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Album: Lady Gaga - 'Born This Way' (#3)
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Originally posted by vengabeat
That's why I feel like Gaga's main focus was never to appeal to the general public this era. O_O I mean, there's no way she would put THOSE singles out if it was about trying to get a #1 single.
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I never thought of that! And that sort of connects to when she said "This era will test my fans" and "I dont care about #1 singles"
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How would she even perform HML live though? It's definitely one of, if not THE best song on the album, but I can see it flopping so easily.
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Member Since: 9/3/2011
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Originally posted by Sye
How would she even perform HML live though? It's definitely one of, if not THE best song on the album, but I can see it flopping so easily.
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An autotuned mic like her "Paper gangsta" performences?
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Member Since: 7/22/2010
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Originally posted by HausOfGerard
I never thought of that! And that sort of connects to when she said "This era will test my fans" and "I dont care about #1 singles"
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I feel like I'm the only one who remembers her saying those things
She explicitly said in one interview, she hates when her fans sit on the internet staring at chart positions all day and would be trying to break them of that habit. So like... 
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Member Since: 8/17/2011
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Originally posted by HausOfGerard
I think Heavy Metal Lover and Hair will save the era, there the "Lovegame" and "Paparazzi" we never got yet.
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I've said it before but speaking about here in the US, I can really only see Hair having the potential to be a hit here. I mean I love **** but I can really only see it as a European single. HML, while I like it, I don't see it smashing anywhere. 
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Member Since: 11/25/2011
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Originally posted by HausOfGerard
I never thought of that! And that sort of connects to when she said "This era will test my fans" and "I dont care about #1 singles"
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I'm sure she would love to have #1 singles, but if that was the focus, she'd be going about it the way she did in the past.
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Originally posted by Sye
How would she even perform HML live though? It's definitely one of, if not THE best song on the album, but I can see it flopping so easily.
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She could use one of those auto tune mics, but then people would be like "FAKE BITCH CAN'T SING AND HAS TO USE AUTOTUNE." 
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Originally posted by Twai
I feel like I'm the only one who remembers her saying those things
She explicitly said in one interview, she hates when her fans sit on the internet staring at chart positions all day and would be trying to break them of that habit. So like... |
OMG YES lmao.
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Member Since: 12/6/2011
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Quote:
Originally posted by vengabeat
That's why I feel like Gaga's main focus was never to appeal to the general public this era. O_O I mean, there's no way she would put THOSE singles out if it was about trying to get a #1 single.
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I commend her for that, but any way you slice it, she's still a popstar. She's by no means flopping but finding a middle ground would just make it so much more impressive. Releasing BTW -> something public wants -> something Gaga wants -> something public wants -> repeat would keep enough interest in the era for fans and the public alike. She's got great material this era, it just needs to be handled better.
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Originally posted by DanceForYou
I've said it before but speaking about here in the US, I can really only see Hair having the potential to be a hit here. I mean I love **** but I can really only see it as a European single. HML, while I like it, I don't see it smashing anywhere. |
HML is too good NOT to be released lmao
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Honestly, i never REALLY cared about the charts anyway, as long as it gets played on the radio im good ^_^
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Member Since: 11/25/2011
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Originally posted by Sye
I commend her for that, but any way you slice it, she's still a popstar. She's by no means flopping but finding a middle ground would just make it so much more impressive. Releasing BTW -> something public wants -> something Gaga wants -> something public wants -> repeat would keep enough interest in the era for fans and the public alike. She's got great material this era, it just needs to be handled better.
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It's been handled fine. To put it into perspective, Katy's TD era has been handled impeccably, yet her entire tour didn't even gross as much as 45 shows of TMB and BTW has already outsold TD. Rihanna's LOUD era was handled quite nicely and TTT didn't even debut at #1. This era, while it has had some bumps, has been handled nicely. We just need to accept that the music isn't what the public eats up. This is pure dance music, not bubblegum pop.
I have faith that the next album will be something a little more commercial since she got BTW out of her system.
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Originally posted by Twai
I feel like I'm the only one who remembers her saying those things
She explicitly said in one interview, she hates when her fans sit on the internet staring at chart positions all day and would be trying to break them of that habit. So like... |
So she's purposely putting out songs that will underperform to break us from our habits. 
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Jeff on twitter said the early demos sound something from TFM 
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Originally posted by Sye
Every one of you said how amazing it was and what a mistake it was NOT to release it FIRST. Now that it flopped in the US, we can all act like we knew it would all along 
Judas doing badly put a kink in the momentum but rushing TEoG, giving it that video, and then following it up with You and I with a confusing video put the nail in the coffin. You and I deserved to be a single, just not then (last single of the era would have been preferable). They really needed MTN, Sheisse, or even Hair instead to give the general public a taste of what they want from Gaga. Now she's gonna have to work for that momentum, which is going to be tricky given what's left on the album. If MTN can just keep getting positive radio updates, I'm confident the era will be back on track in no time. |
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Originally posted by Sye
I commend her for that, but any way you slice it, she's still a popstar. She's by no means flopping but finding a middle ground would just make it so much more impressive. Releasing BTW -> something public wants -> something Gaga wants -> something public wants -> repeat would keep enough interest in the era for fans and the public alike. She's got great material this era, it just needs to be handled better.
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Originally posted by vengabeat
It's been handled fine. To put it into perspective, Katy's TD era has been handled impeccably, yet her entire tour didn't even gross as much as 45 shows of TMB and BTW has already outsold TD. Rihanna's LOUD era was handled quite nicely and TTT didn't even debut at #1. This era, while it has had some bumps, has been handled nicely. We just need to accept that the music isn't what the public eats up. This is pure dance music, not bubblegum pop.
I have faith that the next album will be something a little more commercial since she got BTW out of her system.
So she's purposely putting out songs that will underperform to break us from our habits. |
God. You guys are really motivated to write these essays... 
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Originally posted by HausOfGerard
Jeff on twitter said the early demos sound something from TFM |
Is it too hard to post a link to the tweet? I don't see anything where he says that 
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Member Since: 12/6/2011
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Originally posted by vengabeat
I have faith that the next album will be something a little more commercial since she got BTW out of her system.
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Definitely. I think she knows that right now she can do basically whatever she wants and still do pretty well either way, so she's learning as much of what she can and can't do. What she learns from the BTW era will make her future eras stronger for sure.
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Originally posted by Twai
Is it too hard to post a link to the tweet? I don't see anything where he says that |
Someone said he DM'd nicole saying that.
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Member Since: 11/25/2011
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Originally posted by Nyx
God. You guys are really motivated to write these essays... |
Some of us don't mind having intelligent discussions about Gaga. 
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Member Since: 12/6/2011
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Originally posted by Nyx
God. You guys are really motivated to write these essays... |
I'm bored. Trying to waste some time right now
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