Customer Reviews

Alejandro

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

You should have just titled this one, "contractual obligation," Gaga. Seriously, what's the difference? You had X amount of minutes to fill with the label demanding a between-album shelf-filler, and you needed something tossed together quickly -- hey, I understand -- but, JAYSUS... at least TRY and disguise things a bit better next time, okay? Don't be so blatant.

Alejandro sounds like a throw-away from an old Ace Of Base album -- and by that I mean something (!!!) actually not good enough to have made it onto an Ace Of Base album (!!!). What was the seed here, Gaga... was it I SAW THE SIGN...?!! Good God. ABBA could have done this -- in fact, I think they actually DID do this. (!) I note the clever use of the word "Fernando" within the song -- that's almost an inside joke, right there (for those of you who don't get it, Fernando was the title of an old ABBA single (and if ABBA's version was in B-minor, then Gaga didn't even bother with a transposition)). It might not be a direct ABBA rip, but hey... it's a wink, and I definitely get the joke. Let's hope ABBA's lawyer's are tone-deaf, at least until the 1970's-era copyright runs out.

Look, Gaga: stop this garbage. Tell the record company next time that you're simply not ready to drop the album. They'll understand. You're lucky you got a Top 10 single out of what would have been, for most acts -- as they call these things in tennis -- an UNFORCED ERROR. You won't get this lucky twice force-feeding the product, and YOU KNOW IT. Fill the product pipeline with a live unit, or maybe a re-mix collection (it's probably too early to do a greatest hits) but for crying out loud, STOP THE RECYCLING OF RANDOM OLD SLUDGE FROM YESTERDAY-RADIO.

3 stars, just because I'm feeling generous.

ABBA did it better -- and Ace of Base probably would have done it better, as well.

'nuff said.

Great song!!!

I love the lyrics, how you're so afraid to love that even if you can't resist to be with that person you still tell them no. And how Alejandro tries to fight through that since Lady Gaga's past lovers Fernando and Roberto who hurt her and made her terrified to ever have a physical and emotional relationship with someone.

The beat is amazing and Lady Gaga sounds sublime as well

Overall a great single and a dark breezy tune for summer!
Way superior than Katy Perry's vapid California Gurls,
Which was mindless pop music at it's best.

Lady Gaga rocked this song!
Amazing!

While this song isn't the best top ten hit I've seen Lady Gaga do, it is still a fun listen. It's like listening to candy in an audio format, with how catchy the song's chorus is. It isn't going to replace "Paparazzi" as my favorite Gaga song, but this one is up there.

The lyrics are a little strange & I'm not entirely sure of the song's meaning, so if you are wondering if it is a very deep song then I'm really unable to answer it for you. What I can say is that the song seems to be something a little different for every listener- some believe it is about a girl singing for her bisexual lover while others think it might be a religious or self-affirming song.

"Alejandro" is, in a sense, Lady GaGa's tribute song. While the videos and music for "Bad Romance","Telephone" and "Paparazzi" are original, "Alejandro" evokes Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" with its Latin flair. It's definitely destined to be the guilty pleasure summer song---"California Gurls" with Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg's obligatory rap be darned!

"Alejandro" has a definite rhythm to it, and it improves with listening. The song is about a woman smitten with her gay friend, and asks for his "cigarette touch." The music video has religious images in it, evoking "Like a Prayer", while the images of leather-clad men and Lady GaGa eating a rosary evoking The Complete Magick Lantern Cycle by Kenneth Anger. Just as "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome" begins with a man eating jewels, so does Lady GaGa, dressed as a nun, eats a rosary. Lady GaGa has a virtual harem of scantily clad men (with Three Stooges bowl haircuts?)--but they're all interested in each other. GaGa loves Alejandro, he loves men, sort of a military meets Christianity meets Will & Grace: The Complete Series.

"Alejandro",like a shot of tequila or a good margarita, is musical guilty pleasure for the sweltering summer!

OK. this is getting rediculous. every song goes top ten. i do love this one. it sings summer and so will u. :)

Hi, I thought 'Bad romance' was great, but 'Alejandro' is by far the best!!! I have seen.

New,fresh and uplifting.

The intro,lyrics from start to finish.....you name it, just superb.

This is the best song ever of Lady Gaga,but believe me; she will top this one, and another and another......

Keep doing what you been doing Lady Gaga, we love your music.

There is no question that sometimes there can be too much exposure of an artist, that it does honestly feel like it can be more tiresome and bothered than it really was before. That honestly is the case with Lady Gaga. She has had so much overexposure, that it feels like the organic appeal of her songs has honestly lost their welcome. That honestly is the case with her latest song Alejandro, from The Fame Monster. I really didn't find the some to be anything really special nor strong. It really felt like she was taking the page from Madonna with Gag's take on style of La Isla Bonita. Sadly for Lady Gaga, the song really isn't a definitive song for her. I think she really should try and give her fans absolutely something new, and go away for awhile. Alejandro didn't have the spanish guitar worth singing to.

Song: D+

. . .and it was called "La Isla Bonita" by Madonna and "Don't Turn Around" by Ace of Base. I have both songs on MP3 as well as "Alejandro." So I guess this is the new thing now: combine 2 or more songs from back in the day, add your own insipid lyrics to it, and -Wala!- a "new" "original" hit song! Why would I pay any money for that? What a rip off!

"Lady GaGa" has some catchy tunes but the rest, like this one, just seem to be begging for unwarranted attention. I think she is trying to do something profound here, but it's lost. This song reminds me of a cross between Ace of Base "Don't Turn Around" and ABBA's "Fernando"; others have said it's reminiscnet of Madonna's "La Isla Bonita," as well. Already overplayed. The lyrics are mind-numbing and the rhythm is unoriginal.