"Adele is the anti-Lady Gaga"

[juicyjuicy 1,985]

THIS IS WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AT THE MOMENT.

 

They see nothing past the glitz, glamour and "personality" of the pop star.

 

They need to realize that Lady Gaga is a MUSICIAN not a f***ing CELEBRITY.

 

THIS MAKES ME SO FURIOUS. Are they f***ing serious? Lady Gaga just released a #1 jazz album with jazz legend Tony Bennett. Not putting Adele down or anything (because I love them both), but Tony chose GAGA to make this jazz album - and it received positive reviews. THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT GAGA'S TALENT.

 

She's not just an act! F***ing open your eyes and actually be informed before calling yourself a journalist.

[Benji 20,113]

They're both great on their own merit, there's no need to put down either of them whether it's the article or others here.

[SpadesToStart 3,492]

This statement shows that the writer doesn't really know much about Lady Gaga.  I love Gaga because she has both style AND substance.  When you really look at the lyrics and melodies, Rolling in the Deep isn't any more complex or profound than Bad Romance.  Adele is insanely talented and makes great music, but I could never follow her career the way I do Gaga's because frankly, I would get bored.  Gaga keeps me mentally/emotionally stimulated with her art and entertains me and gives me a spectacle.

[Celina 118]

I despise the notion that simplicity equals quality. There's nothing wrong with theatricality.

 

THIS THIS THIS

[heavyMetalGAGA 65]

They are right. Adele is the anti-Gaga, but Gaga is also the anti-Adele. Ethan Smith of The Wall Street Journal just happens to be wrong in his assumption that Adele's understated approach to music is better then Gaga's balls-to-the-walls approach. Both are of value and both are great artists. One is not better then the other, just different. 

 

Exactly. And the silly thing is that Gaga and Adele are great friends and support each other's diversity. They attend each other's concerts and avidly have supported each other since 2011. Adele said her favorite ARTPOP song was MANiCURE after she went to see Gaga's iTunes performance last year. It's sad the media tries to create tension between friends. 

 

They both have different styles, but are both great vocalists. It's all just a matter of opinion who you prefer.

[LaLuna 12,732]

This statement shows that the writer doesn't really know much about Lady Gaga.  I love Gaga because she has both style AND substance.  When you really look at the lyrics and melodies, Rolling in the Deep isn't any more complex or profound than Bad Romance.  Adele is insanely talented and makes great music, but I could never follow her career the way I do Gaga's because frankly, I would get bored.  Gaga keeps me mentally/emotionally stimulated with her art and entertains me and gives me a spectacle.

 

This

 

Also, comparing Adele with Gaga is like comparing apples and oranges. They're completely different in every aspect, so I don't understand why the media feels the need to pit them against each other and make it seems like "being Lady Gaga" is a bad thing. 

I despise the notion that simplicity equals quality. There's nothing wrong with theatricality.

 

Also this.

[LilVenusian 579]

She is and Gaga must be forever pressed that she released this generations Thriller and completely stole her shine during the BTW era. I noticed ha soft shade towards queen Adele recently where she tried to credit that mediocre knock-off puta Sam Smith with bringing real, soulful music back. Whatever helps you sleep at night Gagz  :madge: 

[Mills 446]

It's noteworthy to point out that the "anti-Lady Gaga" statement by Ethan Smith of The Wall Street Journal, of which this new article merely mentioned, was made last early 2011, before the album release of Born This Way, and during the massive hype over Gaga's so-called "album of the decade" and the zenith of the Gaga eccentricity brought by TFM. It was also this time when Troy Carter boldly declared that their goal was to move 30 million units of Born This Way worldwide. Yes. 30 million. Again, that's before the album release of BTW (in the end, BTW has only managed to move 7-8 million album units worldwide). 

 

Adele was relatively new in the global mainstream media back then, and one way to conveniently introduce and package her was of course to compare, err rather contrast her to the biggest musician at that time (like others had endured throughout 2010). One's a deliberate minimalist, the other's purposely over-the-top; one's more traditionalist with her music and image, the other's a provocateur in almost every way, the complete contrast couldn't be more visible. 

 

So to say Adele is "the anti-Lady Gaga" at that time was and is understandable. The other keyword in Smith's statement is "emphasize". With Adele, there's no theatrics, it was all about her music, or rather more about it. Gaga's completely different. I remember she once said that she's here to bring back "show business" at the forefront. She's here to entertain, and that includes the outlandish fashion, the shock value, and everything that made Stefani "Lady Gaga". Also, they're not comparing the two in a way "who's better". They're just mentioning the clear and direct contrast, hence the use of antithesis. 

[Emvee 8,458]

The thing that's totally wrong with this is that Gaga is style AND substance.

It's 20-****ing-14, dude. You're paid to observe the music industry and you can't make out that Gaga IS actually talented? Teenagers on reddit can make that out. Give me a break. This is just another sensationalist article from the media. Pit the b---hes against each other in the ring and watch them fight. Hur hur hur.

[StrawberryBlond 14,900]

There are still people spouting this nonsense and still sucking up to Adele? Move on. Adele never was and never will be, all that. She's a decent songwriter at best, her voice is like nails scratching down a blackboard with terrible, dangerous technique (there's a reason why she had that vocal hemorrhage so soon in her career) and creativity is a foreign concept to her. She even gave up playing instruments when she released 21. There have been many like her throughout the years, she was just that lucky one that got noticed. And there'll be many more like her in the future. Her style is so basic that anyone could replicate it. And trust me, when her new album finally gets released and it doesn't even sell half of what 21 did, she'll slowly fade into obscurity, just like all these other runaway success stories.

 

I'm sick and tired of the notion that sit-down ballads are the only good way of making music. Part of the beauty of music is the diversity of it and how it can represent all different emotions and tempos. The world would be a dull place if every song followed the same formula. A true music lover should have respect for all genres and styles. Every artist has a style that works for them and they should never be made to feel like there's a right and wrong style. Simplicity is so easily mistaken for lack of creativity nowadays. I daresay a lot of these MOR acts are the way they are because they don't have the ability to push themselves beyond mediocrity.

 

Gaga is head and shoulders above Adele. She actually has a good voice that has a much bigger range, she can play instruments, she writes all her own songs and she can dance and put on a creative performance. Adding theatrics doesn't mean that anything is being masked, it's actually embellishing things. An uptempo song demands an uptempo performance. Above all, Gaga pushes herself artistically and takes risks, something Adele is allergic to. I think it's annoying how Gaga's always brought up as an artificial act with no substance just because she's theatrical when other theatrical artists get praised. My first thought is always Kate Bush when I bring up this argument. She's always been praised to high heaven and she's just as kooky as Gaga, perhaps even moreso, and is famous for her bizarre music infused with theatrics. She never gets accused of hiding behind her theatrics or of having no substance. On her last album, she made a song about a woman having s-x with a snowman and not a negative word was said. If Gaga had done such a thing, she'd be ridiculed. Just saying, why does Gaga always have to put up with so much s**t when other people like her don't?

[drinkmytears 2,332]

Why should people be punished for wanting to be creative? I'm not slamming what Adele does but she's no better than anyone else. That's her style. I mean, it wouldn't really work if fire was shooting out of her breasts singing an acoustic song. It isn't like Gaga is wearing her meat dress right now. What Gaga does is generally quite tasteful. The different between Gaga and...say Katy Perry (whom I also adore) is that Gaga isn't using her act to hide her lack of talent but rather to enhance it. Gaga's image and visuals are all part of the performance, but she can also sing really well and play the piano amazingly. Adele can sing, but she isn't all that musical. She sings, she writes, but not instruments are used and she doesn't dress to impress or have any sort of show. It works for her, but in reality she is putting less effort into what she does and shouldn't be praised so much for that. You could put Gaga and Adele next to each other and I guarantee you Gaga would be better. Adele is the anti Nicki Minaj or the anti Rihanna, not the anti Gaga or Beyoncé-because some artists who put on a show are actually very talented as well as theatrical.

[DrewStevens 5,249]

Adele's image is important too tho. She is not conventionally beautiful or hot, that makes people buy her music because "she doesn't need anything but her voice". If Adele had Lana's image she wouldn't be as famous as she is right now because everybody would call her fake and blame society for choosing image over talent.

[Battle 4 Ur Life 6,721]

pressed and reductive tbh.

[monsterdreams 1,529]

Adele is a great singer and I respect her

But gaga is an artist and a performer. Also she can sing very well

[ryhanna 3,507]

I think the statement is true, but the reasoning is not.

 

Gaga and Adele are polar opposites as performers. Gaga's the high energy dance queen with over the top outfits and big productions. Adele is the minimalistic, more traditional performer who sings emotional ballads.

 

Definitely the anti-Gaga.