Song of the Day #1,857: ‘Beautiful, Dirty, Rich’ – Lady Gaga

lady_gaga_the_fameI don’t much like Lady Gaga as a person — or rather, I don’t much like the persona she has created. Her tiresome antics put her squarely in Madonna-wannabe territory, and I don’t much like Madonna either.

But again and again, I find myself really liking her music — from early hits ‘Just Dance,’ ‘Paparazzi’ and ‘Poker Face’ to ‘Bad Romance’ and ‘Telephone’ on her second album and the strong ballad ‘You and I’ on her less celebrated third album.

Even today’s random SOTD, a late track on her debut album, works in its own throwaway club crawl way.

Any other secret Gaga fans want to come forth?

[Intro]
Beautiful
Dirty dirty
Rich rich
Dirty dirty
Beautiful
Dirty rich

Dirty dirty
Rich dirty
Dirty rich
Beautiful

Beautiful and
Dirty dirty
Rich rich
Dirty

[Verse 1]
We’ve got a redlight pornographic dance fight
Systematic, honey but we go no money

Our hair is perfect
While were all getting shit wrecked, it’s automatic
Honey, but we got no money

[Pre-Chorus]
Daddy I’m so sorry, I’m so s-s-sorry yeah
We just like to party, like to p-p-party yeah

[Chorus]
Bang Bang, we’re beautiful and dirty rich
Bang Bang, we’re beautiful and dirty rich

[Verse 2]
We live a cute life, sound-fanatic
Pants tighter than plastic, honey
But we got no money

We do the dance right, we have got it made like
Ice cream topped with honey, but we got no money

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
A bang bang bang, bang bang bang, beautiful, dirty rich
A bang bang bang, bang bang bang, beautiful, dirty rich

[Chorus]

[Outro]
Bang bang
Bang bang

3 thoughts on “Song of the Day #1,857: ‘Beautiful, Dirty, Rich’ – Lady Gaga

  1. Dana says:

    So, let me get this straight. You own Gaga’s entire discography? Wow!

    I concede she has talent, but that talent is often hidden behind production that could and does service far weaker artists. With the exception of “Bad Romance” and the acoustic version of “You and I” I heard on Stern, I have little use for Gaga or her music, including today’s song.

  2. Clay says:

    Well, she has released only three albums and two of them were sold as a combo pack, but yes, I own her whole discography/

  3. Andrea Katz says:

    I thought i really disliked her. Then I realized how talented she is – Probably that same interview on Stern. I think she is quite brilliant but I am not a fan of all that hype and promotion for her or Madonna.

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