so i bought the solo gaga songs (& anything goes when it was released) but im not quite ready to give my coins to the bennet songs yet cos his voice is not my thing at all
but gaga sounds so incredible
so i bought the solo gaga songs (& anything goes when it was released) but im not quite ready to give my coins to the bennet songs yet cos his voice is not my thing at all
but gaga sounds so incredible
After listening to the album everyday since its release, I've finally come to the conclusion that Goody Goody, Firefly and Let's Face the Music and Dance are my least liked tracks.
while i completely LOVE Cheek to Cheek, i have to agree with this (harsh) statement from the LA times review..
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But talent for Lady Gaga has always been a means to an end, and on “Cheek to Cheek,” there is no end beyond cheap exploitation: of a bunch of important songs she brings nothing to;
what's missing from this era is that "end" .. like the meaning or the POINT behind the era. I love the vocals and the production, but I can't deny the fact that the trancedent excitement is missing for me.
I've been listening to this album quite a lot recently and I really enjoyed it I'd say even more than ARTPOP
I want her to do more performances like the Bang Bang one just her, a band and her voice
while i completely LOVE Cheek to Cheek, i have to agree with this (harsh) statement from the LA times review..
what's missing from this era is that "end" .. like the meaning or the POINT behind the era. I love the vocals and the production, but I can't deny the fact that the trancedent excitement is missing for me.
I disagree. This has been a childhood dream of hers, and Tony is a close friend and jazz legend. Nobody else in pop is doing jazz and you can tell in interviews how happy it makes Gaga to sing these songs. "Brings nothing to" is sort of subjective, isn't it? I think Lush Life, Bang Bang and Ev'ry Time are extremely personal to her and she injects enough emotion into them to consider them valuable recordings. The uptempo swing songs, maybe not so much but that's more to do with her just having fun with her friend and mentor I think.
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Wixson asks, “Was there anything you’ve wanted to prove with Cheek To Cheek?”
No actually, I think Tony was more concerned people knew I could sing than I was! He said that to me everyday, “With this album I want the world to hear how natural and beautiful you sing.” For me, I was just so HAPPY to be singing like that again. Every song you hear on the album is me in a state of utter bliss, even when the songs were sad and I was emotional. I love deeply all my previous albums, and don’t think they are unauthentic because they were auto-tuned and electronic. That was the point of them: to make art of artifice. I just didn’t like when I started to get treated like a brand, like there was nothing more I can do—when there is SO much more I can do. The only thing that was important for me to ‘prove’ I guess, I prefer the word ‘show,’ is that I’m an honest Jazz singer, not a pop singer doing jazz for a one-off. Especially since I’ve been singing Jazz longer than I’ve been singing pop. I wanted to do proper justice to the records. I was more worried what Tony thought of how I sounded more than anyone else.
I'd say even more than ARTPOP 