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Lady Gaga and the death of sex
The Sunday Times ^ | 09/11/10 | Camille Paglia

Posted on 09/11/2010 7:52:31 PM PDT by AtlasStalled

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To: donna

Evil? Nah. A sinner, sure. Me too. V’s wife.


141 posted on 09/12/2010 1:03:07 PM PDT by ventana
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To: JerseyHighlander

Excellent points. 100% accurate! V’s wife.


142 posted on 09/12/2010 1:05:42 PM PDT by ventana
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To: Secret Agent Man
Even her ‘name’ has a background in that it’s either an album name or song from Queen (Ga Ga)

"Radio Goo-Goo, Radio GaGa..." Hmmm. Not surprised.
143 posted on 09/12/2010 1:22:26 PM PDT by swatbuznik
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To: ventana

It is evil to tempt people, especially children, into sin.


144 posted on 09/12/2010 1:36:17 PM PDT by donna (Synonyms: Feminism, Marxism, Communism, Socialism, Fascism, Islam-ism)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
I second the motion. What is a “Lady Gaga”? Is it a boy or a girl? Is it human?

Someone who was making tens of millions more annually than you at 23. Just saying.

145 posted on 09/12/2010 1:42:13 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Need work. MBA, CPA, Black Belt. Diverse industry and cross border experience.)
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To: swatbuznik

That’s the song - Radio Ga Ga - some queer guy she admired coined the name for her and she started using it.


146 posted on 09/12/2010 2:10:24 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: ventana

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3R3KqrJAI4";

Well! I *will* be smacked in the face with a huge cold salmon.

That’s the first time I’ve ever heard her play and sing.

She has an entire shipload of talent. Madonna isn’t a pimple on her...ah, cheek.

One could wish that she would be just a little less intentionally offensive in her interviews and her costumes.

(To the ageists here, I’m 59 and the favorites of my youth included the Doors and Janis Joplin.)


147 posted on 09/12/2010 2:24:56 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Lazamataz
Nah, I ain’t hearing that.

Wow. Something must be wrong with me then 'cause I clearly hear it - every time I hear the song.

148 posted on 09/12/2010 3:13:55 PM PDT by Musket (It's very simple:<i>your quoted text pasted here</i><p> produces Quoted Italic with paragraph break)
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To: dsc

:)

Yes, she is a talent. Let’s pray that she uses it for good!
V’s wife.


149 posted on 09/12/2010 5:11:40 PM PDT by ventana
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To: dsc

:)

Yes, she is a talent. Let’s pray that she uses it for good!
V’s wife.


150 posted on 09/12/2010 5:11:45 PM PDT by ventana
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To: sergeantdave

Twiggy is selling clothes on HSN these days.


151 posted on 09/12/2010 5:15:13 PM PDT by angcat (GOOD GOD YANKEES (((((WAKE UP)))))))
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To: Secret Agent Man

No, it’s from a Queen song (and I think Bush or one of the Pubs used “We Will Rock You” so I guess Queen is culturally ok). She used to sing it all the time and so her producer gave her the nic “Lady Gaga” and it stuck. So what.

Some “queer” guy. Good God. So there are gay people. I oppose the agenda, I don’t oppose them. V’s wife.


152 posted on 09/12/2010 5:15:33 PM PDT by ventana
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To: ventana

Look she got her start in the gay clubs. I pointed this out precisely that it’s not a surprise that she took a moniker rooted in the gay culture. Why do you think the sexuality expressed in her videos and songs is gay and bisexual? It’s not just coincidence.

Get a life if you can’t handle people pointing out a relevant fact. It was part of a point you missed entirely.


153 posted on 09/12/2010 5:21:03 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: ventana

Oh yes, Donna. Gaga is ruining the youth of America. Look at this boy. He is ruined!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlgqpI6bLJ8&feature=fvst
V’s wife.


154 posted on 09/12/2010 5:21:40 PM PDT by ventana
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To: Secret Agent Man

Darling, I have a wonderful life. It’s no secret that lots of art is first accepted by the gay sub culture. Disco for instance. And Carravagio. V’s wife.


155 posted on 09/12/2010 5:24:24 PM PDT by ventana
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To: ReignOfError
Millions of album sales tend to undercut your argument.

Actually, no, it doesn't. It merely demonstrates that too many people have too much discretionary cash and too few brain cells.
156 posted on 09/12/2010 5:36:27 PM PDT by Oceander (Tag. You're it.)
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To: ventana

FRiend, sorry to tell you, but that’s hardly a selling point for anything, that gays like it first.

For me and many, many others, that’s a real good indicator to have nothing to do with it.


157 posted on 09/12/2010 6:00:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: Oceander
Actually, no, it doesn't. It merely demonstrates that too many people have too much discretionary cash and too few brain cells.

And if you're an "artist" raking in that discretionary cash, your team is doing its job. Recording labels and the people who work for them are not in the business of art for art's sake.

158 posted on 09/12/2010 7:10:33 PM PDT by ReignOfError
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To: ReignOfError

Ahhh. So, merely because more Hyundais sell than Mercedes sell, one should conclude that Hyundais are better cars than Mercedes? If you don’t like Mercedes, pick whatever other well-designed brand you like. And while I quite agree that Hyundai has been coming along nicely in the design department, they ain’t quite there yet.


159 posted on 09/12/2010 7:17:05 PM PDT by Oceander (Tag. You're it.)
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To: Oceander
Ahhh. So, merely because more Hyundais sell than Mercedes sell, one should conclude that Hyundais are better cars than Mercedes?

No, but if Hyundai consistently makes more money than Daimler-Chrysler, one may conclude that Hyundai is a better company.

I wasn't praising the quality of Gaga's musical oeuvre. The claim was that she needed new video producers -- which is untrue because the videos achieve what they set out to.

160 posted on 09/12/2010 8:38:56 PM PDT by ReignOfError
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