Lady Gaga - The Edge of Glory

So far all three of Gaga's "Born this Way" singles have made it to my blog and that's no coincidence, they're all incredibly remarkable in their own ways. Sadly, "The Edge of Glory" is a bit of a miss in this case. Overall it's another awesome song from Lady Gaga, but the timing of its release creates a few issues.

Lady Gaga almost always has something shocking and surprising, "The Edge of Glory" is good but not super; and since we just had the really unusual "Judas" it doesn't look so good in contrast. However "The Edge of Glory" is now going to take attention away from "Judas" which deserved a full run. Now though people will me interested in "The Edge of Glory" and "Judas" will lose its momentum, while "The Edge of Glory" probably won't be a super smash hit.

But with that aside I'll now look at the actual song. Like I said before it's not exactly anything particularily exciting, however it is a little something different from Gaga. She's showing us now that she's not just a dance-pop diva as has a little rockier and edgier sound. The chorus is sung with a rough sound which is also a little different from Lady Gaga's normal smooth vocals. The song builds after a big start to a bridge featuring a blasting saxophone. So it might not knock your socks off but there's still quite a lot of quality in it.

Lyrically the song isn't perfectly clear, but Gaga seems to be speaking to a lover. Judging by the line "I'm on the edge of glory with you" I get the idea of sharing a special moment with a special moment, I could be wrong but the important thing is that there is a meaning behind the song and it isn't a cliche or nonsensical. Ironically Gaga recently announced that she is now single, so maybe it wasn't the best time to release a love song.

Overall I can see that this could be another one of Gaga's many hits. There are many of reasons to love it, but we may have been expecting something a little more surprising from Gaga. But then again I guess not all her songs can be shocking since that would defeat the service.