Hello,
This week Lady Gaga released her latest magnum opus, "ArtPop". It's 15 songs of her trademark sound which is a mix of multiple genres. It's also full of Gaga's latest lyrical and theatrical flourishes. Both Google Play and amazon.com are selling the MP3 version "ArtPop" for only $5.99. That's a fantastic deal. I recommend to go with Google Play to buy the MP3, amazon.com has a clunky new way to download music. I probably won't be buying any more MP3s from them until they fix this. Of course iTunes is the easiest way to download music, but they're also the most expensive. "ArtPop" on iTunes is $14.99, you also get a digital booklet along with the 15 songs. But just how many digital booklets do you actually look at?
I bought "Born This Way" at an actual record store on its first day of release, but since then I kind of had burned out of Lady Gaga. I get tired of her skankiness, she tries to be provocative but I don't see the point of that. She's going to sell a ton of music anyway. I get that sex sells, however Lady Gaga doesn't need sex to sell her music. She's one of the most intensely creative people currently making music. Let Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears use sex to sell their lesser quality pop songs. Although I would say that Ms. Spears is looking fantastic of late.
One of the bizarre things about Lady Gaga using sex to sell her music, she doesn't have that great of body. We've already seen that side, every side in fact, of her. Now maybe instead of relying on the least creative thing of using sex to sell CDs, maybe she can use actual creativity and find something else that catches our eye? Again not that she needs any more than the great songs she already creates.
As this is mainly a music product, Lady Gaga is very much selling herself and her ideas, but the focus should remain on the music. Without a doubt Lady Gaga remains light years ahead of most other musicians. Her influence is already felt in the music other people create, a remarkable achievement considering that Gaga has only been around for a few years. Anyway here are some of my favorite songs from "ArtPop".
This is the track listing for Gaga's latest triumph:
ARTPOP track list:
"Aura"
"Venus"
"G.U.Y."
"Sexxx Dreams"
"Jewels N' Drugs"
"MANiCURE"
"Do What U Want"
"Artpop"
"Swine"
"Donatella"
"Fashion!"
"Mary Jane Holland"
"Dope"
"Gypsy"
"Applause"
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My favorite song on the CD is "Sexxx Dreams", which highlights both her creativity and her want to use sex to sell her music. It's a great song that doesn't need anything else to point how of great a song it is. Did you catch that she used 3 Xs in "Sexxx Dreams", obviously a nod to XXX rated movies. About as subtle as a Miley Cyrus "Wrecking Ball":
I quite like "Applause", a song that is a good lyrical sampler of "ArtPop". "Applause" is a great dance song:
One thing about "ArtPop" is that it's front loaded, the first few songs on the CD are also the best. "Venus" is another one of those songs:
"G.U.Y. (Girl Under You)":
"Manicure":
"Aura":
While this CD has many great songs, there are a few clunkers on "ArtPop" as well. For some reason she decided to remake "You and I", using nearly the same music and dumbing down the lyrics beyond comprehension. At least she changed the name of the song, now she calls it "Dope. Sadly it's anything but:
This is the original and much better version of the song when it was titled "You And I". ( I was going to post the Lady Gaga made video, but as usual it's unnecessarily skanky. It's bad enough the cover of "ArtPop" is Gaga holding her boobs. Come on Gaga, use your creativity to create an album cover that has a bit more creativity.)
At the end of the day "ArtPop" has it's weaknesses, but overall it's a pretty fantastic CD. I suggest you to add it your collection.
themusicaddict
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