Any song that successfully samples from The Sound of Music soundtrack and includes yodeling, to boot, is good in my book. The fact that is was Gwen Stefani that did it, well, that just makes sense. It's such a great song. It pokes fun at hip-hop sampling while still pulling it off as a legitimate club song. I just heard the full version of this song off Napster, which is how I stay up to date on music. It blew me away, honestly. Yeah, I know, I should have heard it at the music awards she sang at (which I don't even know the name of, there being so many lately) or at least seen it on MTV, but I'm just not hooked into pop culture that way. I could totally see my mom getting into this song, too. In my family, we were huge The Sound of Music fans growing up and owned the soundtrack on vinyl. It just rocks. A thumbs up from me.

A note about this album: from my first initial listen on Napster, it works for me. I like her style and how she has moved away from her No Doubt sound in her solo efforts. I think that Fergie would do well to take a couple lessons from her, because although Fergie's done all right with The Dutchess, it definitely didn't grab me enough to actually listen to the whole album. I don't think anyone is quite like Gwen Stefani. You can't confuse her with the "other" blonde popstars, like Britney, Jessica and Christina (and their copycats). She has a fantastic style all her own and that sort of uniqueness and originality is missing (glaringly so) from pop music. Just because it's pop doesn't mean it can't be smart.