vitoburrrito 614 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 12 hours ago, shane_c said: What's ironic is BTW doesn't even sound like EY but Express Yourself is a blatant ripoff of a song called Respect Yourself by The Staple Singers. . This! Also, I honestly think that Born This Way sounds a lot like Waterfalls by TLC. But it also seems to reference the song "I Was Born This Way" by Carl Bean. I don't think it can be a rip off of Express Yourself if it's also a rip off of Waterfalls and references I Was Born This Way, because there's so many different songs involved at that point. To me it's like how Alejandro is like a combination of ABBA's Fernando and Ace of Base's Don't Turn Around with a touch of La Isla Bonita. Gaga wasn't copying anyone, she was "stealing like an artist", combining references to create something original. A true Postmodern expedition And even if you were to disagree with my theory, Express Yourself definitely has some similarities to the song Respect Yourself, and Madonna definitely has a history of sampling and referencing other artists without giving credit, so it's rather reductive of her to call someone else reductive I still love Madonna though. Not as much as I love Gaga, but Madonna is also amazing in her own way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littleswiftie 24 Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 16 hours ago, FrankGutz said: but she is tho, Madonna's 80's albums are average, her last 4 albums are messy trend bandgawon records, her acting careers has always been dragged to the pits, she is the most nominated worst actress in the Razzies.... etc, etc... True Blue and Like A Prayer were critically acclaimed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guillaume Hamon 5,890 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 On 8/27/2018 at 4:30 PM, vitoburrrito said: This! Also, I honestly think that Born This Way sounds a lot like Waterfalls by TLC. But it also seems to reference the song "I Was Born This Way" by Carl Bean. I don't think it can be a rip off of Express Yourself if it's also a rip off of Waterfalls and references I Was Born This Way, because there's so many different songs involved at that point. To me it's like how Alejandro is like a combination of ABBA's Fernando and Ace of Base's Don't Turn Around with a touch of La Isla Bonita. Gaga wasn't copying anyone, she was "stealing like an artist", combining references to create something original. A true Postmodern expedition And even if you were to disagree with my theory, Express Yourself definitely has some similarities to the song Respect Yourself, and Madonna definitely has a history of sampling and referencing other artists without giving credit, so it's rather reductive of her to call someone else reductive I still love Madonna though. Not as much as I love Gaga, but Madonna is also amazing in her own way. I never see how Alejandro sounds like "La Isla Bonita" and each person I heard saying that was unable to tell me how it's similar. Could you tell me? Also the Abba's Fernando similarities are non-existent to me except the fact both songs discuss a fernando dude haha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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