Phooson: Katy Perry's Better With a Backing Track

So Katy Perry just finished her set without playing "Ur So Gay" which is pretty sad. She also played "I Kissed A Girl" with her backing band, which normally would be pretty cool, but they were surprisingly bad for a group of professional musicians. She sounded much better with a...

By Jonathan McNamara

December 5, 2008

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So Katy Perry just finished her set without playing "Ur So Gay" which is pretty sad. She also played "I Kissed A Girl" with her backing band, which normally would be pretty cool, but they were surprisingly bad for a group of professional musicians. She sounded much better with a backing track on "Hot N Cold." Tokio Hotel is on now, setting the pubescent girls in to a high-pitched frenzy with their thoroughly average brand of post alt radio rock and fashionable women's clothes. -- Martin Cizmar

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