Lady Gaga [Mega-Merged] Discussion Thread

[nip/tug]

Now we have a sign to prove it.

Assuming that chick is a hater of, well pretty much everything put on this green earth (yes god made), THAT! i have to say is one hell'a FABULOUS sign!! I mean its almost a mockery into of its own. I LOVE Gaga, and i kinda want that sign!! Them westboro church people are complete mental cases... i have never known any one to invest so much time into something they think is wrong!!?? identity crisis? that boring? or just plan evil!!!?? But God Sent, i highly doubt.

and im sorry for the use of the word "hell'a" not really sure where that came from...

[whydatkine]

Henry, thanks for the link. I had a feeling there had to be a connection to the gay industry somehow. Obviously, ALL or at least most of her backup dancers for the vid were gay.

[Kulindahr]

Apparently God is not a fan of hockey either.

In a related article Edge news says that the Westoboro nutbags are protesting a hockey game. Apparently God doesn't like brutality in sports. Just in religion

LOL -- I love it!

I know some of you might not be up for re-hashing this serious topic during the holidays but I feel it's critical that we be made aware of yet another cancerous Baptist church looming in our nations heartland The Landover Baptist Church. I think this one is in Iowa.
[/CENTER]

Don't go to this site if you don't have some time to kill!

My browser won't let me go there -- it kicked in the obscenity filter.

You sent them over 20 emails at one time, yet they are the annoying ones?

But back to topic. I also hate Lady Gaga. Does this mean I am God? (Oh no, not again! I thought I had gotten away from being God! )

To them, 20 at once isn't annoying, it's proof that they're RIGHTeous.

Damn this is an old thread.

Actually, it's a bunch of old threads.

[stillscion20]

i love lady gaga! some of my favorite songs of hers are her unreleased ones, it's incredible, she must have at least 30 or 40 unreleased songs. and it's great that someone singing pop is actually righting their own songs instead of all this "collaborating" nonsense.

[Speeds]

It didn't take long for someone to call Gaga the new Queen of Pop!

http://celebritygossipdotcom.blogspo...en-of-pop.html

I think Madonna is still the queen of pop but Gaga is the closest one to taking that away from her.

[AngelFromAbove]

OK, well at least we agree on something---that she IS a gimmick!

And...? You make it seem as if it's a bad thing. I'm really trying to understand why you feel you actually are making a point.

First of all, I'm going to need you to restructure THAT sentence.....

Yeah, I had a typo.

Hahahaha, that is the most absurd and asinine comment I have heard. If you know true Beyonce, you will know that she always changes her style...she always re-invents herself....and it's in no part thanks to GAGA, might I add. Beyonce is nothing nothing nothing like Lady Googoo Gaga; and if you are referring to the colorfulness and eccentric hairdo's...then check out her "Check Up On It" or "Bootylicious" or "Diva" videos for example, just to name a few---these were all in existence before the GAGA emerged!

Wow, she dyed her hair in Bootylicious and had pink clothing to match the theme of the Pink Panther. She used to have her mom style her, but now she's buying clothing from the same designers as Gaga in London.

[AllMan]

She used to have her mom style her, but now she's buying clothing from the same designers as Gaga in London.

Oh yea, lemme guess...Gaga founded the London design team and has copyrights to the London designers and she "allowed" Beyonce to buy from her designers, right? Yea, Beyonce should feel privileged, right?

I'm sorry...I'm just not following YOUR attempt at making a point

[miaedu]

Music Video Pioneer Michel Gondry on Lady Gaga: 'I'm Not Interested'

Michel Gondry has made some of the most indelible music videos of all time for some of the biggest acts of the last two decades, including Radiohead, Björk, Foo Fighters, The White Stripes, Beck and even Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones. So when Movieline caught up with him today to discuss his forthcoming documentary Thorn in the Heart, it seemed a great opportunity to feel him out on the new vanguard of the form: Lady Gaga, whose epic “Telephone” video has swept popular culture with a fury, frenzy and inspiration not seen since the glory days of which Gondry himself was a part. His response — which swept through genre monoliths from Michael Jackson to Madonna to Marilyn Manson — was unexpected to say the least.

“I’m not interested,” he said. “To me it’s like a form of Marilyn Manson. It’s hard for me to talk about it; I’ve seen a couple of videos of hers, and not for very long. I stop watching them each time because I don’t think there’s melodies. I’m sorry to be negative. Like I’m not a big fan of Madonna. I respect her very much, but unfortunately the videos didn’t help the music in the long run. Well, I guess it helped it to survive to the point where the video was irrelevant. So music has to find its own way, which is good for the music. It becomes smaller and more alive and it’s not as crazy, except for some R&B. To me, it’s just talking about the surface. I compare it to Marilyn Manson. The music to me is very expected. I don’t think there’s anything in the tone or the melody that makes me say, ‘Oh, there’s something going on.’

“And I like commercial music,” Gondry continued. “Michael Jackson will always be my favorite pop musician; he was for years and years until his death, which was horrible to me. So I like pop culture. But to me, even if it’s popular, there is a quality in the music you have to be able to appreciate. And I don’t see it. Her melodies are very conventional. I remember when my friend and I would argue about Killing Joke. I remember him saying, ‘It’s so great!’ But I said, ‘It’s so conventional! How can you find anything original? It’s just surface!’ I don’t know, maybe the comparison is ridiculous. But the melody was very, very flat. That’s probably why they are famous. But maybe it’s considered high art just because of the way she dresses?”

That raised the question of the decline of the music video overall, the foundational art form that MTV has essential banished from network.

“But you know, in 1999 or 2000, MTV and VH1 did the 100 Best Videos of All Time — two different selections — and I had zero videos in either of them,” Gondry said. “So when people tell me I’m the ‘MTV Generation,’ I just say, ‘No.’ I never won any MTV [Video Music Awards]. Oh, except for one for a video I did for Massive Attack, actually, and I lost it. My producer was furious. He wanted to put it in his office. But I loved videos. I remember watching videos very late at night — Michael Jackson videos. The first rap videos were amazing: Run-DMC, Tone Loc, all of that was just amazing. The Beastie Boys videos were always great. But then it became very stereotyped. There was this confusion. Also: The MTV Video Awards were never about the video, but about the song. Most of the time it was just to glorify people for the wrong reason.”

http://www.movieline.com/2010/03/exc...interested.php

[Anton98]

Take a look at this...
http://www.gaypornblog.com/archives/...onnection.html

I love the video even more now!! LOL

LOL I wonder if she knew...

[Speeds]

http://ohnotheydidn.blogspot.com/201...y-airport.html

Gaga is in Australia! Does Gaga and Adam have the same schedule? Adam was in Australia last week. Maybe they'll meet in Japan.

[DigitalFudge]

Assuming that chick is a hater of, well pretty much everything put on this green earth (yes god made), THAT! i have to say is one hell'a FABULOUS sign!! I mean its almost a mockery into of its own. I LOVE Gaga, and i kinda want that sign!! Them westboro church people are complete mental cases... i have never known any one to invest so much time into something they think is wrong!!?? identity crisis? that boring? or just plan evil!!!?? But God Sent, i highly doubt.

and im sorry for the use of the word "hell'a" not really sure where that came from...

First of all that poster is awesome and the westboro whore's sunglasses are ON POINT

[AngelFromAbove]

Oh yea, lemme guess...Gaga founded the London design team and has copyrights to the London designers and she "allowed" Beyonce to buy from her designers, right? Yea, Beyonce should feel privileged, right?

I'm sorry...I'm just not following YOUR attempt at making a point

Gaga has been getting her fashion from designers in London since she's been using that gimmick. She was well-known overseas long before being in the U.S. On the other hand, Beyonce always had her mother, and no one else, style her. Now, she's joining Gaga by using the same designers. It's not exactly a coincidence.

Anyway, has anyone heard if Gaga is touring in your city...again? I just heard that she's coming back to the Staples Center to perform again in August, although she just performed this past December.

[mashooi]

Ima marry GaGa..

and have 89 ferocious children.

(Just thought that needed to be thrown into the argument.)

[chace1617]

i think Lady Gaga should settle down for a while, she need vacation and rest, she works too much for like 2 years now?? this isn't good for her health and i heard a couple o times rumors that something happened and she would die, like the other day she was wearing very tight clothing during a flight and couldn't breath so people helped her take them off the last minute... plus watch this video, she collapses during concert [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBtyXcwuNJI[/ame]

[kimmeke13]

And nobody helps her, lol. She just carries on with the show

[geloge]

Merged! Great! Does that mean probably I've posted in a pro Lady Gaga thread?

[YourDiscoNeedsYou]

She is vapid and uninteresting. Will people throw money at me if I woke up ugly and wore a bin liner in public and endlessly wittered on about bisexuality? Probably not

[Ekim23]

Merged! Great! Does that mean probably I've posted in a pro Lady Gaga thread?

LOL yeah so am I ???

[giftart]

i think Lady Gaga should settle down for a while, she need vacation and rest, she works too much for like 2 years now?? this isn't good for her health and i heard a couple o times rumors that something happened and she would die, like the other day she was wearing very tight clothing during a flight and couldn't breath so people helped her take them off the last minute... plus watch this video, she collapses during concert http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBtyXcwuNJI

I second this she's been touring non-stop. I heard she touring again in North America.

She need to take a break.

[Speeds]

I heard that some of the gay fans are angry that Gaga invited that Transformers guy to be on her "Telephone" video. Rmeember how Gaga said that she will not tolerate homophobia and will not work with any homophobe? It appears that Tyrese is a homophobe.

[braex27]

I will! I'll call you a revolutionary and the next Madonna!

On a more serious note she's being sued for 30.5$ million.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8575909.stm

It seems anytime anyone makes it big, or when a movie or book is successful, someone will jump out and sue them for recognition, or claim that their "original" idea was stolen.

You never hear about people demanding recognition for their contribution to shit films, or crap albums. Or that they had that some illiterate non-bestseller was plagiarised from their original idea.

[giftart]

Lady GaGa slams critics about telephone

Lady Gaga Says Homosexuality Isn't A Choice

Lady Gaga says people have no choice in whether or not they are gay, as she believes you are born that way.

Lady Gaga says being gay is not a choice.

The 23-year-old singer, who has previously discussed her own bisexuality at length, believes homosexual men and women are "born" that way.

Gaga - who claims her new video 'Telephone' is "groundbreaking" because she showcases lots of different types of sexuality in the nine-minute promo - said: "There are transsexual women and transgender women and suddenly it becomes poisonous and something else because there are some people in this world that believe being gay is a choice. It's not a choice, we're born this way.

"That's why for me this video is groundbreaking because it has one foot in the art community and one foot in the commercial world."

The 'Paparazzi' singer stars in the video with Beyonce Knowles - who also lends her vocals to the track - and prior to recording Gaga promised Beyonce it would be a classic.

She added in an interview 2Day FM's Kyle and Jackie O radio show: "I told Beyonce this after it aired, you'll see this video is not just great now but six months from now what this video will mean.

"Hearing people say the video is sadomasochistic or that the video promotes murder for young people, it's my personal belief that the video is getting so much attention, not because of those themes because I've done those themes before, haven't I?

"I've done those themes in many of my videos but it's because it's with Beyonce and it's because there are so many homosexual themes."


In the video Gaga kisses a female prison warden, is broken out of jail by Beyonce, kills someone and makes a poisoned sandwich for a group of truckers.

In the past the eccentric pop star has admitted she could easily fall in love with a woman.

She said: "Of course. There are no rules or limits when it comes to love. But I see love as separate from sex."

I love her!

[Krakenbwool]

I hate it when people call their own work "groundbreaking." Let the public decide for themselves whether your work deserves the designation, thank you very much. She is quite entertaining and it's good that she's very vocal on gay equality, but she does grate on me at times.

BTW, has she ever had men kissing men in her videos before, or is it just girl-on-girl? The last time I've seen a male-on-male kiss in a mainstream music video was in Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful". I'm cool with lesbians, but she does realize that a large percentage of the straight homophobic population gets off on seeing that stuff? Hardly groundbreaking.

That being said, yes, homosexuality is generally not a choice.

[MyReply]

Lady Gaga Says Homosexuality Isn't A Choice

Well then that settles it...

[DigitalFudge]

Now that we cleared this up, I think we should move on to if you can catch it....

[desmond]

god, if only

[Sausy]

The sentiments are praiseworthy but I loathe artsy fartsy pretentiousness...the video seems eons away from the gist of the song.Shock value done to press buttons isn't shocking...and it seems more like an agenda driven video than anything else.There are a lot of great videos that press the envelope not only provocatively but thoughtfully...this one looks like one big train wreck of politically fashionable crap.

[Semirhage666]

What a stupid cunt. Thank you, Captain Obvious.

[BeMused]

lol gotta love everyone getting their hate on

[Krakenbwool]

lol gotta love everyone getting their hate on

No hate here. I like her songs and her music videos are entertaining, but I find it a bit irksome that she thinks she's Michael Jackson Meets HBO. But at least she puts effort in her work, unlike most artists nowadays.

[G-Lexington]

>>>Shock value done to press buttons isn't shocking...

Actually, by definition, it IS shocking. As they once said about some other artists (Marilyn Manson, I think), shocking the easily shocked, and pleasing the easily pleased. That said, if she's going to be "controversial", I'm glad she's doing it in the guise of helping the cause.

Lex

[Pushyourluck]

Me thinks she suffers from something called delusions of grandeur. In her eyes she's some saviour of magnitude proportions but to the unwashed masses she makes catchy pop/dancey tracks and spouts a lot of drivel. I don't see anything controversial about it. It's all done in a cartoon style way that it becomes a parody and not in a good way.

[Sausy]

lol gotta love everyone getting their hate on

No hate going on by me...loved the song when it came out,couldn't get enough of it.Her message is great,wonderful,nothing but praiseworthy but when "art" becomes the message in a song that the video is stretching beyond recognition...it just becomes pretentious.But the song is great and she has a lot of talent.She just has an equal talent,along with Adam Lambert to cause chronic eyeroll.

[Reality101]

^chronic eyeroll!! Couldn't agree more. What a hilarious and dead on way to put it.

[MyReply]

I understand what you're saying. It's that Christ-like arrogance that some celebrities use when speaking of/championing social causes or matters that is irksome, and almost sounds phony on their part. Most of us know that sexual orientation is innate, and it's been the professional opinion of God knows how many psychiatrists and specialists who've done proper research on the matter. Did we need Gaga to further confirm it? Does her saying so authenticate it all the more?

[Sausy]

I understand what you're saying. It's that Christ-like arrogance that some celebrities use when speaking of/championing social causes or matters that is irksome, and almost sounds phony on their part. Most of us know that sexual orientation is innate, it's been said God knows how many times. Did we need Gaga to confirm it?

It's not even arty,it's gratuitous.Like a camp film,"Lusty Lesbians Break Out of Prison".She isn't genuine and everything that comes out of her mouth seems to have an angle.She can play that out as long as people are obsessed,as she brings attention to herself and the entertainment industry loves it.She can accomplish anything she wants...but she seems to want to play this generation's Madonna with an even more socially conscious twist.Anyway,lesbian titillation has been done to death already.Sometimes subtlety and nuance make even more subversive ways to provoke and shock.

[Yuki Sohma]

Quote:
Lady Gaga Says Homosexuality Isn't A Choice

Well then that settles it...

MyReply, I love your post

[iDazzler]

iLove her.

[XxStraightEdgexX]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bESGLojNYSo&feature=related[/ame]

He is soo hot

[Semirhage666]

But she is a pop artist and she is all over the place, tons of people are listening to her and there are people that don't believe it's a choice and teach their kids that. It's good to have a 'popular' source reinforce that idea to whoever is actually listening.

Yes, because bible thumpers who think it is a choice are eagerly looking to Lady Gaga to help them formulate their opinions on social issues.

[G-Lexington]

^ Yeah, the term "preaching to the choir" comes to mind. Rather ironic, given the situation.

Lex

[macabre]

Hum, at least she sent the message to more people out there. Although its effectiveness is questionable.

[desmond]

It is weird the way we hang on the words of celebrities as though they were authorities on every conceivable subject (Brad Pitt, what should we be doing in Darfur) but we tend to do it (OK, maybe not you), and are you pissed of at her, or pissed of that you or anyone else cares wha she thinks? What should she have said?

[desmond]

Pissed off, I meant.

[NVRMOR]

Who the fuck cares what Gaga says? I like her songs. Period. Does that give her some particular insight in to a galactic truth? No. Does Brad's popular movies reveal to him what is the right course of action in Darfur? No. Does Barbara Streisand's voice and wealth make her political leanings any more correct than mine? No.
They are all entitled to their opinions, but I only care about the job they get paid for. I'll do my thinking all by myself, thank you.

[desmond]

Nobody needs to care what she thinks, and nobody should be thinking for you, and she should say wtf she wants to say.

[Semirhage666]

Cause I said Bible Thumpers listen to Lady Gaga.

You said she's getting the message out to people who thought it was a choice. You're right, Bible Thumpers are not listening to her. That's the reason that saying she's effectively spreading the word is incorrect.

[Mstrshake]

Throwing women over balconies is a total turn on for me, too.

[Normy7]

Throwing women over balconies is a total turn on for me, too.

Uhh...different video?

The guy in the Poker Face video is Anthony Lofendo apparently.

[Mstrshake]

Right. I was thinking of Paparazzi. My friend was commenting on how hot the guy at the beginning of that video is so I only assumed.

A lot of the backup dancers/male actors in her videos tend to be pretty hot.