Good gawd. I am probably the only gay guy who can't wait for Lady Gaga's 15 minutes to be up. Seriously. I'm usually so into trash pop dance songs and usually am so happy for any of them who end up crossing into the mainstream. But I just can't seem to get gaga about Lady Gaga. Maybe it's that her music isn't really that good. And her over-the-top style that's gotten so much attention has been around since Madonna and Kylie and other less-known artists started making music over 2o years ago.
Poker Face was brilliant. Paparazzi was OK at first but then became as annoying as the real paparazzi. And now Bad Romance should just be called Bad Trash Dance Song. It's sung in a deeper, throat voice, in similar style to what Britney has resorted to over the past several years, but at least Brit manages to pull it off most of the time. As much as I'm not a fan, I've heard Lady Gaga sing with just a piano, and she's got a good voice. But she sounds like crap singing the versuses on Bad Romance.
During the chorus, Lady sings in her normal voice and the song seems like it might be OK. Then by the end, it just doesn't hold up. It's plenty forgettable. And it sounds like it's trying to be Just Dance. Neither of which usually bothers me. Forgettable, redone pop can be good. Not in this case though.
I haven't been immune to Lady Gaga's powers - I did love Poker Face. But she hasn't done enough for me to get me on her Lady band wagon either. And Bad Romance just proves to me once more why she's probably going to be here today and gone tomorrow.
While I'm beating down Gaga - Fame Monster, the re-release of The Fame with an extra disc of 8 new songs, called Monster, where Bad Romance comes from is STUPID. Put three more songs on the disc and release a second album totally separate from The Fame. Or is Lady Gaga not that brave? Is she afraid she's just a one album blunder? I would be to if I were her. Then again I'd probably be smart enough to go ahead and release a second album while I was still so popular just in case it wasn't going to last.
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