Anybody in this thread ever heard of Depeche Mode? Along with R.E.M. and the Rolling Stones, they were one of the 3 hugest touring acts of the entire 1990's. I'd say that's pretty mainstream.

Yeah.

You could even go back to the 80's and look at the even older electronic-infused acts like Soft Cell or Devo.

The real reason that it is more popular now is that (IMO) its much easier to get a copy of fruity loops, auto-tune and make your own crappy electro-pop song. Back in the day, it required a bit more know-how to program a sequencer, and make techno music. Heck, look at YMO and Kraftwerk's rigs from the 70's - what took 4-7 people back then for techno can now be done by any person in their basement.

Devo would be the best example. They were decently popular in the 80's, and were formed in 1973.

Oh, and YMO is considered 'Technopop' - they were quite successful in the 70s, playing sold out shows like this:

And YMO totally destroys anything Lady Gaga can come up with. She just combines a little bit of techno with typical pop hooks - absolutely nothing new. 20 years from now, she will be on the ash heap of music history while guys like YMO, Devo and Kraftwerk's contributions to music continue to pile up.

I wonder if she even knows how to program a sequencer.

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One thing to look up, Leo-J is the New Wave genre from the late 70's and early 80's. That genre was entirely based on electronic beats and pop singing, which became the dominant style of pop music in the early 80's. Gaga isn't very different from New Wave, outside of the fact she has more hip-hop hook influences.

Not to mention they've sold over 75 million albums WW or something crazy.

She sings Electronica not techno. There's a huge difference.
Madonna was the one who brought electronica music to the mainstream. Ever heard of her album Ray of Light or Music?  Or atleast heard of Bjork's Homogenic?



And Madonna's song "Celebration" (the one you posted) is something Madonna has been doing for years.

@Fab GS: Well electronica is a term used to describe a variety of genres and it seems to be geared towards listening, while techno is geared towards dancing. Which makes Madonnas "electronica" albums more techno.
And she did ride with what was popular at the time.

Nightmares?...how old are you?4?lol.

Jking

Any excuse to watch that "Bad Romance" video! She has an awesome body!

Agreed...youre a smart man lewis

its innovative, and gives a great message.. Im sure if it was one of your JP pop videos, you would drewl all over it

i really love when a person knows what he/she is talking about.

thank you sir

i personally like Information Society (Kurt Hurland) and Gary Numan and the rest of the 80's