| re: Lady Gaga's "Edge Of Glory"/ She Must Be Influenced By Jim | |
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2jaxx 10:42 am UTC 05/31/11 |
| In reply to: | Lady Gaga's "Edge Of Glory"/ She Must Be Influenced By Jim - steven_stuart 11:16 pm UTC 05/28/11 |
| Listen to "Hair" from the same album. It's probably closer to Thunder Road days Springsteen, but the piano has that Roy Bittan vibe to it. Great tune btw... > Elva and I were watching the finale of American Idol and > Lady Gaga performed her new single "Edge Of Glory". I > thought, that sounds like someone who has been influenced > by Jim. I wound it back and asked Elva if she could hear > that Lady Gaga sounded like Bonnie Tyler during the last > chorus and Elva could hear what I was going on about. I > can now understand why Jim thinks Gaga could sing "Safe > Sex". Also, some of her costumes (not the one made out of > meat) look like outfits that Jim and Asher Levine might > come up with. Actually, someone on this board posted a You > Tube link of Gaga singing and playing piano while still at > university and the style was quite close to Jim's. I don't > think she will ever be quite the master of songwriting > that Jim is but she could sing his material and I'm > convinced that she is sometimes influenced by him. Its > difficult for some people to hear because of the disco > beat. However, there is not a consistent disco beat > throughout the latest single. Gaga's "Born this Way" (the > single) borrows from Madonna and "Edge Of Glory" borrows > from Jim. I am convinced of it. > > Oh. I have just looked at your board to see if anyone has > posted about "Edge Of Glory". > > A poster called "RepeatandFade" has posted a review of the > new Gaga album that appeared in his local newspaper. It > says: "It's there, but "Born This Way" (the album, not the > single) is more likely to evoke memories of a different > over-the-top '80s pop singer: Bonnie Tyler. Lady Gaga's > heart never goes into total eclipse, and she's not exactly > holding out for a hero, but there are moments on many of > these overstuffed pop songs where she shoots the works as > melodramatically as Tyler ever did." > > I'm so glad to read this. Nobody can accuse me of going > mad. > | |
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