The Lady Gaga Thread

[Sylph]

So, Y&RWorldTurner, what is it that you'd love for Madonna to do next?

A dance album?

[Y&RWorldTurner]

She is a dance-pop artist, her roots have always been in dance music.

But I want something lyrically mature again.

I think her best collaborator was Patrick Leonard. They always brought out the best in one another. It's a shame the last time they worked together was writing songs for Ray of Light.

Patrick Leonard and Madonna just worked so well off one another. I really wish she'd work with him again, even if it's just co-writing songs with him again and not production.

[Sylph]

Well, my thesis about a mature and sonically beautifully presented album with melodies is really about that. Dance music.

Not dance as in dance music du jour, trashy, forgettable, but something lasting.

It certinly doesn't mean Madonna taking a guitar and singing only with it as an accompaniment.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

In think her acoustic guitar phase is over. She incorporates it time to time on tour, but it hasn't been in any of her albums since American Life.

All her albums have been dance oriented though, even if their influences came from different places.

To keep things slightly on topic, here's Akerland with Madonna accepting the Best Director VMA with Madonna at the 1998 MTV VMA Awards, 1:03 in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siFUSq75Ons

Edited March 13, 2010 by Y&RWorldTurner

[Y&RWorldTurner]

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1633818/20100312/lady_gaga.jhtml

[Sylph]

Like I said, that would be hilarious! Madonna as a singer-songwriter recording an album with only the guitar as accompaniment.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

I assumed you meant you want her to do dance music with more string instrumentation?

She hasn't even started working on her next album yet, though she was supposedly compiling stuff with David Guetta. Though, who knows if that will make the cut on the album, when it ever gets released.

Madonna's known to change direction a lot prior to releasing an album. I almost feel like the next album is important in reconnecting to her core audience audience again, many of which (myself included) were alienated by Hard Candy.

Edited March 13, 2010 by Y&RWorldTurner

[detroitpiston]

Short Version of the video, I actually like it better

http://www.alloclips.com/video/Lady_GaGa/Telephone-%28Short_Version%29

[Mike_Cady fan]

omg i like this song. in artsy way i get this video. but when youre just looking at it and watching it...teh vid and the song really doesnt make sense to me...

[Adam]

I agree with this assessment. I love Gaga and a big reason is for her videos, while over the top, have a very unique concept/story to them... for the most part. This one just didn't... most random shiz ever.

[Sylph]

I would like some strings. She is no stranger to them (the dark, polyphonic, at times Oriental strings of Frozen, the Vivaldi-esque of Papa Don't Preach, the Mando-pop strings of Take a Bow, Michel Colombier's expert cinematic strings in that awful Die Another Day).

And I'm sure Eric, himself a violin player, can write a PhD thesis on how strings were used to great effect in dance and disco music of eras past and present.

Edited March 13, 2010 by Sylph

[bellcurve]

F*ck all you American Life haters, BTW. That album was great!

[Sylph]

I liked the title song, Love Profusion and Hollywood. Strings here and there and that's about it.

Who are the haters? Eric & Alvin?

Edited March 13, 2010 by Sylph

[bellcurve]

LOL. I just saw your puke emoticon about Madonna doing acoustic guitar and lyrics for the next album and assumed you were hating.

Edited March 13, 2010 by bellcurve

[Soapsuds]

LOL...that was one of or if not the worst album she has done to this date........Sorry bellcurve