Listen Up! Britney Edition
This week, Listen Up!, our music column, has caught Britney fever. But don’t go hating just yet—the compiled songs are not ones you’d expect to hear from the princess of pop. Tell us what you think of the playlist and leave suggestions in the comments. (We promise our feelings won’t be too hurt.)
By
Alejandro Salinas
Every time we turn on the TV, we see her. Or we see people talking about her. And no, we don’t mean Hillary Clinton—this is After Hours, not Capital Comment, remember? We watch MTV and Fuse and G4 and the CW and now we’re getting embarrassed so we’ll stop.
Point is, we’re talking about Britney Spears.
Not the bald, scary Britney but the one whose documentary, Britney: For the Record, premiered Sunday night on MTV; the Britney looking healthy and pretty—but not sexy!—on the covers of Rolling Stone and Glamour; the one whose new album, Circus, is out today; the one who just got a Bambi (the German media award, not the cute deer).
Yes, we’re in the midst of Britskrieg.2, and the backlash to Brit-Brit’s comeback is, expectedly, also well underway. Personally, we don’t love or hate her. We do sort of admire, however, the girl’s knack for grabbing people’s attention. Thus, we decided that instead of complaining about or ignoring the Britney media onslaught, we’d go ahead and embrace it (just this once, we promise!) as a theme for this week’s playlist—in our own special way, of course.
Below you won’t find “Baby, One More Time” or “I’m a Slave 4 U” or any of the hits that made Britney the cultural phenomenon she is these days. C’mon, that’d be too easy! Instead, we’ve put together some of her lesser-known, more underrated songs. Plus, we’ve thrown in two of the better songs from her new album (“Kill the Lights” and “If You Seek Amy”) for all the diehard fans.
We admit we’re going to need plenty of help on this playlist. So, ladies and gays, er, guys, get to it in the comments! Discuss: What are some of the best Britney songs never heard on the radio?
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Comments
Thanks,Julia! I’ve added a couple of your suggestions.
Posted by: Alejandro (washingtonian.com), Dec 04, 2008 09:44:49 AM
Sorry, Early Morning is from In the Zone...Showdown from ITZ is good too!
Posted by: Julia, Dec 04, 2008 07:54:00 AM
All from Blackout:
Break the Ice
Freakshow
Hot as Ice
Get Naked (I got a Plan)
From Britney:
Cinderella
What It’s Like to Be Me
Early Morning
From Circus:
Shattered Glass
Unusual You
Posted by: Julia , Dec 04, 2008 07:46:29 AM
Veronica,
Toxic IS a pretty good Britney song, but it’s not really underrated. It was blasted all over the radio for months when it first came out. We’re looking for the lesser-known tracks.
Posted by: Alejandro (washingtonian.com), Dec 03, 2008 12:06:13 PM
Toxxxxxic! I LOVE that song!
Posted by: Veronica, Dec 03, 2008 10:55:31 AM
Great compilation of underrated Britney tracks Ale! My favorites are “If You Seek Amy” and “And Then We Kissed”!
Posted by: Julio, Dec 02, 2008 10:19:12 PM
oh, i know there are more closet britney fans than this! personally, i always thought that "boys" and "outrageous" were both seriously underappreciated.
Posted by: ms. spinach, Dec 02, 2008 03:43:44 PM
Alejandro, I might have lied. It’s labeled Weezer on my iPod, but a live Travis version I just listened to sounds awfully similar... I blame the internet.
Posted by: Matt, Dec 02, 2008 01:20:21 PM
Go Britney! She did a song with Justin on one of her earlier albums. I think it was called "What It’s Like To Be Me."
Posted by: Sonia, Dec 02, 2008 01:14:16 PM
Stronger!
Posted by: Emily, Dec 02, 2008 12:52:50 PM
Matt,
I didn’t know Weezer had a cover of that song. I’ve heard the Travis version, but didn’t know any other band had covered it. I’ll have to look it up!
Posted by: Alejandro (washingtonian.com), Dec 02, 2008 12:49:37 PM
If You Seek Amy is so punny!
Posted by: Jolly, Dec 02, 2008 12:41:13 PM
Britney’s voice is whiny and makes me cringe. With that in mind, I do enjoy Weezer’s cover of "Hit Me Baby One More Time."
Posted by: Matt, Dec 02, 2008 12:09:55 PM
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