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Fergie: 'Clumsy'
Released on Monday, Nov 12 2007
Published Tuesday, Nov 6 2007, 16:53 GMT | By Alex Fletcher | 9 comments
It's well over a year since the abomination that was 'London Bridge' came tumbling out of the musical mystery that is Fergie. A year on and three further singles down the line, we're no surer as to what the Black Eyed Peas popstress is really any good for. She's tried crooning, ballads and sauce-box R'n'B but she's mastered none of the above. She doesn't have the diva-glam of a J.Lo or the voice of a Christina. And she certainly doesn't have the car-crash lifestyle of a Britney 'baldy' Spears. Yet somehow, she keeps creeping through the net and sticking singles out that score higher in the charts than they have any bleedin' right too.
'Clumsy', as now seems like a Fergie tradition, is nothing like any of her previous singles. Much like Gwen Stefani, she seems intent on genre-hopping and bandwagon-jumping - sometimes she even manages to do it mid-song, slipping into a weird, uncomfortable and unpleasant acapella breakdown halfway through. There's clearly some attention deficit disorder going on somewhere. It bears a (rather shockingly) striking resemblance to the Tweet's 2002 single 'Oops (Oh My)' and is based around a Gameboy-style, Tetris-esque, bleeping beat. Fergie does some rather predictable and unsexy mumbling over the top. We think it's about having 'Clumsy' sex but we haven't listened too hard. Flatter than a pancake that's been sat on by the cast of Celebrity Fit Club, this tune's a proper stinker.
'Clumsy', as now seems like a Fergie tradition, is nothing like any of her previous singles. Much like Gwen Stefani, she seems intent on genre-hopping and bandwagon-jumping - sometimes she even manages to do it mid-song, slipping into a weird, uncomfortable and unpleasant acapella breakdown halfway through. There's clearly some attention deficit disorder going on somewhere. It bears a (rather shockingly) striking resemblance to the Tweet's 2002 single 'Oops (Oh My)' and is based around a Gameboy-style, Tetris-esque, bleeping beat. Fergie does some rather predictable and unsexy mumbling over the top. We think it's about having 'Clumsy' sex but we haven't listened too hard. Flatter than a pancake that's been sat on by the cast of Celebrity Fit Club, this tune's a proper stinker.
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This review is so biased! The reviewer obviously has a big problem with Fergie (I've read other reviews about her and he hasn't given her one chance). He obviously doesnt like her so what this reviewer should do is forget his dislike for Fergie and pretend the song is by someone else and then review it!
I personally don't like Fergie, but this song is OK.
Tweet DOES sound like Tweety on Clumsy - it's awful! I thought it was Tweet!!!
The words in this review reek of jealousy. You can tell because the opinions in this article aren't backed up by anything solid and are baseless for the most part. When a serious critic doesn't like something, a random reader can understand and even accept said critic's opinion if it's well-constructed and valid. All of Fergie's singles - ALL of Fergie's singles - have skyrocketed in the charts. She has had more #1 hits than any artist in recent times, and that instantly makes it FACT that her musical talent and taste are as successful as can be. Clumsy is followed on the other singles' wake and is climbing up the charts, as expected. It has a laid-back, yet likable beat, a catchy hook and chorus (like all of her other songs), and her voice adapts to the mood of the song and completes it, making it another hit. Radios are playing it constantly, and (again) like her other songs, it's everywhere. Bottom line, this reviewer is depressing in his/her attempt to bash Fergie for what sounds like very personal reasons. London Bridge was far from an abomination, being a rapid #1 hit, as all of her subsequent work. Whoever wrote this article needs to get over some personal issues before reviewing anything again.
OK 1st of Clumsy is a great single just like the rest of Fergie's singles, and other songs from her debut. And last time I checked having 5 top 25 hits, sure does mean you CAN sing, and that you are a great artist. Name 2 people recently who've done that with their debut. And Clumsy doesn't sound a thing like Tweet's Oops (Oh My)
Totally disagree with this review. I think this is one of Fergie's strongest songs so far. It doesn't matter that she's not like J-LO, Christina or Britney. Her songs do well in the charts, and they have every right to.
I thought Big Girls Don't Cry was awful, but this is catchy and a good tune. I like it.
I agree, all her songs are completely awful
theses critics obviously don't have any sense or taste in music. half of the tracks they say are low rated got in the top 10 or 20 in the charts. They need to go and see what the public like before reviweing anything again as clumsy's a fantasic song and so are it predesseors. so he or she says that her songs get hoigher in the charts than they ought to!! how dare he say that!!! he's basically saying thay people don't know music when really it's critics who don't know music.