Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance", breaking all the records.
 

Step aside madonna, the world has a new pop queen!
Last year, she had 2 of the 3 greatest selling songs in the world.
"Poker face"(9 weeks at #1), and "Just dance"
But this year, she's gone a step further with "Bad Romance"
Its already the most viewed music video of all time.
Its the #1 song of the world so far this millienium!
But its still selling, and threatens to become the #1 song of all time.

That would be a sin.

suck

This version is better:

After having been forced to liseson to Lady Gaga's work I fianly get it.

She is a joke.

Her songs make fun of the music industry and modern sexually with a straight face. I not saying that her music is beyond reproach, however, Lady Gaga's work is at lest tolerable. And the music video's are a deconstructions' wet dream.

Best selling? By what count? number sold? When we now have a single download retailing at 99c, it's hardly appropriate to compare it to the number on vinyl singles sales thirtysomething years ago. IMO

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

Beautiful voice

don't taze me bro

Can't help it, I actually like Gaga.

She grows on you. Like . . . I dunno, like something. :)

like corporate advertising?

I like GaGa. As with Madonna, she's not a great voice; but, she's entertaining with her songs and showmanship. Bad romance has adventurous lyrics and an adventurous melody reminiscent of Holiday Road by Lindsey Buckingham from National Lampoon's Vacation Soundtrack. I always thought that wonderful melody was wasted on the comedy; so, I'm not surprised that Bad Romance is so popular. If you can recall the tunes to the two songs you can compare them here:

BAD ROMANCE...............................................HOLIDAY ROAD

I want you ugly , I want your disease..............I found out long ago
I want your everything as long as its's free.......It's a long way down
................................................................the holiday road
I want you love, love, love ,love.....................Holiday road
I want your love...........................................Holiday road

I want your drama, the touch of your hand.......Jack be nimble,
................................................................Jack be quick
I want your leather studded kiss in the scene....Take a ride on
.................................................................the West Coast kick
I want your love and I want your revenge........Holiday road
You and me could write a bad romance............Holiday road
I want your love and all your lover's revenge.....Holiday road
You and me could write a bad romance............Holiday road

... etc.

Of course, Bad Romance is much embellished compared to the simpler Holiday Road.

Juniper, I think its more like crack cocaine, without the negative side effects.

by this metric Dashboard Confessional - Stolen beats The Beatles - All You Need Is Love

on wikipedia's list of best selling singles if you sort by sales in millions, this is what you get:

i did like that chipmunks holiday special...

Sullage, you should do a little research before doing a small google and posting your findings.
"Crank that" was the most viewed in the world, until Lady gaga's "Just dance" came out...but that record was demolished within the first week that "Bad romance" came out... there is no competition regarding the most viewed video of all time.
We're talking about a song that is at the top of the charts at this moment in time, so your wikepidia stas need to be updated before you start refering to them don't ya think?

someone's gone goo-goo for Gaga.

Another way to look at it is that best selling singles indicate that people only liked the one song on the album.

I usually don't listen to pop but I have respect for Lady Gaga. She is actually pretty talented and her songs aren't extremely pretentious like most of them out there right now.

Our band is going to cover "Bad Romance" in our upcoming show. Its a pretty damn fun song to play.

i like gaga. I really, really like her.

She's quirky and I like that, but I wouldn't recognize her if I heard her on the radio.

you would b/c it would be the catchiest song you'd ever heard.

Top songs of 09 billboard.

Everything is selling.
You're looking at over 60 million units so far.
No artist has ever come close to these kinda numbers in such a short period of time, let alone in a long period of time.
Lets not forget, her debut was just last year.
Were watching history in the making.

I've never heard her, only recently heard of her. I'm going to remain ignorant as long as I can, like I did with Brittany.

Perhaps, but not everyone thinks its a positive event.

i never argued that your youtube-views numbers were incorrect; i pointed out that if you go by youtube-views dashboard confessional is beating the beatles.

if you think wikipedia is out of date, update it. you'll need a source, though. i'm guessing the RIAA list is also outdated; seems to be at roughly 2008.

like it or not, she has more fanatic fans than the Beatles, Madonna, and Micheal Jackson put together.

I don't care about how rabid her fans are - see Milli Vanilli for example. She is an average talent. Her music is catchy.
Its just another sad example of very talented people being replaced by, well others who are not. You even named a couple. There are more.

Bad romance = SODOMY!!!

Bad Romance = BUGGERY!!!!!!!!!!!

WHIP is it her art form or her high success in commercialized pop music that you like so much? I am thinking the later because this is what you mention. In fact I don't see that you like her only admire her success?

Personally I appreciated the video that bluesky posted. I respect that much more.

(edit) Never mind. I see you said she was like crack cocaine.

Since i discovered her, an hour hasn't gone by in my waking state that i'm not listening to her.

without the negative side effects

I find her creative and intriguing, but, that said, she'll never make a dime off of me. With the saturation in popular media she has achieved at this point, I see all of her I need to, and her music isn't something that I will ever find myself needing on a desert island.

I don't like that song they play on the radio. I think it's annoying. Other than that, I don't know anything about her...if we're comparing her to Madonna I'll have to say...meh to both.

I think this is catchy:

I don't understand why anyone would call themselves "Lady Gaga"

Saying or listening to the word "Gaga" releases endorphines in the brain.
The only explanation science has come up with is that its the name of the highest entity/diety in human perception.
Unlike other gods or Goddesses, this one actually does something for you.

*snort*

Cite, please.

What I want to know is if WHIP typed that with a straight face.

Video Gaga: Over One Billion Served!
Posted Thu Mar 25, 2010 12:27pm PDT by Chris Willman in Stop The Presses!

Back in the day, the McDonald’s chain used to update its signs every few years to offer a running tally of how many burgers they’d sold, before giving up and just leaving it at “billions and billions served.” Lady Gaga may soon have the same problem. She’s the first artist whose videos have been viewed on the web more than 1 billion times, according to a video analytics company called Visible Measures. By their count, “Poker Face” is her most popular video, having been dealt up 375 million times, followed by “Bad Romance,” which has been streamed 360 million times, and “Just Dance,” which has boogied across 273 million monitors.
In other words, she crossed the billion-videos-streamed mark with just three clips. That's not even counting fresh tallies yet to come in for “Telephone,” her nine-and-a-half-minute on-screen teaming with Beyonce, which ought to stoke several hundred million women-in-prison fantasies all by itself. And Gaga’s just getting started, having released only an album and a half to date. Any bets on how few years it’ll take till she’s a video-view trillionaire?
Once upon a time, conventional wisdom would have suggested that the path to becoming America’s sweetheart would not involve eschewing warmth for provocation and wearing a succession of dangerously futuristic hats, masks, glasses, and shoulder padsthat would all poke any suitor’s eye out. But guess what? While everyone was concentrating on Idol and complaining about pop culture getting blander, the avant-garde won. By Visible Measure’s metric standards, America’s strangest star has become its biggest. If only Andy Warhol were here to savor the moment… and to appreciatively rub Gaga’s pointy white headdress.
If you’re curious who Lady Gaga’s biggest online competition is, well, Visible Measures has more stats for you. As far as “franchises” go—which is to say, anything that can be seen online, musically oriented or otherwise—the Twilight series is in second place, after racking up 980 million views of its viral-video clips. As fellow musicians go, Soulja Boy is No. 2, having had his work steamed 860 million times.
Wait—Soulja Boy? Really? Yeah, that’s what we thought, too. But here are some interesting statistics. Of his 860 million total views, 722 million are for “Crank Dat,” which according to Visible Measures is the most-watched viral video of all time. In other words, a whole lot of people really, really wanted to watch that one SB video… and then apparently decided that just one was enough.
After “Crank Dat,” the next most-watched music videos are Beyonce’s “Single Ladies,” with 522 million views; Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” with 444 million; Gaga’s aforementioned “Poker Face” and “Bad Romance”; the Timbaland/One Republic collaboration “Apologize,” seen 355 million times; and the clip of Susan Boyle making her debut on Britain’s Got Talent, which has been called up online a mere 348 million times.
(There are lots of non-musical artistes also on Visible Measures’ most-watched chart. “Dramatic Gopher” is at 191 million views, Chris Crocker’s “Leave Britney Alone” monologue is at 134 million, Miss Teen South Carolina's wisdom has thrilled 127 million fans, and that video of the little kid high on nitrous oxide after visiting the dentist is at 13 million. All of them no doubt sulking about their one-hit-wonder status, although we'd like to see the gopher try his hand at comedy.)
The beleaguered music industry can be grateful we’re discussing anything having to do with current music and using a word bigger than “thousands”… although a billion actual sales would be even nicer than a billion unpaid glimpses, of course. Anyway, congrats to Lady Gaga, the first person since Carl “Billions and Billions” Sagan to make the B-word a little bit thrilling again.

http://new.ca.music.yahoo.com/blogs/...illion-served/

You adore someone at their zenith. Why is she at her zenith? It's because she has been marketed for mass consumption. The corporations that have sunk money into her are counting on the sheep to follow and sink millions into their coffers.

You have not given me one good reason why YOU like her except to post press releases of her awesomeness. I am not a sheep. I don't follow the crowds or hysterical admiration. Pure gifted artists who receive recognition are far and few between. What is it that makes her so gifted besides having a passable voice and wearing funny clothes?

IF she wasn't all that the news media say she is and didn't sell tons of c/ds, that make McDonald's blush, would she have any value at all for you? If the answer is no then it's just vain glory.

Besides all of the media hype why do you like her?

When I like a song or an artist it maybe they have an awesome voice or they include classical arrangements or they have a guitar virtuoso or it tells an epic tale or maybe it is just fun to sing along with. Maybe it evokes emotions , you know something like that. What's personal about it? Fame isn't a personal trait or gift. It is just a by product.

btw... I want to get to know you WHIP as a part of this community. I could care less what the papers say. I want to know what you say. So if you feel I am pushing your buttons that's my motivation not hostility.

My favorite artists are
1)Kate Bush
2)Cocteau twins
3)Tori Amos
4)Enya
5)Tactile Gemma

I don't like pop, never did.
Never liked the beatles, madonna or micheal jackson.
I never felt anything for any of these cheap pop artist's music or for their fame.
So, yeah, its got nothing to do with the media or sales.
I'm simply overwhelmed that the masses are as obsessed with the same artist i'm obsessed with for once.
As you can see by my list, i don't listen to the music of the masses.
The only real popular band that i was ever heavily into was genesis...specifically, gabriel's genesis, which at the time was considered underground, despite the albums selling as they did.
Again, when gabriel left and the band turned to cheap pop, i was disgusted.

Gaga does have an awesome voice.
She's got a way of releasing her voice, projecting a complete freedom and carelessness.
It captivates me, and certainly alters my emotions, and brings me to a very nice place.
I'm in a constant bliss while listening to her.
I'm sure a lot of people would express themselves in this way in reference to her.
Perhaps its her passion that she's projecting that i'm recieving.

I could imagine if someone was heavily into cyndi lauper, how they might not mention it in public as to avoid any embarresment.
This is not quite the same with lady gaga.
I'm well aware of the amount of hate she gets from the people who don't listen to her and don't quite get why she's so popular, but i could really care less about them being bothered at me liking her.

This is no madonna or britney.
This is a rare talented artist that is not gonna be going away.
Put some headphones on, take a good listen, you might just like it....perhaps too much.

Wow. Something I agree with WHIP about!
Not Lady Gaga - who I do respect as an artist and as an individual (no, I don't believe she is being packaged, just being sold) but on the previous favourite artists.

Not 100% sue on Enya - that would be like eating Pop Rocks for breakfast, dinner and tea. Okay occasionally though. And I don't know Tactile Gemma. But I'd be interested in looking her (?) up thanks to the others on the list.

I like Lady G, I'm just not as smitten as WHIP.

Whip I understand something now so thanks for sharing. Great post.It was nice to hear your opinion.

and your line up of artists, not my genre but they are good imo.
Pleasant to my ears :)


I'm listening to Tactile Gemma right now.

oh and ps. I do like Peter Gabriel

Progressive breathy serious chicks. Please check out Ivy, if you aren't angry about a French accent. (If it helps, she's from the real France.)

My late girlfriend was from Lyon, i love the french accent.
Very pleasant tune, sorta like a cross between nico and Europe's sandra.

I hope you took a listen to Tactile Gemma's "quite quiet".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuYBmXrR8Vs
Both "Quite Quiet" and "Bad Romance" have this kinda deep demonice growl in them...its very unique.
Both female vocalists have voices that are in complete contrast to each other.
Witch chanting and extreme vocals are heard throughout the rest of the album, that might just be a little to weird for most listeners.
For me, the only tactile gemma album ever released is one of my favorites of all time.

With enya its more about the first album "Watermark" which was just a dream from start to end.
From then on, it was a song or two of every album that was amazing.
Cursum perficio,The memory of trees, Na laethe na moige, Boadicea, Ebudce to name a few.

"Dead can dance", with their 8 albums would be my #6 on that list.
A band worth discovering for someone who has never heard of them.

@ Whip: Don't know if you get Friday Night With Jonathon Ross over there; but Lady Gaga's guested on his show a couple of times.

here's one of them: First couple of mins it's a little stilted, but they both relax a couple of minutes in. She doesn't quite know how to take Ross I don't think.



I remember watching this interview with my Bro, and we were both astonished at how like one of our cousins she is :P


Second interview was quite recent and I think a better interview: This time she knows what to expect from Ross :P

WHIP- Quiet Quiet was exactly the song I listened to. I liked it very much. The background vocals didn't bother me. It is reminiscent of the background noise and chatter of Us and Them.At least it sparked that recall.

I would add US and Them from Dark Side of The Moon c/d to the Field of 64 but I could keep going until there isn't anymore space left on UT's site.

I will add Quiet Quiet to my mp3 list. Thanks

Say googoo to a baby, nothing happens.
Say googoo Gaga to a baby, and the baby smiles from ear to ear.
Its the endorphines being released to the brain.
Say Or hear the word "Gaga" too many times in a day, and its just like using crystal meth.
.... and then you wonder why the baby is cranky and crying all night for no apparent reason.... its the side effects from the crystal meth / Gaga.

Danac, I had watched part of the first one a few times..she's so sweet.
You got a number for that cousin of yours??

skysidhe, i'm glad you like it.
Thank Mentaldepreventation for reccommending it to me on Audiogalaxy.

btw, i put that video up.
I'm justcallmejoe.

and lol, of course i'm kidding with the above post

JUst wanted to say fuck lady gaga

I hear this whores shit song every day now, thankyouverymuch.

you know what it reminds me of?

THIS:

i'd love to.

you're welcome, although, i don't see how i had anything to do with it

Although I do not care for Lady Ga Ga I think your responses are very cool. How unbent is that!

I don't understand people who put others down for their taste in music--all music is good, to the people that enjoy it.

I'm not a big pop star fan, but I do like dance music. I just saw a very interesting interview with her on Fuse. She's got a pretty strong vision and style. She's really more of a performance artist, using her style to shock people out of their preconceptions. we're going to see a lot more of her, that's for sure.

I think I saw the same or a similar interview. The interesting thing is she is not allowing anyone to coopt her brand, she must have taken some lessons from Madonna.

I think pretty much all subsequent pop stars have taken lessons from Madonna.

OK my kids have "converted" me -it's not what I choose to listen to -with certain exceptions (currently adding just Dance to the playlist for the warm up for tomorrow's swim meet), but it's really not that bad, It's pop, I don't do pop, but compared to the rest of that genre currently....

Next you will be enjoying Ke$ha. :p:

Mountain bike buddy was in the parking area cranking Madonna when I showed up Sunday. I shut it off for him and put some Audio Slave on... sheeesh... some people got no taste.