when it comes to stefani germanotta (aka lady gaga) everybody has an opinion and like madonna back in the eighties and nineties she split the world into camps. people who loath her, people who love her, people who appreciate her hustle but don't really care about the music and then people who act like they couldn't give two shits but do actually. i don't know where to put myself but i think she's done some good songs and she's a great entertainer but more than that i don't know.
i like the fact that she was once just another "r&b" or pop-dance singer that like any other singer. the rules for lesser known singers is that they have to say their record companies name, their managers name, their producers name and whoever discovered them, their lawyers name and everyone else associated to said singer before they even sing one phrase. oh and they have to be backed up by a bigger star by having a big rapper to add a verse to said song. that was an exaggeration but listen to "just dance" and "eh eh" and then to her new songs and you notice a difference.
because gaga actually wrote her songs she had a different status compared to another singer on akon's konvict label: kat deluna. her song "run the show" has a long intro which exemplifies what i mentioned. it's 12 bars of intro where it's all hype and bigging up everyone else before she goes on singing. it's quite ridiculous but this is all a matter of how much records you sell. unless you are hot property and sell records and concert tickets like hot cakes you are not more interesting than the guest artist or the producer of said track.
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anyhow back to gaga, my favourite song of hers has been "love game" which has an amazing hook and bridge and i have to mention that the sound of arrows remix of "alejandro" really is amazing. that was a song that i really thought was bland in it's original form but then comes swedish producers the sound of arrows that whipped up a remix that sounds one part motiv8 and one part madonna in the shep pettibone era.
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swedish national radio p3 brought that to my attention and so did they for this one. "judas" in a version by norweigan act röyksopp which i'm a big fan of. i like the sound of arrows remix of "alejandro" i really didn't like the original but then this came on radio and i heard the core fundamental of the song on top of bouncy beats with acid, eighties-style squarewaved synths and vocoders. what i like the most is that they removed that "juda-ju-da-da-da" thing in the hook and they only work that in the end part of the track.
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