Monthly Archives: November 2011

Taylor Swift — “You Belong With Me”

Released: 4.21.09        Peak: #2 The problem with romantic comedies isn’t their rote hewing to a hackneyed plot. You could bitch the same about Dickens — handled right, predictability can be part of the fun. What rankles is the romcom refusal to acknowledge that genre cliché is a privilege, not a right. Rather than earning our [...]

Kelly Clarkson — “I Do Not Hook Up”

Released: 4.14.08        Peak:#20 There’s plenty to admire about Kelly Clarkson, from her unfussy good looks and normally proportioned body to her non-self-aggrandizing attempts to steer her own career. As for her music, well, we all love “Since U Been Gone.” But though no one who tells Clive Davis to shove it can be all bad, [...]

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