Jessica Simpson - 'A Public Affair'
It's hard to believe that the release date of this song has only just come around - it's feels like it's been doing the rounds for ages. Why, I vividly remember hearing it months ago when I was at the roller-disco with my good friends Christina Applegate, Christina Milian and Eva Longoria; in fact, I remember saying to my driver Ryan Seacrest...oh. That wasn't my life, that was just the promotional video for this song. Darn it, I always get those two muddled up.
(Psst! Wanna win 'Team Jessica T-shirts? Read on...)
Anyway, casting my mind back to before I heard this song, I was sitting underneath a triceratops and worrying from the title that it was going to be some kind of angst-ridden ballad about the tabloid intrusion that evidently lead to the breakup of her marriage to Nick Lachey (or Team Torso, as I like to call him). It came as quite the pleasant surprise to discover that the song was actually a breezy, tongue-in-cheek, entirely disposable '80s throwback about having a good night out with one's ladyfriends. It owes a heck of a debt to Madonna's 'Holiday', and actually feels like a brazen copycat in some parts, but we'll give her a free pass for the wise choice of source material.
The problem is, I've rather gone off this since I first heard it many moons ago. It's fun and catchy, and arguably one of her better tracks (although it can't hold a candle to the mighty 'Irresistible'), but the weak link in the chain seems to be Jessica herself. We all know that Jessica's got the vocal chops to pull off songs much bigger than this and could pull off a campy disco number in her sleep, but she seems to have taken that truth a little too literally, judging by the lazy diction all over the place.
I'll assume that the "cameras", rather than the "camels" are coming out for a public affair, and that the second line refers to a "green light" instead of a "grid lot". Come on, Jessica: these Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel-isms do not become you. All you needed to do was speak a little more clearly and there would've been an extra star for you right here. You nearly got it anyway, for performing above expectations on the pop front, but frankly this is the only way you'll learn.
Released: February 5th
(Steve Perkins)
So, we've got two T-shirts with a great big pink kiss on them, and the words 'Team Jessica'. This is so you can show whose side you're on in the great big battle between Jessica and Nick Lachey. There's a medium one, which is black, and a large one, which is white.
To win one, simply tell us the name of the film in which Jessica played a character called Daisy Duke...
Send your answer, your name, your address and a preference for which T-shirt you want (VERY important, that!) to chartblog@bbc.co.uk
GO TEAM JESSICA!
[Competition closes on February 21st 2007]
Comments
i love this song this has got to be jessicas best song love it
i think that jessica rules and gd on u gal 4 bein able 2 stand on ur 2 feet wit out Nick, all me m8's thought tht it really wouldnt last xxx