You Know Nothing
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As an avid pop music fan, I can attest to not really caring about chord progressions. My main focus is melody.
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Lady Gaga ARTPOP |OT| It could mean anything
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As an avid pop music fan, I can attest to not really caring about chord progressions. My main focus is melody.
Soulscribe
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All genres have commonplace structures (chords, hook placements, etc.) so this isn't something that's unique to pop music.
Plus, even though Gaga insistently uses tried and true pop structures, she shines through her hooks and melodies. She's no musical pioneer, but her affinity for a good pop hook is innovative and probably the best in the genre (aside from perhaps Katy Perry's songwriters, lol)
You like Dope?
It's alright and definitely better than J&D but I prefer the more upbeat songs
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
to be honest, you're right the album IS DEFINITELY growing on me more and more. Venus is my fave, but I've really come to like Fashion!, G.U.Y., Mary Jane Holland whereas before I didn't like them as much.... and I like Sexxx Dreams, Artpop, and a few others already
Nothing, and I mean NOTHING could get me to listen to Dope or J&D again, they've been deleted from my playlist. I hate them more than my previous "least favorite" Gaga song which use to be "You and I" UGH
Soulscribe
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November 11th brah. Though a friend of mine saw it pop up there already, albeit not by the "official" uploader.
What I appreciate about Fashion! is that it lets the song breathe. So many songs just jump in, sprint through you, then leave without a moment's notice. Venus, Applause, J&D, Gypsy and ARTPOP were obviously produced in the express lane because they're so low on instrumental breaks. Fashion at least lets a hook rest for a bit and establishes a chord progression with much more ease. Granted, the hook and chords aren't quite as hard-hitting but I think the overall song works better in a technical sense than a lot of the others because of that.
Poker Face
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Is Do What U Want doing poorly on the charts?
I love it and hope it's doing well
It got sent to the radio this tuesday, but it's debut on the hot 100 was 13 (due to sales and some radio stations playing it early). It's been falling on iTunes for a while, but theres been pretty much no US promo or music video.
So it should start doing better soon (hopefully)
I'm with you and you can add Dope to the list. I don't find myself skipping Fashion!, but I did skip J&D and Dope today. I'm not sure I'm all that fond of Gypsy either, tbh. I LOVE the album though and everything else is a masterpiece.
Is Do What U Want doing poorly on the charts?
I love it and hope it's doing well
It went from 13 to 58, wth?!
Venus debuted at 32 in the latest charts this week
Soulscribe
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Someone doesn't like Gypsy??
HOW
HOW
Final Boss
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The song artpop is really good, and different from the rest of the songs
Robot Pants
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Just gave this whole thing a listen.
I honestly only like Applause. The rest I'm not feeling at ALL.
But I will give it another listen, I think I need to.
edit: No sorry, I liked G.U.Y. also.
I honestly only like Applause. The rest I'm not feeling at ALL.
But I will give it another listen, I think I need to.
edit: No sorry, I liked G.U.Y. also.
It's officially up here in Finland at least.
Tricky I Shadow
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Venus is the best song on the whole album.
FACT!
Soulscribe
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Picked up my physical copy today!
The booklet for Australia is really shit though, I don't know why they seemed to simplify it's design. :/
Grrrr so jealous! It comes out Monday here so I'm picking it up during my lunch. Hopefully I'll get the foil copy
Yeah, Venus is pure space glam. And how can anyone not appreciate the Sailor Moon-inspired bridge?
Nemesis_
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Grrrr so jealous! It comes out Monday here so I'm picking it up during my lunch. Hopefully I'll get the foil copy
You probably will. It really does complete the "look".
Soulscribe
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Though I'm kind of disappointed that the booklet didn't include any of the promotional Inez/Vinoodh photos. They were so good
Instead she did some geocities optical illusion pics. Meh
Instead she did some geocities optical illusion pics. Meh
I don't know...I'll try to let her in today.
EDIT: All I see is Bollywood dancing in my head when I listen to it… why?!
Monocle
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Yeah, easily.
I think the same.
You Know Nothing
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Bloody Mary, Heavy Metal Lover, and Scheisse are pretty much her three best songs.
None of the songs here come that close to them except Mary Jane Holland. It comes dangerously close for me.
None of the songs here come that close to them except Mary Jane Holland. It comes dangerously close for me.
Blood Diamonds
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The R.Kelly part in Do What U Want is terrible lol
I think it works, the alternative http://youtu.be/6lh3ghfKfCU?t=1m25s
would have made the song more about Gaga than it already it is
Soulscribe
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If Gypsy had an instrumental outro after the country name-dropping at the end, then it would be my favorite song of hers, period. The only thing stopping it from upping The Edge of Glory is the rushed ending.
But I agree that Bloody Mary is in a field of its own.
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Crumpet Trumpet
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Bad Romance, Heavy Metal Lover, and Fashion! are my new Gaga holy trinity.
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You Know Nothing
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That's pretty much me. I mean, it's pleasant enough. But I never find myself seeking it out and when I do listen to the album all the way through I almost always end up skipping it.
I really wish this album had been mastered to sound like this iTunes rehearsal.
Grunge. What could have been.
I've replaced the studio version of Swine with her iTunes Festival version.
Much better. Best track on the album. Those bouncy synths are straight out of Yeezus.
Top tracks :
Swine
Fashion!
Aura (except 1:12-1:42... Judas backwash)
Bottom tracks:
Dope
Applause
Gypsy
Do What U Want
Edit: Top 3 all time songs are Monster, Heavy Metal Lover, and probably Swine
Grunge. What could have been.
I've replaced the studio version of Swine with her iTunes Festival version.
Much better. Best track on the album. Those bouncy synths are straight out of Yeezus.
Top tracks :
Swine
Fashion!
Aura (except 1:12-1:42... Judas backwash)
Bottom tracks:
Dope
Applause
Gypsy
Do What U Want
Edit: Top 3 all time songs are Monster, Heavy Metal Lover, and probably Swine
Poker Face
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Tonight is artRave.
Starts at 11:30 EST tonight, here is a Vevo Link if you don't have an Xbox or iOS device with Vevo: http://www.vevo.com/lady-gaga-artRave
Starts at 11:30 EST tonight, here is a Vevo Link if you don't have an Xbox or iOS device with Vevo: http://www.vevo.com/lady-gaga-artRave
dear lord
what a sad world it would be if gaga and perry were truly the innovative songwriters of pop, or anywhere near it
Soulscribe
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The "innovative" descriptor applied to Gaga only; but as for the best pop hooks right now, it's definitely the two of them at the forefront.
Sorry?
I don't know if her stuff qualifies as innovative really. Not like you have to do innovative stuff for your music to be good though.
But the "what a sad world" post made lol, it's just an opinion.
Volantis is the flying dress
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she's premiering the flying dress at the show, though in beta form.
Matt_
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Oh I know volantis is the flying dress, but she made it sound like she is beta testing the dress and showing the world while doing it before the artrave so I didn't know if there was another stream thing
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