Sweet Intensity wrote:
Thanks For Nothin' (I don't really understand why everyone is so GaGa over this song. It's aiight. The screechy vocals at the end are horrid, and that is what ruins it for me, not to mention JD's craptastic call-out in the beginning.
I'm surprised you don't like it, it seems right up your alley. I think T4N is one of her best ballads from this century, it reminds me of Breakdown in its sincere melancholy and vocal stylings ("But I didn't wanna face the truth, that I was only being used", "Somebody say you know what I'm going through, you been left with nothin' too"). I think that her emotion is palpable on this track, unlike the robotic nature of songs like ISIL and Last Kiss. I also like the sort of mid-90s TLCesque sound of the production.
I think there are some clever lyrical moments too, such as
"Too much you can't count on one hand
Singing 3,4,5,6
7 days a week you're drowning in tears
He was so insincere
Now you're layin' up in bed
Every night singing
Hey boy, thanks for nothin'"