Lady Gaga needs her own thread

There were some rather tepid rxions from apparent fans on the singles jukebox, too.

I think it's pretty good but I would rate paparazzi over it

maybe, but I haven't heard "Paparazzi" since I've heard "Alejandro"

I mean just in terms of gaga songs with soft & lingering choruses...though now I have a lot of love for 'so happy that I could die' thanks to surm & elvis's repping upthread

i like "alejandro" now - it wasn't the video that made me come round on it so much as its single-ness, how much it makes sense as a standalone thing without the need to compare it to its context on the album, where i think "dance in the dark" and "monster" are way way superior and should've been the singles really (or "teeth" if she was actually really daring). think this leaves "so happy i could die" as the only fame monster track i still dislike, i'm fairly sure that won't last.

how great are the drum fills in "dance in the dark" though? i actually really love the lyrical perspective too - dancing as escapism from emotional abuse, but it feels less like a solution than dancing blindly towards the precipice, "dancing in the dark" as metaphor for staying in the dangerous relationship in the first place. fucking wish there wasn't a princess diana reference in it though, makes me wince every time - HATE the gays who think of her as an icon. not cool to idolise anyone in the royal family. plus i hate girls who try too hard to be a fag hag, and that's what that line is.

the bridge to "monster" is so amazing - "he ate my heart and then he ate my braaaain"

the bridge to "monster" is so amazing - "he ate my heart and then he ate my braaaain"

^^^^^^

Best song on the album.

i love this, i think its a really good example of her like actually transcending the influence (ie ace of base here) instead of just blindly copping moves

Monster is 1 of my favorite songs of the decade, easy.

i don't mind the Di reference. i do love Princess Diana for a variety of reasons, none of them having to do with her prevalence as a gay icon.

(i actually didn't even realize she was a gay icon ...)

i don't get whats so daring about Teeth, sounds like an xtina joint

lex, pretty sure that's one of those uk/us divide things

"Teeth" totally sounds like Xtina, but it gets away with it cause it sounds like a song Xtina would never do.

Really sounds more like B. Jaxx with Xtina vocals or something.

in tales of the city all the SF gays are crushing hard on lady Di but i suppose that is ancient history?

I kinda get the impression most ppl in the US stopped thinking about her once that Elton joint slipped off the charts

i guess we're not the right generation but i think she had an effect on an older gen. of phags maybe

yeah mebbe

but LG is our age, so

also I have never noticed the Princess Di ref

yeah i mean lex has this major thing abt anything ever being a gay icon anyway so

Really sounds more like B. Jaxx with Xtina vocals or something.

OTM.

She was at the ballgame I attended yesterday, but I couldn't get into her box.

DON'T CALL MY NAME, DON'T CALL MY NAME

alejandro

I'M NOT YOUR BABE, I'M NOT YOUR BABE

fernando

lol morbs

you know that i love you boy
hot like mexico enjoys

love the filter sweep under ^^^

"hot like mexico enjoys" is awkward as fuck

and then it all just connects after that in a moment of fundamental rightness before it launches into the chorus

xp yeah it is, but I love it

Teddy Riley produced "Teeth" (!)

http://danjlovesthe90s.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/teddy-riley-yep-yep.jpg

than I DID watch it again and I had a realisation, that the whole video is about how she can't have sex with gay men even though she really wants to, and then she compares that to men in the military and to the catholic church and the whole thing is one long impossible love letter and now I kind of love it

Love this take on the video clip.

Really sounds more like B. Jaxx with Xtina vocals or something.

OTM.

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naw

alejandro is dope though.

Isn't it "hot like mexico, rejoyce"?

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yes

i think " half-inspired " about sums it up for me regarding alejandro

Steven Klein did an excellent job directing. Could the video also be a tribute to Alexander McQueen? The clip has his signature creepy/beautiful aesthetic that's reminiscent of much of his past collections. Then there's the funeral sequence, name of the song, etc.

http://twitter.com/ladygaga/status/10357655281

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amazing, that was worth posting for sure

that joke was definitely worth posting, sic

YOU GUYS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP2srT6hh2Y

?? had you never listened to this before and realized that it is one of the best songs of all time ever?

No way, I've probably played this song 100 times!

:D

safe estimate for me, too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muXg2qPFcKY&

New song. Follows Speechless down the 70s Elton + Queen + rock'n'roll path. It's a good look for her. Underneath all the image, she really does have her fundamentals down pat.

Here she is at John Lennon's piano:

http://tweetphoto.com/31537987

new song is great imo

i don't really like "little monsters" as a designation for her fans though :/ never liked mariah calling hers "lambs" or tori amos calling hers "ears with feet" either