Besides, if past experience is anything to go by, Britney always releases something slightly disappointing before bringing out the killer material (see also: 'I'm a Slave 4 U' and 'I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman' preceding 'Overprotected', and of course 'Me Against the Music' acting as the preamble to 'Toxic'). In the end neither of those were especially accurate and my mood-o-meter was hovering more around 'pleasantly satisfied', and I'm happy with that. And while I'm aware that this is still Britney Spears we're dealing with here, and that one should not expect a seven-minute emotional rollercoaster with realistic character development, I do want the song to take me somewhere, even if the road isn't especially bendy or bumpy.Д®ssentially, I had hoped to be blown off my feet by this single, but I also feared being crushingly disappointed. Where it falls down is in the lack of a killer chorus (although the amazing bridge goes some way towards compensating for that) and the fact that it never really goes anywhere: as catchy as the staccato 'gimme, gimme more, gimme MOAR, gimme, gimme MORE' is, it's no more or less insistent the first time you hear it than it is during the fadeout. In fact, in general this song plays to Britney's strengths, requiring sultry rather than intricate vocals, and in any case the singing is almost secondary to the thumping bass and trickling electronica. It's an admirable move for her, I think - especially when I imagine a lot of people would've suggested she go for something more girl-next-door to try to win back her old fans. Generally songs that sound like a sexual call-to-arms are her forte, because she's got a naturally low and husky voice which is made for that sort of thing. It's got an attitude about it that shows she means business, and in quite a surprise to me, it's pretty sexy.Д«ritney's record with self-consciously sexy songs is a tad hit-and-miss: 'In The Zone' gave us the brilliant 'Breathe On Me', but also the frankly embarrassing 'Touch of My Hand'. And while I'd go on record as saying this isn't quite the ball-busting, ass-kicking, take-no-prisoners comeback I was hoping for, it's still on the right road. Of course, as brilliant as the first second of this song is, it does have another 4:03 (at least on the version I've got) to fill, and you can't just expect a brilliant beginning to carry you through a mediocre song. As musical manifestos go, we're really not going to argue. First of all, Britney is BACK, and second of all, she's taking no crap from no one. But more impressive is if we take that as a statement of intent, of things to come. WHAM! I can't think of a single song that has ever taken less than one second to win me round as statistics go, that's pretty impressive.

Britney spears gimme more vma 2007