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Jberg
Member Since: 1/4/2014
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Post #1
"Music not the bling" an excuse for flopping?
Is the term "music not the bling" an excuse for flopping?
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SpinThatShhh
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Post #2
No. It's something that ATRL needs to understand though.
Bey_Rihstan
Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Post #3
Is "the bling" a metaphor for success?
romonster
Member Since: 4/3/2012
Posts: 16,501
Post #4
This is a lyric from a song that was written in 2012 though
TheRoofInhabitant
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Post #5
No
Rama
Member Since: 4/10/2012
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Post #6
No. And it's not like it helped her with the lashings last year
Sissy
Member Since: 8/18/2013
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Post #7
To whom are you referring?
Teneo
Member Since: 1/6/2014
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Post #8
No, it means to give priority to your creativity/vision over the money ambition.
Jberg
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Post #9
Quote:
Originally posted by
Bey_Rihstan
Is "the bling" a metaphor for success?
Yeah, in order to get the bling, you need the success which equals coins and with coins you can purchase blings...
Quote:
Originally posted by
Sissy
Who are you referring to?
Optimus
Member Since: 8/1/2012
Posts: 15,843
Post #10
Gaga wrote that line in 2012 or probably 2011 so No
Poe Dameron
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Post #11
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Originally posted by
Teneo
No, it means to give priority to your creativity/vision over the money ambition.
Exactly!
Onion Girl
Member Since: 1/5/2014
Posts: 4,947
Post #12
She said this was the first song she wrote for ARTPOP and she started working on ARTPOP a week after Born This Way came out..
so no.
Dämon
Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Post #13
Not really.
Grown K
Member Since: 8/18/2013
Posts: 10,215
Post #14
Quote:
Originally posted by
Bey_Rihstan
Is "the bling" a metaphor for success?
bling=*bling bling*=gold=money
She says that she cares about the music not the money.
Topherfy
Member Since: 1/1/2014
Posts: 3,400
Post #15
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SpinThatShhh
No. It's something that ATRL needs to understand though.
Yep.
letscauseascene1
Member Since: 9/17/2006
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Post #16
Only ATRL knows of this lyrically statement. So, no.
ReginaPhalange
Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Post #17
Except it was written when BTW was slaying the world. Better luck next time
Dylangaga
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Post #18
Only thing thats a flop is this thread tbh
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