Still don't get Dope hate.

[FATCAT 60,344]

Everyone sat on I wanna be with you for months, and then got dope. Dope wasn't as personal to us.

[Twitter 14]

I would never understand the hate towards Dope it's so mature and spreads a positive message how Gaga loves her fans more than anything!

[Gardevoir 9,901]

I just appreciate this song even more right now. Production is wonderful.

[Kim Kardashian 2,708]

I'm not even going to sugarcoat it. Her vocals are crap.

[The Child 18,997]

14 hours ago, giskardsb said:

It's true, if all a person cares about is "bops" then Dope is not for them.  

Exactly I'm not a ballad/mid tempos/slow songs type of person but there are some exceptions, unfortunately Dope isn't of them, I really can't get into it, maybe it's because it's too depressive & sad.

[Church 849]

people on here who assume that the fans who dont like Dope must be vapid & less capable of appreciating "deep" music are so stupid. some of us just dont like it. i don't like the vocals bc they cheapen it completely. it sounds so forced & like she's trying her hardest to sound like a beaten down druggie. the lyrics are average at least, part ripped off Bell Bottom Blues. i think it's probably one of her least honest songs.

[Duella Dvil 10,584]

13 hours ago, PartySick said:

I get the feeling this is why some people don't like it. Not that they can't appreciate it, just that they hate the "Dope voice"

I love it though. My favorite thing about Gaga's voice is that she can dip into the lower ranges and singing this particular song with a drunken slur is just perfect imo

That would've been great too. It's not exactly the same as what you're saying, but when I play and sing the song I change around the ending. After the second chorus, I play the little intro/bridge bit to IWBWY and sing a slightly different version of the chorus that draws from a few different performances of the song.

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My heart would break without you
I'd be so lost without you
Been hurting low from living
High for so long

I'm sorry and I love you
Stay with me Bell Bottom Blue
I'll keep on searching for the answer
'Cause I need you more, you know

I need you soooo mooore than dope
I need you more than dope
It's just the way I cope
But I need you more than dope

I need you more
Love you more
Than all the dope I smoke

I still want to write a bridge or something but it's hard to come up with something that fits on the edge of cheesy and clever like the rest of the lyrics do  a song writer I ain't. Someone here wrote an amazing bridge months ago but I can't remember who did it or what it was

This will be awkward if it wasn't but I wrote a bridge for dope, it kinda walked through her career highs and lows? Or was it someone else

[Secret 2,320]

I like it! It so raw and emotional 

I'm seeing the youtube music awards performance right now and it is just too much to take

 

[PartySick 161,544]

16 minutes ago, Uncle ARTPOP said:

This will be awkward if it wasn't but I wrote a bridge for dope, it kinda walked through her career highs and lows? Or was it someone else

I looked after I posted and it was you

Blueberry kisses and aspiration my f f future is grand
Lipstick in ash trays and perspiration there's nothing else I can say
Bottles of red wine and desperation I'm speechless without your bad
Skeleton guns and liberation H-I-M come to me

[Phoenix 17,395]

it's called taste

 

you like something which i don't, and vice versa

[Duella Dvil 10,584]

3 hours ago, PartySick said:

I looked after I posted and it was you

Blueberry kisses and aspiration my f f future is grand
Lipstick in ash trays and perspiration there's nothing else I can say
Bottles of red wine and desperation I'm speechless without your bad
Skeleton guns and liberation H-I-M come to me

Yaaaassss

[Didymus 34,380]

One of her all-time best for sure

Always loved it. Cried to it several times

[MaryJaneHolland 77,348]

bc she had deep-male vocals when she was singing it 

it's definitely my top 5 from ARTPOP, tho

[Miel 15,009]

I see why people don't like it, but for me personally it's one of her best songs.

I Wanna Be With You is sweet, but I connected to Dope on a much more visceral, terrifying level. Sometimes it's still too much to listen to.

[Duella Dvil 10,584]

2 minutes ago, Miel said:

I see why people don't like it, but for me personally it's one of her best songs.

I Wanna Be With You is sweet, but I connected to Dope on a much more visceral, terrifying level. Sometimes it's still too much to listen to.

This is exactly what I feel towards it.

Personal on a far more specific level than anything Born This Way gave us Dope isn't a blanket statement, it's a well aimed sniper shot right through the heart.

It's why the second verse will live on my arm forever