yeah "speechless" is as much a billy joel bite as anything, at least melodically
― k3vin k., Monday, 28 December 2009 23:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone else notice "Bad Romance" nods to/cops from ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down?"
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 28 December 2009 23:31 (fourteen years ago) link
well now i do
― plaxico (I know, right?), Monday, 28 December 2009 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
i have a half-baked theory going on that gaga's early bog-standard generic stuff was a trojan horse for what she really wanted to foist on the world, and "speechless" and "teeth" bear this out rather
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 00:09 (fourteen years ago) link
Of course, that's sort of how Eminem started out, too, and for all the subsequent highs, we all know how that turned out.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 December 2009 00:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Eminem started out with bog-standard stuff?
― autogoon collective (The Reverend), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 13:52 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.crossphazer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/eminem_infinite_cover.jpg
― Hell is other people. In an ILE film forum. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 14:10 (fourteen years ago) link
well ok, but that wasn't exactly his public first impression. that's pretty much equivalent to gaga's bar band gigs upthread
― autogoon collective (The Reverend), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 14:23 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah "Bad Romance" has always reminded me of "Don't Bring Me Down"
― De Suggestivistban (some dude), Tuesday, 29 December 2009 15:32 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs95QrCOvng
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 30 December 2009 21:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Apparently this is Megan Phelps' (of Westboro Baptist Church infamy) version of "Poker Face":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhyx1wtP9S0
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 8 January 2010 02:44 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought those were the lyrics on screen for a moment
― musically, Friday, 8 January 2010 05:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i heard Monster coming out of someone's earbuds on a train today. it was exciting. i tried to give him the "oh, i know" look but i'm not sure if he caught on
― Do you love me now? (surm), Friday, 8 January 2010 06:11 (fourteen years ago) link
What's the "Oh, I know" look, surm?
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 8 January 2010 11:09 (fourteen years ago) link
http://raraahahahromaromamagagaoohlala.com/
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 02:51 (fourteen years ago) link
xp lol i'm not really sure, which is why i don't think he got it either
― Do you love me now? (surm), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
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― Kylie is a vacant Phifer (kingkongvsgodzilla), Wednesday, 13 January 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
the Monster line "Wanna talk to her, she’s hot as hell" is my favorite pop lyric of the moment! yay
― you have to forgive me (surm), Wednesday, 20 January 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i49.tinypic.com/2m7xksp.jpg
― Cunga, Wednesday, 20 January 2010 22:54 (fourteen years ago) link
A+
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 21 January 2010 02:32 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246267/Schoolgirl-10-accidently-hanged-dressing-gown-cord-danced-Lady-GaGa.html#ixzz0dmdoO35R
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
There is absolutely no reason Lady GaGa's name should have been used in that headline. Pathetic. Definitely a horrifying tragedy, but no reason to publicize it like that.
Is this why you Britishers hate the Daily Mail?
― you gone float up with it (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:13 (fourteen years ago) link
tip, iceberg
― mdskltr (blueski), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:14 (fourteen years ago) link
That Oprah performance where she's hitting the car windshield w/ a mace and trying so desperately to make it dramatic confirms that she's still biting off more than she can chew with the crazy setpieces (see also: awkwardly sitting at the piano in crazy outfit on SNL, looking down to make sure her fake blood was running on the VMAs). So much of what she does could be awesome if it came off effortless and not so amateurish.
― some dude, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link
do u like any of her other newer songs besides BR?
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link
I think I've only heard a couple once or twice, and they didn't stick, but again haven't really givent hem a chance to. What are the best ones?
― some dude, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:34 (fourteen years ago) link
I'm big on "speechless", which is sort of a weird billy joel/queen ballad, and "alejandro" is nice too
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link
monster. alejandro is eh
― you have to forgive me (surm), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:39 (fourteen years ago) link
oh and TEETH
http://content.ytmnd.com/content/2/3/c/23cf3beb3bd3c2199734e20bc363bcfc.gif
― ♖♕♖ (am0n), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Apparently, Daily Mail hate Lady Gaga.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iESKGuXsVJE
― Kevin John Bozelka, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
one of our local drag performers made a vid to Bad Romance. it's good, y'see:
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― Ivan, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 21:29 (fourteen years ago) link
it's my first time trying to embed anything and I fucked up! nooooooooooooo here's the normal link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L33CqwDq3Lo
― Ivan, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 21:30 (fourteen years ago) link
oh wtf
"alejandro" is massive imo
lol @ amon gif
― waka shame (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
welcome to ILX, Ivan
― struck through in my prime (HI DERE), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 21:31 (fourteen years ago) link
i find "speechless" genuinely moving and "telephone" is such a banger. SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE I LIVE IN GRAND CENTRAL STATION! the crookers remix is great too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAme2dwt--g
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 21:38 (fourteen years ago) link
yes that is good
― waka shame (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 27 January 2010 22:07 (fourteen years ago) link
I like "So Happy I Could Die" - very nice, striking chord change at the end of the chorus. "Alejandro" is AWFUL though.
― Freedom, Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:04 (fourteen years ago) link
I was also really annoyed by this live performance of "Speechless", where at one point she paused and adopted an anguished facial expression, presumably as a heavy-handed means of achieving pathos.
― Freedom, Thursday, 28 January 2010 15:07 (fourteen years ago) link
brainflash/fart: LG should cover the title track from Bowie's "Diamond Dogs". I mean, the lyrics are perfect for her.
― might seem normal (snoball), Thursday, 28 January 2010 23:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Ozzy Osbourne likes her
― The Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 28 January 2010 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
From some of the stage clothes that he used to wear, I can understand why.
― might seem normal (snoball), Thursday, 28 January 2010 23:50 (fourteen years ago) link
So what's this "Retro Physical" song that just leaked out? It's good, but I need to put in context with something. I mean, songs like these don't just get thrown away and unused, do they?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 January 2010 02:27 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brWT-Skj_Gc
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 January 2010 02:30 (fourteen years ago) link
swagger jacker. sounds like Glass Candy.
― Spinspin Sugah, Friday, 29 January 2010 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link
it's old, like 2007-2008
― musically, Friday, 29 January 2010 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link
It is? Somehow that makes me like it even more.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 January 2010 04:20 (fourteen years ago) link
"Speechless" is the weirdest hybrid of Neko Case and Oasis. It's actually not bad, which is even weirder.
― Lostandfound, Friday, 29 January 2010 05:29 (fourteen years ago) link