you think a song is. But re-listening to all her old stuff, you might be surprised at how many surprisingly good tracks she had, even with Luke at the helm. Here's a run-down of my favourites from each album, so here's a good place to start if you've never heard her albums: Italics = some of her best ever work Animal Spoiler Tik Tok Take It Off Party At A Rich Dude's House Dancing With Tears In My Eyes Animal VIP (UK bonus track) Cannibal re-release EP Spoiler Cannibal We R Who We R Sleazy Blow Warrior Spoiler Warrior Thinking Of You Dirty Love Only Wanna Dance With You Supernatural Love Into The Light Last Goodbye (deluxe edition track) Gold Trans Am (deluxe edition track) Out Alive (deluxe edition track) Past Lives (deluxe edition track) So, what do you think? Some of the tracks sound like Gaga's earlier work, particularly Supernatural, and some of the rap lyrics of Warrior so there was a definite bit of inspiration there. And I love her rock side like Dirty Love and Gold Trans Am. I think this is the style she was made to do. As you can see, some of her better stuff was relegated to deluxe bonus tracks which is a shame as it could have made her overall album better if they were included. I think she has some real talent and it just needs to be developed more. I hope being free of Luke will make the true Kesha (without the dollar sign) flourish. Praying definitely shows what she's made of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei 61,110 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Kiss n Tell should have been a single tbh. Musery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartTimeCatdad 588 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Cmon was such a bop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde 14,857 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 I love your post, 'cause even on her "wild party chick" era, she still delivered some amazingly written tunes (Harold is EPIC) and Warrior was just proof that she could do much better than techno/dance. Warrior is one of my favorite pop/rock albums and I wish more people could appreciate Past Lives, Love Into The Light, etc. Spoiler Add a link for Woman/Praying to get those streams and Machine Gun Love to get those stans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
He8MyHeart 9,768 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Tik Tok is her best song and y'all know it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slayer 9,227 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 From the ones I've heard, Praying, Die Young, Last Goodbye and TiK ToK. I love judas SO MUCH but I canʹt look like a copycat of JLO!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
venusfly 17,885 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 10 minutes ago, Ryusei said: Kiss n Tell should have been a single tbh. Wait it wasnt? I've never listened to any of her albums in full yet I know exactly how this song sounds, it has to have been years since ive heard it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleLion 161 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Die Young is my ultimate bop from her Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellatrix 34,811 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Most of her songs are great, but my top favorites are Praying, Die Young, We R Who We R and Love Into the Light Lose control. Let go and fall. Do you get the satisfaction? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIex 3,102 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 "Cannibal" is a bop Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid LePage 4,850 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Praying Spoiler if we're talking from the past 2 albums, past life is a definite for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke78619 23,380 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Tik Tok, Kiss n Tell, Cannibal, Blow, Crazy Beautiful Life, Die Young, Crazy Kids, Thinking of You, Out Alive and Praying are honestly pop gold for me i rarely list these many songs that I would consider pop gold if listing an artists best songs she can always deliver insta: good_lukeing | I have nothing else to promote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kvnrp 48,353 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 C'Mon, Dirty Love, Take it Off, We R Who We R, Cannibal, Die Young, Last Goodbye and Backstabber are amazing bops and deserved #1 spots everywhere. As well as Woman and Praying of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWitness 3,630 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Tik Tok , Take It Off and C'mon are all truely great bops Host Of Lyricasism Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punktious 1,348 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 C'mon is her best song, and y'all can @ me But, Woman, Supernatural, Praying, and Stephen are close too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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