Snap Judgment: Britney Spears' 'Gimme More'
Aug 31, 2007, 03:02 PM | by Bethonie Butler
Categories: Britney Spears, Download This, Music
Just listened to Britney's single Gimme More, y'all. Yes, that Danjahandz'-produced club
track that EW's Simon Vozick-Levinson told you about on Tuesday. My snap
judgment:
I don't hate it!
I actually kind of (come closer) like it. The best part of the song isn't Britney "singing." It's her opening line: "It's Britney, bitch!" And this is what you should keep in mind when listening to this song. Britney isn't known for her adventurous vocals (à la Christina Aguilera) or her perfect pitch high notes (à la Mariah Carey). Britney is known for her status as a quintessential child star, her production effects, and as of late — shaving her head, clubbing sans underwear, and driving recklessly with her children as passgengers.
"Gimme More" is being hailed as Britney's comeback — she's reportedly already made the video for the song. Time will tell whether this song helps redeem the pop star's many recent faux pas. But while we're on the subject of more... a word of advice for Britney. Less is more! This is definitely a dance track — one I could admittedly be seen singing at the top of my lungs on the Van Wyck Expressway (yes, New York, that's me). I could do without all the '80s vocal production — most notably the burp-like "more"s. According to my co-worker, Marc Vera, Kermit the Frog makes a cameo around 2:50 ("danger, danger, danger, danger"), and I guess I could do without that as well.
But overall, it's growing on me. And I can't believe I'm saying this, but, what the hell, Britney, gimme more.

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