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Lady Gaga BORN THIS WAY Album |OT| Thread of Unicorns and Motorcycles
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Soulscribe
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Ah, Born This Way. Is and always will be my favorite pop song.
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krypt0nian
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I'm in the Orlando Gay Chorus and we're doing BTW this season!
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I live in Orlando :O did not know this existed
krypt0nian
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23rd year anniversary on Tuesday.
My first year with them as we're down from Chicago.
http://www.orlandogaychorus.org/
First show is at the John & Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center on the 18th. Free preview as we've only been practicing this run for a few weeks.
Some of us are performing at P-House on the 16th at the Uncut Cabaret too. $15.
Spread the word to your peeps in ORL!
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titiklabingapat
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Parliament House, good times. I wish they didn't smoke inside FL bars though.
Souldriver
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Allow me to say that even at page 17 I was right on the money that Government Hooker, Scheisse, Heavy Metal Lover, Marry the Night and Bloody Marry are the only good songs on the album.
*gif of sassy black woman doing a gesture, I have no idea where she's from or why she's famous*
*gif of sassy black woman doing a gesture, I have no idea where she's from or why she's famous*
Souldriver
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"I need to say thank you tonight to Whitney Houston. I wanted to thank Whitney because when I wrote 'Born This Way,' I imagined she was singing it because I wasn't secure enough in myself to imagine I was a superstar. So Whitney, I imagined you were singing 'Born This Way' when I wrote it. Thank you." -Gaga
And on this day
And on this day
What she really meant to say that night"I need to say thank you tonight to Madonna. I wanted to thank Madonna because when I wrote 'Born This Way,' I imagined she was singing it because I wasn't secure enough in myself to imagine I was a superstar. So Madonna, I imagined you were singing 'Born This Way' when I wrote it. Thank you." -Gaga
And on this day
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Instigator
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The record company listened, they singled out MTN, even made a big, pompous video with it. It still underperformed.
Souldriver wrong here. Probably wrong with the rest.
And Katy P has had 6 #1 singles. And Pitbull gets regular radio play.
Radio isn't always the best indicator of actual quality.
Phonomezer
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Miranda Lambert country Queen. Britney went last year not this year. But she went to the Pre Grammy party which she hasn't attended in years even though she gets invites to the Pre Grammy and the Grammys lol
Crumpet Trumpet
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New dates announced:
June 8 – Auckland, NZ (Vector Arena. On Sale on February 17th, 9 am)
June 14 – Brisbane, Australia (Brisbane Ent. Center. On Sale on February 17th, 9 am)
June 23 – Sydney, Australia (Allphones Arena. On Sale on February 17th, 9 am)
June 30 – Melbourne, Australia (Rod Laver Arena. On Sale on February 17th, 9 am)
lordt, I never thought I'd be so jealous of Australia.
June 8 – Auckland, NZ (Vector Arena. On Sale on February 17th, 9 am)
June 14 – Brisbane, Australia (Brisbane Ent. Center. On Sale on February 17th, 9 am)
June 23 – Sydney, Australia (Allphones Arena. On Sale on February 17th, 9 am)
June 30 – Melbourne, Australia (Rod Laver Arena. On Sale on February 17th, 9 am)
lordt, I never thought I'd be so jealous of Australia.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
Got my loginz ready for ticket purchases tomorrow. I really shouldn't even be spending the money. Last time she was 85 bucks. Now it's $180! Hard to justify.
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
HAHA knew I'd get that response.
Don't worry, when the pressure is on and the time is ticking down, I'll whip my c
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out and do what needs to be done.
Don't worry, when the pressure is on and the time is ticking down, I'll whip my c
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Instigator
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Meaningless statement since Gaga's previous successes was about scoring hits. Nothing about BTW signaled a change of direction for Gaga. She has underperformed by her own standards.
Instigator
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I still love the insinuation that Gaga is some kind of obscure, Indie artist refusing to sell out and shying away from the mainstream.
How can people forget Gaga has always been vying for the pop queen title?
How can people forget Gaga has always been vying for the pop queen title?
Crumpet Trumpet
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I was gonna say this too but I didn't want to be scalped in here. The people saying Heavy Metal Lover is too "experimental" for radio...
Instigator
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I was gonna say this too but I didn't want to be scalped in here. The people saying Heavy Metal Lover is too "experimental" for radio...
I got your back. Don't hesitate next time!
Peasant Princess-King
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Has that been being insinuated? I always thought of her as pop, even when she first broke through with The Fame... I mean, once you're mainstream, you're mainstream, right? I don't know why that is even a thing. :/
I was gonna say this too but I didn't want to be scalped in here. The people saying Heavy Metal Lover is too "experimental" for radio...
Sis you KNOW i live and die for HML I agree.
Soulscribe
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I would never call HML "experimental," but an album can be mainstream without being radio-friendly. The whole "Born This Way" album is denser pop than TF and TFM, and I figured that the radio performance of most of its songs would depend on the hype behind her and how far the fans can carry them. The album is much more similar to something Robyn would release than her earlier albums (but only in density, not actual sound).
That said there are obviously more radio-friendly songs on the album than others, namely The Edge of Glory and Scheiße, but even simple tunes like Americano and Hair might not necessarily get much radio play. Songs like Highway Unicorn and Heavy Metal Lover are definitely two of her more ambitious and dense outings, and so I would never see them doing well on radio.
That said there are obviously more radio-friendly songs on the album than others, namely The Edge of Glory and Scheiße, but even simple tunes like Americano and Hair might not necessarily get much radio play. Songs like Highway Unicorn and Heavy Metal Lover are definitely two of her more ambitious and dense outings, and so I would never see them doing well on radio.
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Born This Way Single thread: 29 pages
Judas Single thread: 22 pages
Marry The Night video thread: 4 pages
Born This Way album thread: 65 pages
Total: 120 pages (~6000 posts) of worship thus far.
Could your fave?
My fave has sold 300 million albums, had the best goddamn rock vocalist ever, wrote arrangements so complex it would make Gaga's head pop and has a guitarist who's an astrophysicist. Could your fave?
Just kidding, Queen aren't really my faves
The Edge of Glory was extremely radio friendly and peaked at #3, it would have gone #1 but she ruined it with the video
Also I dont think no one believes Gaga is an indie artist, she is a mainstream pop artist. People just dont expect her to whore herself to artist like Pitbull or other basic acts. RedOne is one of her main producers, that says enough of her direction
Instigator
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It was insinuated when Katy Perry (and Pitbull) was mentionned, as proof that an artist with a string of number ones doesn't mean quality. Had Gaga achieved more success with the BTW album (like she, her label and her fans had desperately hoped), that argument would not even be used as it would then cast Gaga in a bad light.
Of course, Perry and Gaga are essentially the same kind of pop stars, regardless of which one scores hit singles.
Gaga, any way you want to spin it, is still very much style over substance and par for the course in the pop industry. The fact some of you guys blame the video for the Edge of Glory failing to become a #1 single is just further proof (never mind MTN or Judas). Adele just makes videos where she sits around or she walks by an harbor, no choregraphy, no pyrotechnics, as bare bone as it gets and she trounces Gaga. At some point you just have to admit the BTW songs are shit, at least the ones they decide to release as singles, and no fancy video will save them.
Well, regarding the guitarist, Gaga could. :lol
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
May just gave her a helping hand because he felt bad for her since there was no one else with any talent appearing on her latest album
Ollie Pooch
In a perfect world, we'd all be homersexual
30 mins to go. Dear Ticketek, when you have a 'seating map' it helps to label what areas are what. Fuck.
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