Lopez Blogs

Ah, let us count the ways we love Simon. He is never too busy to email you about stuff. He has a cool producer and manager. And obviously he already has more than an album's worth of amazing pop tunes, and still keeps churning them out. About a month ago, he was kind enough to send me a track to listen to called Resist, which originally was written for Jadion produced girl group (and fellow 11 in 07s) Bliss. At this point it was a demo version, but the production values were still top notch and I had to stop myself physically from listening to it in case I got addicted to it. Possibly his most "pop" (along with Broken and Put Your Makeup On) song to date, this amazing tune starts off amidst a whirl of swirling electro beats and stacatto synths that are complemented by a smooth vocal "ooos" from Simon before leaping into a breakneck verse that is reminiscent of Janet Jackson's If that holds back on the beats thru the first few lines before building them up into the chorus. Talking of which, the chorus puts to shame some of the insanely catchy hooks of Max Martin (and that's a high compliment coming from me!) all about the forbidden allure of someone and the difficulty in not succumbing to that! Interesting point - the demo version (Written for girls) has the lyrics "I must resist you boy" while the new official Simon version has "i must resist you now". Both work well of course, but i like the fact that actually you could market two versions, one to the gay clubs and one to radio and please everyone :) Hurrah! Anyway, rumour has it that this song will soon be available as a free download on the internet, so wanted to make sure you all knew about it - i would describe it as Overprotected having a down and dirty sordid affair with If, yet with enough style and individuality to make it something new and exciting for today. Is there no end to this man's talents?!