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Originally posted by Miles.
Only on ATRL do people believe that Perfect Illusion is better than Roses, Don't Let Me Down, Closer, and All We Know.
This website is seriously delusional. Fortunately in the real world, Talent (and Halsey) always win.
Also, it's just an opinion about ONE SONG. It's not like they called Gaga rude names or said she's a terrible artist. In fact, Drew said exactly the opposite.
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The delusion is so real I can't take it.
It's like nobody on this site understands music theory in the slightest. Perfect Illusion was always meant to be a simple, ragey explosion of emotion and I think Gaga chose the perfect format for it. While the song is mostly the same progression, the chords are inverted like hell, making them feel a lot bigger and making them much harder to play. On top of that, there's a HUGE key change in the middle of the song, AND the song fits the golden ratio. And to top things off, Gaga's vocal delivery and lyrics are very powerful for the style that she went with. Opinions can be opinions and there's nothing wrong with disliking PI, but implying that Closer, a song with a very basic three triad chord progression repeated for 4 minutes with an extremely simple hook, showcases "talent" in any way over PI is a little unjust to say the least.