Lady Gaga - Born This Way (May 23)

[MadonnaNation]

Maybe im missing something..but im not understanding todays acts like Rihanna and Gaga releaseing new albums every 6 to 8 months..???...there is something called burning out...theres a point were eveything starts sounding the same.

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GaGa had more than a year between all three releases.

[MikeCheck12]

Rihanna, absolutely. Time for her to take a long, long break.

[MadonnaNation]

Dec 10, 2011 11:28:52 GMT -5 MikeCheck12 said:

Rihanna, absolutely. Time for her to take a long, long break.

i agree...i guess i was counting these remix albums too.

[MadonnaNation]

But anyway..Judas.. is my fav song on this album..something about it thats hard to get out of your head...i can listen too it over and over and not get tired of it

[$uperb@tDuDe]

Rihanna has always released albums in close proximity, which is why she has the most #1's in the 00's.

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Dec 10, 2011 11:21:32 GMT -5 MadonnaNation said:

Maybe im missing something..but im not understanding todays acts like Rihanna and Gaga releaseing new albums every 6 to 8 months..???...there is something called burning out...theres a point were eveyting starts sounding the same.

What do you mean burnout?

[MountainMan]

Dec 10, 2011 23:01:06 GMT -5 @glitter said:

Dec 10, 2011 11:21:32 GMT -5 MadonnaNation said:

Maybe im missing something..but im not understanding todays acts like Rihanna and Gaga releaseing new albums every 6 to 8 months..???...there is something called burning out...theres a point were eveyting starts sounding the same.

What do you mean burnout?

Times were different back then. Almost all bands were doing that.

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Meets Z100's Jingle Ball in New YorkKelly Clarkson, David Guetta, Pitbull, Demi Lovato and More Bring Top-40 Radio to Madison Square Garden
BY MONICA HERRERA
DECEMBER 10, 2011 4:00 PM ET

It’'s a strange thing, seeing Lady Gaga play to a half-empty Madison Square Garden.

The all-star pop concert put on by her hometown’'s biggest Top-40 station would, on the surface, seem to be the perfect setting for her kitschy excess. Plus, Mother Monster legend tells us that an 11-year-old Gaga first declared her dream of becoming a singer at Jingle Ball, a bit of trivia invoked repeatedly by the star and the station on Friday night.

"“This was the first live show I had ever been to!"” Gaga announced early in her set, when the crowd was still at capacity. “"Who’se first show is this?"” she asked, thousands cheering back in response.

There'’s the problem: Z100’'s Jingle Ball isn'’t really a celebration of the vast pop universe in all its tricked-out glory. It’'s a Top-40 playlist come to life for the young and restless – heavy rotation hits only, please. And no costume changes! (Commercials for VitaminWater and Five Points College are OK, though.)

Its lineup isn'’t necessarily made up of the biggest stars, but the ones that most effectively pervaded the airwaves in the past year or so. On this night, that meant Gaga, but it also meant Pitbull, David Guetta, Kelly Clarkson, LMFAO, Gym Class Heroes and Demi Lovato, all of whom are nothing if not eager to please. Gaga takes pop theater to a higher power, where challenging eyes and ears to the point that thrill and fatigue become inseparable, somehow, makes sense. No wonder the Jingle Ball and Monster Ball crowds don’'t mix.

Gaga followed Pitbull and Guetta, who each play a vital role in their hits, but not the most vital. The superstar DJ shrewdly led fans through his radio and club smashes, from the Flo Rida- and Nicki Minaj-assisted “"Where Dem Girls At"” to the unabashedly romantic “"Without U,"” featuring Usher. “"We have 15 minutes to turn this into the best party on the planet!"” Guetta shouted jubilantly. "Let’s go!”"

Guetta had thousands jumping by the end of his set, but Pitbull made the whole Garden shake. An MC less in the rap sense than the party one, he beamed his singing friends (Chris Brown, Enrique Iglesias and Usher, again) in via a projection screen and basically supported their recorded hooks with his excellent backing band and dutiful, exhausting performance. He danced, rapped, pep-rallied, cursed in Spanish and did whatever would hype up the fans, until he was soaked in sweat and as gravel-throated as Lil Wayne. It didn'’t function much differently from a DJ set, but it burned a lot more calories.

The most at-ease performer of the night was Clarkson, but she didn'’t suffer for it. The American Idol queen’'s two instruments are at their best right now –– her voice, dynamic as ever and lately channeling Tina Turner'’s diva-rock sass, and her Southern charm, a welcome change after the creepy-older-guy vibe of LMFAO and Gym Class Heroes. Clarkson's earlier hits, “"Since U Been Gone”" and “"My Life Would Suck Without You,"” are still her best, but her new album’'s singles, "“Mr. Know It All”" and “"Stronger,"” held up just fine. She brought out Lovato for a holiday duet of “"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"” and the former Disney star'’s impressive range held up well next to Clarkson's innate power.

In the face of so much crowd-pleasing, Gaga’'s set was just the kind of jarring spectacle on which she thrives. Her set was a junkyard of '‘tis-the-season signifiers: reindeer antlers, Christmas lights and bundled evergreens, which she sat in between during her set-opener, “"Edge of Glory,"” making herself barely visible to the audience (cue the earliest exits). She followed with her giddy first hits, "Just Dance," "Poker Face" and "Bad Romance,"” and ordered, “"Put your paws up!"” A few thousand obeyed, but it wasn't exactly the cultish surrender you'’d find at her own Monster Ball shows. “"Judas"” came next, a hyper-speed industrial number that faltered at radio and didn’'t fare much better here.

Gaga moved on to a cover of “"White Christmas"” with a new verse that she ha’d written herself. She explained to the crowd her reason for adding to the original. "“I think it’'s too short," Gaga said. "Just when I get into it, it stops. It’'s like a really bad orgasm."” Parents and tweens made their way out. “"You & I”" delivered, though, with Gaga’'s piano pounding and barroom belting trumping everything that had come before it, as did "Born This Way."

Then, a costume change - the cardinal sin - and by the time Gaga was singing her “"Marry the Night"” encore, cloaked in a hospital gown and confronting the audience with a blank stare, only the hardcore fans and truly curious remained. It’'s a good thing she’'s much more than a radio star.

www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lady-gagas-monster-ball-meets-z100s-jingle-ball-in-new-york-20111210#ixzz1gCJRAyJy

[divasummer]

I would have thought alot of non fans would have stuck around for GaGa.
Even if you don't like her she's still a talented artist who actually "sings" and entertains you.
She's been opening with EOG for these type of shows.
Mabey she should not just stay motionless for most of the song.
Especially where there's alot of non or casual fans there.

[jazzyskye10²]

The article is greatly exaggerated.

[nightshade]

The article and its writer is a piece of shit.

[Scotty]

Dec 11, 2011 13:37:03 GMT -5 jazzyskye10² said:

The article is great exaggerated.

I know right?

If I spend money to go see a show, I'm staying for the show. Not leaving because some woman is working hard to put on something entertaining. It doesn't equate to half of the stadium leaving. I highly doubt that happened; that would be a catastrophe.

[Love Plastic Love]

It is strange because I was watching videos from that and thinking how packed and into the performance the audience seemed. The videos showing the audience certainly did not show a nearly empty room with no one into the performance.

[David]

A lot of people left before the encore at Britney's show too. It happens. People are stupid and think and think its over, or they want to leave before everyone else does to avoid the masses. lol

[jazzyskye10²]

Dec 11, 2011 15:10:10 GMT -5 Scotty said:

Dec 11, 2011 13:37:03 GMT -5 jazzyskye10² said:

The article is great exaggerated.

I know right?

If I spend money to go see a show, I'm staying for the show. Not leaving because some woman is working hard to put on something entertaining. It doesn't equate to half of the stadium leaving. I highly doubt that happened; that would be a catastrophe.

Oops...That should have been greatly but yes you are correct. That is exactly my way of thinking. Furthermore as LPL pointed out, the vids from the performances show a completely different story.

[Black Jesus]

VEVO views this ear (so far)

Born This Way - 85,073,986
Judas - 119,007,988 (more views than Poker Face)
Edge of Glory - 48,469,187
You and I - 44,552,356
Marry the Night - 16,887,576

TOTAL: 313,991,093 :)

[MountainMan]

I find it ironic how Judas flopped in sales and airplay, but soared significantly in video views over the other singles.

[Glove Slap]

Dec 12, 2011 13:58:32 GMT -5 MountainMan said:

I find it ironic how Judas flopped in sales and airplay, but soared significantly in video views over the other singles.

I think it's helped out by the fact that there's no extended intro to it like the others aside from Edge.

[Black Jesus]

Dec 12, 2011 13:58:32 GMT -5 MountainMan said:

I find it ironic how Judas flopped in sales and airplay, but soared significantly in video views over the other singles.

I think because it was so "controversial" people wanted to see what she did with the video.

[Black Jesus]

EOG is #8 on Billboard's Top 20 Songs of 2011!

www.billboard.com/features/critics-picks-20-best-songs-of-2011-1005671592.story#/features/critics-picks-20-best-songs-of-2011-1005671592.story?page=2

[bat1990]

You have the option to delete your own posts.

[Black Jesus]

Yeah I know but it took like 6 tries to post.

[MountainMan]

Dec 13, 2011 18:37:57 GMT -5 bat1990 said:

You have the option to delete your own posts.

Deleting isn't always so easy. Numerous posts happened in the Britney thread, and it won't let me delete them.

[Deleted]

Gaga's got a nod for the 17th Critics' Choice Awards!

BEST SONG
“Hello Hello” – performed by Elton John and Lady Gaga/written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin – Gnomeo & Juliet
“Life’s a Happy Song” – performed by Jason Segel, Amy Adams and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
“The Living Proof” – performed by Mary J. Blige/written by Mary J. Blige, Thomas Newman and Harvey Mason, Jr. – The Help
“Man or Muppet” – performed by Jason Segel and Walter/written by Bret McKenzie – The Muppets
“Pictures in My Head” – performed by Kermit and the Muppets/written by Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman – The Muppets

[MountainMan]

Get those awards, GaGa.

[gagagigigugu]

oh god...i love Judas!

but quite sad cause it was considered a flop

but Marry The Nite is on the brink of not getting into the top 10!

i come frm Malaysia so i couldnt do anything to help the part in making it more successfull

[Gagafritz]

Why the need for every song to be #1? What does it matter? Some songs are going to peak higher than others. What is important is that Lady Gaga continues to put out good music and some songs will score bigger than others. I personally think Edge of Glory was the top billboard or radio song on the album. The rest of the songs are too esoteric and more for hardcore Gaga lovers like me.

[Black Jesus]

People don't understand that every song released by an artist can't be a #1 hit. There are no artists who have accomplishment that. Even the legends had their share of flops.

[Gagafritz]

I am not going to buy the same song multiple times to try to boost someone's numbers. I think Lady Gaga is doing quite well by any standards.