3/2/2023 0 Comments Paparazzi lady gagaThe Unreality shout review of "Paparazzi " is first class. Why in a review for Lady Gaga, an attack on Katy Perry is made, is clearly unfair and not necessary. You called Just dance "mediocre " with no constructive backing for this. It now also makes you think that if a song is reviewed here as "mediocre ", it could go on to be a global success. Millions of people all around the world have downloaded these songs. īoth have won numerous awards and nominations for best pop single, for these songs ![]() They have been the catalysts that have turned Lady Gaga and Katy Perry into global stars, both number 1 in many countries. In terms of music sales, they have been monumentally successful ! īut on the other hand you have to realise that these two songs are among the two biggest selling singles in the world in the past year! Now if on one hand you bear in mind that this is someones view, it cannot really be questioned. The interesting thing for me about the review is that it lists " Just dance " by Lady Gaga to be "mediocre " at best " (which it clearly isn't to anyone who appreciates good pop music and wasn't to the millions who bought it !), and that the reviewer loathed Katy Perry's I kissed a girl. It won't sell as many copies as the first two singles, but it will boost sells of the album, and underline the continuing success of Lady Gaga. Paparazzi is a good pop song with a great video, and catchy, tuneful chorus, it is already in the top 5 before it's physical release. The next single in the UK was due to be "Lovegame " but due to it's saucy nature, it became "Paparazzi ". From the first listen I felt Poker Face was the song that would be immense internationally. Well luckily for my kudos, it now has, and is probably the biggest selling song in the world so far for 2009. When Radio 1 reviewed Poker Face, (think it was Fraser and I got very passionate about what a great pop song it was ! ), I went out on a limb and said that it would outsell Just Dance. ![]() Well fast forward nine months, and Just Dance is the second best selling single of 2009. Right from the first couple of plays ,I was telling everyone about this song, and it's commercial possibilities.Īt the earliest opportunity, I got a copy of Lady Gaga's "The Fame " album and immediately knew I was listening to an album which would be huge around the world, and catapult Lady Gaga to being a global star. The early version I had ,did not yet have Akon and Colby O ' Donis, but just Lady Gaga herself. The Beat Review says: "I honestly don't think it's an intelligent single choice but it's quite a grower."īack in Autumn 2008, when I was given a compilation CD of up and coming acts for 2009, one song stood out above all others as an absolute sure - fire hit, and that was Just Dance. The Ton says: "It's not dancy enough to be dance, it's not snappy enough to be pop and not edgy enough to be interesting." PrettyMuchAmazing says: "The song is easily the most personable track on 'The Fame', but far from my favorite." And, for a song from an alleged saviour of pop, it's a bit disappointing to hear something that sounds like it could've been written at any point over the last 20 years.Įssentially it's a good choice for a third single, but only in the way where third singles are supposed to remind you how much you liked the first two and convince you to go and buy the album - it doesn't really have that many brilliant characteristics of its own to recommend it. Nothing here has the sort of earwormy quality to match "p-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face". ![]() ![]() There's some passionate singing happening here, especially during the "promise I'll be kind/but I won't stop until that boy is mine" refrain that back-ends the chorus, but musically it lacks the addictive itch of her earlier singles. And she sounds a bit like early Madonna, into the bargain. 'Paparazzi' is one of those vaguely terrifying stories of stakerish-attraction that pop music does so well, with Gaga putting on her metaphor hat and using the story of an obsessive crush to tell us all a little tale about the quest for fame. (No video, as it is a health and safety nightmare. Lady Gaga is a similar case in point: I thought 'Just Dance' was mediocre at best and didn't really understand why everyone was hailing her as the second coming of Alison Goldfrapp, but then 'Poker Face' appeared and was one heck of a tune, so now I'm waiting for the third single to make my mind up about Ol' Rocket-Bra for me.
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