Popislife Recommended Remix: Lady GaGa - 'ALEJANDRO' (Sound Of Arrows Remix)

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GaGa fanatics will most likely be already well-aquainted with the fantastic 'Sound Of Arrows' reswizzle of the Lady's most recent smash, but for those who missed out on it's inclusion on Lady GaGa's remix compilation (the inventively titled 'The Remix') which was released earlier this year, I recommend you check out the Swedish electro group's take on the song. The usually sombre 'Alejandro' is instantly transformed into an uplifting slice of electro-pop, perfect for whacking a smile on your face.

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BRITNEY'S TELEPHONE LEAKS! HORDES OF BRITNEY FANS IMPLODE

Late last night, what many Britney Spears fans considered to the Holy Grail of Spears-related music was leaked online, the Lady GaGa penned 'Telephone' demo originally offered to her for use on her 'Circus' album but which was passed on and ended up on Lady GaGa's 'The Fame Monster'.

Whilst the original leak is more than a little scrappy -with parts not actually resembling Britney and with such a level of random vocoder that you'd think Darkchild kept nodding off at the mixing decks, causing him to land face first on the autotune button- the ever-faithful Britney fans have remastered the leak (which, by the way, was being offered for a STAGGERING 750 DOLLARS on a site which should know better) into something a little bit wonderful.

Below is the original leak and below THAT one is an example of a hardworking Britney fan's remastering. A further example of a cool little edit involves using the answerphone message from the 'Oops' album and putting it into the intro!

Original/NOT SO GOOD ACTUALLY

Remaster/ACTUALLY VERY GOOD!

It's a little unfair given the demo state of Britney's, but which do we think is better? GaGa's or Britney's?

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More GaGa snippet leakage! GaGa - 'Super Star'

It's seems it's a good weekend for GaGa fans, and an even better one for snippet fans! Whilst a clip of 'Then You Love Me' was released yesterday, the full track has yet to emerge, but what HAS is another clip of a different song entitled 'Super Star' and alledgedly produced by Darkchild. Now whilst the superproducer was responisble for the 3 minutes and 41 seconds of bliss that is 'Telephone', this clip is certainly lacking it's magic and I wouldn't expect this to make any new official release any time soon! Either way, new GaGa is new GaGa so check out the clip 'Super Star' below!

ALSO The full track is currently being held back by a website for the princely sum of 250 dollars which no doubt some desperate GaGa fan will shell out for! Disgraceful!

CLIP 1

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New GaGa song snippet released- 'Then You Love Me'

Lady GaGa is already hard at work making some 'crazy' (according to Akon) tracks for album number three for a rumored late 2010 release whilst she takes her 'Monster Ball' tour around the world, but for those who simply can't wait there maaaaaaaaaay be a new GaGa leak coming your way!

A recently leaked snippet of a track titled 'Then You Love Me' has been doing the rounds on the internet this morning, accompanied of course with everyones favourite radio tags...CHILL WHAT IT DO?

The snippet may be currently overloaded with so many stupid ass shout outs that notorious leaker Burim may as well have a 'featuring' credit but if he's following his usual routine of 'snippet' then 'full yet tagged version' and then eventually 'full untagged song' we may have a new GaGa song within our reaches before the weekend's out! NICE.

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GaGa With Child. And GaGa looking normal!

It's a rare sight that few get to see, but last week Lady GaGa took to the streets of South Gate, CA looking positively demure! You might think Lady GaGa's idea of positively demure is possibly a little different from yours or ours, but wearing a sleeveless studded leather jacket, oversized beanie hat and simple white shirt Miss G is said to have 'molded in' with the crowds around her as she shopped with an unknown male friend and his young son, not to mention the compulsary huge bodyguard. Miss G was said to have stopped by 'Giant Dollar' for snacks and drinks before hitting a vintage clothing store.

'Giant Dollar'? 'Snacks and drinks'? Well it's nice to know that she is occasionally as human as you and me!

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This Was A Bit Good...

The Grammy's last week were undeniably owned by Beyoyo Knowles and Taylor 'T Swizzle' Swift, but even thought Lady GaGa didn't clean up the competition in all of her five nominated categories (although claiming two in a series of awards in the pre-show) she definately made sure that she made a lasting impression on the Grammy going audience.

Yes, monacles undoubtedly dropped into numerous glasses of champagne as Lady G took to the stage to open the show in a turqouise one-piece which left little (and eventually almost nothing) to the audiences imagination, performing a combination of 'Poker Face' and 'Speechless' which slotted nicely into a piano-led version of 'Your Song' which featured none other than Elton John, who performed the duet on a double sided piano. All of this was done in classic GaGa style of course, an impressive industrial backdrop in the form of 'The Fame Factory' allowed Miss GaGa to slip in one of her usual fame led narratives, this time being sucked in by the fame machine and to be spit out covered in soot and ash for the slower piano section.

All in all, very good. Aside from THAT narrator, we could've all done without that couldn't we?

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We Do Indeed Love That Kandy Life - New (old) Gaga Leakage!

Lady Gaga is something of an unstoppable pop machine at the moment. Having dominated 2009 with arguably some of the decades best pop songs (Alright 'Poker Face'? How ya' doin 'Bad Romance'? the Lady shows absolutely no sign of slowing down the momentum as we enter the...Teenies (seriously SOMEONE, ANYONE come up with a better name for the upcoming decade before I have to end it all now)

Whilst still riding exceptionally high on the success of her 'Fame Monster' album re-release, fans of The Ga were treated to newly leaked (and fully polished) demo tracks in the form of the 'Kandy Life' EP which surfaced in the run-up to Christmas via fansite Gagafrontrow.net Featuring on the 2007 demo disc is the titular 'Kandy Life', a 'My Boy Lollipop' sampling ode to the familar topics of fame, money and the reaping of the rewards which come with it. Whilst this is by no means new territory for The Ga, it's a pleasant enough ditty, with an ear pleasing instrumental and catchy hook.

Kandy Life

Also making a welcome inclusion is the track 'Wonderful', an aptly titled soulful love song only previously available in extremely low quality MP3 form. In my humble (coff) opinion, this track forms Gaga's strongest ballad and quite frankly throws later efforts (Im looking at you 'Speechless') far far into the shade.



Wonderful

Another nice little touch for the Gaga Fanatics are alternate demo versions of 'The Fame' tracks 'Brown Eyes' 'Beautiful Dirty Rich' and 'Disco Heaven' which contain slightly tweaked differences to their eventually comercially released counterparts.

Check them out and be sure to let me know what you think! (Links courtesy of the similarly quite exceptional fansite GagaFrontRow.net)

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Britney hits the shops

The Circus is about to up and leave town for good in the next few days and Britney's making the most of her time Down Under by hitting the Aussie shops for a spot of retail therapy.

Britster evidentally had some change in her pocket, splashing out a reported 4618.45 dollars in just 45 minutes. Now for the creeper details! Britney reportedly bought clothes for her sons from the Jack and Milly clothing line as well as coats, cardigans, jeans and a 'party frock' for herself from lines such as DKNY, Cacheral, Armani and Camila and Mark. How they know this I do not know.

Her appearance at the Melbourne shopping strip provoked a mass word-of-mouth passing through Twitter and around 300 fans reportedly turned up to see her flashing the clash.

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Bad news for anyone hoping for a Beyonce ft.Camilla record

Camilla Parker Bowles (took a lot for me not to write bowels there) has spoken out against the 'glamorisation' of violence and sex in hip-hop videos, citing Beyonce's 'Video Phone' promo as a 'terrifying' example. Speaking of 'Yonce's latest offering (three and a half minutes of toy-gun-toting, hair flicking, Gaga-awkard-colloborational delight) and other videos within the genre the Dutchess said;

'I am sure they trigger a response within some of the young people, I can never understand how they get away with making those things.'

The Dutchess went on to discuss how today's teachers are 'too kind' on todays youth and how a 'breakdown in discipline' had taken it's effect on the nation.

I have to say I do agree slightly, when I saw 'Video Phone' I immediately wondered why Beyonce and Gaga where waving and pointing toy guns and the like around, it's not adding anything to the song or the video. And let's not forget the 'she's a rolemodel' argument which was rolled out again. What do you think!?

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Fancy Gaga's Lips?

Don't lie, you know you do. And now you can get them! (Sorta!)

Miss Germanotta is teaming up with cosmetics brand MAC to bring out her own lipstick, the aptly titled Viva Glam Gaga Lipstick. The stick of lip will cost approximately $14 (about 8 quid) but for those naysayers preparing their 'she's selling out' whines perfectly reasoned arguments, 100% of the profits will be going to the MAC AIDS fund when the line -also featuring the Cyndi Lauper endorsed Viva Glam Cyndi Lipstick - is unveiled in February.

Is this going to be crazy black small lips a la 'Paparazzi'? We hope!

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New Gaga! 'Filthy Pop' leaks

The GaGa train is heading full speed towards the 'Fame Monster' re-release later this month, but a track not destined for the album leaked onto the interwebs recently, entitled 'Filthy Pop'

The song is an interesting little ditty, quite 80's in a way and easily beats some of the original The Fame tracks in my opinion! Check it out below, its tagged for the moment but I will seek out an untagged version if I can!

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R.I.P to Lady Gaga's video dog

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Sad stuff! One of the things that became a staple of Lady GaGa's often brilliantly erratic music videos was the inclusion of two Great Dane's who made their 'acting debut' in the 'Poker Face' video and subsequently went on to star in both the 'LoveGame' and 'Paparazzi' promos. However anyone hoping for them both to turn up in the video for upcoming single 'Bad Romance' are going to be unfortunately dissapointed as one of the poor dogs was found dead earlier this month!

The five year old Great Dane Rumpus (right in the photo apparently)was discovered after a hike in Los Angeles with his owner Suzzane Kelleher-Duckett who said he had been in 'perfect health' and that there were 'no signs of injury' An autopsy has been performed and results are expected soon!

Rumpus' mother Lava will still appear in the Bad Romance video clip

Sad times. Make a statement GaGa!

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Don't Call My Name, Don't Call My name...Lady Gaga

A week or two a go a snippet of an unknown Lady Gaga song titled 'Don't Call My Name' was leaked out into the blogosphere which has now confirmed to be a track called 'Alejandro' which has leaked in full from the upcoming 'The Fame Monster' re-release of her debut album.

The track is a move away from the cheap and slightly samely production of some of the original 'The Fame's tracks (I'm looking at you 'Money Honey', you too 'I Like It Rough') and blends in some crunchy Eastern European sounding synths and takes a VERY welcome break from the incessent lyrical styling of the original album (Usually akin to 'I LOVE MONEY I LOVE FAME BOYS BOYS BOYS DISCO STICK') to tell the tale of a relationship gone sour.

This track is exactly the progression I wanted Gagz to move towards, more serious yet still keeping the fun quirky styling that she has lended herself so well too. This Lady keeps getting better (speaking of, what's Christina up to?)

Check out the awsomeness below!

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Lady Gaga covers 'Imagine' for a serious cause!

Last night at the HRC National Dinner 2009, Gaga took a stand against homophobia both within the music industry (Hey 50) and society and performed a cover of the Jon Lennon classic 'Imagine'.

Changing some of the lyrics -'Imagine if all the people/could love equally'- Gaga put on a beautiful piano-accompanied rendition of the song for an excellent cause.

We rather love you Miss Gaga.

Check out the video below!

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Lady Gaga's new artwork is well titled!

Here we are lady's and gents, Lady Gaga's 'The Fame Monster' cover has been unveiled to an eager public. And it's not really...monstrous. Let's take a look shall we?

The scariest thing about this cover is the millenium dome hair cut, but props to the Lady for not going down the obvious 'gore' root many were expecting. I fully expect this will look lovely in a proper CD ca...wait...what...what...what IS that!?!?

*WOMEN SCREAM, CHILDREN CRY, CROWDS FLEE, PEOPLE THROW HOLY WATER*

I TAKE IT BACK! THE FIRST WAS SCARY ENOUGH!

And there, ladies and gentlemen you have Lady Gaga's 'The Fame Monster' artwork. If you leave the room do her eyes follow you?

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'New Gaga!? NO WAY!?'

...yes way actually.

Not content with wanting both our ugly and our disease in the recently premiered and generally rather spooky 'Bad Romance', Lady Gaga has unleashed (read: has been leaked)a new track entitled 'No Way' onto the general public. Sounding more like Britney's 'Quicksand' then Britney's 'Quicksand', the track is melancholy in mood and shares the trademark production style of Fernando Garibay with the aforementioned Circus bonus track.

BUT if your hoping to get your grubby mitts on a CD/iTunes quality version of the track without the hitting the pre-release download sites (gasp!) you may be dissapointed. Word tells us that this track was originally offered to the likes of Beyonce and Britney during their last respective recording sessions but didn't find any takers.

Time will tell! For now, check the song out below...



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