10 Amazing Rock Songs By Pop Artists
1. Speechless - Lady Gaga
Out of all the pop starlets that are still working today, Lady Gaga feels the most at home in the world of hard rock. No matter how many people got upset when she was playing with Metallica during the Grammys a while back, she definitely has the rock chops to pull off a collab like that and make it work. Hell, if we had all been paying attention back on the Fame Monster, we probably would have seen this coming.
In between the EDM sounds of songs like Dance in the Dark from the same record, Speechless is one of the most glorious hair metal ballads that we never got to hear, with Gaga getting a lot more gravel in her voice this time around. Though the main instrument is a piano, this is the kind of extreme gusto that would have made Queen proud, especially when the harmonies come in on the back half of the song.
Considering this was the moment where everyone was expecting another Bad Romance out of her, this was a pretty gutsy move to make at the time, and it makes it all the more sweeter when she actually managed to pull it off like it was nothing. Because for Gaga, genres don't mean anything. If it sounds good to you, than what else do you have to worry about?