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Lady Gaga: Dance in the Dark (Single Review)
Filed in: Lady Gaga, Leona Lewis, Single Review
Today has just been full of disappointments: The videos for “Bad Romance” and “Video Phone” seem to be delayed indefinitely, the Leona Lewis album is, for the most part, a massive snooze-fest, and worst of all, the strawberries that I worked so hard to plant have withered on FarmVille.
But enough mourning for this morning, it’s time to talk about the good stuff: “Dance in the Dark,” Mademoiselle Gaga’s new single (maybe?) off of The Fame Monster, her re-release of The Fame (maybe?).
An In-Depth Analysis of “Dance in the Dark.”
1. The opening.
Stuttering male vocals! Gaga shrieking in the distance! Haunted synthesizers! Doom, destruction, and everything in between! Brilliant.
2. “Silicone, saline, poison, inject me…baby, I’m a free bitch.”
The greatest opening line of 2009.
3. She sends a shout-out to Sylvia Plath.
So the breakdown layout is lifted straight from Madonna’s “Vogue.” Who cares? Everyone knows that if someone’s reciting the names of famous people in a monotone voice, it’s time to dance.
In the case off “Dance in the Dark,” Gaga limits her subjects according to theme, choosing only those who’ve suffered a tragic end by way of (or indirectly because of), you guessed it: The fame. “Marilyn, Judy, Sylvia…tell ‘em how you feel, girls.” Shivers!
4. It is dark disco.
“Dance in the Dark” is a hands-in-the-air dance song about a woman being harassed by her boyfriend. “She looks good, but her boyfriend says she’s a tramp, she’s a vamp, but she still does her dance,” mourns the Gaga. And let’s not forget about the chorus: “Baby does her dance in the dark, ’cause when he’s looking, she falls apart.” Who knew emotional abuse could inspire such happy feet?
5. It is not quite as good as “Bad Romance,” but it’s in the same league.
Which, according to my calculations, means that The Fame Monster is almost destined to be one of the greatest pop releases of the year.
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Is “Bad Romance” a meta, post-modern allegory to “BRomance?”
I believe the linguistic inferences are utmost exemplary. Perhaps this is an aside to Betty Friedan
Aren’t the synths in the beginning a playing a sample from an old song?
Brad: Are you that breatheheavy.com guy’s brother?
You 2 are so annoying.
hate to say that I was starting to like you…but you just think YOU know it all POP.
DISLIKE QUEENS
they should disappear
this song’s synths sample an old song, I’m sure of that!
but still can’t recognize which song it is.
If anyone finds which song Lady Gaga took the sample from, please tell me! I love this song btw.
The synths remind me of Shiny Toy Guns’ When They Came For Us
It samples “Careless Whisper” by WHAM!
I instantly thought it was Careless Whisper too but i’m not sure.
Sounds like careless whisper and eurythmics having sex
It’s totally from the saxophone section of Careless Whisper…
‘Careless Whisper’!! Of course, it was driving me gonzo. It’s hilarious that the Gaga took an 80’s “sample” and made it sound even more 80’s. That’s why I couldn’t remember, it sounded so legit I was sure it was a straight sample. Once again, she’s amazing.
it’s not careless whisper. there is an 80’s song with the intro.
It’s definately not Careless whisper, It sounds like a mix of “Stranglove” and “Enjoy the Silence” by Depeche Mode. This is gonna get on my nerves!
this might help http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWpwTNg9VBY
dance in the dark sounds like its about a stripper… she loves to dance in the dark. her bf says shes a tramp and a vamp (vampire? maybe cuz she works all night and sleeps all day) maybe i just came to this conclusion cuz im a stripper and when i go home to my boyfriend i “fall apart” in his arms and cry a lot
I believe it’s a sample of the theme song from the old ABC soap opera, “The Edge of Night”.
I am fairly certain the beginning part is sampled from the theme to the film “Psycho III.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCiEMFByVnU&feature=related That link is the song from the movie only slowed down.
Actually, this link at 1:53 into the clip is the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4tD0gPuxQ8
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