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43 minutes ago, Lord Stoneheart said:

sis dont even, singing a song about loving the US in the fucking Superbowl is as safe as it can get. Her half time show wasnt bad by any means but come on, it was safe.

 
 
 
 
 
 

I'm late to the party but I can't leave this unchecked ^

 

'This Land is Your Land' was written by Woody Guthrie in 1940 in DIRECT CRITICAL RESPONSE TO 'God Bless America'. The two are opposites... 'God Bless America' is blind praise. 'This Land is Your Land' acknowledges the beauty of America as a place, but also drags its government for filth. That's right, the government.

 

The average person may not even know this, because its original, more political lyrics, aren't included in most versions. They go:

"There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me. The sign was painted, said 'Private Property.' But on the backside, it didn't say nothing. This land was made for you and me."

Also,

"One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple, by the relief office I saw my people. As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if God Blessed America for me."

 

Sounding political enough for you yet? If you perform 'God Bless America' and 'This Land is Your Land' back to back, you're trying to say something. It's just that simple. They're historically connected.

So yeah, Gaga isn't an idiot. She knew exactly what she was doing.

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Land_Is_Your_Land

 

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7 minutes ago, Nuclear Chicken said:

I'm late to the party but I can't leave this unchecked ^

 

'This Land is Your Land' was written by Woody Guthrie in 1940 in DIRECT CRITICAL RESPONSE TO 'God Bless America'. The two are opposites... 'God Bless America' is blind praise. 'This Land is Your Land' acknowledges the beauty of America as a place, but also drags its government for filth. That's right, the government.

 

The average person may not even know this, because its original, more political lyrics, aren't included in most versions. They go:

"There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me. The sign was painted, said 'Private Property.' But on the backside, it didn't say nothing. This land was made for you and me."

Also,

"One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple, by the relief office I saw my people. As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if God Blessed America for me."

 

Sounding political enough for you yet? If you perform 'God Bless America' and 'This Land is Your Land' back to back, you're trying to say something. It's just that simple. They're historically connected.

So yeah, Gaga isn't an idiot. She knew exactly what she was doing.

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Land_Is_Your_Land

 

As if stupid Republicans would get it. zzz1 

It was more patriotic than anything.

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5 hours ago, John Wayne said:

average? um2 any other pop girl who has done smth like this, vocally? um2um2um2

Well, first of all, even if no one has done something like it, that doesn't make it more than average jj4 The two have nothing to do with each other. But, coincidentally, there is a marvellous example of a famous pop star who has done a 1000x better job at musical classics without getting any comparable praise/attention for it, only from musical theater lovers (which of course is the basis for me saying Gaga's far lesser performance is overrated) moo5

Enjoy:

(skip to the operatic highlight at 3:30 if you don't watch the full thing)

Not only are her vocals far superior, even her acting is ayumi1

And Nicole actually took a main role in the legendary Cats musical to rave reviews. And so has Leona Lewis bey1

Lewis has also shown her incredible operatic chops recently:

And so has Bey brit0

But like I said, that doesn't even really matter. Literally anyone auditioning for a part on Broadway or the West End today could do that SOM performance better than she did aretha1 She only gets praised (while others get ignored for better achievements) because she's a PR dream come true, which she actively (ab)uses: people only knew me as the meat dress wearing freak so even average vocals are enough to impress them and get more praise and attention than actually more talented peers bey5 She's smart that way, but I see through it. Ever since she played the "I'm gonna focus on my average voice" card, I've been sitting back in disgust. The whole reason she had to play up the crazy is because her voice wasn't good enough to ever get public attention ayumi1 And now she can profit from revealing the average voice behind the costumes, it automatically looking more glorious despite the fact that it would've been called a tragic, try-hard and fundamentally flawed performance if it had been any one else up there ari1 She could never in a million years get through a musical audition with that mediocrity, while many of her careers could (and have), so yes, that performance is overrated af and appreciated for the wrong reasons bey2

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25 minutes ago, Nuclear Chicken said:

I'm late to the party but I can't leave this unchecked ^

 

'This Land is Your Land' was written by Woody Guthrie in 1940 in DIRECT CRITICAL RESPONSE TO 'God Bless America'. The two are opposites... 'God Bless America' is blind praise. 'This Land is Your Land' acknowledges the beauty of America as a place, but also drags its government for filth. That's right, the government.

 

The average person may not even know this, because its original, more political lyrics, aren't included in most versions. They go:

"There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me. The sign was painted, said 'Private Property.' But on the backside, it didn't say nothing. This land was made for you and me."

Also,

"One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple, by the relief office I saw my people. As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if God Blessed America for me."

 

Sounding political enough for you yet? If you perform 'God Bless America' and 'This Land is Your Land' back to back, you're trying to say something. It's just that simple. They're historically connected.

So yeah, Gaga isn't an idiot. She knew exactly what she was doing.

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Land_Is_Your_Land

 

Educate me a bit. But having to look this deep for a hidden message most of the public didnt get doesnt make her performance a bold statement. I do give her the BTW bridge as not perfect as it, that I can get behind as her statement because it was loud and clear and everyone got it.

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28 minutes ago, Nuclear Chicken said:

So yeah, Gaga isn't an idiot. She knew exactly what she was doing.

This is all correct, but why should we praise her for actually singing the safe lyrics and keeping the actually provocative ones hidden? ayumi1 She also knew what she was doing by keeping it safe. And before you reply with "well, of course, it's the Superbowl," exactly, she couldn't provoke without major career damage, but then why bother singing the song at all? Just don't include it then if you're not gonna make something out of it. And she completely ruined the song's message anyway by repeating the same politically nonsensical "one nation under God" bs that actually reinforces Trump's philosophy more than the song's oprah11

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Mariah's 19 #1s

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2 hours ago, John Wayne said:

CTTR has been falling free on itunes, while MR is still in the top 10 (even top 5)

inb4 "million discounts"

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MR has fallen off the charts WW & is free falling on the hot 100... unlike CTTR

 

Who cares about iTunes

 

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