MAYHEM Requiem: Apple Music Live

[bxr 1,671]

12 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Bible has no replay value, fr

But/and/then on the eighth day …

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Today‘s (May 15) Gospel Reading (Catholic Liturgy)

As always, neither here nor there, just musing salt grains into the airwaves … but whew … an undercurrent flair for the Zeitgeist Theology, Pop Goes the Gospel 

[joannethenight 5,817]

Just now, Gaga2645 said:

I feel like LG8 is going to be ARTPOP core the way mayhem was btw core so bad

Not LG9 being Joanne core

[metalguru 1,563]

I can sacrifice my liver if this is the direction she is heading to for LG8!

[Gaga2645 2,291]

1 minute ago, joannethenight said:

Not LG9 being Joanne core

Joanne with actual funding please it could be a moment 

[joannethenight 5,817]

1 minute ago, Gaga2645 said:

Joanne with actual good music please it could be a moment 

fixed it

[GAGA IS GROOVY 640]

RIP MAYHEM.

A farewell to one of the greatest Gaga eras ever, and what a farewell it was!!

Requiem is pure genius. I felt like I was drifting down a lazy river of electronica, being hypnotised by constant waves of synth, as Gaga steered the ship with her mesmerising performance. The show has an almost dreamlike quality too, with all the low hums and pulsating synths blending with the shadowy visuals and smoky lasers. A gothic dream!

The core of MAYHEM remains intact throughout the show, but its echoes and ghosts are interpolated in really interesting ways. Killah and Die with a Smile are the most spectacular performances so I can absolutely see why they've been uploaded onto YouTube. But, love, love, love the entire show! Requiem adds yet another layer to this era that cements it as one of Gaga's best.

Thank you Gaga, I’ve paid my toll to the angels for the final time, and now there’s a river in my eyes. 

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(However, Requiem being THIS good has only exacerbated my Bitter Betty-ness and I fear I will always mourn the fact that this era ended with only two true MAYHEM singles/music videos....)

Edited 5 hours ago by GAGA IS GROOVY

[Starmie25 22,045]

The top comment being about how we heard "Michael speak" 

[metalguru 1,563]

And oh those layers! organic harmonies, heavy synths, piano, guitars straight out of The Cure, echoes of the '80s and some future decade that hasn't arrived yet all of it, unmistakably hers. 

From Harlequin to this, she's shown an artistic integrity that leaves me speechless... and so proud of her.  I think the full fruit of this newly found muse is still to come.

[Ladle Ghoulash 44,488]

9 minutes ago, bxr said:

But/and/then on the eighth day …

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Today‘s (May 15) Gospel Reading (Catholic Liturgy)

As always, neither here nor there, just musing salt grains into the airwaves … but whew … an undercurrent flair for the Zeitgeist Theology, Pop Goes the Gospel 

Reminds me of Gaga saying that she “needed to find the religion in the show” during the BTS commentary. In spite of the conversation about Gaga and religion often centering around her provocative use of religious iconography, I think her most interesting contribution to the discussion is actually decentering the ecstasy and liturgy of religious experience from the nexus of tradition/established faith practices (“my religion is you”). Taking religion, at first, as obsession and devotion during TFM, then gradually building it into a personal practice, belief system, shared ceremony, but also, probably most radically in the idea that religion is the machination of personal meaning using the world (both figurative and abstract) as raw material.

[Bronco 21,274]

14 minutes ago, bxr said:

But/and/then on the eighth day …

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Today‘s (May 15) Gospel Reading (Catholic Liturgy)

As always, neither here nor there, just musing salt grains into the airwaves … but whew … an undercurrent flair for the Zeitgeist Theology, Pop Goes the Gospel 

The four gospels are TF, TFM, BTW & AP.

[Ladle Ghoulash 44,488]

Just now, Bronco said:

The four gospels are TF, TFM, BTW & AP.

And MAYHEM is the Tetramorph (aka the synthesis of all four Gaga Gospels)

[Ladle Ghoulash 44,488]

@bxrngl that string of connections genuinely warrants its own thread because that is ****ing fascinating 

[thisboyisamonster 1,207]

Did anyone else cry during Vanish Into You omg 

[gagacabana 5,092]

11 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Why do I feel like BOG and DWAS are gonna eat…

Tbh at first listen the only thing dwas ate was crumbs... when I watch the entire thing I hope to change my mind 

[gagacabana 5,092]

11 hours ago, likeitrough said:

wearing a car dashboard and a helmet whilst singing a duet wedding song that you've remixed with a vocoder and a soundboard 

Just another minecraft day