Pussycat
Doll’s Scherzinger should have
own contract
Jamie
Rowe
Online Forty-Niner
Editor in Chief
The Pussycat Dolls have taken their burlesque-style music and dancing to mainstream
media with the release of their debut album, “PCD.”
While the women of the group exude sexiness and provide a bit of eye candy,
they should have stuck with the stage. This group is more of a novelty than
the next big thing in the music industry.
Robin Antin created the Pussycat Dolls in the garage of the apartment she shared
with actress Christina Applegate in the early ’90s.
The group eventually
landed a gig at the Viper Room and quickly became popular enough to move to
the Roxy.
Those behind the group have deemed it prudent to have the group record and
release a CD.
“
PCD” has a bad case of multiple personality syndrome. The songs vary
from the J-Lo. sounding track, “Stickwitu,” about how wonderful
a particular guy is (can we say, “Gag me?”) to the musical-like “Right
Now,” that really needs to go on Broadway, right now.
The album features a few guest musicians, including Busta Rhymes, Will.I.Am
from the Black Eyed Peas and Timbaland.
Will.I.Am lends his talent to “Beep,” a very sexual song with the
chorus, “I don’t give a beep if you’re lookin’ at my
beep/’Cause it don’t mean a thing if you’re lookin’ at
ma beep/Ha, Ima do ma thing while you’re playing with your beep.”
While the first single, “Don’t Cha,” has a catchy beat, it’s
lyrically very simple and predictable—but that won’t prevent me
from singing along when it comes on the radio.
Busta Rhymes lends his vocals
to the song’s intro and gives it a bit of street cred. The video is incredibly
hot and is easily the basis for any 18-year-old kid’s sexual fantasy.
Unfortunately Timbaland’s song, “Wait a Minute,” isn’t
nearly as good and isn’t really worth mentioning, so I’ll spare
you.
“ Stickwitu,” “How Many Times, How Many Lies,” “Bite
the Dust,” and “Wait a Minute,” are just bland, poppy songs
that really don’t display the groups minimal talents at all.
Adding to the dysfunction of the album are two cover songs’——“Tainted
Love/Where Did Our Love Go” and “Hot Stuff (I Want You Back).”
Marilyn
Mason has already covered “Tainted Love,” these girls don’t
need to kill it even more.
“Hot Stuff” is just another disco song.
I hate to break it to you ladies, but disco is dead. Let it go.
The best song of the album has to be “Buttons.” The bass beat has
an Indian flair that just makes me want to start belly dancing.
The song is
very reminiscent of Truth Hurts’ 2002 single, “Addictive,” from
her album, “Truthfully Speaking.”
The lyrics describe sexual tension
when the guy won’t loosen up her buttons and just keeps teasing her by
saying what he is going to do to her.
A close second would have to be “I Don’t Need a Man.” Lead
singer Nicole Scherzinger tells the world she can accomplish her dreams on
her own, doesn’t need to be married and “gets off from being free.”
The
absolute best line, however, has to be “So let me break it down/I can
still get off when you ain’t around,” basically cutting the guy’s
sense of importance to nothing.
She’s over this guy and is happy on her
own.
Speaking of the Hawaiian-born Scherzinger, this girl is the real talent behind
the group. She is obviously the star as is evident by the amount of vocal credit
she receives in the CD booklet, not to mention that her thank yous took up
most of a page.
Her powerful vocals belie her wafer-thin body. Like Christina Aguilara, Scherzinger
has an incredibly gorgeous face and amazing body (although it seems she can
be broken in half), but she also has the vocal talent to back up her pretty
face and fancy footwork.
For those reality television addicts out there, you might remember her as a
member of the WB “Popstars” girl group, Eden’s Crush.
She needs to be on her own. I predict Nicole and the Pussycat Dolls will take
the same separation route as Beyonce and Destiney’s Child did.
It’s
a pity for the other girls, who could
all be talented as well, but are overshadowed
by Scherzinger’s booming voice.
Honestly, how many groups must this girl bring into the spotlight before someone
gives her a solo recording deal?
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