Originally posted by Entalan

Very true, which goes back to what I was saying about people not liking it when artists don't bend to their every whim. In mainstream America, the current trend is to create songs that require no thought nor stepping outside the boundaries of what is normal; to achieve a hit, all you need to is suck a producer's dick and write a song with lyrics about... literally nothing. Add a verse about sex, a pre-chorus about getting high, and a chorus that is either meaningless or insipid and you will be respected. Same thing with "my life is perfect" feel-good love songs.

Meanwhile, if you step outside the boundaries, and create a song about religion, or sexuality, or politics, and especially if you infuse it with elements of other kinds of music, then people suddenly become uncomfortable with you and say "How dare a mainstream artist not do exactly as I want her to, create a song about getting crunk?"

Not that there's anything wrong with liking that kind of music, of course, but it's so odd that people respect those who sell out completely over those who try to do something different and work hard to achieve that goal.

Of course, then there are also those, like most of us, who respect what Lady Gaga does and appreciate her and even like her a lot.

And that is why Lady Gaga, at the onset of her career, was the most iconic artist in years and continues to be perhaps the world's biggest global phenomenon.

Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.

Originally posted by Entalan

Very true, which goes back to what I was saying about people not liking it when artists don't bend to their every whim. In mainstream America, the current trend is to create songs that require no thought nor stepping outside the boundaries of what is normal; to achieve a hit, all you need to is suck a producer's dick and write a song with lyrics about... literally nothing. Add a verse about sex, a pre-chorus about getting high, and a chorus that is either meaningless or insipid and you will be respected. Same thing with "my life is perfect" feel-good love songs.

Meanwhile, if you step outside the boundaries, and create a song about religion, or sexuality, or politics, and especially if you infuse it with elements of other kinds of music, then people suddenly become uncomfortable with you and say "How dare a mainstream artist not do exactly as I want her to, create a song about getting crunk?"

Not that there's anything wrong with liking that kind of music, of course, but it's so odd that people respect those who sell out completely over those who try to do something different and work hard to achieve that goal.

Of course, then there are also those, like most of us, who respect what Lady Gaga does and appreciate her and even like her a lot.

And that is why Lady Gaga, at the onset of her career, was the most iconic artist in years and continues to be perhaps the world's biggest global phenomenon.

Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.

Originally posted by MonsterConnor

I remember thinking this isnt even gaga
It's stefani


It was so different but then came the all familiar catchy signature gaga chorus

The edge
The edge
The edge
The edge
THE EEEEDGE THE EDDDGE THE EEEEEDGE

Originally posted by MonsterConnor

I think it might be my most played gaga album the only song that beat any songs was Bad Romance back in 2010

Originally posted by Get $leazy

Originally posted by Entalan

Very true, which goes back to what I was saying about people not liking it when artists don't bend to their every whim. In mainstream America, the current trend is to create songs that require no thought nor stepping outside the boundaries of what is normal; to achieve a hit, all you need to is suck a producer's dick and write a song with lyrics about... literally nothing. Add a verse about sex, a pre-chorus about getting high, and a chorus that is either meaningless or insipid and you will be respected. Same thing with "my life is perfect" feel-good love songs.

Meanwhile, if you step outside the boundaries, and create a song about religion, or sexuality, or politics, and especially if you infuse it with elements of other kinds of music, then people suddenly become uncomfortable with you and say "How dare a mainstream artist not do exactly as I want her to, create a song about getting crunk?"

Not that there's anything wrong with liking that kind of music, of course, but it's so odd that people respect those who sell out completely over those who try to do something different and work hard to achieve that goal.

Of course, then there are also those, like most of us, who respect what Lady Gaga does and appreciate her and even like her a lot.

And that is why Lady Gaga, at the onset of her career, was the most iconic artist in years and continues to be perhaps the world's biggest global phenomenon.

Diversity of opinion about a work of art shows that the work is new, complex, and vital.

Originally posted by MonsterConnor

I think it's time I get a new Avatar

Any suggestions


Gaga avatars FTW

Originally posted by Nando_05

My 1000th POST!!!

AND NOBODY KNOWS ME. I HAVE NO FRIENDS HERE

I'M A MESS

Originally posted by Nando_05

My 1000th POST!!!

AND NOBODY KNOWS ME. I HAVE NO FRIENDS HERE

I'M A MESS

Originally posted by Nando_05

mmm an Avatar of Skeleton Gaga maybe?

Originally posted by MonsterConnor

I think it's time I get a new Avatar

Any suggestions


Gaga avatars FTW

Originally posted by effie593

Congrats!

Aww, don't say that. I like you.

Originally posted by Entalan

That's just because this is a pop music forum within a pop-obsessed world; the second any musician acts outside the norm, it immediately sparks contempt from those who wish to control an artist like their personal servant rather than allow the artist simply be an artist.

Which makes it even odder since, all things considered, BTW is a fairly standard (and very good) pop album and the only thing that sets it apart from other pop is that it's infused with influences from non-mainstream kinds of music. Is our world so myopic that even a rock/opera influence within music can make an album disliked for being too "out there"?

Originally posted by MonsterConnor

I think it's time I get a new Avatar

Any suggestions


Gaga avatars FTW