Would MANiCURE have been the next Poker Face?

[danwasd 2,444]

It would peak even worse than G.U.Y

Oh wait... 

[TimisaMonster 31,073]

No...it's the Bad Kids of ARTPOP... cool rock verses and instrumental but bubble gum pop chorus...

 

Poker Face was simple yet hypnotic 

[Bellatrix 34,639]

It's not even close to the iconic Poker Face 

[Miel 15,009]

The only part that is a bit trap is the outro. The rest is soooo commercial, the beat, the typical lets-make-a-hit-pop-song 4 chords, the lyrics, the melody

Ehh, it's utilization of vi-i-v-ii is a bit unique compared to what I hear on the radio now. Not anything groundbreaking, but I don't hear a lot based around that atm- mostly just i-v-vi-iv and iv-v-vi-i.

But I agree, the album version is a little boring and typical. I mean, it's definitely fun and I think it would have done decently well, at least around DWUW's success, I guess.

Maybe not the next Poker Face, but definitely a hit...had she not ****ed it up. Even Adele knew it. The Pressed little twink bottoms obviously don't like it. Stadium Rock isn't their thing. 

Take out the auto-tune, put back the "heal me, I'm addicted to love" after the chorus, and remove that weird trap breakdown. 

I agree that the Swinefest version went harder. Structurally, "heal me/save me, 'cause I'm addicted to love" works much better as a post-chorus, imo. Just add in some more effort to the previous bridge, keep the organic rawness of the live versions, and bam.

Though, I do love the trap-rock outro. It just needs to be less drowned out.

[Dorothy Gale 7,575]

No way, it was one of the worst songs on ARTPOP, and fans overrate it. The Swinefest version was pretty good, but the final is the kind of song you listen to once or twice.

[Paper Gangsta 6,692]

not people saying its complex and experimental when its the most basic and generic track on the album

[crisTEAne 21,059]

not people hating on the flawless pop-rock bop that is MANiCURE.  calling it basic is an insult tbh.  

[Paper Gangsta 6,692]

not people hating on the flawless pop-rock bop that is MANiCURE.  calling it basic is an insult tbh.  

there was litteraly a thread yesterday about 10 different track using similar beat and structure

[crisTEAne 21,059]

there was litteraly a thread yesterday about 10 different track using similar beat and structure

that doesn't make it automatically basic, imo.  

[Creyk 16,836]

The Swinefest version, yes. The album version? IDK. But it would have done better than DWUW for sure, it's an infinitely better song. 

[Creyk 16,836]

It's a bop but I'm not sure if it would have even been a hit, let alone be as huge as Poker Face?

The hit that got away on ARTPOP remains Do What U Want considering it was breaking onto the radio, into clubs and generally everywhere with quite small promo in comparison to other releases Gaga has done.

It was performed at the American Music Awards(1) (where she stole the night with the song), SNL (2), Allan Carr (3), The Voice (4), X Factor (5), and that super messy first performance where she wore those huge black head feathers. (6)

The song received a legend X remix and extra publicity from their performance.

She embarrassed herself publicly on twitter just to help the song chart better with those tweets about the media bashing her. 

How is that "quite small promo?"  

[Benji 20,113]

It was performed at the American Music Awards(1) (where she stole the night with the song), SNL (2), Allan Carr (3), The Voice (4), X Factor (5), and that super messy first performance where she wore those huge black head feathers. (6)

The song received a legend X remix and extra publicity from their performance.

She embarrassed herself publicly on twitter just to help the song chart better with those tweets about the media bashing her. 

How is that "quite small promo?"  

I was mainly talking about the video, as that's normally what people would rush to see... especially as it was supposed to be controversial but yeah, she performed it a bit

[Creyk 16,836]

I was mainly talking about the video, as that's normally what people would rush to see... especially as it was supposed to be controversial but yeah, she performed it a bit

Well yes I totally agree with that. We should all tweet #WhereistheDWUWvideo just for old times sake XD

I remember monsters spammed Vevo endlessly with that back in the day to the point that they made up lies about when it will come 

[Benji 20,113]

Well yes I totally agree with that. We should all tweet #WhereistheDWUWvideo just for old times sake XD

I remember monsters spammed Vevo endlessly with that back in the day to the point that they made up lies about when it will come 

Askdinskm we should

Also include Vevo, Tidal and Apple Music in every tweet to see if any of them try to get it

[SlaeUrAnus 14,743]

No, no and no.

Poker Face was a hidden gem. Its lyrics are way superior to MANiCURE's. Plus, the dark beat/theme made it more captivating.

MANiCURE was just well, loud. It hurt my ears.