Of course, Gaga continues to be a student of Madonna, and the songs that most plainly draw from the headmistress of pop's oeuvre prove to be some of the album's grooviest. Remarkably, given that the track was co-written by one of the producers responsible for "Born This Way," "Fashion!" isn't bashful about its nods to both "Holiday" and, in what will inevitably scan as a dig, "Material Girl" ("I feel alive when I transform/But this love's not ma-teri-aaal!"), while the slick Eurodisco of the title track conjures Madge's Confessions on a Dance Floor.
MANiCURE was also improved. The only thing that I would change back is the way she draws out "Heal me, cause I'm addicted to love/Save me cause I'm addicted to love, I'm addicted to love"
The "You were in my" adlibs were the only thing I didn't like about the new version. Her trading lines with the synth bursts during the main chorus was the addictive part
The adlibs "don't stop the party" adlibs improved the "Making love in my sex dreams" x4 part though
And for critics to call Gaga a Madonna copycat musically at this point is just being lazy and oversimplifying the situation. Madonna was never clumsy musically-ever. Even Erotica which is a sex album has a very classy/lush feel and so do her dance albums like COADF and Music (random but Aviicii's Wake Me Up with its EDM/folk influence is a perfect ex. of a song that would have fit on Music- it's like Don't Tell Me/Music mashed together).
Of course, Gaga continues to be a student of Madonna, and the songs that most plainly draw from the headmistress of pop's oeuvre prove to be some of the album's grooviest. Remarkably, given that the track was co-written by one of the producers responsible for "Born This Way," "Fashion!" isn't bashful about its nods to both "Holiday" and, in what will inevitably scan as a dig, "Material Girl" ("I feel alive when I transform/But this love's not ma-teri-aaal!"), while the slick Eurodisco of the title track conjures Madge's Confessions on a Dance Floor.
MANiCURE was also improved. The only thing that I would change back is the way she draws out "Heal me, cause I'm addicted to love/Save me cause I'm addicted to love, I'm addicted to love"
The only thing I miss.
The "heal me" part should've been used for the final chorus instead of the "can you feel it can you feel it" imo, it would be a better climax. I like the changes otherwise
