Listeners Gaga Over Lady's 'Fame Monster'
Jesse Gutierrez
Issue date: 12/9/09 Section: Entertainment
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"The Fame Monster" is Gaga's second studio album and was originally just supposed to be a re-release of her first album "The Fame," with one new song.
It was not until later that Gaga decided to make a full-length album, which deals with the dark side of fame, unlike her first album, which dealt with the money and the glamour aspects.
Since the album is dealing with the dark side fame, a lot of the compositions are heavily influenced by gothic music.
The first song on the album, "Bad Romance," has an industrial goth beat, but at the same time sounds like a song that could be played at a fashion show.
The musical composition for the song is very reminiscent of the band Depeche Mode, and the lyrics make some references to elements of gothic culture.
She sings a line "I want your Psycho, your vertical stick," which are both references to the Alfred Hitchcock films "Psycho" and "Vertigo."
"Bad Romance" is definitely a song one would play at a party to get everyone on the dance floor.
The next track, "Alejandro," incorporates the techno musical style of Ace of Base with a hint of '70s pop, like ABBA.
On first listen, the lyrics sound like Gaga is in Mexico trying to escape a harem of crazy Latin men by the names of Alejandro, Fernando and Roberto.
However, like all of her lyrics, there are much deeper meanings. The lyrics in this song are based on Gaga's fear of commitment, to the point she can't even remember the name of the man she is with: "Don't call my name Alejandro/I'm not your babe, Fernando/don't call my name, Roberto."
The song also kind of plays on the phrase "What happens in Mexico, Stays in Mexico," when she sings the line "Hot like Mexico rejoice."
"Monster" is a song produced by Gaga's long-time collaborator, Space Cowboy, who also worked with her on her first album.
Musically, the song contains stuttering synths and instrumentation from heavy drums. The lyrics are based on love, but not just any love: zombie love.
The song begins with Gaga singing and repeating the line "He ate my heart" and eventually leads into the zombie eating more of her body parts: "I wanna just dance/ but he took me home instead/Uh-oh there was a monster in my bed, we French kissed on a subway train/he tore my clothes right off/ he ate my heart then he ate my brain."
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