The Official Lady Gaga Appreciaton Thread-Live coverage of MB show!

[Doogle]

I like Americano a lot now. :D

[Smithy]

Then You'd love me?

[Ninastar]

YEAH THAT omfg i love that song!!!

[Doogle]

Listening to Bloody Mary now.

The intro is weirdly good. :amazed:

[Niall]

Fashion of his love's chorus reminds me of this for some reason

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[Niall]

Well the bit when she goes ohhhhhhh anyways.

[Niall]

Listening to Bloody Mary now.

The intro is weirdly good. :amazed:

Ikr? :amazed:

[Smithy]

Niall someone else said that on the last page :joker:

They do sound similar :laugh:

[Niall]

Niall someone else said that on the last page :joker:

They do sound similar :laugh:

Oh :joker: I didn't see lmao.

[Doogle]

Internet is too slow :'( I'm just listening to Government Hooker on repeat cos it's the only one that loaded.

[Ninastar]

Not feeling "the queen" too much :/


dunchudare

[Niall]

*Liked The Queen*

[Doogle]

I really don't like Highway Unicorn (Road To Love). :joker: I don't know why, it's just...so meh.

[Marsh.]

Is "The Edge of Glory" a cover?

If so who was the original artist?

[Smithy]

It's not a cover

[Smithy]

She did an interview with Fuse:

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[Doogle]

OMG Heavy Metal Lover. <3

[Doogle]

Also like Scheisse more now on its 7th play. :joker: :joker:

[Marsh.]

It's not a cover

It isn't? Oh, right. I could have sworn I'd heard it before.

[Doogle]

I also like Marry The Night now. Meaning I like every song off the standard edition apart from Highway Unicorn.

[Callum]

In Scheiße, I've always wondered does she say Mother Monster? It sounds like she does to me

[Doogle]

I always thought it did. I'm trying to learn this gibberish off by heart. :joker:

[Niall]

She says Madre Monster I think hehe.

[Smithy]

Planning has already started for The Edge of Glory MV -hopes for another short video-

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It debuted at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 too :lovedup:

[Callum]

Planning has already started for The Edge of Glory MV -hopes for another short video-

qzFKbm17IBs


It debuted at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 too :lovedup:

That's great! Higher than Judas too. Surprised that Judas hasn't done that well over in America, I know it still has a chance to but I really thought it would be another #1 for her there.

[Doogle]

I was actually surprised BTW went to #1 after GaGa missed out with all her TFM singles.

[Callum]

The buildup in Heavy Metal Lovers towards the final chorus where it goes all quiet and you only hear her 'ooh a ooh a ooh's is amazing. :lovedup:

[bbfan1991]

I'm addicted to Scheibe:lovedup:.

[Smithy]

http://oi56.tinypic.com/2li9253.jpg

:amazed: :amazed: :amazed:

[bbfan1991]

Ooh well done Smithy:), *tries to hide jealousy*:bawling::laugh2:.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

how many singles will there be from this album :amazed:

[Smithy]

Up to 9 apparently :amazed:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Up to 9 apparently :amazed:

:amazed:

she wont release government hooker though :sad:

-prays for bad kids-

[bbfan1991]

Any updates as to how the singles are doing on UK I-Tunes?:)

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

#4 - Hair
#7 - EoG
#9 - Judas
#17 - BTW

[Smithy]

:amazed:

she wont release government hooker though :sad:

-prays for bad kids-

ik :bawling:

It's be as long as im your bleeep -.-

[Niall]

When did she say she isn't releasing Government Hooker?! :o

[Smithy]

She didn't, but the word hooker is censored on radio :joker:

[Smithy]

Promo pics on the Subway system in the US:

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-would never want to leave that train-

[Jords]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Government Hooker would kill as a single!!

[Niall]

She didn't, but the word hooker is censored on radio :joker:

Well after S&M got released as a single, I think anything goes lmao.

Promo pics on the Subway system in the US:

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-would never want to leave that train-

They shoulda done that with the Tube here in London. :sad:

[Smithy]

Yeah, but censoring S&M ruined it :L

And I hope Americano becomes a single, I could totally see that being the sequel to telephone

[Niall]

S&M wasn't censored on all the radio stations. On Capital FM they play the uncensored version.

[Niall]

And I agree totally about the telephone thing btw, it would all fit so perfectly. *Imagines Gaga and Beyoncé getting married*

[Smithy]

And I agree totally about the telephone thing btw, it would all fit so perfectly. *Imagines Gaga and Beyoncé getting married*

and fleeing to mexico :amazed:

[Callum]

That subway train looks super cool! Such a great promo method as well because people may not know Gaga has an album out, be on their way to work on the subway, see her image everywhere and then think "I'm gunna buy her new album!".

[Niall]

and fleeing to mexico :amazed:

That too! *Imagines the pussy wagon pulling up in front of the Electric Chapel where they will marry* :amazed:

[Smithy]

That subway train looks super cool! Such a great promo method as well because people may not know Gaga has an album out, be on their way to work on the subway, see her image everywhere and then think "I'm gunna buy her new album!".
Yep :d

Plus its apparently being sold in tonnes of outlets, like starbucks :bigsmile:
That too! *Imagines the pussy wagon pulling up in front of the Electric Chapel where they will marry* :amazed:

omg :amazed:

Judas can be the best man

[Niall]

omg :amazed:

Judas can be the best man

Omg. :amazed: Then some Bad Kids could turn up and try to gate crash the wedding! :amazed:

[Callum]

Yep :d

Plus its apparently being sold in tonnes of outlets, like starbucks :bigsmile:



Yeah I read that somewhere too, very smart. Shame Britney doesn't have a team like Gaga's for promotion work

Just seen a girl on Last.fm with over 75,000 scrobbles of Gaga. I don't understand how she can have that many, I love Gaga's songs but this person's played most of them over 1000 times each. Insane. :shocked:

[Jords]

And then they ride off on the highway on a unicorn into the sunset :joker:

[Niall]

And then they ride off on the highway on a unicorn into the sunset :joker:

Aaaaand then they come to The Edge of Glory before meeting Black Jesus. :amazed:

[bbfan1991]

Thanks Scott:).

Radio getting too PC:(. She should release GH and just have it played after 10:00 pm or something?

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

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[Jessica.]

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lldmbdZFwm1qduwsjo1_500.png

:joker::joker::joker::joker::joker:

[Jessica.]

Also :worship:
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[Niall]

^:worship:

[Z]

Excellent post Jessica

[Smithy]

-types Sheibe because he doesn't know how to do the eszett-

and :amazed:

http://i.imgur.com/Q7nAW.jpg

[Doogle]

I always say Scheisse. On iTunes when I try to find the Mugler remix I type in Scheisse and it appears, even though it has the "ezsett"

[Niall]

Smithy just go on edit, then special characters/symbols. :joker:

[Smithy]

edit what :s

[Niall]

The edit tab at the top of whatever browser your using? http://i.imgur.com/Iu8a5.png

[Smithy]

:conf2:

[Doogle]

Just write Scheisse. :joker:

[Niall]

Well thats how I do it on my Mac. Push edit ---> special characters ---> click the esset ---> insert. :shrug:

[Smithy]

-will just type Schiesse-

Anyway, Reviewers are LOVING the album


BBC:

Lady Gaga is the greatest thing that Planet Pop in 2011 could ever want. She’s a wise-beyond-her-years phenomenon who’s taken everything that has gone before and cast it into press-stopping new shapes – the fright wig on top, merely a bonus. She’s so far above her chart contemporaries that she’s created her own orbit, around her own world. You’re all welcome here, whoever you are. What you take from it is your own business.
It’s probably best to ignore the questionable cover imagery of her third album (or second, depending on your definition of what The Fame Monster was) and focus on the actual music. What’s delivered is a high-octane blend of nods to cheesy Euro-rave (hints of Sash!, Human Resource and Rozalla) and the rock of Springsteen, Judas Priest and Queen. Add a smidgeon of electroclash (Chicks on Speed, Peaches) and giant choruses comparable to ABBA and Ace of Base, and it’s clear the average – if the idea of ‘average’ exists in her world – Gaga tune is designed solely to hook into your brain.
Opener Marry the Night is as perfect as a straightforward fist-pumping entry into a colossus can be. Does the title-track really sound like Madonna’s Express Yourself? Not to these ears – and Gaga would never be so stupid as to allow blatant thievery to surface. The attempt to crowbar a song into what was built to be an anthem may put some off – anthems follow their own destinies to such a deified status – but it’s still an undeniably huge tune. If it speaks to a Middle America teen covering their bruises with foundation, then that’s a good thing. The following Government Hooker’s spooky opera entrance gives way to a Casiotone throb, Gaga throwing in references to JFK.
Americano delves into immigration over a futuristic musical theatre stomp, while Hair is an empowering freeway rocker about self expression. Scheiße is a monster tune begging for a sex dungeon-themed video event. The pace drops a bit for Yoü & I, a lighters-aloft moment which recalls Def Leppard. Not the most likely of stylistic inspirations, perhaps, but she makes the song work magnificently.
Gaga could have filled this album with guest slots from hip names and phoned-in cameos from rent-a-rapper types. But with the exception of Brian May axing all over Yoü & I, and the E Street Band’s Clarence Clemons honking over The Edge of Glory, there’s none of that. Born This Way is pretty much pure Gaga.
But this is not quite the revolution, and certainly not the greatest album ever made. It’s a storming collection of high-concept pop brilliance designed to soundtrack every preposterously tremendous Gaga moment for the next 18 months. If there’s a gripe to be had, it’s regarding the length: at an hour long, Born This Way initially feels more like an assault than an event, and it could easily lose a couple of tracks. However, if she is planning on releasing nine singles from it, then nobody can come away feeling ripped off.
Sometime in the future the frenetic, breathless giddiness will let up, and Gaga will – after a holiday, hopefully – breathe out and unleash her jazz odyssey. But until that happens, please enjoy someone actually putting a bit of effort and imagination back into pop, and keep the sneering and lazy comparisons in check. Not that they can take anything away from what is, simply, a marvellous record.

Oh No They Didn't:

‘Hype’ is a disgusting word. But when an album, which was a self-declared phenomenon before it was even an album, appears to be an experiment in hype itself, it becomes an unavoidable part of the conversation. There’s been a suspicion in the epic run-up to the release of Lady Gaga's second-and-a-half album that she’s just been being deliberately ridiculous just to piss people off. But then, having a go at a pop star for being ridiculous is in itself as ridiculous as having a go at a brain surgeon for being too hung up on all the neurosurgery.

There’s another possibility here though. In our man Peter Robinson’s (rather amazing) cover feature the other week, she expressed genuine surprise that people found ‘Born This Way’ the song something of an ‘Express Yourself’ parody. The suggestion actually moved her to tears. It’s in the nature of artists to miss the blindingly obvious about their own work.

But for the entire world to have the exact same instantaneous reaction, to the point where the words ‘Express Yourself’ began trending on Twitter, suggests that comparison holds water. You’d think somebody – somebody – in her team could have noticed. It’s just possible that Gaga is now such a powerful entity that everybody was just too scared of losing their jobs to point it out.

It would certainly bear out the chain of events that led to that appalling, badly-photoshopped mess of a cover image getting signed off. And if that’s the case then we really are in new territory for mainstream pop music, where somebody at the absolute peak of commercial heaviosity is able to operate with the artistic imperative of a David Bowie without an iota of outside interference. What you definitely cannot fault about this album is the scale of its artistic ambition.

One thing that much-debated 'Born This Way' album cover does get right is the record’s obsession with the fusion of flesh and metal. As if Gaga, having already (in her own head at least) fused herself with her fanbase to create a singular entity, she wants to weld physically to her synthesisers as if to create one all-powerful dreadnought of self-empowerment. For the most part this is one relentless torrent of heavy-metal-rave-pop. At the very least it’s a triumph in sound engineering.

‘Hair’ is an empowerment anthem using the simple image of the wind blowing through a person’s hair to illuminate the album’s Love-Yourself-And-Let-It-All-Hang-Out message way more effectively than the title track. It trumps it once again by being quite the gayest thing you will ever hear for a long time. On the same tip is ‘Bad Kids’, a homage to the NYC club kids era, hammering home the freak message to the Little Monsters, but with a chorus that is adorable instantly and forever.

‘Bloody Mary’ is a serene flipside to ‘Judas’ this time using Ms Magdalene to do much the same job, as dainty plucked strings careen around filthy beats to create something weirdly graceful. And ‘Americano’, a Hispanic upgrade of ‘Alejandro’ which riffs on both Evita and Santa Esmerelda’s ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’, succeeds because it is so colourfully deranged. Elsewhere the sci-fi goth night-stalk ‘Electric Chapel’ perhaps nails the record’s blood-and-chrome aesthetics most effectively of all.

Things get rather knottier when the beats drop heavier. ‘Scheisse’, which channels Miss Kittin doing a rave take on Madonna’s ‘Erotica’ strides into a commanding pop song and comes out a triumph. ‘Government Hooker’ drops down into freeform industrial techno impressively early on in the tracklist, but there’s scant evidence of any real political message in lines like “Put your hands on me, John F Kennedy”. And ‘Heavy Metal Lover’s staccato filth-fest is impressively murky but the relentless smut ends up sounding daft. The ostentatious ‘Highway Unicorn (Road To Love)’ aims for some kind of weird chamber-rave-metal-concerto yet comes out a total mess.

But then at the end, something spectacular happens. Skynet is given a rest and it emerges again that when Gaga does do pure emotion, she does it exceptionally well. ‘You And I’ is a quite epic exercise in futurist honky-tonk, apparently directed to a lesbian lover or a drag queen. And finally, the gleaming ‘The Edge Of Glory’ (apparently a love song to her late grandfather, yet with a romantic twist) finds her dancing “On the edge of something final we call life tonight” in the most ecstatic pop serenade this woman has ever come up with.

That beautiful simplicity reminds us that Lady Gaga can be guilty of trying too hard. But do you really think that’s wrong? ‘Born This Way’ doesn’t get everything right. It’s not the clarion to the dispossessed that it thinks it is. And after pushing so hard in this direction, she should probably strip it back to just her and a piano next time if she really wants to shock. Because rather than an exercise in hype, what ‘Born This Way’ really is an exercise in the pushing of everything to its ultimate degree. And for all the black, white and silver, it passes that test with flying colours.

- Just wanna say LMFAO @ them calling Luc a drag queen

Slant Magazine:

I had my claws out for this one, but I can't I am sorry... at Gaga for very long—not with songs like "Marry the Night," a more worthy successor to "Dance in the Dark" that channels post-disco Moroder, and the filthy-fabulous "Government Hooker," which manages to make the oft-robbed bassline from New Order's "Blue Monday" sound brand new. And not when the girl sells a lyric like "Dirty pony, I can't wait to hose you down" in a faux-continental accent without cracking up on "Heavy Metal Lover." (Typically flouted watersports-enthusiast community: You now have your very own anthem!) Gaga's self-proclaimed status as a student of all things pop culture results in some obvious but largely exhilarating experiments in pastiche: "Electric Chapel" is like a song by the Cardigans as fronted by Debbie Harry, featuring Slash, and produced by John Carpenter, while "Unicorn Highway (Road 2 Love)" might be what it would have sounded like if the Lizard King's heart had held out a few more years and he recorded a disco song.

References to other erstwhile '70s icons like ABBA ("Americano," "Judas") and Queen ("Yoü and I") are less imaginative, and Gaga gets in trouble when she allows her affinity for her fans to inform her songwriting, as she does on "Hair" and "Bad Kids" (for the record, it sounds like she's singing "******" instead of "bad kid," which, come to think of it, would have made for a much ballsier, albeit dicey, political statement), but it's easy to forget that she was still only 24 when she composed most of these songs. She's indeed on the edge of glory—that is, she isn't quite there yet, but it's fun, if infuriating at times, to watch her try so devotedly.
Norman Mailer once said that, when writing fiction, one should draw from their own personal narrative at oblique angles rather than cutting straight through and using it wholesale; this way, a writer can use their personal experience over and over in different ways without ever exhausting it. To that point, Gaga has tapped the well of the Queen of Pop so often and so directly that it will become impossible for her to continue to do so without facing fierce criticism. Which is unfortunate since she's most interesting, even most relevant, when striking that particular pose, as she does on "Scheiße," a Dietrich-by-way-of-Madonna-on-steriods techno-feminist manifesto.

When Gaga graduated to stadiums, her music clearly followed suit. There's nothing small about this album, and Gaga sings the **** out of every single track. In many ways, Born This Way is akin to the Killers' sophomore effort, Sam's Town: bloated, self-important, proudly American, an exercise in extraordinary excess. There are lots of mentions of Jesus Christ throughout the Born This Way project, not to mention Judas, Mary M., and machine guns that shoot church bells. Which makes sense, since Born This Way will likely be playing on a loop in hell. And all the bad kids—and ******s—will be dancing to it for eternity.

The Guardian:

Marry the Night's softer stylings are soon sent packing by what Gaga had always promised would be "sledgehammering dance beats". It's a pattern that holds throughout Born This Way. No matter how a song begins – pizzicato strings, operatic vocals, 80s rawk guitar – it's soon engulfed in buzzsaw synths and robo-precise rhythms. This is shameless, club-orientated pop that aims for instant impact.

Gaga has made much of the various themes on offer – religion (Judas, Bloody Mary), freedom (Road to Love), identity (Hair, Born This Way) – and these messages are hammered home rather than hinted at. Nobody expected Born This Way, hyped by Elton John as a "new gay anthem", to reference post-queer theory texts, but it's safe to say that subtlety isn't one of its strong points. Elsewhere, Hair uses follicles as a metaphor for freedom – not exactly a brave new concept for anyone who's seen the 60s musical Hair (or caught the sermon from Danny in Withnail & I for that matter).

Trite lyrics abound ("I just want to be free, I just want to be me") but these weaknesses can also be strengths, and there's something admirable about the way the aforementioned trio of tracks address confused teenagers in search of their identity. Bad Kids, in particular, is a Vince Clarke-esque stormer listing a series of flaws ("I'm a jerk", "I'm a bitch", "I'm a selfish punk") that places Gaga, like Pink, as a mainstream pop star addressing outsider America. That said, when the music drops out midway, Gaga could have come back with a slightly more hard-hitting line than "I'm a twit".

-got bored bolding-

[Smithy]

-will just type Schiesse-

Anyway, Reviewers are LOVING the album


BBC:

Lady Gaga is the greatest thing that Planet Pop in 2011 could ever want. She’s a wise-beyond-her-years phenomenon who’s taken everything that has gone before and cast it into press-stopping new shapes – the fright wig on top, merely a bonus. She’s so far above her chart contemporaries that she’s created her own orbit, around her own world. You’re all welcome here, whoever you are. What you take from it is your own business.
It’s probably best to ignore the questionable cover imagery of her third album (or second, depending on your definition of what The Fame Monster was) and focus on the actual music. What’s delivered is a high-octane blend of nods to cheesy Euro-rave (hints of Sash!, Human Resource and Rozalla) and the rock of Springsteen, Judas Priest and Queen. Add a smidgeon of electroclash (Chicks on Speed, Peaches) and giant choruses comparable to ABBA and Ace of Base, and it’s clear the average – if the idea of ‘average’ exists in her world – Gaga tune is designed solely to hook into your brain.
Opener Marry the Night is as perfect as a straightforward fist-pumping entry into a colossus can be. Does the title-track really sound like Madonna’s Express Yourself? Not to these ears – and Gaga would never be so stupid as to allow blatant thievery to surface. The attempt to crowbar a song into what was built to be an anthem may put some off – anthems follow their own destinies to such a deified status – but it’s still an undeniably huge tune. If it speaks to a Middle America teen covering their bruises with foundation, then that’s a good thing. The following Government Hooker’s spooky opera entrance gives way to a Casiotone throb, Gaga throwing in references to JFK.
Americano delves into immigration over a futuristic musical theatre stomp, while Hair is an empowering freeway rocker about self expression. Scheiße is a monster tune begging for a sex dungeon-themed video event. The pace drops a bit for Yoü & I, a lighters-aloft moment which recalls Def Leppard. Not the most likely of stylistic inspirations, perhaps, but she makes the song work magnificently.
Gaga could have filled this album with guest slots from hip names and phoned-in cameos from rent-a-rapper types. But with the exception of Brian May axing all over Yoü & I, and the E Street Band’s Clarence Clemons honking over The Edge of Glory, there’s none of that. Born This Way is pretty much pure Gaga.
But this is not quite the revolution, and certainly not the greatest album ever made. It’s a storming collection of high-concept pop brilliance designed to soundtrack every preposterously tremendous Gaga moment for the next 18 months. If there’s a gripe to be had, it’s regarding the length: at an hour long, Born This Way initially feels more like an assault than an event, and it could easily lose a couple of tracks. However, if she is planning on releasing nine singles from it, then nobody can come away feeling ripped off.
Sometime in the future the frenetic, breathless giddiness will let up, and Gaga will – after a holiday, hopefully – breathe out and unleash her jazz odyssey. But until that happens, please enjoy someone actually putting a bit of effort and imagination back into pop, and keep the sneering and lazy comparisons in check. Not that they can take anything away from what is, simply, a marvellous record.

Oh No They Didn't:

‘Hype’ is a disgusting word. But when an album, which was a self-declared phenomenon before it was even an album, appears to be an experiment in hype itself, it becomes an unavoidable part of the conversation. There’s been a suspicion in the epic run-up to the release of Lady Gaga's second-and-a-half album that she’s just been being deliberately ridiculous just to piss people off. But then, having a go at a pop star for being ridiculous is in itself as ridiculous as having a go at a brain surgeon for being too hung up on all the neurosurgery.

There’s another possibility here though. In our man Peter Robinson’s (rather amazing) cover feature the other week, she expressed genuine surprise that people found ‘Born This Way’ the song something of an ‘Express Yourself’ parody. The suggestion actually moved her to tears. It’s in the nature of artists to miss the blindingly obvious about their own work.

But for the entire world to have the exact same instantaneous reaction, to the point where the words ‘Express Yourself’ began trending on Twitter, suggests that comparison holds water. You’d think somebody – somebody – in her team could have noticed. It’s just possible that Gaga is now such a powerful entity that everybody was just too scared of losing their jobs to point it out.

It would certainly bear out the chain of events that led to that appalling, badly-photoshopped mess of a cover image getting signed off. And if that’s the case then we really are in new territory for mainstream pop music, where somebody at the absolute peak of commercial heaviosity is able to operate with the artistic imperative of a David Bowie without an iota of outside interference. What you definitely cannot fault about this album is the scale of its artistic ambition.

One thing that much-debated 'Born This Way' album cover does get right is the record’s obsession with the fusion of flesh and metal. As if Gaga, having already (in her own head at least) fused herself with her fanbase to create a singular entity, she wants to weld physically to her synthesisers as if to create one all-powerful dreadnought of self-empowerment. For the most part this is one relentless torrent of heavy-metal-rave-pop. At the very least it’s a triumph in sound engineering.

‘Hair’ is an empowerment anthem using the simple image of the wind blowing through a person’s hair to illuminate the album’s Love-Yourself-And-Let-It-All-Hang-Out message way more effectively than the title track. It trumps it once again by being quite the gayest thing you will ever hear for a long time. On the same tip is ‘Bad Kids’, a homage to the NYC club kids era, hammering home the freak message to the Little Monsters, but with a chorus that is adorable instantly and forever.

‘Bloody Mary’ is a serene flipside to ‘Judas’ this time using Ms Magdalene to do much the same job, as dainty plucked strings careen around filthy beats to create something weirdly graceful. And ‘Americano’, a Hispanic upgrade of ‘Alejandro’ which riffs on both Evita and Santa Esmerelda’s ‘Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood’, succeeds because it is so colourfully deranged. Elsewhere the sci-fi goth night-stalk ‘Electric Chapel’ perhaps nails the record’s blood-and-chrome aesthetics most effectively of all.

Things get rather knottier when the beats drop heavier. ‘Scheisse’, which channels Miss Kittin doing a rave take on Madonna’s ‘Erotica’ strides into a commanding pop song and comes out a triumph. ‘Government Hooker’ drops down into freeform industrial techno impressively early on in the tracklist, but there’s scant evidence of any real political message in lines like “Put your hands on me, John F Kennedy”. And ‘Heavy Metal Lover’s staccato filth-fest is impressively murky but the relentless smut ends up sounding daft. The ostentatious ‘Highway Unicorn (Road To Love)’ aims for some kind of weird chamber-rave-metal-concerto yet comes out a total mess.

But then at the end, something spectacular happens. Skynet is given a rest and it emerges again that when Gaga does do pure emotion, she does it exceptionally well. ‘You And I’ is a quite epic exercise in futurist honky-tonk, apparently directed to a lesbian lover or a drag queen. And finally, the gleaming ‘The Edge Of Glory’ (apparently a love song to her late grandfather, yet with a romantic twist) finds her dancing “On the edge of something final we call life tonight” in the most ecstatic pop serenade this woman has ever come up with.

That beautiful simplicity reminds us that Lady Gaga can be guilty of trying too hard. But do you really think that’s wrong? ‘Born This Way’ doesn’t get everything right. It’s not the clarion to the dispossessed that it thinks it is. And after pushing so hard in this direction, she should probably strip it back to just her and a piano next time if she really wants to shock. Because rather than an exercise in hype, what ‘Born This Way’ really is an exercise in the pushing of everything to its ultimate degree. And for all the black, white and silver, it passes that test with flying colours.

- Just wanna say LMFAO @ them calling Luc a drag queen

Slant Magazine:

I had my claws out for this one, but I can't I am sorry... at Gaga for very long—not with songs like "Marry the Night," a more worthy successor to "Dance in the Dark" that channels post-disco Moroder, and the filthy-fabulous "Government Hooker," which manages to make the oft-robbed bassline from New Order's "Blue Monday" sound brand new. And not when the girl sells a lyric like "Dirty pony, I can't wait to hose you down" in a faux-continental accent without cracking up on "Heavy Metal Lover." (Typically flouted watersports-enthusiast community: You now have your very own anthem!) Gaga's self-proclaimed status as a student of all things pop culture results in some obvious but largely exhilarating experiments in pastiche: "Electric Chapel" is like a song by the Cardigans as fronted by Debbie Harry, featuring Slash, and produced by John Carpenter, while "Unicorn Highway (Road 2 Love)" might be what it would have sounded like if the Lizard King's heart had held out a few more years and he recorded a disco song.

References to other erstwhile '70s icons like ABBA ("Americano," "Judas") and Queen ("Yoü and I") are less imaginative, and Gaga gets in trouble when she allows her affinity for her fans to inform her songwriting, as she does on "Hair" and "Bad Kids" (for the record, it sounds like she's singing "******" instead of "bad kid," which, come to think of it, would have made for a much ballsier, albeit dicey, political statement), but it's easy to forget that she was still only 24 when she composed most of these songs. She's indeed on the edge of glory—that is, she isn't quite there yet, but it's fun, if infuriating at times, to watch her try so devotedly.
Norman Mailer once said that, when writing fiction, one should draw from their own personal narrative at oblique angles rather than cutting straight through and using it wholesale; this way, a writer can use their personal experience over and over in different ways without ever exhausting it. To that point, Gaga has tapped the well of the Queen of Pop so often and so directly that it will become impossible for her to continue to do so without facing fierce criticism. Which is unfortunate since she's most interesting, even most relevant, when striking that particular pose, as she does on "Scheiße," a Dietrich-by-way-of-Madonna-on-steriods techno-feminist manifesto.

When Gaga graduated to stadiums, her music clearly followed suit. There's nothing small about this album, and Gaga sings the **** out of every single track. In many ways, Born This Way is akin to the Killers' sophomore effort, Sam's Town: bloated, self-important, proudly American, an exercise in extraordinary excess. There are lots of mentions of Jesus Christ throughout the Born This Way project, not to mention Judas, Mary M., and machine guns that shoot church bells. Which makes sense, since Born This Way will likely be playing on a loop in hell. And all the bad kids—and ******s—will be dancing to it for eternity.

The Guardian:

Marry the Night's softer stylings are soon sent packing by what Gaga had always promised would be "sledgehammering dance beats". It's a pattern that holds throughout Born This Way. No matter how a song begins – pizzicato strings, operatic vocals, 80s rawk guitar – it's soon engulfed in buzzsaw synths and robo-precise rhythms. This is shameless, club-orientated pop that aims for instant impact.

Gaga has made much of the various themes on offer – religion (Judas, Bloody Mary), freedom (Road to Love), identity (Hair, Born This Way) – and these messages are hammered home rather than hinted at. Nobody expected Born This Way, hyped by Elton John as a "new gay anthem", to reference post-queer theory texts, but it's safe to say that subtlety isn't one of its strong points. Elsewhere, Hair uses follicles as a metaphor for freedom – not exactly a brave new concept for anyone who's seen the 60s musical Hair (or caught the sermon from Danny in Withnail & I for that matter).

Trite lyrics abound ("I just want to be free, I just want to be me") but these weaknesses can also be strengths, and there's something admirable about the way the aforementioned trio of tracks address confused teenagers in search of their identity. Bad Kids, in particular, is a Vince Clarke-esque stormer listing a series of flaws ("I'm a jerk", "I'm a bitch", "I'm a selfish punk") that places Gaga, like Pink, as a mainstream pop star addressing outsider America. That said, when the music drops out midway, Gaga could have come back with a slightly more hard-hitting line than "I'm a twit".

-got bored bolding-

She's performing The edge of Glory on AI next week

[bbfan1991]

Scheisse it is then:p.

Don't like Highway Unicorn, my least favourite track on the album by far.

[Doogle]

I actually like Highway Unicorn now, but it's easily the worst track in my opinion.

[bbfan1991]

I actually like Highway Unicorn now, but it's easily the worst track in my opinion.

Totally!

I love BTW now despite hating it when first released:D:).

[Doogle]

YEAH I got home after school on Friday, played Born This Way, with my best friend who likes GaGa and Big Brother next to me, so happy we could die, heard it and then looked at each other thinking "WTFs this ****" but I've listened to it over 1000 times now and I love it. :lovedup:

[MeMyselfAndI]

I am looking forward to getting this album, I'll have it on the 25th May :).
I'm not listening to the album before at all, As i want to be supriced.

I'll just stay with Born This Way, Judas & Edge Of Glory until then (:

[Doogle]

I still feel guilty for hearing beforehand but if it's gonna leak and people are sending me links left right and centre how am I meant to say no? :joker:

[Callum]

YEAH I got home after school on Friday, played Born This Way, with my best friend who likes GaGa and Big Brother next to me, so happy we could die, heard it and then looked at each other thinking "WTFs this ****" but I've listened to it over 1000 times now and I love it. :lovedup:

Surely that's not possible? :conf:

[Smithy]

I think he means the song :tongue:

[Callum]

I think he means the song :tongue:

Oh, my bad! Still 1000 times is a pretty crazy amount of times to play one song, I've played it a lot myself but I don't think I could play it over 1000 times, I'd just be bored to death of it.

[Niall]

I'm so glad all the reviews are positive. :'D

[Smithy]

Oh, my bad! Still 1000 times is a pretty crazy amount of times to play one song, I've played it a lot myself but I don't think I could play it over 1000 times, I'd just be bored to death of it.

Same, I think the highest play count for any song is Bad Romance with like 160, I hate over playing songs it ruins them

[bbfan1991]

Help! i'm addicted to Scheisse:D.

[Smithy]

I posted this on someones wall (I think) a while ago, it's hilarious

Vx_f7Ho8Ffk

[Niall]

I posted this on someones wall (I think) a while ago, it's hilarious

Vx_f7Ho8Ffk

You posted it on mah wall. :evilgrin:

[bbfan1991]

http://www.metro.co.uk/music/863886-lady-gaga-cosies-up-to-justin-timberlake-but-will-they-duet

Wonder what they're working together on?:);)

[Glenn.]

*shudders as I types this*

Born This Way is actually good. Didn't think it could live up the hype, but it is good. Definatley better than her previous album.

[Smithy]

*shudders as I types this*

Born This Way is actually good. Didn't think it could live up the hype, but it is good. Definatley better than her previous album.

:joker:

Pictures of the album/booklet

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llhqo68Pz81qcrfdto1_500.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llhto9rdzD1qcrfdto1_500.jpg

It looks amaze :lovedup:

I've even warmed to the GaGaCycle

[Doogle]

Favourites:
Fashion of His Love, Bad Kids, Judas, Heavy Metal Lover, Marry The Night, Edge of Glory, Government Hooker.

But I love every single song. I need to review this.

[Doogle]

Oh, my bad! Still 1000 times is a pretty crazy amount of times to play one song, I've played it a lot myself but I don't think I could play it over 1000 times, I'd just be bored to death of it.

I've played 53 songs over 1000 times on my iTunes. :joker:

[Tom4784]

Highway Unicorn's one of my favourites, it makes me smile.

[bbfan1991]

Highway Unicorn's one of my favourites, it makes me smile.

That's actually my least favourite track, reading different views on the net it seems like most people have completely different opinions on which songs are the best or those which are not but there isn't an actual clear favourite like TFM had in Bad Romance..

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i wish she had released marry the night as lead now :sad:

one of my faves

[bbfan1991]

i wish she had released marry the night as lead now :sad:

one of my faves

Imagine if she'd released BTW as a single right before the album came out? Maybe she knew it would divide opinion and played a calculating tactic in releasing it first;).

[Jords]

Its always good when an album doesnt have a clear favourite track but opinions differ, means theres no real fillers!

Black Jesus + Amen Fashion :worship:

[Doogle]

I actually quite like that it's one of those albums where everyone has a different favourite. It really shows the quality of the tracks, whereas some albums have weak fillers and obvious hits. I feel like that with Black Eyed Peas. :joker:

[Tom4784]

Marry The Night hasn't grown on me, it's okay but it doesn't stand out.

I think the best tracks are Highway Unicorn, Scheisse (don't know how to do the weird B), Hair and Edge of Glory. It's a good album though there's only three tracks I don't like (Born This Way, Heavy Metal Lover & Bad Kids)

[bbfan1991]

Album cover looks fine:cool:.

Americano is a quite cool track..

[Callum]

I've played 53 songs over 1000 times on my iTunes. :joker:

Don't you ever get bored of them?

[bbfan1991]

She better release Scheisse and Government Hooker as tracks:p. Listening to fan feedback is important;).

[Doogle]

Don't you ever get bored of them?

Well a few bore me but there's ones that I continue to love no matter what.

[hannah.]

oh god I love her

[Niall]

oh god I love her

Me too. :lovedup:

[Jords]

1. Heavy Metal Lover
2. Hair
3. The Edge of Glory
4. Government Hooker
5. Judas
6. SheiBe
7. Black Jesus + Amen Fashion
-------------------------------
8. You and I
9. Marry The Night
10. Bloody Mary
-------------------------------
11. Americano
12. The Queen
13. Highway Unicorn (Road to Love)
14. Electric Chapel
-------------------------------
15. Fashion of His Love
16. Bad Kids
17. Born This Way


Bloody Mary's grown on me a bit, and ScheiBe a lot :D

-likes ranking stuff-

[Ninastar]

oh god I love her

shes mine, back off!!1

[Smithy]

caitlin sit the **** down, you said you disliked her 6 weeks ago :bored:

btw did y'all see her on T4 this morning?

-nbkJy40CAE

her legs :worship:

[Doogle]

OMG -copies Jords-

1. Government Hooker
2. Bad Kids
3. Fashion of His Love
4. Judas
5. Scheisse
6. Heavy Metal Lover
7. Marry The Night
8. You & I
9. Black Jesus + Amen Fashion
10. Born This Way
11. The Edge of Glory
12. Americano
13. Hair
14. Bloody Mary
15. Electric Chapel
16. The Queen
17. Highway Unicorn

[Niall]

I saw her on T4. She was awesome http://i.imgur.com/GF0CJ.png.

[Jords]

caitlin sit the **** down, you said you disliked her 6 weeks ago :bored:

btw did y'all see her on T4 this morning?

-nbkJy40CAE

her legs :worship:

Watching this now, Ive always found her a bit wierd but shes so lovely :D

She makes a qt noise when he says lets talk about your new album BTW!

-resumes-

[Jords]

She cant wait to perform Hair, EoG and Black Jesus, she has good taste in her own music :worship:

[Smithy]

:joker:

She's so articulate :lovedup:

[Ninastar]

She cant wait to perform Hair, EoG and Black Jesus, she has good taste in her own music :worship:

those are the ones that suck ass!!!!

[Smithy]

those are the ones that suck ass!!!!

[hold the **** up gif] -can't post for fear of infraction-

Did you just say EoG sucked :o

[Jords]

That was an epic interview, and Caitlin dont be a crazy biatch!

[Locke.]

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Great song

[Niall]

The Edge of Glory >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just Dance.

[Locke.]

She has yet to release a song a quarter as good as Just Dance

[Niall]

K. l

[Smithy]

http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3975664&postcount=211

http://www.spillitnow.com/images/smiles/morning.gif

[Jords]

Locke's a secret Gaga fan!

Btw I agree with Starstruck being 1 of the best off of TF, along with Pokerface.

[Smithy]

I really didn't like starstruck, It was far to autotuned for my liking :/

Paparazzi & Brown Eyes :love:

[Locke.]

That was years ago :bored:

[Ninastar]

[hold the **** up gif] -can't post for fear of infraction-

Did you just say EoG sucked :o

yes, yes I did

[Smithy]

yes, yes I did

http://www.profilebrand.com/funny-pictures/category/cats/225_cat-punch.gif

[Niall]

Smithy you need to stop with these brilliant cat gifs. :laugh3:

[Ninastar]

http://www.profilebrand.com/funny-pictures/category/cats/225_cat-punch.gif

oh my god. *hugs*

[King Gizzard]

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc107/bastardlybutta/bastardly-photos/album104/lady_gaga-boston-ass-0401.jpg

[Locke.]

http://i56.tinypic.com/oasl60.jpg

[Ninastar]

:love:

[King Gizzard]

http://www.topsocialite.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/lady-gaga-ass-2.jpg

[Locke.]

http://i53.tinypic.com/27ziw77.jpg

[bbfan1991]

OMG that person looks like Sara Folino:joker:.

Just Dance is underrated IMO.

[bbfan1991]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat_dress_of_Lady_Gaga

:laugh2:.

[Niall]

Omfg it has its own article?! LMFAO. *Reads* :laugh2:

[bbfan1991]

KY4LNBcQFrA

Wow the end:D.

[bbfan1991]

hI2zk2ptNXw

[Smithy]

Google Chrome Advert:

sDPJ-o1leAw

SNL Performances: (EOG/Judas & BTW)

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SNL Skits:

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KY4LNBcQFrA

zPB2LcVYwsE

[bbfan1991]

For those of us that missed the Monster Ball tour it is repeated again tonight on Sky 2:).

[Niall]

Omg the Chrome ad was brilliant. I loved it. :lovedup:

And I love the SNL shorts. The last one was so funny. The way Gaga shouted Chris Kirkpatrick at the end omg. :laugh3:

[CharlieO]

The person who ends up with GaGa is one lucky person.

http://judyhalone.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Lady-GaGa-Super-Sexy.jpg

[Smithy]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KG-8uaFLDuQ/Tb1ZjbMYhRI/AAAAAAAAAms/oQV7Hou1LsA/s1600/luc-carl-photo.jpg

:bored:

[Ninastar]

The person who ends up with GaGa is one lucky person.

http://judyhalone.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Lady-GaGa-Super-Sexy.jpg

thats an album cover on one of my gaga albums <3

[CharlieO]

thats an album cover on one of my gaga albums <3

I honestly dont see how people can call her a man/ugly. She is so hot its actually crazy.

On another note can anyone link me to how to get her new songs off the album like all of them because I cant find any on youtube and I want to hear them.

[Smithy]

I can't find a working link rn, but they'll be on youtube at Midnight ET on her VEVO,

[Shaun]

#16 - Born this Way
#13 - Hair

[Smithy]

The Edge Of Glory (6), Judas (8), Hair (13) and Born This Way (16)

TFM #11 :D :D

[Doogle]

I hope TFM goes back into the top 10 next week. :joker:

[Smithy]

It's @ #4 on iTunes right now so hopefully :D

[Niall]

I can't wait until I get my proper copy. :'D

I hope there's a poster in it or something. :amazed:

[Doogle]

I'm not getting mine until next weekend. /leona2

[Smithy]

I can't wait until I get my proper copy. :'D

I hope there's a poster in it or something. :amazed:

There is from a store, but I don't remember which one :'(

It wasn't HMV, Play or Amazon though

[Doogle]

Oh I'm getting mine from HMV :(

[Callum]

Love that Chrome advert, would be great to see it on TV over here too but I doubt it will be.

[Niall]

There is from a store, but I don't remember which one :'(

It wasn't HMV, Play or Amazon though

Oh. *Hopes its Tesco*

[Smithy]

The Edge of Glory MV is being filmed Next Week :D

and We get a new GaGaVision today/tomorrow

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

I'm not getting mine until next weekend. /leona2

:bored:

[CharlieO]

I actually like this new stuff a lot so far. I love heavy metal lover.

I used to love her when the fame monster came out but I went off her a bit after that but this new stuff is really quite good.

[Tom4784]

I've reviewed the album on my Tumblr, probably one of my stronger reviews. I'm getting better at music reviews I think.

[CharlieO]

I've reviewed the album on my Tumblr, probably one of my stronger reviews. I'm getting better at music reviews I think.

I think that review was very good indeed. I pretty much have the same opinions other than the fact I like Heavy Metal Lover quite a bit. I just listened to Highway Unicorn and I got the robot unicorn attack imagery as well because of the review. :hugesmile:

I wish I could write that well under pressure in my exams.

[Smithy]

I thought it was a pretty well written review Dezzy :D

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lle1k0ixLr1qac4jao1_400.png

-dies-

[Tom4784]

I thought it was a pretty well written review Dezzy :D

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lle1k0ixLr1qac4jao1_400.png

-dies-

Rofl.

Thanks for the good feedback guys.

[bbfan1991]

Link for the review?:)

Gaga's album unsurpisingly topping most of the I-Tune album charts apart from Netherlands and the songs are doing well. Some people still claim that the majority of getting bored?

Tbh i'm glad it's beating Adele, she's good though;).

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

http://deanzyz.tumblr.com/post/5764753529/born-this-way-by-lady-gaga

[bbfan1991]

http://deanzyz.tumblr.com/post/5764753529/born-this-way-by-lady-gaga

Thanks Scott:).

[Smithy]

INTERSCOPEPROMO Interscope Promotion
@ladygaga more record setting- #1 album in 90 Minutes @iTunesMusic http://fb.me/Z9FuIGcJ

:D

and they've got TV adverts here in the UK

CxSHo7LFu3A

:bigsmile:

[Smithy]

http://i.imgur.com/Iesdb.png

:shocked: :D :D :D


http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llobqaZSA21qd9upvo1_250.png

Hairbow is back :lovedup:

[LiquidGold]

This woman is soo talented she doesnt need all the gimmicks and bizzare over the top costumes , political statement dress senses .some of them arent that bad but alot are soooo bizzare :shocked:

and she's actually pretty too . her songs are soo catchy and good and even the dancing is amazing in most of the songs /video's , her recent songs just keep getting more catchy and wicked :thumbs:

but some of her music video's are too messed up yet the songs are always fantastic , judas video makes sense even tho theres alot happening in it and at first i was like what the hell but it makes sense now its a song about betrayal etc and nice song

whereas born this way and alejandro the songs are good yet the videos are too messed up but thats lady gaga i think she loves being controversial like what madonna use to do

[Smithy]

She did an interview with David Letterman

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The second half is hilarious

[Niall]

Omg when she ate the paper lmfao. :laugh3:

I love her. :lovedup:

[Callum]

Eugh, I hate Play.com. I ordered the album from there, they said it had been sent out on Thursday and I still haven't got it. :mad: Would have been easier to just buy it from the shop.

Nice to see she will have the biggest first week sales of the year over here though! 100,000 copies in just one day is very impressive.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a321261/lady-gaga-born-this-way-for-biggest-first-week-sales.html

[Smithy]

I preordered from HMV and Amazon, the HMV one arrived yesterday but the Amazon one hasn't yet, Imma go with HMV in future, for preorders

And Im so happy about the sales :amazed: I don't think she will, but I'd love it if she broke 200k

[CharlieO]

I love the part in Heavy Metal Lover when it goes to the electric like voice and says: because I was born this way. Then cuts back to chorus. GENIUS MUSIC.

[bbfan1991]

That video:D. I love how OTT and funny she is, really nice:).

[Zippy]

I preordered from HMV and Amazon, the HMV one arrived yesterday but the Amazon one hasn't yet, Imma go with HMV in future, for preorders

And Im so happy about the sales :amazed: I don't think she will, but I'd love it if she broke 200k

are you effing serious?

you brag about how many copies youre buying and then brag about her sales figures? Are you so dumb you can't see the glaring contradiction?

because her sales figures are so honest, right? selling for 0.99c on Amazon knowing her fans(read sheep) would buy 30 copies. releasing two versions...knowing her fans(read sheep) would buy both versions...many times.

dishonest manipulative sales figures that make a mockery of the charts. Bogus bollocks.

[Shaun]

predictable boring reply from predictable boring person.

[Shaun]

ON A PLUS SIDE THIS IS AMUSING.

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I follow him on YT and whilst I disagree RE: this record I lovez him.

[Callum]

are you effing serious?

you brag about how many copies youre buying and then brag about her sales figures? Are you so dumb you can't see the glaring contradiction?

because her sales figures are so honest, right? selling for 0.99c on Amazon knowing her fans(read sheep) would buy 30 copies. releasing two versions...knowing her fans(read sheep) would buy both versions...many times.

dishonest manipulative sales figures that make a mockery of the charts. Bogus bollocks.

The 0.99 cent sales won't count towards the chart and overall sales figure because it's under $4, so all of the people who bought the 0.99c digital version will have not contributed at all to her sales.

[Jessica.]

:amazed:
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[Zippy]

predictable boring reply from predictable boring person.
predictable boring response from an unpredictable boring person who can't decide whether he likes Gaga, Adele, jedward, Bieber et al from one day to the next.

but anyways, back to the topic..

The 0.99 cent sales won't count towards the chart and overall sales figure because it's under $4, so all of the people who bought the 0.99c digital version will have not contributed at all to her sales.

Not true :nono:

Amazon is paying record label Interscope the $4 minimum which means that they DO therefore qualify for soundscan chart sales. Its only Interscope that can't sell to the public for less than $4. Amazon are taking the loss to attract new buyers to their site and try and put a dent in Apples huge dominance.

Even after the 0.99c offer it was sold by Amazon for a much lower than normal $6.99. Plus it was released a day early in America to gain an extra days sale. Then all the Gaga fans multi buying like crazy(like Bieber fans). All just to gain huge first week sales and hence huge hype. But it's cheating and cheapens the charts credibility.

Apparently in Germany they have a chart based on money made rather than numbers sold. So if you sell half price you basically have to sell twice as much as a full price to be equal in the charts etc This sounds more fair to me and make it a more level playing field.

Lady Gaga going platinum the cheap way (http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifier/89144/lady-gagas-born-this-way-going-platinum-the-cheap-way/;_ylt=ArStq2zh925VEWW0jnxe79bzvSUv) :worship:

[Callum]

Not true :nono:

Amazon is paying record label Interscope the $4 minimum which means that they DO therefore qualify for soundscan chart sales. Its only Interscope that can't sell to the public for less than $4. Amazon are taking the loss to attract new buyers to their site and try and put a dent in Apples huge dominance.

Even after the 0.99c offer it was sold by Amazon for a much lower than normal $6.99. Plus it was released a day early in America to gain an extra days sale. Then all the Gaga fans multi buying like crazy(like Bieber fans). All just to gain huge first week sales and hence huge hype. But it's cheating and cheapens the charts credibility.

Apparently in Germany they have a chart based on money made rather than numbers sold. So if you sell half price you basically have to sell twice as much as a full price to be equal in the charts etc This sounds more fair to me and make it a more level playing field.

Lady Gaga going platinum the cheap way (http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/amplifier/89144/lady-gagas-born-this-way-going-platinum-the-cheap-way/;_ylt=ArStq2zh925VEWW0jnxe79bzvSUv) :worship:

Oh well I never knew that, bit sneaky of them. I expect she's gained loads of sales through that deal then, thousands must have bought it for 0.99c whilst it was available.

She's still expected to sell more than 900,000 copies of the album though, which in this day and age is very impressive.

[bbfan1991]

Gaga planning a Christmas Jazz album?:):cool:

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a321578/lady-gaga-to-release-christmas-jazz-album.html

[Niall]

Zippy is criticising the sales of BTW because he knows the music on it is solid and he can't criticise it. http://i.imgur.com/GF0CJ.png

[bbfan1991]

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a321612/lady-gaga-excited-over-adele-success.html

:)

[Iceman]

Zippy is criticising the sales of BTW because he knows the music on it is solid and he can't criticise it. http://i.imgur.com/GF0CJ.png

Not really, its sold loads more than expected because of the 99 cents thing....

[Niall]

Not really, its sold loads more than expected because of the 99 cents thing....

Yeah but if he was a true Gaga hater, he would've been in here slating her music since it leaked and he hasn't. http://i.imgur.com/GF0CJ.png

[Iceman]

Yeah but if he was a true Gaga hater, he would've been in here slating her music since it leaked and he hasn't. http://i.imgur.com/GF0CJ.png

So yeah you agree about the 99 cent thing or is that a yeah im just ignoring your post to get a point across thing???:hugesmile:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

am i the only person who doesnt care about sales?

if you enjoy somebodys music does it really matter how much they sell?

/epic win for swan queen

[Niall]

So yeah you agree about the 99 cent thing or is that a yeah im just ignoring your post to get a point across thing???:hugesmile:

It was a good marketing tactic, I'm not gonna lie. But the Amazon thing was only for a day. It was a clever move by her though. :)

am i the only person who doesnt care about sales?

if you enjoy somebodys music does it really matter how much they sell?

/epic win for swan queen

Thisssss. :worship:

[Smithy]

are you effing serious?

you brag about how many copies youre buying and then brag about her sales figures? Are you so dumb you can't see the glaring contradiction?

because her sales figures are so honest, right? selling for 0.99c on Amazon knowing her fans(read sheep) would buy 30 copies. releasing two versions...knowing her fans(read sheep) would buy both versions...many times.

dishonest manipulative sales figures that make a mockery of the charts. Bogus bollocks.

**** off, seriously, i've said tonnes of times I did it by accident, Im gonna return the second copy when it actually arrives.

Not that it actually matters, if I bought a million copies or just one a sale is a sale, noone cares.

[bbfan1991]

Any news on current sales or I-Tunes positions etc?:)

[Niall]

Judas - #18
Born This Way - #24
The Edge of Glory - #28

:(

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

what about hair

[Niall]

Omg I forgot about that one. *Checks*

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

and she shouldnt be releasing edge of glory as a single either :L

its gonna flop epically

doesnt really matter though aslong as the album does well :D

[Niall]

I can't even see Hair on there at all. :conf2:

And TEoG is amazing kmt. :nono: Hopefully it'll go higher when the video drops. The thing is, half of her songs are on there about 4 times because people are buying them from the album as well and not just the single release. :joker:

[Doogle]

Got the Bonus Track version today from HMV. £17 for **** sake. :bored:

Such a rip off when people got it for 99 cents.

The remixes. :lovedup:

[Niall]

The Judas remix :lovedup: >>>>

[Doogle]

I like the (ridiculously long) Scheisse remix. Least fave is the Marry The Night remix.

[Niall]

Omg I never noticed it was nine minutes long before. D: But yeah that one's okay. The Judas one is my favourite though. :lovedup:

[Doogle]

Judas one is sexy, yes.

[bbfan1991]

Judas one is sexy, yes.

Some people think Judas is a Bad Romance rip off, I cannot see it:conf:. Judas is more of a dance tune where as BR is more of a pop tune, can see some of the lyrics might be similar...

[Doogle]

Judas sounds like Bad Romance, I do agree. But I love Judas more.

[Niall]

Judas > BR.

[Niall]

Gaga has officially topped Rihanna on my last.fm. :amazed: :

http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af335/PhotoNiall/Screenshot2011-05-26at210033.png

[Doogle]

Don't be insecure if your heart is pure.

BEST LINE EVER.

[Harry!]

BTW is my most played album this week, something I thought would never happen.

[Doogle]

You're listening to Americano now. :amazed:

[Ninastar]

Gaga has officially topped Rihanna on my last.fm. :amazed: :

http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af335/PhotoNiall/Screenshot2011-05-26at210033.png

you have like the best list ever <3

Don't be insecure if your heart is pure.

BEST LINE EVER.

omg it actually is :D

BTW is my most played album this week, something I thought would never happen.

:shocked: harry has seen the light. its actually really good of you to admit it

[Doogle]

Gaga has officially topped Rihanna on my last.fm. :amazed: :

http://i1021.photobucket.com/albums/af335/PhotoNiall/Screenshot2011-05-26at210033.png

Eliza Doolittle. :lovedup:

[Harry!]

:shocked: harry has seen the light. its actually really good of you to admit it

She may be good in Audio form but she still bad in Visual form...

[Ninastar]

*takes it back and hurts harry*

[Doogle]

I nearly cried when I saw "£17" in HMV. My mum nearly killed me. That's so expensive. :joker: I can't get over it. Oh well it was worth it. The remixes are so good. :D :D

[Harry!]

*takes it back and hurts harry*

As I have said before I have never said before that she is a bad singer, she is a good singer and has done (some) good songs. I may ''like'' the abbum but my points still stand.

[Niall]

you have like the best list ever <3


Thankyou. :'D Natalia Kills is slowly working her way up that list now as well. :love:

Eliza Doolittle. :lovedup:

:love:

Rollerblades. :lovedup:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

once you download kala and arular MIA will be at the top

[Niall]

once you download kala and arular MIA will be at the top

I have them in my M.I.A playlist on Spotify, I just haven't bothered to play them yet. :tongue:

[Smithy]

Judas - #18
Born This Way - #24
The Edge of Glory - #28

:(

You missed out the album versions :tongue:

Judas at 19+34 - #10 combined
Born This Way at 22+73 - #16 combined
The Edge of Glory at 31+51 - #20 combined


btw she's performing on GMA live in a minute!
http://www.gaganews.com/2011/05/27/live-stream-lady-gaga-on-gma-summer-concert-series/

Unicorn Piano <3

[Niall]

You missed out the album versions :tongue:

Judas at 19+34 - #10 combined
Born This Way at 22+73 - #16 combined
The Edge of Glory at 31+51 - #20 combined


btw she's performing on GMA live in a minute!
http://www.gaganews.com/2011/05/27/live-stream-lady-gaga-on-gma-summer-concert-series/



Unicorn Piano <3


I saw them hehe, I just left them and put the ones that were higher charting in my post hehe. :p

And oh ma lawd. *Watches* :amazed:

[bbfan1991]

Haven't got the album yet:(, working on getting it soon ha ha.

[bbfan1991]

It's on:cool:.

[Zippy]

Nice she's clinging on to no1 in Norway and NZ - shame the other 3 countries have lost interest so soon. She hasn't even been top of Holland itunes since release...ironically, Holland is Adele's strongest market.

http://i52.tinypic.com/m7ypfs.jpg

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5dv17fA801qa2nz2o1_500.gif

[Zippy]

Scott likes Gaga today

but there's always tomorrow

[Iceman]

BTW Debuted at Number 1 on the Irish charts :)

[bbfan1991]

Got the album now, earlier than planned!:):D.

Love the cover too.

[Niall]

Scott likes Gaga today

but there's always tomorrow

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lku3qxvMGV1qhmxdy.gif

[Jessica.]

Nice she's clinging on to no1 in Norway and NZ - shame the other 3 countries have lost interest so soon. She hasn't even been top of Holland itunes since release...ironically, Holland is Adele's strongest market.

http://i52.tinypic.com/m7ypfs.jpg

Holland isn't a country. o.O

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Holland isn't a country. o.O

:joker:

pwned

[Smithy]

She was never #1 in the Netherlands [oprah U mad]

[Doogle]

If this is an appreciation thread why do people need to diss her here? Of all places. :joker:

[Smithy]

-glares at Zippy-

[Niall]

If this is an appreciation thread why do people need to diss her here? Of all places. :joker:

Ikr? Zippy needs to learn the definition of 'appreciation'. :bored:

[Zippy]

Holland isn't a country. o.O

desperate much, Jessica?

wiki
Holland is a name in common usage given to a region in the western part of the Netherlands. The term Holland is also frequently used to refer to the whole of the Netherlands. This usage is generally accepted but disliked by many Dutch people in the other parts of the Netherlands.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

getting so dull now zippy

[Zippy]

She hasn't even been top of Holland itunes since release..

She was never #1 in the Netherlands [oprah U mad]

oh look, we agree for once :kiss:

[Niall]

getting so dull now zippy

:worship:

[Smithy]

omg he kissed me :bawling:

-scrubs face with steel wool-

[Zippy]

getting so dull now zippy

tough. I shall continue regardless.

[Niall]

tough. I shall continue regardless.

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhh78kZuya1qbgbcb.gif

[Locke.]

She is on Paul O'Grady in 3 weeks

[Smithy]

I just saw that ^ She gets the whole hour with him!!! :D:D:D:D

[Jords]

I just saw that ^ She gets the whole hour with him!!! :D:D:D:D

:amazed:

[Niall]

I just saw that ^ She gets the whole hour with him!!! :D:D:D:D

:amazed:

[Smithy]

Alan Carr starts that week too, so hopefully she'll be there aswell! :D

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

edge of glory is boring. judas i can tolerate a bit and dance to

[Doogle]

Gonna listen to Born This Way fully in order for once, rather than just random songs from the album. :joker:

[Smithy]

I only just realised that in Amen Fashion she says: "Dressed in his best" not "dressed in his vest"

/fail

[Doogle]

I thought she said "iron my hair" in Hair.

[Smithy]

LMFAO, I only started thing that, after I watched this yesterday:

ESnut-BpqUg

[Jords]

Alan Carr starts that week too, so hopefully she'll be there aswell! :D

I missed Alan Carr :amazed:

[Smithy]

me too, im glad it's back :D

xNFQlfsbujY

her AI performance, wonder if it relates to the video in anyway

[Callum]

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/retail/update-lady-gaga-s-born-this-way-will-sell-1005205482.story

Very impressive sales figures! This was a good read, nice to see people are buying the album physically too, not just through iTunes/Amazon. The physical market for CDs is sadly declining around the world so I'm glad Gaga is making people buy CDs again. :D

[bbfan1991]

Lady GaGa is to star on a special edition of Paul O'Grady Live, it has been announced.

The 'Bad Romance' popstar will fly in to the UK for the ITV1 chatshow, where she will perform four songs live, including recent hits 'Born This Way' and 'Judas'.

The Friday night talkshow, which is currently off-air for a few weeks, returned for a second series earlier this year and has fared well in the ratings.

Celebrity guests on the current run have included John Cleese, Amanda Holden and Brenda Blethyn.

GaGa recently put on a mini-concert for US TV show Good Morning America, as well as appearing on the season finale of American Idol alongside performers such as Beyoncé and U2 duo Bono and The Edge.

The Lady GaGa special of Paul O'Grady Live is expected to air on June 17 on ITV1.