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Why some Gaga lyrics sometimes seem "bad"


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Redstreak

Gaga is an amazing song writer. The lyrics of Speechless are absolutely genius. She tells a story, but not so directly. Her words paint a beautiful picture. The lyrics of Speechless tell us of the dysfunctional relationship with the subject. It's great. 

 

And then we have Teeth. That song is the longest and best metaphor I've ever heard. Especially when we relate it to the feat of truth. Wow. 

 

I'm over fans bringing up lyrics from boys Boys Boys and Dontella and ignoring other masterpeice. "Fans" only bringing up her worst lyrics. Smh.

​No one is denying she has great lyrics. :rip: Just that sometimes she has misfires.

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Pharamon

in the morning buy me eggs

just ask your gay friends their advise before you get a spray tan on holiday

 

And I want lots of friends that invite me to their parties

 

 

that **** aint picasso lol

​whats wrong with that third lyric?

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Quark

Neptune
Go
Now serve Pluto
Saturn
Jupiter
Mercury, Venus - uh ha!
Uranus!
Don’t you know my ass is famous?
Mars
Now serve for the gods
Earth, serve for the stars!


Love me, love me, please retweet

 

The entirety of Jewels N Drugs

 

You're just an animal, trying to act real special (but deep down you are just a shrew)


Walk down the runway but don’t puke (it’s okay)
You just had a salad today, Boulangerie
Just ask your gay friends their advice, before you
Get a spray tan on holiday, in Taipei

 


I know that Mom and Dad think I'm a mess
But it's alright, because
I am rich as piss

 

I stand here waiting for you to bang the gong
To crash the critic saying, "is it right or is it wrong?"
If only fame had an IV, baby could I bear
Being away from you, I found the vein, put it in here


I've overheard your theory "Nostalgia's for geeks"
I guess sir, if you say so, some of us just like to read
One second I'm a Koons, then suddenly the Koons is me

​The Venus part is meant to be silly not serious. Her writing style her is like the writing style of many artists in the 50s/60s/70s where they would write random phrases (but still in the theme of the song) to make the song funny and enhance their fun factor. The Swine part fits the theme of the song, and its simply what she is probably is thinking of the person that did harm to her. I already explained the Dope lyrics in a post above. And the applause lyrics are obviously about how everyone is ready to criticize whether what she is doing is right or wrong while lamenting that fact that fame is bringing her these criticisms. The koons part is meant to be a metaphor for the artist becoming the art.

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Redstreak

​The Venus part is meant to be silly not serious. Her writing style her is like the writing style of many artists in the 50s/60s/70s where they would write random phrases (but still in the theme of the song) to make the song funny and enhance their fun factor. The Swine part fits the theme of the song, and its simply what she is probably is thinking of the person that did harm to her. I already explained the Dope lyrics in a post above. And the applause lyrics are obviously about how everyone is ready to criticize whether what she is doing is right or wrong while lamenting that fact that fame is bringing her these. criticisms. The koons part is meant to be a metaphor for the artists becoming the art.

​And? I know all of that. That doesn't make those particular lyrics any less clunky, awkward, or cringey.

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Quark

​She could have made the lyrics much better while also being simple.

​But she probably chose to be real and show us exactly what and how she she talks, thinks, and expresses herself. Rather then polishing the lyrics in order for the lyrics to sound more conventionally beautiful.

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Teri Hatcher

Are you kidding? The song is lyrically ****ing amazing. She plays the role of one woman who even seems to have bipolar by the way she was thinking. The song is explains the s-xual thoughts of a bis-xual woman. Its great. 

​Im talking about the lyrics of the chorus. The verses are great

By the time you reach the end of this sentence, it'll be too late to realize I just wasted your time with a pointless sig.
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Last night damn you were in my s-x dreams

you were in my

doing really nasty things

you were in my dreams 

damn you were in my s-x dreams

you were in my 

makin love in my s-x dreams

 

The song may be a bop but the lyrics... 

​Once again, you guys post lyrics but don't explain why you think they are bad. In this case she is just being straightforward. She is literary telling you what she thinks/dreams.

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Tropico

 

Love me, love me, please retweet

 

The entirety of Jewels N Drugs

 

You're just an animal, trying to act real special (but deep down you are just a shrew)


I stand here waiting for you to bang the gong
To crash the critic saying, "is it right or is it wrong?"
If only fame had an IV, baby could I bear
Being away from you, I found the vein, put it in here


I've overheard your theory "Nostalgia's for geeks"
I guess sir, if you say so, some of us just like to read
One second I'm a Koons, then suddenly the Koons is me

Wait, let's not. 

 

G.U.Y. is provides a beautiful outlook on feminism. Lana Del Rey type feminism. Extracting one line doesnt do justice to the song. 

Jewels n Drugs has bad lyrics but the Gaga verses are a great explanation of "music not the being". The song isn't her greatest lyrically but the the way the song ties in with ARTPOP, the song and message, is cute.

What's wrong with those swine lyrics? Or Swine as a whole? 

I can't even spot a flaw to begin with in those Applause lyrics. 

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Supersonic

Lmao @ all you guys dragging ARTPOP for "simple", "stupid", "bad" or "repetitive" lyrics, when your all hailed holy grail Bad Romance has Gaga stuttering non-sense for at least 2 minutes of the songs length.

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Tropico

​No one is denying she has great lyrics. :rip: Just that sometimes she has misfires.

But like I said, to extract one line from a whole song, doesn't do it justice. 

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Quark

​And? I know all of that. That doesn't make those particular lyrics any less clunky, awkward, or cringey.

​Well you probably don't like unconventional writing styles. But there are many styles of songwriting that are not always your usually "telling a story" type of songwriting.

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gagzus

Have u listened to ARTPOP? Its full of crappy lyrics

 

​her best song writing aka Aura & ARTPOP says hi, MANiCURE too

 

also, she's a amazing songwriter who do you guys define as a good songwriter? If u say Sia you deserve a slap bc she writes lyrics pretty much the same & sometimes more basic. Gaga is one of the best songwriters rn since they're very scarce in pop music

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Redstreak

Wait, let's not. 

 

G.U.Y. is provides a beautiful outlook on feminism. Lana Del Rey type feminism. Extracting one line doesnt do justice to the song. 

Jewels n Drugs has bad lyrics but the Gaga verses are a great explanation of "music not the being". The song isn't her greatest lyrically but the the way the song ties in with ARTPOP, the song and message, is cute.

What's wrong with those swine lyrics? Or Swine as a whole? 

I can't even spot a flaw to begin with in those Applause lyrics. 

​Wait let's.

I never said there was anything wrong with G.U.Y. I pulled out that one particular lyric because that one particular lyric is a terrible metaphor

"Jewels N Drugs has bad lyrics" You explained it yourself

They're awkward, especially comparing him to a shrew? Nothing wrong with the song as a whole, just that awkward lyric.

They're terrible and clunky. Fame having an I.V.? Banging gongs and crashing critics? Suddenly the Koons is me? They're a half-assed attempt at trying to sound "deep~"

Take a moment to think of just flexibility, love, and trust~
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Tropico

Lmao @ all you guys dragging ARTPOP for "simple", "stupid", "bad" or "repetitive" lyrics, when your all hailed holy grail Bad Romance has Gaga stuttering non-sense for at least 2 minutes of the songs length.

Wait, but where is the lie?

bad romance continuing to be overly praised. 

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Jesse Pinkman

I think thaf Gaga writes incredible choruses, and she spends so much time on them that the verses sometimes  become lackluster if that makes sense.

It's science, bitch
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