(vlate) Fave Friday: Lady GaGa

I'm so sorry that I haven't posted the past few days. Teenage life, you know. Gets in the way of being on the laptop enough to research. Sucks. Anyway, here goes Fave Friday...on Sunday.

Lady GaGa//The Fame



This is definitely the newest on my list of favorite albums. Sure, it doesn’t have the deepest subject matter. It’s mostly about boys, sex, and dancing. Also, I’m a sucker for beats I want to dance to. And this album delivers, delivers, and delivers again. You will never get sick of listening to any of the songs on The Fame. Not even the insanely popular “Just Dance.” Really, you won’t. They’re catchy songs, yes, but they aren’t the kind you want to rip out of your brain. You just sing them all day and don’t even mind.

Lady GaGa is pretty much Gwen Stefani walking into a pretty house in the OC and getting involved with lots of pretty models. Oh, and the voice is pretty similar, too. But Lady GaGa’s songs are just so sweet and danceable, you can’t help but love them. There’s a great dance beat to every song and the lyrics aren’t as bad as you think they would be. Lots of good rhymes and decent content. Especially on the first song I put up, “Poker Face.” The song is genius, I tell you. But she has other genius songs as well, like “I Like It Rough”. It examines one of her lesser quality traits, and “Money Honey” is about how love is better than money. How nice.

Also, I’m a sucker for fashion and this woman wears the most insane clothing I have ever seen in my entire life. That automatically nominates you for my admiration. I do love obnoxious things, man.

Yes, most of the songs are about guys, money, and parties. If you’re looking for some deep indie crap about death or the inner meaning of an orange, this isn’t for you. But if you just want something light that you can dance along to for a while to forget that you’re working a dead-end job and aren’t in the Bahamas, The Fame is for you. Definitely. The following songs are worth a click on Youtube.

“Poker Face”
As previously stated, this song is genius. I would really never have made the connection between getting guys and poker, but apparently it’s something else I’ve missed. This is one raunchy song!metaphor, but it’s absolutely amazing. If you aren’t at least bobbing your head to this song’s beat, there might be something wrong with you.

“Summerboy”
It’s vapid. It’s vain. And it’s amazing. You literally cannot help singing to this song. It just brings up visions of beaches, sunbathing, and taboo vacations. Which are always fun.

Unfortunately, it is a new album, so all you get in searches is LOL JUST DANCE BEST SONG EVARRRR!!1! So I can’t find the more obscure songs of hers, but I’m sure they’re out there somewhere.

Top 5 Songs of 2008 I Loved

(The happier continuation of Top 5 Songs of 2008 I Really Hate)

2008 did have good songs come along. These are songs I'll be listening to for a while, whether they're not very critically acclaimed or overplayed to crap. Either they're amazing and I haven't gotten sick of them or they haven't gotten the machine gun playing of the worst songs of '08.

With no further ado...

5. I Kissed A Girl - Katy Perry

Okay, I know. Quit rolling your eyes at me.
Sure, this got the airplay overkill of the century. I know. I don't know if it's Katy Perry's amazing voice or how real, emotional, and taboo the song sounds...but the song is great. It's catchy and it stays in your head and never gets out. You're singing along and you don't even know it. I think that is a successful song, no matter how many people get pissed about it.

4. So What - Pink

I don't think this song will ever get old. Pink pours her heart and soul into "So What" after her divorce. The song is an anthem of rebellion and courage. She's pretty much saying fuck the world and produces an upbeat, catchy song that brings a smile to every love-scorned girl. (Including myself.)

3. Spotlight - Jennifer Hudson

For being a popular Top 40 song, this song has a lot more substance than the usual public is used to. It's a song of longing for the outside world but not knowing enough about the inside to leave. Jennifer Hudson has somehow made a gorgeous, soulful song and made it catchy enough to make it insanely popular. Sure, it didn't get the airplay that some of these songs did, but I think I like it better that way. "Spotlight" is too beautiful to be ruined by overplaying.

2. Just Dance - Lady GaGa and Colby O'Donis

Yes, I'm aware it's generally the same basic idea as Metro Station's "Shake It", which I loathe. But it's done so, so, so, so much better.
Lady GaGa creates the catchiest song of the year, in my opinion. The background beats are absolutely amazing and the synthesizers don't go insane. Of course, the song is made to be a dance beat, but Lady Gaga's vocals are so beautiful that you don't even notice you're not at a bar dancing on a table to it.

I'm singing it in my head right now and will be for the next few hours.

1. Viva La Vida - Coldplay

Obvious answer of the year, much?

I don't need to tell you how good Coldplay's Viva La Vida is. Everyone else already has. I haven't met, heard from, or read anything from anyone who didn't like that album. Obviously, the title song has been the most popular, and the song is simply gorgeous. I need not say more aside from the fact that Coldplay are complete genii.

P.S. My opinion is subjective and you might loathe these songs as much as I love them. I'd love to hear from you, internet. What did you hate in '08? What did you not hate?