Just bought tickets for next Wednesday in Detroit, taking my dad for his 50th birthday. Gonna be a long week...
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# ? Jan 5, 2010 22:13 |
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Prince of Tennis posted:If you appreciate pop then that's good, but your post gave off the impression that you don't like mainstream music and thought Lady Gaga is somehow different. This is ironic because the whole point is she is pop music given the face of art to make it "OK" to like. I mentioned Warhol because she's basically putting a picture of Cambell's Soup into a museum so that it is art. If you think Gaga is separate from the "garbage mainstream music" you are one of the people being made a fool of for separating high art and low art. Okay, thanks for explaining your point. Now I see that I came off as some kind of music snob, but I gotta tell you, I'm not. I do listen to pop music, including La Roux, Yelle, Ladyhawke, Madonna, and Heloise & The Savoir Faire, but I don't like people like Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Pink or Beyoncé. I don't mind their stuff, even though it's not my cup of tea; I wouldn't choose to listen to them while driving or anything, but I don't consider them a disgrace to music or the worst thing since the Holocaust. At the end of the day, I still dance to their songs if they come up at a club. What sets GaGa apart from them, I think, is how connected she seems to be with her act, and the way she integrates different elements like fashion, theatrics and the music into a full package. I like artists who are more than a simple catchy hook put together by a group of producers, and GaGa is one of those. Maybe this makes me a music snob to a certain degree, but I'm not one to piss on someone else's music taste. One of my best friends is a die-hard fan of Britney and I don't give him poo poo for it. I feel this post has been a ramble, so I'll just say that Teeth is a great album closer
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# ? Jan 5, 2010 23:28 |
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Programmable Soda posted:Okay, thanks for explaining your point. Now I see that I came off as some kind of music snob, but I gotta tell you, I'm not. That's ok you seem reasonable I was more lashing out at the general trend among music "snobs", especially on this forum, who look down on pop music or music for women. Lady Gaga has become trendy to like, but most people don't understand what makes her good or why critics like her. You're right about Gaga as a whole package, but if you actually like the music itself you should think about what separates her songs from stuff you dislike, especially when she regularly says she wrote her song in 5 minutes while hungover. Also Kanye gets a crazy amount of hate here (and everywhere), even though he is basically doing the same thing except with more musical innovation and less fashion innovation. Prince of Tennis fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Jan 5, 2010 |
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Prince of Tennis posted:music for women. oh no you didn't
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# ? Jan 5, 2010 23:57 |
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the first page of this thread posted:With Lady Gaga, it's not just a matter of aurally-attractive pop'n'lock back-broken beats, or lissome-kissed labial lyrics; no, as an artist who embraces the idea of the "Total Package Persona" I find it very disturbing that a more concrete mention of her radical (one might say, après-fashion) embrasure of style was left aside. quoting for context, it's not like this discussion is covering any new ground sure, she wrote the song in 5 minutes, but there's a marked difference between listening to 'Just Dance' and watching her perform it. Prince of Tennis posted:music for women oh, ok
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# ? Jan 6, 2010 00:10 |
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I have no idea what Lady Gaga actually looks like she changes appearance so much.
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# ? Jan 6, 2010 00:12 |
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Prince of Tennis posted:Also Kanye gets a crazy amount of hate here (and everywhere), even though he is basically doing the same thing except with more musical innovation and less fashion innovation. Part of that might be because he's such a loving douche. For most people it's kind of hard to separate the performer from the person.
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# ? Jan 6, 2010 01:01 |
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Rugikiki posted:Just bought tickets for next Wednesday in Detroit, taking my dad for his 50th birthday. Gonna be a long week... Your dad loving rules; if I bought my dad tickets to a Lady GaGa concert he would probably call me a human being, start laughing, and then tell me all about the gold standard.
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# ? Jan 6, 2010 03:29 |
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She was on that MTV Boiling Points show a while ago apparently: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri-KO34tpMU "Who puts that in their mouth, would you put that in your mouth? It has poo poo all over it! Clearly you would because you're just like hosed up"
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# ? Jan 6, 2010 03:40 |
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legsarerequired posted:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0i4GunURRY Apologies for the late-ish reply, but this is a violin, upright bass, and hammer dulcimer arrangement. I loving loved it.
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# ? Jan 6, 2010 04:26 |
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Illandir posted:quoting for context, it's not like this discussion is covering any new ground Sorry I meant that as something people would accuse Britney or Beyonce of being. I don't actually believe in such a thing.
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# ? Jan 6, 2010 04:34 |
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Porcupine Hunted posted:May we hear some of the other music you people are responsible for while we wait? (Youtube accounts, pretty please) His "Bad Romance" is most definitely going on youtube. He's working it out on an antique resonator guitar. It's going to loving rule.
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# ? Jan 6, 2010 09:14 |
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I know it's not 100% Gaga, but here's a pretty cool mash-up made of the top 25 songs of the year featuring her pretty heavily. http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-top-25-pop-hits-of-2009-all-in-one-terrific-ma,36650/
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# ? Jan 6, 2010 09:18 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmv6Z3YvJtU This is pretty good.
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# ? Jan 7, 2010 21:39 |
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too much loving noise coming out at once
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# ? Jan 8, 2010 00:47 |
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...and the Westboro Baptist Church protest of Gaga's St. Louis show has been thwarted by the snow. Praise the Lord.
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# ? Jan 8, 2010 01:01 |
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Looks like God didn't want them to protest.
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# ? Jan 8, 2010 01:31 |
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What are they worried about snow for, if God is on their side to the degree that no one outside their church goes to heaven?
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# ? Jan 8, 2010 01:47 |
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http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/06/news/companies/lady_gaga_polaroid/ So... Lady Gaga is now the creative director for a new line of Polaroid products launching later this year. What the gently caress. I will totally buy a gold sequined Gaga limited edition polaroid.
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# ? Jan 8, 2010 11:50 |
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ShutteredIn posted:http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/06/news/companies/lady_gaga_polaroid/ drat, I've become a victim of commercial marketing. Check out this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBLCgCOuc1A Gaga gets introduced around the 15 minute mark. e: Scratch that, she doesn't show up - they just talk about her. e2: Here she is - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34753105#34753105 Porcupine Hunted fucked around with this message at 15:25 on Jan 8, 2010 |
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I liked Lady Gaga from the moment I first heard Just Dance because I'm a huge whore for pop music. But I also thought she just made a couple really nice pop songs, which I bought individually. Now after reading the thread I shelled out for the albums and I'm impressed that she actually made more than 2-3 good songs per. And almost every one has a chorus that is loving perfect. It's amazing.
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# ? Jan 8, 2010 16:17 |
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Hairhat !!
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# ? Jan 8, 2010 17:28 |
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Waddley Hasselhoff posted:I know it's not 100% Gaga, but here's a pretty cool mash-up made of the top 25 songs of the year featuring her pretty heavily. I bugged out when I first heard this on the radio. So good. Then I read the comments on the A.V. Club post, I mean, I love that site but their community just rages on about pop music. They just don't know how to have fun.
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# ? Jan 8, 2010 20:09 |
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A big part of AV Club's userbase is as super nerdy as the people that comment on Digg. It's bad.
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# ? Jan 8, 2010 21:26 |
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I've been wearing out my copy of The Fame and The Fame Monster, is there any other material out there?
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# ? Jan 9, 2010 23:30 |
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There's Disco Heaven which is a collection of B-sides, iirc, but it's not an official release
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# ? Jan 9, 2010 23:37 |
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HVD posted:I've been wearing out my copy of The Fame and The Fame Monster, is there any other material out there? Stefani - Red and Blue EP It's her before she got big
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# ? Jan 9, 2010 23:39 |
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Your Proud Pal posted:There's Disco Heaven which is a collection of B-sides, iirc, but it's not an official release While it's not official Vanity is a great song even though it's basically Tainted Love
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# ? Jan 10, 2010 00:38 |
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I posted an excerpt from this earlier, but if you ever wanted to read seven thousand words on Lady Gaga: http://www.thehousenextdooronline.com/2009/12/pop-ate-my-heart-lady-gaga-her-videos.html There you go. quote:
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# ? Jan 10, 2010 00:56 |
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I like the articles that tell me how she's an Illuminati puppet.
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# ? Jan 10, 2010 01:00 |
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Look Under The Rock posted:I like the articles that tell me how she's an Illuminati puppet. Half the reason I'm excited for Telephone and Alejandro to be singles is to read the inevitable Illuminati articles about the videos.
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# ? Jan 10, 2010 02:39 |
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Bought a Lady Gaga shirt. Gonna wear the poo poo out of it.
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# ? Jan 10, 2010 03:54 |
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weekly font posted:Bought a Lady Gaga shirt. Gonna wear the poo poo out of it. I want to do the same thing, in fact I want to buy this shirt: http://ladygaga.shop.bravadousa.com/Product.aspx?cp=14781_15002&pc=BGCTLG13 I would wear the ever living gently caress out of it; while giving zero fucks all the live long day.
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# ? Jan 10, 2010 05:10 |
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Porkchop Express posted:I want to do the same thing, in fact I want to buy this shirt: My sister got me this for Christmas. It's very nice.
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# ? Jan 10, 2010 05:21 |
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Stage Beans posted:My sister got me this for Christmas. It's very nice. Hell yes! I think when I get paid next week I may have to order this~
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# ? Jan 10, 2010 05:49 |
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I don't know if the difference in range of sizes would be there, but if you want that shirt sooner and not have to worry about shipping, I saw it last night in Hot Topic when my friend dragged me in there. They've also got a few more if you're looking for a variety of shirts to show off how big of an unapologetic fan you are. I almost considered buying it myself when I saw it. EDIT: I can't believe I didn't notice this earlier, but because of the way my music library is set up on Winamp, the end of The Fame Monster goes straight into my Led Zeppelin music, which starts with Hey Hey What Can I Do. Oddly appropriate considering the lyrics of the Zep song and Gaga's music overall. EDIT2: Studying chemistry to Gaga is pretty awesome. RedneckwithGuns fucked around with this message at 11:18 on Jan 10, 2010 |
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:I posted an excerpt from this earlier, but if you ever wanted to read seven thousand words on Lady Gaga: I am loving that so far. It introduced me to "Who Shot Candy Warhol?" and now I know what Monster is about.
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# ? Jan 10, 2010 09:18 |
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RedneckwithGuns posted:I don't know if the difference in range of sizes would be there, but if you want that shirt sooner and not have to worry about shipping, I saw it last night in Hot Topic when my friend dragged me in there. A Lady GaGa shirt....in Hot Topic? Well that is two things I would have never thought would go together!
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# ? Jan 10, 2010 18:24 |
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Porkchop Express posted:I want to do the same thing, in fact I want to buy this shirt: This is the one I bought. It's awesome. EDIT: And I found it in Hot Topic too. MY GIRLFRIEND and I randomly went in there to lol about high schoolers and poo poo but then I bought something. Reversal of fortune.
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# ? Jan 11, 2010 00:10 |
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# ? Apr 27, 2024 16:03 |
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Hey thread. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEpj9w1yz64&feature=player_embedded Sup.
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# ? Jan 11, 2010 00:11 |