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Originally posted by Meowster
I suppose. But considering TFM had no kind of theme at all and ARTPOP was supposed to but it got lost in translation.. it's the only one that put any effort in trying to say something if that makes sense? The Fame had its motifs but was pretty superficial. The Fame Monster and ARTPOP have the hits (Monster especially) but don't really say anything as a whole other than pop culture references. That's how Born This Way succeeds in some ways that the others do not. |
I disagree with this except for the fact, you're right, Born This Way
did try to say something as a whole. But so did The Fame and it wasn't superficial it was often
referring to superficial things. You have to acknowledge that distinction.
The Fame Monster did have a cohesive theme, each song represented a different "fear" or whatever she said and where I hardly pay much attention to exactly what she says shes trying to say, I don't think you're giving it enough credit. You're kind of just writing it off as like random or something yet it was 8 songs wrapped up neatly and they all worked together and they all made sense. Thats a lot more powerful than what Born This Way accomplished imo, even if it had something important to say or thought it did.
ARTPOP totally got lost in translation and ultimately says nothing at all however still being a good commercial pop record.
We are like Gaga coming for the established critics 
