Marry The Night: what happened?

[Bradley 57,589]

22 hours ago, Ziggy said:

She could, but she was touring  the thing is they had to kinda throw together a studio in the bus and idk if you've ever seen the inside of a tour bus but those mfers are SMALL. Most mic set ups the girls use in studios take up quite a bit of space. Hell, some one BTW's vocal takes are actually laptop ones, if I remember correctly lmao Most studio mic rentals also happen around studio set ups not being in a bus. As in, their set ups require a bit more than plugging them into a laptop and running with it. So I'm sure the mic they had was the best they could do with, but with a voice like Gaga's, you're kinda out of luck lolol Garibay said actually Marry the Night in particular was the hardest vocally to produce bc of this and the power she puts behind the upper notes in the chorus. Though imo you can hear it in the lower notes of highway unicorn also. The "run run with her top down baby she flies" has a little bit of a gravely distortion to it im assuming, again, because of the power she was putting on the notes. She sang HARD on BTW. Tbh im surprised more reviews didnt slam her for the audio quality.

 

The fact that she was pushing the mic on the chorus of scheisse is telling of the problems they had lmao

Interesting. I'm glad she doesn't do that anymore, cause it does affect how much we enjoy the tracks tbh.

[Controversiaga 9,416]

Imo the song is overrated.  The MV was too long for the GP attention span and I just don’t think it was the best choice for a single.  

[Ziggy 10,767]

5 hours ago, Bradley said:

Interesting. I'm glad she doesn't do that anymore, cause it does affect how much we enjoy the tracks tbh.

I personally love it bc it does add that texture like she wanted and moves it from being less pop-y to something else, but if you want said songs to really hit on the charts? I don’t think it’s a great technique hahahaha

[Stone S 1,133]

I love MTN to death but tbh I never understood why Yoü and I and MTN were chosen as singles 

[27monster27 11,516]

On 4/30/2023 at 12:30 PM, crazygato said:

Nah, dont agree. Her team kept pushing it A LOT and obviously had faith in it but were so dumb releasing it as a 6 th single! It was the first track on the album and was a highlight for many. But releasing Judas and You and I, the riskiest songs due to one being hyper/weird and the other a country rock ballad, the gp just didnt have the patience  and just moved on. BTW, MTN, & TEOG were the safest bets and they blew it. 

I weirdly actually agree with You & I being a single because I have a few people that I know that are aware of the song (even after a decade) and like it. I'm surprised more people don't mention Fashion of his Love as a single. I personally think that would have done great.

[HermesGr 1,180]

It was love at the first sight for me.. the opening of the album with those bells was magical..

But as 5th single the buzz already had been faded away..

[crazygato 455]

15 hours ago, 27monster27 said:

I weirdly actually agree with You & I being a single because I have a few people that I know that are aware of the song (even after a decade) and like it. I'm surprised more people don't mention Fashion of his Love as a single. I personally think that would have done great.

Im in your camp too! I love YAI but it should NOT have been released 3 months after the album. It slowed down momentum WW and basically "ended" the era. It shouldve been released coinciding with the album release. Something like this coulve worked: 

1. BTW (Fevbruary 2011)#1 SMASH!!!

2. MTN (April 2011) #1-2 HIT!!!

ALBUM RELEASE: (May 23, 2011)

* NO promo singles, let MTN smash, whichever album track gets most recognotion gets released as the 3rd single. ..

3. You And I (June 2011)#1-2 HIT!!!

4. TEOG (September 2011) #3-6 HIT!!!

5. Judas (January 2012) #17 BOP!!!

End it there and come back with G.U.Y. for the next album ... 

[27monster27 11,516]

5 hours ago, crazygato said:

Im in your camp too! I love YAI but it should NOT have been released 3 months after the album. It slowed down momentum WW and basically "ended" the era. It shouldve been released coinciding with the album release. Something like this coulve worked: 

1. BTW (Fevbruary 2011)#1 SMASH!!!

2. MTN (April 2011) #1-2 HIT!!!

ALBUM RELEASE: (May 23, 2011)

* NO promo singles, let MTN smash, whichever album track gets most recognotion gets released as the 3rd single. ..

3. You And I (June 2011)#1-2 HIT!!!

4. TEOG (September 2011) #3-6 HIT!!!

5. Judas (January 2012) #17 BOP!!!

End it there and come back with G.U.Y. for the next album ... 

The main criticism of You & I that I have is that it feels like a 2010 song. Not only was it on most Monsterball 2.0 dates, but it was literally performed on TV as a part of GMA in 2010. Even worse was that it was treated like a promo single in 2011. It had more televised performances BEFORE its release as opposed to after. Like I said I agree with it being a single, but it should have been like Future Love/Princess Die/Living on the Radio and only feature it in a more subtle manner on a tour. Then heavily promote it only after its single release, not before.

[crazygato 455]

5 hours ago, 27monster27 said:

The main criticism of You & I that I have is that it feels like a 2010 song. Not only was it on most Monsterball 2.0 dates, but it was literally performed on TV as a part of GMA in 2010. Even worse was that it was treated like a promo single in 2011. It had more televised performances BEFORE its release as opposed to after. Like I said I agree with it being a single, but it should have been like Future Love/Princess Die/Living on the Radio and only feature it in a more subtle manner on a tour. Then heavily promote it only after its single release, not before.

I dont think many people outside of fans knew about YAI. They must have heard it but didnt think much of it until it was an actual single. So I dont think it was that bad. 

I think a May/ June 2011 release of YAI would have fit well with songs like Rolling In The Deep, The Lazy Song, Someone Like You, Forget you, and Best thing I Never Had.