Better Song: Speechless vs VIY

[TheFrenchGuy 3,852]

Vanish is an absolutely gorgeous song and I love it dearly but Speechless is her best ballad IMO. An absolute classic.

[gagacabana 2,265]

2 hours ago, River said:

I love Speechless but I hate Joe..

This. Like this song just hits on a different level when you have an alcoholic dad lmao

[gagacabana 2,265]

2 hours ago, ****oDanceFight said:

"If you f*cking rip my hairbow and my wig off my f*cking head, my shoes, my bra, every single thing on my body, and you throw me on a piano with a microphone, I will f*cking make you cry."

When/where was this 

[AVeryGagaHolyDick 28,900]

Both reaaally great but Speechless >>>
and she wrote it all by herself so it’s an even bigger win for me

[Alxjcgn 1,676]

3 hours ago, ANVEEROY said:

Choose wisely...

oh you bitch.... this one is impossible to choose

[bxr 1,050]

39 minutes ago, gagacabana said:

When/where was this 

NME 23 April 2011

https://www.digitalspy.com/music/a315370/lady-gaga-i-will-fking-make-you-cry/

Spoiler

People want proof that you are fake, we say, because if you are fake it backs up traditional ideas of what divides a plastic, manufactured pop star from an authentic alt-rocker. Having spent five hours in Gaga's company today, NME has been seduced into saying exactly what Gaga wants to hear. It's partly because we don't want her to burst into tears. Maybe this is why nobody prepared her for the 'Born This Way' backlash. But the point does stand: if you like to put your musicians into little boxes, Gaga must be deeply troubled. "That's RIGHT!" she roars. "They want me to admit to something that isn't real, to a f—ing artifice. Gosh that would be f—ing exhausting. Let me tell you something. If you f—ing rip my hairbow and my wig off my f—ing head, my shoes, my bra, every single thing on my body, and you throw me on a piano with a microphone, I will f—ing make you cry. Nobody knows the f—ing bravery it took for me to be me with this f—ing media. All of these interviews. All of these questions. I could have just woken up one day and put out my music in T-shirts and jeans and I never did that once. I endlessly found myself shouting, 'I am not full of s–t! Are you?'."

 

[Killa 18,277]

Honestly i listened tò vanish oxi-action the other day and was kinda let down how underwhelming It felt respect of months ago. Ive changed my position regarding this Song.

[PornoDanceFight 966]

1 hour ago, gagacabana said:

When/where was this 

NME April 2011

 

Right before they named Born This Way the "Most Pretentious Album Ever," and Gaga ended them  

https://x.com/ladygaga/status/172828595134267392

[MACATL 1,894]

Speechless will always have my heart.  VIY is amazing and I love it, but Speechless stands alone in her catalog.  It’s a true rock ballad and has echos of the Beatles, Queen, Billy Joel and Elton John all through it.  It will always baffle me that it wasn’t released to dominate the airwaves.  

[Nemo 4,364]

Speechless is... why I love her, if I had to narrow it down to one thing.

[Sneaky Oliver 22,712]

This is hard, I really like Speechless lyrics better but VIY lyrics are more relatable, sonically I think VIY wins

[steven 6,362]

Speechless sounds very demoish compared to VIY now

[Ziggy 12,989]

Tricky but speechless. The lyrics are a perfect balance of idiosyncratic and general. James Dean glossy eyes, bubble dreams, etc. VIY is a gorgeous song, too, but if I’m splitting hairs, lyrics are where speechless outshines it, though the concept of loving someone so much you want to vanish into them is beautiful.

[AVeryGagaHolyDick 28,900]

15 minutes ago, steven said:

Speechless sounds very demoish

Now what?  Speechless and Yoü And I are her most polished ballads

[Ladle Ghoulash 37,534]

20 minutes ago, steven said:

Speechless sounds very demoish compared to VIY now

Ngl (and I love VIY down) but the amount of reverb on VIY’s verses is very demoish lol. I love it as an aesthetic choice because I feel like a lot of modern pop production doesn’t let vocals shine, but it literally sounds like someone singing in their garage with a small PA system

Edited 3 hours ago by Ladle Ghoulash