The Fame Monster

Bad Romance

Ok, I’ll admit the first time I heard this song, I thought the “Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah! Roma-roma-mamaa!” was ridiculous, especially when she sang, “Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!”  Especially since the song has such a stereotypical dance song beginning.

Upon a second, third, fourth and millionth time listening I have come to accept the fact that “Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah! Roma-roma-mamaa! Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!” is actually an ancient chant used by magic-men, priests, shamans, and sorcerers for millions of years to control the masses.  Somehow Lady Gaga has found out these secrets and I am now prey to her whims; this song is highly addictive and should not be listened to lightly.  This ALBUM is highly addictive.  I actually considered staying home yesterday because I knew my mother wouldn’t let me listen.  I did manage to leave the house, but just barely.

A random note: I love the way she says the word “love” especially near the end of the song.  Almost lav.

Joey’s Two Cents

Okay, I wasn’t going to do this–but!–with Rhiannon’s growing obsession I am finding myself listening to Lady Gaga more and more often.  Other people’s excitement inspires me, and (shame the devil; I cannot tell a lie) I am in “lav, lav, lav,” with Lady Gaga.  In fact, I can categorically say this gay-guy is GuGu for Gaga.

This song is huge.  It’s edgy, it’s got a good beat, and (most importantly) it’s catchy!

Alejandro

Once again, I went into this song thinking, “This is absolutely ridiculous: why is she even talking like that?  Who the hell is Alejandro, and why should I care?”  And then the beat started.  And once again I was completely hooked.  I seriously hope to choreograph this song with Joey, because I think it would make an amazing partner dance.  It would be a Latin/ballroom/hiphop/modern combo, because I have no actual dance training: I go with how I feel!  I SO hope he decides to do it – dancing on Tuesdays would be so much fun and get our creative juices flowing!

Joey’s Two Cents

This song makes me want to drink wine and do Dirty Dancing kinda dancing.

Monster

OMG, this SONG!  If it weren’t so dirty, I would’ve played this at the haunted house.  I can’t keep saying these songs are addicting, but they are.  If only my boyfriend would condescend to listen to her with me, I’d dance my little ass off.  Ah, well.

(Lesbian question number one: “I asked my girlfriend if she’d seen you round before / She mumbled something while we got down on the floor baby / We might’ve fucked not really sure, don’t quite recall / But something tells me that I’ve seen him, yeah.”  Okay, who is saying what here?  Just pointing it out.)

Speechless

I won’t make the pun, but she did an amazing job on this song.  She has an incredible voice!  The way she emphasizes words and phrases in this song has such a tug on my soul—and really, who hasn’t felt like this?  I want to give her a hug!  As I said to him earlier, “Does it sound like she killed him at the end of this song, or am I just ‘Pulling a Joey?’”  Seriously, the way she says, “Why you speechless,” sounds like she offed him.

Joey’s Two Cents

Turns out we BOTH pulled a Joey.  The song is actually about Lady’s father who wouldn’t get surgery he needed to survive.  It’s a song she wrote on tour, because she couldn’t get to him.  I already thought the song was melancholy … now, infinitely more so.  I love this song.

Dance in the Dark

Not gonna lie, this song turns me ON!  It’s such an edgy sort of romance that runs through this whole section of the album.  I wish this album had come out the end of high school, although the music snob in me then would never have let me listen to it.  But it fits so well and fits so many eras of my life.  These songs would have made a nice companion, although I probably wouldn’t have recognized why, then.  Although I will say, her random Madonna “Vogue” moment is kind of strange—don’t get me wrong, I love it.  But that was immediately what I thought of, which makes me wonder if she meant to?

Telephone

This is an anthem.  I probably would have played this song at top volume in our dorm.  I’ve always wished I had the self confidence that Beyonce has, in this song and in Irreplaceable.  The content of these songs have a lot more depth than the earlier songs, in sound and in lyrics.  I love how this song goes from Beyonce telling off this guy to singing, “I’ll be dancing, I’ll be dancing,” and the beat picks up.   I also love how she distorts her voice on, “ringing,” to sound like a cell phone.  Lav, lav, lav…. I’m repeating myself way too much!

Joey’s Two Cents

Highly addictive.

So Happy I Could Die

This song makes me want to dance and cry at the same time.  It’s also my Lesbian question number two.  I can’t even use one quote to demonstrate it because the whole thing sounds like to me like a girl in love with her best friend.  Now, in context of the whole album, it could be that she is so relieved to be out with her best friend and away from her asshole boyfriend.  This is another song that’s edgy and sexy, but listening to the lyrics takes you a lot deeper than the sound itself.  Just hearing this in a club would be wicked fun to dance to, and you get the pleasure of catharsis by listening to the lyrics when sitting at home.

Teeth

I LOVE THIS SONG!  Seriously, the driving, carnal beat in this song is original and hypnotic, and the lyrics are suggestive of filth.  Bad girl meat?  Vampires?  What is not to love about this song???  I would love to choreograph this song, too, but I envision a group number for this.  I’m going to leave off, now, because I can’t help dancing to this song!