SOUND CHECK.BRITNEY SPEARS: ``In The Zone'' (Jive) - Two and one half stars Madonna's best-kissing buddy flaunts her sex appeal on this blip-hopping, strobe-pulsing set made for the dance floor. And at the club is precisely where we find Britney, trading shout-outs with Madonna in the party anthem the young pop icon For the British television series, see . For religious icons, see . A pop icon is a celebrity whose fame in pop culture constitutes a defining characteristic of a given society or era. co-wrote called ``Me Against the Music'' and gyrating to the tribal beats of ``(I Got That) Boom Boom.'' Britney collaborates on seven of the album's dozen songs plus the remix bonus of ``Me Against the World'' with a team of industry big shots that includes the Matrix, Moby and R. Kelly. The result is a collection of mostly funky grooves in which Britney affects a Jamaican accent, giggles uncontrollably and utters provocative lines like, ``I don't really want to be a tease, but would you undo my zipper zipper Device for binding the edges of an opening, as on a garment or a bag. A zipper consists of two strips of material with metal or plastic teeth along the edges, and a sliding piece that interlocks the teeth when moved in one direction and separates them again when moved please'' (``Showdown''). In stores Tuesday. - Sandra Barrera CHIP TAYLOR & CARRIE RODRIGUEZ Carrie Rodriguez is an American singer-songwriter and the daughter of Texan singer-songwriter David Rodriguez. She was discovered by Chip Taylor at the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, in 2001, and he invited her to perform with him in Europe. ``The Trouble With Humans'' (Lone Star Lone Star (or Lonestar) may refer to:
Taylor, who hails from an accomplished New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of family (a brother is actor Jon Voight), has accomplished a lot himself over a four-decade music career, including writing such classic songs as ``Angel of the Morning'' and The Troggs' ``Wild Thing.'' But he's done nothing as consistently great as this second album of Texas music with young fiddler Rodriguez. Peculiarly evocative lyrics, oddly apt harmonies (he's a whispery talk singer, she sounds like a stronger-voiced Iris DeMent de·ment tr.v. de·ment·ed, de·ment·ing, de·ments 1. To make (a person) insane. 2. To cause (a person) to lose intellectual capacity. ), intricate orchestrations that swing fast and contemplate wistfully with equal virtuosity. Simply put, May and December have never made such beautiful music together. - Bob Strauss CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Britney Spears) Diane Bondareff/Associated Press (2) no caption (CD cover) |
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