alexcal24 54 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Sorry, no, No. There is a reason those songs are either unreleased and/or ignored by Gags herself. She should keep on doing what she wants, whether it's pop, dance, rock, americana country or jazz, she should keep on forging her own path like always. Revisiting is for Taylor and her endless rerecords lol 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controversiaga 13,484 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) 50 minutes ago, Kayi said: And Don't call tonight, Lovedrug are Asib and Chromatica coded Imo VIY is more giving ARTPOP or Bad Romance vibes but I'd be curious to know why you think it sounds like early Gaga Sonically, instrumentally, and lyrically they give early Gaga. fancy pants, sexy ugly, paparazzi, beautiful dirty rich, SUMMERBOY , etc . Those mayhem tracks have that same funkyness that many of her fusari tracks have. ARTPOP and bad romance are electronic / synth based songs, and the only songs on mayhem that fit that description imo are disease and abracadabra. Edited March 21 by Controversiaga Pronounced like “Balenciaga” . Emphasis on the “Ga” 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxr 1,652 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) 1 hour ago, Kayi said: And Don't call tonight, Lovedrug are Asib and Chromatica coded Imo VIY is more giving ARTPOP or Bad Romance vibes but I'd be curious to know why you think it sounds like early Gaga I’ve never thought about these dynamics before … DCT and LoveDrug as ASIB / Chromatica-coded, and VIY giving ARTPOP / Bad Romance vibes … (but/and, more broadly, I love this entire discourse and conversation, because it is so alive, but/and also that Gaga’s existing catalogue allows for this discourse at all—while she is still actively developing and delivering said evolving anthology—is not to be taken for granted) … I’m curious as to where you see the echoed codes, or synchronous vibes … ? On the blink, DCT and LoveDrug carry the sort of bittersweet fidelity-to-a-fault pendulum graduating descent into a sort of atrophied relationship (deep relationship, with soulmate (ASIB) and/or shades of self (Chromatica) maybe) with the linger of chasing a silver-lined silhouette … but it feels more narrative, than sonic necessarily, the journey or scene feels aligned between these codes in the catalog (if that makes any sense … just riffing here) VIY echoes the narrative or episodic vibe association … to where (and, admittedly, oversimplifying here) on blink association, VIY felt sister from another mister ARTPOP on the narrative POV (maybe the lyrical / conceptual interplay between “we could belong together,” “if art and pop can belong together like this so can my fans and i,” and literally vanishing into the crowd at Mayhem Ball during the song) … Bad Romance, the vanishing into your partner’s entirety, including the ugly, the disease (Germ-world problems), etc. maybe … But, just musing on the blink, not sure if this made any sense Edited March 21 by bxr 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly02 13 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Red & Blue was my secret fave Gaga thing for a long time tbh, nowadays tho Harlequin is my not so secret fave 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars 2,561 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Weirdly her pre fame stuff never did it for me. I kind of enjoyed watching her live performances in bars on youtube but it was more about her than the music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriane 22,293 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 I started listening to her in 2010. Funnily, I actually got into her early music + acoustic performances way before her Gaga studio albums. I would listen to these songs on repeat, meanwhile I didn't know songs like Monster, Money Honey etc. The only reason why I listen less to these songs nowadays is because streaming services have made it so much easier to just listen and add songs to an online library instead of having to download everything, but obviously they only have official releases. The only GGD member who can read / Credits to Celloo Deng for the profile pic! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxr 1,652 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 In immediate retrospect, Electric Kiss feels kind of early and eternal … to be pre-Fame (3rd place recipient at … NYU’s Ultraviolet Live talent show in ‘05 (?) … which, it‘s kind of funny coincidence that she debuted the purple and black SOAM coat N7 at Madison Square Garden, since NYU’s school mascot is the Violets) the song still plays somewhere between aught-pop culture prophecy, pop artist origin story, and creative manifesto … but this early song in particular feels a bit ”seed of a future spiritual hologram,” but/and the DNA feels interwoven throughout her career / catalogue since Spoiler [Verse 1] We are a generation twisted by a myth Confused and ludicrous Holding on to love Consumed by all the pleasures in our midst A life without the lips we've kissed, and losing all control [Pre-Chorus] We're gonna start a resistance So we want independence We're gonna give the world some of this [Chorus] Electric kiss I'm gonna change the world with my lips One voice forever We'll live together in peace, love, solitude, and happiness Electric kiss [Verse 2] Fame is our felony We're so in love with it Some superstars and masochists who don't know where to go But the poets and the fathers of our time Put down their weapons in their arms, and know what they must do [Pre-Chorus] We're gonna start a resistance So we want independence We're gonna give the world some of this [Chorus] Electric kiss I'm gonna change the world with my lips One voice forever We'll live together in peace, love, solitude, and happiness [Instrumental Bridge] [Chorus] Electric kiss I'm gonna change the world with my lips One voice forever We'll live together in peace, love, solitude, and happiness Electric kiss 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouranos 952 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 I have two albums of unreleased & early songs on my phone some favs are rockshow dirty ice cream Fever red & blue Fancy pants panty party retro physical 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RochesterJoannster 3,990 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 8 hours ago, Agunimon said: Generally no, but even as recent as the Fame, I tend to avoid that as well. In fact, I'm pretty sure the last time I even listened to The Fame in full was 7 years ago. The Fame is her only album that I’ve almost never played as an album from start to finish. Not that it’s bad. But it never had the cover-to-cover repeat for me that started with The Fame Monster and I especially noticed it once Born This Way came out. Those albums had (and still have) a full replay value, while The Fame has always been the singles and then filler to me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 115,604 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 A stan I will, listening to them often though? Maybe not. For me music like that need certain time and mood and vibe to enjoy. Just like I did to Tori Amos, Bjork, and other alternative pop artists. Or like I did to LG6.5, I obsessed over it for 4 weeks then I rarely heard it currently, unless I suddenly got the mood for it. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ because of you...., nothing really matters (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imogen2133 315 Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 18 hours ago, MACATL said: Define “early.” Fame/Fame Monster, BTW, yes. Then meh overall until Mayhem (pop albums) I meant before The Fame came out like the Fusari/TLC days. Also hey ARTPOP is great too from her early years.(I will not tolerate ARTPOP slander) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imogen2133 315 Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 (edited) 11 hours ago, Ouranos said: I have two albums of unreleased & early songs on my phone some favs are rockshow dirty ice cream Fever red & blue Fancy pants panty party retro physical I did that too with her unreleased songs and I made a separate album in my library on Itunes with audio versions of her performances to put them on my phone. Some of my favs are Rockshow, Dirty Ice Cream, Future Love, Heiress, Retro Physical, Cake Like Lady Gaga, We Are Plastic, Out Of Control, Stuck On ****ing You, Princess Die and Earthquake. Edited March 22 by imogen2133 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imogen2133 315 Posted March 22 Author Share Posted March 22 9 hours ago, RAMROD said: A stan I will, listening to them often though? Maybe not. For me music like that need certain time and mood and vibe to enjoy. Just like I did to Tori Amos, Bjork, and other alternative pop artists. Or like I did to LG6.5, I obsessed over it for 4 weeks then I rarely heard it currently, unless I suddenly got the mood for it. I agree I do really like a lot of those early songs but I need to be in a certain mood to enjoy them but I also wish some of them made it to her studio albums like Vanity, Stache, Fashion and Out Of Control. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayioshka 3,078 Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 On 3/21/2026 at 8:43 PM, bxr said: I’ve never thought about these dynamics before … DCT and LoveDrug as ASIB / Chromatica-coded, and VIY giving ARTPOP / Bad Romance vibes … (but/and, more broadly, I love this entire discourse and conversation, because it is so alive, but/and also that Gaga’s existing catalogue allows for this discourse at all—while she is still actively developing and delivering said evolving anthology—is not to be taken for granted) … I’m curious as to where you see the echoed codes, or synchronous vibes … ? On the blink, DCT and LoveDrug carry the sort of bittersweet fidelity-to-a-fault pendulum graduating descent into a sort of atrophied relationship (deep relationship, with soulmate (ASIB) and/or shades of self (Chromatica) maybe) with the linger of chasing a silver-lined silhouette … but it feels more narrative, than sonic necessarily, the journey or scene feels aligned between these codes in the catalog (if that makes any sense … just riffing here) VIY echoes the narrative or episodic vibe association … to where (and, admittedly, oversimplifying here) on blink association, VIY felt sister from another mister ARTPOP on the narrative POV (maybe the lyrical / conceptual interplay between “we could belong together,” “if art and pop can belong together like this so can my fans and i,” and literally vanishing into the crowd at Mayhem Ball during the song) … Bad Romance, the vanishing into your partner’s entirety, including the ugly, the disease (Germ-world problems), etc. maybe … But, just musing on the blink, not sure if this made any sense DCT and Lovedrug are inspired 80s Rock and Pop music, which kinda reminds me of Asib ballads. But the lyrics are introspective like Chromatica's writing. For VIY I hear a little of ARTPOP in the way the instrumental is built. Especially in the percussions. And I also hear in the singing some Bad Romance reminiscence in the "I vanish into you" and "Like a ghost, I, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, vanish into you". It's giving her melodramatic/operatic tones of BR. In my peace era. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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