Echo 327 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 No I actually feel the complete opposite everything feels better than any other era musically so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimus 298 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Because you've made your point on here time and time again that your biggest fear is whether she'll be mega successful or not. You down play anything of her's that didn't have her on the absolute top. wrong. I love Marry The Night Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstreak 6,653 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 wrong. I love Marry The Night Well I suppose we'll agree to disagree in how we see things. Take a moment to think of just flexibility, love, and trust~ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffSwift 314 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 (edited) Ok You mean like Taylor Swift? You're ignorant if you think Taylor Swift hasn't evolved lyrically and musically since her first album. Give her whole discography a quick listen. Anyway, after listening to all 7 of the songs I must say that I am not disappointed or completely amazed. I think most of them (Except Jewels N' Drugs) are good songs, but nothing (besides Swine) has actually blown me away. I'm sure the studio versions will drive me crazy. Edited September 2, 2013 by JeffMartin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leoj 2 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Kinda as I said in some other thread, I don't see ANY of the songs she performed doing good good in the charts With this album I expected her to go back to awesome catchy pop songs,but she went a different direction. Gonna wait for the studio versions to start b---hing though lel she went to TFM's style of music.... kinda like BTW, except BTW had lyrics that inspired you to be who you are, and the best songs weren't released as singles... BTW felt like a continuation and evolution of TFM, art pop feels like TFM 2.0 which is great..... this is based on what I've heard so far Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHGUY 230 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Did you heard Sex Dreams? She's Better than ever! That gif lmaooooo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nissa 51 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 (edited) Thanks, everyone, for your comments. It speaks well for the fanbase that the majority of the comments were kind, even though you have a different opinion. I've listened to the songs probably close to 10 times now, on a good set of headphones, and I'm still not much of a fan. But everyone has different tastes. We'll see what the rest of the album has to offer. I do really love Aura and Swine, so it seems that I'm just drawn more to the "rave"-sounding songs that she was talking about, and I'm sure there will be more on the album. I was just interested to know if there were others who felt the way I did, and it seems there are a few, so mission accomplished. It's just a bit scary when an artist you're absolutely obsessed with puts out stuff you really don't like, and it seems like you're the only one who doesn't like it, you know?Thanks for your support, but no need to worry, or to defend me...I was a bit harsh and I knew I was being harsh, so I expected some blowback, but it was just my honest opinion. I mean no disrespect to Gaga, and I will still listen to all of her other albums like a crazy person, as I have been doing for years. People will disagree with me, as I obviously disagree with them. And if they don't like what I said or think I'm being a jerk, that's OK. If someone would've written something like this during BTW, I probably would've had a similar reaction, because I loved that album so much. People have different tastes and unpopular opinions, sometimes. I hadn't seen the first comment before I posted my reply. Well, you definitely can't say you didn't try if you've listened to it 10 times with good headphones! ;) Kudos for persevering like that. I didn't understand the way you phrased your dislike at first (not the fact that you have that opinion) and I thought some of the things you said seemed kind of dishonest and sometimes insulting towards Gaga but reading this and other comments I can see I misjudged you. My response to this thread was much more harsh than I'd normally have done, the moment just wasn't right (I suffer from chronic nerve pain and it's worse today - which is never an excuse, mind you) and I should've cooled off. I sincerely apologize. I really wish it had floored you like it did me. And you saying that you'd write something similar if this was about BTW was super graceful. :hug: Edited September 2, 2013 by Nissa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miel 15,009 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Anybody else feel like the mic feed was wonky? I'm hoping that didn't kill it for a lot of people Who is talking about the Chart success? TFM has sold 5M and it is still Gaga's best album. BTW- 7M and it is nowhere near to the quality of TFM BTW far exceeded TFM idk :kanyeshrug: 3 points in and ready for more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haus 152 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Some of the replies to this thread are sickening. What happened to having an opinion? Her new music won't be for everyone. I think she's definitely trying to be more mainstream with this album while retaining her uniqueness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello Mr. Radio 45 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Some of the replies to this thread are sickening. What happened to having an opinion? Her new music won't be for everyone. I think she's definitely trying to be more mainstream with this album while retaining her uniqueness. Agreed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlitos 99 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Some of the replies to this thread are sickening. What happened to having an opinion? Her new music won't be for everyone. I think she's definitely trying to be more mainstream with this album while retaining her uniqueness. :clap: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
msquare91 1 Posted September 2, 2013 Author Share Posted September 2, 2013 I hadn't seen the first comment before I posted my reply. Well, you definitely can't say you didn't try if you've listened to it 10 times with good headphones! ;) Kudos for persevering like that. I didn't understand the way you phrased your dislike at first (not the fact that you have that opinion) and I thought some of the things you said seemed kind of dishonest and sometimes insulting towards Gaga but reading this and other comments I can see I misjudged you. My response to this thread was much more harsh than I'd normally have done, the moment just wasn't right (I suffer from chronic nerve pain and it's worse today - which is never an excuse, mind you) and I should've cooled off. I sincerely apologize. I really wish it had floored you like it did me. And you saying that you'd write something similar if this was about BTW was super graceful. Don't even worry about it! I wasn't offended at all. It's funny, I usually am the one who's fiercely defending Gaga against negative opinions, and here I am on the other side now... I was a bit upset last night, too, so I wasn't at my most articulate. I didn't mean to sound disrespectful. I guess what I was trying to say is that Gaga just acts very differently now, and has been for a while. I understand that she's trying to be more vulnerable and honest, rather than covering things up as she might have done before, and I have no problem with that. But...it's very strange, and it's difficult for me to articulate, so I might just botch things again, but it seems like not just now, but over the past year or so, she's been simultaneously pulling walls down between her and her fans, and putting other walls up. Or so I've felt...maybe others disagree with me. She communicates directly with her fans through her website, by posting and chatting and liking/commenting on posts, so it should feel like she's the closest she's ever been with her fans. She also has been taking off the wigs and the costumes, and giving us peeks into her private life with her family and her boyfriend. Yet, even with all of that, she feels so much further and more separate from the fans than she did before, particularly during BTW. Of course there was the twitter blackout, and for a long time, I attributed it to that. But even now after she's tweeting again, it feels like I just have no idea who this person is that I once cared so much for. Maybe it was a fallacy for me to ever feel that way, because I truly don't know her, without ever having talked to her, and maybe never will. But at one time, there was at least an illusion that we all were in touch with her and knew her somewhat on a personal level, because of her candidness on stage, in interviews, and through online communication. Things like the Princess High costume, the cherub tattoo on her head, and the septum piercing I just don't understand. I don't know where they're coming from, or what they're supposed to be saying about her. Regardless of how one feels about how these things look, or one's opinions on marijuana or tattoos/piercings, this type of expression through body modifications and frankness about d--gs is really quite different from what she's done in the past. So I've found myself asking, why are things different now? Why has her form of expression changed? And I have no answers. She's become a bit of an enigma in that way. Yet at the same time, she said that she wants to be more honest and show us what's underneath all the costumes. So...which one is it? I don't understand what she's trying to accomplish here. I thought that Born this Way was all about how the costumes and the wigs were a natural extension of herself, and how she could be more honest through a disguise, much like a jester, than without one. And I totally agree with that. I don't think there's anything wrong with putting on a mask. I think that's the only way to speak the truth, without fooling ourselves by trying to be honest without them. Honesty can sometimes be the biggest deception of them all, because we have to posture ourselves to try to meet the expectation of what honesty means, if that makes any sense. When you have a mask on, you can blab all you want without thinking about the consequences. That's true honesty, in my opinion. I really agreed with that philosophy during BTW, and now that she's trying to go back on it, I just find it disingenuous. Woops, that turned out to be a novel. Sorry! Analyzing is my pastime... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klinky 2 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 yeah lol where have I been... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
all is flux 3 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 It was gimmicky and tacky and the production was just OK - it wasn't bad but it wasn't good. BUT it was fun to watch and it was clever at times Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
giskardsb 12,565 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 I don't get the Alejandro love. If ANY single of hers is derivative it's that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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