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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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