windzo 806 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Marry The Night bridge always gets me no matter what Don't call tonight has my favorite bridge right now tho 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delulu Rogers 7,629 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 1 hour ago, Oriane said: I thought we were voting for the album that featured our song pick? Oh I read that wrong then haha 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxr 1,749 Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 2 hours ago, chewing on pearls said: Her delivery on this is soooooo fierce it needs to be studied [Ew] In the most Biblical sense, I am beyond repentance Fame hooker, prostitute, wench vomits her mind But in the cultural sense, I just speak in future tense Judas, kiss me if offensed, or wear ear condom next time Full-stop: open the schoolhauses It’s like, if ever Gaga had a Pop Gospel moment… #thus: Judas, kiss me if offenced… send me to crucify (the Judas kiss of betrayal); or, wear ear condom next time … abort the sound of the underground before it hits public consciousness… either way #wrapitup … and then the low-key Sermon on the Motorcycle Diary moment When Jesus was eating with his twelve disciples that evening, he said, “One of you will surely hand me over to my enemies… One of you men who has eaten with me from this dish will betray me. The Son of Man will die, as the Scriptures say. Woe to that man… it would have been good for that man if he had not been born…” this way, baby… ear condom #lethalsounds #biblicallyspeaking … but/and/also there’s just and entire exegetical entirety happening in the top line biblically cultural tantamount tense Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxr 1,749 Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 2 hours ago, Hadrian said: Is Gaga even known for her bridges?! I can literally only think of Marry The Night's bridge off the top of my head... maybe Heavy Metal Lover. And Judas. So Born This Way seems to be my answer For some reason, Britney springs to mind when I think of pop bridges; but I noticed in the song polls that people would mention how bridges were the saving grace for otherwise unsalvagable Gaga songs … and then I dove back into the catalogue and was like … wow … what a deceptively ample arsenal … also, Gaga’s song structures feel more “eclectic” than her Aught Pop contemporaries, so maybe identifying a conventional “bridge” might not be as instantaneous within the formula But, the thread so far has really solid selections … Poker Face Spoiler I won't tell you that I love you Kiss or hug you 'Cause I'm bluffin' with my muffin I'm not lyin', I'm just stunnin' with my love-glue-gunnin' Just like a chick in the casino Take your bank before I pay you out I promise this, promise this Check this hand 'cause I'm marvelous LoveGame (not mentioned, but a contender I’d say) Spoiler I can see you staring there from across the block With a smile on your mouth and your hand on your (Huh!) The story of us, it always starts the same With a boy and a girl and a huh! and a game (Huh!) Just Dance (not sure if it has been mentioned here, but River showered a bouquet of half psychotic sick hypnotic kudos to its bridge in a thread not too long ago) Spoiler Half psychotic, sick, hypnotic, got my blueprint, it's symphonic Half psychotic, sick, hypnotic, got my blueprint, electronic Half psychotic, sick, hypnotic, got my blueprint, it's symphonic Half psychotic, sick, hypnotic, got my blueprint, electronic Go, use your muscle, carve it out, work it, hustle (I got it, just stay close enough to get it on) Don't slow, drive it, clean it, Lysol, bleed it Spend the last dough (I got it) in your pock-o (I got it) Paparazzi Spoiler Real good, we dance in the studio Snap, snap to that **** on the radio Don't stop for anyone We're plastic, but we still have fun Starstruck (living iconically rent-free in niche pop minds across the base) Spoiler Groove, slam, work it back Filter that, baby, bump that track Groove, slam, work it back Filter that, baby, bump that track Groove, slam, work it back Filter that, baby, bump that track Groove, slam, work it back (Filter that) Baby, bump that track I Like It Rough Spoiler I'm shiny and I know it Don't know why you wanna blow it Need a man who likes it rough Likes it rough, likes it rough (Baby likes it rough) I'm shiny and I know it Don't know why you wanna blow it Need a man who likes it rough Likes it rough, likes it rough (Baby likes it rough) I'm shiny and I know it (Is it 'cause you don't mean it?) Don't know why you wanna blow it (Or because I don't feel it?) Need a man who likes it rough (Unless it's rough) Likes it rough, likes it rough (Baby likes it rough) I'm shiny and I know it (Is it 'cause you don't mean it?) Don't know why you wanna blow it (Or because I don't feel it?) Need a man who likes it rough (Unless it's rough) Likes it rough Lady Gaga, engage That’s already more than I thought even The Fame would have, so, in the interest of time and typing, I’ll leave the existing examples as a starting point for future explorations—I dig your top-liners though! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxr 1,749 Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 1 hour ago, HausofGabo said: My favorite one is Perfect Illusion’s For the sake of posterity … Spoiler Where are you? 'Cause I can't see (It was a perfect illusion) But I feel you watchin' me Dilated, fallin' free In a modern ecstasy Where are you? 'Cause I can't see (It was a perfect illusion) But I feel you watchin' me But I feel you watchin' me (Illusion) But I feel you watchin' me (Mistaken for love) Where were you? 'Cause I can't see (Illusion) But I feel you watchin' me (Mistaken for love) Dilated, fallin' free In a modern ecstasy (Mistaken for love) In a modern ecstasy In a modern ecstasy I'm over the show Yeah, at least now I know The energetic vibe on that bridge … whew, I appreciate the rewind remind 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxr 1,749 Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 4 hours ago, Blackout19 said: I’m going to go out on a limb (leaf?) … is this Mary Jane Holland? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Controversiaga 13,939 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Love it when you call me legs in the morning buy me eggs Pronounced like “Balenciaga” . Emphasis on the “Ga” 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 45,684 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 3 hours ago, Hadrian said: Is Gaga even known for her bridges?! I can literally only think of Marry The Night's bridge off the top of my head... maybe Heavy Metal Lover. And Judas. So Born This Way seems to be my answer Gaga is absolutely known for her bridges lol We have forgotten our public MANNERS 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthieu 574 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 iconic bad romance and born this way personallu the queen, marry the night and g.u.y. hot blondes in odd positions 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewing on pearls 658 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 1 hour ago, bxr said: entire exegetical entirety happening in the top line biblically cultural tantamount tense YOU GET IT to us, this bridge is like a thesis statement for Gaga's entire career, in that she states her commitment to art is as live-or-death as Christ's acceptance of his prophesied death for mankind Gaga bore the cross of creating excessive, urgent art-pop for the culture at the time, well aware that her artistry would become legacy and set the stage for other bombastic music acts... and that despite her own maturation as an artist, the Born This Way era would function as a critical (dare I say sacred?) text for her fans and artists she's influenced 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KindnessPunk 2,365 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 TELL ME WHOS THAT GIRL WHERE’D YOU GET THAT HAT? WHYS SHE CRYING, WHATS THE PRICE TAG? WHOS THAT GIRL, MALIBU GAGA, LOOKS SO SAD WHAT IS THIS SAGA?!?! HO! 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriane 22,361 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Honorable mentions: Just Dance Born this Way Judas Hair Heavy Metal Lover Electric Chapel The Queen Perfect Illusion Hey Girl (it redeems the song ) Perfect Celebrity Killah Don't call tonight Shadow of a man The only GGD member who can read / Credits to Celloo Deng for the profile pic! 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starmie25 22,135 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 BAD ROMANCE JUST DANCE MARY JANE HOLLAND ABRACADABRA JOANNE (honourable mention) 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxr 1,749 Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 2 hours ago, chewing on pearls said: YOU GET IT to us, this bridge is like a thesis statement for Gaga's entire career, in that she states her commitment to art is as live-or-death as Christ's acceptance of his prophesied death for mankind Gaga bore the cross of creating excessive, urgent art-pop for the culture at the time, well aware that her artistry would become legacy and set the stage for other bombastic music acts... and that despite her own maturation as an artist, the Born This Way era would function as a critical (dare I say sacred?) text for her fans and artists she's influenced Bless, up, electric chaplains The bridge capstones the collective crescendo of this next testament pop prophecy … with echoes of a martyr manifesto … puns notwithstanding, the literal Easter eggs interwoven in the Paschal tapestry flow with an understated precision … also, the deeply embedded Mary / Magdalene emerging feminine archetype is an absolutely paramount point of critical discourse / cultural reference / (sacred?) source text … the subtle points of diametric shift are poetic on the surface but potent at the source (ex. “forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain,” echoes this recognition of the Cartesian (I think therefore…) / logical / assertive / brain-based point of masculine authority … in contrast to the intuitive / empathetic / nurturing / heart-based bedrock of feminine energy) … and the song navigates this duality throughout the lyrical progession, moreover in that she owns it at every station … I’ll digress here for now, but on a closing note … I do love that, even in the song itself, she outlives every character in the frame (or, lyrically speaking, at least), that the last line is “Ju-das, Ju-da-ah, Ju-das, Ga,ga-ah) … her first impression remains the refrain’s infamous last word Not sure if that made any sense, but/and I thoroughly appreciate your energy and insights 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 78,157 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) all of them are so good my top 5 are perhaps... Just Dance Hair Born This Way Bad Romance... and.... Fashion! Edited March 28 by weed 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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