crisTEAne 21,059 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, Lord Temptation said: OMG cheering! his youth () is his, just like his opinion. but why bother coming here just to ruin all this beauty? if you hurt taylor swift, i'll hurt you back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyaKara 2,282 Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 Chelsea Symona, we're not allowed to have full articles on the site, so I removed most of it (up until a good part, to draw people in ) and asked people to continue reading at Propagaga. What a beautiful article. Thank you for sharing this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire 902 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 On 6/8/2016 at 3:42 AM, Didymus said: I never bought that. The critical reception of that song is the proof you need. Nearly all of the critics called it just another generic sounding club banger, to be compared to Rihanna and the Pussycat Dolls. Not very successful comparison imo, but the idea that Just Dance was some kind of incredible release is just ludicrous, and I say that while it's one of my fav Gaga tracks. Maybe me living in Europe makes it extra ridiculous, because when that song hit I mean.. there was nothing unique about that, except the synthpop throwback. In the US I guess it could've been different, but again, critical reviews from 2008 point to the contrary. Besides, the essay above doesn't mention anything about that either I remember people talking about how Just Dance/Poker Face brought the Euro popsynth sound to America. The music that was REALLY popular back then was either slightly alt/rock tinged pop (See Katy Perry's One Of The Boys album) or very akon/flo rida sounding hip hop/rnb. I think The Fame's sound was probably already popular in Europe but in America (at least for my part of the country) Just Dance was a breath of fresh air and was really like nothing else I had ever heard on radio at the time. I'm guessing some critics labeled it as a "generic" club song since they were probably aware of the music scene in Europe, but I honestly think The Fame's singles (Just Dance, Poker Face and LoveGame especially) ushered in a pretty radical new sound for US pop music. - Previously Sycothisis Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 7 hours ago, Solitaire said: I think The Fame's sound was probably already popular in Europe but in America (at least for my part of the country) Just Dance was a breath of fresh air and was really like nothing else I had ever heard on radio at the time. I'm guessing some critics labeled it as a "generic" club song since they were probably aware of the music scene in Europe, but I honestly think The Fame's singles (Just Dance, Poker Face and LoveGame especially) ushered in a pretty radical new sound for US pop music. Some critics compared it with the Pussycat Dolls (When I Grow Up) and Rihanna's Disturbia though (just on top of my head), and both of those were big hits in the U.S. Of course they don't sound perfectly similar, but this idea that Just Dance was a dance-pop hit amidst R&B and pop rock is just a myth easily proven false Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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