Frank Kogan

Hmmm...maybe part of the reason we're not having the same conversation is that we value different things about Gaga; my favorites by her are probably "Bad Romance" and "Pokerface," which don't sound gentle to me at all, in their nonsense syllablizing or otherwise. They kick. And they're also where her Europop influence is probaby most blatant, given their hooks taken from Boney M and Aqua and all -- a couple of which are the same as her nonsense syllables! (Not saying they're "Wild Thing," obviously -- and obviously, again, if I was hearing much "Wild Thing" in "Blah Blah Blah" myself we might not be talking around each other so much. To me, after its opening, it sounds timid to me compared to the Gaga songs I love most. But then, so do the Gaga songs you love most.)