Music Blog

Jessica Simpson's video is a little odd.

Unlike Ryan, I’m not lovin’ the new Jessica Simpson video. Apparently, she’s covered Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walking” and somehow, in her vid, there’s nothing very feminist sounding about the song. I used to think it was a powerful piece about a woman standing up, doing her thing; in JS world, it’s about phat asses, washing the General Lee in a skimpy two-piece, and balancing a beer bottle on a bar tray. Even stranger, for me, is that Willie Nelson seems to be oggling JS throughout the whole thing . . . it just looks a little creepy, especially since she asks him to do it. But there’s quite the hook in this song and I can imagine it to be “big” this summer . . . JS can only cover other’s materials now, yes?