Tom: For someone who first came to fame after “American Idol”, she’s done spectacularly well.
Tom: Okay, full disclosure: I never really cared much about Kelly Clarkson, and then I saw this video of her performing at the Troubadour, and I might have developed a brief crush.
Tim: SHALLOW.
Tom: Not for the made-up, ridiculously airbrushed version in the glossy music video – but the t-shirt-wearing woman with the fantastic voice on stage.
Tim: Oh, fair enough.
Tom: I really like this song. So the question is: am I being distracted by the fact that I am now, by definition, “a fan”? Well, that’s where I need your opinion. I reckon this has one of the best choruses of the last few months – for the same reason that I like, for example, most of Pink’s stuff.
Tim: You’re right, it does. A good pop-rock chorus with everything that pop-rock needs to make it good – decent beats, a good hook, and ridiculously excessive levels of effort from the vocalist
Tom: As far as I’m concerned, the chorus is brilliant; the verses back it up well; even the middle eight fits in. It’s a good track. Am I right?
Tim: Yes. Although it isn’t as good as My Life Would etc etc, so putting that link in is a bit of a distraction. OH WELL IT’S DONE NOW.