Lady Gaga - The Fame
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Artist: Lady GagaEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-10-28
Music Label: Streamline/Konlive/Cherrytree/Interscope
Soundtracks:
- Just Dance
- LoveGame
- Paparazzi
- Poker Face
- Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)
- Beautiful, Dirty, Rich
- The Fame
- Money Honey
- Starstruck
- Boys Boys Boys
- Paper Gangsta
- Brown Eyes
- I Like It Rough
- Summerboy
Free Music Notes for The Fame
Free Music Review: A pleasant surprise.
Hit: 5 Stars
So, I was really hesitant about this whole Lady Gaga phenomenon... Her name is kind of ridiculous, what I had seen of her previously was a little outrageous and over the top... Plus, I had only heard very little of Just Dance--mostly just the chorus, which is catchy, but didn't really make me want to hear more. So, here's my breakdown:
1. Just Dance - Very techno, club music. The chorus is catchy but is not what draws you in. The lyrics are not really deep or anything (that isn't Lady Gaga's style), but they are fun.
2. LoveGame - This song is ridiculous, but fun. The chorus is so catchy. It's just a feel-good song that you will play loudly in the car just jammin' out.
3. Paparazzi - This song has the same feel, but isn't as techno-dance-music like. It's a little slower. Love her voice. You can actually get a little more of a feel of it here. And the song isn't actually about the paparazzi...
4. Poker Face - The second single, which I'm sure most people are familiar with. I wasn't as I don't listen to the radio very often. My friend played this song for me, and I thought it was super fun and catchy. The song also has that techno, club song feel (but not in the annoying way that many of that type are). It just has funny lyrics that make you laugh and have a good tine.
5. Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) - This song has a different feel, kind of a retro sound to it. It's not really techno, but it's fun to sing along to. Her voice is really good (which we know isn't always the case with singers these days).
6. Beautiful, Dirty, Rich - This song I guess would be described as euro-pop... It's fun, a little weird. The chorus is really fun, although this isn't my favorite song on here... it's still worth a listen.
7. The Fame - This song is very fun. It's kind of funny... when you think about the lyrics and how some people really think this way. I almost think she might be poking fun at some people for being so obsessed with fame, but maybe she just feels that way too... Who knows? It's fun.
8. Money Honey - Okay. I LOVE this song. It is already one of my favorites. They just played this song on Gossip Girl as well (you should watch that show if you don't). The song is so fun to sing along to (a thing I look for in songs in case you can't tell). It's also a little techno. Her voice sounds really good here too.
9. Starstruck - This song has a different sound than anything you here on the radio or anywhere else really. It's pretty funky. It has some computer stuff going on with her voice. It's definitely a club tune. Gets in your head, but not in a bad way. Has a rap verse in there, which is different from the rest of the album.
10. Boys, Boys, Boys - Really catchy. It's generally not about her lyrics, just how she sings them. This song reminds me of something... maybe an 80s song or something... Really fun... I could also hear this in the club.
11. Paper Gangsta - Once again, not about the lyrics--just how she sings them. I'm not sure what this song is about... almost sounds like it's about a pre-nup or something... I don't know. It's hard to say as she seems kind of random sometimes with her lyrics. It has a good sound regardless. Not as club-sounding, but still pretty upbeat.
12. Brown Eyes - Slower song. Most of the songs are fast--in fact, I think this is the only slower one. It's kind of different, but her voice sounds good. It's a pretty simple song. The song almost reminds me of some retro rock. Some people dislike it I think because it's slower, and most of her stuff is dance, club music. Give it a listen before you dimiss it though.
13. I Like It Rough - Definitely has a club beat to it, but is a little more subdued than other songs on here. The song seems to be about being mistreated in a relationship, but going back for more anyway. Really catchy. It's becoming one of my favorites (I only got the cd yesterday, but put it on my iPod immediately).
14. Summerboy - A good one, but doesn't stick in my head like the other ones do. She reminds me of Gwen Stefani initially in this song. Almost seems retro, but still very upbeat. Fun lyrics. Fun theme.
So, this is a cd that is very fun and upbeat. It's all about having fun. It's one of those cds you blast in your car, listen to at the gym, or dance and sing along to with your girlfriends at the club. If you're looking for something deep, this is not it. But if you want some fun spring/summer music to have fun to, this is it! Like I said, I was apprehensive at first, but can't stop listening to it! Also, as someone pointed out in another review, the lyrics are kind of strange at times, but it's more about how she sings it than what she's actually saying at times (and I'm a lyric girl).
The Fame Poster
When Lady GaGa was a little girl, she would sing along on her mini plastic tape recorder to Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper hits and get twirled in the air in daddy's arms to the sounds of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. The precocious child would dance around the table at fancy Upper West Side restaurants using the breadsticks as a baton. And, she would innocently greet a new babysitter in nothing but her birthday suit.It's no wonder that little girl from a good Italian New York family, turned into the exhibitionist, multi-talented singer-songwriter with a flair for theatrics that she is today: Lady GaGa.
"I was always an entertainer. I was a ham as a little girl and I'm a ham today," says Lady GaGa, 22, who made a name for herself on the Lower East Side club scene with the infectious dance-pop party song "Beautiful Dirty Rich," and wild, theatrical, and often tongue-in-cheek "shock art" performances where GaGa - who designs and makes many of her stage outfits -- would strip down to her hand-crafted hot pants and bikini top, light cans of hairspray on fire, and strike a pose as a disco ball lowered from the ceiling to the orchestral sounds of A Clockwork Orange.
"I always loved rock and pop and theater. When I discovered Queen and David Bowie is when it really came together for me and I realized I could do all three," says GaGa, who nicked her name from Queen's song "Radio Gaga" and who cites rock star girlfriends, Peggy Bundy, and Donatella Versace as her fashion icons. "I look at those artists as icons in art. It's not just about the music. It's about the performance, the attitude, the look; it's everything. And, that is where I live as an artist and that is what I want to accomplish."
That goal might seem lofty, but consider the artist: GaGa is the girl who at age 4 learned piano by ear. By age 13, she had written her first piano ballad. At 14, she played open mike nights at clubs such as New York's the Bitter End by night and was teased for her quirky, eccentric style by her Convent of the Sacred Heart School (the Manhattan private school Nicky and Paris Hilton attended) classmates by day. At age 17, she became was one of 20 kids in the world to get early admission to Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Signed by her 20th birthday and writing songs for other artists (such as the Pussycat Dolls, and has been asked to write for a series of Interscope artists) before her debut album was even released, Lady GaGa has earned the right to reach for the sky.
Has an album title ever been so self-prophetic? In its first year, this electropop opus rocketed Lady Gaga from unknown New York lounge singer to the world?s biggest pop star this side of Britney Spears. The Fame?s brand of pop is shamelessly decadent: 11 of its 13 songs are about money, celebrity, sex, clubbing, or a sticky combination of all four. It?s insipid subject matter, unless you consider Gaga as less of a silly, manufactured blonde than an ingenious artist playing the part of a glitzy pop star. Witness The Fame?s impeccably sleek opening songs, from the carelessly rambling chorus of ?Just Dance? to the snappy, futuristic beat of ?LoveGame?: Gaga?s got the outrageous outfits and dance moves down to a science, but underneath it all, the music is aggressive and authoritarian in ways that most other Top 40 tunes are not. Often compared to Gwen Stefani?s, Gaga?s vocals are in fact richer and rounder, allowing her a certain stylistic versatility, and her personae alternate from wild party kid to vulnerable lover. Some of the risks don?t always pay off, but the Lady Gaga of the dark and ardent megahit ?Poker Face? prevails. She is commandeering enough, bizarre and beguiling enough, to ensure that she?ll be basking in our attention for a very long time. --Erin Thompson
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