Category is....Dance or Die
Lady Gaga is back with hr new album and songs, her storytelling and her amazing choreography and yes-the fashion from her early days! Now mind you, I far from her biggest fan, but I do enjoy her though. What I like is what I like about Madonna. I love being surprised every time Gaga puts something new out. You never know you're going to get. Few artists can do that for me. I also caught her concert in Hershey when it came here, and she can put on a hell of a concert and sing her ass off. The newest song hinges on an absurd word repeating...Abracadabra. The music video for the single has all the hallmarks of early Gaga's chart-topping career: a chilling opening, campy monologue, ensemble dancers wearing Victorian lingerie fashion and doing outre choreography, by renowned Paais Goebel no less, and multiple custom ensembles for Gaga herself. It's interesting to see how her voice and vocal patterns and dancing change for parts of the story she is telling. The Zombie dance with the cane.? Creepy and cool to watch This might be my favorite song by her, and love it or hate, I can guarantee you it will be the song of the summer and gay clubs are already going into overdrive with it.
Like you, I'm not her biggest fan, but this is pretty cool sounding...but the video?!?!? Now that is art!!! The fashion and the choreography are AMAZING.
ReplyDeleteDramatic, I would have used spandex for the male dancers.
ReplyDeleteI love everything Lady Gaga does -- she is a true artiste! Her new album "Mayhem" is fantastic. A real return to her initial sound and style.
ReplyDeleteThat top pic looked like Tilda Swinton rather that Gaga.
ReplyDeleteDragged kicking and screaming to an early Gaga concert brought me straight to the "Yes!" side. Been a fan ever since. This takes me right back to that concert. The choreography fits, doesn't it? (all but one tiny instance: the cartwheel in front of her.) You're right, this will be an anthem for the Summer.
ReplyDeleteLove me some Gaga. Especially early Gaga. And this record reminds me of her first two albums, which were fun and raw. This video is awesome and it did surprise me, which is why I like her and Madge.
ReplyDeleteAbracadabra!
I’m ready to dance.
XOXO
Sixpence
I like the song, but the video doesn't sell the song.
ReplyDeleteI was so enthralled by the choro I didn't care.
DeleteDance or die? Do you know something about tonight's RDR episode?
ReplyDeleteShe served that...and ate it!!!!! I agree...this might be her best yet. And the red outfit!!! Tall about avant garde.
ReplyDeleteI love it!!!! Her swallowed sound is so trademark Gaga. It's her dark vocal paired with the brighter sound of the music that makes this good. And I actually think the video is perfect for the song.
ReplyDeleteThe song is addictive!!! Love the video too. I like that she is a performer who uses autotune as a tool and not a crutch....like most do.
ReplyDeleteShe's still got it.
ReplyDeleteCan't stand her. Name a look or a sound she's ever done, and she stole it from someone else. Jx
ReplyDeleteI find her far more interesting than Madge, who, for me, is very "try hard."
ReplyDeleteAnd that video is amazing!
I love that big red hat!
ReplyDeleteI may be old, but I know and adore Lady Gaga and her work. Lady Gaga from the old testament, that’s all we needed.
ReplyDeleteHer best yet. So happy we're seeing a loud, catchy and abrasive dance-pop song smashing again.
ReplyDeleteNow this is Gaga. I'm old, and I recall just seeing her in nyc clubs as a club kid. Was and still is entertaining.
ReplyDeleteI love the song and the choreography. These are the inmates who SHOULD BE running the asylum.
ReplyDeleteHoly Gus! I didn't know she was still making music! Thank you for telling me!
ReplyDeleteI listened to this for two weeks straight. It's like she's picking back up right where she left Born This Way. Some of it is good fun. I love Favorite Celebrity. I got the one with the bonus tracks. Anyway. A little Gaga prime is better than looking at b-bouncy's behind. Kizzes.
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