Let's talk for a second. You have amazing epic tracks like this that **** on careers:
Amazing. Flawless. Smash. A Lady Gaga that everyone is here for, new stans, old stans, everyone. Would easily be a huge success. And you pick songs like this to put on albums that are claimed to be the "Album of the Decade."
Underwhelming. Whack. Unappealing. A Piece of ****ery.
How could someone in three years completely go from a fun, lively and eccentric-yet-lovable woman who would stand the test of time with her music to a woman who, although makes good music, sounds like she got stuck in the 80s/90s hunting for demos from artists back then. Sure, this has success in a few of her songs, like Marry The Night and The Edge of Glory. But then you have songs like Highway Unicorn and Bad Kids that nobody uses to a huge extent. Even the fan favorites like Scheisse and Heavy Metal Lover are so... out there.
Gaga is trying too damn hard to be different, cause when you think about it, how the hell does someone think of these songs just fresh off the bat? When someone like Gaga, who's such a talented songwriter and a great singer, writes her songs pretty much by herself (her producers said that she practically wrote BTW by herself), she should be able to think of good songs just off the bat. I mean, who thinks of a song like Bloody Mary? It's so dark, creepy... I dunno. It's good and all, but it's just weird. How does one just think "Oh, I got a great idea for a song!" and think of BM?
Do I dislike Born This Way? No. But I will HATE her and her music if she's gonna keep on trying to be far too original. She likes Alejandro, her second worst music video after TEOG, yet hates Telephone, one of her best and funniest. I mean, come on Gaga! We appreciate you trying to make an impact, but making videos just to make controversy and albums that just scream out anachronism is gonna get as old as the songs on the album sound. If there's one thing that gets more frustrating fast than an artist that repeatedly does things over-the-top for attention, it's when that artist is one of your faves.
Some people say that The Fame is generic, but the majority really isn't. It's also at the same level as BTW on Metacritic, and even if The Fame isn't as "original" in a way, people criticized BTW for Gaga attempting to be far too much in so little time; in 3 years Gaga has gone from all the fans singing Starstruck to her trying to go "alright, Monsters, let's all sing Bloody Mary!" I don't think I've ever seen an artist choose to switch to such a bizarre sound so quickly. Do I appreciate her attempts to be different? Yes. But I hate it that she chooses to get rid of what everyone loved before to do so. I don't care what you all say, The Fame was not generic and the bitches followed her into the electropop phase. The Fame Monster.. well, if you don't like that masterpiece than your opinion on Gaga is invalid.
So, I wanna know your opinion on the subject. Should Gaga switch back to The Fame/The Fame Monster when she was making epic pop songs that could stand the test of time or should she continue making albums that already stood the test of time 20 years ago? I wanna see how many of you agree with me.
I believe Born This Way contains some of her best material to date, but there's no doubt in my mind that The Fame Monster is her best piece of work overall. I really want to see her return to that, and according to some sources, she will, which I cannot wait for.