Whilst Britney was busy tittering on the fine line of sex, Christina was f**king herself with it. 10 years on from "Dirrty" and the ho is still filth. Screaming over a 90s ditty about wanting to crush f**k a dude's body. And it's great.
"Your body" is a much better lead single than Back to basics' "Ain't no other man" and Bionic's "Not myself tonight". But those were such weak singles, that it would never take much to better them.
Adopting a 90s mid-tempo groove with buzzing synths slinking in and out of the song and a call out hook of ♪ Woah-ooo-oh ♪'s "Your body" feels instantly familiar, but doesn't feature all of the obvious flourishes of a Max Martin production. The song lacks an epic breakdown, instead featuring a bridge which just ascends to Christina screaming. But in a weird way, the lack of over production and bells and whistles is what makes this song work, because it doesn't feel like Christina is so desperate for a hit. You could argue that she is by teaming up with Max Martin and Shellback. But even so, "Your body" doesn't feel like a cop out or an act of desperation. It's just a damn good song, and I'll take that.
Some folk are kicking up a fuss over the tempo, wishing it were ratched up a few extra beats per minute, but I like it as it is. It being slower than most other pop / dance tracks out at the minute makes it a nice change of pace and a breath of fresh air, despite the sound being anything but. Christina Aguilera was never going to drop anything with a 4/4 signature and some double time, because homegirl is way past that.
If I were to have any concerns over Christina's shit, it wouldn't be this single, but her album as a whole. If she wants to do pop, then she's entitled to. But if this is the route she's going to take, then she's going to have to side line the Linda Perry and Sia penned ballads of heartache and inner turmoil, because they can't co-exist on an album of Max Martin produced jams about wanting to put a man on crutches by diving on top of his body. Bionic was over-long and a complete cluster-f**k of too many different sounds and types of songs. If there's one thing Britney has always had over Christina Aguilera, it's that her albums have been short, sweet and consistent. Christina is not going to be able to please everybody, so she needs to decide what sound she's willing to stick with for a promotional run of single releases and performances and make an album be about that.
"Your body" feels like the type of song Christina should have done a long time ago, but chose not to because she was so hell bent on avoiding pop to try and distance herself from Britney as much as possible. It's been a long wait, but the fruits of Christina's pop labours are here now and it works so much better with "Your body" than it did on "Not myself tonight", because it doesn't feel so shamelessly desperate to try and be a hit and compete with what's being released by everybody else. And the coolest thing about the song, is that you can tell Christina is just letting her hair down and having fun with it.
I loved "In the zone", Hope Xtina do something more like "Stripped" that "Bionic" with this new release
ReplyDeleteI automatically loved this shit and I know you'll think it's just because I'm a stan but it isn't, It's because this is a hot top 40 track but like you said doesn't seem as desperate as most of those kinds of song and the fact Xtina kept it dirrty and didn't back down after "NMT" and what people said.
ReplyDeleteI think the video's gonna be hot no matter what her size and what I want from the album is shorter (she has said it will be quality not quantity) and just all around good shit. I actually want some uptempos and some ballads too, as an Xtina fan That is what I look for from her.
P.S "Aint no other man" was a tune.