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16 minutes ago, lilboyblue said:

Is it...

"Do the Dead Dance"

OR

"Do the dead dance?"

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The first one. The stress and tone of the phrase change between the two - the first one has phrasal stress on 'dead' and has falling pitch; the second has phrasal stress on on 'dance' and has a rising pitch. 
 

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5 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

The most contrived song when Sour Candy is right there? And also I feel like the accusation that the inclusion of the “do the dead dance” in the bridge functions *exclusively* for TikTok, as if Gaga has never adopted the role of a quasi-villainess or used those types of spoken interludes in her songs before, is kind of disingenuous. IMO there’s nothing particularly out of character or inauthentic about the song itself. I can’t say I’m obsessed with it, but to act like it’s insulting, patronizing, or hollow marketing in and of itself feels a bridge too far. 

the difference (to me at least) is that sour candy is produced well, it's thrilling and electrifying and a really skilful homage to that genre of dance music, the beats on dead dance are so gentle and obedient which don't do anything to help the unexciting lyrics etc. sour candy has genuine drama 

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11 minutes ago, ChicaSkas said:

Came in here ready to fight but now I agree.

 

There are no bad Lady Gaga songs.

You just aren't in for the mood for them right now. 

Pick another one and hush. 

Let people enjoy things. Let Gaga soar. 

people are allowed to have reasonable opinions!!! you sound like a cult member!!!! saying "let people enjoy things" is essentially saying only people who like something are allowed to speak, which is psychotic when we're talking about things that are objective. u say "let gaga soar" like she's some struggling starlet who needs her big break like just shut up

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8 minutes ago, Roboboy said:

the difference (to me at least) is that sour candy is produced well, it's thrilling and electrifying and a really skilful homage to that genre of dance music, the beats on dead dance are so gentle and obedient which don't do anything to help the unexciting lyrics etc. sour candy has genuine drama 

The production on TDD blows SC out of the water imo. SC is a generic 90s house GarageBand beat where Gaga raps a verse on a BLACKPINK song. At least TDD has some interesting instrumentation: groovy bass licks, funky rhythm guitars, string section over the bridge, 80s synth groove on the 2nd verse, dramatic proggy dramatic quasi-operatic outro…

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7 minutes ago, nATAH said:

on the plus side, i now know when my bathroom break will be at the mayhem ball

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if i had tickets to go

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Another toilet break that soon after the Beast/the interlude that takes forever/Killah?

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Just now, darkgaga said:

Another toilet break that soon after the Beast/the interlude that takes forever/Killah?

Imagine skipping one of the most musically dynamic interludes in the show and one of the best songs on the album :brat: Simply couldn’t be me.

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6 minutes ago, Roboboy said:

the difference (to me at least) is that sour candy is produced well, it's thrilling and electrifying and a really skilful homage to that genre of dance music, the beats on dead dance are so gentle and obedient which don't do anything to help the unexciting lyrics etc. sour candy has genuine drama 

Sour Candy is a fun song created for the sake of kpop stans, that feels more unexciting from her than crafting TDD, a song that totally fits her inner world (and as I said, its video has been a needed one for years). And this comes from someone who bops to Chromatica to this very day

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Just now, calmar said:

The first one. The stress and tone of the phrase change between the two - the first one has phrasal stress on 'dead' and has falling pitch; the second has phrasal stress on on 'dance' and has a rising pitch. 
 

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I know nobody asked but I will take any opportunity to use my degree

 

Oh, the question was in jest! (Well mostly lol) As written in the lyrics, I get that it's imperative.

But I do like it when you can find layers of meaning within songs whether they're intentional or not.

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1 minute ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Imagine skipping one of the most musically dynamic interludes in the show and one of the best songs on the album :brat: Simply couldn’t be me.

Honestly why having a toilet break when we can all pee on ourselves? These girls need to think twice

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Just now, elegidadedios said:

Honestly why having a toilet break when we can all pee on ourselves? These girls need to think twice

It’s important to keep warm on a cool fall evening, after all :ally:

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I haven't paid much attention but looks like there's a lot of discourse/people not happy lmao but oh well, everyone else is being fed and celebrating :ororomunroe:

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3 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

It’s important to keep warm on a cool fall evening, after all :ally:

Oh yes and my concert is on 31 Oct so I can assure y'all my peed pants will be feeling really spooky if toilet break is needed! Yup

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