I prefer the electropop sound. There still aren't so many acts like that today. Not counting Swedish and Norwegian acts, it's her, La Roux, Kylie Minogue and the odd track by other people such as Britney, Madonna and Rihanna. Still needs more.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 00:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
Somewhere near the beginning of "Bad Romance", I hear "Kung Fu Fighting"! It is a good song, though, and seems to have a big crossover appeal. Oh, and whoever said something about Lady Gaga's weird anonymity upthread was OTM - I don't know whether it's a side-effect of some of those full-veil costumes (like at the VMAs), but her facial features keep swirling around endlessly, never actually settling on a memorable face. It's almost disturbing - like she has some mad Victorian attic-lady shit going on or something.
― Lostandfound, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 04:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
i mean, it's just makeup, costumery and cameras . . . . it was really cool at first, now it's kinda cool, and soon i'm gonna be ready to just see her in a pair of jeans and a fucking shirt
― oops i accidentally made it personal (surm), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 04:27 (3 years ago) Permalink
Ann Powers has been posting a live review of her show on Twitter tonight.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 December 2009 04:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
i would rather choke on my own vomit
― oops i accidentally made it personal (surm), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 04:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 3 December 2009 14:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
2nd song is ridic
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 3 December 2009 14:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
― plaxico (I know, right?), Thursday, 3 December 2009 14:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
Is "Fever" the same song she gave to Adam Lambert?
― musically, Thursday, 3 December 2009 15:49 (3 years ago) Permalink
I guess I'm the only person who thinks "Bad Romance" is a step backwards after "Paparazzi"?
― Huckabee Jesus lifeline (HI DERE), Thursday, 3 December 2009 16:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
Certainly it's bordering on derivative.
― so says surgeon snoball (snoball), Thursday, 3 December 2009 16:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
xp no you're right, it sounds like anime fanvid music
― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Thursday, 3 December 2009 16:09 (3 years ago) Permalink
hahahahahaha. otm.
― ' ( *_*) ERROR HANDLING (^_^ ) (Alan N), Thursday, 3 December 2009 16:13 (3 years ago) Permalink
i definitely think Paparazzi kills Bad Romance's ass
i just heard the track MONSTER this morning. as i was listening to it, i was like, what is this amazing music. and as i was bending down to look at the itunes program on my boyfriend's macintosh computer, i knew what i would see in front of me -- the name "Lady Gaga." what do you know, there it was.
― Do you love me now? (surm), Sunday, 6 December 2009 16:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
and btw musically i think this thread was a good idea. i don't want to have to consider the world of vacuous pop everytime i talk about a lady gaga song :D
― Do you love me now? (surm), Sunday, 6 December 2009 16:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
Picking up a singles collection in 10 yrs is about how excited I can get for Lady Gaga
― goddamn smirky eyebrow-raised gucci autogoons nowadays (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 6 December 2009 16:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
something about the placement of her voice in the mix in songs like Monster, Paparazzi and the verses (ONLY THE VERSES ffs) of LoveGame reminds me of like smart, *trashier* oldschool RnB.
― Do you love me now? (surm), Sunday, 6 December 2009 16:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
and btw just to keep it real
girl has definitely had a job of the nose
― Do you love me now? (surm), Sunday, 6 December 2009 17:16 (3 years ago) Permalink
my god, u r obsessed!
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 7 December 2009 21:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
Somewhere near the beginning of "Bad Romance", I hear "Kung Fu Fighting"!
I heard that too, fwiw:
http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=1625
― xhuxk, Monday, 7 December 2009 21:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
i am not obsess! but im telling that monster song is kick ass
― Do you love me now? (surm), Monday, 7 December 2009 21:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
I do like Lady Gaga, but exactly where is that Gaga effect referred to in the original post here? The only hit from 2009 I can think of that is obviously influenced by Lady Gaga is is "Evacuate The Dancefloor" by Cascada. Some may add La Roux, but they have gone straight to the original source, namely 80s synthpop, and I don't really hear any Lady Gaga in their music.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Monday, 7 December 2009 22:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol i meant the nosejob thing, I am a little obsessed myself tho, can't stop watching youtube clips of her, it is amazing the energy and polish she brings to the crappiest of daytime tv spots.
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 7 December 2009 22:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh well i mean i just saw a pic of her recently and her nose actually looked tiny (helped that she was wearing gigantic sunglasses)
so i was like hmmmm
― Do you love me now? (surm), Monday, 7 December 2009 22:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
this is all negated by how tiny her nose looks in three yr old clips 4 me
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 7 December 2009 22:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
are u making fun of me?
― Do you love me now? (surm), Monday, 7 December 2009 22:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
wait what? no i mean yeah her nose is a schnozz in the pic u posted but it really isn't big at all in the way older youtube clips from before she was famous, so u kno, there's way worse things with that picture neway
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 7 December 2009 23:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
that pic is just rock and roll tbh
― what fun it is to reign & sing a Slayer song tonight (Curt1s Stephens), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 00:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
The nosejob may as well be influenced by this woman though:
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 00:20 (3 years ago) Permalink
no you are right "I know, right?" -- she does appear to have a normal-ish nose in the "before she was famous" youtube clips
i can't bring myself to watch anymore of those tho, it's like OK I GET IT, she played some legit shows BEFORE SHE WAS FAMOUS woooohooooooooo
― Do you love me now? (surm), Tuesday, 8 December 2009 00:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 8 December 2009 09:52 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol was totes gonna post that same picture
― Do you love me now? (surm), Thursday, 10 December 2009 20:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
speechless isn't bad huh?
― Do you love me now? (surm), Saturday, 12 December 2009 22:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
sounds like Queen, 'n she played it for the Queen
even hearing a little Beatles in this one
― Do you love me now? (surm), Saturday, 12 December 2009 22:05 (3 years ago) Permalink
Wow. Didn't know she had a Speechless in her. It's very Beatlesesque perhaps? Maybe just the guitar solo. But epic balladry and so forth are a good look for her.
Teeth is a great little vamp that has a sort of...20s jazz and/or rockabilly air to it. So Happy etc. needs more time to ruminate.
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Monday, November 16, 2009 5:59 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
right. Teeth is fucking awesome.
― Do you love me now? (surm), Saturday, 12 December 2009 22:15 (3 years ago) Permalink
Still prefer the electropop numbers. When she tries sounding like Queen, she ends up sounding closer to Mika instead. The electropop ones are all ace though.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Saturday, 12 December 2009 22:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
Teeth is neither, really
― Do you love me now? (surm), Saturday, 12 December 2009 22:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
saw some interview with her last night. it's like, i'm cool with the ideas behind her "art" -- but she needs to stop using the word "art" so much and dropping references to warhol and shit. it's like, she does have really good ideas, but she markets herself as such a cliche
― Do you love me now? (surm), Monday, 14 December 2009 18:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
yeah she needs to make "show don't tell" her mantra
― some dude, Monday, 14 December 2009 18:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
gaagaaolaala-a
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 14 December 2009 18:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
worst uhhh...."thing" ever to happen to music
goodnight
― rizzx, Monday, 14 December 2009 22:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
The only hit from 2009 I can think of that is obviously influenced by Lady Gaga is is "Evacuate The Dancefloor" by Cascada
heard this song every day when i was home over thanksgiving, god this is a piece of shit
― k3vin k., Monday, 14 December 2009 22:04 (3 years ago) Permalink
i was thinking of that alexandra burke song maybe?
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 14 December 2009 22:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
fucking HELL the synth madness going on under the first round of ra-ma-la-las on "bad romance"
basically playing "paparazzi", "bad romance", "telephone" and "teeth" incessantly now :/
― lex pretend, Thursday, 17 December 2009 10:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
I DON'T WANNA BE FREEEENCH
"he needs to stop using the word "art" so much and dropping references to warhol and shit."
Her interviews are the sole reason that it took me about six months to come around to her records. She reminded me of Placebo's Brian Molko acting if he was the first person in the world to have read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. "Yeah, there's this guy Andy Warhol. You won't have heard of him. He said this really interesting thing about celebrity…" (not a verbatim quote btw)
― Dorian (Dorianlynskey), Thursday, 17 December 2009 12:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
^^^THIS.
Would that I had been blissfully unaware, I could have enjoyed the music 10x more.
― wrapped up, packed up, ribbon with a donk on it (Alex in Montreal), Thursday, 17 December 2009 18:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
it's like, part of the reason why pop music is so fun is that the artistry in it doesn't have to be so serious. it can be, and should be taken as such at times, but to brand genuinely fun work with a label as generic as "art" or "warhol" seems dumb
― Do you love me now? (surm), Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
to brand genuinely fun work with a label as generic as "art" or "warhol" seems dumb
Or ... smart? I'm curious where she goes with all this. Frankly, the thing that bugs me the most about huge pop stars like Madonna or Beyonce or Rihanna or Mariah or whomever is their total inability - or refusal - to wrestle with the precepts of postmodernism. When any of them do try, it just seems so ... managed. Or mannered. Or maybe in the case of Gaga, dumb. Don't know if she'll do it, but if Gaga ultimately delivers on her nascent subversion (dormroom variety or no), I'd be very happy, because I can't think of the last pop star (US pop star, at least) that pulled that off and had so much apparent fun in the process.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:48 (3 years ago) Permalink