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I happen to turn on HBO last night and didn't realize Lady Gaga was on, It took me forever to figure out who she was. I enjoyed the show, and I enjoy her performance and voice, but man whenever I look at her for a while I keep thinking, "Is she a dude?"
Sans makeup and wardrobe she is an ordinarily cute person. She can sing. She has some good songs. I'm just tired of it all. Everything she does has to be a major production.
I could never hang out with her because I'd miss every exciting thing that happened that wasn't planned. We'd be sitting on the back porch playing Canasta and drinking iced tea and a guy doing a travelling magic show in a horse drawn wagon would come down the street and everyone would be screaming because he was doing fabulous things that I wouldn't get to see because first I'd have to wade through Gaga's 52 layers of taffeta encasing 26 pool boys spray painted gold and striped with black dyed silk glued to their bodies - and that would be just so I could get out of my chair. By the time I got to the street the travelling magic man would be long gone, ... gone, gone, gone. She would be no fun.
All the older songstresses are trying to emulate her now - Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez - it is sickening.
She reminds me a lot of Madonna in earlier years with the overblown production numbers. It remains to be seen if she'll be able to transition when her stage shows and meat dresses can no longer satisfy the crowds. When the extra crap falls away you see just how strong the talent actually is or isn't. See Elton John or KISS.
Madonna and KISS are still in the game and making tons of money. They aren't in "my face" all the time anymore though.
I liked Poker Face and Bad Romance better before I saw their accompanying videos and got bombarded with Lady Gaga everywhere on everything all the time. At some point, all her music sounds the same - or like old Madonna music.
Have to give her credit for achieving so much success and she is only 25. I would apreciate her just toning it down a bit and giving it a rest once in awhile.
I meant with regard to talent level. Madonna has talent but is inactive. If she toured she could sell it sans gimmickry. KISS is a shitty band with a hot gimmick. If they ever dared take off the makeup like they did in the 90s people would figure out they suck. What will remain to be seen is if GAGA can hold a crowd without meat dresses and nudity...
Oh, I agree Madonna is pretty much a hack with gimmicks but she did an outstanding job on the songs for "Goodbye Argentina."
And Kiss without the show isn't interesting at all. Even though watching Gene Simmons' daughter twist him around her finger on their Family Jewels TV show is kind of interesting for a few minutes every now and then.
But, Gaga is for a different demographic than me. I'm attracted to the sound of music first and the performance artristy later, if at all. Her target audience is fickle and she'll be old news before she's 30.
I don't really think Madonna is a hack, per se, she has a very keen set of talents in dancing and performance and her singing is better than average, but she is an amazing businesswoman with a great sense of timing. Not my cup of tea really, but far from horrible.
KISS is crap, pure and simple. Comic Book rock created by the mind of Gene Simmons.
As for Gaga: I've heard several of her songs and I pay no attention to the flash and spectacle. Some of her first were really good. This last one she released is awful. It'll be interesting to see how she recovers from having a mediocre offering, but the rabid fans have bought it en masse so maybe this doesn't yet qualify as a sophomore slump...