Lady Gaga's "Applause"
As we already know from Lady Gaga herself, David Bowie is one of her influences. With her new single "Applause", all I see and hear is David Bowie. First the picture of her with the smeared clown make-up reminds me of Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes" song. Copyright: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pco91kroVgQ Copyright: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusZZDbIoiQi5p9sEkrp_gI5AzZsYlCDXsQfp4x0cbjDSn-T5Dj7fnTt_t78C3C9AEIgOLmbb_o2L0sT33bcIznJJJISxu7e0kiHbKOqFVfMMHd4owqVI0n9wm9Z9cpkdEImVvsAXtksQ/s320/ashes_bowie.jpg Then in the first stanza of Lady Gaga's song, the intonation of her voice is very much like the intonation Bowie used in his album "Hours." I'm not a fan of Lady Gaga, but I do like a few of her songs like "Bad Romance" because it was different. The concept of "Applause" just reminds me of Bowie's song "Fame." She is using too many Bowie elements so that she is not influ...