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

[Locke.]

What is the first song she sings on that sky 1 concert thing she done?

[CharlieO]

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

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I love this Youtuber now. I like her version of hair more anyway.
Especially about the mon frere part.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

What is the first song she sings on that sky 1 concert thing she done?

dance in the dark

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[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

smithy whats the song from 7:20 :amazed:

ive never heard it before >_>

[Locke.]

There is some really weird looking guy on the stage talking about being whatever he wants to be :crazy: :crazy:

[CharlieO]

smithy whats the song from 7:20 :amazed:

ive never heard it before >_>

I know I'm not smithy buts its an unreleased song called glitter and grease.

It was the first song to get leaked when The Fame Monster hype had died down.
-used to be a way bigger fan like a year ago-

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

its amazing :amazed:

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says thats the stuidio version but i dont think so >_>

[Jords]

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

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:laugh2:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

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

/fail

i thought that too :laugh:

[Doogle]

Adele's album is better than I thought. I now feel bad for moaning at everyone who bought 21. :laugh:

But still, Born This Way is a better album.

[bbfan1991]

Adele's album is better than I thought. I now feel bad for moaning at everyone who bought 21. :laugh:

But still, Born This Way is a better album.

I don't buy Adele's albums, just listen to her songs on YouTube:).

[Doogle]

I didn't buy it (even if I did, I wouldn't this week of all weeks) but my mum's friend burnt her copy to a blank CD for us like 3 weeks ago but only just found it.

[Smithy]

Glitter and Grease hasn't leaked in full studio yet -doubts it ever will-

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There's a 9 second studio snippet and anything else out there is just a looped live first verse

[Niall]

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

ESnut-BpqUg

'Tickle The street' :laugh3:

[Shaun]

bitch has crept into my top 50 artists on last.fm

47 Lady Gaga - 975

[Niall]

bitch has crept into my top 50 artists on last.fm

47 Lady Gaga - 975

Thats a good thing. :hugesmile:

[Doogle]

GaGa is only 3rd overall on mine with 13, 709 plays.

[Shaun]

-cough- plays cheater -cough-

[Niall]

Interview from the Financial Times Magazine with Stephen Fry:



It takes quite a bit to excite the staff of The Lanesborough Hotel, one of London’s more self-consciously luxurious five-star residences. Princes, sultans, presidents, oligarchs and film stars have been coming here ever since the grand but oddly anonymous building on the corner of Hyde Park Corner and Knightsbridge arose from the ruins of Belgravia’s old St George’s Hospital some 20 years ago.

I arrive there by taxi one Saturday night and find myself bundled through a tunnel of polite but harassed doormen into a lobby that, for all the discretion and professional sangfroid of the front-of-house staff, fails to suppress a crackle of excitement that fizzes around the interior like electricity. This, I imagine, must have been how the Goring Hotel felt when Kate Middleton came to stay the night before she was transformed into a royal duchess.

I approach the desk, cough politely and murmur, as if it were the kind of remark I might drop into the ears of a concierge every day, “Hello. I’m here to see Lady Gaga.”

As I am sure you know, it is a matter of pride among Hollywood stars that they check into hotels under elaborate and often preposterous aliases. Only those in the know are therefore able to call their rooms or ask to be shown up to see them. Lady Gaga’s people had alerted me to no such code system, and somehow I instinctively knew that the lady was simply too big and too … well … too Gaga, to bother with such nonsense.

Either side of me, as I had hurried through, many in the huge gathering outside the hotel had raised their voices in screams of excitement and their right hands into a kind of frozen claw, a gesture that I had inexpertly attempted to return. The crowd must have guessed why I had come to The Lanesborough and it was only polite for me to acknowledge this by returning their salute. This upraised claw is the worldwide identifier of Gaga fans, or Little Monsters, as they style themselves. I am not embarrassed to call myself – grotesquely over-aged and oversized as I may be – some kind of Little Monster too.



I do not write newspaper profile pieces for a living and Lady Gaga is currently the only person about whom I would do such a thing. With the exception that is, of Steve Jobs, whom I interviewed last year for Time magazine. I am not claiming that Lady Gaga and Steve Jobs are the most important figures in the world and that everyone else can go hang, it is just that … well, some people light your fire in a very special way and I am past the age of caring how good or bad that might look in the eyes of the world.

On Madonna
‘I genuinely love her so much. I think she is so amazing. She could never be replicated and, yes, I’m Italian, I’m from New York, and not for nothing, it’s not my fault that I kind of look like her, right? So if anything it’s more annoying to me that people would insinuate that I don’t like to be compared to her’
I had already been introduced to Gaga by a mutual friend on the roof terrace of the newly opened West Hollywood Soho House in April 2010. She had lifted the veil she was wearing that evening and I had kissed her on each cheek. In that stylish private members’ club whose dining tables were peopled by what looked like an exaggerated magazine photo mock-up of every Hollywood A-lister you had ever heard of, this 24-year-old girl had caused a stunned silence to fall as she had entered.

This had been around the time that “Bad Romance” played on every radio station and was blaring from every hair salon in the world. (“Rah-rah, ah-ah-ah, Roma-Roma-ma-ma, Gaga ooh-la-la … I want your ugly, I want your disease…” That one.) For sheer ear-worm tuneful, addictive, toe-tappy tunefulness it was a number impossible to ignore, although for me it was the acoustic versions of her songs “Paparazzi” and “Poker Face” that had convinced me that here was a musician worth paying attention to. The real thing.

All these memories were buzzing about inside my head as I found myself escorted up the lift and through a series of darkly panelled corridors and into the suite in which the interview was to take place. The photographer, Shamil, had been there with his assistant for some time, setting up their lamps and trying out angles: before long a convoy of waiters arrived with an awe-inspiringly grand selection of tea-trays and cake-stands.


‘This is one smart cookie’

“Ho, ho,” I thought to myself. “Someone has had the idea that it would be amusing for the ‘quintessentially English’ Mr Fry to be seen ‘taking afternoon tea’ with a broad from the Bowery. Oh well, one plays these games and the scones did look rather delicious. I readied my iPhone for recording, sat on the sofa and consulted the notebook in which I had jotted down my questions.

On feminism
‘You all have an opinion about pop singers or public figures, that ... we only care about ourselves, and how could it be possible that a woman like me who loves theatre and loves fantasy and loves magic, how could it be possible that I could really mean what I’m saying? I would say that’s quite anti-feminism, isn’t it, to say that a woman based on the way that she wears her hair and her shoes would not be sincere’
The main elements of the Lady Gaga story are too well known for me to have much need of repeating them here. Even if you are an FT reader whose only real interest in the pink pages lies in lists of share indices, oil and gold price movements and the excitements of the Baltic Exchange, it is surely certain that you will be familiar with the girl from the Lower East Side who in a few short years transformed herself from Stefani Germanotta into one of the world’s best-known musical performers. You will, if nothing else, have seen or heard of the meat dress, the towering Alexander McQueen shoes and the astonishing hats that make Philip Treacy’s creation for Princess Beatrice look like something Ena Sharples might wear at the Rovers Return.

The jokes, then, are easy. Gaga dresses outrageously, at such an extreme edge of fashion as to be ridiculous. It’s a publicity gimmick. It’s pretention. It’s silly. It’s a postmodern Emperor’s New Clothes. We’re imbeciles and pretentious gibbons to be taken in.

. . .


‘I live halfway between reality … and fantasy, at all times’

You get a strong sense of the character and behaviour of a great star by smelling the mood of those around them. The assistants who popped in from time to time to apologise for the late-running of the afternoon (she was busy doing back-to-back TV interviews in another suite) all seemed relaxed, cheerful and unforced in their manner. They certainly didn’t have the cowed look of crushed hirelings fresh from a verbal bitch-slapping who were attempting to prepare me for sulky moods and obstreperous huffiness.

On performance
‘What are you looking for? I’m sitting right here, I’ve got my legs spread with my feet up on the couch, what is it more that you want to see? It’s an interesting fight, the performance of my life, every day reminding people that the curtain has not closed and that if they don’t want to sit in the audience, that’s fine’
Then, just as I was wondering whether or not my teapot ought to be replenished with hot water, there she was, in the room.

I cannot claim that the overtly Wagnerian headpiece she wore had been chosen in my honour, but it certainly put me at my ease, as did the easygoing, “Hello again!” and proffering of a soft cheek.

She sat in a chair, threw her legs casually over the arm of the sofa on which I was sitting and the interview got under way, Shamil gratefully clicking away as we chatted.

“You know what?” she said after a while, “why don’t we get on with our talk and then we can do more pictures later?” Nervously, Shamil and assistant backed out. I could sense the photographer’s fear that maybe Lady Gaga would forget this promise and that he would find himself with far too few pictures and be roundly ticked off by the paper’s picture editor as a result.

Now that we were alone, I thought it best to begin with a rumour that I had heard from the hotel staff earlier.


‘I am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission’
“I gather that last night you sent out some drinks to all the fans gathered outside?”

“Well actually, I sent them hot chocolate yesterday, and macaroons, and then today I had press all day and I felt a bit bad because I wouldn’t have much of a chance to go down and say hello. But I did manage to go down and brought them some fresh cookies and flowers.”

Any popular musician, like any film star or any footballer for that matter, can tell you that “it’s all about the fans” but there is something very different about Lady Gaga and her relationship with the Little Monsters. Once again, of course, a determined detractor could interpret such an action in one of two ways. They could damn her for such self-conscious publicity-seeking saintliness or, if she were to do nothing, for being an aloof ice-queen safely locked in the fastness of a luxury palace while her fans froze through the night below.

“Are your fans different here in England?” I ask. “Or is there a commonality around the world?”

“Yes, there is. Little Monsters are a community. It’s kind of nice that wherever I go they create a little home for me.”

On magic and artifice
‘I live halfway between reality and fantasy at all times because I choose to, and anyone can choose that, and I believe everybody has something so magical about themselves and why, as a society, are we so afraid of magic? Why is magic synonymous with artifice? Why is the fantastic synonymous with a lie? If art is a lie, then I will tell that lie every day until it’s ********** true’
“You seem quite happy to be a self-conscious spokesman for the dispossessed, the marginal, the freakish, the outsider, the one who doesn’t fit in, the one who feels outside the tribe, if you like…”

“It could be anybody…”

“Yes…” I venture, “I suppose we’re all outsiders really. It’s just that some of us are better at hiding it.”

“Some of us can wear the mask. And this new album [Born This Way] is about being able to be reborn, over and over again throughout your life.”

“Oh?” This surprised me. “I thought the meaning of the title track was that ‘I was born this way – gay, straight, bi, lesbian, transgender, whatever,’ and that you were affirming that…”

“No, in fact, sexuality is just one very small part of it … it’s so interesting to see how people latch on to words. You say the word ‘gay’ in a song and suddenly all the other words float away. I’m happy people did focus on that word, though, it’s an important word to liberate. But the album is about rebirth in every sense. It’s about being reborn again and again until you find the identity inside yourself that defines you best for who you are and that makes you most feel like a champion of life.”



Camille Paglia, the American writer, in a recent article for The Sunday Times, saw nothing but fraudulence and a manufactured, calculating falsity behind such claims, and I was delighted to discover that Lady Gaga had not read or even heard about Paglia’s latest charmless (and physically insulting) broadside, which is almost a masterclass in how to miss the point and come over as resentful and more out of touch with reality than even the remotest star.

I was annoyed with myself for having brought up Paglia’s article in the first place, but greatly cheered by the clear evidence that Gaga would never read it. I moved on therefore to Lady Gaga’s latest album, advance tracks of which I had been authorised to hear. A number called “Hair” wittily summons up the scenario of the mother who won’t let the daughter go out “like that” – an issue teenagers and their parents have fought over for years.

“At just 25,” I say, “you’re close enough in age for it not to appear patronising to be taking the side of the teenager against the parent, but perhaps in 10 years’ time you might have a child of your own. Do you think that will alter your perspective, or are you happy to wait and see?”



“I don’t know, I suppose I’ll wait and see. And perhaps it is patronising to some people, some people don’t feel the need to be liberated. And that’s OK. It’s just that I have a message and will fight to the death for it.”

That message, “Find out who you are and be it,” clearly means a great deal to her. Like any simple aphorism it can be made to sound naive or profound according to one’s point of view. I think I’m old enough to know when I’m being fobbed off, bull****ted, lied to or deceived. There was in Lady Gaga’s eyes and voice enough to tell me that whatever else she is, she is no fraud. The “messages” in her songs and albums, the calls to freedom and self-actualisation, the addresses she has made to the American military on the subject of their fatuous and hypocritical “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, the support she has shown for the dispossessed and marginalised in society may cause many to roll their eyes and make the obvious cynical observation that being a friend to the friendless is damned good business. Just look at the figures. Number one after number one, record-breaking releases of singles and albums, record-breaking YouTube visits, record-breaking numbers of Twitter followers. Oh, sure, this is one smart cookie. There’s money to be had in self-publicity and the championing of the lonely ones out there.

On being Brechtian
‘There is an element of fantasy, there is an element of theatre but you can see right through it ... It doesn’t ruin the integrity or the fantasy of the theatre and, in fact, it is an overarching statement about the corruption of the government and the need for transparency … So if you were to tell the world anything, tell them she is the Bertolt Brecht of pop music’
Well, of course, all that can be said. But against such arid cynicism it should be pointed out that Lady Gaga did herself few financial favours during her last major world tour, The Monster Ball, which she began in 2009 to promote her album The Fame Monster. One of the most successful promotional tours ever, it quite literally bankrupted her. Her habit of redesigning, reformatting and revising it from the ground up, all of which experiments and changes she paid for out of her own pocket, certainly made the tour one of the most extraordinarily varied and unpredictable in history, but also one of the least profitable. Or so I had read and so legend insists to this day. I ask her if the stories are true.

“It’s honestly true that money means nothing to me. The only big things I’ve purchased are my dad’s heart valve and a Rolls-Royce for my parents, for their anniversary. And that was only because my dad had a Lady Gaga licence plate on our old car and it was making me crazy because he was getting followed everywhere, so I bought him a new car. Other than that I put everything in the show, and I actually went bankrupt after the first extension of The Monster Ball. And it was funny because I didn’t know! And I remember I called everybody and said, “Why is every one saying I have no money? This is ridiculous, I have five number one singles – and they said, ‘Well, you’re $3m in debt.’”



The sheer quality and popularity of the work, then being picked up by Live Nation for extended stadium shows and by HBO for a TV special, allowed the money to flow back in but I don’t suppose one could ever guarantee that such a state of affairs will never occur again.

The detractors call her an extreme reinvention of Madonna – same Italian New York background, similar personality reinventions, a similar sense of extreme and often shocking fashion accoutrements, the same propensity to appropriate and distort, to the point of blasphemy, the language and iconography of the Roman Catholic church in which they were both brought up. They can point to other influences: Freddie Mercury (it was from the Queen song “Radio Gaga” that she took her name), David Bowie, Debbie Harry – there are plenty of tributaries that have flowed into River Gaga and she is the first to acknowledge her debt to them all and, yes, most certainly to Madonna. The only thing that annoys her about that question, she confides, is that people seem to think she is annoyed by being asked it.

“I genuinely love her so much. I think she is so amazing. She could never be replicated and, yes, I’m Italian, I’m from New York, and not for nothing, it’s not my fault that I kind of look like her, right? So, look, if anything, it’s more annoying to me that people would insinuate that I don’t like to be compared to her … She’s wonderful and inspiring and liberating, and she’s certainly inspired my album, as did David Bowie, as did Prince, as did Michael Jackson, as did Grace Jones, and I would never take that away.”

I may be no expert in pop music but I do know enough to be sure that The Rolling Stones were accused of copying the rhythm and blues of their predecessors, as were The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who and Led Zeppelin and all the way up.

. . .

Gaga now tells me something that astonishes me and gives a strong indication of her remarkable perfectionism.

Two evenings before she had appeared on BBC TV’s The Graham Norton Show. Norton is certainly the leading talk show host in Britain, but for a star of Gaga’s stature one cannot imagine that featuring on it can have been that big a deal. She puts me right on this straightaway.

“After The Graham Norton Show I went to Annabel’s and I performed…” (I was lucky enough to be there myself: it was a magnificent acoustic show, one Nat King Cole song and three of her own and it was all over, but never in the long, louche history of Annabel’s can there have been many evenings to match it) “…and then yesterday I watched the Graham Norton performance when it aired. And I watched it over and over and over and over and over. And I looked at all the parts that I liked and all the parts that I didn’t like … and I said, ‘OK, maybe this part, if your breath control was different, and here, maybe you should try this step…’ I study everything that I do to become better all the time at my craft. The beauty for me about being an artist is that the dream will never die, because I’m not obsessed with material things and don’t care about the money and don’t care about the attention of the public, but only the love of my fans, so for me it’s about how much more devoted, how much better an artist can I become.”

On the meat dress
‘The meat dress. You saw the prime rib of America speech so you knew it was about equality, but nobody else knew that … Everyone just saw pork. It wasn’t pork! It was prime rib and plain steak’
I gulped back my own feelings of inadequacy. I almost never watch myself back on anything. And I suppose it shows.

Whether you call Gaga a pop star or a performance artist is irrelevant; she has created her own category and she works at every element of the discipline that contributes to her persona. The music and lyric writing, the dancing, the costuming, the whole schmear. With her famous team, “Haus of Gaga”, she plans every detail of every video, every album, every tour and the timing of every record release.

I ask if this is why she has in fact created Gaga, so that she can have a grandiose alter ego to absorb all the attention, criticism, adulation and insanity while the quiet, steady, industrious Stefani Germanotta gets on anonymously with the professional nuts and bolts in the background. I couldn’t be more wrong.

“I actually don’t identify myself as two separate people and I don’t view Lady Gaga, me, as the protector of Stefani … I do see myself to be in an endless transformative state in the way that those performers you’ve mentioned were. I just am committed wholeheartedly to theatre with no intermission.”

We talk about masks and Oscar Wilde and the nature of performance and the need of artists to pursue their vocations. She quotes to me the line of Rilke that she had famously tattooed on to her left arm: “In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write?” It’s quite a big tattoo…’ she confesses.

I counter with another quote about writing from Thomas Mann: “A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” She gets the point of it straightaway.

I don’t know what I expected from this global phenomenon, but it wasn’t the endearing mixture of warmth, wit, intelligence and larky self-knowledge that I found. There were comments she made about her work that I have no doubt she has come out with before – goodness knows, in my own small way I’ve had to do the publicity treadmill and I know how wearing it can be and how the same lines can easily be trotted out. But I was, silly old fool that I am, flattered by the attention she paid to each question and by the cheerful energy, after a long day, that she continued to exhibit.

And it didn’t end there. “Let’s call the photographer back in,” she said, and then proceeded to art-direct the shoot like a professional production designer.

She took a rose from a vase on the table and said gravely to Shamil: “Start shooting after the count of three, OK?”

She sat down on the sofa next to me, tore the petals from the rose, cast them up in the air above us and called out “Three!”

And there we were, Lady Gaga and me, rose petals floating down in front of us.

Who knows what the future will bring to a star who has risen so high, so fast and who burns so brightly in the world? What it can bring those without song-writing ability, self-awareness, good friends and sound judgment we know all too well. This bright star appears well armed in all those attributes and more, so this Little Monster, for one, is confident that the world will be gaga about Gaga for many years to come.

I still need to read this brb.

[Smithy]

It's been reported that Lady Gaga was able to push 524k copies of her new album, Born This Way, in the first day alone.

This now takes the record for highest first day sales for a female artist. The previous record holder was Britney Spears' Oops.. I Did It Again in 2000 where multiple retail outlets were surveyed and reported a 500,000 first day number.

Spears still holds the record for highest first week sales for a female artist. OIDIA pulled in an outstanding total of 1,319,193 copies sold in its first week. Only three other female artists have debuted with over a million in the first week:

Whitney Houston - The Bodyguard OST = 1,061,000
Britney Spears - Oops... I Did It Again = 1,319,193
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home = 1,020,000
Taylor Swift - Speak Now = 1,047,000

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[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Interview from the Financial Times Magazine with Stephen Fry:



I still need to read this brb.

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[Doogle]

I like what she says about Madonna.

[Niall]

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It was a really good interview. You missed out. http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/public/style_emoticons/Dark/hmph.png

[Niall]

I like what she says about Madonna.

Me too. :')

[Zippy]

I like what she says about Madonna.

what she say?

[Doogle]

what she say?


On Madonna
‘I genuinely love her so much. I think she is so amazing. She could never be replicated and, yes, I’m Italian, I’m from New York, and not for nothing, it’s not my fault that I kind of look like her, right? So if anything it’s more annoying to me that people would insinuate that I don’t like to be compared to her’
.

[Smithy]

Pics from TEoG video set :amazed:

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[Niall]

Oh ma lawd! :amazed:

I bet it'll be about the world ending and shizzle. Britney, get ready to be pwned. :love:

[Doogle]

:amazed:

[Niall]

I'm playing Gaga revenge on my iPod. My God is it hard. :shocked:

[Doogle]

I was gonna get the BTW one but I can't afford it. :laugh:

[Niall]

I have the original hehe. I have the BTW one as well now. Jailbreak your iPod and you can get it for free hehe.

I'm just about to do Bloody Mary on easy. I did TEoG on medium and I nearly crapped my pants at the amount of beats flying down the screen. :laugh2:

[Doogle]

I cba to jailbreak cos I'll lose all the data and **** on my current 3.5GB worth of apps. (it's only an 8GB iPod, but take away the internal stuff and it's 7GB really).

Plus I don't know how haha.

[Niall]

I cba to jailbreak cos I'll lose all the data and **** on my current 3.5GB worth of apps. (it's only an 8GB iPod, but take away the internal stuff and it's 7GB really).

Plus I don't know how haha.

I'll explain it to you in the Penthouse. :amazed:

[Doogle]

I'll explain it to you in the Penthouse. :amazed:

Okay thanks :)

[Doogle]

Haha I love how the ü & ß disappear from the Last.fm thing so it says "Lady GaGa-Yo" and "Lady GaGa-Schei"

[Callum]

Watched her interview with Nicola Roberts earlier on MTV, she came across really well. :)

[Smithy]

She Got UK #1 on the albums :')

215,000 + in a week the fastest selling album of the year so far :amazed:

[Doogle]

Good. :amazed:

[Lee.]

Just watching her Monsters Ball gig from New York just now.. I have to say she's ****ing amazing!

[bbfan1991]

Feeling the love for Scheisse each day:D.

[Niall]

Just watching her Monsters Ball gig from New York just now.. I have to say she's ****ing amazing!

Isn't she just? :lovedup:

[Smithy]

Just watching her Monsters Ball gig from New York just now.. I have to say she's ****ing amazing!

:shocked: :amazed: :lovedup:

She is :lovedup:

[bbfan1991]

Hoping she can do the BGT final for some more UK promotion;).

[Lee.]

I've always liked her music but this is the first time I've actually watched her in concert! :amazed:

I want to go see her now!

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

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[bbfan1991]

Do we think she'll hang on this week or will Adele take over again?, both have done well anyway and what great sales..

Plus Gaga has said before she likes Adele:).

[Smithy]

She's back touring later this year

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[Lee.]

" Now dance you mother ****ers!" :lovedup:

[Smithy]

Do we think she'll hang on this week or will Adele take over again?, both have done well anyway and what great sales..

Plus Gaga has said before she likes Adele:).

Adele only did about 50k this week, I doubt she'll be #1 again

[bbfan1991]

PMSL:joker:.

I would love to go and see her in concert, will never happen:bawling:.

[bbfan1991]

Adele only did about 50k this week, I doubt she'll be #1 again

I think there's a chance she might tbh, her popularity is growing more every week but Team Gaga FTW;).

[Doogle]

Adele will no doubt overtake GaGa. :bored:

21 is amazing, but I still think BTW ****s on it.

[Smithy]

" Now dance you mother ****ers!" :lovedup:
What song is she up to :amazed:

Has she done the Piano bit yet? :amazed:
I think there's a chance she might tbh, her popularity is growing more every week but Team Gaga FTW;).

These are the last few weeks sales (not including this week) constantly dropping

17 30 Apr 94,803 Adele 21
18 07 May 73,771 Adele 21
19 14 May 80,922 Adele 21
20 21 May 70,362 Adele 21
21 28 May 51,183 Adele 21

I can see GaGa being #1 for two more weeks then arctic monkey egtting it

[Niall]

I've always liked her music but this is the first time I've actually watched her in concert! :amazed:

I want to go see her now!

I went to the Monster Ball and she was fantastic. It was a really good concert to go and see. I loved every minute of it. :lovedup:

I am so gonna get tickets to the Born This Way Ball (her next tour). The Monster Ball was fantastic and I'm guessing she can only get better with her next tour. :lovedup:

[bbfan1991]

Meh **** the sales, as long as the fans are downloading the album and enjoying it that's what really matters:cool:.

[Lee.]

What song is she up to :amazed:

Has she done the Piano bit yet? :amazed:

Nope.. no piano bit yet

We're up to Boys Boys Boys.. :amazed:

[Smithy]

omg, the Piano bit is amazing your only two songs away from it :amazed:

[Lee.]

Watching it :amazed:

[Smithy]

To all the drunken assholes in my life http://www.spillitnow.com/images/smiles/drinks.gif

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

speechless is and always will be her best song :lovedup:

[Lee.]

:worship:

[Harry!]

Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) is my fave Gaga song.

[Harry!]

And well done for Gaga getting number 1 :)

[Lee.]

This song I'm listening to (2nd one on her piano) is fantastic!

[Smithy]

Yoü And I!! :lovedup:

[Doogle]

Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) is my fave Gaga song.

I love that. :worship:

[bbfan1991]

Speechless should have been a song:bawling:.

I love her playing the Piano!:hugesmile:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Speechless should have been a song:bawling:.

I love her playing the Piano!:hugesmile:

this :bored:

should have been the 3rd single from fame monster instead of alejandro

[bbfan1991]

this :bored:

should have been the 3rd single from fame monster instead of alejandro

I liked Alejandro.

Still an admirer of Starstruck!

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i love alejandro but speechless >>>>

its like she is scared to release a ballad or something -_-

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

i love alejandro but speechless >>>>

its like she is scared to release a ballad or something -_-

[Harry!]

So Happy I Could Die is my fave non single from TFM

[Doogle]

So Happy I Could Die > Speechless > Dance In The Dark > Bad Romance > Alejandro > Monster > Teeth > Telephone

My opinion always changes but yeah that's my current ranking for TFM alone.

Starstruck. :lovedup:

[bbfan1991]

Teeth too:hugesmile:.

[Lee.]

Alejandro :love:

One of the best pop songs of all time

[Lee.]

-treis out some GaGa dance routines-

[Smithy]

:joker:

[Lee.]

-gets tomatos sauce on carpet-

:mad:

[Smithy]

omg, what were you doing? :laugh2:

[Lee.]

oh shoosh! This Bad Romance routine rocks!

-rewinds to beginning-

[bbfan1991]

Has this been posted already?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/3607863/Lady-GaGas-Little-Monsters-make-the-pilgrimage-to-her-New-York-concert.html

[Niall]

Alejandro is just incredible. Its one of my favourite songs ever. :lovedup:

[Smithy]

Has this been posted already?

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/3607863/Lady-GaGas-Little-Monsters-make-the-pilgrimage-to-her-New-York-concert.html

omg, the woman with the gaga tattoo on her arm is a member on GGD :amazed:

[Lee.]

Wow! Fantastic finale! :love:

G'night y'all.. :)

[bbfan1991]

Wow! Fantastic finale! :love:

G'night y'all.. :)

Night:).

[Lee.]

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkc8rpnKYI1qdlgm4o1_500.gif

[Smithy]

:amazed:

If you wanna listen to her new album, it's on her youtube page :D

http://www.vevo.com/search?q=lady%20gaga&content=videos

[Smithy]

:shocked:

http://i.imgur.com/lD5Lu.png

http://www.spillitnow.com/images/smiles/stretcher.gif http://www.spillitnow.com/images/smiles/shocked.gif

[Niall]

SHE SOLD THAT MANY? alsjdkh :o :o :o :o :o

[Smithy]

Apparently she's sold over 1,000,000 in the US
http://th814.photobucket.com/albums/zz63/leahennis/th_excited.gif

[Niall]

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llui7vyJJC1qashe0.gif

SWEET MERCIFUL JESUS.

[bbfan1991]

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llk399rzZI1qbj931o1_500.gif

[Niall]

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llk399rzZI1qbj931o1_500.gif

:amazed: :lovedup:

[Smithy]

Michael on the set of TEoG

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llznjroasU1qkntrdo1_500.jpg

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

who is michael?

[Smithy]

dancer

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

the gay porn one?

[Smithy]

I think so

[Niall]

He's kinda hot.

He has poor taste in electronics though. Ugh I mean a ****berry Torch? Ewewewew. :bored:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

:amazed:

[Niall]

*Just saw him naked* http://www.spillitnow.com/images/smiles/stretcher.gif

[bbfan1991]

Do we think Gaga might perform at the BGT final? Rumours are she might but Beyonce is also in the UK this week..

[Jords]

Beyonce can fook off :tongue:

[Smithy]

Do we think Gaga might perform at the BGT final? Rumours are she might but Beyonce is also in the UK this week..

I hope so!!!
As far as I'm aware she hasn't got any other promo lined up for this week and she's back in little while for Daybreak/PoG & possibly Alan Carr

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llm5tu13rB1qbg2doo1_500.jpg

[bbfan1991]

Lady GaGa is expected to reach a new sales landmark with her latest studio album Born This Way.

The 'Judas' star will pass the 3 million sales mark in the UK when the figures for her sophomore record come in and are added to her total, reports Music Week.

Born This Way became the fastest-selling album of the year so far upon its release last week, beating Adele's 21, which previously held the record.

GaGa's new album managed to shift 215,639 sales in its first week, passing Adele's first-week sales of 208,090 back in January.

Ahead of Born This Way's release last week, GaGa's total album sales stood at 2.7m in the UK, but with the figures of her latest LP, as well as surge in sales of her debut record The Fame, it is believed that the singer is on the verge of passing the 3 million barrier.

Singles 'Born This Way', 'Judas' and 'The Edge Of Glory', along with promotional single 'Hair', have now accumulated GaGa over 6.1 million singles sales in the UK.

"She's in a league of her own in terms of who she is and the type of superstar she is so we felt really confident about her return," explained Polydor president Ferdy Unger-Hamilton.

"She's achieved so much in such a short space of time. It was only two and half years ago that we released her first single. It's hard to imagine a world without Lady GaGa."

Born This Way could sell up to a million copies in its first week in the US

[Smithy]

Born This Way has topped all 5 major music markets - US, UK, Japan, Germany and France and is the first album to achieve this since Madonna's "Hard Candy" in 2008

So far she's officially #1 in;


UK
Germany
Brazil
Japan
Australia
Ireland
France
New Zealand
USA

[bbfan1991]

The singles should be doing a bit better:(.

[Smithy]

BTW (Single) will hit half a million in the Uk this week! :D

[Doogle]

Edge of Glory is like my least fave on the album now. :bored:

[bbfan1991]

I'm liking Americano atm but Scheisse still my favourite:p.

Looking forward to EOG video:).

[Niall]

PRAISE GODGA!

And Electric Chapel is my fave. :lovedup:

[Callum]

The Edge of Glory has been #3 for a while now on the American iTunes store. How is it still so high? SNL impact still or is the Google Chrome advert still being played on rotation over there? I doubt the airplay for it can be very high this soon

[Smithy]

She performed if on AI :tongue:

9fEZRnOV63w

[Callum]

She performed if on AI :tongue:

9fEZRnOV63w

ohhh I forgot she was performing on the AI final, great promo.

-watches-

Good performance, not her best though. Wasn't she going to perform Judas? I'm sure I read that a few weeks back.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

did not want EoG to be released as a single :bored:

-wanted marry the night- :mad:

[Smithy]

ohhh I forgot she was performing on the AI final, great promo.

-watches-

Good performance, not her best though. Wasn't she going to perform Judas? I'm sure I read that a few weeks back.
I think she was gonna, but with the unexpected Success of EoG they wanted to capitalize on that, which is a shame seeing as Judas didn't get any really big performances :(
did not want EoG to be released as a single :bored:

-wanted marry the night- :mad:

MTN will still get a single release, she's said it's her fave on the album

[Smithy]

Kazemi: Why didn’t “No Way” make The Fame Monster? How do you feel about the whole leak culture spreading different information and often leaving everyone confused? Was it ever finished?

Fernando: Gaga is holding onto “No Way” at moment and saving it for something special. No, that was a demo that leaked, unfortunately. Leaks are not my favorite thing in the world. It’s like showing the world a sketch of a painting for people to judge as the masterpiece.

We could get it in full and mastered

http://i.imgur.com/sKf45.gif

[Callum]

I think she was gonna, but with the unexpected Success of EoG they wanted to capitalize on that, which is a shame seeing as Judas didn't get any really big performances :(


Aw yeah I agree, it's a real shame. I honestly thought Judas would be a huge hit for her, not that it's done bad but I thought it would do better. I still don't fully understand it, she did a considerable amount of promo for it didn't she? It does sound slightly like Bad Romance but I thought that's why it would be a bit hit, because BR was such a success. :shrug:

[Niall]

*Hasn't heard No Way*

[Smithy]

Aw yeah I agree, it's a real shame. I honestly thought Judas would be a huge hit for her, not that it's done bad but I thought it would do better. I still don't fully understand it, she did a considerable amount of promo for it didn't she? It does sound slightly like Bad Romance but I thought that's why it would be a bit hit, because BR was such a success. :shrug:

ik, it's odd, I actually think it might be the religious references :/

*Hasn't heard No Way*

oKOQ_IJG6ZE

For some reason all of them are MQ on youtube, if you want a link, just say :bigsmile:

[Niall]

I like that. :amazed: The beat kinda reminds me of Beyoncé's Girls though.

May I has link? :amazed:

[Smithy]

This was around long before girls :nono:

http://www.mediafire.com/?dtd9bdymnqsos6w http://i.imgur.com/wy2xf.png

[Smithy]

Oh, btw US first week total:

1,110,420

Outselling the top 44 albums combined

:worship: :worship:

[Niall]

I was just saying its similar to Girls. I know its older. :nono:

And thankyou. :amazed:

[Niall]

Oh, btw US first week total:

1,110,420

Outselling the top 44 albums combined

:worship: :worship:

:amazed: :worship:

[bbfan1991]

Woah fab figures, congrats to the Gaga:amazed:. Top of the Billboard!

[Doogle]

RGILUSRDGIURHU8R that's amazing. :amazed:

[bbfan1991]

02UVoM6xYhA

:dance:

[Smithy]

RGILUSRDGIURHU8R that's amazing. :amazed:

It's made even more impressive when you think that album sales have decreased 65% over the last ten years.

[Doogle]

Ikr, didn't even think of that! :amazed:

[bbfan1991]

I don't like to download her albums, would rather go out and physically buy it:).

[bbfan1991]

Great that The Fame Monster has also risen back up the UK album chart:amazed:, undecided on which is the better album?

[Doogle]

I prefer BTW overall.

[Niall]

BTW > The Fame Monster & The Fame.

I do love the other two, to pieces though. :lovedup:

[bbfan1991]

Was reading Buzzjack forum and noticed a comment from someone saying that Gaga on 24 k sales this week compared to Adele's 12 k isn't good:conf:.

This will be the first time this year Adele isn't number 1 in the album charts for more than 7 days.. she's done brilliant though!:)

[M X]

I am so proud of her! It seems like just yesterday I was at school in mid 2008 telling everyone about this chick called Lady Gaga and everyone was like "wtf who?" and now she is the biggest star on the planet and breaking records like that it's just amazing. :amazed:

[Niall]

Its amazing isn't it Michael? :lovedup:

[bbfan1991]

http://gagadaily.com/2011/06/wall-street-journal-interviews-lady-gaga/#cb=f2ae6e4107d0cb&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fgagadaily.com%2Ff319344990e8b3 6&relation=parent.parent&transport=flash&type=resize&height=21&ackData[id]=1&width=90

Nice to see you back MichaelSpears:).

[Smithy]

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/5656/btwm.png

[Niall]

Omg. :amazed:

[Smithy]

Lady GaGa's sophomore album Born This Way has become the fastest-selling of 2011 worldwide.

The 'Judas' star released the record last week. It has since topped the album charts in over 13 countries and has already received platinum certifications in Australia and Brazil.

Born This Way has sold over 2 million copies worldwide during its first week of availability, with 1.11 million of those sales coming from the US alone.

GaGa topped the UK album chart on Sunday, as the album became the fastest-selling of the year so far, having sold over 200,000 units.

The initial high sales in the UK have pushed GaGa past the 3 million albums sold milestone when combined with her debut record The Fame, which has managed to shift over 2.7 million copies so far while continuing to remain in the chart's top ten.


So pleased :D

[bbfan1991]

Adele's overtaken Gaga on I-Tunes again which was to be expected as her album appeals to all ages overall IMO. There was to be a fall in second week sales anyway.

ION Lady Gaga is going to appear in Tony Bennett's new album duetting with him and she apparently has plans to travel to Bollywood and promote herself there:shocked:.

[CaraRawr]

Americano is killer. <3

[Jords]

What is a sophomore?

[Smithy]

Americano is killer. <3
:worship:
What is a sophomore?

Second, like in US high schools sophomore is the second year, probably means second album in this sense though

[Jords]

Ta :D

[Callum]

Eminem disses Gaga in a new song from his upcoming EP

"Gaga (@ladygaga) , she can quit her job at the post office, she's still a mail (male) lady." - @Eminem


:bored:

[Smithy]

His music isn't as good as what it was so he's using her name to cause controversy so people know the new album is out :shrug:

[Doogle]

I like when he takes the mick out of other singers but not GaGa. :nono:

That wasn't even a good line. :bored:

[Jords]

Bit of a twattish thing to do, it annoys me when celebs mock each other just to be controversal so their name re-surfaces.

Agree with Doogle, the line fails anyway..

[Callum]

The line is at 3:11

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He raps about Katy Perry and Bieber too, must have been desperate for lyrics.

[Iceman]

His music isn't as good as what it was so he's using her name to cause controversy so people know the new album is out :shrug:

he's always dissed celebs you n00b:joker::joker::joker:

[Doogle]

Yeah but it's usually people no one cares about anymore. Or people I don't care about anymore. Whatever. :tongue:

[Smithy]

he's always dissed celebs you n00b:joker::joker::joker:

I still stand by my point of his quality declining over the years http://i.imgur.com/0aCn1.png

[Iceman]

Yeah but it's usually people no one cares about anymore. Or people I don't care about anymore. Whatever. :tongue:

Not really, its always been people in the spotlight, Lindsay Lohan, Britney, MJ, Bush, Moby, limp Bizkit, Insane Clown Posse.....

Dont get me wrong the line is a joke (like ive already mentioned) its just a name drop song that royce is far superior in.

[Iceman]

I still stand by my point of his quality declining over the years http://i.imgur.com/0aCn1.png

well thats obvious, this is a solid album though.... anyway ill go back to talking to myself in BME thread :tongue:

[Jords]

http://soundcloud.com/siddheshkarekar/lady-gaga-pizza-2011#play

http://i52.tinypic.com/2vsnviu.png


wtf is this?

[Stu]

SLAYING
Go away.

[InOne]

Well I'm glad Em is dissing her rather than working with her

[Smithy]

http://soundcloud.com/siddheshkarekar/lady-gaga-pizza-2011#play

http://i52.tinypic.com/2vsnviu.png


wtf is this?
:laugh3:

It sounds like a remix of a snippet from GaGaVision #42 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZHeXnHR3WU&feature=player_detailpage#t=228s
Well I'm glad Em is dissing her rather than working with her

She wouldn't work with him anyway :L

[Smithy]

Joseph Kahn directed TEoG Video :amazed:

Some other videos he's done:

Backstreet Boys - "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
Brandy & Monica - "The Boy Is Mine"
Destiny's Child - "Say My Name"
Backstreet Boys - "Larger Than Life"
Britney Spears - "Stronger" "Toxic" and Womanizer
Enrique Iglesias - "Hero"
Kelly Clarkson-Behind These Hazel Eyes, Never Again, Walk Away, and Already Gone
Gwen Stefani- Sweet Escape
Em and Rihanna- Love The Way You Lie
Chris Brown- Forever and Crawl
U2- Elevation

:D:D

[Callum]

Born This Way 2nd week sales :eek:


Lady Gaga (Interscope) 180-195k

[bbfan1991]

Born This Way 2nd week sales :eek:


Lady Gaga (Interscope) 180-195k

Woo Hoo:). How much is Adele on?

[Smithy]

Thats in the US bb :tongue:

Not really surprised, doesn't really matter either as long as it continues to sell well

[Callum]

Woo Hoo:). How much is Adele on?

Not sure but she will overtake Gaga soon

21 is already back at #1 on the US iTunes chart

[bbfan1991]

Not sure but she will overtake Gaga soon

21 is already back at #1 on the US iTunes chart

Well Gaga has done well to sell that much in quick succession..

Adele is a very good singer but her songs are depressing to hear after a while, especially SLY:(. She deserves this success though!

[Smithy]

BTW is @ #2 & #8 so that'll be a total > #1 :D

[Niall]

This video needs to hurry the **** up. *Is bored of avatar and sig* :mad:

[bbfan1991]

I think Gaga must be on a well earned break at the moment:).

[Niall]

How sublime. http://oi54.tinypic.com/rm5w6q.jpg

[Smithy]

k so getting back to the Lady Gaga Appreciation Thread

Lady Gaga was officially the most played artist on UK radio last year. Bad Romance, the first single from her album The Fame Monster, topped the annual airplay chart compiled by music licensing company PPL.

Lady Gaga, famous for her controversial outfits and flamboyant concert performances, also had the No 3 most played record with Alejandro, another single from the same album. The runner-up spot was taken by Alicia Keys's Empire State of Mind.

The previous year's chart was topped by Lily Allen, who has since retired from the music business citing the pressures of fame. Such a thought is unlikely to trouble Lady Gaga – known as "mother monster" to her fans (who are the "little monsters") – any time soon.

PPL, which collects airplay royalties on behalf of artists and their record companies, generated a record £143.5m last year, up 11% on 2009. Its top 10 chart also includes songs played in bars and restaurants.

The PPL managed to significantly increase its membership last year, with a 13% boost in the number of performers signed up to 47,500 and a 26% rise in record company members to 6,300.

Top 10 most played songs in 2010

1. Lady Gaga Bad Romance

2. Alicia Keys Empire State of Mind

3. Lady Gaga Alejandro

4. Plan B She Said

5. Kylie Minogue All the Lovers

6. Olly Murs Please Don't Let Me Go

7. Ke$ha Tik Tok

8. Florence and the Machine Rabbit Heart

9. Train Hey, Soul Sister

10. Kings of Leon Sex on Fire

2 songs in the top 10 :D

[Ninastar]

i thought this was an appreciation thread

[Zippy]

Not sure but she will overtake Gaga soon

21 is already back at #1 on the US iTunes chart

21 was back at #1 on most countries itunes charts within 2 weeks of Gaga release.

we all knew it would have a big start but its running out of puff very very fast.

[Niall]

Gaga did not sing the whole performance of Judas live on Ellen. I already wrote about this when it aired. During the chorus, it is clear that she's lip synching. Not having a go because I know Gaga is consistently good live but she did not perform the whole routine live during that performance. It's not just about her pushing herself though. She has a lot of restrictions from her management. They decide whether or not her dance routines will be elaborate or not, along with her father Jamie. In the rehearsal footage of How I Roll you can clearly see that she's putting more into the routine so there's still hope that they will improve.

Yes, he has been for years now and it doesn't look like that will end anytime soon neither. Every decision she makes has to go through him first. Maybe when the conservatorship finally ends, she will be able to perform more elaborate dance routines and even try singing live, only time will tell.

Oh okay. I'd love to see her back to her old self. Her performance of Slave 4 U at the Grammy's or whatever (the one with the snake :joker:) was amazing. I'd love to see her be like that again. :lovedup:

Did she actually develop a mental illness? I think I heard rumours about that before.

[BOOSH]

Just made this for my brother
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/249804_1965854538418_1004540809_32228151_4933945_n .jpg

[Callum]

Oh okay. I'd love to see her back to her old self. Her performance of Slave 4 U at the Grammy's or whatever (the one with the snake :joker:) was amazing. I'd love to see her be like that again. :lovedup:

Did she actually develop a mental illness? I think I heard rumours about that before.

Yeah I think most people would really. It's clear that she's not fully happy now and she even said in her For the Record documentary that she feels like a prisoner.

No, lots of people speculated that she had bipolar but that was never confirmed. Ever since her breakdown in 2007 though, she's been under this conservatorship and is deemed uncapable to make her own decisions. I hope it's lifted soon though so that she can have more control of her life again.

[Zippy]

wait..

is this the Britney or Gaga thread?

[Niall]

Yeah I think most people would really. It's clear that she's not fully happy now and she even said in her For the Record documentary that she feels like a prisoner.

No, lots of people speculated that she had bipolar but that was never confirmed. Ever since her breakdown in 2007 though, she's been under this conservatorship and is deemed uncapable to make her own decisions. I hope it's lifted soon though so that she can have more control of her life again.

Yeah I remember watching that. She seemed so sad, I felt really sorry for her. :sad:

And oh well i hope the same. :')

[Jords]

Just made this for my brother
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/249804_1965854538418_1004540809_32228151_4933945_n .jpg

Thats awesome BOOSH!

[Niall]

She should've gone for a bright red wig :bored: :

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/247413_10150215149374574_10376464573_6824092_67936 41_n.jpg

[Smithy]

It'd probably looked better if she had a bit of fake tan on/less pale makeup on

http://gagadaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/gaga4.jpg

Her Acceptance speech

L_lG9aQkrfs

[Doogle]

Ew ew ew she looks horrible. :bored:

[Smithy]

She looked better today :amazed:

http://www.gagafan.net/gallery/albums/0%20%20%202011/06%20Juni/07/candids/normal_lady-gaga-060711-4.jpg


People are pressuming the wig is gonna be used for the whole EoG era

[Doogle]

Oh god no it's hideous.

[Smithy]

Teal wig > facial horns

[Doogle]

Nah I liked the horns by the end.

[Niall]

She should've worn a bright red wig then she wouldn't look like she rolled around in flour. http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/public/style_emoticons/Dark/hmph.png

[Doogle]

But people would be saying "RIHANNA RIP OFF LOLOLOLOL". :bored:

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Its only sold that much coz she sold her album for like 99p on Amazon lol.

Her new music is so bland.

Born this way is shockingly similar to Madonna exspress yourself and Judas hurts my ears.

If a new artist brought out this material it was flop hard

[Jords]

She looked better today :amazed:

http://www.gagafan.net/gallery/albums/0%20%20%202011/06%20Juni/07/candids/normal_lady-gaga-060711-4.jpg


People are pressuming the wig is gonna be used for the whole EoG era

Looks pretty cool in this pic, and agree with Doogle, a red wig would make people accuse her of being a Rihanna-rip (not that Ri herself was the first to dye her hair red :laugh:)

[Doogle]

Still would've sold well regardless.

Personally I think the amazon thing was stupid, and I won't defend GaGa on that, but it's a great album and people love her.

[Smithy]

The 99p deal was only in the US, it sold 400,000 copies via that, it'd have still sold 750,000 copies, if not more without it.

[Niall]

But people would be saying "RIHANNA RIP OFF LOLOLOLOL". :bored:

Not if she picked a slightly lighter shade. :nono: The red would've have brought some warmth to her look rather than looking like she was made of ice. http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/public/style_emoticons/Dark/hmph.png

Its only sold that much coz she sold her album for like 99p on Amazon lol.

Her new music is so bland.

Born this way is shockingly similar to Madaonna respect yourself and Judas hurts my ears.

If a new artist brought out this material it was flop hard

Read the thread title. It clearly states appreciation thread. And you can't exactly judge an album based on two singles. -.-

[Smithy]

-wonders if he means express yourself-

[Doogle]

Looks pretty cool in this pic, and agree with Doogle, a red wig would make people accuse her of being a Rihanna-rip (not that Ri herself was the first to dye her hair red :laugh:)

Of course, but in today's world, whoever does something like dye their hair will be seen as the trendsetter if they're that popular, when I'm sure thousands of artists have done it beorehand. :laugh:

But if I see Britney wearing Kermit dresses, I'm sorry that is copying.

[Jords]

I totally see her point that downloading music is 'invisible' and it feels like youre paying for nothing. If all online albums were a £ Id probably buy them just to help out the artist, otherwise cba wasting money when I can get it free (unless I love it and go buy it physical :tongue:)

[Niall]

-wonders if he means express yourself-

*Didn't notice this* :laugh3:

[Beastie]

I totally see her point that downloading music is 'invisible' and it feels like youre paying for nothing. If all online albums were a £ Id probably buy them just to help out the artist, otherwise cba wasting money when I can get it free (unless I love it and go buy it physical :tongue:)

True. I either illegal download or buy a cheap physical copy.

I never buy from crappy ITunes!

[Doogle]

Albums I've bought in physical copy this year:
Born This Way
Eliza Doolittle

Albums I've Downloaded for free this year:
Over 30 easily.

(Only bought Eliza cos it was too good to not have in CD quality and couldn't find any decent quality download links)

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Not if she picked a slightly lighter shade. :nono: The red would've have brought some warmth to her look rather than looking like she was made of ice. http://www.greendaycommunity.org/Forum/public/style_emoticons/Dark/hmph.png



Read the thread title. It clearly states appreciation thread. And you can't exactly judge an album based on two singles. -.-

These 2 singles are pushed out there to promote the album though.

They are not good songs. Very unoriginal and not a patch on her debut material which was anthemic.

[Jords]

Judas is a brilliant pop song imo

[Smithy]

2 singles are pushed out there to promote an album, between them they've sold 700,000 copies and the album was the fastest selling album of the year so far. I dun see your point

[daniel-lewis-1985]

2 singles are pushed out there to promote an album, between them they've sold 700,000 copies and the album was the fastest selling album of the year so far. I dun see your point

My point is the material is only selling coz she has a die hard fan base now

Would you have bought "Born this way" if it was released by Samantha Mumba?.

[Jords]

Who?

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Who?

Black irish girl form 2000 likes a bit like a chimp

[Smithy]

My point is the material is only selling coz she has a die hard fan base now

Would you have bought "Born this way" if it was released by Samantha Mumba?.

If her music sells who cares whose buying it :laugh2:

[Doogle]

Of all the people you could've used for that. :laugh:

[Doogle]

People will buy music by an artist they like, more to support them than because they want it if the song is ****.

At least she has diehard fans to buy her music, unlike "Samantha Mumba"

[Niall]

These 2 singles are pushed out there to promote the album though.

They are not good songs. Very unoriginal and not a patch on her debut material which was anthemic.

You haven't even listened to the whole album, Jesus. If you heard the album and are a fan of her earlier work then you'd love tracks like Americano, Government Hooker, The Edge of Glory and Scheisse.

Go and listen to the album, then argue with me about it because judging it from two singles (which are the weakest songs imo) is absurd.

[Jords]

Black irish girl form 2000 likes a bit like a chimp

I dont know who she is, thats why people wouldnt buy her music, d'oh!

[Beastie]

Samantha Mumba :love:

She could appear in the next CBB! :shocked:

[daniel-lewis-1985]

Are you guys dumb?

The point i was making is that the 2 singles she released are so bland that if any new artist had bounced on the scene with these songs as their debuts to promote their album they would have a flop on their hands.

Im judging her on her music so wont buy just anything she churns out

And ive listened to the album on Youtube And was really dissapointed.

Edge of Glory however is amazing

[Niall]

Are you guys dumb?

The point i was making is that the 2 singles she released are so bland that if any new artist had bounced on the scene with these songs as their debuts to promote their album they would have a flop on their hands.

And ive listened to the album on Youtube And was really dissapointed.

Edge of Glory however is amazing

I can't even. My God.

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhox4x0VnM1qewmu6o1_500.gif

[Smithy]

We're dumb because we have a different opinion? right....

And you're whole argument is invalid, if it was only her hardcore fanbase buying the music, surely it'd peak in it's first week then just continue to decline, which neither song has done, both rose after videos/tv performances, and no doubt they'll both rerise after her performances on Paul O Grady next week

[AJ.]

People will buy music by an artist they like, more to support them than because they want it if the song is ****.
How is that fair?
At least she has diehard fans to buy her music, unlike "Samantha Mumba"
Why the **** would you buy a song you think is **** just to support the artist? If she's prodicing rubbish then why bother "supporting her"!? It's not like she needs it to produce her next album! She's probably nearly a billionaire.

We're dumb because we have a different opinion? right....

And you're whole argument is invalid, if it was only her hardcore fanbase buying the music, surely it'd peak in it's first week then just continue to decline, which neither song has done, both rose after videos/tv performances, and no doubt they'll both rerise after her performances on Paul O Grady next week
Maybe if crazy "monsters" :bored: like you didn't spout the same **** that's in your sig every ****ing minute of every ****ing day.

[Smithy]

Maybe if crazy "monsters" :bored: like you didn't spout the same **** that's in your sig every ****ing minute of every ****ing day.

What's your point :conf2:

[Smithy]

I finally did a preference list thingy :amazed:


The Edge Of Glory
Americano
Bloody Mary
Heavy Metal Lover
You & I

Marry The Night
Government Hooker
Electric Chapel
Judas
Schieße

Fashion of His Love
Hair
Black Jesus + Amen Fashion
Bad Kids

Born This Way
Highway Unicorn
The Queen

[Harry!]

Daniel, I am meant to be a 'Gaga Hater' and even I liked the album. So im my opinion it deserves the success it is getting.

[AJ.]

Daniel, I am meant to be a 'Gaga Hater' and even I liked the album. So im my opinion it deserves the success it is getting.

your last 5 on lastfm is samanda, geri halliwell, cher, jedward, shayne warne. :whistle::tongue:

[Doogle]

Appreciate or get the **** out

[AJ.]

make me bitch.

[Niall]

make me bitch.

*Stabs*

[Harry!]

your last 5 on lastfm is samanda, geri halliwell, cher, jedward, shayne warne. :whistle::tongue:

Well I was listening to Shane Ward's Breathless album and I was going to rip and scrobble another album (Jedward's :blush:) and I was eating my tea and didn't want to get up so I put my music on shuffle :laugh:. I do like Geri and Cher lots though.

[Smithy]

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HD :)

[Iceman]

:amazed: smithy did you tell all the gaga fans to not buy the album this week in the UK???

[Smithy]

yah, we said you'd cry if AM didn't get #1, so they all gonna buy it next week after PoG xxx

[Niall]

Lmfao at the Anna Wintour bit. :laugh2:

That wig should've been much longer. I like the colour now, it just should've been the same length that her wig in the Poker Face video was. It would've looked a lot better. :amazed:

[Smithy]

She's performing on Germanys next top model @ 7:30 UK time :amazed:

Stream: http://www.justin.tv/hmt59?utm_campaign=live_embed_click&utm_source=www.one2stream.com#/w/1313137760

[Smithy]

Apparently this is the set :amazed:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/317730166.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJF3XCCKACR3QDMOA&Expires=1307637266&Signature=decfbyvXDgmkUOlJr0i%2FNpYCV4Q%3D

could be a government hooker performance?

[Niall]

That looks seedy. :amazed: It must be Government Hooker. It's explain all the dollar bills and the sex thing. :amazed:

[Smithy]

it's not GH :p

Gaga will perform a medley of Judas, The Edge of Glory and Scheiße. A fan saw the final rehearsal.

[Zippy]

whose deleted my posts but left the one calling me a troll?

yeah coz thats really fair moderating!

my posts were not trolling by any definition.

[Niall]

it's not GH :p

Oh. :sad:

Talking of performances, I really want Bloody Mary to get released as a single. Watching her perform it would be awesome. :amazed: Not to mention offensive to many Christians that don't know how to take a joke but thats funny imo.

[Smithy]

ik, I hope it does, it's a fan fave I'd love to see the vid for it :love:

Anoth LS link :amazed: : http://www.prosieben.de/static/temp/gntm2011/live.html

[bbfan1991]

She's doing Scheibe? OMFG:hugesmile:. Hope LG listens to the mostly positive feedback on that song and make a video for it!

[Niall]

When's the bitch gonna sing? :mad:

[Smithy]

idk :bawling:

I've run and had a bath since it started :joker:


http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llvfts49yH1qiu3nbo1_500.jpg

/apt

[Smithy]

That performance was amazing :worship:

looks like she'll die in TEoG vid

[Niall]

Awesome performance. :lovedup:

Yeah I was thinking that too. *Expects Gaga being killed by a massive guillotine on the Edge of a cliff*

[Smithy]

9gqxWF1gSfw

:lovedup:

[bbfan1991]

Amazing:). Hope the Scheibe video is uploaded soon!

[Smithy]

She performed Hair (bald), The Edge of Glory, You & I and Born This Way/Judas medley on PoG

oh and this looks soo much better than the one she used in the video;

http://i.imgur.com/qF43e.jpg

idk why they changed it :conf2:

[Doogle]

WOW she looks amazing there!

I've really gone off EoG. I actually cringe at the sax bit.

[Niall]

I love Edge of Glory. Its just perfection. :lovedup:

[Niall]

This sounds really cool in a very odd way :tongue: :

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[Doogle]

-likes EoG again-

[Niall]

*Raves to backwards Born This Way*

[bbfan1991]

Excited for some more of her UK promo to come:D, she must show off her fantastic piano skills more.