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AVeryGagaHolyDick
2 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

100% on the money about it being tied to TF making people think she was a has-been because it gave people grounds to act like she only had one or two successful eras, when TF and TFM both stand on their own aesthetically and commercially.

AND Born This Way sold more copies than The Fame Monster 

But because they decided to stick The Fame Monster to The Fame, it made it look like her whole career was basically a continuous fall

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gagzus
3 hours ago, Ziggy said:

I like how dry it is :) it feels tragic :laughga: that and her early aesthetic was v much shaped by cheap, hand me down glam and I think the crunchy wig works to communicate that

I was obsessed with her DIY aesthetic early in TF era because she was basically like a drag queen. But having Heidi Slimane shooting your cover and having a dry af hard front wig in hard lighting is CRAZY to me.

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Ladle Ghoulash
1 hour ago, AVeryGagaHolyDick said:

Plastic Doll girl, Plastic Doll :ladyhaha:

and the fact that it’s actually Skrillex that produced it makes it worse cuz I used to dream for that collab and… :messga:

Plastic Doll clears the ever loving **** out of SC :ladyhaha:

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Ziggy
6 minutes ago, gagzus said:

I was obsessed with her DIY aesthetic early in TF era because she was basically like a drag queen. But having Heidi Slimane shooting your cover and having a dry af hard front wig in hard lighting is CRAZY to me.

That’s why I love it. His technique brought so much texture and drama to the cheap wig which to me made it all the more camp

but! I consent that it’s really a matter of personal taste lol

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gagzus
13 minutes ago, Ziggy said:

That’s why I love it. His technique brought so much texture and drama to the cheap wig which to me made it all the more camp

but! I consent that it’s really a matter of personal taste lol

I think my thing is; the whole shoot was so polished and perfected (to the point it’s the only professional album shoot she has where we haven’t got loads of leaked or extra shots posted online. Like the aesthetic was so minimalist. And the wig for the Alejandro single cover was just so much better imo.

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Anderson123
4 hours ago, BELLYACHE said:

Guys is Sour Candy the WORST song from Chromatica??? Someone back me up here. Ghoulash is rage baiting me into thinking she has taste lmao

Still better than Plastic Doll and Free Woman. 

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Ladle Ghoulash
Just now, Anderson123 said:

Still better than Plastic Doll and Free Woman. 

In no way, shape, or form, I fear. FW + PD clear the everloving **** out of SC. 

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Teeth > Monster

Teeth is such a fun song Gaga usually brings back once in a while and love seeing her perform it, reminds me of Killah energy. 

Alejandro was the right choice for 3rd single and I’m glad she pushed it. As much as I love Dance In The Dark it probably would’ve been like Marry The Night that they weren’t radio friendly songs but fan favorites with great music videos. 

According to that commercial, Monster seemed like it was going to be pushed as 4th single and I’m glad it wasn’t. As much as I love RedOne I feel like most Gaga’s singles at that time had a very similar sound to each other and then he went to work with a lot of artists and repeat that formula. 

I’m glad The Fame Monster was expanded into a full album and not just a The Fame deluxe with 4-5 songs because we could’ve missed on songs like So Happy I Could Die and Teeth which are not fillers at all but they were selected to have 8 songs finished. 

Speechless has been her best ballad ever but Happy Mistake and some of the ones on A Star Is Born are high up there in her Top 5 ballads ever. 




 



 

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niccolo

Alejandro is boring and is not about anything. Its inclusion in any setlist is a slog because it has not been revamped at all since its conception. It deserves a spot on the album but also should be vaulted and locked up. 

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BELLYACHE
41 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

In no way, shape, or form, I fear. FW + PD clear the everloving **** out of SC. 

Get rekd along with Sine from Dog and Engigma

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Ladle Ghoulash
Just now, BELLYACHE said:

Get rekd along with Sine from Dog and Engigma

Again, both of those songs clear the everloving **** out of SC. 

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Ladle Ghoulash
13 minutes ago, niccolo said:

Alejandro is boring and is not about anything. Its inclusion in any setlist is a slog because it has not been revamped at all since its conception. It deserves a spot on the album but also should be vaulted and locked up. 

Honestly that’s kind of how I feel about LoveGame. I like to on the MAYHEM Ball setlist, but wouldn’t be sad if she shelved it moving forward 

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RochesterJoannster
7 hours ago, HotLikeMexico said:

I love BTW and TFM but people forgot early reception to a lot of these albums. 

I admit I don’t remember the perceived division over TFM. I was less into fan forums and such at the time, but I only remember the positivity. 
 

BTW is another story. I actively remember that entire era being divided from the get-go.

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HotLikeMexico
17 minutes ago, RochesterJoannster said:

I admit I don’t remember the perceived division over TFM. I was less into fan forums and such at the time, but I only remember the positivity. 
 

BTW is another story. I actively remember that entire era being divided from the get-go.

I was in HS when this happened so I dont remember entirely. But TFM if I remember had to do with the demos sounding different. That was one thing but overall fans were more positive as opposed to the how BTW was divisive when it was being released, leaked, and the media's ire over judas and the madonna feud.

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