Quark 7,016 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 o<(0_0)>o The website Idolator just basically said that Born This Way was ahead of its time. Here is the article: Lady Gaga’s second full-length came out five years ago today (May 23), and while Born This Way may have seemed overwrought and overstuffed back in 2011, it was the moment Gaga achieved a balance of sound and image. The album turned out to be forward-thinking for its adventurous, ominous production, helping to jump-start pop’s ensuing embrace of the sinister for the next half-decade. It was exactly the left-field jolt the Gaga narrative, and pop music, demanded at the time. As the album’s lead single and title track dropped, the knock on Lady Gaga was that her music didn’t match the subversiveness of her presentation. If we’re shedding our poker faces, the production on The Fame was dinky. The Fame Monster muscled up the arrangements — “Bad Romance” sounds colossal enough to hold up that life-giving chorus, and “Telephone” doesn’t buckle under the weight of its two megastars — but simple synth-pop club tracks just weren’t going to cut it anymore once Gaga wasshowing up to the Grammys in an alien egg or wearing a meat dress. So on Born This Way, the production had to be as outlandish as Lady Gaga herself. The grimy churn of “Government Hooker” and the warped digital burps and goth chants of “Bloody Mary” could very easily have set the template for Kanye West two years later to do a song like “Black Skinhead” and dabble in witch house onYeezus. “Bad Kids” works gnarly processed guitars into a dance anthem, similar to the textures Grimes would work with on Art Angels tracks like “Kill V. Maim.” The harried gabber-lite stomp of “Judas” laid the groundwork for Demi Lovato to borrow from Sleigh Bells and Justice. You can find that same BTW DNA in all kinds of places, whether its Allie X, those oppressive blasts that open “The Hills” or theNIN vibes of FKA twigs’ M3LL155X. By disguising aggro goth-pop as radio fare, Gaga provided an alternative to the super-sugary molly-pop sound of the time, ditching the rave tent in favor of the void. Of course acts like The Knife had already toyed with this idea, but when someone of Gaga’s stature decided to cling to her inner demon, it made the pop world safe for stars at the top of their game looking to go on some truly abnormal, unexpected (and un-focus grouped) musical excursions. The album’s lyrics, length and lasting effect on Gaga’s career trajectory (alien egg -> Jo Calderone -> whatever this is -> vomit art) are certainly questionable, but nobody else could’ve made such an absurd, abrasive blockbuster seem so prophetic. http://www.idolator.com/7633796/lady-gaga-born-this-way-review-essay-anniversary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LePetitGAGABLover 21,234 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 I COMPLETELY agree Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manul 7,377 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 The Queen paving the way for experimental releases, even back then. And AP finished what BTW started. Slay. it wasn't laaaahv Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaXCupcakke 3,818 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 How is it ahead of its time if the GP liked it when it was released? If anything ARTPOP was ahead of its time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckythisway 2,602 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 talent WON CHROMATICA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TropicOfCANCER 6,292 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 2 minutes ago, Dora said: How is it ahead of its time if the GP liked it when it was released? If anything ARTPOP was ahead of its time. Ahead of its time doesn't mean it wasn't liked upon release. It means, sonically, there weren't many other songs/albums that sounded like that and it played a part in informing the type of music other people make now. Do I 100% agree with this sentiment? No, but it's still a great album. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quark 7,016 Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 1 minute ago, Dora said: How is it ahead of its time if the GP liked it when it was released? If anything ARTPOP was ahead of its time. Because it was the only album of its time that sounded like it did. Non until now or a few years after, are we starting to see its effects or at least similar sounding music in the mainstream. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViviLittleM 3 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 2 minutes ago, Dora said: How is it ahead of its time if the GP liked it when it was released? If anything ARTPOP was ahead of its time. ARTPOP was released too late EDM was so 2012 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Down 2,807 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 2 minutes ago, Dora said: If anything ARTPOP was ahead of its time. Conceptually maybe, but musically no. ARTPOP's edm was already broadly used. Nothing new concerning the sound Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GagaMyBlood95 9,808 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 It's so true! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yASSsss 35,510 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Yeah,it was out of this world,galaxy,space and time Our generation's bible Spoiler I'm not christian but you get my point Call me by your name and I'll call you by mine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewYorkCity 10,462 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 S T A N Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crisTEAne 21,059 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 avantgarde rock opera if you hurt taylor swift, i'll hurt you back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock 20,290 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 who will love me when the night is over Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewStevens 5,249 Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 YAAAAAAAAAS Even though I think The Fame Monster is her best album I always thought BTW was ahead of it's time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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