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  On 11/2/2013 at 10:02 PM, SitarHero said:

Totally. Lord Zedd :crying2:

 

I mean, let's discuss GUY. That song fucking shits I can't take it. Pre-chorus into chorus is really unexpectedly good even though we already heard the snippet. Like the extra line blasts me off to a new dimension :angie:

 

does it take you to the planet...to the planet...PENIS?

 

also, Gypsy should be the album closer and they shouldn't have even put Applause on the album TBQH


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Having trouble deciding potential singles apart from Gypsy :assad:

 

Swinefest tracks, I guess. Was kinda the most commercial showing. Sexxx Dreams + MANiCURE, maybe even Swine. Both Applause and Do What U Want are the most "mainstream" so I'd at least like some videos for some of the more daring tracks.

 

Let's join in prayer for non-single vids like Venus

 

  On 11/2/2013 at 10:33 PM, omgitsandrew said:

does it take you to the planet...to the planet...PENIS?

 

also, Gypsy should be the album closer and they shouldn't have even put Applause on the album TBQH

 

I actually love the tracklist a lot more than I predicted based on my first reaction! I think it could be improved with Do What U Want before Dope maybe, to make the latter sound less disjointed by comparison. Otherwise there are a few genius sequences like Aura-Venus-GUY-Sexxx Dreams and Dope-Gypsy-Applause.

 

Maybe something like

 

Aura

Venus

GUY

Sexxx Dreams

Jewels N Drugs

MANiCURE

Donatella

Swine

Mary Jane Holland

Fashion!
ARTPOP

Do What U Want

Dope

Gypsy

Applause

 

But I'm pleased :hooker:

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  On 11/3/2013 at 1:24 AM, National Anthem said:

I was actually thinking about the singles earlier... Here's my list for now:

 

1. Applause

2. Do What U Want

3. Gypsy

4. Venus

5. Donatella/Swine?

6. Aura?

 

I doubt Aura's ever going to be a single, that song has a messy release and history... but it sounds like the continuation of The Paparazzi Trilogy so we never know. I really do hope Venus, Gypsy and MANiCURE becomes a single together. Especially Gypsy.


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Here's a random review I typed up just now:

 

Unlike popular opinion, I think that Born This Way was a fantastic album. Even though not every song became my all-time favourite, I still think that it is technically an album packed with great songs, each of them polished to absolute perfection. That is when looking at each song in isolation. Needless to say, this album was created under entirely different conditions, yet, in retrospective, it doesn’t quite work. It really lacks a fresh breath of air here and there, amidst its seemingly never-ending tour de force of songs clamped together.

 

On ARTPOP, it seems, she selected fifteen out of those ninety or whatever songs supposedly written during its making, and moulded them into one all-encompassing work. This is where it shows that she has learned tremendously as a producer. Not only is ARTPOP giving us a break once in a while, but it’s also less of an overwhelming fix at first listen.

 

It logically divides into segments: inviting the listener to “peek underneath the cover” in “Aura,” exploring the etymology of sex and sexuality throughout the ménage à troi (no pun intended) consisting of “Venus,” “G.U.Y.” and “Sexxx Dreams,” and taking a surprising turn to urban music with “Jewels N’ Drugs” and “Do What U Want.” She cryptically, or not so cryptically after all, unfolds the ARTPOP philosophy in the title track. She has her most personal moments during the last half of the album, notably on “Dope” and “Gypsy.”

 

ARTPOP is indeed, as multiply stated throughout the past weeks, a musical journey allowing quick halts at completely different sonic settings. Even though the jumps she makes are relatively rapid and abrupt, ARTPOP doesn’t channel a sense of restlessness, particularly sonically, like Born This Way did. Besides her contemporary experiments with electronic music, or EDM as some people like to specify, the most interesting and fascinating music happens when she leaves this very territory.

 

Analogue-sounding synths accompanying her dominant piano playing on “Dope” evoke the idea of Bowie and Brian Eno recording this song with Gaga 1977 in Berlin. “Fashion!,” although drawing on contemporary music, recalls David Bowie of the late 1970s. “MANiCURE” sounds surprisingly convincing for a self-acclaimed pop artist.

 

It is refreshing to hear that this time, she is willing to have an evident sense of humour. “Donatella,” for instance is, as a matter of fact, pretty hilarious through being an unapologetically shallow ode to Donatella Versace, even though it is not entirely all fun and light-hearted. There are moments throughout the song where it takes a surprising spin into an almost melancholic and thoughtful direction. This change of musical motif is nevertheless quickly outweighed by its seamless return to being “a fun pop song.”

 

“Gypsy” and “Mary Jane Holland” represent deep confessions. Instead of pandering to the seriousness nature of their lyrical content, Gaga manages to save both songs from sinking too deeply into a black sea of depressing melodies by adding some glitter to them. The result is a remarkable mixture of styles. It is a quality that applies to all songs on ARTPOP: none of them is either too shallow or too deep. It is the balance she keeps that makes the album listenable and conclusive in its entirety.

 

Besides unfortunate ambient noise levels on some tracks and one unfortunate mistake made in vocal editing on “Mary Jane Holland,” Gaga and her producers really deliver a phenomenally produced record that features rich sound production, supported by dynamic compositions and neat song writing with truly outstanding moments, and there’s plenty of them. It is nice to hear that her singing is finally becoming more cavalier and offhand, just like at the live shows.

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  On 11/3/2013 at 2:21 AM, Heaux said:

im a tad underwelmed i guess, i love the songs but we heard so much of them before it actually leaked and ive got kinda bored of my favorites already

 

I want you, and everyone who is upset about Gaga's style of promo in releasing snippets and live performances in advance, to fast-forward several months into the future. You're listening to ARTPOP. In that moment, does it matter how you heard it initially? Does it matter that you made the conscious decision to listen to her teases? I mean in the end, ARTPOP is the full piece that is going to enter the Gaga/pop music conversation and so many fans are allowing a few months of promo to affect their long-term opinion. I see things like "it's good but I wish it were more of a surprise." Children don't you see it doesn't matter? Think more objectively.

 

  On 11/3/2013 at 4:13 AM, rebel said:

Who wants to help me figure out the lyrics? I'm going crazy trying to do it by myself.

 

I can attempt.

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I love the album as a whole (except for like... JND and Fashion! I guess, but even then they're still bops) but I keep going back to Gypsy.  :oprah: As a casual fan, I don't think she's ever had a song that's touched me as deeply as this one has.


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also what I believe the MANiCURE chorus is

 

I'm gonna be manicured

you wanna be manicured

she wanna be MAN CURED

our loves enough for her

enough to feel so insecure

she want me to take care of her


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  On 11/3/2013 at 4:38 AM, Hellion said:

I love the album as a whole (except for like... JND and Fashion! I guess, but even then they're still bops) but I keep going back to Gypsy.  :oprah: As a casual fan, I don't think she's ever had a song that's touched me as deeply as this one has.

 

Not 4 long :oprah:

 

 

Okay help with these please

 

AURA

 

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VENUS

 

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G.U.Y.

 

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SEXXX DREAMS

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

JEWELS N DRUGS

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

MANiCURE

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

DO WHAT U WANT

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

ARTPOP

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

SWINE

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

DONATELLA

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

FASHION!

 

  Reveal hidden contents

 

 

MARY JANE HOLLAND

 

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DOPE

 

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GYPSY

 

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APPLAUSE

 

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Probably didn't illuminate anyone's serious lyrical WTFs because I still have a few, but at least it's organized.

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