Song of the Week (Week of May 8, 2011)

This week's Song of the Week is "E.T." by Katy Perry. I'm not a huge Katy Perry fan. When she first came out with "Ur So Gay" and "I Kissed A Girl," I thought she was going to be a lot more edgy and interesting than she turned out to be. She has a good voice, but she struggles singing her songs live because I truly believe she shouldn't be a pop star. If she made more songs like "Ur So Gay," I'd honestly respect her a lot more as an artist. Plus, her personality just seems a bit repellant (like how she wrote shit about GaGa, Britney AND Calvin Harris on Twitter, the latter directly and the former two indirectly).

That being said, I do believe she is a talented songwriter, and her latest single, "E.T.," which is the fourth to be released off her sophomore "Teenage Dream" album, is honestly a really good song. It's been number 1 on the Billboard charts for weeks, but I prefer the original album version as opposed to the single version that features Kanye West. It's basically the exact same song except with an additional 2 versions of Kanye West's rap.

His appearance on the song is sort of pointless and doesn't add much at all, but is just another example of a trend that's been happening lately in pop music that is frustrating me to no end: releasing a "remixed" version of a song that is the exact same as the original but just features another famous artist to help get the song to the top of the charts (i.e. Rihanna's "S&M" Remix featuring Britney Spears or Britney's "Till the World Ends" Remix featuring Nicki Minaj & Ke$sha). SO, here is the ORIGINAL ALBUM version of "E.T." Enjoy!



You’re so hypnotizing
Could you be the devil
Could you be an angel
Your touch, magnetizing
Feels like I am floating
Leaves my body glowing

They say
Be afraid
You’re not like the others
Futuristic lover
Different DNA
They don’t understand you

You’re from a whole ‘nother world
A different dimension
You open my eyes
And I’m ready to go
Lead me into the light

Kiss me, kiss me
Infect me with your loving
Fill me with your poison
Take me, take me
Wanna be your victim
Ready for abduction

Boy, you’re an alien
Your touch so foreign
It’s supernatural
Extra-terrestrial

You’re so supersonic
Wanna feel your powers
Stun me with your laser
Your kiss is cosmic
Every move is magic

You’re from a whole ‘nother world
A different dimension
You open my eyes
And I’m ready to go
Lead me into the light

Kiss me, kiss me
Infect me with your loving
Fill me with your poison
Take me, take me
Wanna be your victim
Ready for abduction

Boy, you’re an alien
Your touch so foreign
It’s supernatural
Extra-terrestrial

There’s…
On another level
Boy, you’re my lucky star
I wanna walk on your wavelength
And be there when you vibrate
For you, I’ll risk it all

Kiss me, kiss me
Infect me with your loving
Fill me with your poison
Take me, take me
Wanna be your victim
Ready for abduction

Boy, you’re an alien
Your touch so foreign
It’s supernatural
Extra-terrestrial

Extra-terrestrial
Extra-terrestrial

Boy, you’re an alien
Your touch so foreign
It’s supernatural
Extra-terrestrial