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Girl Pop’s Lady Gaga Makeover (commentary on Gaga and feminism in modern music)
NY Times ^ | July 21, 2010 | JON CARAMANICA

Posted on 07/22/2010 1:58:55 PM PDT by a fool in paradise

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1 posted on 07/22/2010 1:58:59 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
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To: a fool in paradise

Feminism is apparently defined as a whack-job clown drawing her own kind to witness her goofiness. Come to think of it....


2 posted on 07/22/2010 2:03:59 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax
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To: a fool in paradise

“But in the main Lilith prized urgent singer-songwriters with readily perceptible left-leaning politics.”

Buddy of mine used to refer to it as “lesbians with guitars”.

Colonel, USAFR


3 posted on 07/22/2010 2:03:59 PM PDT by jagusafr ("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
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To: a fool in paradise

Here’s Lady Gaga before she got famous: http://www.mofopolitics.com/2010/01/22/video-lady-gaga-stefani-germanotta-on-boiling-points-2005/

I thought she was kinda hot actually but then I think like 8 out of 10 non-obese women are hot so I’m not very discerning.


4 posted on 07/22/2010 2:04:43 PM PDT by exist
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To: a fool in paradise

Vulgar, but boring.


5 posted on 07/22/2010 2:05:16 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: a fool in paradise

Lady Gaga is an extravaganza with little point other than the extravaganza. It is entertainment in a pretty pure form, and overwhelming for all of that.

Sure, she abuses every single possible thought, sense, cultural norm, etc. But her POINT is to entertain by overloading your senses with input.

That works. You may not like it if you disconnect some of the components which are purposefully offensive.

But you can’t argue that she fails to entertain.

Think too about the business model you must have in the modern music biz. You cannot make money selling your music; it is all ripped off. So, you have to sell other things, persona, concert tickets, apparel, etc. Music has to be free, and you have to make your money elsewhere, like Paris Hilton; a celebrity who makes money for nothing more than “showing up.”

(Donning flame retardant suit.)


6 posted on 07/22/2010 2:08:04 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Always refer to the Libs' new group as"ONE NATION, UNDER G-D!" That'll drive 'em nuts!)
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To: exist

She should be on Jersey Shore. Not that I ever watched it cause I cancelled TV. She is probably from Staten Island like the rest of the cast.


7 posted on 07/22/2010 2:08:56 PM PDT by Frantzie (Democrats = Party of I*lam)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Seems like her fanbase pretty much consists of gay men.


8 posted on 07/22/2010 2:09:18 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: La Lydia

she is the sort of ‘entertainer’ the kids like these days I guess.


9 posted on 07/22/2010 2:10:24 PM PDT by bobby.223
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I kind of like the “Paparazzi” song, I hate the “I want your disease” song, but mostly I can’t stand to see or to watch her. She is unattractive and, as I said, vulgar. I think her talent, such as it is, is for self-promotion not performance.


10 posted on 07/22/2010 2:13:58 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: Uncle Miltie

I think she’s a 12-month flame...which will burn out shortly. If you notice...all the songs kinda run with the same slant. There’s not much creativity over the past six months.


11 posted on 07/22/2010 2:16:02 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: a fool in paradise

She is a one trick pony.


12 posted on 07/22/2010 2:18:52 PM PDT by kingcoal
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Shines some light on this case then...

How Lady Gaga Helped Leak 150,000 Classified State Department Cables
Gawker ^ | 07/10/2010 | Adrian Chen
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2550299/posts

“He was able to avoid detection not because he kept a poker face, they said, but apparently because he hummed and lip-synched to Lady Gaga songs to make it appear that he was using the classified computer’s CD player to listen to music.”


13 posted on 07/22/2010 2:20:26 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: La Lydia

...unattractive
...vulgar.
...talent, such as it is, is for self-promotion not performance.


A recap of the first 1.5 years of the Obama White House


14 posted on 07/22/2010 2:22:03 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (I wish our president loved the US military as much as he loves Paul McCartney.)
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To: La Lydia

She’s no Madonna, I give credit where it’s due, Madonna has a lot of talent, as far as being a writer and performer, Lady Gaga is just swimming in her wake.


15 posted on 07/22/2010 2:22:38 PM PDT by dfwgator
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16 posted on 07/22/2010 2:22:42 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: a fool in paradise

It’s Post-Modernism... a catch-all label for amateurish crap. Can’t paint? Call it “Post-Modern Art”. Can’t sculpt. Ditto. Can’t sing or play an instrument and too lazy to learn how? Yep, you got it... Post-Modern “Art”.


17 posted on 07/22/2010 2:28:10 PM PDT by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand - If you are French raise both hands.)
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To: jagusafr

Actually, it’s “angry lesbians (is there any other kind?) with guitars.”


18 posted on 07/22/2010 2:30:18 PM PDT by Noumenon ("Upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he has grown so great?" - Julius Caesar)
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To: a fool in paradise
An ugly no talent individual.
19 posted on 07/22/2010 2:59:59 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: a fool in paradise

Gag ‘ah?


20 posted on 07/22/2010 3:10:43 PM PDT by Paladin2
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