What's the AURA of MAYHEM?

[ANVEEROY 67,002]

Tell us which song of MAYHEM represents the grandness of AURA (a song from ARTPOP) 

[27monster27 16,288]

Maybe Perfect Celebrity? They both have related concepts.

Though I feel like Aura is Aura though and hard to replicate. No shade to the song or MAYHEM, but it is so distinct that finding another Lady Gaga song like it is very hard, and I don't think she can come up with other song like it. (Not a bad thing!)

[Starmie25 22,954]

Abracadabra 

[NUTELLA 31,728]

Disease & Aura remind me of each other

I think they both share some type of "middle eastern" (??) sound in different ways- Aura in the production elements, Disease in some of the vocals & instruments.

Right? Or am I an uncultured hick?

Disease feels more sophisticated to me, though

[Controversiaga 17,432]

Abracadabra is the only truly epic song on mayhem 

the rest of the tracks are more cute funky groove driven and feel more relaxed and chill and safe 

whereas Abra is truly entrancing and ALIVE

[Bobina 3,336]

I'd say Disease. It's no coincidence that they're both the first song 

[Trxstan 1,680]

Energetically, I’d say can’t stop the high. She also does some funky vocal stretching that is similar to how she plays with her voice in Aura. Both kinda lean into the frenetic sound and are the most ‘extreme’ of the album.

[Starmie25 22,954]

28 minutes ago, Controversiaga said:

the rest of the tracks are more cute funky groove driven and feel more relaxed and chill and safe 

Just because they're "funky" doesn't mean they're less.

Killah, Zombieboy, The Beast all feel very heavy while still being funky and mid tempo

[Starmie25 22,954]

19 minutes ago, Trxstan said:

I’d say can’t stop the high

That track is so ridiculously grungy and punk. It's very MJH meets White Lung

[dynamite 67,865]

I don't think there's any equivalent to Aura, in terms of the song itself or the way it was released 

[RochesterJoannster 4,261]

I don’t think there is one. On any of the albums. Aura is too unique.

[Controversiaga 17,432]

25 minutes ago, Starmie25 said:

Just because they're "funky" doesn't mean they're less.

Killah, Zombieboy, The Beast all feel very heavy while still being funky and mid tempo

I never said they’re less.

but they’re not epic.  They’re not big anthem like tracks.

doesn’t mean they’re not good.

but to OPs point- compared to Aura- they’re very very tame and safe.

[Lord Mayhem 3,743]

Abracadabra and Shadow of a Man are highlights of the album in terms of their epicness I felt when I first heard them

[TheARTPOPball 1,764]

Theres not a song on mayhem that f**ks my ears like Aura

[DrKindnessKunt2005 6,516]

The closest song to Aura (imo) is Perfect Celebrity. Both of them have industrial influences. Vocally, I see Perfect Celebrity being closer to Aura than Disease as an example. I just see Perfect Celebrity as Aura more mature cousin.