BlackAdder7 said:

Madonna's been laying low all these months,quietly directing a movie,trying not to stir up any controversy and now all of a sudden,she's smack dab in the middle of a controversy...lol...I know that she secretly loves all that's going on.

Lady Gaga: "I just want to thank Whitney Houston for inspiring me to write my new worldwide smash. I envisioned her singing it when I wrote it."

Whitney Houston:

Madonna: BITCH!!!! {hurls shoe at the television}

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450.000 downloads in 3 days!

Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" rockets to a record-setting debut on Billboard's Pop Songs radio airplay chart and, thanks to exceptionally strong opening digital sales estimates, looks likely to storm the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 1 when the latter list is released Wednesday (Feb. 16).

The first single and title track from the star's third studio album, due May 23, storms Pop Songs at No. 14 with 4,602 plays, according to Nielsen BDS, the highest detections total by a debuting title in the chart's 18-year history.

Additionally, sources say that "Born" shifted more than 450,000 downloads its first three days of release since Friday morning (11).

http://www.billboard.com/...5102.story

BlackAdder7 said:

Isn't this just a mashup? Remember the Grey Album? That mixed Jay Z and the Beatles but I don't think that means that Jay Z ripped off the Beatles.

BlackAdder7 said:

way too much time on the hands of the guy who made this forced/lame video

I see similarities but I stick to my guns: this is not a rip-off

robertlove said:

trueiopian said:

Very cool, it's very hard to sing a song over another song.

She did a great job! I fully expect a team of sound engineers and lawyers to be picking this new song apart in the near future.

And why should she? Just about every female pop star -- from Britney Spears and Rihanna to Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera, whose 'Not Myself Tonight' video got raked over the coals last spring for borrowing imagery from the 'Express Yourself' video -- has been accused of aping Madonna at some point. At least when Gaga does it she has the class and pop sensibility to do it right.

Born This Way promo poster :

[img:$uid]http://the-fame.org/albums/photoshoots/2011/Born%20This%20Way/002.jpg[/img:$uid]

Meh.

thebumpsquad said:

Born This Way promo poster :

[img:$uid]http://the-fame.org/albums/photoshoots/2011/Born%20This%20Way/002.jpg[/img:$uid]

Meh.

Wait! Let me guess...she's copying Debbie Harry this time, right? She kinda looks liker her in this pic!

SoulAlive said:

Houston Chronicle:
After so much hype, Gaga's performance was underwhelming, and all but an homage to Madonna's Blond Ambition Tour - cascading ponytail, staging and all. (The song itself is a middling recycle of Madge's Express Yourself.) Gaga took home short form video, female pop vocal and pop vocal album. In the evening's oddest acceptance speech, she thanked Whitney Houston as the vocal inspiration behind Born This Way. (Sure, whatever you say.)

Dang, I didn't realise that Madonna invented the ponytail.

rialb said:

SoulAlive said:

Houston Chronicle:
After so much hype, Gaga's performance was underwhelming, and all but an homage to Madonna's Blond Ambition Tour - cascading ponytail, staging and all. (The song itself is a middling recycle of Madge's Express Yourself.) Gaga took home short form video, female pop vocal and pop vocal album. In the evening's oddest acceptance speech, she thanked Whitney Houston as the vocal inspiration behind Born This Way. (Sure, whatever you say.)

Dang, I didn't realise that Madonna invented the ponytail.

two words: Steven Seagal

lol

Identity said:

[img:$uid]http://i53.tinypic.com/2r4lssz.jpg[/img:$uid]

Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ Is Madonna's ‘Express Yourself,’ Says Ryan Tedder

Feb 2011

OneRepublic frontman and prolific multi-platinum songsmith Ryan Tedder knows a thing or two about publishing credits, having written hits for the likes of Beyonce (“Halo”), Leona Lewis (“Bleeding Love”) and Jordin Sparks (“Battlefield”). So what does his expert ear say about Lady Gaga's latest single?

"Born This Way] is ‘Express Yourself,’” he said at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy gala held on Saturday night, chiming in on what’s already become a heated debate: did Gaga rip off Madonna for her new single?

“Me and my wife drove around today and that song came on KIIS-FM every hour on the hour. We were singing ‘Express Yourself’ over the melody! If I wrote ‘Express Yourself’ and I heard that song, I would be calling my manager five minutes later… If Madonna's not getting credit on it, then I would just say, be careful.”

Gaga’s new song, the title track to her forthcoming album, due out in May, was released on February 11 and produced by Fernando Garibay, whom Tedder calls a “phenomenal producer” and a friend, which is why he also cautions not to jump to any conclusions. “Maybe they credited Madonna, honestly,” Tedder said. “It happens. There are a lot of successful hits out there where you read the liner notes and realize there’s a part of another song. Like Daft Punk: as individual and unique as they are, their four biggest hits are all samples.”

And even if “Born This Way” is somewhat derivative, Tedder adds, it doesn’t diminish his admiration for his labelmate. “I love Gaga, I legitimately do,” he said. “I don't question her individuality or the message of the song… I'm not gonna say it's not a hit -- it’s catchy! Gaga is Gaga, she could sing happy birthday right now.”

As right as he might be it's hard to take the dude who wrote the same song twice (Halo and Already Gone) very seriously on this.

ViintageJunkiie said:

Identity said:

Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ Is Madonna's ‘Express Yourself,’ Says Ryan Tedder

Feb 2011

"Born This Way] is ‘Express Yourself,’” he said at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy gala held on Saturday night, chiming in on what’s already become a heated debate:

Ryan has nerve. He's talking about "Born This Way" is "Express Yourself" but he WONT admit that "Halo" is "Already Gone". The NERVE of some peopl

Oh poop, you beat me to it.

SEANMAN said:

Lady Gaga: "I just want to thank Whitney Houston for inspiring me to write my new worldwide smash. I envisioned her singing it when I wrote it."

Whitney Houston:

Madonna: BITCH!!!! {hurls shoe at the television}

[Edited 2/14/11 10:33am]

Love the song. I don't care if it sounds like Express Yourself (I honestly don't hear it that much) or Itsy Bitsy Spider, so the fuck what. Lavaux sounds like Automatic, Fergalicious sounds like Supersonic, Strong Enough sounds like I Will Survive and...

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Janet's Rhythm Nation Gaga's Alejandro

Tori Amos plays the piano with her legs wide open...

...and so does Gaga.

Grace Jones wore outfits that made you go "What the fuck?"...

...and so does Gaga.

Cyndi Lauper sported greenish hair for a while...

...and so did Gaga.

She's pretty much Dale Bozzio's twin, and has been noted as being the Dale of the new

millenium.

Throw in Debbie Harry, Elton John, Terry Nunn from Berlin and Boy George and you have a few more folks who have obviously influenced Gaga's style. Oh, and Whitney Houston She is not only inspired by Madonna.

BORN THIS WAY IS #1 ON BILLBOARD HOT 100! THANK YOU, I'm overwhelmed by your support. I'LL BE ON JAY LENO TONIGHT♥ http://twitpic.com/3zyo3v

http://twitter.com/ladygaga

SEANMAN said:

Janet's Rhythm Nation Gaga's Alejandro

Tori Amos plays the piano with her legs wide open...

...and so does Gaga.

Grace Jones wore outfits that made you go "What the fuck?"...

...and so does Gaga.

Cyndi Lauper sported greenish hair for a while...

...and so did Gaga.

She's pretty much Dale Bozzio's twin, and has been noted as being the Dale of the new

millenium.

Throw in Debbie Harry, Elton John, Terry Nunn from Berlin and Boy George and you have a few more folks who have obviously influenced Gaga's style. Oh, and Whitney Houston She is not only inspired by Madonna.

The girl has a sense of humor. I like that.

When someone sticks their neck out like that, I don't smack it, I praise it.

She is OK in my book. It's when artists play it safe and patronize their audience that I have trouble with.

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The girl has a sense of humor. I like that.

When someone sticks their neck out like that, I don't smack it, I praise it.

She is OK in my book. It's when artists play it safe and patronize their audience that I have trouble with.

Exactly! The more people talk shit about you, you know you're doing something right. And now the song everyone hates will be #1 on the Hot 100 this week.

Anyone who could up with wearing a Kermit the frog dress and a smile like that is a genius!

A sick and twisted genius, but genius none the less.

^^Right!

But she doesn't come up with her outfits, they are designed and created by some guy.

lazycrockett said:

But she doesn't come up with her outfits, they are designed and created by some guy.

Don't ruin the illusion man. What wrong with you.

Now what? Are you happy now.

But seriously, how naive of me huh? I thought she did that stuff. I really did. My life is empty now.

Well, she wears the stuff. There must be genius in that too. right?

JoeTyler said:

rialb said:

Dang, I didn't realise that Madonna invented the ponytail.

two words: Steven Seagal

lol

Audrey Hepburn.

V10LETBLUES said:

Well, she wears the stuff. There must be genius in that too. right?

I've seen Grace, Patti and Dale Bozzio wear wilder stuff than her. And don't forget the brothers from Funkadelic.

Timmy84 said:

JoeTyler said:

two words: Steven Seagal

lol

Audrey Hepburn.

She didn't invent that either! aw man now i'm going to be nauseous. I have been loving a lie!

To be honest though she's getting quite predictable. Much less, yeah, the song sounds predictable to what I thought it would be. The way the lyrics were printed, you knew it was gonna be a dance song. The egg/cocoon entrance was predictable because I knew where she was going with it once I realized why she roll through like that (it tied in with the song). So yeah she was gonna sell even without that cocoon presence. And she tried her best to look like she does on the cover so the pointy shoulders and pointy horns around her face weren't surprising.

V10LETBLUES said:

Timmy84 said:

Audrey Hepburn.

She didn't invent that either! aw man now i'm going to be nauseous. I have been loving a lie!

No one invented nothing. Not even Madonna.

Timmy84 said:

V10LETBLUES said:

She didn't invent that either! aw man now i'm going to be nauseous. I have been loving a lie!

No one invented nothing. Not even Madonna.

Not even Madonna?