If you’re into pop music, I recommend Lady Gaga’s latest album, “Chromatica”. She went back to her old formula on this one and it’s excellent. I give it 5 stars out of 5.

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** On Thursday 02.09.21 - 06:44, Erich B. wrote to All:

If you’re into pop music, I recommend Lady Gaga’s
latest album, “Chromatica”. She went back to her old
formula on this one and it’s excellent. I give it 5
stars out of 5.

I'm not into club/pop/dance music myself (anymore). [I *did*
enjoy the odd beat-based repetative sequence briefly when I
*did* go to some dance clubs or house parties waaaaay back in
the day]

No doubt, the Gaga persona is very talented and knows how to
control her voice and stay in key. But most of her appeal
requires the visual theatrical element too to draw attention
(albiet distracting from the strange lyrics at the same time.).
To me, she can't seem to sing many songs independent of fancy
studio techniques and remain interesting enough that bear
repeat listens. Most of her songs seem to have a gimmick to
draw attention. When she gets loud, her voice sounds screetchy
to me. I thought the pair-up with Tony Bennett could work..
but I don't think she's worthy of the blues or crooning style
for the long term.

She seems to do the visual + pop/dance/club style well.
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Hello Erich B.!

** On Thursday 02.09.21 - 06:44, Erich B. wrote to All:

I'm not into club/pop/dance music myself (anymore). [I *did*
enjoy the odd beat-based repetative sequence briefly when I
*did* go to some dance clubs or house parties waaaaay back in
the day]

No doubt, the Gaga persona is very talented and knows how to
control her voice and stay in key. But most of her appeal
requires the visual theatrical element too to draw attention
(albiet distracting from the strange lyrics at the same time.).
To me, she can't seem to sing many songs independent of fancy
studio techniques and remain interesting enough that bear
repeat listens. Most of her songs seem to have a gimmick to
draw attention. When she gets loud, her voice sounds screetchy
to me. I thought the pair-up with Tony Bennett could work..
but I don't think she's worthy of the blues or crooning style
for the long term.

She seems to do the visual + pop/dance/club style well.
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She claims to be the next Madonna. Which Madonna wants to be like the next Lady Gaga.

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Hello Erich B.!

** On Sunday 12.09.21 - 11:03, Erich B. wrote to August Abolins:

No doubt, the Gaga persona is very talented and knows how
to control her voice and stay in key. But most of her
appeal requires the visual theatrical element too to draw
attention (albiet distracting from the strange lyrics at
the same time.) [...]

She claims to be the next Madonna. Which Madonna wants to
be like the next Lady Gaga.

I've heard that they were throwing criticisms at each other.
Primarily, I think it was M that called G a copy-cat or
unoriginal.

But I think G has greater vocal talent than M. Whereas M has a
greater musical talent than G.

I've liked a few earlier tunes of hers, but the last best one
was on the True Blue album. Live to Tell is a very nicely
designed ballad, used in the film At Close Range (I fine film -
albiet dark near the end - as I recall).

I took a little time to audition a couple of M's albums today.
In her latest album she doesn't sound right. It's as if the
voice has been altered to sound younger.

These are the only ones that I like across her Rebel Heart and
Madam X recordings:

https://open.spotify.com/user/6mhrz90aernzucux1fjas12u9/ playlist/0eLimsWighgk6M4bvOa5m9

Only 2 songs on Madam X appeal to me. The rest try too hard to
be trendy. I feel that she wants to compete with the younger
singers like Arianna Grande.

Based on the titles of the songs, it looks like M she is
consumed by "mercy, god, devil, praying, holy water, messiah",
and political/social messages thrown in.

I think she would fair better if she stuck to ballads and the
lower range of her voice. The song "Killers Who Are Partying"
on Madame X has a nice overall sound.

Rebel Heart is the last album where her voice sounds unaltered.
"Inside Out" has a nice low bass underlayer. "Wash Over Me"
is easy on the ears. "Ghosttown" is a cool almost-ballad.
"Devil Pray" gets to the screetchy level, but I can appreciate
the technical experiments in that one; musically it sounds fun.

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