Should Gaga bring back some lyrics from the past?

[Serendipity 7,821]

I think it would be very nice

Several legends have already done that:

1.Madonna

She took the lines"Time goes by so slowly for those who wait/And those who run seem to have all the fun" from her 1989() prince collaboration "Love Song" and reused them as the hook in her 2005 comeback smash hit Hung Up

2. The Promise Ring

Though the Promise Ring's 1997 album Nothing Feels Good isn't a concept album, Davey Von Bohlen's recycling of a few lines throughout the album gives it a thematic cohesion. The lyric that the album gets its title from is first heard in the song "Red & Blue Jeans" ("Nothing feels good like you in red & blues jeans..."), but is also the title of another song, as well as the basis for another track title ("How Nothing Feels"). Another lyric, "...not as good as the interstates are/I just can't take you that far" shows up in two songs, "Make Me A Chevy" and "A Broken Tenor."

3. Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen reused a line on his 1982 album Nebraska to give the album a sense of thematic unity. On his classic song "Atlantic City," Springsteen sings, "I got debtsthat no honest man can pay," from the perspective of a man who gets pulled into working for the mafia. Just two tracks later, on "Johnny 99," Springsteen uses the same line to tell the story of a desperate man accused of armed robbery.

4. Tricky

While the other artists on this list reused only single lines, Tricky reused an entire song. As a member of trip-hop group Massive Attack, Tricky sang and wrote the lyrics to the track "Karmacoma," but when Tricky released his debut solo album Maxinquaye the following year, he re-recorded "Karmacoma" as "Overcome," featuring his girlfriend Martina Topley-Bird on vocals.

5. The Smiths

Especially during his days with the Smiths, Morrissey used one line from 1987's music business bashing "Paint a Vulgar Picture" actually taken from a previous Smiths song. The line, "you just haven't earned it yet baby," will be recognized by any Smiths fan as the title of another song the band wrote about the music business. Though, as the "You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby" single was cancelled at the last moment, I still thought I should include them in the list.

6. Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin covered an old blues song "Traveling Riverside Blues," originally by Robert Johnson, which contains the totally creepy line "squeeze my lemon/'til the juice runs down my leg." Led Zeppelin vocalist Robert Plant would also use this line for Led Zeppelin II's "The Lemon Song," which was another song the band used.

 

So do you think Gaga should reuse some of her iconic catch-phrases or underrated song lyrics?

Discuss

 

[Jester 6,197]

She used lyrics from Born This Way in I Wanna Be With You Plus the Marry The Night reference in Fashion!

But yeah seeing more of the actual lyrics would be cool imo.

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

Nope

[Stephen 29,409]

She used lyrics from Earthquake in FOHL 

[Serendipity 7,821]

She used lyrics from Born This Way in I Wanna Be With You

​tht's called referencing

she did that many times

just dance-monster

born this way-heavy metal lover

[JaysAMess 27,838]

If she's creative about it, then sure.

[Cody Draco 2,531]

No thanks. She did that in Monster with the "I wanna Just Dance" line. I think it's fine if it's something small like a nod towards a title or something and flows good, but I'm not here for recycling entire lines.

[Serendipity 7,821]

She used lyrics from Earthquake in FOHL 

​slay fashion 1.5

[Serendipity 7,821]

No thanks. She did that in Monster with the "I wanna Just Dance" line. I think it's fine if it's something small like a nod towards a title or something and flows good, but I'm not here for recycling entire lines.

​imagine if a line from speechless ends up being the new "bluffin with my muffin"

[djBuffoon 11,638]

If it's clever and fits the song, why not?

[Cody Draco 2,531]

​imagine if a line from speechless ends up being the new "bluffin with my muffin"

​"He left me speechless" could be so s-xy in the right context.

 

[Serendipity 7,821]

​"He left me speechless" could be so s-xy in the right context.

 

​inb4 the new speechless(dirty version) feat xtina

[Cody Draco 2,531]

​inb4 the new speechless(dirty version) feat xtina

​I wanted to say something but I can't risk a warning point. Lemme pm you real quick.

 

[JustPokeHerFace 2,564]

If it shows signs of continuity and growth, then yes. It's misused if the songwriter can't think of a better line and just uses an old one, though. 

[Serendipity 7,821]

​I wanted to say something but I can't risk a warning point. Lemme pm you real quick.

 

​okey-dokey