It's a bit disappointing to see a recording artist do this kind of thing -- Bad Romance is obviously a re-worked version of Poker Face -- I really would have liked to hear something truly new. Both songs (Poker Face & Bad Romance) clock-in at 119 beats per minute, both are in the key of Am, both have the same producer, the "m-m-m-ma" of Poker Face is plainly re-worded into new (but similar) jabberwocky and placed next to the chorus as if a Poker Face cookie-cutter was all one needed to ship platinum anymore....
It's clear that Gaga is a fan of movie director Alfred Hitchcock: she sings, "I want your PSYCHO, your VERTIGO schtik, want you in my REAR WINDOW..." I don't know if this was intentional or not -- the naming of films here by the same director seems a bit too cute to be accidental. I half expected to see THE BIRDS swoop in from NORTH BY NORTHWEST in the video, with a TORN CURTAIN thrown in for good measure.
The production here is first-rate, and is a fine lead-off single for this 8-song unit between albums -- and I have little doubt the song will strike platinum -- I can think of at least a half-dozen solid ways to re-mix this; a ballad version could even be built in A minor from what I've heard here and sell strongly -- but Gaga, if you're reading this, let me tell you something: if you intend to have a career, you better drop the idea of selling the same record over and over and over. The public will only buy that for so long.
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