November 20, 20213 yr Author There's gonna be no future, if we don't figure this out ttpsN-tOcqI | 12. Come To Mama 5.75 Still with fairly pitiful averages, we now lose Come To Mama. The song is about two people in love and discusses how love can help people in troubling times to build a brighter future. It's a glam-rock song as it calls for peace around the world. She advocates that people stop fighting over the same things that they have been for centuries and come together in love instead.
November 20, 20213 yr Author Really don't like this at all either :( A true dud and my least favourite on the main standard album!
November 20, 20213 yr Yeah it's not really a memorable song but pretty experimental among her discography so I can appreciate it to some extent.
November 21, 20213 yr It'd be interesting to hear her thoughts on this album later... We know she thinks it was a disappointment on many levels as a whole, but she hasn't really said anything about individual tracks.
November 22, 20213 yr Author I confess I am lost AjEu1plFIKA | 11. Angel Down - Work Tape 6.19 Misisng out on the top 10, it's the deluxe album's closing track and a revamped version of the track that closes the original album. It's a more stripped down version of the original song (more to come on that later) and it takes away some of the electronic production that pervades the original. It has a higher key and rawer vocals.
November 22, 20213 yr Hey Girl is one of those duets what on paper sounds amazing but in reality it didn’t really work. Not too surprised at what’s dropped out so far. Joanne the song to surprise please but feel it may be out next. Also hoping for Sinners Prayer to do well too but again feel that will exit soon :lol: Edited November 22, 20213 yr by Jord
November 24, 20213 yr Author Why do people just stand around? nGyDWyNaJuE | 10. Angel Down 7.50 And starting the top 10 is the original version of the previous song. We are into healthy averages now, so it's not like this is hated necessarily. The album's final song is a chilling number that was inspired by the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was shot dead by George Zimmerman in 2012. His shooting death launched the Black Lives Matter movement. Gaga said she wrote the track in response to "the epidemic of young African-Americans being murdered in this country." A song that obviously gained further relevance in the years that followed, it's a heartfelt, harrowing closer for the album.
November 24, 20213 yr Author While not my favourite from the album, there's no doubt that this is one of the most important songs of the era. Its relevance continues to live on. Powerful, harrowing stuff.
November 24, 20213 yr A decent score! I listened to this another day and still sounds solid and feels important.
November 29, 20213 yr Author Light me up and breathe in -l5G5BT8-fQ | 09. A-Yo 7.75 In 9th place we have what was being lined up as the album's second official single. It was later scrapped in favour of 'Million Reasons' (which is still to come - so maybe the correct choice was made?). Produced by Mark Ronson and Bloodpop, it's a roaring country jam about doing your own thing regardless of what others want from you. Through this is explores sex, cigarettes, haters and more. Gaga performed the song live on several occasions including her Dive Bar tour and her Coachella performance.
November 29, 20213 yr Author Not a huge favourite but it is fun and quintessentially JOANNE-era. Do I enjoy it outside of that era? Not really~ Obviously she made the best decision ever choosing 'Million Reasons' over it. The stress of those few days when we weren't sure what was being pushed :drama:
November 29, 20213 yr WHAAAT THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE A-Yo is the boppest of bops. Edited November 29, 20213 yr by Sour Candy
December 5, 20213 yr Author Make it all make sense _l95S0Bzl28 | 08. Grigio Girls 8.06 A bonus track in 8th place, far out-doing expectations! The song is a deeply personal one, as Gaga sings of the support network that developed for Gaga's friend Sonja as she battled with cancer. It's about womanhood and sticking together in the toughest of times, while reassuring people that it's ok to cry together. Gaga explained that she would cry with her friends away from Sonja because they couldn't face crying in front of her. It features on the deluxe version of the album and has done brilliantly here with an impressive average and outdoing some of the main album's tracks by some distance!
December 5, 20213 yr Author What a song. Forever makes me feel super emotional and it's exactly how a bonus track should be - offers a further insight into the vision of its parent album while holding its own as a track away from it. I totally adore it and am so happy it's done well here! It's better than 90% of the main album tbh :coffee:
December 5, 20213 yr Author It truly is. I feel like it should've come after Hey Girl on the album because both are similar thematically. Pure love <3
