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[Mononoke]

Lady Gaga been on decline since The Fame Monster.

 

[ampere]

I liked Gaga's new album a lot. I don't generally like pop but consistently enjoy her music. Don't care too much about the 'diva spotlight'

 

[oconnomiyaki]

I don't get why Lady Gaga feels the need to dress herself up in such weird ways. She's trying to be edgy but it just comes off as silly (or in this case, creepy).

Because as Stefani Germanotta she got nowhere.

Shame, as she's smoking hot when she's not trying to be weird.

 

[pants]

On a personal note to me, Stone Temple Pilots are the big losers of the year. A pity as they are my favorite band.

 

[DR2K]

Lorde and Miley Cyrus are fucking terrible. Beyonce did good with the surprise album thing, but Gaga had a great year all round. It's like if she isn't unanimously number 1 in everything she's failed. So silly.

 

[Hunter S.]

I prefer Perry and Lorde. Beyounce who?

 

[G-Fex]

to lose you must first compete

OH SNAP!

 

[Styles]

What the hell is going on in the picture?

You will die of laughter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e05BKmfKhTI

 

[Kater]

Lady Gaga won my heart over with songs like Aura, Dope, Applause, Venus and Do What U Want while Beyonce and Miley Cyrus failed to get me to listen to their music and that is what counts, Forbes.

Haha, brilliant!

 

[daffy]

Beyonce will also eventually go away and I thank God for that.

Embarrassing.

 

[fallagin]

Good on you beyonce.

That is terrible for lady gaga.

you win some you lose some.

 

[Majmun]

BEYONCÉ's third week sales>>>>> ARTPOP's debut week.

 

[Booty Patrol]

Because as Stefani Germanotta she got nowhere.

Shame, as she's smoking hot when she's not trying to be weird.

did you somehow post the wrong image

 

[Goldenhen]

I'm still waiting for Do What You Want music video......

 

[Enosh]

Lorde and Miley Cyrus are fucking terrible. Beyonce did good with the surprise album thing, but Gaga had a great year all round. It's like if she isn't unanimously number 1 in everything she's failed. So silly.

well if you are going for number 1 and fail then you well, failed

 

[Ties]

Because as Stefani Germanotta she got nowhere.

Shame, as she's smoking hot when she's not trying to be weird.

 

[Servbot24]

Jesus, this guy's opinion on modern rock could not seem more pretentious.



I'm sorry, but Fall Out Boy, Arcade Fire, Imagine Dragons, Mumford & Sons, and The Lumineers and others all had a solid year. Just because you don't like the current definition of "rock" doesn't mean the entire genre's dead

It would honestly be difficult for me to put together a more wretched group of artists than what you listed. Maddeningly terrible music. There is plenty of good rock out there though.

 

[daffy]

did you somehow post the wrong image

This.. I am wondering why there is a random Denny's waitress in that post.

 

[Blackhead]

how is this art

I suspect most diagnoses will focus on her habit of overhyping (and underdelivering), of making her albums seem like world-historical events, the general public losing interest in her / her antics as evidenced by her failure to break through the noise the way Miley or Lorde managed, the fact that none of the songs on the album are as radio friendly as some of her previous hits, or the fact that she appeared to be on a downward trend anyway from the heights of The Fame Monster and the beginning of the Born This Way era.

Something like that.

Because as Stefani Germanotta she got nowhere.

Shame, as she's smoking hot when she's not trying to be weird.

It'd be interesting if Gaga tries to replicate Beyonce's success with a self titled 5th album using the Stephanie persona

 

[eBay Huckster]

i don't really feel like clicking through to the articles beyond the excerpts already in the OP because that gives forbes pageviews, so instead i'll just post

You will never be royal.

(royal)

 

[Slayven]

Didn't they spend 23 million promoting Artpop? I think people just got use to her weirdness.

 

[Prine]

Hehe so much respect for Beyonce, shes been in the game this long and shows everyone how its done without resorting to cheap over the top, persona tricks. Even better to hear Gaga fading each year. She wont hit the highs she once did.

 

[xelios]

Bey caught her slippin'

 

[Messofanego]

It would honestly be difficult for me to put together a more wretched group of artists than what you listed. Maddeningly terrible music. There is plenty of good rock out there though.

Well, at least be grateful it's not a bunch of teen screamo XD

 

[tino]

how is this art

A silent commentary on society' s unhealthy obssession on Johnny Depp.

 

[MarkMclovin]

Look at the fucking state of that. Jesus, someone burn it with fire.

 

[gofreak]

Lorde, IMO, seems more and more carefully cultivated the more she protests that she's not cultivated at all. She's just the latest centre of pop gravity for people who are looking for someone 'real', but she'll lose that edge as her success grows, like everyone else in her position before. And I'm not desperately keen on her vocal.

So there.

I also liked ArtPop and Beyonce. So double there.

 

[DeSo]

burn this thread

 

[Monocle]

I kind of like all of the people mentioned there. Clearly I'm doing something wrong.

Hmm...

lol gaga, that tramp got WRECKED, good riddance bitch, i drove to a construction zone and artplopped your turd into the raunchiest outhouse i could find

Aww yeah Forbes, I get it now. I see why you did it.

 

[Majmun]

Hehe so much respect for Beyonce, shes been in the game this long and shows everyone how its done without resorting to cheap over the top, persona tricks. Even better to hear Gaga fading each year. She wont hit the highs she once did.

Yep, Beyoncé has been in the industry since 1998 and people are still interested in her.

Gaga relies too much on gimmicks. And we know how long those last.

HINT: not long

 

[Monocle]

Yep, Beyoncé has been in the industry since 1998 and people are still interested in her.

Gaga relies too much on gimmicks. And we know how long those last.

HINT: not long

She writes songs, she can actually sing, and she's in good with almost everyone who matters in the record and fashion industries. I feel like she'll do alright. Especially in a culture that goes totally fuckballs for celebrities and spectacles and fads. I mean, reinvention is sort of her thing.

Every time I hear her sit down at a piano and just sing, I'm impressed. Even if she manages to burn all her bridges and destroy her commercial prospects with major labels, I don't see her going away. She's made enough of a name for herself that she could go the indie route, scale back her...well, everything, and coast on her talent and established fanbase with the power of the internets.

 

[bud]

BEYONCÉ's third week sales>>>>> ARTPOP's debut week.

ouch. should've sold it for $0.99 again.

 

[captainnapalm]

I don't give a shit about any of these vapid, soulless artists, but I'll certainly remember Lady Gaga this year for her having her entire ass out during that one awards ceremony.

 

[SecretMoblin]

are the hive and navy back together since BEYONCÉ?

I hope so

 

[Tom_Cody]

I hope she learns how to sing. I don't know why people give her a pass for this.

*shudders*

And to think, I had hopes after hearing her on the radio. I was so disappointed.

Maybe because she's a 16 year old girl?

 

[Mumei]

Sounded fine to me. A little shaky in a few parts but its to be expected when she's been performing on live TV for such a short time.

Eh. She wasn't just shaky; she hardly went a line without being glaringly off-pitch, and her voice fell out when she wasn't even doing difficult things. She can't sing live because she's not very good at singing; it's not because she hasn't been performing on live TV wrong. I've listened to her singing in acoustic settings, on radio shows, in informal settings, and she always has these issues.

are the hive and navy back together since BEYONCÉ?

I hope so

Oh, well. You know. They're as passive aggressive towards each other as they ever were. Frenemy stanbases.

Maybe because she's a 16 year old girl?

Hey, sixteen year old girls can be good singers.

 

[twobear]

are the hive and navy back together since BEYONCÉ?

I hope so

the navy are busy trying to pretend they weren't dragging bey for filth for the last nine months, pretending they aren't steam pressed over the power of the beynami, and begrudgingly admitting that bey just snatched the wig of every bitch in the business

so more or less, yes

 

[Slayven]

Maybe because she's a 16 year old girl?

She si 16? That is hard 16, I thought she was late 20s to 30s.

the navy are busy trying to pretend they weren't dragging bey for filth for the last nine months, pretending they aren't steam pressed over the power of the beynami, and begrudgingly admitting that bey just snatched the wig of every bitch in the business

so more or less, yes

What about Clara?

 

[Majmun]

ouch. should've sold it for $0.99 again.

Gag's album is $5,99. It was even $2,99 for a short period of time.

BEYONCÉ costs $15,99

And still killing it

 

[Monocle]

Gag's album is $5,99. It was even $2,99 for a short period of time.

BEYONCÉ costs $15,99

And still killing it

The combination of this post, that gif, your name, and your avatar is killing me here. In a good way. Lawd on high.

 

[Tom_Cody]

Hey, sixteen year old girls can be good singers.

Fair enough

 

[Messofanego]

Maybe because she's a 16 year old girl?

Then why is she a singer? If she's stepping to the plate, shouldn't you expect to judge her?

 

[gofreak]

Lorde's vocal style reminds me of Cher Lloyd. Disguises a lot in low 'talking', limits the more challenging stuff as much as possible.

 

[teruterubozu]

It'd be interesting if Gaga tries to replicate Beyonce's success with a self titled 5th album using the Stephanie persona

That would be the end and admission of a defeated persona.

 

[shuri]

i guess the easily impressed young teen girls demographic grew out of Gaga?

 

[Monocle]

That would be the end and admission of a defeated persona.

Didn't she already do the whole stripping off the persona thing as early as that Artpop video?

 

[-MB-]

how is this art

The bride of Chucky.

 

[Sorcerer]

I wonder if the Muppet's will cast Gaga out and go with Beyonce for a tv special next year?

A Beyonce Muppet Family Xmas. Featuring Blue Ivy and Jay-Z.

 

[Slayven]

i guess the easily impressed young teen girls demographic grew out of Gaga?

They went in that one direction.

 

[twobear]

i guess the easily impressed young teen girls demographic grew out of Gaga?

More like the capricious gay bottom demographic abandoned her