Or maybe you just haven't understood the amount of people using the example of Katy/Gaga's music to explain their choices?

Except they are just two artists and they don't COMPLETELY belong to either one of these categories.

 

More likely they are the ones not reading the topic properly tbh.

Definitely a Gaga. I can enjoy a generic pop song but it has to have something special or unusual to last with me. Prefer my pop with shades of darkness and mystery.

For once i agree with you

 

I love Gaga's music but i buy into the whole package, the personality, the fact she speaks out about what she believes in, the fact she is a workaholic, her outfits, the music is a very nice side issue

Agree with what?

 

The topic is about whether you like more generic pop or riskier songs with a twist.

 

 

(Can't believe I'm getting annoyed with people not reading a topic to SUCH an extent lmao :lol: )

Yes, and Gaga makes more risker songs with a twist so that is why I prefer music like that.

 

JESUS WEPT.

Or maybe you just haven't understood the amount of people using the example of Katy/Gaga's music to explain their choices?

 

No.

The topic is about taking the figureheads of two different sides of pop (Generic, chart friendly pop or Pop with an edge/twist) and asking where your tastes are.

Explaining why you prefer Katy's last era or Gaga's ARTPOP era isn't anything to do with this topic.

 

Yes, and Gaga makes more risker songs with a twist so that is why I prefer music like that.

 

JESUS WEPT.

I prefer the type of music Gaga represents but as artists I prefer Katy to Gaga, so.

I prefer the type of music Gaga represents but as artists I prefer Katy to Gaga, so.

hallelUMI

Well the question in the poll should perhaps be changed from "Are you a Katy or a GaGa?" to "Do you prefer generic or experimental pop?" to prevent further confusion, although as the two artists were used as an example of each I did flesh out my answer with some explanation of why I prefer GaGa to Perry.

The thing is, Gaga's music isn't really "experimental".

She might experiment stuff on some album tracks, but that's not the songs that make her famous.

 

If you look at her singles, most of them are pretty standard pop singles (yet amazing of course). I think there is a confusion between her imagery and her music. The whole imagery is quite experimental and risky, but the music is pretty safe as far as pop music is concerned.

 

And I'm not saying this as a bad thing, it's just an observation about people assimilating Gaga's sound to her imagery.

Edited November 17, 201311 yr by Hayzayy

The thing is, Gaga's music isn't really "experimental".

She might experiment stuff on some album tracks, but that's not the songs that make her famous.

 

If you look at her singles, most of them are pretty standard pop singles (yet amazing of course). I think there is a confusion between her imagery and her music. The whole imagery is quite experimental and risky, but the music is pretty safe as far as pop music is concerned.

 

And I'm not saying this as a bad thing, it's just an observation about people assimilating Gaga's sound to her imagery.

 

Good point

 

The stuff that made her famous like Love Game and Poker Face were as mainstream as you can get and Telephone and Alejandro etc are hardly experimental and risky

 

Artpop is experimental and risky but Fame/Fame Monster which made her famous wasn't

Even with all things considered, Katy will still be more vanilla than Gaga.

Some of my favourite pop tracks of all time include 'All The Things She Said', 'Shut Up', 'Scandalous' and 'Biology'. I also love most generic tracks, though there comes a point where a song can just be disgustingly by-numbers ('International Love' for example).

 

I'd say overall I'm both equally, though I do tend to listen to Perry's albums more without skipping, Gaga tends to have the higher points in her album. I'd no doubt take a Gaga type best of, to a Perry type one.

Edited November 17, 201311 yr by Juranamo

Even with all things considered, Katy will still be more vanilla than Gaga.

 

Ignore..

Edited November 17, 201311 yr by Sandro Raniere

The thing is, Gaga's music isn't really "experimental".

She might experiment stuff on some album tracks, but that's not the songs that make her famous.

 

If you look at her singles, most of them are pretty standard pop singles (yet amazing of course). I think there is a confusion between her imagery and her music. The whole imagery is quite experimental and risky, but the music is pretty safe as far as pop music is concerned.

 

And I'm not saying this as a bad thing, it's just an observation about people assimilating Gaga's sound to her imagery.

 

Excellent point. GaGa's music has only recently become 'edgier' and then she was probably only given the creative freedom to do this after the phenomena over the Monster era. The Monster era was just "Katy Perry" music. RedOne produced, catchy hooks and memorable choruses. Her image, style and persona was different, but certainly not her music. In 2013 yes, but when you ask the everyday music fan what their favourite GaGa era would be, I bet you'd be hard pressed for someone NOT to say The Monster era.

 

I'm not so sure there's a whole edgier and generic pop. A lot of artists experiment with sounds and whatnot, but the big songs that everyone remembers are genuinely the generic ones. The whole edgy vibe is just marketing and advertising working their effect in.

 

ps. Love topics like this

Ignore..

Right ;)

Right ;)

 

I had a 'blonde moment' ;) :mellow:

GaGa, no doubt.

 

Katy pop has become too generic for me to like her. (I don't mind Firework or E.T. Katy though).

Ignoring the specifics here, I'd say I'm probably a mix of both but probably 65% GaGa 35% Katy. Where I draw the line is the RITA ORA's of the pop world where there music is so 'plug into the formula' and void of any individuality that it really irks me!