I think I gave Disco Heaven like a 9 or 10. One of her best.
The Lady Gaga Rate (Haus Labs now available)
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Vanity, now there's a forgotten gem right there.
Disco Heaven is an amazing song title so of course the actual song lives up to it
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I see we're still excreting the shit. Good-good.
Retro Dance Freak is my highest score to leave so far at a four. Colour me unbothered.
Retro Dance Freak is my highest score to leave so far at a four. Colour me unbothered.
82.
Retro dance freak
(average 5.40)
Highest Score: 10 x 1 (@soratami)
Lowest Score: 1 x 5 (@dangerous makanae, @SyPOPhantic, @VitaminBee, @P'NutButter , @Andrew.L)
Our first cut from her first album. A bit nothingy for me but helps to round out and reinforce the sound and aesthetic of the era I suppose. Overall I personally don't find this terrible. The production, lyrics, and vocals are all fairly fun but this probably should've been out before either jazz track as it ends up redundant in the context of the album. I found all her extras and leaks from The Fame pretty exciting at the time, though. My ipod being littered with low quality youtube rips and coverlandia single covers fff a stan was born.
“It certain parts, this almost doesn’t sound like her. Like, her voice sounds different. Is that just me? Oh well. I love the production, especially the electric guitar, and this bops, it’s enjoyable, but I feel like something is missing here.” observes @Music Is Life. @Laurence gives a little background “A real bonus track hidden in Japan, but found its' way to more listeners as part of The Fame Monster deluxe. It's okay but nothing too special I guess.” @jtm says “Her throwaways from this era are still more interesting than some of her later album” I agree! @daninternational doesn’t “Some of these extras weren't necessary”. Look, you know if I hadn’t included it someone would’ve complained and then given it a 5 anyway. @VitaminBee says “A bore. I would have preferred Retro Physical.” Run your own damn rate im busy! -Cher. @Ana Raquel simply calls it “chaos” and @SyPOPhantic says it “Sounds like a reject SPICE track”. I don’t know if that’s a compliment or not. The production on this seemed a bit cheap for some of you. @Seventeen Days says “Eh… I actually didn’t discover this one until Born This Way, and to be honest I could take or leave it. Not one of the stronger tracks from the Fame era.” And @Petit nain des Îles says “This is fine but a little flat. It could have popped off more with slightly different production” Wake 'em up @Sleepycat! “You know what, I've slept on this one for too long, it's a bop!”
@Maki would like a word “An obvious choice for a bonus track. The signature retro style of early creations by Rob Fusari and Gaga is very present here and surely reminds of the demos from that period. However, nothing in particular stands out about this song, and it pales when compared to the rest of the album. I love the verses, although the rest is just okay and has too much talking. I really like some elements of the instrumental, for example that guitar and the strings in the beginning, which makes me raise its score by a bit. There are some unreleased songs that would've been a much better choice for a bonus track than this one.” Justice for Blueberry Kisses.
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Let’s be honest though, Again Again should have exited before Retro Dance Freak did.
Subwaykid
Staff member
81.
Christmas Tree
(Average: 5.55)
Highest Score: 10 x 8 (@RJF @Sprockrooster, @GimmeWork @Laura Vanderbooben, @Seventeen Days, @heavymetalGAGA @Subwaykid, @elektroxx @lehnw01 )
Lowest Score: 0 x 3 (@Phonetics Boy, @blissteria , @Dangerous Maknae)
SOME of you are not very festive this time of year. A bop! An avant garde Christmas ANTHEM! A weirdly sexual but simultaneously cold sex romp in the way only Gaga could pull off during her first few albums! Not all of you grinches can appreciate ART. @Maki gives it a 4.5 “I said that I won't give any scores lower than a 5, but this song proved me wrong. Like, I know it's just for fun, but it's really one of the worst Christmas songs I've heard and my least favorite song by Lady Gaga (actually, this is one song by her that I dislike even more). It's just a messy and jumbled up cacophony that should've never seen the Christmas light of day. It's actually catchy, but not in a good way. At least the creative playful lyrics brought it a few points.” @Stradiwhovius likes to pit women against other women but we’ve figured you out we all know now we’ve all got crowns “Mariah this is not. If you told me this was a joke I would have believed you.” @daninternational says they’ve “never heard this before. Never will again” Your loss! @jtm must actually have a Grinch origin story as they bravely admit “This has a video for some reason. (ed. note: does it?) There's nothing I hate more than Christmas songs and this is worse than most” @Ashling92 was confounded by the layers of this opus “I did not know this song existed until now and I’m...not sure how I feel about it. Not exactly giving me Christmas vibes tbh, and I don’t have any desire to listen to this again. Unnecessary.” And @FresherThanYou calls its “Tragic!” as @madgemad covers their ears in fear “oh jeez, what did I just listen to.” “WHY!” cries out @collxtion and I look down and whisper “cherry cherry boom boom”
Some of you do like to ho ho ho under the mistletoe. Like @Remorque who is ready to go down with this ship “Shoot me, but I fucking love their interpretation of Deck the Halls. It's my slutty Christmas jam and you'll all deal.” @Laurence exhibits taste “A lovely pop song, we love it! Classic GaGa and does get some spins every holiday season, cuz why not? It's simple yet effective! Truly a moment but did not age that well of course.” And @Petit nain des Îles says “This… isn’t what I expected looking at the title. The Timbaland-like vocals from Space Cowboy are a kii. I’m into the « random electropop stuff made with GarageBand you’d find on myspace » feel.” @Seventeen Days appreciates earlyGa for what she was “How can you not like this track? It’s so Gaga, and it’s one of the better original Christmas songs to come out of the last 10 years.” Preach! “We know that if Gags put out a Christmas album now it would probably sound nothing like this. Which is kind of a shame, because while I don't love this, it would definitely stand out from the crowd.” A Very Gaga Holiday coming out like 2 years later proved you right. Sigh I do hope that geriatric money hasn’t completely knocked out her weirdness. @VitaminBee says they “always like to pop this on during the holidays and watch people’s faces quickly shrivel up” Same! And I clutch @Laura Vanderbooben ’s hand tight as she drives off the Henry Hudson cliffs into the sunset as Space Cowboy ad libs and she shouts “the greatest song of all time”
Christmas Tree
(Average: 5.55)
Highest Score: 10 x 8 (@RJF @Sprockrooster, @GimmeWork @Laura Vanderbooben, @Seventeen Days, @heavymetalGAGA @Subwaykid, @elektroxx @lehnw01 )
Lowest Score: 0 x 3 (@Phonetics Boy, @blissteria , @Dangerous Maknae)
SOME of you are not very festive this time of year. A bop! An avant garde Christmas ANTHEM! A weirdly sexual but simultaneously cold sex romp in the way only Gaga could pull off during her first few albums! Not all of you grinches can appreciate ART. @Maki gives it a 4.5 “I said that I won't give any scores lower than a 5, but this song proved me wrong. Like, I know it's just for fun, but it's really one of the worst Christmas songs I've heard and my least favorite song by Lady Gaga (actually, this is one song by her that I dislike even more). It's just a messy and jumbled up cacophony that should've never seen the Christmas light of day. It's actually catchy, but not in a good way. At least the creative playful lyrics brought it a few points.” @Stradiwhovius likes to pit women against other women but we’ve figured you out we all know now we’ve all got crowns “Mariah this is not. If you told me this was a joke I would have believed you.” @daninternational says they’ve “never heard this before. Never will again” Your loss! @jtm must actually have a Grinch origin story as they bravely admit “This has a video for some reason. (ed. note: does it?) There's nothing I hate more than Christmas songs and this is worse than most” @Ashling92 was confounded by the layers of this opus “I did not know this song existed until now and I’m...not sure how I feel about it. Not exactly giving me Christmas vibes tbh, and I don’t have any desire to listen to this again. Unnecessary.” And @FresherThanYou calls its “Tragic!” as @madgemad covers their ears in fear “oh jeez, what did I just listen to.” “WHY!” cries out @collxtion and I look down and whisper “cherry cherry boom boom”
Some of you do like to ho ho ho under the mistletoe. Like @Remorque who is ready to go down with this ship “Shoot me, but I fucking love their interpretation of Deck the Halls. It's my slutty Christmas jam and you'll all deal.” @Laurence exhibits taste “A lovely pop song, we love it! Classic GaGa and does get some spins every holiday season, cuz why not? It's simple yet effective! Truly a moment but did not age that well of course.” And @Petit nain des Îles says “This… isn’t what I expected looking at the title. The Timbaland-like vocals from Space Cowboy are a kii. I’m into the « random electropop stuff made with GarageBand you’d find on myspace » feel.” @Seventeen Days appreciates earlyGa for what she was “How can you not like this track? It’s so Gaga, and it’s one of the better original Christmas songs to come out of the last 10 years.” Preach! “We know that if Gags put out a Christmas album now it would probably sound nothing like this. Which is kind of a shame, because while I don't love this, it would definitely stand out from the crowd.” A Very Gaga Holiday coming out like 2 years later proved you right. Sigh I do hope that geriatric money hasn’t completely knocked out her weirdness. @VitaminBee says they “always like to pop this on during the holidays and watch people’s faces quickly shrivel up” Same! And I clutch @Laura Vanderbooben ’s hand tight as she drives off the Henry Hudson cliffs into the sunset as Space Cowboy ad libs and she shouts “the greatest song of all time”
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Y'all are Grinches.81.
Christmas Tree
(Average: 5.45)
Lowest Score: 0 x 4 (@Phonetics Boy, @lenhw01, @blissteria, @Dangerous Maknae)
I forgot to put a 1 in front of my 0.
ohnostalgia
Staff member
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Both of those cuts were unwarranted. Can we go back to A Star is Born?
Subwaykid
Staff member
Fff well in case anyone was still fretting about 0’s or 1’s, changing this 0 to a 10 raised the average to 5.55 with the 80th place finisher still beating it out by .01 points.
