microtonal Britney Spears

I've seen a new video a couple of times recently on a
Mexican (Spanish language) TV station that I get here,
and feel compelled to announce that microtonality is
alive and well in the hottest reaches of today's
pop-music world.

Britney Spears's (latest?) single _I'm A Slave 4 U_
has some of the weirdest and most microtonal music I've
ever heard in a song that I assume is/was/will be a hit.

(and she looks pretty cute in the video, too...) :)

-monz

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Joe,

--- In tuning@y..., "monz" <joemonz@y...> wrote:
> and feel compelled to announce that microtonality is
> alive and well in the hottest reaches of today's
> pop-music world.
>
> Britney Spears's (latest?) single _I'm A Slave 4 U_
> has some of the weirdest and most microtonal music I've
> ever heard in a song that I assume is/was/will be a hit.

Question: where is the dividing line between using sounds that end up
outside 12-tET as a "sound effect" and/or ear candy, and when you can
actually say "This is microtonal music"?

Zia is microtonal pop/rock/whatever; Britney Spears?... I don't think
so. I'm enjoying Pink these days, in spite of her popularity (sheesh,
they're using "Get the Party Started" for the NBA promos). That grrls
got attitude!

> (and she looks pretty cute in the video, too...) :)

Shame on you! :)

Cheers,
Jon

--- In tuning@y..., "jonszanto" <JSZANTO@A...> wrote:
> Joe,
>
> --- In tuning@y..., "monz" <joemonz@y...> wrote:
> > and feel compelled to announce that microtonality is
> > alive and well in the hottest reaches of today's
> > pop-music world.
> >
> > Britney Spears's (latest?) single _I'm A Slave 4 U_
> > has some of the weirdest and most microtonal music I've
> > ever heard in a song that I assume is/was/will be a hit.
>
> Question: where is the dividing line between using sounds that end
up
> outside 12-tET as a "sound effect" and/or ear candy, and when you
can
> actually say "This is microtonal music"?
>
> Zia is microtonal pop/rock/whatever; Britney Spears?... I don't
think
> so.

On the other hand, Ken Rubenstein's and Don Van Vleit's musics are
based around 12tet with radical pitch inflections and I am tempted to
call them microtonal, certainly more so than a meantone Scarlatti...
Tough question.

John Starrett