Chromatislaps 34,851 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 1st Single: Do What U Want (solo version or Xtina version) 2nd Single: Gypsy Album Release: PROMO singles: Dope & ARTPOP 3th single: Applause PROMO during Tour: 4th Single: Aura as international single with a music video PROMO singles: ARTPOP & Venus & GUY as a sampler megamix in a big music video as an European/Australian single. After tour Promo: 5th Single: Donatella Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popero22 8 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Gurl bye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpadesToStart 3,460 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Interesting. I would have done 1. Applause 2. Gypsy 3. Sexxx Dreams or Aura (both amazing, both risky) 4. Do What U Want Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpadesToStart 3,460 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Just kind of a side note since I see so many people picking Aura as a single. Gaga always says she could write radio smashes if she wanted to, but would rather pursue her musical vision. Aura, I think, proves this. It contains one of her strongest choruses ever. She could have compromised and had generic, melodic verses, or made the song about a more accessible topic, and it would have been an easy #1. But she didn't: she sticks this godly chorus in the middle of this jarring, aggressive song that skirts around an extremely taboo topic. And that's why gaga is miles ahead of everyone else and could go back to being "successful " any time she wants. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idldte 2 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Just kind of a side note since I see so many people picking Aura as a single. Gaga always says she could write radio smashes if she wanted to, but would rather pursue her musical vision. Aura, I think, proves this. It contains one of her strongest choruses ever. She could have compromised and had generic, melodic verses, or made the song about a more accessible topic, and it would have been an easy #1. But she didn't: she sticks this godly chorus in the middle of this jarring, aggressive song that skirts around an extremely taboo topic. And that's why gaga is miles ahead of everyone else and could go back to being "successful " any time she wants. A song being melodic isn't "generic". Aura would have been a million times better with melodic verses. It's what everyone wanted. She's not miles ahead of anyone. When people complained about the rough vocals, she went back and rerecorded them much softer, not understanding people wanted melodic verses instead. If she was all about her vision she wouldn't have gave in and gone back and changed them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wet Fire 7,496 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Lead: G.U.Y. 2nd: Do What U Want Promo: ARTPOP 3rd: Venus 4th: Gypsy 5th: Sexxx Dreams 6th: Dope Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilVenusian 579 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 A song being melodic isn't "generic". Aura would have been a million times better with melodic verses. It's what everyone wanted. She's not miles ahead of anyone. When people complained about the rough vocals, she went back and rerecorded them much softer, not understanding people wanted melodic verses instead. If she was all about her vision she wouldn't have gave in and gone back and changed them. Bad Romance+Poker Face, two of her biggest singles have pretty rambunctious, non-melodical verses. I think thats what kind of makes gaga stand out in the pop scene. Having these huge melodic poppy choruses mixed with these odball verses and hooks. If your coming to gaga for 100% sweet bubbly pop songs, im sorry to say youve come to the wrong place hun. Aura is everything i expect from a gaga song and more... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
idldte 2 Posted June 14, 2014 Author Share Posted June 14, 2014 Bad Romance+Poker Face, two of her biggest singles have pretty rambunctious, non-melodical verses. I think thats what kind of makes gaga stand out in the pop scene. Having these huge melodic poppy choruses mixed with these odball verses and hooks. If your coming to gaga for 100% sweet bubbly pop songs, im sorry to say youve come to the wrong place hun. Aura is everything i expect from a gaga song and more... No. Both Bad Romance and Poker Face have perfect verses, which are both perfectly melodic and both song flow very well. The problem with Aura is that the verses sound nothing at all like the chorus to the point where they sound out of place and ruin the flow. People were saying "it's a mash up" when it leaked. Sorry to say you know little about what you're talking about. Hope I cleared that up for you. Aura is a good song but it could have been better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilVenusian 579 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Just kind of a side note since I see so many people picking Aura as a single. Gaga always says she could write radio smashes if she wanted to, but would rather pursue her musical vision. Aura, I think, proves this. It contains one of her strongest choruses ever. She could have compromised and had generic, melodic verses, or made the song about a more accessible topic, and it would have been an easy #1. But she didn't: she sticks this godly chorus in the middle of this jarring, aggressive song that skirts around an extremely taboo topic. And that's why gaga is miles ahead of everyone else and could go back to being "successful " any time she wants. Then how do you explain songs like Poker Face+ Bad Romance, much like Aura, they have killer choruses but their verses are pretty wack and non-radio friendly, wouldn't you say? I think Aura is perfectly inline with what people love from gaga but her record label is just to scared to take any risks with her anymore, which is why they're choosing songs like Do What U Want and GUY over signature Gaga bangerz like Aura and Venus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilVenusian 579 Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 No. Both Bad Romance and Poker Face have perfect verses, which are both perfectly melodic and both song flow very well. The problem with Aura is that the verses sound nothing at all like the chorus to the point where they sound out of place and ruin the flow. People were saying "it's a mash up" when it leaked. Sorry to say you know little about what you're talking about. Hope I cleared that up for you. Aura is a good song but it could have been better. In what world does Bad Romance sound perfectly inline with the chorus? She sings them with a totally darker and guttural inflection to the point that its sounds like it could be from a metal song, whilst the chorus is straight up high gloss pop . Poker face is also similar, taking robotic almost talk-sing verses and paring it with a super expansive pop chorus. Sure she took it up a notch with Aura, buts its certainly nothing new by gaga standards. Anybody whos studied gagas style of songwriting closely over the years could see that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpadesToStart 3,460 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Then how do you explain songs like Poker Face+ Bad Romance, much like Aura, they have killer choruses but their verses are pretty wack and non-radio friendly, wouldn't you say? I think Aura is perfectly inline with what people love from gaga but her record label is just to scared to take any risks with her anymore, which is why they're choosing songs like Do What U Want and GUY over signature Gaga bangerz like Aura and Venus. Poker Face doesn't have weird verses whatsoever. It's her talking in a monotone, semi-robotic voice--which is pretty much standard for most electro-pop songs from 2008-2010. Meanwhile, Bad Romance is definitely a little more odd, but I think it's still more accessible than Aura or Venus. Besides, the reason Bad Romance was able to be so weird and get away with it was because of when it was released in Gaga's career. And if you best not be shading DWUW or we're going to have a real problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpadesToStart 3,460 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 A song being melodic isn't "generic". Aura would have been a million times better with melodic verses. It's what everyone wanted. She's not miles ahead of anyone. When people complained about the rough vocals, she went back and rerecorded them much softer, not understanding people wanted melodic verses instead. If she was all about her vision she wouldn't have gave in and gone back and changed them. First of all, don't assume you know anything about the creative and recording process Gaga went through with Aura because I'm pretty sure Gaga and her team didn't include you in the decision making process. Second, whether the vocals were hard like the demo or soft like the album, Gaga had a general vision of how she wanted Aura to sound and feel, and hate to break it to you, that vision seems to have at no point included melodic verses. Yeah, maybe that compromised Aura's commercial viability, but that obviously doesn't bother Gaga much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkBeep 0 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 1. Aura Venus + ARTPOP (PROMO SINGLES with a ARTPOP film video) 2. Do What U Want feat. R Kelly 3. G.U.Y. 4. MANiCURE (Telephone sequel) 5. Gypsy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilVenusian 579 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Poker Face doesn't have weird verses whatsoever. It's her talking in a monotone, semi-robotic voice--which is pretty much standard for most electro-pop songs from 2008-2010. Meanwhile, Bad Romance is definitely a little more odd, but I think it's still more accessible than Aura or Venus. Besides, the reason Bad Romance was able to be so weird and get away with it was because of when it was released in Gaga's career. And if you best not be shading DWUW or we're going to have a real problem. Name one more hit song from that era with with robotic sing talk style. Saying its some "standard" is really presumptuous. Rnbish (e.g all the urban acts who made the transition into dance pop) or sweet bubbly pop vcals are always the standard on radio, not quirky half-rap robot vocals. Im not just talking about throwing some auto tune or vocoder on track ( like the black eyed peas+kesha), im talking about the the tonality and the actual vocal performance. I just find it strange that theirs some line of weirdness with gaga that cannot be crossed. Whos to say the public isn't ready for songs like Aura or Venus? The exact same thing was being said about Bad Romance when it leaked at look at how things turned out. Bottomline, Aura and Venus have some of the most explosive, quintessential gaga choruses on the album and its incredibly annoying to see them payed complete dust in favour of songs that are more easy to digest for radio. Gaga put it well with her whole "i cue culture, culture dosen't cue me" argument. Her record label (and now some of her fans) seem to be shoving her in some boring ass "accessible" box and trying to downplay the things that made everybody fall in love with her... P.S im not shading Do What U Want, just saying its not your typical gaga song, especially with the vocal performance. People i know didn't even know it was gaga singing on the track. It could have been any stock rnbish diva... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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