January 05, 2010

Lady Gaga
— Ace

Some headline, huh?

Some commenters asked who she was. Well, she's either a talented or semi-talented (I go back and forth on that) pop tart. The weird thing is that she emulates not just Madonna but Alice Cooper.

Here's a vid that made me say, "Whoa." Stick to it until the end. There's shock moments here, but they're not, at long last, about sex.

Is that good? I sort of think it is. But even if it's not... Okay, I've seen lesbian kiss shock moments, I've seen gay kiss shock moments, I've seen see-through dress/no bra shock moments, I've seen wardrobe malfunction shock moments, I've seen... more lesbian kiss shock moments...

All the four or five shock moments I'm supposed to be stunned by even seeing them for the six bazillionth time.

But I've never seen that. And I wasn't expecting anything like that.

So... I dunno. I was surprised. I think, for once, I actually was, in fact, shocked.

That's something.

Posted by: Ace at 09:01 PM | Comments (310)
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1 All I know is, every time her latest hit comes on the radio and my tween nieces start singing along, I change the channel to classic rock as fast as I can.

Posted by: arhooley at January 05, 2010 09:03 PM (GKXA7)

2

Whoa that's messed up. And entirely pointless, bizarre, and, um, queer. Yup. Queer's the word.

Posted by: Cowboy at January 05, 2010 09:10 PM (zwrlc)

3 Yeah?

Posted by: Robert Carradine at January 05, 2010 09:11 PM (kwNGE)

4 Someone get that girl a feminine napkin.  Or something.

Posted by: Christopher Calandro at January 05, 2010 09:11 PM (JdbYk)

5 no its not good. another pointless attempt to shock 

Posted by: exceller at January 05, 2010 09:13 PM (Z7Znk)

6

Yeah...

That was pretty...  grotesque.

Everywhere I turn, I see her face somewhere.

I guess she's, like, super talented, or something.

I guess. 

Posted by: 12thMonkey at January 05, 2010 09:14 PM (fZzaW)

7

Yeah, I've never seen that before either.

Pointless, tasteless, stupid. Whatever.

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at January 05, 2010 09:14 PM (F09Uo)

8 my gf loves this chick, frankly I think she just does it for "shock value" and attention, hell Ace is talking about her

her songs tend to be all over the place w/ strange subjects

Posted by: YRM at January 05, 2010 09:15 PM (xNw7B)

9 Some kind of symbolism, right?

Posted by: eman at January 05, 2010 09:15 PM (kwNGE)

10 The video got stuck. Waiting for it to buffer.

I like her one song "Paparazzi" which she's starting with. Other than that one song, I don't see the appeal.

Posted by: wherestherum at January 05, 2010 09:15 PM (gofDd)

11 I don't consider attempts to shock necessarily pointless. Same way a horror movie isn't "pointlessly" trying to startle me. I mean, there's a point. Most shock attempts annoy the crap out of me because they're so calculated and so not-shocking by now. This did shock me, so, mission accomplished. Mind you, I don't really think that MTV, a channel now exclusively for children under the age of 14, should be promoting death/murder/suicide, either, but... well, they're not going to stop. Only thing you can do is block the channel entirely.

Posted by: ace at January 05, 2010 09:16 PM (5EsuI)

12 pa pa pa pa pa pa pa

POKER FACE

Posted by: Z Ryan at January 05, 2010 09:17 PM (cMo6P)

13 At least Madonna pretended to pretend she was pretending.

Posted by: eman at January 05, 2010 09:17 PM (kwNGE)

14 I don't like any of her songs except that one. In fact, I don't really know any of her songs except that. Except what I saw on SNL, like, um, Disco Stick or something and some different version of Poker Face.

Posted by: ace at January 05, 2010 09:17 PM (5EsuI)

15 Oh, it's the song she's singing. Oops. Like I said, the vid got stopped up.

Posted by: wherestherum at January 05, 2010 09:17 PM (gofDd)

16 When will her fifteen minutes be over? 

Never before in my life have I agreed with Fred Phelps on just about anything.  Maybe I can't speak for God, but I hate her.

Posted by: Keith at January 05, 2010 09:18 PM (4mDwj)

17 When is she going to bang Warren Beatty?

Posted by: eman at January 05, 2010 09:19 PM (kwNGE)

18 Honestly, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be shocked about.

Posted by: MlR at January 05, 2010 09:20 PM (op9m5)

19

That was shocking?  There wasn't even any of the obligatory double anal fisting.   

 

Posted by: Burn the Witch at January 05, 2010 09:20 PM (U37Ux)

20 I already saw it when it was first televised. I was channel surfing, noticed Taylor Swift singing, stuck around to have some illegal thoughts about her, and when they announced Lady Gaga was next I decided to stick around to see what the hub-bub was all about. That was the first and I pray to Crom will be the last time I'll ever see that, ... that, ... I don't know, ... performer, I guess, ever again.

Posted by: Aaron at January 05, 2010 09:20 PM (pVvKc)

21 A girl hanging by a rope with red stuff on her face? What am I missing?

Posted by: MlR at January 05, 2010 09:21 PM (op9m5)

22 This makes me want to go back and watch the gheyest Chinese ladyboys video again.

Posted by: EC at January 05, 2010 09:21 PM (iWj1i)

23 Is that a play on poke her face?

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 05, 2010 09:21 PM (dQdrY)

24 I don't get it...the stunt has nothing to do with the song...and she's trying to say what? She stabbed and hanged herself?

"Paparazzi" is the only good song. "Bad Romance" and "Poker Face" are just irritating.

Posted by: wherestherum at January 05, 2010 09:21 PM (gofDd)

25 Isn't the point supposed to be about paparazzi culture reveling in celebrity illness and death?

Posted by: Smapty at January 05, 2010 09:22 PM (LKMlX)

Posted by: hotairpundit at January 05, 2010 09:25 PM (OBUuM)

27

A girl hanging by a rope with red stuff on her face? What am I missing?

The blood running down from her heart, past her crotch?

The Lynching?

Posted by: Stayfresh at January 05, 2010 09:28 PM (d7Px0)

28 It's a lynching? I didn't get that at all. I honestly was puzzled by the whole thing.

Posted by: wherestherum at January 05, 2010 09:32 PM (gofDd)

29 Meh...

...another half-talented desperate-for-fame tart who's realized that just flaunting the sex doesn't get the attention any more...

...not to mention she's tossing away a semi-decent voice on mind-numbingly idiotic songs like "Love Game"...

...and that sure as hell wasn't her playing the piano...

...not to mention the all time stupidest name in pop star history.

Posted by: g at January 05, 2010 09:32 PM (oEdB3)

30 >>>Isn't the point supposed to be about paparazzi culture reveling in celebrity illness and death? probably, that's what the actual MTV video is about. The actual song, lyrics-wise, are about a female stalker singing about her obsession, and how she'll be his own private paparazzi.

Posted by: ace at January 05, 2010 09:32 PM (5EsuI)

31 Next week she smashes guitars.

Posted by: eman at January 05, 2010 09:33 PM (kwNGE)

32 >>>...and that sure as hell wasn't her playing the piano... It probably was, unless she fakes it a lot. The only reason I even know of her is that for once I watched the SNL musician performance. The second bit she did there was her on piano (and singing). It's only because of that (and the inkling that she might have some talent somewhere inside of her) I even put her on my radar.

Posted by: ace at January 05, 2010 09:34 PM (5EsuI)

33 Huh. Yeah that's bizarre. Doesn't shock me though.

Posted by: MlR at January 05, 2010 09:34 PM (op9m5)

34 It is just dance club music. You might remember her name in a few years.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 05, 2010 09:35 PM (dQdrY)

35 The trouble with a lot of these songs is you can't tell them apart if you're only listening to them; you need to see the vid to even know who's singing. The music can't stand on its own.

Posted by: arhooley at January 05, 2010 09:35 PM (GKXA7)

36
I would call her a freak, but she might take that as a compliment.

Posted by: sickinmass at January 05, 2010 09:36 PM (Dxfei)

37 At first I thought the weird part was when the chick comes out in the wheelchair for 3.8 seconds and the good Lady mysteriously leans on a stilt for 1.2 seconds. Then she starts gushing blood and goes into suicide mode. Was it significant that she started bleeding to death before she killed herself? I'm sorry but it's not that deep and she is 'tarded. Also, whoever that dude was who said Poker Face is stupid is 'tarded. Poker Face is her catchiest. And I think it's supposed to mean Poke Her Face. Does anyone else think her legs are weird and stubby? I mean, nice legs but not on that body. I guess. Somehow they don't match that scrawny fucking body. And her nose?

Posted by: Denver at January 05, 2010 09:36 PM (0J5PW)

38 If she isn't going to bite the head off of a live chicken, she's not really all that edgey.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 05, 2010 09:36 PM (dQdrY)

39 >>probably, that's what the actual MTV video is about.

whoa.  hold on a sec.  MTV videos are about something?  When the hell did MTV start playing videos?

Get off my lawn.

Posted by: blogRot at January 05, 2010 09:36 PM (IqNbu)

40 I'd hit that.

Posted by: Vlad the Impaler at January 05, 2010 09:38 PM (NNLn+)

41 her nose, yeah. I guess I sort of am inclined to like her because she's a... not conventionally attractive girl who's managed to succeed in a profession where looks are virtually everything. I would say she has a really good butt but those hermaphrodite rumors skeeve me out too much so I don't look.

Posted by: ace at January 05, 2010 09:38 PM (5EsuI)

42 Shockah!??

Posted by: Cupid at January 05, 2010 09:39 PM (d7Px0)

43 Didn't make it to the end. Too boring. Her singing style really grates.

Visually, Gaga ripped the Irish chanteuse Roisin (pronounced ra-SHEEN) Murphy, who's a solo act now but used to front a band called Moloko. Musically Murphy runs warp-speed rings around Gaga. Her best song is "Ramalama Bang Bang," but most of what she does is great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-duPPLhqe0

She can also sing live.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d9nrrQGxzA&

And she's famous for being a totally eccentric hoofer--in high heels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CptOimqa5pY

Posted by: Eye-rish at January 05, 2010 09:40 PM (cVJwC)

44 Well, this is the first time I've heard of her, and yeah the fake blood was a little shocking, but I didn't quite understand the ending either.  She was being lynched?  Then what was the point of the blood?  I guess I can't get myself all worked up by one more ditzy outrageous bimbo.  Oh and there was no way she was playing the piano.

Posted by: chemjeff at January 05, 2010 09:40 PM (Gk/wA)

45 >>>Heh.. she crucifies herself? No, I think just a hanging. I think she probably had to negotiate with MTV about how much it could look like a real hanging, and wound up with this compromise where she's holding the rope.

Posted by: ace at January 05, 2010 09:40 PM (5EsuI)

46 After seeing 9-11 live on TV, shock is hard to muster these days.

Posted by: eman at January 05, 2010 09:40 PM (kwNGE)

47  I like Lady Gaga's music, but I wouldn't say I love it - it's listenable enough. But that video was surprising. It definitely had images that I don't recall ever seeing before in a video which puts it way beyond Madonna and most gangster rappers with their faux transgressiveness. Plus it would be awesome to see what an Andrew LLoyd Webber/Lady Gaga collaboration would come up with.

Posted by: Mætenloch at January 05, 2010 09:40 PM (DyEUW)

48 >>> She was being lynched? Then what was the point of the blood? Well, the song is lyrically about her obsessive stalking of someone, so the blood and hanging are suicide attempts, or somethin'. The song is disturbed. The official MTV video is almost as disturbed, really.

Posted by: ace at January 05, 2010 09:41 PM (5EsuI)

49 This is what Lady Gaga said about this song:

"It has a real, genuine, powerful message about fame-whoring and death and the demise of the celebrity, and what that does to young people. The video explores ideas about sort of hyperbolic situations that people will go to in order to be famous. Most specifically, pornography and murder. These are some of the major themes in the video.

Uh, hon, I get the whole act & all, but you're fame-whoring your song about fame-whoring.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at January 05, 2010 09:41 PM (ubVcw)

50 The point (for what it's worth, not that much) is that Paparazzi get away with dangerous behavior that stalkers would get jailed for (Princess Di, etc). I think that it's a bit pretentious at this stage of her career. Still a catch song though. And give her some props... you can tell she's really singing while performing, as opposed to damn near every other pop act these days.

Posted by: Evil Red Scandi at January 05, 2010 09:42 PM (erlfI)

51 >>>It definitely had images that I don't recall ever seeing before in a video which puts it way beyond Madonna and most gangster rappers with their faux transgressiveness. yeah that's where I give it props, it discovered a taboo that apparently people weren't even thinking of as a taboo and violated it. I mean, yeah, one can say "obvious" or whatever, but if it's so obvious, how come this was the first pop tart to do it? I mean there's obvious, and then there's saying "Yeah, I'm gonna do that."

Posted by: ace at January 05, 2010 09:43 PM (5EsuI)

52 I must be old and jaded, didn't shock me at all.  I was more shocked at the Obama/Chinese Premier "When you do Sex to me" skit on SNL.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 05, 2010 09:44 PM (oLULt)

53 No Boy Toy belt buckle? Please. So Eighties.

Posted by: eman at January 05, 2010 09:47 PM (kwNGE)

54 According to Wiki (take with salt), she's actually well rounded educationally when it comes to music. She went to the Tisch school, which if I'm up on my Hollywood, is a pretty good arty school. She also learned to play the piano by ear so while she may not actually be playing in this performance, she does know how to play.

Posted by: wherestherum at January 05, 2010 09:48 PM (gofDd)

55
>>I would say she has a really good butt but those hermaphrodite rumors skeeve me out too much so I don't look.

 She should stop wearing clothes that emphasize her crotch.. then ace won't worry about her sex.

Posted by: sickinmass at January 05, 2010 09:49 PM (Dxfei)

56 I heard that she was a classically trained musician that couldn't get a job.  Of course, not being that dumb and not willing to starve or wait tables for her principles, she decided to go into the shock music route. She is now raking it in.  Talk about prostituting oneself and laughing all the way to the bank.

Posted by: jmchez at January 05, 2010 09:50 PM (W0h4C)

57 Uh, hon, I get the whole act & all, but you're fame-whoring your song about fame-whoring.
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby

LAYERS

Posted by: Z Ryan at January 05, 2010 09:50 PM (cMo6P)

58

Thats why I paid for her music on iTunes (which otherwise, I loath): so she gets more popular.

Now if she could some how, properly, use some bacon in one of her videos...

Posted by: MoJoTee at January 05, 2010 09:51 PM (9qVYM)

59 Yeah you guys are so jaded and world-weary.  That makes you awesome on the internet.  Then comes a post about Chris Matthews saying something mean about the Marines, and it looks like a Bingo parlor full of leopards up in this joint.

Posted by: Hah at January 05, 2010 09:52 PM (8w7LN)

60 LAYERS Nuance

Posted by: wherestherum at January 05, 2010 09:52 PM (gofDd)

61 Ace, let me know where we can meet up so I can punch you in the balls for this.

Thanks.

Posted by: ClassicCon at January 05, 2010 09:53 PM (vzn1r)

62 Uh... Ace? Seriously? That is absolutely the God-awfulest shit ever by anyone who had a contract, as opposed to anyone who had carte-blanche at their high-school talent show. Ace? Are you there? This sucks ass. I channeled Alice Cooper (because I have that mad skill, don't you know), and he said "WTFF, dude? That's just retarded! And not in the good way." Seriously, Lady Gaga is B. Spears at the end of her career without all the annoying intervening years getting in the way of her meltdown. Ace!!!!! Listen to some Mahler and cleanse your palate.

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 09:54 PM (K/ufZ)

63 >>I would say she has a really good butt but those hermaphrodite rumors skeeve me out too much so I don't look.

So we're down with the trannies but herms are too far?

Okay. You have to draw the line someplace.

Posted by: Mætenloch at January 05, 2010 09:56 PM (DyEUW)

64 about the Marines, and it looks like a Bingo parlor full of leopards up in this joint.

Posted by: Hah at January 06, 2010 01:52 AM (8w7LN)

It could be the fact that pop music means nothing at all.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 05, 2010 09:56 PM (dQdrY)

65 They're going to class her up as time goes on.  They have a 10+ year career and image plan for her.

Posted by: Z Ryan at January 05, 2010 09:56 PM (cMo6P)

66 It definitely had images that I don't recall ever seeing before in a video
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Wha? What'd I miss?

Posted by: arhooley at January 05, 2010 09:58 PM (GKXA7)

67 I'll turn in my moronette card, but Britney's new "club" music is kinda catchy. "If You Seek Amy" while not horribly clever, is well, kind of clever. And...it's catchy. Same with "Womanizer" and "Circus."

Posted by: wherestherum at January 05, 2010 09:58 PM (gofDd)

68

So we're down with the trannies but herms are too far?

I heard Herms aren't fully functioning, so a tranny conoseur wouldn't really dig them, would they?

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 05, 2010 09:58 PM (dQdrY)

69 They're going to class her up as time goes on.  They have a 10+ year career and image plan for her.
------------------

Same as Christina Aguilera, who will have morphed into her Cher phase by then. Christ, when is something new going to happen?

Posted by: arhooley at January 05, 2010 10:00 PM (GKXA7)

70 Just wait for my Kotex ads!

Posted by: Lady Gaga at January 05, 2010 10:00 PM (P2h1X)

71 The song sounds like typical J-pop.  Which is very strange.
And Vincent was way, way, wayyyyy ahead of his time.

Posted by: Nemo from Erewhon at January 05, 2010 10:00 PM (7+r4B)

72 What..?

Posted by: Dick in the diaper? at January 05, 2010 10:01 PM (d7Px0)

73 Ahaha. Sorry, but after having followed Chibi from The Birthday Massacre, nothing Lady Gaga does is impressive or shocking. If you want a shocking video, watch this: http://tinyurl.com/35klmb

Posted by: Emily M. at January 05, 2010 10:02 PM (g9kRs)

74 "She" can't sing and the performance was pure garbage.
She should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by next year the latest.
She may be emulating Alice but she has no friggin clue what Alice is.
It's sacrilege to even mention her in the same breath.



Posted by: Rocks at January 05, 2010 10:02 PM (OOgDc)

75 Betcha I get an invite to the 'White' House! wink

Posted by: Lady Gaga at January 05, 2010 10:08 PM (P2h1X)

76 EXCUSE ME FOR CAPS-LOCKING, BUT THIS IS PURE SHIT, AND I AM EXTREMELY DRUNK, AND I WOULD LIKE IT IF A FELLOW MORON WOULD GIVE ME A "HELLS, YEAH! IT'S PURE SHIT!" P.S. It's pure shit.

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 10:09 PM (K/ufZ)

77 The best part of that performance? HuffenPuff Diddy looking completely clueless.

And yes she was playing the piano, if you call that playing.

Posted by: Rocks at January 05, 2010 10:09 PM (OOgDc)

78 "What's the difference between Kanye West and Lady Gaga? He is one; she has one."

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 10:11 PM (K/ufZ)

79 As I said in the last thread, I am a big time music listener, so I knew about her a couple of yrs ago. If you are at curious, she has some vids of her when she wasnt famous playing the piano and singing at some bar in NYC posted on U-tube. Long dark brown hair, looks like a Jewish hippie. She has a pretty good voice, doesnt lipsynch her crap, so I give her high credit for being able to run around and dance and still sing. Most cant. She is odd, but then again, I find some value in all weird performers. I liked Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, and ran away to Memphis in 78 to see the Sex Pistols perform. She's not on my favorite list, by far, but her videos are interesting. Least its not more damn rap. I'll kill myself before I see another rap performance.

Posted by: di butler at January 05, 2010 10:12 PM (S3xX1)

80 Least its not more damn rap.

Amen. I'll take trampy starlets over listening to the n-word and hos and bling and thugs.

Posted by: wherestherum at January 05, 2010 10:17 PM (gofDd)

81 im pretty sure she used to be a dude

Posted by: sliderblaze at January 05, 2010 10:17 PM (nlbTu)

82 Do they have Ugg shlong cozies in XXXL? I might get one.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 05, 2010 10:18 PM (dQdrY)

83 Celebrities are just regular people with good publicists.  I have a penis too and that didn't make the news.

Posted by: Z Ryan at January 05, 2010 10:19 PM (cMo6P)

84

"More Damn Rap"

This is real damn rap.

http://tinyurl.com/yg8fyzv

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 10:20 PM (K/ufZ)

85 I have made every goddamn concession possible to minx.cc, but FUCK YOU PIXY, I did the goddamn tinyurl bullshit, and you are still fucking with me 'coz you are a fucking amateur. And don't even start telling me how lame my skills are, because I'm not passing myself off as a web-m'fing-master.

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 10:23 PM (K/ufZ)

86 I don't have much of an opinion of her stage act, beyond the suspicion she put her leg on the piano to hide the fact she doesn't play.  But the musically the song is the most boring, dreary thing I've heard in a long time.  Boring, even, for a pop song.

And yeah, get off my lawn.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 05, 2010 10:23 PM (LtIsn)

87 Boring, actually.  At least Alice Cooper's act featured strong musical content, had a plot/storyline, and was fun in a bizarro, semi-tongue-in-cheek kind of way.  This Lady Gaga act is simply dull, and musically deficient.

Posted by: RJM at January 05, 2010 10:26 PM (o8iIu)

88

How about Lady Gag Me:

 

The love that dare not say its name...Sullivan and Johnson.  http://tinyurl.com/ydftvu3


 

Charles Johnson explains his concerns here. He's particularly right about the kind of proto-fascist love of violence against "the other" that you see pulsating in the writing of, say, Michael Goldfarb or Robert Stacy McCain...

Then Andrew asks:  "Tea anyone?"

Get a room will ya. 

Posted by: Joe at January 05, 2010 10:26 PM (0Gde6)

89 ...not to mention the all time stupidest name in pop star history.

Dude, she named herself after a Queen song ("Radio Ga Ga").  "Lady Gaga" is one of the LEAST stupid names in pop music history. Even if you think her music sucks, her name is still highly respectable.  You fail rock history 101.

Posted by: wooga at January 05, 2010 10:27 PM (IhzyJ)

90

I would link to "Radio Ga Ga", or even Kajagoogoo, but PIXY is a c*nt who can't even explain his/her/it's own posting protocol.

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 10:29 PM (K/ufZ)

91 The song isn't so bad, but the production is too much. It's a small song. Intimate. It's just not suited for a big production.

Posted by: XBradTC at January 05, 2010 10:29 PM (s+zWo)

92 This is why the terrorists hate us.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at January 05, 2010 10:29 PM (yVpel)

93 She's not pretty, she can't sing, she can't dance  and the song was boring.

The other stuff was pointless theatrics.

But then, I'm old and I like classical music and jazz.


Posted by: Old Sailor at January 05, 2010 10:31 PM (/Ft4q)

94

Terrorists hate us because despite their Oxford educations, they can't figure out how to CORRECTLY POST TO M'F'ING ACE OF SPADES!!!11(eleven)!!

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 10:31 PM (K/ufZ)

95

Speaking of Alice Cooper, there was a rumour in the 70s that Alice and Frank Zappa had a gross out contest at a live show somewhere. Frank allegedly defecated on stage, then Alice stuck a microphone near a box of baby chickens and stomped them to death.  Or vice versa.

I saw this event referenced roughly five years ago by a 20 something actress on a Canadian comedy tv show. I was surprised that this rumour was still being talked about in the 00s.

Runner up: Rod Stewart had to be rushed to the hospital to have his stomach pumped after he felated the entire 7th fleet or the Glasgow Rangers. 

Posted by: BoutrosBoutros at January 05, 2010 10:33 PM (KzKah)

96 Arsonist, wtf else is out there to see?

Posted by: arhooley at January 05, 2010 10:34 PM (GKXA7)

97 I think Lada Gagagag should team up with Dennis DeYoung from Styx.  They could make beautiful musical theater together.


Posted by: tkh at January 05, 2010 10:35 PM (pq986)

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 05, 2010 10:37 PM (dQdrY)

99 Here ya go, Ace.  Ace like the Sweet boys.  Ballroom Blitz.

Posted by: Guy Fleegman (rdb) at January 05, 2010 10:37 PM (FFbSd)

100 Except she's more like radio caca.

Posted by: arhooley at January 05, 2010 10:39 PM (GKXA7)

101 Here's Lada Gaggag's mother:

Funny and shocking...especially Don Rickle's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB7NNKsmiww

Posted by: tkh at January 05, 2010 10:42 PM (pq986)

102 I think she has a nice figure, but you guys are grossing me out with the sex change stuff.  So I'll keep my opinion to myself.

Posted by: Guy Fleegman (rdb) at January 05, 2010 10:44 PM (FFbSd)

103 If you're gonna bring Ballroom Blitz into this, you gotta use the right one.

Posted by: XBradTC at January 05, 2010 10:45 PM (s+zWo)

104

Lady Gaga is 23. She taught herself to play the piano at the age of 3. She writes her own music and doesn't lipsync when most other singers do. Yes, she is a bit odd but I love her. She dig a 2hr concert in LA recently that rocked.

Posted by: rickrickrick at January 05, 2010 10:49 PM (Pvjv4)

105 I apoligize for my ranting. Apparently I am the only moron who can't figure out how to post links. I should be forced to fellate Lady Gaga for all eternity. Or be denied bacon for all eternity. Whichever.

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 10:50 PM (K/ufZ)

106

I can't figure out how to link either.

Posted by: Emily M. at January 05, 2010 10:56 PM (g9kRs)

107 I think Lady Gaga's greatest accomplishment is somehow getting "Poker Face" played all over radio and television despite clearly (to my ears, at least) saying "fuck her face."

Give the song a listen. After the chorus, she sings, "Pa-pa-pa-poker face. Fa-fa-fuck her face."

Or maybe I just have a dirty mind.

Posted by: (Sotto Voce) at January 05, 2010 11:00 PM (pYbyD)

108 Thank you, Emily M. (srsly)

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 11:01 PM (K/ufZ)

109 I remember No Parking On the Dance Floor. Everyone said is was really No Fucking On the Dance Floor disguised.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 05, 2010 11:04 PM (dQdrY)

110

"Pear pimples for hairy fishnuts?"

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 11:07 PM (K/ufZ)

111 Yo, Ga Ga! I'm really happy fo' you and I'ma let you finish, but *I* had one of the best on-stage career suicides of ALL TIME!!

Posted by: Kanye West at January 05, 2010 11:09 PM (0oZ9P)

112 Cool. Blood's cool.

And the terrorists win.

Posted by: ARC at January 05, 2010 11:10 PM (Hb+LB)

113 I thought that was awesome.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at January 05, 2010 11:10 PM (muUqs)

114

FOR FUCK'S SAKE, PEOPLE! (I'M LOOKING AT YOU, DR. SPANK.)

THAT. WAS. DRECK. SH*T. PUTRID. MOTHER. OF. F*CK. CR*P.

IT'S GOD D*MN BRITTNEY 2.0 GANG-RAPED BY ROB ZOMBIE!

IT.

SUCKS.

ASS.

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 11:16 PM (K/ufZ)

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 05, 2010 11:18 PM (dQdrY)

116 And to think, I was going to show you how to link.

Posted by: Dr. Spank at January 05, 2010 11:20 PM (muUqs)

117

Heh. Tanxu, Dr. Spank.

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 11:22 PM (K/ufZ)

118

Here's how I do links: I just copy whatever link I want, go to tinyurl.com, paste it in, make short linky and paste here. Seems easy to me. I dont use all those linky things provided on sites. This always works. 

As for GaGa, she is alright. But, I was a punk rocker. I still say the coolest nite of my life was when Sid Vicious blew snot at my feet.

 

Come on, I was 13. In a club. With a 19 yr old BF. Those WERE the good old days. Heh.

Dont you wish you could have been my parent????

Posted by: di butler at January 05, 2010 11:25 PM (S3xX1)

119

Britney back when she was hawt. Instead of a worn out slut

Hit Me Baby One More Time-Britney Spears

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 05, 2010 11:28 PM (dQdrY)

120

Dont you wish you could have been my parent????

In the perviest way possible, yes.

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 11:28 PM (K/ufZ)

121 Roisin Murphy - "Sow into You."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpINtHXjLek&feature=related

Posted by: Eye-rish at January 05, 2010 11:29 PM (cVJwC)

122

Was this already linked or posted?  It's a spoof on that weird preacher. 

Weird, funny stuff.

Posted by: Guy Fleegman (rdb) at January 05, 2010 11:30 PM (FFbSd)

123

"sOw into you?" really?

<oink>

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 11:30 PM (K/ufZ)

124 Roisin Murphy - "If We're in Love."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07un2IC6TM0&feature=related

Posted by: Eye-rish at January 05, 2010 11:31 PM (cVJwC)

125 C'mon. Ozzie used to hang a midget by the neck over the drums while singing Mr. Crowley. Now that guy could put on a show back in the early 80s.

Posted by: Patrick H at January 05, 2010 11:31 PM (o5cb9)

126 Cuz I'm not a hater

How to post a link at AosHQ :

1) Copy a link. Go to tiny.url.com and make it into a shorter link.
2) Write a sentence in the comment box. Highlight a word or words in the sentence.
3) Click on the icon at the top of the comment box that looks like a link next to the bucket icon (it's blue on my screen, 9th from the left).
4) In the bigger box to the far right of the word source, post your link. If it contains http, do Not choose http from the box just to the left.
5) Click insert, then ok.
6) Hit Post

Posted by: Dr. Spank at January 05, 2010 11:34 PM (muUqs)

127 C'mon. Ozzie used to hang a midget by the neck over the drums while singing Mr. Crowley. Now that guy could put on a show back in the early 80s.

Heh.  It's a shame he can't even fucking talk coherently anymore.

Posted by: Ace's liver at January 05, 2010 11:34 PM (LtIsn)

128 Honestly, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be shocked about.

Posted by: MlR at January 06, 2010 01:20 AM (op9m5)

I was pretty shocked that Kanye didn't find an excuse to jump up onstage and act like the pompous ass he is.

Posted by: Watcher at January 05, 2010 11:36 PM (QqhIY)

129

<link from Dr. Spank.>... It makes intuitive seem counter-intuitive!!!!

(Fine. I'll try it.) Thanks, Spankster!

 

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 11:36 PM (K/ufZ)

130 If you wanna hear a pop-princess that can't sing, listen to any Katy Perry live cuts.

Terrible. And I say that as someone who likes girl-pop.

And girl-pops, but that's another story.

Posted by: XBradTC at January 05, 2010 11:36 PM (s+zWo)

131 yawn..... yet another franchise of "Six Flags Over Nothing".

color me underwhelmed, no matter *what* the hipsters say.

Posted by: redc1c4 at January 05, 2010 11:38 PM (d1FhN)

132 Roisin Murphy in "You know me Better."

Posted by: Eye-rish at January 05, 2010 11:42 PM (cVJwC)

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 11:42 PM (K/ufZ)

134 Did that work? Because if it did, that is so far past counter-intuitive, it's just called f*cked the f*ck up.

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 11:44 PM (K/ufZ)

135 Roisin Murphy sings "Let me Know."

Posted by: Eye-rish at January 05, 2010 11:46 PM (cVJwC)

136 After my recent HD crash, I'm back to IE whatever. Used to have Mozilla, but haven't re-downloaded. Problem is not browser; problem is Ace-inator.

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 11:48 PM (K/ufZ)

137 Yay! <tard-clap> I kan haz ace-link! Yay!

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 11:49 PM (K/ufZ)

139

#160

Holy Crap, RD! Why did she go to the Cooper/Osbourne schtick?

Posted by: Arsonist at January 05, 2010 11:52 PM (K/ufZ)

140

I don't know, but she's definately talented.  I wonder if the thinking is:  she has an unconventional face, so we'll draw attention away with a lot of other bullshit.

Mjolk alert!  Mjolk alert!  Dude wearing a mjolk!  Dude wearing a mjolk!  At 3:55 or so in the vid Ace posted.  

Posted by: Guy Fleegman (rdb) at January 05, 2010 11:59 PM (FFbSd)

141 Roisin Murphy sings "Overpowered."

Posted by: Eye-rish at January 05, 2010 11:59 PM (cVJwC)

142 after all the angst laden, soul searching boy bands of the past 5 years that are REM wannabe's, and the female soloists who sing elevator music making the top of the pop charts, or the Beyonce's who go to party with Quadaffi's nutbag of a son for New Years to make $2million dollars for the gig (B brought her husband for security I guess), I have to say that my first experience with "Lady GaGa" was when Barbara Walters mentioned her on the O'Reilly factor as one of the top 10 personalities of the year.

O'Reilly was incredulous.
Which made me dvr vh1's top 20 music videos of the year to keep up with what's going on in pop culture and I can always fast forward through the above mentioned crap.

Brittany Spears looks chunky munky and old hat now that we know her dirty laundry, she's overplayed.

The ONLY visually exciting video's were from Lady Gaga. They reminded me of Opera - where you don't know what the hell they're singing about, if its even in english, but the costume changes were great and the visuals were mind grabbing.

I saw the vh1 version of this song "paparazzi" so I was not surprised to see how she got her point across when doing a live performance, but I agree with Ace. It was....worth watching if for nothing else to know what's out there in the pop culture arena.

I think this is why Avatar did so well. Forget the 1 dimensional story line. It was visually exciting and that's what you want for mind altering experiences without the drugs. Same goes for Lady Gaga. She's putting on a show that's worthy of the great opera performers, and like opera, totally worthless bullshit in the long run, but a great ride while you're there for the price of the admin ticket.


Posted by: kay at January 05, 2010 11:59 PM (TW1NB)

143 er... do I even want to know what a mjolk is? (I'm guessing no.)

Posted by: Arsonist at January 06, 2010 12:00 AM (K/ufZ)

144 <Never mind, I'm rewatching washed-up BOC at Lake Somerville on You-Tube.>

Posted by: Arsonist at January 06, 2010 12:02 AM (K/ufZ)

145 Roisin Murphy sings "Body Language."

Posted by: Eye-rish at January 06, 2010 12:08 AM (cVJwC)

Posted by: Aerosmith at January 06, 2010 12:10 AM (d7Px0)

147 Roisin Murphy sings "Modern Timing."

Posted by: Eye-rish at January 06, 2010 12:11 AM (cVJwC)

148

Not Pop.

Sirenia - The Other Side

And if you don't like it, you  suck and have no taste.

Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front at January 06, 2010 12:17 AM (dQdrY)

149 OK, I'm kinda getting on board with Ms. Murphy, but watching her get raped by a lobster was a bit much.

Posted by: XBradTC at January 06, 2010 12:20 AM (s+zWo)

150

mjolk

Looks like it on small screen, but on Full Screen her brithes were just riding up on the R side.

Posted by: Aerosmith at January 06, 2010 12:22 AM (d7Px0)

151 Roisin Murphy (with Moloko) sings "Parallel Lives."

Posted by: Eye-rish at January 06, 2010 12:24 AM (cVJwC)

152 Roisin Murphy (with Moloko) sings "Familiar Feeling."

Posted by: Eye-rish at January 06, 2010 12:28 AM (cVJwC)

153

...for Ace,  Wanted for a Hit-and-Run.

That is all.

Posted by: BOLO at January 06, 2010 12:28 AM (d7Px0)

154 Roisin Murphy (with Molok) sings "Dominoid."

Posted by: Eye-rish at January 06, 2010 12:33 AM (cVJwC)

155 Roisin Murphy sings her latest single "Orally Fixated."

Posted by: Eye-rish at January 06, 2010 12:38 AM (cVJwC)

156

http://tinyurl.com/yg8fyzv

Posted by: Arsonist at January 06, 2010 12:38 AM (K/ufZ)

157 ...still havent't figured it out.

Posted by: Arsonist at January 06, 2010 12:39 AM (K/ufZ)

158 Is that good? I sort of think it isn't. In fact, I think it's fucking pointless.

Posted by: railwriter at January 06, 2010 12:53 AM (daRzV)

159 FYI, anyone interested in the story about the song 'Poker Face', I think its been revealed in some interviews.  I heard it a few months ago 2nd hand from a girl whose friend went to school with Gaga.  The story goes she was imagining going down on a girl while fellating her b/f.  He doesn't know because she's keeping a 'poker face'. 

The amusing part of the story is that she's relating this little tidbit to her friend while eating dinner with her parents.  Classy.

Also, if you ever get to meet her & don't like her, call her Stefanie.  She despises being called her real name even by her friends.

Posted by: Buddy Bizarre at January 06, 2010 01:00 AM (Yn2A0)

160 Why are we spending a night, looking at the train wreck, he or she or it, actually is, and not discussing really timely things, like the Harry Potter freaking thread we had the other day. "OMFG, we're actually discussing Harry ******* Potter!" I'm just sayin' We haven't discussed Tonto's frigging horse either... Too much alcohol, way too little substance use or abuse, or blogging for that matter. Sorry I tuned into this one...

Posted by: Still aghast at 2 am Pacific at January 06, 2010 01:50 AM (+Z5RN)

161
She looks like Andrea Martin from SCTV possesed by demons. However, anyone who can get Kanye West to shut up for 4 and a half minutes with his mouth hanging wide open in shock can't be all that bad.

Posted by: Blazer at January 06, 2010 01:52 AM (t72+4)

162

Lady Ga Ga I'm real happy for you and imma let you finish, but FUUUUUUUU.......

Posted by: Kanye West at January 06, 2010 01:55 AM (t72+4)

163 good lord. stick to politics. you're out of your depth critiquing music if you think that was "talent" of any way, shape or kind. Yes, there are morons who will pay to see and hear her. That doesn't make her good any more than it did Vanilla Ice or Milli Vanilli. Stupid people drive the music biz. That doesn't make tripe like this lasting or meaningful art. Spectacle, maybe. But I've seen DOZENS of entertainers use blood onstage, including Coop, AC/DC, Kiss, Ozzy, the list goes on. Big fucking deal.

Jesus ace, you've really lost it.

Posted by: docweasel at January 06, 2010 02:02 AM (kgwdA)

164 Here is a pre fame Lady Gaga video (previously posted). Listen to the lyrics, this girl's only purpose and desire has been to be the biggest star in Hollywood.
http://tinyurl.com/yd7s5km  (not a bad song either)

Posted by: dri at January 06, 2010 02:09 AM (7yxq9)

165

And the record industry is blaming illegal copying for their bad times and hauling grandma into court.

We haven't had a real music industry in this country since the late 70s.

MTV killed the music industry and this is a fine example. This excuse for a singer would have made zero priogress pushing this crap without TV or video to push it.

When you depend on video to market your product you are not marketing music.  This ain't music.

 

Posted by: Vic at January 06, 2010 02:23 AM (QrA9E)

166
Judging by her name Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta aka Lady Ga Ga is clearly a Nazi and a racist member of the Tea-Parties masquerading as a pop-star.

I have exposed yet again another right-wing extremist.


I bid you adieu.

Posted by: Charles Johnson at January 06, 2010 02:32 AM (t72+4)

167

<Yawn>

Well, at least the Pussycat Dolls are better eye candy than this anorexic harpy.

Every time I see her image, I think of of her as a size 2 Kabuki actor... and a bad one at that...

Posted by: IP Freely at January 06, 2010 02:34 AM (67aEn)

168 I'm a metal head.

I've survived Slayer mosh pits.

I've survived Life of Agony shows.

I've been splashed by wine by Peter Steele at a Type O Negative show.

I like her voice.

I also like that the dancers she uses are, well, real lookin' women, and not scrawny twigs jerking around the stage.

I wouldn't go to one of her shows, but when Elizabeth and I are in the car and one of her songs comes on I can at least show interest for 3 minutes instead of grinding my teeth into dust as I usually do.

Posted by: Mortis at January 06, 2010 02:44 AM (hA5JK)

169 I think her music is very radio friendly, so I can see why it's selling.  I wouldn't buy it/download it, though.  Just the kind of mindless stuff I sing while driving in the car during the afternoon rush. (In fact, that song Radio Gaga by Queen comes to mind.)

I disagree with the comparisons with Madonna. Look at Gaga's face - there's this emptiness to it.  Madonna was and is full of personality, and that comes through in her performances; she's really good at connecting with and/or flirting with the audience.  With Gaga, it's as if she's just going through the motions.

Is Gaga putting on a show? Yeah. Is it creative? Yeah, sure. But, if you take Gaga's video and compare it to, say, Madonna's Like a Prayer, I think you'll see what I mean. (By the way, I don't think Madonna's a great singer. Vocally, Gaga's definitely got a better voice. I was speaking more about the entertainment value.)

Posted by: sydneyj at January 06, 2010 02:45 AM (wogbZ)

170 @ Old Sailor, who said: She's not pretty, she can't sing, she can't dance and the song was boring.... But then, I'm old and I like classical music and jazz. Wow, how's this brand of retarded, faux-elitism working for you? I'm wondering, because I like classical and jazz too. I just don't use it to pretend I'm David Brook's bff; but, maybe, I should. Ohh and you suck. I think her dressing habits are ridiculous but Lady Gaga is insanely talented. And she was a stripper, who are cool. You said you like jazz, right? < http://tinyurl.com/y8wd38p >

Posted by: Vince at January 06, 2010 02:46 AM (GpQZ/)

171 "103 I have made every goddamn concession possible to minx.cc, but FUCK YOU PIXY, I did the goddamn tinyurl bullshit, and you are still fucking with me 'coz you are a fucking amateur. And don't even start telling me how lame my skills are, because I'm not passing myself off as a web-m'fing-master"    Arsonist: Are you there dood? Butthead used say it so well "I think you suck." Like the old Charter Hospital ad used to say: "If you don't get help at Charter, please get help somewhere." We all wish you best in finding those meds and you getting back on them, post haste! You're a great argument for a ball gag. Pleeease take your sniveling self to a place deep in the forest where the rest of us do not have to listen to your crying.    Pixy: Most of us appreciate all the work you do so we can come get our fix of non Kool-aid spun perspective @ ace's site. Bless you for working for ace's typical wage (empty liquor bottles?).    Ace: For bringing this gooey gaga abomination to our attention, may you be well into a petting party with a sexy moronette someday, only to discover a man lump.    Lady googoogaga or whatever it was: I have seen it all before. When lacking in talent, cue gimmicks and props *yawn* Nothing new here.    122

Lady Gaga is 23. She taught herself to play the piano at the age of 3. She writes her own music and doesn't lipsync when most other singers do. Yes, she is a bit odd but I love her. She dig a 2hr concert in LA recently that rocked. Posted by: rickrickrick at January 06, 2010 02:49 AM (Pvjv4)

Rick, Rick, Rick: What was it that Lincoln said? "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt."

186
She looks like Andrea Martin from SCTV possesed by demons. However, anyone who can get Kanye West to shut up for 4 and a half minutes with his mouth hanging wide open in shock can't be all that bad.

Posted by: Blazer at January 06, 2010 05:52 AM (t72+4)

Indeed, indeed.

Posted by: Gagalump at January 06, 2010 02:53 AM (x0suh)

172 Predictable, uninteresting fluff.  If this is what passes for "gripping" in music these days, it's pathetic.

Posted by: Feh at January 06, 2010 03:05 AM (Hen++)

173

I may just have a filthy mind, but I can be entertained by a great ass.  Throw in the ability to carry a tune and yeah, that's entertainment.

Of course its contrived, painfully so.  But just think, she is going to keep topping herself.  That means lots of nudity and lesbian stuff. 

Posted by: knaws at January 06, 2010 03:16 AM (tHrW4)

174 After reading Ace's intro, I was expecting "two cups one girl." Damn, I'm disappointed.

Posted by: Bugler at January 06, 2010 03:17 AM (YCVBL)

175 Yeah, I thought the original video of the song was more interesting/"shocking"/showy...

Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 06, 2010 03:20 AM (22if9)

176 Isn't the point supposed to be about paparazzi culture reveling in celebrity illness and death?

That's exactly the point.  Watch the real video for the song and it makes more sense, even the "blood."  The vid is the reason for the wheelchair and crutch.

For whatever reason, I like her music.  I am definitely not her demographic (49-yo male), but there's something about it that interests me.  Like ace said, she has a smokin' hot body except for the whole "she has a dick" rumor.  It really makes you wonder.

Posted by: Steve L. at January 06, 2010 03:20 AM (Gkhxf)

177

I'm worried abiut you, Ace. I began watching the vid...couldn't handle it any more..so I scrolled forward to the "shocking ".part

I saw her hanging by her hand with red stuff on her...but then I waited for the shocking part...

*crickets*..

...seriously...that sucked

Just another talentless hack, who needs to try to shock or offend to get attention, that jumped on the caboose of the  no-talent, but theatrical band wagon train. She is popular with teh gheys and 13 year old girls, though

I tend to like musicians for their...you know...music

 

Posted by: rum, sodomy and the lash at January 06, 2010 03:24 AM (AnTyA)

178 Breaking headlines:
Democrats discover family values
Gabe and Ace are same person

Posted by: nine coconuts at January 06, 2010 03:27 AM (DHNp4)

179 *yawn*

Posted by: billygoat at January 06, 2010 03:28 AM (fh7Kf)

180 Two reasons I like Gaga:

1) Unlike most pop stars, she can actually play her songs and sing them without effects.  (Maybe because she actually wrote them)

2) Before she was famous, she'd play Zeppelin in the same sorts of clubs I play.

Plus she sings her lead parts live.

Posted by: DM! at January 06, 2010 03:29 AM (34YIo)

181 Oh good grief.  Now it's a mark of distinction for musicians to actually play their music.  We are well and truly fucked as a culture.  Next you'll be asking them to, I don't know, "show up" and everything. 

Posted by: Feh at January 06, 2010 03:33 AM (Hen++)

182

Posted by: sTevo at January 06, 2010 07:12 AM

Good stuff. I have an uncle with a great LP collection, including all the Yes albums.  Incedible muisicians. They were performers who actually had talent...and didn't have to throw fake blood on themselves for attention.

The stuff from Yes that made it to the radio was pretty much pap crap...Roundabout being the obvious exception.

 

Posted by: rum, sodomy and the lash at January 06, 2010 03:34 AM (AnTyA)

183 I'll say this: "Lady" Gaga's tuck game is <I>on point</I>.

Posted by: CLP at January 06, 2010 03:41 AM (Oz2fX)

184

Here's a vid that made me say, "Whoa"

 

Funny. I have the same reaction every time I see some guy dancing w/a thong draped over his face...

(now go watch the vid again)

Posted by: Jess at January 06, 2010 03:45 AM (KSNkY)

185

Posted by: DM! at January 06, 2010 07:29 AM

I think you pretty much proved everyone's point with those links. The first shows she is an OK pianist...with a voice that would have limited her to doing background vocals on stage presentations

The second shows she wouldn't get pass the audition stage for a cruise ship act.

..but put a wig and skanky outfits on her... toss in some fake blood and VOILA...magic!!

To teh gheys and 13 year olds, that is

Posted by: rum, sodomy and the lash at January 06, 2010 03:46 AM (AnTyA)

186 Her entire brand is "Hey guys! Look how shocking and counterculture I am!1!" *yawn* All her songs are the same predictable claptrap about what a gross hooker she is and how happy she is being a gross hooker. Again, *yawn*.

Lady Gaga, like so many people whose bread and butter is to "shock the squares", seems to be trapped in a time-warp where the squares are Doris Day and Jimmy Stewart.

Posted by: DoDoGuRu at January 06, 2010 03:47 AM (GXDYm)

187

Plus she sings her lead parts live

Wow...a singer who, um....sings. She's really setting the bar high, ain't she?

Posted by: rum, sodomy and the lash at January 06, 2010 03:48 AM (AnTyA)

188

208

"The stuff from Yes that made it to the radio was pretty much pap crap...Roundabout being the obvious exception."

Wonderous Stories is my fav, and pretty much everything on Fragile.

I see the current crop of preformers as whinning hand wringers with the talent of a collage of Campbell's soup can painter.

When I think of pop music, I see Al Green, Jim Croci, and a host of other mid-20th century folks whom walked the walk, but didn't have all the techno-mumbo-jumbo these adolesencts have, but still produced good product.

There are exceptions, but they're too few of the current pop-crop...

Posted by: IP Freely at January 06, 2010 03:50 AM (67aEn)

189 I think it is funny that some of you take her so seriously.

"Yawn! Crap! She's no Scorpions!"

Lighten up.  I wasn't saying she's the Beatles, just that she is more entertaining to me than most pop acts. (Which, yes, does set the bar very low).  But she writes good pop songs, like Eminem when he isn't writing something about raping lesbians.

Posted by: DM! at January 06, 2010 03:52 AM (34YIo)

190 Hmmm....looks like a costume and choreography from a Madonna video with Brittany style voice.  The dancers are crappy, what's with all the arm waving.  There is no shocking point, unless you've never seen Ozzy, Alice, the Sex Pistols, etc The voice is just okay.  Might be some talent there but she doesn't know how to coordinate it with her performance.  For example, Madonna did a much better job of using the choreography and performance to enhance her talent.  This video does just the opposite.   Lady GaGa needs to find someone who can help her do that.  She needs to lose the message song idea too.  Unless she's willing to simply focus on the message in a more serious way she'd be better off singing typical pop tart songs. 

Posted by: Deanna at January 06, 2010 03:53 AM (qxH/X)

191 The only thing that impressed me was the faux Baroque set. The entire choreography only reminded me of the the MSM's complete blow job for Teh One.

Posted by: Corona at January 06, 2010 03:54 AM (woZIc)

192  Before she was famous, she'd play Zeppelin in the same sorts of clubs I play.

Posted by: DM! at January 06, 2010 07:29 AM 

That has to be one of the scariest things I have heard in a long time.  Please tell me you made it up.

Posted by: Deanna at January 06, 2010 03:57 AM (qxH/X)

193 Lada Gaga has never produced a single piece of objective medical evidence that proves that is her actual biological blood. Her doctor refuses to return any phone calls.

That she goes on stage and is performing in front of a live audience and blood begins to spout spontaneously from her is just an astonishing series of events. I can't think of a person who has told such an amazing story and had it go unquestioned.

Yet not a single journalist has done the basic journalism 101 here.

Some wish to focus on the question of whether she was really playing the piano. But I will not rest or relent until my personal quest to know the truth about the authenticity of that hemoglobin and plasma is answered. Is it truly hers...or perhaps Amy Winehouse's?

Posted by: Andrew Sullivan at January 06, 2010 03:59 AM (GGulh)

194 OK, I admit I didn't watch the whole thing. I skipped through it, because I can't stand shit like this. Maybe that means I have no right to criticize. And maybe I should force myself to step in the next pile of dogshit I encounter because, you know, I've never really given dogshit a fair chance.

Posted by: Bugler at January 06, 2010 03:59 AM (YCVBL)

195 Zzzzz.

More over-the-top, derivative, useless "performance art" from a hackish "artistic community" that has long ago ceased to be genuinely original.

Posted by: Good Lt. at January 06, 2010 04:06 AM (jH17H)

196

I see Al Green, Jim Croci

Agree 100%..."Let's Stay Together" and "Love and Happiness" are two of the best pop songs ever created

...and Croce...don't get me started..

..."...goin' now here freeee"

 

Posted by: rum, sodomy and the lash at January 06, 2010 04:24 AM (AnTyA)

197 I thought it was good.  But I have to admit I was sorta distracted through most of it because I was amazed that she could actually sing.  Over produced stage shows like that are usually meant to compensate for lack of singing talent.

Maybe I'm just burnt out from seeing the constant promo's on my On Demand for a Shakira show.  All thighs, no voice.

Posted by: Jaynie59 at January 06, 2010 04:24 AM (YjQWV)

198

..."...goin' now here freeee"

ooops..shoulda been "nowhere"

Posted by: rum, sodomy and the lash at January 06, 2010 04:25 AM (AnTyA)

199 We did it first.

And even we had more talent than this bubblehead.

Posted by: Kiss at January 06, 2010 04:28 AM (MMC8r)

200 Looks like something they can use to "torture" terrorists. Pop culture is stupid.

Posted by: dagny at January 06, 2010 04:31 AM (/9RN+)

201

215 I think it is funny that some of you take her so seriously.

Umm...here that whoosh sound? That was actually the point flying past your head. I don't take her seriously...you apparently do.

The thread is here; therefore we comment

Posted by: rum, sodomy and the lash at January 06, 2010 04:33 AM (AnTyA)

202

here that whoosh sound

Jeebus....I must be drunk this morning

Posted by: rum, sodomy and the lash at January 06, 2010 04:34 AM (AnTyA)

203 Haven't read all the quotes as I'm on my way out to the dentist. But that song is taken from her Fame album. She builds her albums on a theme and this one is what fame will do to you. The papparatzi will in fact kill you. But when I come back I'll read the thread, looks like it's gonna be a thriller!!!

Posted by: Mrs. Compton at January 06, 2010 04:36 AM (NaJ/S)

204

Posted by: Kiss at January 06, 2010

Kiss was/were the King(s) of teh Suck back in the day. Do you know any Kiss fans who aren't total goofballs?

...Lady Gag Gag is just another of the countless rehashes of the same crap

Posted by: rum, sodomy and the lash at January 06, 2010 04:37 AM (AnTyA)

205
She looks crazy.

The whole video was lame.  Not shocking.

At. All.

Posted by: thebronze at January 06, 2010 04:38 AM (86F8f)

206

...Lady Gag Gag is just another of the countless rehashes of the same crap


P.T. Barnum is alive and well.

Posted by: nickless at January 06, 2010 04:39 AM (MMC8r)

Posted by: jason at January 06, 2010 04:46 AM (Po9vH)

208 So let's see...

A person pursues a Hollywood musical or acting career, and photographers take pictures of them, and stories are written about them, driving them to suicide after earning millions of dollars and sleeping with some of the most attractive people on Earth.

On the other hand, young and not-so-young men and women joined the U.S. armed services or overseas intelligence services and face loss of life and limb on a daily basis in return for a small salary, mediocre government health care, and being separated from their friends and families for extended periods of time... while being ordered not to "fraternize".

Why am I just not feeling it for Lada Gaga right now?

Posted by: Christoph at January 06, 2010 04:47 AM (0fq7b)

209

The only "shock moment" I could get from a modern musical performance is if someone went on stage and showed some class or natural talent.

Posted by: Crusty at January 06, 2010 04:50 AM (qzgbP)

210 *And that goes for the Canadian Forces as well as our diplomatic staff. We are suffering a higher casualty rate than you at the moment.

Posted by: Christoph at January 06, 2010 04:51 AM (0fq7b)

211

What was it Marc Bolan of T-Rex once said? If you know how to rock, you don't have to shock...

Shock factor = *snore* anyway...

Posted by: maddogg at January 06, 2010 04:52 AM (OlN4e)

212

I can't see the clip, but when I first saw Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" music video recently on YouTube, I had one main thought...

"What's wrong with your face?!"

Posted by: Kratos (on the back of Gaia, scaling Mt Olympus) at January 06, 2010 05:02 AM (9hSKh)

213 This is what passes for entertainment these days? We are in worse shape then I thought. It's like a really bad, very schlocky Vegas show.

Posted by: TheQuietman at January 06, 2010 05:09 AM (1Jaio)

214 @Kratos, watch it here: http://tinyurl.com/yzx3gb9

Posted by: Christoph at January 06, 2010 05:11 AM (0fq7b)

215 No, really, is this twit really complaining about the paparazzi who made her what she wanted to be in the first place (an overexposed media celeb)?

If so, I'm sure she'll be walking away from it all any moment....

Posted by: nickless at January 06, 2010 05:13 AM (MMC8r)

216 "If so, I'm sure she'll be walking away from it all any moment...."

Totally! Nebraska here he/she comes!

Posted by: Christoph at January 06, 2010 05:15 AM (0fq7b)

217
She has a head full of semem.

Posted by: Posted by: Huge, Quickly at January 06, 2010 05:16 AM (z37MR)

218
Christoph, do you ever or often wear a scarf?

Posted by: Posted by: Huge, Quickly at January 06, 2010 05:17 AM (z37MR)

219 One thing is bugging me. No one else will care since it was obviously rhetorical, but I feel the need for a correction.

When I say regarding Canadian Forces and diplomatic staff, "we" have a higher casualty rate, of course I mean, "they".

I'm Canadian, and I'm not in their ranks and have no right to any of their credit.

Posted by: Christoph at January 06, 2010 05:18 AM (0fq7b)

220 "She" is a tranny.

Posted by: RJ at January 06, 2010 05:18 AM (ADbI4)

221 247

So is Pelosi.  The leathery skin gives it away. (or so I've heard)

Posted by: s☺mej☼e at January 06, 2010 05:20 AM (22if9)

222

Absolute shit.  If I'm going to watch something so worthless, at least give me a close up of a decent camel toe.

Nice touch with the chick in the wheel chair.  "We're all-inclusive no-talent hacks!" 

Posted by: Sharkman at January 06, 2010 05:20 AM (Zj8fM)

223 I'd seen her face and name in headlines from the paparazzi, never taking notice as the image looked transvestite. Thanks for clearing that up, Ace, with the tutorial video of Gaga's pap smear.

After watching "So You Think You Can Dance" a few seasons, all these musical shows look as pathetic as they sound. Stagnant rot. And on the opposite side of desirable, watching "American Idol" has proven squalid.

McCartney
Lennon
David Gates
James Taylor
Carly Simon, et al.

Melody and harmonic modulatory progressions are a lost art in what's produced in Western pop culture that ranges from urban jungle rap through white trash to the monotonous "classical" Phillip Glass crap. Music is a window into the soul. When all that is represented is "the material world" then music sounds like death on Groundhog's day, repetitively numbing what would be sensitive into oblivion yet not destroying the longing for something "more". 

Posted by: maverick muse at January 06, 2010 05:21 AM (+CLh/)

224

She's brilliant, though not really to my taste.  There's nothing wrong with a bit a theatrics to distinguish one from the crowd, and she does that in spades.

 

Funny thing about her is that she went to an all-girls private Catholic school in the Upper East Side of Manhattan.  Her parents were very involved in the school and very nice.  She was a very normal-looking, normal acting kid.  The one thing I loved (even more so in retrospect) was that the school encouraged singing above all other musical endeavors.  I loved listening to the girls during Mass (held at the school once a week) and during the Christmas concerts.  Beautiful.

 

I am not surprised to see some great talent coming out of there.

Posted by: Nomennovum at January 06, 2010 05:22 AM (U/1hh)

225 If she isn't a tranny, she's what all the trannies will be trying to look like in another year or two.

Posted by: Trimegistus at January 06, 2010 05:24 AM (GQhsP)

226

Nice touch with the chick in the wheel chair.  "We're all-inclusive no-talent hacks!" 

Posted by: Sharkman

Gaga's video is subsequent pastiche to TV's "Glee".

Posted by: maverick muse at January 06, 2010 05:25 AM (+CLh/)

227 My son just looked over my shoulder and said, "Is that Michael Jackson?" I turned it off.

Posted by: arealmother at January 06, 2010 05:26 AM (BC2U/)

228 If she really wanted to shock her audience she'd wear a reasonably modest dress, ditch the Bernini-meets-Liberace set design, fire the Kansas City Faggots Dance Troupe, quit the Ozzy Osbourne stunts, and, y'know, just sing.

Posted by: Trimegistus at January 06, 2010 05:26 AM (GQhsP)

229 Oh, and Ace:  you owe us all five minutes (plus buffering time) of our lives back.  The post hinted at boobs or tongue action, and what do we get?  About a tablespoon of fake blood.  Waste of time.

Posted by: Trimegistus at January 06, 2010 05:28 AM (GQhsP)

230

Meh. Her original songs (from the YouTube vid above) sound an awful lot like Alannis Morrisette. Not bad, but definitely not Fiona Apple. I'd give it a 65.

As a blues musician, I'd like to hear her try "At Last".

If I want theatre-rock, I'll take the Tubes every time. Shock, but in a funny way.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at January 06, 2010 05:29 AM (i3AsK)

231 Trimegistus

Minimize for maximum effect.

Irony, Gaga fears exposure.


Posted by: maverick muse at January 06, 2010 05:32 AM (+CLh/)

232

Meh - this isn't so much. South Park basically did the same thing with a Brittany Spears episode last year, except Spears blew the top of her head off with a shotgun to escape the Paparazzi. She survived the blast and spent the rest of the episode walking around with her brains hanging out and girgling every time she spoke because, well, her mouth and the top of her head were gone.

Posted by: JDW at January 06, 2010 05:38 AM (uw+0A)

233 Meh.  I saw Miss Piggy do the same schtick back on the Muppet Show back in 1978.  (with our special guest host, Abe Vigoda!)

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 06, 2010 05:38 AM (DPM1U)

234 I saw that South Park Britney Spears episode on the New Year's Eve marathon.  I can't believe I'm saying this, but the closing scene of Britney lying on the ground as part of the final sacrifice was kind of heart-wrenching. 

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 06, 2010 05:40 AM (DPM1U)

235

Reading between the lines of the interviews I have seen with her tells me that she was just a shy Jewish girl drowning in the social cliquiness of high school in NYC and the whole Lady Gaga thing was just a way to cover that all up.

There are times when I think she is putting one over on us, trying to say something about fame and culture with so many layers of irony Heidegger couldn't describe them adequately.  And then there are times when I think she is a complete idiot.

She definitely isn't a man or hermaphrodite.  No amount of "tucking" could get one into those outfits.  Plus, think of all the costume changes, for the videos alone.  People don't usually get into bleeding edge haute couture outfits on their own, they HAVE to be dressed, often by people not on your own staff but on the designers' staffs.  Someone would have talked by now, probably multiple someones, especially given how powerful she is now and how much jealousy that must arouse.

What she reminds me of most is someone who would have been right at home in Andy Warhol's Factory.  That has both ample good connotations and ample negative connotations, and I think all apply.

Posted by: arminius at January 06, 2010 05:45 AM (akHM/)

236
I heard she was an Amish spinstress and got sick of living on a farm without technology so she went to California and got into prOn. And then some record producer heard her sing and gave her a contract.

Posted by: Posted by: Huge, Quickly at January 06, 2010 05:49 AM (z37MR)

237 She's not a man or a hermaphrodite.  She's just ugly, with fat thighs.

Posted by: Sharkman at January 06, 2010 05:50 AM (Zj8fM)

238 What did Ace see, and when did he see it??!

Posted by: Questions at January 06, 2010 05:50 AM (d7Px0)

239 Normally, I can't be bothered with pop stars who insist on display as a substitute for songwriting, (FOAD, Marylin Manson) but I can't hate Lady Gaga. I'm not sure why. Something about her is oddly refreshing, and I can't put my finger on it.

Posted by: Andrew the Noisy at January 06, 2010 05:52 AM (V0QP1)

240

None of these so-called shock artists ever have the guts to do anything REALLY shocking.

Let her drop her drawers and take a dump on a picture of Obama onstage, THEN I'll be impressed. 

Posted by: quadmegistus at January 06, 2010 05:53 AM (T1boi)

241 But I've never seen that. And I wasn't expecting anything like that.
You've obviously never seen one of my shows.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK8L0b_T3Ms

Posted by: Alice Cooper at January 06, 2010 05:54 AM (UMwMT)

242 Who is this Andy Warhol?  Some cable news guy or something?

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at January 06, 2010 05:56 AM (22if9)

243

Jesus.....Johnny Rotten was performing with bloody gobs of meat hanging around his neck in 1979.  Now THAT was shocking.  Slipknot is shocking.  People in the audience at some of these deathcore shows do stuff that is far more shocking than anything Lady Gaga is doing.

I saw her video of "Bad Romance" the other night and thought it was pretty cool.  At least her producers are thinking outside the box a little (and I use that term deliberately.)  Her performance on SNL was the shit too.

But shocking?  Nah.

Posted by: rockmom at January 06, 2010 06:16 AM (w/gVZ)

244 L-l-l-l-l-let 'er du-d-d-du-do 'at wi' a bat!

Posted by: Ozzy at January 06, 2010 06:18 AM (22if9)

245 Click....Yup , whatever... 

No , getting nothing here,  I wonder if deadliest catch is on?  click.....

Posted by: TheGarbone at January 06, 2010 06:23 AM (tMP0K)

246

Ace: Nowadays, I find displays of true, no-nonsense talent more shocking --

http://tinyurl.com/yadcf72

 

Arsonist: I think you need an 8-minute vacation in Cincinnati --

http://tinyurl.com/lx4xd9

 

Posted by: FireHorse at January 06, 2010 06:24 AM (Vl5GH)

247 Poker Face came on the radio when I was test driving my Z4.  Always brings a smile when I hear it now while driving. At least its not rap.

Posted by: Schwalbe at January 06, 2010 06:27 AM (UU0OF)

248 She has a head full of semem. Seamen? Oh yes. Been there. Done that.

Posted by: Jonah's Whale at January 06, 2010 06:36 AM (ZiQz8)

249 That is fucking creepy.  She/he is just one appalling dude/bitch.  Yeesh.  God damn.  Ick.  I mean, my god.  Shit's gross man, is all I'm trying to say here.

Posted by: yambles at January 06, 2010 06:38 AM (rxaXW)

250 Well played, Ms. Ga Ga.

Posted by: Tom vG at January 06, 2010 06:40 AM (TRJxR)

251 okay, here's the break down on her performance.

first of all, i found it odd how she did not stick to the melody in the choruses, and during some of the versus. she was probably having trouble hitting the notes because they were on the edge of her range, and compensated by singing the harmony parts instead. it seemed a bit awkward but at least she was not lip synching. her vocal performance was decent.

as for the content... overall i do not like her. she will use just about anything to shock, adn that is all that she is about. like madonna, and lord knows how many other stupid shocktuesses it is all about the cheap sexual shot. it gets boring after a while. the lesbian kisses, the nudity, etc., i mean, who cares? it is simply done to shock and titillate and that is it. there is NO art to it. but this performance was really good. it WAS shocking, yes, but it actually SAID something, too. it was brilliant. what a powerful statement on the vulture-like nature of fan-dom. it made me think of john lennon, and certainly princess di.

i think lady gaga will be around for a long time. she can actually sing, and she has something to say. it's the something to say part that will give her staying power.


Posted by: mistress overdone at January 06, 2010 06:49 AM (2/oBD)

252 Di Butler, come sit right next to me, I'll be your momma! As for the rest of some of you... not even worth my time, I'm heading back to politics.

Posted by: Mrs. Compton at January 06, 2010 06:56 AM (NaJ/S)

253

Akon: "How we gonna top this one, Lady?"

LG: "Not to worry, Akey.  It's already choreographed.  I did it myself, because I'm a freakin' auteur."

A:  "Auteur yo' mind, yeah."

LG:  Shut up.  So here it is...curtain rises on a dark stage, old Negro slave song rises up from our black homos, who are dressed in the most authentic slave costumes since "Roots."

A:  "Since "Woot, There It Is?"

LG: "SHUT UP!  Since the TV-show "Roots," which is something any American black person would know.  So, the slave-boys are doing a choreographed cotton-picking dance, very slow and kind of sad.  I come out looking like Scarlett O'Hara, except that I'm wearing red lingerie instead of a long dress.  I start whipping the boys, harder and harder, faster and faster, as the music changes from old slavery-dirge to techno-dirge.  The blood flies off of their flayed backs and behinds like in the movie "The Passion."

A: (gulp)

LG:  "I know!  I'm a genius!  Anyway, the story goes on for awhile, I'll fill in the blanks later, but the climax comes with the darkies lynching me, which includes rape from multiple assailants simultaneously, flogging, the burning of a big cross into my belly with a red-hot branding-iron, and then they hang me from a tree.  I know I got hung before (heheh, I used to be hung), but this time it will be by the neck, with a lot of thrashing-about, and a final close-up of my face turned purple with my tongue hanging out about 6 inches."

A:  "Girl, you're sick in the head.  You need help, Lady."

LG:  "What I need is another pair of fishnets.  These are all torn apart."

And then a truck comes roaring through the office, killing both Akon and Lady Gaga, and a nude secretary who was innocently filing her teeth.

Posted by: Gary Cooper at January 06, 2010 07:07 AM (SKtHE)

254 I wasted four minutes of my life for that?

Yes, "Ga-Ga" can actually sing and play the piano; before her manufactured pop-star status she was even admitted to Jiulliard, though I think she didn't attend.  She's 24 years old and actually did go to college at least briefly (something that can't be said about Brittney Spears, etc).

In terms of the sex act; hard to blame her for that, since that's what sells.


 

Posted by: looking closely at January 06, 2010 07:09 AM (PwGfd)

255

...after reading about a third of the comments (and not watching the flick), I now know more about some MTV person (singer?) than I ever, ever wanted to know.

My curiousity is sated. I can safely ignore any - and every - future mention of this ...person ...as totally irrelevant to pretty much anything.

Posted by: davis,br at January 06, 2010 07:15 AM (uCShA)

256

I watched it, just to see what the youngun pop culture is up to these days. She can actually sing, at least on pre-recorded tape; I couldn't help but notice how the audio came in just as loud and clear when she momentarily pulled the microphone away from her face.

You could give her kudos for employing the disabled dancers in wheelchairs, if you didn't know it was an Alice Cooper shock-schtick. OK, maybe kudos for referencing health care with the guy who wore the bra face mask to ward off apparent germs.

I did appreciate her singing "cherry pie" because it made me think of Metal Mania, which does actually show some quality music (not the cherry pie video) in between the lamer videos of my own youngun days. I would definitely liken her to Marylin Manson for the shock combined with girly outfit, which again goes back to Alice Cooper. So all in all, Cooper owns the godfather crown for ground breaking. But every generation has its own version of remaking. The "important" thing is that now I know.

 

 

Posted by: St. Agnostica at January 06, 2010 07:26 AM (gbCNS)

257

She most definitely plays the piano, and is a wildly talented performer.  Even if that type of performance isn't your cup of tea, her talent is solid.  I understand why some would be turned off by over the top, bleeding, crawling, and crying out "paparazzi," but she is the first performer to surprise me since early Madonna.  When the audience gasped  at the blood, I could almost hear the holy trinity, Madonna, Cher, and Bette simultaneously say, "WTF!!??!!"

Posted by: HollyBerry at January 06, 2010 07:54 AM (1kwr2)

258 Not shocked or particularly entertained. 

My principal reaction was thinking how difficult it must be for entertainers today to come up with anything new.  As many have commented, all this stuff has been done before.

And Ms.Gaga looks pretty much like 90% of the twentysomething ladies of Italian ancestry in the NYC metropolitan area.  Watch that Jersey Shore reality show if you want to see more of that kind of thing.

Posted by: Mark in Texas at January 06, 2010 07:59 AM (oEBcV)

259

OK, granted, she can sing. So can Natalie Horler. So I guess it's just a few tastes in style that set Lady Gaga fans apart from Cascada fans.

(And I'd love to see a 3-on-3 badminton match with Madonna, Cher and Bette against Rob Halford, Bruce Dickinson and Ronnie James Dio.)

Posted by: FireHorse at January 06, 2010 08:21 AM (Vl5GH)

260 What's so sad about this video and then reading through the thread is that Lady Gaga has to resort to "shock value" to get her music noticed. But then again, look at Madonna and of course Britney. Pop music is no longer about music. It's about who's got the best bod or who can simulate sex on stage. I'm going back to my Rush vinyl collection.

Posted by: vai2112 at January 06, 2010 08:51 AM (4ucyN)

261 IF she can sing -- yeah, yeah, went to Julliard, played piano at age 3, some of it may actually be true -- then it's time for her to start dialing back the freakshow.  It got her noticed, but if she relies on nothing but increasingly grotesque spectacle she'll be remembered as nothing but a Madonna wannabe.

Of course, she probably makes an order of magnitude more in a year than I have ever earned in my life, so why the hell am I giving her career advice?

Posted by: Trimegistus at January 06, 2010 09:03 AM (GQhsP)

262 It's not really my kinda stuff but this song has a serious, serious HOOK. It works.

Posted by: gjz at January 06, 2010 09:13 AM (GdqSP)

263

Meh, as far as pop/club music goes I've had my eyes and ears forcibly assaulted by worse.  At least her music is moderately catchy...and isn't what passes for rap.

And one of the advantages of being a certain age is that I no longer feel any great pressure to be "up" on the latest pop/club stuff (in more ways than one).

Posted by: unknown jane at January 06, 2010 09:25 AM (5/yRG)

264 She rocks. She's great. It's not about stunning originality or some new musical form... It's pop music. It's about craft. Nothing that original about Madonna, she was just very good at what she did.  So is this babe and I appreciate that. So far I like her even better.

Try writing a great, simple pop song. It is extremely difficult. 

Posted by: gjz at January 06, 2010 09:30 AM (GdqSP)

265 Yeah, writing pop songs is a real ball buster alright.

I've spit almost as much blood as Lady Gag-a to crank out my few but never sweated quite as much as my buddy MJ did over "Ben."


Posted by: Smokey Robinson at January 06, 2010 09:36 AM (GGulh)

266 Meh, American "talent".

Check out Nikita Cordage 2009 on youtube.

Can't do the damn link thing.

I have no idea what the words are, but I know EXACTLY what she is saying.

Posted by: Eric at January 06, 2010 09:51 AM (Qc/s6)

267 She's great, and the shock is merely stating what some will do to get the Paparazzi interested then feign upset when they do and the end result of that attention.

The lady was able to play the piano by ear at 4 or something like that!

Posted by: LifeTrek at January 06, 2010 09:56 AM (tJTIW)

268 "This dude don't even look like a lady,"  Stephen Tyler

Posted by: pele at January 06, 2010 09:59 AM (yvIZY)

269 I apologize to Pixy and all the Morons for my intolerable ass-hattery.

Posted by: Arsonist at January 06, 2010 10:21 AM (K/ufZ)

270 The girl can sing!!!

Posted by: Ad rem at January 06, 2010 10:32 AM (UNgNI)

271

287 Bruce Dickinson! Now there's a voice.

Posted by: St. Agnostica at January 06, 2010 10:35 AM (gbCNS)

272 That was horrible. I want my four minutes and twenty two seconds back.

Posted by: Terry at January 06, 2010 10:41 AM (ddL+W)

273 Britney back when she was hawt. Hit Me Baby One More Time-Britney Spears Posted by: Rodent Liberation Front Talk about a pallet cleanser! Thanks RLF, I needed that!

Posted by: Terry at January 06, 2010 11:18 AM (ddL+W)

274

I can't make the link work with tinyurl, even though I've used it a dozen times. But here's some real music, voice and musicianship, to cleanse the palate: Bruce Dickinson w/Iron Maiden. http://tinyurl.com/29zshq

No apologies whatsoever to Britney Speares who has no voice and doesn't play an instrument.

Posted by: St. Agnostica at January 06, 2010 11:57 AM (gbCNS)

275

St. Agnostica,

http://tinyurl.com/6yyatn

Please do enjoy.

Posted by: FireHorse at January 06, 2010 12:24 PM (Vl5GH)

276
Dead of a drug OD before she turns 30?  Place your bets.

Posted by: Dang at January 06, 2010 12:26 PM (UA4gE)

277
Never mind.  I just realized I don't care.

Posted by: Dang at January 06, 2010 12:27 PM (UA4gE)

278 I come in today in a fairly depressed mood only to see Ace pimping Lady Gaga. I think I died and went to hell.

Posted by: Johnny at January 06, 2010 12:32 PM (xVKXy)

279 Thanks, FireHorse. Dio and Halford also great voices. I'd put Dio second to Dickinson as far as raw ability, though I like Priest more than Dio musically. But Maiden beats 'em both, IMHO, given those three alone.

Posted by: St. Agnostica at January 06, 2010 02:31 PM (gbCNS)

280 Dio, Halford, and Dickinson all wish they were Michael Sweet.

Posted by: Stryper RULES at January 06, 2010 03:13 PM (ElKyb)

281 The musical performance is very Andrew Lloyd Webber.  She's actually got some talent behind all the flash, dazzle and shock. For a pop tart, I like her. Her Romance video is also cool....if a you don't mind a little misandry. Dude gets torched in the end.

Posted by: Melissa at January 06, 2010 05:04 PM (nrRVy)

282

This didn't shock me, but that's probably because I've seen her music videos before.  Make you wonder if anyone would have noticed if it wasn't fake.

Sadly, undernath all that crap, she has talent.

Posted by: soulpile at January 06, 2010 07:06 PM (GnG0e)

283 I was just shocked she was actually singing.

Posted by: Chad at January 06, 2010 07:07 PM (ycdDC)

Posted by: Arsonist at January 06, 2010 07:35 PM (K/ufZ)

Posted by: Arsonist at January 06, 2010 07:36 PM (K/ufZ)

286

Testing 3

By Jove, I think I've got it!

 

Posted by: Arsonist at January 06, 2010 07:37 PM (K/ufZ)

287 my guess is that she is actually older then her bio says (this is pretty typical, everyone in LA lies about thier age), and without researching the production team, my guess is that she most likely had some writing "partners." very very very few artist actually write thier own stuff without a "song doctor" coming in to "fix" the songs. i mean no doubt had to re-work "dont speak" like some ungodly ridiculous number of ttimes before the record company said OK. they recorded like over 50 songs for the album "tragic kingdom." when a record company sinks the kind of money into an artist, especially a NEW artist, they are not going to leave anything to chance. a record company is not going to trust an untested, uncharted songwriter or producer with an investment of this size without some tired and tested pros coming in to make sure the hooks are there. she is on interscope, and they are allllll about the big hit song. period. if you don't have the hits then your record will get shelved, or perhaps not even be put out at all. this crap about her is just industry marketing bs. i bet she is close to 30, or at the least in her late twenties. she could be in her early 30's.

Posted by: mistress overdone at January 06, 2010 09:35 PM (2/oBD)

288 okay,...she is a highly "developed" artist, in that she has been pretty produced. she is talented, but she didn't write these songs on her own, and the people she worked with are heavy hitters. she worked with bob fusari (destiny's child), RedOne (new kids on the block, et al), and martin kierszenbaum, another big writer. RedOne "co-wrote" Poker Face with her, and they worked together quite a bit apparently.

is she talented? yes. is she a great writer? hell no. her lyrics are pretty lame. she can sell a song, but lets be honest, the days of the fleetwood mac sized talent, or paul mcartney pop hooks are over. these are the days of cut and paste song writing, and pitch correction. these are the days of producer-driven projects, and female singers who screetch instead of sing. oh yeah, and as far as dance moves go... the biggest inspiration is the pole dance. yawn.






Posted by: mistress overdone at January 06, 2010 09:55 PM (2/oBD)

289

oh yeah, and as far as dance moves go... the biggest inspiration is the pole dance.

Mistress Overdone: If you're referring to Mylie Cyrus, I need to set the record straight. Mylie's performance incorporated a Festivus pole, not a stripper pole. Stripper poles go all the way to the ceiling; Festivus poles do not.

(It was nonetheless a pole dance, so you're correct if this is what you meant.)

Posted by: FireHorse at January 07, 2010 05:59 AM (Vl5GH)

290 firehouse

i was indeed referring to the pole, as in the stripper pole, but you missed the point entirely. the point was that music, which used to be enjoyed as an audio art form, has now become a purely visual/performance with emphasis NOT on the content, or even the musicality of the work, but the purely packaged, contrived, and purely sexualized. people like stevel miller, christopher cross, mama cass, jim croce, and even janis joplin would never get record deals in today's music culture. and the fact is the titillation is a cheap shot. there is nothing creative about it, and after a while, after having seen your umpteen millionth lesbian kiss or simulated orgy scene you realize that in order to be realllllyyyyyyy radical today you'd have to put on a burqa or a nun's habit. the overarching use of sexual imagery, and contrived envelope pushing in music and pop culture in general has become the norm so it's no longer shocking, or edgy anyway to see a woman ( or man, think hedwig) on stage in a corset simulating a sex act. who cares? it's become boring, stupid, and it is the epitome of banal.

Posted by: mistress overdone at January 07, 2010 08:49 AM (2/oBD)

291 I gotta say, that I don't really like her music, but I've come to realize she does have talent musically (she's selling to her audience) and she's got the business/politics of the industry down pat.

I was shocked.   Shocked into listening.  I wasn't paying attention to the lyrics until the wheelchair came out.  I thought that was "it" and in the confusion of that moment, I started listening to the words.   By the time the blood started, I understood the whole point of the song.

I was shocked into appreciating it.  I also kinda agree with the message of the song.

I'm still not a fan though.

Posted by: Jason Coleman at January 07, 2010 09:07 AM (WVFt7)

292 Lady Gaga describes herself as a Bisexual. Even though she admits never having been in love with another woman. What a wheez!

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Posted by: Muskwa at January 08, 2010 07:40 AM (2sKy5)

296 I get so tired to pretty and handsome pop stars singing their catchy tunes. Boring and dull. And along comes Lady Gaga who makes it unpredictable again. The most talked about incident at those awards was Kanye, of course. The difference is that Lady Gaga did not hurt anyone's feelings. She just de-constructed the awards show. About time!

Posted by: Chuckjones at January 13, 2010 09:38 AM (IdXdL)

297 ok so most of you hate lady gaga, but myself i adore her. most people hate on her because they don't get her, and this was one of those moments, the story behind the paparazzi video and song is the death of princess diana. just give her a chance and you'll learn to love her. btw, if you don't know the story of princess diana's death then of course you won't get the video. i will tell you the story though. before princess diana died the paparazzi was chasing her which led to the crash,so therefore the paparazzi killed her. lady gaga is a brilliant artist and she uses symbolism a lot. just learn to love her.she's the best thing that happened to us!

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