Lady Gaga needs her own thread

I don't know, I don't so much hear "stadium rock" as "glam stomp" (more Sweet than KISS), but otherwise, yeah, surm OTM.

darkchild's twitter confirms that the leak is legit, but now he says there's a mixed version in existence so I'm dying to hear that

like, she's actually supposed to be getting "saved" by the music in this song (confirm/deny: gaga does belt "i'm bein' saved" at the end of Telephone, right?)

the idea of britney "being saved" with that half-gone voice of hers, processed as it is, is almost too funny to bear: she is literally being saved. by autotune.

god i'm being so mean. i love my brit. i'm actually getting a picture of her framed for my livin room tomorrow.

I think I've finally decided that my opinion of Lady Gaga is that The Fame sounds like it was written around the 3-4 hit singles, and the album tracks, while some like "Paper Gangster" stand out, just don't cut it. The Fame Monster doesn't have a bad track, and perhaps because it was an EP, it seems like the same energy and devotion that went into making The Fame's singles as tght as they were were used on each cut.

That boy is a moooooooooooooooonster

Completely agree. She's found her groove on The Fame Monster, whereas I'm hard pressed to find 5-6 great songs on her debut.

i don't even think paper gangsta was on The fame. if it were it would probably be my favorte. the "beautiful dirty rich" sound they were going for is hogwosh, but i remember liking "brown eyes." and i actually do like "eh, eh" a lot

Yeah, "Eh, Eh" is way up there for me. I need to give The Fame a few more spins to really make a faves list tho..

I had no idea that song was an international single until I saw the video on Fuse one day and I was like man I wish the U.S. got that instead of "LoveGame."

Ha, yeah, I first heard it on pop radio driving around in Bangalore and was like, woah, who is this? This is great! Was stuck in my head the entire day after hearing it once.

Whereas "Lovegame" was my friend's ringtone and I figured it was some trashy Europop thing of no interest whatsoever...when I actually found out it was Gaga it sort of delayed me in getting into her!

Paper Gangster is on The Fame, but on the Revised Edition. The original version which didn't include it wasn't released in the United States, and also had a song "Again Again" that we didn't have on ours.

Regarding "The Fame", I kinda like the rest of the album too, but I do agree that the first four tracks (i.e. the hit singles) are in a league of their own and that "The Fame Monster" is probably a more cohesive work. Which also means we have left to see her deliver an entire cohesive album as well.

But, with all the Madonna comparisions she is met with, I guess it should be added that "Madonna" is hardly a fully cohesive album either. That one is also first and foremost helped by the hits.

just heard 'bad romance' on something that wasn't a tinny TV or radio and the production is kinda massive. that low end!

But isn't today's music mixed/compressed to sound best on tinny TVs or radios (or, more like, mobile phone speakers)?

dunno, this sounds like it was made to sound awesome on awesome sound equipment

I've just decided that Alejandro > Bad Romance and may be even the best Gaga song. The bassline on the second verse alone is one of the most wonderful things in ages.

crazy

but true

Alejandro is a crappy "Life is Life" ripoff. I much prefer many other LGG songs.

Hmm, yeah there are some similarities, but by today's standards i think it would hardly qualify as a ripoff. An Ace of Base ripoff, possibly... still, nothing crappy about it.

Arguing the relative aesthetic merits of Lady Gaga singles seems almost criminally pointless, but (regardless of what you have "decided"), Alejandro is not even CLOSE to the best Lady Gaga track. It's a fact. Look it up.

I mean "Ally ally handro?" Really?

An Ace of Base ripoff, possibly... still, nothing crappy about it.

the two parts of this sentence do not go together!

the drudging production on Alejandro makes the melody in the verses sound kind of futile and nondescript to me, letting it just float by, and the chorus is too similar to poker face's chorus.

the release is too familiar

It's a good single but she has at *least* 4-5 better singles in her arsenal.

An Ace of Base ripoff, possibly... still, nothing crappy about it.

the two parts of this sentence do not go together!

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I think they can go together, especially considering Alejandro is about 100 times better. Also, by ripoff I didn't mean complete ripoff; more like heavy influence.

"alejandro" is my fav gaga single

"Alejandro" is an interesting experiment to see whether she can have a hit with anything else but bouncy electropop.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-79pX1IOqPU

those ladies be lookin so San Francsico.

or Francisco even!

okay that was painful

UGH awful

*sigh* my city

I mean the anti-Fred Phelps folks were funny, this is just embarassing

allow me to express myself through interpersonal dance

ew

woah

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

lol is that Debbie Harry on the left...?

"Blondie"

I think I am a fan now.

The ringing of my telephone's the only so-ound.

What happened?

xp

"Alejandro" happened, and I think that guided me through my issues with "Bad Romance" (which I already like the tune of, but didn't like the boshy production) and the next thing you know I had "Telephone" on repeat for half an hour.

I think the moral of the story is that it will take four (4) singles that don't make me want to kill infants before I will forgive anyone for a crime as heinous as "Lovegame".

like the tune of, but didn't like the boshy production

Cosign on this, actually.

and the next thing you know I had "Telephone" on repeat for half an hour.

this happened to me too when I finally 'got' gaga

when I finally 'got' gaga

This doesn't make much sense to me w/r/t Gaga. I mean, she's one of the most immediately enjoyable pop stars out there right now. It took me hearing "Just Dance" one time to love it -- same with "Paparazzi," "Bad Romance," and most of her stuff. Is there really that much to "get" there? They are straightforward, dance-based pop songs; either you like them or you don't, right?

I would argue that they were almost too straightforward, color-by-numbers for me - the only single that did anything for me before the day 'telephone' clicked was papparazi. didn't really care for poker face or bad romance