Lady Gaga needs her own thread

one more resaon to not like her

I didn't want to, but I'm kinda loving "Bad Romance."

― Alex in NYC, Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:53 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

um, did this really just happen?

seriously tho, the Ooooh's in the chorus of that song remind me of something and i can't place it.

I like the "gaga aroro lala" weirdo part of the song but the rest is draggy.

I didn't want to, but I'm kinda loving "Bad Romance."

― Alex in NYC, Monday, November 16, 2009 9:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

Me too. It gets played a lot where I work these days and I can't get it out of my head. I do agree with Abbott that the gaga aroro lala part is the best though.

"Dance in the Dark" is awesome.

blergh i hate the chorus in "bad romance." the whole thing is just such a frankenstein of a song, and yeah a couple parts are fun ("gaga aroro lala" and "love love love") but nothing fits together nicely and then the chorus just bursts in with that ugly eurotrash synth and those 'woah-oh-oh's.

i actually like the chorus the most, even tho i strongly believe that the "woah-oh-oh's" part is ripped off something i can't quite put my finger on

but i totally agree that the song is too "frankenstein," and the pieces sound too forcefully fitted together

fwiw, i don't really love the "ra-ra-ga-ga" part

dunno why it just doesn't really move me either way

I'm caving too, "Bad Romance" is tremendous

:-O

well it is

this worthless piece of woman destroys Beyonce's awesome new video in a sublime way

such a shame

xp yup.

It's the mid-1990s Benelux hard trance hoovers on Bad Romance which thrill me the most... very 10 o'clock in the morning at Trade...

the synths on Bad Romance DO sort of sound like something from Outside The Gate

frankenstein of a song otm

i've got this mash-up of the choruses and nonsense hooks from "bad romance" and "poker face" that gets in my head on occasion, but i still get bored when i hear either song (seeing is a bit more engaging) and couldn't sing the verses for you. it's like if young madonna wanted to be old madonna.

"bad romance" would be ok if it didn't rely on that same plodding gaga drum beat

I like "paparazzi" though

poker poker poker poker OOH LA GAGA GAHH

poker poker poker poker MUSHROOM MUSHROOM

I like "Poker Face" but don't really get "Bad Romance" yet---the vocals never really soar like they do on the chorus of "Poker Face", and so there's no resolution to the tension of the "plodding gaga drum beat". It's not a bad song, but I don't hear a monster here.

I understand that both work the same formula but I just think "Bad Romance" does it way better, cooler chant part, better chorus melody, better lyrics, etc.

"poker face" really earwormed me but it's not that satisfactory to actually listen to, unlike "bad romance" - her vocals in the "poker face" verses are really flat and perfunctory, whereas on "bad romance" they actually match the campy, theatrical words. the production on "bad romance" is a lot more varied and interesting too, and of course she doesn't rap about "bluffing with my muffin"

Just Dance > Bad Romance > Paparazzi > Poker Face >>> LoveGame

"Just Dance"? Does that song even still exist?

i dont think i can live in a world where al shilpey loves a lady gaga song

i actually find it sort of hilarious that everyone, including myself, has caved now

yeah upthread i think i mentioned that i was intending to never hear another song of hers, lest i cease loathing her. but "bad romance" is good :(

http://www.tidespoint.com/books/all_aboard3.jpg

bill baggs!

i actually find it sort of hilarious that everyone, including myself, has caved now

― lex pretend, Wednesday, November 18, 2009 8:04 AM Bookmark

sorry pop, still screwfacin'

I HAVE NOT CAVED YET.

I said reevaluating. Not converted.

yeah i still consider her a bad artist and a below-average member of the species fwiw

"telephone" is even better than "bad romance" imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCs9rxGZlyQ

but you can't deny the obvious "Gaga Effect" that's taken place in music since her arrival

but you can't deny the obvious "Gaga Effect" that's taken place in music since her arrival

but you can't deny the obvious "Gaga Effect" that's taken place in music since her arrival

http://brasskeys.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/jonestown_06.jpg

classy

jordan's posts itt are hilarious

One good single in five hardly marks her as essential at this point.

i don't just not dislike lady gaga, i full on like her, but i've got a reluctance about it that's probably why you're all so uncomfortable about coming around to it, too. like it's cool, i'll take it, i'm down with it, but aren't we used to something a little bit better?

top 40 music has always been kinda "it's cool, i'll take it, i'm down with it, but aren't we used to something a little bit better?"

"Bad Romance" and "Poker Face" are stored in the Tony Orlando & Dawn zone of my brain (note: the exact percentage of my brain which is the Tony Orlando & Dawn portion has not been experimentally determined yet and may in fact be 100%)

xp what i meant was, but aren't we used to something a little better from mega huge big deal pop stars. my expectations for the rest of the top 40 are low, obviously.

The Fame Monster is actually quite good, maybe? Like...not just serviceable. Perhaps I'm just pleased to hear some variety. Who knows?

Speechless is really clicking with me today. It works that epic piano/guitar ballad angle very very well. It's not the Beatles (although that opening guitar slide is directly copped from Abbey Road) and it's not Elton, but I can't place who she's stealing from here. It's frustrating. Nonetheless, despite the weird GaGa metaphors and lines about "bubble dreams" and "Johnny Walker eyes" she now has a song that lets her really indulge in vocal melodrama, and acquits herself quite well. It's not attention-grabbing in the way that Telephone is or as perfectly 80s as Dancing in the Dark, but it's an unexpectedly welcome turn.

top 40 music has always been kinda "it's cool, i'll take it, i'm down with it, but aren't we used to something a little bit better?"

― broski dawg (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:26 PM (28 minutes ago)

this is a general-ass statement

That said, the line about "Raise a glass to mend all the broken hearts of all my wrecked-up friends" def. sounds like "rectal" when she slurs it.

i like this song too fwiw. pretty epically constructed track