Madonna Disses Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"
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The Material Girl isn't totally smitten with her successor.
In an interview with the upcoming issue of Newsweek (as excerpted by the Daily Beast), Madonna slams Lady Gaga's 2011 single "Born This Way" for its similarities to her 1989 hit "Express Yourself."
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"I thought, this is a wonderful way to redo my song ["Express Yourself"]," she tells the mag. "I mean, I recognized the chord changes. I thought it was... interesting."
Madonna, 53, isn't the first to question the originality of Gaga's hit song. In April, NME asked the 25-year-old pop star if she thought "Born this Way" was a knockoff of Madonna's song, and she was outraged. "I'm a songwriter. I've written loads of music," she fumed. "Why would I try to put out a song and think I'm getting one over on everybody?"
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She raged on: "What a completely ridiculous thing to even question me about… If you put the songs next to each other, side by side, the only similarities are the chord progression. It's the same one that's been in disco music for the last 50 years. Just because I'm the first f***ing artist in 25 years to think of putting it on Top 40 radio, it doesn‚t mean I'm a plagiarist, it means that I‚m f***ing smart. Sorry."
Gaga and Madonna, however, claim to be fans of each other's work. In 2009, the duo even participated in a Saturday Night Live sketch together.
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89i liked madonna until she said this ;)
Who cares if she ripped off Madonna. Madonna ripped off Cindy Lauper!!
Madonna did it all first!!!!...Lady gaga is a total copy cat..Everyone knows it....PERIOD!!!
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Absolutely not. I think Madonna has a ego problem, and she afraid of getting older. Lady Gaga is fantastic. I love her and her work. Oh an by the way, I'm not so teeny booper, I am a grandmother of 5, and on my next Birthday let's just say I'm not a teen any longer
If Lady Gaga knew how to sing, how come she had to take her cloths off to get anyone to pay attention to her when she was starting out? As a fan you should know the story.
If Lady Gaga knew how to sing, why did she have to take her cloths off to get people to pay attention to her when she was starting out. As a fan you should know the story.
and also, it's lose not "loose". God, these stans.
Oh my god..Stronger you've got to kidding, opinion or not. Lady Gaga can sing actually as where Madonna can not.
William Stronger KC you are a tool
MADONNA IS THE BEST FEMALE ARTIST OF ALL TIME LADY WHO IS WHAT .. TRASH
MADONNA THE QUEEN OF POP LADY GAGA FAIL
LITTLE MONSTER YOU CAN CREATE ANY PROJECT YOU WANT TO SAY AWFUL THINGS ABOUT MADONNA BUT YOU GONNA LOOSE, WE SEE THIS THINGS ON INTERNET AND WE FIGHT BACK ... MADONNA IS THE QUEEN GAGA IS JUST A COPY FAIL!!!
LITTLE MONSTER YOU CAN CREATE ANY PROJECT YOU WANT TO SAY AWFUL THINGS ABOUT MADONNA BUT YOU GONNA LOOSE, WE SEE THIS THINGS ON INTERNET AND WE FIGHT BACK ... MADONNA IS THE QUEEN GAGA IS JUST A COPY FAIL!!!
You people need to stop making up news and taking things out of context. The only common thing about the two songs is the chord progression, goddamnit. When Gaga does something that sounds "familiar" you call her a rip-off. Yet when Katy Perry, or Ke$ha, or some other entertainer does something similar (California Girls/Tik Tok anyone?) No one barely reacts. Y'all just jealous she did in 3 years what took madonna 30 years.
You people need to stop making up news and taking things out of context. The only common thing about the two songs is the chord progression, goddamnit. When Gaga does something that sounds "familiar" you call her a rip-off. Yet when Katy Perry, or Ke$ha, or some other entertainer does something similar (California Girls/Tik Tok anyone?) No one barely reacts. Y'all just jealous she did in 3 years what took madonna 30 years.
You people need to stop making up news and taking things out of context. The only common thing about the two songs is the chord progression, goddamnit. When Gaga does something that sounds "familiar" you call her a rip-off. Yet when Katy Perry, or Ke$ha, or some other entertainer does something similar (California Girls/Tik Tok anyone?) No one barely reacts. Y'all just jealous she did in 3 years what took madonna 30 years.
You people need to stop making up news and taking things out of context. The only common thing about the two songs is the chord progression, goddamnit. When Gaga does something that sounds "familiar" you call her a rip-off. Yet when Katy Perry, or Ke$ha, or some other entertainer does something similar (California Girls/Tik Tok anyone?) No one barely reacts. Y'all just jealous she did in 3 years what took madonna 30 years.