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Featured Review:
The Fame Monster — Lady Gaga |
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Review by Ave
The Fame Monster lives up to its odd name….and then some. This 8-track album proves to employ a range of musical influences as wide as on The Fame. The first song and single from the CD is “Bad Romance”, a song that uses infectious verbal and rhythmic repetition that has served Lady Gaga well with her past hits (p-p-p-pokerface) and stole my heart immediately. If her penchant for the dramatic wasn’t obvious before, it certainly is after listening to “Alejandro” and “Dancing in the Dark”; both contain haunting melodies and lyrics, particularly the latter which contains a shout-out to several famously deceased women in such a Vogue-esque fashion it could be Madonna herself, and I got goose bumps on the line “together we’ll dance in the dark”.
Gaga has the potential to be the queen of electronica, and would already have the crown if it weren’t for her obvious refusal to be a one-dimensional artist, which can be seen in the tracks “Speechless”, a‘70’s inspired ballad and a true exhibition of Lady Gaga’s singing talent, and “Teeth”, which can only be described as….actually, I don’t know how to describe it at all, I really don’t. The Gaga/Beyonce song “Telephone” is one of the catchiest songs I’ve heard in a long time, mixing elements of pop and hip-hop over a heavy dance beat. The only possible low-point of the album is “So happy I could die”, which has an obvious dip in the energy and lacking the electronic and lyrical integrity that I’ve come to associate with Lady Gaga, though odds are, the more I listen to Fame Monster, the more I’ll like it. Lady Gaga embodies so much in her image and music that I feel is lacking in the business these days: fearlessness, range, liberation and The Fame Monster contains all of it fully and unapologetically.
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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:05:55 +0000
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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:01:16 +0000
Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily
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Beyoncé tallied the most trophies at the 52nd Grammys with six, but Taylor Swift went home with Album of the Year on a night that featured great performances by Gaga & Elton, Weezy & Shady and a 3-D King of Pop tribute. For much more on the show, check out Rolling Stone’s Essential Grammy [...]
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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:36:05 +0000
Weekend Rock List: Best Drummers
Photo: Mayer/WireImage Dave Grohl will be back behind the skins this weekend when Them Crooked Vultures serve as musical guests on Saturday Night Live. The next night, the Who will perform a handful of songs that originally featured the rapid-fire beats of Keith Moon, another drumming legend. So this weekend’s Rock List is dedicated to [...]
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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:16:26 +0000
Flashback: The Who Rock in ‘65
The Who’s greatest hits mash-up this Sunday promises to be another classic Super Bowl halftime show, so to honor the Tommy band, this week’s Flashback jumps back to a pair of stunning Who performances from almost 45 years ago. Up top, watch Daltrey, Townshend, Moon and Entwistle rock out to “Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere” from the [...]
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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:43:09 +0000
Pete Wentz, Jessica Simpson Joke About Naked Rolling Stone Covers
Photo: Peter Yang(Fall Out Boy), Max Vadukul (Simpson), Mark Seliger (Mayer)
You might have noticed a little shirtless trend on the past two covers of Rolling Stone — Pete Wentz did, too. The bassist wrote on his Twitter today, “Why did I take my shirt off for the cover of Rolling Stone? That will haunt me [...]
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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:04:16 +0000
Cold War Kids Showcase “Behave Yourself,” Creedence Cover Live at Rolling Stone
Cold Wars Kids recently stopped by the Rolling Stone offices for an intimate performance of a pair of songs off the band’s recent EP Behave Yourself. Above, watch the Long Beach indie rockers showcase the EP’s opening track “Audience,” then hit the jump for two more songs: Behave Yourself’s “Santa Ana Winds” and a moving [...]
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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:18:49 +0000
Super Bowl Bets: Count Townshend’s Windmills, Time Underwood’s Anthem
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When Pete Townshend revealed the Who’s mashup set list for this Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show, we figured there wouldn’t be a repeat of the gambling havoc that followed Bruce Springsteen’s set list leak a few days before the Super Bowl last year. However, some gambling Websites are still offering up some pretty insane [...]
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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:06:03 +0000
Howard Stern Named as Rumored Replacement for Cowell on “Idol”
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When Simon Cowell revealed last month that this would in fact be his last season as an American Idol judge, speculation immediately began regarding who would replace the scowling Brit at the judges’ table. Early rumor mongering had Ryan Seacrest doing double duty as both host and judge on AI, but today the New [...]
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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:24:46 +0000
Black Eyed Peas Kick Off “E.N.D.” Tour With Big Tricks, Huge Hits
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Kicking off their first tour since 2006, the Black Eyed Peas brought a full bag of tricks to Philips Arena in Atlanta last night. There were smoke machines, lasers, oddly clad dancers, a flying motorcycle, confetti canons and many, many costume changes. Overall, the vibe was, to quote their recent hit, “Boom Boom [...]
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Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:46:30 +0000
Ke$ha Hijacks Hollywood Sign in Late-Night Prank
Ke$ha, the queen of the Hot 100, has a viral video making the rounds that shows the “TiK ToK” star and her posse of friends sneaking into the heavily guarded area that surrounds the iconic Hollywood sign and hijacking it, using bed sheets and spray paint to turn it into “Ke$hawood.” “HwOOD $IgN I$ oFFiciaLLY [...]
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