Another in a series of guilty pleasures.
This one is way out there on the taste scale. Can’t help it. When I hear this in the car, like I did today, I absolutely crank it. Can’t get it loud enough, really.
This is a great sounding recording, great arrangement, super songwriting with a really memorable melody and the pre-chorus that builds up and up, blah, blah, blah. It’s just one of those songs that jumps out of the radio and grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go for three minutes fifty-six seconds.
Pop perfection.
Great songwriting translates across formats and styles:
Tags: britney spears, great pop songs, great songs, guilty pleasures, hit me baby one more time, travis
I just can’t do the Britney Spears thing… it helps when I don’t look at the video, but even just the music.. can’t do it!
Now, Travis’ cover, that I can get behind! I guess I didn’t realize that an actual good song was hidden in that mess of sugary-pop that is Hit Me Baby One More Time! You learn something new every day.
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