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NEO from Qrrbrbirlbel Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
#76: Apr 1st 2011 at 10:14:14 AM

So, it seems she released another single from the new album! I liked the shift in style in that one.

No regret shall pass over the threshold!
xexyzl Since: Jan, 2001
#77: Apr 1st 2011 at 11:41:19 AM

I had no idear that Lady Gaga was a fan of Wiggercore! cool

TheGloomer Since: Sep, 2010
#78: Apr 1st 2011 at 4:40:16 PM

An interesting fact about Lady Gaga. She was once in a Duran Duran video.

faradayangel electrifying from Gallifrey Since: Nov, 2010
electrifying
#79: Apr 1st 2011 at 7:21:00 PM

[up][up][up] oh right it's still April fools day where you are

Humour, where would we be without it? In Germany, probably
PDown It's easy, mmkay? Since: Jan, 2012
It's easy, mmkay?
#80: Apr 10th 2011 at 5:39:06 PM

I'd like to put down "I don't wanna think anymore" as a prime Fridge Horror example of Lady Gaga.

At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff...
PDown It's easy, mmkay? Since: Jan, 2012
It's easy, mmkay?
#81: Apr 13th 2011 at 9:40:52 PM

Hey, you know that Jukebox Musical I mentioned earlier that features Born This Way as a Villain Song?

First draft is finished! TBH I wasn't putting in my best writing skills, I was really just trying to get the whole thing out on paper to basically demonstrate how it would go.

http://www.mediafire.com/?x3lx5d9uo9cq3pt

At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff...
ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#82: May 13th 2011 at 4:20:14 AM

So, the next two singles are out!

First: "Judas". I categorically adore Judas, for reasons I can't quite explain.

"The Edge Of Glory": To be honest, I think that this song is mediocre. It'll grow on me, I'm sure of that, but it sounds too Kelly Clarkson-y for my taste. Nice saxophone solo, though.

JethroQWalrustitty Since: Jan, 2001
#83: May 13th 2011 at 8:50:36 AM

Funny thing, I was reading a boook about Motown the other day, and imagine my surprise finding the song by this name:

ILoveDogs Since: May, 2010
#84: May 24th 2011 at 4:20:23 PM

The album came out!

There's no political content (YMMV if this is to its detriment) but she does go to her Rock and Roll roots a bit.

The album is epic, my fellow tropers.

PDown It's easy, mmkay? Since: Jan, 2012
It's easy, mmkay?
#85: May 24th 2011 at 10:57:23 PM

I think I might be adding a few songs to my little project and releasing a second edition.

At first I didn't realize I needed all this stuff...
Morven Nemesis from Seattle, WA, USA Since: Jan, 2001
Nemesis
#86: May 26th 2011 at 6:59:30 PM

Listening to it right now, in fact. There's definitely a bunch of glam rock-ishness in this one. I like some of it, and will doubtless like more when I get more used to it. I rarely like things on first listen.

A brighter future for a darker age.
chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#87: Aug 17th 2011 at 7:37:29 PM

Sorry for necroing this, but a music video been made for her single "You and I":

It's safe to say that she topped herself again.

Hint: Mermaid-Wheelchair+Bathtub

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#88: Aug 28th 2011 at 9:39:32 PM

She cross-dressed for the VMA. It's impressive.

i-kun Persona! from Dark Hour Since: May, 2010
Persona!
#89: Sep 4th 2011 at 10:19:31 PM

[up]As someone on Twitter said: "Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry try to out-do Gaga's outfits and Gaga just strolls in as a man. Bitches can't fuck with the queen!"

Seriously, Minaj's dress was like a crazy fusion of Gaga's previous outfits.

Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#90: Sep 19th 2011 at 3:02:28 AM

[up][up] That's one of my favorite videos from her, actually.

And, outside of Edge of Glory and her first two singles, it's quite normal. For her.

On the album - I found this album to be one of the best pop albums to be recorded in the past twenty years.

edited 19th Sep '11 3:17:34 AM by Completion

TheGloomer Since: Sep, 2010
#91: Sep 22nd 2011 at 1:21:32 PM

I'm not normally very keen on Lady Gaga, though I like the songs on this album much better than the ones that were on the previous one (though I admit I've only really heard the singles).

Does it seem like this is getting much less attention than the first one did, though? I mean, it's been a big hit so far and it's singles have demonstrated a much bigger hit ratio than a lot of contemporary pop albums, but it doesn't seem like the massive hit that The Fame was between 2008 and 2009.

Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#92: Sep 23rd 2011 at 4:39:38 PM

The album is the biggest and one of the best albums of the year. It's a wonderful album, but, oddly, it's not as radio friendly as one would think.

Likely due to her subject material and who it's directed to - outcasts, LGBT people, and those that aren't "normal". Her image and subject material also seem to have alienated a lot of people. I noticed that while tailgating in a football stadiums parking lots, the college students who were blasting music were not playing any Lady Gaga - but they were playing every other pop star. The people she targets listen to her and love her, but, while mainstream, she doesn't seem to popular with the "cool" kids anymore as she was during her The Fame era.

That's my perception at least.

edited 23rd Sep '11 4:45:53 PM by Completion

TheGloomer Since: Sep, 2010
#93: Sep 23rd 2011 at 5:00:36 PM

The album is the biggest and one of the best albums of the year.

Second biggest, surely?

Though I suppose that depends on how you measure that sort of thing.

Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#94: Sep 23rd 2011 at 5:09:19 PM

Most record sales. Even if you take out the Amazon sale it still is the best selling album of the year.

TheGloomer Since: Sep, 2010
Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#96: Sep 23rd 2011 at 5:50:32 PM

Just noticed your location. [lol]

I'm talking about American sales. Things might be different in North Ireland/UK.

Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#97: Sep 23rd 2011 at 5:54:55 PM

Do you know of a website that shows album sales for the UK? I don't think the UK uses Billboard.

TheGloomer Since: Sep, 2010
#98: Sep 24th 2011 at 3:06:31 AM

I'd recommend the Official Charts Company, but I don't think they have information about sales figures.

Wikipedia is probably as good a source as any for that kind of thing. They usually have sales figures on most discography pages.

Gaga is definitely the biggest single pop star around at the moment.

edited 24th Sep '11 3:40:28 AM by TheGloomer

Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
oldtimeytropey
#99: Sep 24th 2011 at 4:41:53 AM

I just checked the chart archives. Adele's album was number one for a much longer time. Over in the UK, Lady Gaga's new album debuted at number one and had a couple following non-consecutive weeks at number one. It typically stays at number 3 with Adele at the top.

Either Adele is just more popular in the UK or Lady Gaga is less popular. I'm thinking the former. She's pretty popular over here, too, though.

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#100: Nov 3rd 2011 at 10:31:33 AM

Has anyone run "Born This Way" through a sound editing program to see how range-compressed it is? I thought it sounded a little fuzzy when I played it in my car, and when I ripped it to the computer and was playing it through that, the bass and drums were clipping horribly.


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