Review: Taylor Swift’s new single, “Love Story”

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I was questioning the song title when I first heard about it. I mean, “Love Story” is very typical of a teenage love song. The title alone kind of makes me cringe… but then I listened to it.

The lyrics take you further into a relationship than a typical love/country song will take you. My favorite lyric is Cause you were Romeo I was a scarlet letter and my daddy said stay away from Juliet.

Taylor doesn’t just talk about the Romeo & Juliet, but she throws in other tails of literature’s forbidden love into the lyrics. (more…)

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Jessica Simpson country album cover revealed

Simpson's new album, "Do You Know," will be released 9/9/08.

The album cover fro Jessica Simpson’s new album, “Do You Know,” has been released. The album, which is her first country album, will be released on Sept. 9, 2008.

Hm, 9/9? That number sounds familiar….

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Billboard Review: “Unbreakable”

From Billboard.com and it looks good

While the turn of phrase may be cliché, the overall sound of “Unbreakable” screams it loud and clear: Backstreet’s back. Unlike 2005’s uneven “comeback” album “Never Gone,” its follow-up finds the Boys dipping into their old bag of classic pop songs. They are a boy band with spot-on harmonies: They sing huge, hooky choruses; belt out sappy bridges (”I’m a house of cards in a hurricane,” the group wails on “Helpless When She Smiles”); and bop and groove to slickly produced dance numbers. Nearly everything here is top 40 or AC radio-ready, particularly the piano-driven first single, “Inconsolable,” and the Beatles-y “Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon.” The boy band heyday might be long over and the group is now a man down (Kevin Richardson departed to pursue other interests), but Backstreet’s ready to try and melt your heart once again. —Jill Menze

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