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The themes & the lyrics — yes; but back in 2008 it sounded like NOTHING that was on radio.
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No. Dance music wasn't popular at the time. In fact, it started the dance craze.
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Wow, your post is off-topic AND insulting to Britney! 
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But sis, THIS is off-topic?
How hypocritical and embarrassing of you.
And I'm not insulting Britney by saying she didn't write her album.
She actually didn't.
All I'm saying is that the Blackout comparisons shouldn't really be in here.
The Fame and Blackout have little to nothing at all to compare.
They're both from famous pop girls and incorporate electronic music. The end.
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And by the way, I'm not saying I dont like the album! It's one of my favorite albums EVER.
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Mariska, The Fame is not innovative. Find me reputable articles that agrees with you.
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Articles? What? How is that relevant? Use your EARS. The Fame was a very innovative electropop album that sounded nothing like the dance trend set by Timbaland and others.
How about you find me an album that sounds like The Fame. 
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Also, you guys know there's a reason Just Dance took forever to climb the charts, right? Radios were initially apprehensive about playing the song because it wasn't within the normal scope of Top 40 music at the time.
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The themes & the lyrics — yes; but back in 2008 it sounded like NOTHING that was on radio.
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This. +1.
Y'all, artists don't need to invent new genres to not be generic.
And additionally, remember that the radio didn't always sound like it does now.
If an artist can have massive influence, the music they make must be bringing something to the table.
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Articles? What? How is that relevant? Use your EARS. The Fame was a very innovative electropop album that sounded nothing like the dance trend set by Timbaland and others.
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You are NOT a music expert in any way. Just because YOU say something is innovative doesnt make it true. PLEASE!
Articles by REPUTABLE experts >> some random person's opinion.
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I'm done with you guys thinking Britney and Justin invented dance music. Indie pop group Foster The People aren't the first band who make that genre of music, but they're innovative.
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No they're not 
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Also, you guys know there's a reason Just Dance took forever to climb the charts, right? Radios were initially apprehensive about playing the song because it wasn't within the normal scope of Top 40 music at the time.
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This.
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You are NOT a music expert in any way. Just because YOU say something is innovative doesnt make it true. PLEASE!
Articles by REPUTABLE experts >> some random person who's not an expert's opinion. |
Are you serious?  I wasn't even aware there were reputable experts on music. 
No, really. That's because there's not. You don't need to be an expert to use your ears, okay.
Show me an album that sounds like The Fame. Until then...
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You guys are ridiculous..
Just because it is in the same genre of music does NOT make it ridiculous. Arcade Fire isn't the first indie rock band, but they're innovative. Electro-pop is a very, very wide genre, okay. Future Sex/Love Sounds or Loose is absolutely nothing like The Fame. Same genres, yes, but completely different productions and sounds. Gaga was not following trends. Dance music was NOT popular at the time.
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First of all, Indie is NOT a genre. It's a label for Rock bands who are not mainstream. I don't know why they are labeled as a genre now because that's ridiculous. Indie isn't really popular so you can't say they are generic. Comparing indie to pop is ridiculous and there would never be a generic indie music unless indie becomes as huge as pop in terms of singles.
Let's just say they are all dance music.
Dance music was made popular in 2006. The Fame debuted in 2008. We saw Katy Perry have mainstream success because of electro-pop. We saw Nelly Furtado getting her biggest hits in electro-pop. We saw Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears get their respective critical acclaim in electro pop. EVERYBODY wants to have what they have achieved. Rihanna re-released her album in 2008 with Disturbia after the electro-pop craze got really popular and she released Don't Stop The Music in 2008 as well. Breaking Dishes in her album was also very popular in clubs in 2008. Chris Brown re-released his 'Exclusive' album with Forever, again because of the Electro-Pop craze. Do you get my point?
The only albums not to be considered generic in the dance era would be Blackout, Loose and Future Sex/Love Sounds. The rest are already generic. Even Circus was generic. I'm not being deluded, I'm just telling the truth.
I know that Electro Music=/=Generic. I know that and 808s & Heartbreak is one example of it. Kanye used electro music but he did use it in an artistic kind of way to separate him from the rest.
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You guys are ridiculous..
Just because it is in the same genre of music does NOT make it ridiculous. Arcade Fire isn't the first indie rock band, but they're innovative. Electro-pop is a very, very wide genre, okay. Future Sex/Love Sounds or Loose is absolutely nothing like The Fame. Same genres, yes, but completely different productions and sounds. Gaga was not following trends. Dance music was NOT popular at the time.
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No. Dance music wasn't popular at the time. In fact, it started the dance craze.
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Yep, dance music wasn't popular in 2007/2008.
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How about you find me an album that sounds like The Fame. |
Generic doesn't even mean it sounds like something else.
Generic = made for mainstream, ear-candy, common, pedestrian.
Let's not act like The Fame wasnt made for the masses.
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I'm done with you guys thinking Britney and Justin invented dance music. Indie pop group Foster The People aren't the first band who make that genre of music, but they're innovative.
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You're going in circles for hours and you still can't comprehend this:
1. The Fame was an electro/dance album.
2. The Fame wasn't an innovative electro/dance album.
3. The Fame wasn't innovative.
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It was somewhat generic but it still had a massive effect on the pop scene 
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In 2012 it is, but only by today's standards. Back in 2008 it was innovative tbh. NO ONE sounded like her then. The moment I heard Poker Face I KNEW she would be massive.
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However. And I can say this as a UK stan. It was like a revolution. Anyone who can sell over 1m digital copies of a single like that with not much UK promo besides radio is huge and for a reason. The music was like something we'd never heard before. She was so new and fresh. Just Dance was great and then we heard PF and it was just like...off the chain completely. She was just so much better musically than everyone. Even the videos for BDR got shown here and that was just a random promo vid.
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