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Lady Gaga - Applause


Skullbuster

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oh where to start?

 

i guess i should start off with the video its self, like every other lady gaga music video, the video makes no sense what so ever, often leaving you to ask "what the hell is going on?" the video includes gaga in multiple costumes, with no coherent theme, and leaving us with the image of Lady Gaga's head morphed onto the body of an ostrich, and her style of dancing here is having a seizure, its artistic to the point of meaningless

 

the instrumental is the saddest part of this song i think, she went with the generic overused club beat with this one, following the trend, of pop songs having club beat instead of making something interesting, even a few of my friends who listen to pop agree that this trend really sucks, its just boring

 

the lyrics...make no sense,they are literally just random words thrown together, lines such as:

"Ive overheard your theory, nostalgia's for geeks

i guess sir if you say so, some of us just like to read"

yeah, the lyrics dont make any meaningful sense at all, the chorus however is different, the chorus is the meat of this song, and its very narcissistic, the song is just about her(if your just listening to the chorus) telling you to cheer for her, this song is basically the audio version of an applause sign at a theater

 

so overall, the song is kinda ehh, the only reason to watch it is for the video

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I think the narcissism of the chorus is suppose to be ironic. I'm no Gaga defender or anything, but I think the callbacks to her earlier songs and videos is suppose to imply that the song is from the POV of somebody who's life and career is based on getting people's attention and admiration. And when somebody criticizes her for falling back on her old stuff ("I've overheard your theory, nostalgia is for geeks"), her reply is that there's nothing wrong with her attitude or her redundancy ("I guess Sir, if you say so, some of us just like to read", which means if being a "geek" for nostalgia is wrong, she doesn't want to be right).

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