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?
― oops i accidentally made it personal (surm), Tuesday, 17 November 2009 04:10 (3 years ago) Permalink
seriously tho, the Ooooh's in the chorus of that song remind me of something and i can't place it.
― oops i accidentally made it personal (surm), Tuesday, 17 November 2009 04:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
I like the "gaga aroro lala" weirdo part of the song but the rest is draggy.
― milliband (Abbott), Tuesday, 17 November 2009 04:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
― 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.
― bear say hi to me (ENBB), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 03:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Dance in the Dark" is awesome.
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 04:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
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.
― samosa gibreel, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 04:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
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
― oops i accidentally made it personal (surm), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 05:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
fwiw, i don't really love the "ra-ra-ga-ga" part
dunno why it just doesn't really move me either way
― oops i accidentally made it personal (surm), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 05:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
I'm caving too, "Bad Romance" is tremendous
― some dude, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 09:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
:-O
― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 09:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
well it is
― my full five minutes of iguana time (contenderizer), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 09:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
this worthless piece of woman destroys Beyonce's awesome new video in a sublime way
such a shame
― rizzx, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 09:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
xp yup.
― m the g, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 09:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
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...
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 10:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
the synths on Bad Romance DO sort of sound like something from Outside The Gate
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 12:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
frankenstein of a song otm
― omaha deserved 311 (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 12:45 (3 years ago) Permalink
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.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 13:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
"bad romance" would be ok if it didn't rely on that same plodding gaga drum beat
― sackful of hollow (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 13:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
I like "paparazzi" though
poker poker poker poker OOH LA GAGA GAHH
― da croupier, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 13:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
poker poker poker poker MUSHROOM MUSHROOM
― sackful of hollow (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 13:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
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.
― Yah Kid A (Euler), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 13:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
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.
― some dude, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 14:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
"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"
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 15:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
Just Dance > Bad Romance > Paparazzi > Poker Face >>> LoveGame
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 15:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Just Dance"? Does that song even still exist?
― some dude, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 15:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
i dont think i can live in a world where al shilpey loves a lady gaga song
― no idea on this track let the boring begin (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 16:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
i actually find it sort of hilarious that everyone, including myself, has caved now
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 16:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
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 :(
― no idea on this track let the boring begin (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 16:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
― house of flying jaggers (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 16:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
bill baggs!
― omaha deserved 311 (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 16:19 (3 years ago) Permalink
― lex pretend, Wednesday, November 18, 2009 8:04 AM Bookmark
sorry pop, still screwfacin'
― steenpunk (The Reverend), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
I HAVE NOT CAVED YET.
I said reevaluating. Not converted.
― Results 1 - 10 of about 10,400 for aphex twin tentacle sex (Masonic Boom), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah i still consider her a bad artist and a below-average member of the species fwiw
― no idea on this track let the boring begin (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:30 (3 years ago) Permalink
"telephone" is even better than "bad romance" imo
― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
― groovemaaan, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
but you can't deny the obvious "Gaga Effect" that's taken place in music since her arrival
― NEW YORK DESERVED 9-11 (cankles), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:46 (3 years ago) Permalink
― jØrdån (omar little), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
classy
― lift this towel, its just a nipple (HI DERE), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:50 (3 years ago) Permalink
jordan's posts itt are hilarious
― NEW YORK DESERVED 9-11 (cankles), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
One good single in five hardly marks her as essential at this point.
― & other try hard shitfests (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 18:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
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?
― samosa gibreel, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 19:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
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, 18 November 2009 19:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
"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%)
― broski dawg (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 19:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
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.
― samosa gibreel, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 19:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
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.
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 19:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
― broski dawg (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:26 PM (28 minutes ago)
this is a general-ass statement
― no idea on this track let the boring begin (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 19:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
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.
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 19:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
i like this song too fwiw. pretty epically constructed track
― ice cr?m hand job (deej), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 20:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
I just wish I could puzzle of the referent. It's something really obvious. There is SOMEONE who does this kind of piano thing alll the time and it's basically a pro forma version of their steez. This is endlessly annoying, especially since it's normally so OBVIOUS who she's cribbing from. (Not a critique. The musical magpie trait of GaGa is one of her best - see Poker Face's rescue of one glorious melodic line of Aqua's Barbie Girl from an otherwise grating song, Alejandro's Ace of Base-isms, etc.)
Anyone know what I'm talking about viz. Speechless, or am I totally insane.
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Wednesday, 18 November 2009 20:36 (3 years ago) Permalink