and no I dont see how Electric Chapel would be a bad choice, compared to what she has on the album. Its perfectly fine compared to the others. Not a single fan has said they hated that song, but not many have praised it either.
Lets face it, no remaining songs on the album scream SMASH, so any song at this point is a risk on radio etc.
-Marry the Night
-Schiesse
-You and I
-Hair
-Americano
-Heavy Metal Lover
-Government Hooker
-Bloody Mary
Anything aside from these is basically commercial suicide. These songs all have potential, given a great music video and good promotion, to be top 15 hits, and some of them could even smash and be top 5 or so (probably Marry the Night or Schiesse). Nothing left on the album is a sure-fire smash but releasing one of the bonus tracks or Highway Unicorn or Electric Chapel or Bad Kids is just...
I remember reading a pretty aticulate review on the album and they mentioned that most of the album, which they had a very response on, is much less "generic" than anything that is on the radio now, which makes sense as to why people are fearful of her singles not being so succesful.
In other words, the music/sound is amazing, but it's all very risky. I'm sure Gaga and her label have something up their sleeve for this whole era. Especially Gaga.
I remember reading a pretty aticulate review on the album and they mentioned that most of the album, which they had a very response on, is much less "generic" than anything that is on the radio now, which makes sense as to why people are fearful of her singles not being so succesful.
In other words, the music/sound is amazing, but it's all very risky. I'm sure Gaga and her label have something up their sleeve for this whole era. Especially Gaga.
A lot of reviewers really seemed to like Highway Unicorn and Electric Chapel. At the least, they were rarely the criticized songs on the album. Strangely enough, those two songs, along with Heavy Metal Lover capture the unique sound and feel of the album more than anything else, I feel.
The transformative pop star on making fantasy a reality
Text Lady Gaga
Artwork, from left: Natalie Lines, Michael J. Robbins, Adrian Valencia
Date: JULY 2011
Re: I DON’T SPEAK GERMAN BUT I CAN IF YOU LIKE
From: M†SS.GAGA
To: STEPHEN GAN
Copy to:
MRS. VREELAND
HAUS OF GAGA
V COLLECTIVE
LITTLE MONSTERS
THE WORLD
FASHION-SEXUALS
PHILIP TReACY
MY LIVER
MY MOLE
MY PEARLS
MY WIGS
MY TOBACCO CIGS
MY FIGS
Art is a lie. And every day I kill to make it true. It is my destiny to exist halfway between reality and fantasy at all times. They call me “theatrical,” but I posit profusely that I am theatre, and that theatre is me. I am a show with no intermission. It is this thing that summons me from the depths of reality and reminds me that the power of transformation is endless. That I (we) possess something magical and transformative inside — a uniqueness and specialness waiting to be exiled from the depths of our identity. I have said before that I am a master of escapism, which many attribute to my wigs, performances, and my natural inclination to be grand, but perhaps that is also a lie. Maybe I am not escaping. Maybe I am just being. Being myself.
The arrival at this revelation revises my previous escapist philosophies, as my entire being, thus far, as wholly artist and wholly human, has been propelled by the idea that I must effortlessly vacillate between two worlds: out of the real and into the surreal. Out of the ordinary, into the extraordinary.
“I DON’T SPEAK GERMAN BUT I CAN IF YOU LIKE.”
But as I delved quite deeply into this topic for my current album, I’ve reckoned that perhaps there is no pendulum. No need to distinguish between artifice and consciousness. The “notion” of escapism may be a lie, but for some of us this lie is our truth. You must desire the reality of fantasy so profusely that it becomes necessity, not accessory.
The lines for myself have become so blurred now, I know not the difference between a moment of performance and a moment of honesty. If you were to ask me to remove my Philip Treacy hat at a party, in truth it is the emotional and physical equivalent of requesting I remove my liver. Talk about giving “clutching her pearls” a new meaning! I know not the difference between the hair that grows from my head and the teal wigs that grow from my imagination. They are the same. They are both honest, and always have been. So maybe I know nothing of “the art of escapism.” I was just Born This Way. I revere the dream to be real. I am always, and shall forever be, private in public.
In this lies one of many books in the Bible of Fashion: in order for the FANTASY OF YOU to become the REALITY OF YOU, you must commit to the fantasy as wholeheartedly as you commit to your humanness. Wear out your vision. Proclaim your mission. Amen, Fashion! Style can transform and release your internal superstar. Whether it be one pair of shoes, some vintage sunglasses, a family heirloom, or a hair color that makes you feel as electric on the outside as you do on the inside. Acknowledge that this choice is a manifestation of an internal magic and the potential of your spirit. You are fan-tas-tic. And this fantasy is part of the real and honest you. It is a lie inside, waiting to be unlocked to become true. Scheiße. I just spoke some German.
A lot of reviewers really seemed to like Highway Unicorn and Electric Chapel. At the least, they were rarely the criticized songs on the album. Strangely enough, those two songs, along with Heavy Metal Lover capture the unique sound and feel of the album more than anything else, I feel.
I agree! I don't get the hate for Highway Unicorn because I loved it in the first listen and I still do. Same goes for the other two, but I love how bad ass Americano sounds.
If it was up to me, the singles would be Americano, HML, HU(R2L), EC, GH, MTN and Scheisse.
MRS. VREELAND
HAUS OF GAGA
V COLLECTIVE
LITTLE MONSTERS
THE WORLD
FASHION-SEXUALS
PHILIP TReACY
MY LIVER MY MOLE
MY PEARLS
MY WIGS
MY TOBACCO CIGS
MY FIGS
at them using a picture of her on top of the world as she was being granted the keys to the ****ing city.
