"Angel Down" song discussion

[living4theFAmE 22]

that ****ing WORK TAAAAAAPE, 

[Rifek 49,371]

THIS PERFORMANCE IS EVERYTHING 

IT SOUND EXCATLY LIKE THE WORK TAPE VERSION!

HER VOICE IS FIRE!! 

 

[Gagangelo 2]

This sounds like a song Florence +The Machine song. Sounds a lot like them in my opinion. And that's a good thing!

[Slade 2,591]

This is her most beautiful and moving song to date.

[Twitter 14]

This ballad just topped "Dope" imo!

[Oriane 18,987]

One of her best ballads. The verses and the chorus are both terribly beautiful. I think I will cry when I see her singing it live at a concert. And the production is stunning. I really feel in another world, all these little noises... And you get it at the end of the album either way. It leaves you with this ache in the heart...

[Turbogirl 32]

I just heard the Work Tape version, and I actually like it much more. The final version is a bit too "quivery" in the vocals for my taste. I get her vocals wavering is apart of the emotional aspect of the song. It's fragile, and almost on the verge of tears. So it really conveys the sorrow and hoplessness one feels in the face of these situations. 

But the Work Tape version also conveys the anger element of these kind of events. And personally, I just think the vocals sound better. I've always maintained that Gaga sounds at her best when she really belts it out and keeps her vocals open. When she restricts her vocals and tries to hang her vocals in a lower range - and then wavers, it's always been my least fav Gaga vocal style.

Dont get me wrong, I like the final version. It's really haunting and beautiful. But after hearing the Work Tape version, I think I def would have preferred that direction.

But both are a valid take, that both offer a different emotion and perspective. I get chills when she screams "where are our leaders!?" - in a complete fit of rage and desperation.  That doesn't come off that way in the final version (which again feels more like sorrow and hoplessness).

[FFXSoul91 1,084]

I hope that Gaga performs this as the closer at the Superbowl with a children's choir or something. I'm getting chills thinking about it.

[lodylody 1,649]

That ending of the song during the LA Dive Bar tour was SO much more satisfying than the studio version, but in a different way. I BALLED when she sang the name  

[Pop Fan 9]

Awful song! I still don't believe this is a RedOne track. And it has a second version (work tape) that's even worse. Either she makes a remix à la Michael Jackson's "History" or her message will get lost in the awfulness of this song! 

[Goosey 3,017]

10 hours ago, Pop Fan said:

Awful song! I still don't believe this is a RedOne track. And it has a second version (work tape) that's even worse.

Wha? I thought the work tape was better  more raw.

[lego 44,165]

10 hours ago, Pop Fan said:

Awful song! I still don't believe this is a RedOne track. And it has a second version (work tape) that's even worse. Either she makes a remix à la Michael Jackson's "History" or her message will get lost in the awfulness of this song! 

 

 

Unregister yourself. 

 

[TopDomBoy 1,182]

14 hours ago, Pop Fan said:

Awful song! I still don't believe this is a RedOne track. And it has a second version (work tape) that's even worse. Either she makes a remix à la Michael Jackson's "History" or her message will get lost in the awfulness of this song! 

Angel Down is on Gagas Top 10 songs...educate yourself. 

[deeman 189]