Why I'd Take a Bad Girl Over a Pussy Anyday

I like women. I like women who can sing. And I like women who can dance.

These qualities have inevitably made me a fan of such stars as Janet Jackson, Madonna, and Britney Spears. What I like more than a woman that sings and dances? A group of women who can sing and dance. This applies both to chorus girls and girl groups. I mean, I like TLC and Destiny's Child, but my favorite girl group at the moment probably has to be handed over to Danity Kane. I mean, you've got three hot girls, one pretty attractive one, and Aubrey (who is sometimes hot and sometimes scary kinds of trashy). And as we've all (or at least a few) seen, they were good enough singers and dancers to "make the band" in Diddy's reality show competition. These girls are no Eden's Crush though, they have produced some really great tracks and even a couple of good videos.

I never thought Danity Kane (who were named after a doodle one of the girls drew that Diddy liked) were as popular as they could be, but it never really hit me until I stumbled upon Wikipedia's chart of top selling r&b girl groups, on which Danity Kane does not appear. Alright, they're pretty new to the game, not a HUGE surprise there. But what group is #5 on the list? The freaking Pussycat Dolls. Sudden revelations began hitting me. Both were girl groups, both perform pop/r&b, both had TV shows, both have five members, hell, Nicole (the lead PCD) even was discovered via "Popstars" as a member of Eden's Crush, and yet PCD has sold a helluva lot more albums than the girls from Making the Band.

Why? Personally, I think the girls of Danity Kane are as a group more talented singers, are much more attractive, and have produced just as good-if not better-albums than PCD. Hell, a rejected Danity Kane contestant was a finalist to be one of the new Pussycat Dolls on their show (she didn't make either group in the end). I would love to write a blog about how people are just dumb for liking PCD more, but I think I have to chalk it all up to management.

Let's look at it. PCD has had two TV shows, have made a BAZILLION TV appearances, have even recorded a version of one of their singles for an upcoming Sims game. Although the Dolls have only released one album to date (with their second scheduled for September), they are currently promoting and performing their 8th single.

Danity Kane had been featured in four seasons of television viewing pleasure, but two of those were of the girls actually trying to make the group. And one was shared with Diddy's other two reality-made projects, but we'll call it even with the Dolls at two seasons. DK has released two studio albums, but will be releasing only their FIFTH single sometime this or next week.

So, it looks like PCD may have taken the edge due to more singles (especially because one of DK's singles was a self-penned Christmas song). I would also argue that PCD (or their management) have made better choices in terms of single choice. PCD appeals to men because they're (kind of) sexy women, singing about being sexy women. Almost all of their singles are about their level of hotness, and their sexual prowess. Guys respond to this, and girls are split between idolizing the Dolls and their own inner burlesque dancer, or jealously calling the Dolls a bunch of sluts.

Danity Kane? Their first song was a girl power anthem (about cars?), and their second a ballad about commitment. Now, I liked the show enough to pick up their debut CD, but if they had just hit the charts with these two songs, I probably wouldn't have. Their first album also features songs about their woman parts and how they want to use them to please me (their average male follower). It seems that instead of releasing "Ride for You", a song with lyrics like:

Let's take it back to three years ago
When you said that we could make it through whatever, ever
And to me it sounded like you meant forever, ever
Leaving was not an option, baby, never, never
Now don't you believe in a love that's worth a fight
In you is everything that I'm missing
So give us a chance

Instead, perhaps they should have released something like "Touching My Body":

Ohh, you're touching my body
Ohh, you must want me to get started
Boy I can't take it, it's so crazy how you're making me feel
How you're making me feel!

If I put you on, would you like that?
Keep it nice and warm, do you like that?
We do it on the floor, do you like that?
I wanna give you some more, I know you like that

I mean, do I have to say that sex sells? C'mon girls. They compromised with their recent hit "Damaged", which isn't such a sexy song, but comes with a video filled to the brim with the girls in tiny metallic bikinis and plenty footage of the girls dancing for you.

Things do seem to be looking up for the girls though. I understand they recently performed on Nashville Star (on their "pop" performance night). It's not the Super Bowl, but it's a start to get their name out. And it looks like their next single might see the success of some of the racier PCD songs. It's called "Bad Girl" and features Missy Elliot. It's not all that provacative, but the title makes it seem like it is, and they're definitely singing to a guy. Look for it to premiere soon, as the girls are filming sometime this week.

My pick for the next single? Strip Tease:

Just wanna please you
Blow out you candle in my birthday suit, surprise
Just let me make your night
I'll do you like you like
I'll fulfill your needs
Keep you tip, this one's on me

Eh? Eh? With songs like that (and them actually being RELEASED), DK should be able to go head to head with PCD. I mean, I don't know how you could go wrong when you were trained by Laurie Ann Gibson.

So You Think You Can Dance? We don't.

I watched a whole lotta TV today, so I'm not completely sure what to write about today. So much has happened in my [TV] life. Good friends have died (LOST), people I hate may steal my adolescent dream of starring on Broadway (MTV's Legally Blonde: Search for the Next Elle Woods!), simpletons have triumphed (Tila Tequila's Shot at Love 2), but most importantly: TWO DANCERS WERE SENT HOME ON FOX'S "SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE?".

Let me begin by saying I LOVE this show. Dance is one of my favorite types of performance (I'll bet you didn't know that I was the dance captain for my high school's production of Footloose: The Musical) and this show spotlights real dancers doing some really incredible things.

For those of you unfamiliar with the show: no worries. This season has just begun so you have plenty of time to become emotionally attached to the twenty (now eighteen) contestants before one is crowned America's Favorite Dancer. Which by the way, is one of the other reasons I love the show. Right there in the title, the producers concede that the winner is not America's Best Dancer, but their favorite. Granted, we trust the judges to hand pick the top twenty dancers from a pool of thousands, but after that it's in the hands of the untrained American eye.

Last night was the two hour performance premiere in which ten male/female partners dance everything from disco, to tango, to hip-hop, broadway, and contemporary. America (including yours truly) vote for their favorite couples and the bottom three must then dance for their lives the next night in front of the judges.

Let's go ahead and start with my favorite and least favorite dances of the week. A big shout out to Katee and Joshua for this hip-hop routine:



And a big BOO to my least favorite: Rayven and Jamie with their hip-hop routine:




If you've DVR'd this weeks episodes and are (for some unknown reason) still waiting to watch them, avoid the rest of this blog as it is spoiler-rific.

Cat Deeley (the eight foot tall British blonde bombshell hired to host the show) pysched us all out by bringing forward three couples and threatening to announce who would be in danger for elimination. After hearing rave reviews for each of the couples she reveals that they're ALL SAFE. You punk'd me alright Cat. I for sure thought at least ONE of them would be in the bottom three. Tricky temptress you.

Cat eventually reveals the bottom three couples: Kortni (who looks like Cameron Diaz)/Matt, Rayven/Jamie, and the surprise couple of Jessica/Will. The six dancers performed their mindblowingly short solos (they're supposed to convince the judges to keep them with fifteen seconds of dancing?), Cat brings in the Pussycat Dolls to keep the masses entertained while the judges confer "backstage" (where there are cameras) about who to send home (even though it's painfully obvious at this stage of the game).

The Pussycat Dolls grind on each other, shake their asses, and I'm pretty sure Nicole even sang a little bit. The performances on this show are always great because the groups have to dance a lot more than they normally would so it almost makes sense that they're performing on said program.


After the commercial break nobody was surprised to see Rayven and Jamie get the ax. The best part? Cat has the audacity of showing them a montage of "some of their greatest moments on the show", which consist of their one performance from the previous night and clips of them sitting in the cold waiting to audition. And at the end of each clip Cat says, "And those were only a few of your great moments!". Listen, nobody but these individual dancers and their respective family/friends care. They've been on the show for a week, and weren't as good as the rest of the cast, so I can't imagine too many were emotionally attached at this point. Don't get me wrong, I have the utmost respect for all of the dancers on the show, I'm just saying that the "long farewell" act seemed out of place and a little absurd.

At any rate, their five minutes of fame seem to be up. So here's one for me, and one for the departed homies. Peace.





OH. And why in the world would the producers have random popper/lockers on the show tonight instead of last year's champion Sabra? Mad love goes out for her (absence) tonight.