It's all about the clubs

Posted by Scott

When Nelly's Hot in Herre came out in 2002, I despised that song. I thought it was the most stupid, pointless thing I'd ever heard.

And then one night I was in a club in NYC and Hot in Herre came on. Everyone went nuts, people were dancing like crazy, and in an instant I gained an appreciation for that song. I realized that sometimes a song might not have any particular artistic merit, but that's ok if its entire purpose is to make you dance.

I bring this up because the same thing has recently happened for me with Janet Jackson's latest, Feedback. Now, Janet's career has been dead since Nipplegate, and rightfully so - her songs have sucked since then.



My initial reaction to Feedback was that it struck me as a boring track with gratuitous (and lame) use of the vocoder effect. But then I heard it on a dance mix CD. Now I'm down with it. Even if the rest of the country isn't.