Lady Gaga - "Bad Romance" - new single from THE FAME: MONSTER.

My new fav. Gaga song.

Just leaked, FINAL version this time!




"I want your PSYCHO, your VERTIGO schtick..."

I think it's a grower, I really wasn't sure upon first listen. The guttural singing and shouting was a bit OTT and truth be told, I preferred how the demo dealt with certain elements.

But, since, it's been on repeat for ages. Definitely a grower and It's definitely an epic pop song.

Really can't wait for her to perform this live. it will be insane.

Yep, that's EXACTLY what it sounds like Mister Matt.

Not epic? Check.

Britney-like? Check.

Madonna-esque? Check.

PUH-LEASE! Britney and Madonna haven't had a tune half as good as the BRIDGE for this song in 5 years.

Where's Namo when I need her?

And this is the most Steinman-esque song (read: EPIC) I've yet heard from the Lady.

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PUH-LEASE! Britney and Madonna haven't had a tune half as good as the BRIDGE for this song in 5 years.

I didn't say they had. I listened to Bad Romance twice. I honestly cannot recall what it sounds like other than she has some "muh muh muh"s in it.

Not epic? Check.

Britney-like? Check.

Madonna-esque? Check.

Right! If you look past the voice and dissect the elements of the song, you can easily find elements of Madonna and Britney, whether they are just inspiration, accidental or intentional, I do not know. Sort of like the derivative choreography in the Poker Face video. Where did I see that before? Oh, yeah...Vogue.

Poker Face is probably the closest "iconic" song LGG has (which pretty much rests solely on the "Can't read my...can't read my" motif), but I haven't heard anything by LGG that comes close to being epic. I honestly don't know where you get that.

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Updated On: 10/20/09 at 04:39 PM

Bonnie Tyler is still the queen of Epic songs.

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Yes, someone disagrees. Bad Romance is not epic. But hey, I love Jim Steinman and Tanz der Vampire (but not Dance of the Vampires).

Dario Argento! Bay of Blood! Am I forgetting anything?

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'Poker Face' is already a classic pop song. Everyone knows it. You can usually tell when a song is going to go down in history when other artists from left, right and centre cover it. It happened with 'Umbrella' and 'I Kissed A Girl'. People love a catchy chorus, and lucky for GaGa she is excellent at writing catchy pop songs.

Emphasis on the fact she WRITES these hits. She's a proper pop artist, everything you see and hear is created by her. That's incredibly rare in the pop industry.

'Bad Romance' won't be her biggest single, but it serves its purpose showing her transition from the early Fame days to now. She's already proved that she's more than a one hit wonder (this is the first week in the UK charts she hasn't had a track in the top 40 in 2009) and this is just solidifying that.

I am loving the song. It's pretty catchy. I mean what music in this day in age is epic? it's a rare thing anymore. At least she is different and doing her own thing.

"Where's Namo when I need her?"

She didn't hear it before it got yanked.

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'Dance In The Dark' (another song from 'The Fame Monster') was accidentally released on Irish iTunes early...got a listen, it's also pretty friggin amazing.

So thats now; 'Alejandro', 'Bad Romance' and 'Dance In The Dark' that have been leaked/released/accidentally, out of the new 8 songs.

Probably worth mentioning (not sure if people know or not yet) but she announced on Saturday (on German show, 'Wetten, Daas..?') that she's been fighting with her record label over the cost of re-releasing 'The Fame' with 'The Fame Monster'. Which I can understand, they're having to print two discs with all the packaging when the everyday re-release is just one or two songs chucked on top of the old album.

So, basically, she decided the night before that she'd release 'The Fame Monster' on it's own as a new album, and from what I understand - it'll be half the cost, but if you wish to fork out the extra cash for the double disc re-release, you can.

To be honest, the past couple of weeks have been bloody messy. Her collaboration with Beyonce's video ('Video Phone') was pushed back without warning, her video for 'Bad Romance' was pushed back to tomorrow, now all this business with the album...and of course the fall of the GaGa/Kanye tour.

It may all be connected and have something to do with her label, or it may just be a string of bad luck...either way, I'm really impressed with her new material and I guess thats what's important.

Updated On: 11/8/09 at 06:47 AM

THE VIDEO IS INSANE!

It got pulled for YT... but OH was it beautiful while it lasted!

WHITE LIGHTNING!

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Wait wait wait... the video was on YouTube?!

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I swear I posted about the video tease and Dance in the Dark leak yesterday! I guess it disappeared into BWW's gaping maw. Anyway, I really like Bad Romance, but I love love love Alejandro and Dance in the Dark.

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