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Originally posted by Donatella
Mmk, Retro. Serious talk.
In all seriousness, I really do like most of it. Most of the album are 8-10s, out of 10, that is. I'm impressed, because she led me to believe this era would be a trainwreck by the lead single, the cover, and how she's handled it.
My only quarrels, song-wise, are with "Applause", "Fashion!", "Dope" and "Do What U Want".
"Do What U Want", for me, is a 6/10, because it's just plain boring. I found it amazing when I first heard it because I was excited for new Gaga music. In the end, it's just... Nothing super special. It could be easily done by someone else.
"Dope" was messed up in general. "I Wanna Be With U" wasn't exactly amazing, either, but it was definitely better than the final product. "Dope" has probably the worst vocals she's had in a studio recording to date. It also got ruined by the overproduction... For it, anyway. It should've stayed with just the piano. Rick Rubin messed that one up.
"Applause" is stupid. Her writing is at a low point, here. The verse are atrocious, also ruined by her vocals. The instrumental sounds clownish; I legitimately could imagine it being played during a circus when the clowns come up. The chorus is stellar, though, but it gets dragged down horribly by the verses. I think she just made a fool of herself with it, and it was an awful mistake on her part by releasing it as the lead single since there were better choices on the album ("Gypsy" and "G.U.Y.", specifically).
"Fashion!" is her worst song to date. It's a lame attempt by will.i.am and David Guetta, with a recycled beat from the 1970's. I don't understand any praise it gets. The lyrics aren't impressive, either. The last 30 seconds are deafeningly awful.
That said, the rest of the album is nearly PERFECT.
I probably dragged a little too hard, but whatever. That's just how I feel.
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I suppose I can see where you're coming from with all of these; I'm just mindlessly attracted to any audio file touched by Gags.
As for "Dope", it's rather boring to me and the vocals aren't perfect, but I do like the emotion behind the song.
"Do What U Want", however, I don't get. It's not as exciting and it lacks that "Gaga" brand feeling, but it makes up for those in her vocals and what I think is great production and writing overall.
"Applause" is strange. I love it, but it's such a mess and such a let-down compared to the rest of the album.
"Fashion!" is something that I love and will never get how y'all can hate it. However, it's one of the more generic and less branded songs she's made along with DWUW, so once again I can see where you're coming from.
Yeah. I think I'm just a sucker for anything featuring a Gaga vocal.
First time listening to the album in HQ. Aura it's vocals on the verses are growing on me just a bit
