What Do Creekview Students Think About the iTunes Music Charts?

Music is a very diverse topic. Everybody has a different opinion about what their favorite type of music or favorite song is. So how does iTunes choose what the top 20 songs are without surveying the population as a whole? Not only is it hard to get everyone’s opinion on the best songs, but they all seem to come from the same genre.” Alex said, “They only list R&B/Rap songs, not any from other genres where there are better music.” Many students agreed with her saying they don’t agree with the top 20, because it does not have many of the other genres. And a few students said, “I like most of the music but it needs more country.”

While the majority of the students said that they didn’t agree with the lists of songs, some did. One student said, “Yeah pretty much spot on giver or take a few, but G6 is the bomb.” And, “These songs are great and rhythmic, so you can dance away.”

At the Homecoming Dance last weekend, a lot of the top 20 songs were played. Such as: “Like a G6”, “Bottoms Up”, “Just a Dream”, and “Take it Off”. Proving that a lot of these songs are very popular and the perfect songs to dance to.
Sammi Urban

Is Katy Perry Trashy?

Katy Perry is very well known as a music artist gaining almost every teenager’s attention with her new album “Teenage Dream.” In the album Perry decided to write about her childhood days and her difficult teenage years, and she added a little pop sound to it; Perry has everything it takes to be today’s leading female pop star. She wanted her new album to be diverse, and she wanted to write various songs that would catch people’s attention and make people move.
She wrote each song with an intention and is holding nothing back, and as soon as her music starts to play hearts start racing and people cannot help but to dance. She managed to show her personality to everyone by writing fun, flirty love songs. She definitely taps into every scenario a teenager would go through from the sweet love song of “Hummingbird Heartbeat” to her very daring lines of “Peacock.”

However not everyone thinks too highly of Katy Perry; some people think she is too straight forward or even obscene. A junior, Alex says, “Her music is just too loud and obnoxious, it is a little tasteless.”

Alex is not the only one that feels this way. A senior, Nikki, also feels the same way but feels a little stronger on the topic. She said, “Katy Perry is way too offensive and I have never liked her style.”

Even after those comments, when statistics came into play, over sixty percent of the people who answered if they thought Perry was trashy or not said they did not think she was trashy at all. Surprisingly because most guys enjoy Perry’s look and style, thirty-five percent of the students who said she was not trashy were girls.

“Katy is not trashy; she is just unique and will try things other people are afraid to do. She is a inspiration to many, including me,” said sophomore Jordan.

But nothing can stop Katy Perry; her style may be a little flashy but to some a little amusing. On Katyperry.com she stated, “I do not really want to come off trashy, but I want people to know I’m definitely having fun.”

In her album Teenage Dream she is letting her guard down a little and showing everyone that she too was once a regular teenager that got angry, fell in love, and the lessons learned while growing up. She has done it again and sold another top album.
By: Tenniea Martin