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California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)

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I was listening to the local hits station here in Sacramento, and this song came on. I immediately fell in love, even though I didn't know what the song was. So I whipped out my Captivate and used SoundHound to ID the song. This song is upbeat, has good lyrics, and guaranteed to be stuck in your head. But please, do some Googling and find the solo version. The one on the radio doesn't have Snoop Dog, due to explicit lyrics. So I got quite a shock when I downloaded this from Amazon! Now I have nothing against explicit lyrics, after all you hear far worse in the typical TV show. But the rap totally ruins this song, IMHO of course.

She delivers again.....this is a must have single!....check out the making of her video too...it really adds to the snoop element...

I'm not a pop music lover or even a Katy lover, but it can't be denied that in the mainstream pop music scene this track is THE summer anthem, at least for the first half of the summer. Eat it up! You can't stop listening! :)

Just when you thought she was done kissing girls, Katy is back with another soon to be chart-topper! This song catches the essence of summer in so many ways and gets you in the mood to put on some sunblock and cherry chapstick, grab a towel and head down to the beach. There's now denying how catchy it is. Download it and it'll be on repeat all summer long, or during those seasons when you wish it was summer! Video with lyrics here: [...]

MF

What you'll get out of the song will mostly depend on how you approach it. While this song is a fun little ditty to listen & sing along to on the road, if you are looking for a song that you'll remember for years to come you'd be better off looking elsewhere. This might not be remembered in the future like the Beach Boys' California Girls or some of the other songs out there are now, but it is bouncy enough for me to keep listening to it (and sing very poorly with it) when it comes on the radio & warrants a re-listen or two.

Basically, don't look for a lot of substance here & you'll be fine. If you're looking for the next Madonna, Perry isn't it. But she is fun in the right here & now.

As an adult I love this song, it is very catchy and it seems like Katy Perry has some fun songs, but as a mom, not the greatest song for kids. I didn't realize some of the words that were in it, particularly "Sex on the Beach". This was the song my 11 year old asked for on her MP3. I know you can't keep things from them forever, but not quite the words I would like her to be singing all the time.

Wow. Thank you, Katy.

I had been complaining about Lady Gaga getting undeserved praise, but you've returned to remind me that things can be so much worse than copying Madonna and Ace of Base.

Gaga might be dull, but it seems that she enjoys what she does. "California Gurls" reinforces that Katy Perry is just doing whatever it takes to make a buck, including a poorly manufactured "summer anthem" for kiddies to blast through their range rovers while heading to the beach. One that sounds conspicuously like a sunny Miley Cyrus anthem for the Ke$ha demographic. One that, despite obvious employment of voice correction software, boasts singing that sounds like a poodle being stepped on. Oh, yeah, and it's sexy too, don't forget that. OH, and there's Snoop Dogg there for street cred! Quite a package, right? Maybe the Dogg and poodle parallel is intentional?

Hey, I like plenty of dumb, fun anthems too--and there's nothing wrong with making a profit--but this is crass marketing at its worst. It's like the ads for all of those stupid toy products marketed to kids as the second coming of Christ (like the Skip-It and that ridiculous colored sand). It shows a brazen contempt for its audience that rivals the late 90's teen pop explosion

Of course, if you didn't see the cynicism in those acts either, chances are you'll LOVE this new product by Katy Perry! Buy now while supplies last!

For someone with a fair amount of talent, this is actually a shockingly generic move. Easy, repetitive melody, little to no attention to crafting meaningful, intelligent lyrics. I mean, I'm not expecting anything profound here, but I know that Perry has much more interesting and original material to offer. And honestly, who stoops to the "Featuring (insert famous rapper's name here)" level and ends up with even a mediocre composition?

Come back, Katy. Don't sell out, it's not worth it.

Weak vocals and lyrics plus crappy "music". A dime-dozen singer. They can manufacture this stuff in minutes.

Horrible "Music" if u even want to call it that, want a real California song, go listen to 2Pac's California Love. This is just a repeat of Katy Perry's old music and old album, sounds the same with new lyrics. And then this song sounds like her other single "Teenage Dream".