Batson's Blog

Some singers collaborate and they are like peanut butter and jelly.  Their voices complement each other, their attitudes are similar or they are so different that it just works. Pink and Nicki Minaj Cardi B is the 'it' girl these days but I kind of prefer Nicki Minaj.  Her pop songs are catchy.  Pink and Nicki seem like a good combo. Pink has collaborated with Kenny Chesney, Eminem and, of course, the other singers on 'Lady Marmalade.'  Nicki did one of the best collaborations since 'Lady Marmalade' when she teamed up with Ariana Grande and Jessie J for 'Bang Bang.'  This just seems like it would be a fun collaboration in music video form and in song form. Chris Daughtry and Eric Church These two North Carolina boys who both love rock music could put together an incredible song.  While Daughtry is more rock and Church is more country, they both have some overlapping themes and sounds in their music. Both have delivered very good albums not too ...

Driving home the other night I heard Pink’s new song: Blow Me (One Last Kiss) . Turns out it’s already a few weeks old. I must’ve been living under a rock because I’m a big fan of Pink . I was never a huge fan of Can’t Take Me Home , but the catchy singles off M!ssundaztood caught my attention. Then I got hooked with the highly underrated Try This . I now own all of her albums. So anyway, I’m driving home, and I hear a new Pink song playing. After I got over the ‘WTF?! When did this happen?’ shock, I cranked the volume and started listening. I haven’t bought it on iTunes (I’ll just wait for the album in September ), but I have been contributing a significant amount of views to her lyric video on YouTube. I can’t say it’s my favorite Pink song ever, but there’s nothing wrong with the song and, after a couple of listens, it does become quite addictive. The song kicks off with a nice techno/dance feel. It’s very reminiscent of Modest Mouse’s Float On actually. Once P...