Born This Way

So Lady Gaga released her new song a few days ago and there was so much hype about it. Of course there will be other people who would criticize the song for being "a Madonna rip-off" or "a mash-up of this and that" or maybe "sounds like this". Here is what we should keep in mind:

We only have 7 notes (or maybe 8 if you count the higher C), and how many octaves. We can only have as many possible combinations that are pleasing to the senses and can be used to create a song. Music has been around for centuries, and with the "limit" in composing a song, it is not impossible for one song to sound like another song.

Born This Way is indeed a super gay song, and many people love it. Lady Gaga said that she wrote it in a span of 10 minutes and I applaud her for the creativity and confidence. I believe Vogue Magazine is right. BTW will become the anthem of Pride Parades for the next 100 years. It just sings out love and support to every race or gender. It is something you can dance to or something to make you feel better.

For those people who say that it shows that it's been produced in 10 minutes or that it sounds like a mixture of this and that, then if you know that much, how come it wasn't you who thought of writing that song in the first place? You're making it sound like writing music is as easy as brushing your hair.

And if a certain song makes you want to jump, dance, shake that "thing", laugh, cry, scream, or provokes any kind of emotion, then it is effective. It's the purpose of music, it is the true soul of music. After all, that's where music originated; from emotion.