Christina Aguilera – Not Myself Tonight

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  General Comment:I don't think the song is about Christina trying to reinvent herself. If she was trying to reinvent herself (again), why "In the morning when she wakes up will she go back to the girl she used to be?"
  
  In the morning
  When I wake up
  I'll go back to the girl I used to be
  But baby
  Not tonight
  
  That's just what I think. For all I know, this is a new, reinvented Christina.
  
  

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  General Comment:I'm pretty sure their managers/producers/advisors pretty much forced her to make this kind of song (haven't heard the entire album) as a career move, just to bring her back in the spotlight. Were they right in doing so? NO . Christina have always shined because of her voice not because she was the sluttiest or the most eccentric, so trying to impose what's trending right now ended up in this song being half GaGa and half Stripped era.
  I like this song, though the vocals kinda don't fit in, but the synths and beat in general is brilliant.

  Flag dag_102on June 19, 2010   Link

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    If her was a really singer she wouldn't make it. Joss Stone for example simply quit record labels when they try to do it with her. Christina accepted to be a whore, maybe because she is really one, and that kind of music really doesn't attract me nor is fun.

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  General Comment:love the synths!

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  General Comment:She FOUND herself 8 years ago when she released her 2nd album "Stripped", so I'm more than sure that 'phase' is over and done with.

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  General Comment:First of all, im pretty sure Christina Aguilera was before Lady Gaga. So whatever image she's portraying or trying to now i think is something that she wants to do not to copy lady gaga. Sure it looks alot like Gaga's style.I wouldn't compare her to Gaga when Christina's voice is much better. She's trying to say that she's finally finding herself and there's nothing wrong with that. She's not alittle girl anymore so there's nothing wrong with doing what she wants.
  
  And just because she says "im kissing all the boys and girls" doesn't mean you should automatically hate a song.

  Flag xxheartfilledxxon May 06, 2010   Link

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  Song Meaning:The meaning behind the song is quite straightforward. She was uncomfortable in the image she put out in her career over the last several years, and now she's expressing what she really wants to.
  
  She was uncomfortable as the 'girl next door', and she's admitting she's... Kind of a dirty slut, I guess.
  
  I don't think the Gaga comparison is very fair, everything slightly unusual is compared to her now, and the video was more fetish than fashion.
  
  I think it's a bold move for Aguilera to be up front and show herself in this image, and it's bound to attract criticism for being sexualised, and now apparently it's also criticised because Gaga is the only person allowed to make slightly avant-garde colourful pop music videos.

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  General Comment:i BARELY liked it and thought it would grow on me until she said
  
  I'm kissing all the boys and girls
  
  
  and now it's done.
  i don't know why she's still trying to make music.
  she should stop.

  Flag thrwmyhrtawy.on April 25, 2010   Link

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    What the F*ck?! Is she making fun of Gaga? If so its a little pathetic. I agree with you, she should give up now.

    Flag LittlexMonsteron April 30, 2010  

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