The Official BRITNEY SPEARS Discussion Thread!

[miaedu]

Thanks bud! And everyone else who voted. Get this. I WON! I'm flying next friday to Miami and seeing the concert friday night. They paid for a hotel that I'm staying in friday night and flying back saturday. All expenses paid. I could not be MORE excited!

How was Miami?

Here's the review from the Miami Herald:

Review: Britney Spears

Concert more like a set of live music videos

By Jordan Levin | jlevin@miamiherald.com 7/23/2011

Ah, the mystery of Britney Spears' stardom. She can't sing. Can't dance. Has nothing to say. As the center of the massive, elaborate spectacle of her Femme Fatale tour, which thrashed through the AmericanAirlines Arena on Friday, she was a weirdly unengaged, charisma-challenged figure.

And yet she sent the worshipful, sold out crowd into squealing hysteria. There were women in platinum wigs and bleached Britney hair, in bustiers and mild suburban bondage, even a woman with a fuzzy yellow toy snake and a guy in Britney drag. Maybe after all those years of music videos, all her audience needs is the sight of their goddess, still shiny and strutting (sort of - Spears' hips don't really roll anymore) despite all the wear and tear on her gleamy teen, then sex queen image, the tabloid-powered meltdowns and mechanical music.

The Femme Fatale tour surrounds Spears with a massive spectacle, a lurching series of elaborate set pieces vaguely (and sometimes not even that much) organized around the notion (concept is too grand a word), shown on video, of Spears as a fleeing femme fatale spy/criminal pursued by sexy dancer cops (how they work those thrusting clubs) with an obsessed, handsomely unshaven guy masterminding the chase. Piled on top of that are numbers with cages (Up N' Down), a silver contraption that carries Spears high into the air (Piece of Me), a car which she and her dancers mount for a brief lap dance on a lucky audience volunteer (Lace and Leather), Egyptian barges (Gimme More), roaring motorcycles (Baby One More Time), flipping ninja-costumed dancers (Toxic), sparkling bustiers, bikinis, etc., etc. There's no band, just a nearly invisible guy on an elaborate synthesizer set-up. This is not a music concert, it's a series of live music videos.

But the steamy intensity Spears can generate on video is absent onstage. She seemed disengaged for much of the show, as if she was just going through the motions - no energy, no dynamism. She's become a startlingly stiff and awkward dancer for a purveyor of sexy dance music, her torso barely moves, there's no sensuality, no energy. Most of the women from the audience that she brought onstage to dance for I Wanna Go were more animated than the star.

Her vocal style is either Betty Boop breathless or nasal baby chipmunk (and on the ballad He's About to Lose Me, terribly off-key); either way, her voice is overwhelmed by the thundering wall of sound. Part of the controversy over whether or not Spears actually sings in concert could be because she can seem so unengaged that she could be singing off a teleprompter, while her voice - even if it is live - is so technologically processed that it doesn't seem to come from her. She had nothing to say to the audience but an occasional "Miami, how you doing? Miami, do you want some more?" Incredibly, they did.

Opener Nicki Minaj, pop hiphop's current It girl, had ten times Spears' energy and drive, and held the stage with a cadre of spunky dancers and almost no production value. Wearing flat boots and a black jumpsuit overlaid by a glittery sort of corset construction that emphasized her astonishingly hourglass shaped figure, Minaj skipped and stalked through booming, bad girl attitude songs like Did It On Em and Where Dem Girls At. Minaj has a rare sense of (sometimes obscene) humor, assurance, and gift for wordplay (she works Sri Lanka and Willy Wonka into a rhyme), and a girl-power attitude that's very welcome in hip-hop. "Where my GIRLS at?!" she called out, to thunderous response. She was briefly joined by Miami homegirl Trina, and by Miami rapper Sean Kingston, who was badly injured in a boating accident this spring, and joined Minaj in a powerhouse duet to roars from the audience.

Minaj could have done without the demi-ironic sci-fi fantasy storyline, which included some silly musical and theatrical passages more worthy of middle school than an arena pop show. And the sound also often overwhelmed her voice; she sometimes seemed to be lip-syncing, spent as much time dancing as rapping or singing, and the show never focused enough on just Minaj on the mic to reveal whether she could hold an entire concert on her own. Minaj' talent deserves that chance.

http://www.miami.com/review-britney-spears-article

[DigitalFudge]

I LOVE Britney!!!


2. Unusual You

Finally someone with taste

[ILLBFIRE]

I wonder if Britney is going to come out with a new album in 2012 or is she going to take another break??

[stephe24]

How was Miami?

Here's the review from the Miami Herald:

Review: Britney Spears

Concert more like a set of live music videos

By Jordan Levin | jlevin@miamiherald.com 7/23/2011

Ah, the mystery of Britney Spears' stardom. She can't sing. Can't dance. Has nothing to say. As the center of the massive, elaborate spectacle of her Femme Fatale tour, which thrashed through the AmericanAirlines Arena on Friday, she was a weirdly unengaged, charisma-challenged figure.

And yet she sent the worshipful, sold out crowd into squealing hysteria. There were women in platinum wigs and bleached Britney hair, in bustiers and mild suburban bondage, even a woman with a fuzzy yellow toy snake and a guy in Britney drag. Maybe after all those years of music videos, all her audience needs is the sight of their goddess, still shiny and strutting (sort of - Spears' hips don't really roll anymore) despite all the wear and tear on her gleamy teen, then sex queen image, the tabloid-powered meltdowns and mechanical music.

The Femme Fatale tour surrounds Spears with a massive spectacle, a lurching series of elaborate set pieces vaguely (and sometimes not even that much) organized around the notion (concept is too grand a word), shown on video, of Spears as a fleeing femme fatale spy/criminal pursued by sexy dancer cops (how they work those thrusting clubs) with an obsessed, handsomely unshaven guy masterminding the chase. Piled on top of that are numbers with cages (Up N' Down), a silver contraption that carries Spears high into the air (Piece of Me), a car which she and her dancers mount for a brief lap dance on a lucky audience volunteer (Lace and Leather), Egyptian barges (Gimme More), roaring motorcycles (Baby One More Time), flipping ninja-costumed dancers (Toxic), sparkling bustiers, bikinis, etc., etc. There's no band, just a nearly invisible guy on an elaborate synthesizer set-up. This is not a music concert, it's a series of live music videos.

But the steamy intensity Spears can generate on video is absent onstage. She seemed disengaged for much of the show, as if she was just going through the motions - no energy, no dynamism. She's become a startlingly stiff and awkward dancer for a purveyor of sexy dance music, her torso barely moves, there's no sensuality, no energy. Most of the women from the audience that she brought onstage to dance for I Wanna Go were more animated than the star.

Her vocal style is either Betty Boop breathless or nasal baby chipmunk (and on the ballad He's About to Lose Me, terribly off-key); either way, her voice is overwhelmed by the thundering wall of sound. Part of the controversy over whether or not Spears actually sings in concert could be because she can seem so unengaged that she could be singing off a teleprompter, while her voice - even if it is live - is so technologically processed that it doesn't seem to come from her. She had nothing to say to the audience but an occasional "Miami, how you doing? Miami, do you want some more?" Incredibly, they did.

Opener Nicki Minaj, pop hiphop's current It girl, had ten times Spears' energy and drive, and held the stage with a cadre of spunky dancers and almost no production value. Wearing flat boots and a black jumpsuit overlaid by a glittery sort of corset construction that emphasized her astonishingly hourglass shaped figure, Minaj skipped and stalked through booming, bad girl attitude songs like Did It On Em and Where Dem Girls At. Minaj has a rare sense of (sometimes obscene) humor, assurance, and gift for wordplay (she works Sri Lanka and Willy Wonka into a rhyme), and a girl-power attitude that's very welcome in hip-hop. "Where my GIRLS at?!" she called out, to thunderous response. She was briefly joined by Miami homegirl Trina, and by Miami rapper Sean Kingston, who was badly injured in a boating accident this spring, and joined Minaj in a powerhouse duet to roars from the audience.

Minaj could have done without the demi-ironic sci-fi fantasy storyline, which included some silly musical and theatrical passages more worthy of middle school than an arena pop show. And the sound also often overwhelmed her voice; she sometimes seemed to be lip-syncing, spent as much time dancing as rapping or singing, and the show never focused enough on just Minaj on the mic to reveal whether she could hold an entire concert on her own. Minaj' talent deserves that chance.

http://www.miami.com/review-britney-spears-article

Oh fuck them. The concert was amazing. And to show how much they know "He About To Lose Me" has been cut for a while now and wasn't performed in Miami. It's clear this person went into the concert negative and looked for things to nit pick apart.

[soul4sale]

I wonder if Britney is going to come out with a new album in 2012 or is she going to take another break??

I hope she won't take a break because I just can't get enough of her! I'm seeing her this september and just can't wait!

[innocentbychoice]

Haven't been here in a while...just wanted to say I'm so fucking excited Britney is coming to Bogota on november!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See? The fact that I criticize the shit out of her doesn't mean I can't like her or her music.

Damn I want those tickets to be on sale NOW.

[Gemini_Valley]

Her tour has been getting really mixed reviews from critics. For example her tour stop of the same show in New York: NY Daily News tore her apart while the NY Post gave her a positive review. Ultimately fans that have attended the shows have been loving them.

[stephe24]

Haven't been here in a while...just wanted to say I'm so fucking excited Britney is coming to Bogota on november!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See? The fact that I criticize the shit out of her doesn't mean I can't like her or her music.

Damn I want those tickets to be on sale NOW.

The show is amazing Get ready

[ILLBFIRE]

I just hope that the Femme Fatale tour is giving her the drive and passion to keep making music.

[DigitalFudge]

I just wish she would give some attitude

Dance like that? Fine

Sing like that? Fine

But just let us know you are the Queen Bitch so we know we are not just out here talking to ourselves.


I want her to strut on that stage take a microphone and say "I'm not singing shit, and I'm not dancing one step. I am Britney Fucking Spears and you worship me bitches"


I will forever be hers.

[innocentbychoice]

There will be a Femme Fatale DVD, recorded in Canada! And a VMA Britney tribute coming soon.

[stephe24]

ummm bitch is FIERCE AS FUCK!

[YourCriminal]

Tonight Britney will appear on VMA! She probably won't perform but she will be! Can't wait!

[outrageous4u]

I'm so excited to see what kind of tribute they have planned for her tonight. She won't be performing but I'm so happy she's getting the Video Vanguard award and will be looking amazing. So well deserved!

Also, I saw her in Cleveland and Columbus and the show was absolutely amazing. We were front row, center stage in Columbus and she was so into it. Amazing show! Oh and she brought her little boy out and the very end. The crowd melted.

[YourCriminal]

You're lucky! I want see her too, she is fabulous!

[outrageous4u]

Britney won the VMA for best Pop Video !!!!!

She looked so amazing!

[YourCriminal]

Yes, she looks amazing!

[Gemini_Valley]

Single #4 is "Criminal." Nice change of pace from all the up-tempos.

Britney sort of got the shaft with her tribute, but the dance montage was cute. Her interaction with Gaga was nice to see. I liked her acceptance speech when she won Best Pop Video. It was short and very sweet.

[outrageous4u]

Criminal!!

OMG!!!

[ILLBFIRE]

I can't wait to see the video!!!!!!!

[MrMojoRisin]

I just found this and thought it was cool. The video screens for the "Slave" performance at the "Femme Fatale Tour" are playing gay BDSM...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3_SfE0l7Uw&list=PL78CE41609C02C1D8&index= 89&feature=plpp[/ame]

[ILLBFIRE]

The more I think about it the more I don't want Criminal to be the next single...

[DigitalFudge]

^^^^

God knows I love that track but really?

You have Inside out and Seal it with a Kiss.

Of course my personal fav "Trip To your Heart" but no one but me it seems wants it as a single.

[asu1117]

I love Criminal and am excited for it's video. But I am surprised it was chosen as the next single. Let's hope it does well!

[ILLBFIRE]

I love Criminal but I agree with DigitalFudge "Inside Out"would make a better single.

[stephe24]

FF tour dvd preview!

[innocentbychoice]

^Can't see the vid.

[outrageous4u]

OMG this is going to be amazing!

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8whfXVHkCY[/ame]

[asu1117]

I'm really excited about the FF Tour being released on Dvd (and tv). It's about time this bitch released a new live performance, it's only been seven years since Onyx. I'll definitely be buying this as soon as it's available.

[outrageous4u]

OMFG! She's in the UK!

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/12...tainment-Video

[ILLBFIRE]

OMG this is going to be amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8whfXVHkCY

I don't know about the dvd. A whole movie based on a tour...It sounds boring. The Glee movie was ok but not something I would watch over and over.

[outrageous4u]

I don't know about the dvd. A whole movie based on a tour...It sounds boring. The Glee movie was ok but not something I would watch over and over.

What are you talking about? It's not a movie based on the tour. It's the entire show on DVD/Blu Ray when she performed in Toronto. Are you confused still?

[outrageous4u]

OMG Britney shooting the Criminal music video in London today!!!

http://www.breatheheavy.com/xray/thu...s.php?album=51

[himeros]

I love Britney's pop songs in her older albums. I don't really like her new hiphop whatever style The same goes to Madonna.

Please, Britney Spears (and Madonna) I want more POP SONGS!!!

[outrageous4u]

I love Britney's pop songs in her older albums. I don't really like her new hiphop whatever style The same goes to Madonna.

Please, Britney Spears (and Madonna) I want more POP SONGS!!!

Britney isn't hip hop??! haha

Femme Fatale is pure pop.

[himeros]

Britney isn't hip hop??! haha

Femme Fatale is pure pop.

I'm not sure about the music terms. I cant distinguish them when it comes to noisy houseclub-like music. I do admit I like her new singles but that's because they play it over and over again in radios. I'm not into techno beats. I heard many loud techno sounds in her new singles, like Hold It Against Me. Make my head hurts if I listen too many times

But I LOVE Criminal!!!! It's SO pop... No headache noises I'm more into tunes like Baby One More Time, Lucky, and her old songs. Yes, I know I'm gay, big time! LOL

[outrageous4u]

I'm not sure about the music terms. I cant distinguish them when it comes to noisy houseclub-like music. I do admit I like her new singles but that's because they play it over and over again in radios. I'm not into techno beats. I heard many loud techno sounds in her new singles, like Hold It Against Me. Make my head hurts if I listen too many times

But I LOVE Criminal!!!! It's SO pop... No headache noises I'm more into tunes like Baby One More Time, Lucky, and her old songs. Yes, I know I'm gay, big time! LOL

Glad you like Criminal

I was just confused when you said Britney was hip hop.

[himeros]

Glad you like Criminal

I was just confused when you said Britney was hip hop.

Maybe the correct term is techno? Im sort of music blind when it comes to 21st century music. Not sure why I'm more into late 1990s music.

Yes, Criminal is good. An 'odd' song compared to the rest of songs in her newest album but I'm glad she put it.

[outrageous4u]

OMG your blog KILLS me !

[himeros]

OMG your blog KILLS me !

I assume you're talking to me?
Err 'kill' you? In good or bad way?

[ILLBFIRE]

What are you talking about? It's not a movie based on the tour. It's the entire show on DVD/Blu Ray when she performed in Toronto. Are you confused still?

All I was saying was that a whole dvd about the tour sounds like its going to be boring. I might still buy it but idk.


Taylor + Britney =Amazing

[outrageous4u]

All I was saying was that a whole dvd about the tour sounds like its going to be boring. I might still buy it but idk.

It's not "about" the tour. It IS the tour. It's the entire show for true fans to own and for those who couldn't see her live. Tour DVD/Blu rays are nothing new.

[Gemini_Valley]

5 previously unreleased demo tracks leaked a few days ago and I'm loving them all. But these two are the real standouts:

"Rockstar" -- I love the middle 8 in this song, very catchy and sassy.

"Everyday" -- I would love to hear more introspective material and this song proves she can deliver beyond a dance floor. With some serious vocal training, and singing in this style, she'd finally garner critical acclaim.

[stephe24]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R74R3DTy-uA[/ame]

Criminal music video

[outrageous4u]

No Words.

Flawless
Speechless
SO FUCKING SEXY.
One of her best videos EVER!

14 years in the game and still topping herself!!!

Omg Chris Marrs Piliero is a fucking genius :bow:

[AndrewC88]

Criminal was amazing....Jason is so hot

[triple_axel]

i like the criminal music video. nice ending too.

[nfgrls]

love the criminal video but it is still my least favorite song from the cd.

[Aratron]

Where is the video?

[outrageous4u]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul0F_t0uG_M&feature=player_embedded[/ame]