Amazon loses over $3 million selling Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way' - Polidicks

99 cents for a new album? damn, that's cheap. I'll probably pick it up later.

[QUOTE=Cuntsman;30222766]Her music is crap and too mainstream IMO[/QUOTE] [img]http://oi53.tinypic.com/jzzci9.jpg[/img] You a hipster, boy? You sure do sound like one.

[quote]Gaga said yesterday that she believed a digital version of 'Born This Way', wasn't worth more than the 99 cents Amazon were charging.[/quote] Stuck up whore.

[QUOTE=PrusseluskenV2;30222924]she actually has talent though[/QUOTE] The problem is that she's a big attention whore.

[quote]I applaud a company like Amazon, for equating the value of digital versus the physical copy, and giving the opportunity to everyone to buy music.[/quote] I love her. :3 I'm glad (but not surprised) that she's taking a logical stance, rather than going all Lars Ulrich on her fans. Also ITT: baseless opinions from people who heard Poker Face on the radio one too many times and still know nothing about her

the music would be better if it wasn't all disco beats from 90's ibiza raves

I don't like her songs, but she's a pretty cool girl. She doesn't treat her fans like shit, she makes smart statements, and she's respectable to everyone she meets.

[QUOTE=koeniginator;30232497]99 cents for a new album? damn, that's cheap. I'll probably pick it up later.[/QUOTE] It was one day only, and that one day was a week ago. If you want it, it's $10.

[QUOTE=thisispain;30233972]the music would be better if it wasn't all disco beats from 90's ibiza raves[/QUOTE] Because no where in the music industry should an artist draw influence from another artist derp

[QUOTE=Ultra Violence;30234085]Because no where in the music industry should an artist draw influence from another artist derp[/QUOTE] It's good to be influenced by it, but then there is too much of it. Please add more variety.

[QUOTE=CoolKingKaso;30234140]It's good to be influenced by it, but then there is too much of it. Please add more variety.[/QUOTE] And yet another case of someone who didn't hear her pre-Gaga pianist-songwriter works--or anything but her radio singles for that matter, lolol. But that's ok. I expect most people to be completely closed-minded because it's mainstream (oh the horror of it all).

[QUOTE=Ultra Violence;30234085]Because no where in the music industry should an artist draw influence from another artist derp[/QUOTE] no it's just out of date it's just 90's house beats [editline]3rd June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Ultra Violence;30234153]And yet another case of someone who didn't hear her pre-Gaga pianist-songwriter works--or anything but her radio singles for that matter, lolol. But that's ok. I expect most people to be completely closed-minded because it's mainstream (oh the horror of it all).[/QUOTE] how can you even remotely claim people aren't into "mainstream" stuff because they are close-minded that's not what close-minded means

[QUOTE=thisispain;30234170]no it's just out of date it's just 90's house beats[/QUOTE] Once again Basing this off of radio singles and nothing else. So about 1/10th of her music, probably less.

[QUOTE=Ultra Violence;30234200]Once again Basing this off of radio singles and nothing else. So about 1/10th of her music, probably less.[/QUOTE] i have her albums all i've heard is 90's house beats, please point out the left-field sound collages because they must have not come with my version of the album

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wagn8Wrmzuc[/media] thread music~~

[QUOTE=Ultra Violence;30234153]And yet another case of someone who didn't hear her pre-Gaga pianist-songwriter works--or anything but her radio singles for that matter, lolol. But that's ok. I expect most people to be completely closed-minded because it's mainstream (oh the horror of it all).[/QUOTE] It's not the fact that it's mainstream. If I could hear it getting overplayed on the radio, and if I think that it's "meh". Why would I be interested in it at all?

[QUOTE=thisispain;30234223]i have her albums all i've heard is 90's house beats, please point out the left-field sound collages because they must have not come with my version of the album[/QUOTE] On solely her Lady Gaga pseudonym albums, Speechless, Americano, Teeth, Bloody Mary, and a few more I can't name off the top of my head. And then there's all of her pre-Gaga music, which is astounding because she's a brilliant pianist and songwriter. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM[/media] Educate yo'self, fool. [editline]4th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=CoolKingKaso;30234255]It's not the fact that it's mainstream. If I could hear it getting played over 5 times per hour on the radio, and if I think that it's "meh". Why would I be interested in it at all?[/QUOTE] Your problem is Listening to the radio. I'm sorry to hear that.

[QUOTE=Ultra Violence;30234258]On solely her Lady Gaga pseudonym albums, Speechless, Americano, Teeth, Bloody Mary, and a few more I can't name off the top of my head. And then there's all of her pre-Gaga music, which is astounding because she's a brilliant pianist and songwriter. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM[/media] Educate yo'self, fool.[/QUOTE] so my criticism is that she doesn't push the boundary enough as a pop artist and your reply to that is "naw dude check out these ballroom piano songs" okay i'm gonna end this right now this is some new shit: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRjZoRtu0Y[/media] and that's from 2007 so it's already like 100 years old

Um, it's actually the fact that I think her songs are "meh". Apparently, it's not a legitimate excuse?

criticize for not liking something because it's mainstream -> criticize for listening to the radio too much

[QUOTE=thisispain;30234292]so my criticism is that she doesn't push the boundary enough as a pop artist and your reply to that is "naw dude check out these ballroom piano songs"[/QUOTE] Ballroom piano? Lol. And given the fact that you certainly didn't watch all of what I posted, I won't bother with yours (I assume it's Bjork anyway). And no, my response is that she's evolving as a pop artist according to her own vision of the music she wants to make, irregardless of the status quo. Oh and I loved the part where you disregarded the rest of my examples. But oh well. [QUOTE=CoolKingKaso;30234307]Um, it's actually the fact that I think her songs are "meh". Apparently, it's not a legitimate excuse?[/QUOTE] Not when it's because you listen to pop radio. I mean, really. :|

[QUOTE=thisispain;30234292]so my criticism is that she doesn't push the boundary enough as a pop artist and your reply to that is "naw dude check out these ballroom piano songs" okay i'm gonna end this right now this is some new shit: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewRjZoRtu0Y[/media] and that's from 2007 so it's already like 100 years old[/QUOTE] i hate that song

I don't listen to it all the time though, considering how most songs on the radio are overplayed. I mostly listen to a large variety of genres in my mp3. Including songs that used to be mainstream.

[QUOTE=Shadaez;30234342]i hate that song[/QUOTE] Oh wow, the example was MIA. Speaking of stealing beats! She took a beat from a song about orphaned children from WW2 ... and turned it into a song about selling drugs. Just sayin', all she did was sing over it And somehow that's better than a woman who composes all of her own music from start to finish. huehuehue [editline]4th June 2011[/editline] Here, I'll even give you the original beat, because I'm nice like that [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkyCrx4DyMk[/media]

[QUOTE=Ultra Violence;30234382]Oh wow, the example was MIA. Speaking of stealing beats! She took a beat from a song about orphaned children from WW2 ... and turned it into a song about selling drugs. Just sayin', all she did was sing over it And somehow that's better than a woman who composes all of her own music from start to finish. huehuehue[/QUOTE] People don't necessarily care on how you make a song, they care on how good it sounds.

[QUOTE=CoolKingKaso;30234431]People don't necessarily care on how you make a song, they care on how good it sounds.[/QUOTE] Except that's pretty much what dude was saying She's using old beats from the 90s? lol, maybe they sound similar MIA is using the exact beat from a song from the 70s. I am not addressing you, by the way. You've made the least compelling arguments in the entire thread.

uh no the beat isn't stolen at all because there's a new beat in MIA's song all i'm saying is that's the new shit, that took the pop music game forward but just having superwave in the background with 909 beats isn't gonna really push pop music forward and don't even talk shit about bjork okay, that's taken pop to the extreme left and it wouldn't be fair for me to compare gaga to her that's not even on the same level i mean disco beats vs 1997 album made of volcano noises and chirps there's no comparison plus mark bell of LFO fame worked on homogenic so hah fuck that i wasn't pulling the bjork card just to be nice

[QUOTE=thisispain;30234520]uh no the beat isn't stolen at all because there's a new beat in MIA's song all i'm saying is that's the new shit, that took the pop music game forward but just having superwave in the background with 909 beats isn't gonna really push pop music forward and don't even talk shit about bjork okay, that's taken pop to the extreme left and it wouldn't be fair for me to compare gaga to her that's not even on the same level i mean disco beats vs 1997 album made of volcano noises and chirps there's no comparison plus mark bell of LFO fame worked on homogenic so hah fuck that i wasn't pulling the bjork card just to be nice[/QUOTE] Yes... the beat is stolen. Directly copied and pasted into the song. Yeah, there's a new set of bass chords over it, but it is literally the exact same melody that Joe Strummer wrote. MIA didn't revolutionize anything in pop music. I guarantee the only music most people have heard of hers is Paper Planes. Maybe $10, maybe. And no, Bjork isn't even in the pop genre. Hence why I wasn't interested in doing the comparison. But since it was MIA...

[QUOTE=Aide;30233750]Stuck up whore.[/QUOTE] Wait.. what?

[QUOTE=Jasun;30234764]Wait.. what?[/QUOTE] She's intelligent enough to know that there's a massive difference in physical copies and digital copies. Therefore, a stuck up whore. Why can't they all be as down to earth as Jessica Simpson?