Do you like lady Gaga? Why is she so popular?

[leftyladyfrommo]

I guess I just don't get it.

I don't think she is even very creative - it's all be done before. And better.

[Iggo]

1. She ain't metal.

To me, she's just another reality show that I don't watch.

[lazarus]

2. yes

Tastes differ. There's lots of popular stuff i don't understand, but GaGa is indeed creative.

Bad Romance is one of the best songs of the past decade. She makes good, catchy dance pop. And she's not afraid to put a political (progressive) message in her music.

[TZ]

8. Heh. I can't think of Bad Romance now

without thinking of THIS:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl4L4M8m4d0

As for Lady GaGa, not a huge fan but her music is VERY catchy light and fun...which is what pop music is about. I think she's way more talented than Brittney Spears or any of that ilk.

[snooper2]

9. "Bad Romance is one of the best songs of the past decade"

:rofl:

thanks!

[NightWatcher]

3. I liked her more the first time around when she was called Madonna?

when I heard Born This Way, I thought it was Express Yourself

[mikeytherat]

37. I liked her before then, when she was called Cher.

mikey_the_rat

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. I just saw where her new album is off 85% from the first week.

That's too bad for her. Everyone was so excited that it was coming out - guess it just wasn't very good.

[Godhumor]

40. Amazon did a one day deal where the entire album was 99 cents to download

I think a fair amount of people probably took advantage of that.

[graywarrior]

5. I like her music, I like her causes, I don't like her

She goes overboard to be wierd.

[RebelOne]

12. I like here causes, but I do not care for her music. n/t

[WillParkinson]

6. I enjoy some of her songs...

I had "Born This Way" stuck in my head for 3 weeks.

(Plus the songs of hers I do have make for great power walking songs while I'm at work.)

[kick-ass-bob]

7. Hasn't everything been done before though?

With those standards, no one would like anything current. Gaga is this generation's Madonna. Every generation should have someone that shocks people.

And I actually think she is at least as good as Madonna, and she is creative. Who is more creative? She's just as creative as Madonna was.

And I don't own a single song by her.

[MilesColtrane]

10. She makes me appreciate Madonna,...

who, at the time, I could take or leave.

In retrospect, "Live to Tell", "Borderline", and "Dress You Up in My Love" sound like Mozart compared to the crap that's being shoveled out these days.

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

11. I love Lady Gaga!

Little monsters live in this household.

Her #1 charity and cause is homeless youth, and she advocates non-stop for gay youth.

She is awesome, love, love, love her. So nice to see a celebrity use her fame in a positive manner.

[UTUSN]

13. She's got the basics: 1) MELODIC songs, and 2) a good voice

It comes down to anthemn-like/hook melodies first of all. "Bad Romance" has a soaring chorus that could have a horde of Aussies or cricket fans singing all together and swinging beer in time. Plus, she has a full-throated, resonant voice. She's Italian!1 She's got opera in her veins.

That said, her antics give me the creeps, but since I hear music and don't look at videos, this works out fine.


As for Madonna, I totally missed that train at the station. I never got melody/voice from her, but I wasn't paying attention, either.

[murielm99]

14. Her voice is deep and sweet.

I like her, too.

I can do without the videos.

[UTUSN]

23. Thank you for the validation. n/t

[anneboleyn]

27. Yes, and she has a great story. She was told she was too "ethnic" to ever make it as a pop singer

She trained herself musically, worked on her impressive vocal cords, and put herself out there like a furious little hurricane. She was also severely bullied when she was in high school, and she talks about all of this in her concert on HBO. She is also very pro-gay rights.

[hamsterjill]

15. I like her.

I'm in my fifties, and I am completely impressed that she handles herself as well as she does at such a young age.

[Avalux]

16. It's been done before, but teenagers haven't seen it yet.

That's the difference, plus, as my daughter tells me...Lady Gaga really CARES about her fans and goes out of her way to make them feel special (whatever that means).

For what it's worth, she's got a great voice (so much better than Madonna) and writes her own songs (at least that's what they say).

[Cant trust em]

17. I couldn't name a single song of hers, but I do think she's cool.

She's fun to keep track of.

[lunatica]

18. I like her concerts up to a point but not intersted in her other personalities

I think she's creative and interesting to watch during a concert though it can sometimes go on too much, and I love that she's an advocate for the LGBTQ (sorry if I did it all wrong) community. But her personality off the stage seems somewhat schizophrenic, like she has more than one personality which she can 't cope with so she exaggerates in order to deal with it. Maybe just one of her personalities is the showman.

[Philippine expat]

19. NO

Have no idea

[Manifestor_of_Light]

20. I like her.

She has an excellent voice. She is a far better singer than Madonna. Her mentor is Cyndi Lauper, who also has a beautiful voice.

As somebody upthread said, she's Italian, she's got opera in her veins!

Dance pop. It's been done before but she at least knows about verses, choruses, and melodies, unlike rap & Hip-hop.

I have absolutely no understanding of the weird costumes and such, because I'm old (Gaga is about a year younger than my daughter).

[Inspired]

21. I love her. Saw her show in March. It was so much fun!

But I liked her opening band, Scissor Sisters, even more.

[applegrove]

22. I thought I would like her stuff because I like Madonna but I don't find her

toons nearly as good in terms of dance songs even though she has a much better voice.

[femmocrat]

24. I like her and I'm "old"! LOL

I think she's a strong singer and her songs are catchy. Right now I can't get "Born this Way" out of my head!

I don't think she needs all the riske costumes... she is talented enough to perform without so much excess.

[blue_onyx]

25. I like her first two CDs

Her new CD is horrible. I'm completely over the character "Lady Gaga" she's created.

[Codeine]

26. She's not fit to wash Amanda Palmer's feet. nt

[anneboleyn]

28. She went to Tisch and was told she'd never make it. She's a real fighter.

She also fights for others -- she is a strong supporter of gay rights.

[Orrex]

29. I like her because I like to hear her detractors complain that she isn't original

It's an ironclad fact that anyone who's truly original in music will more than likely die a speedy and unprofitable death.

The issue isn't whether or not she's doing something "original" (whatever that might mean. The issue is whether not she's doing what she's doing well. And I'd say that she certainly is.

[MilesColtrane]

30. Indeed, the quest for novelty is a fool's game,...

because it almost has "all been done before".

The true innovators usually end broke and prematurely dead.

[leftyladyfrommo]

44. Boy, isn't that the truth. n//t

[Odin2005]

33. The "originality" fetish is so annoying.

It's a crutch used by snobs to bash everyone else with, even though the "original" stuff is as boring as watching pain dry. It's why I don't read much "literary fiction", preferring Sci-Fi instead.

[vi5]

38. Really good points....

I actually don't like her or her music at all. But I like a lot of bands that aren't original or unique. And I'm guility of lobbing that critique at her. But I usually only do so when someone tries to convince me how brilliant she is or that somehow what she is doing is different or better than any number of other pop artists out there. It's really not. It's done well for what it is, but it's not this head and shoulders difference over most other stuff out there in the genre.

[TZ]

39. Absolutely true. Often times different and unique are condemned as bad as well

Look at Geddy Lee for instance. He is actually a very good singer. But because his vocals are much different sounding than almost anyone, he is often condemned as bad or unlistenable. If you want to say his style is not to your taste fine, but just saying he's bad because he sounds different is a shitty shitty argument.

[bluesbassman]

31. Apparently she's not as popular this week.

I foresee a re-invention in the very near future. The problem for her is that once you've gone out as far on the limb as she has, where do you go from there? Time will tell if she has staying power.

Lady Gaga's Born This Way set another record this week, but not one that Gaga's team will be happy about. Sales of the album dropped off by 84% from its sizzling (but discount-inflated) opening week. That's the the steepest drop-off in sales, expressed in a percentage basis, of any of the 17 albums that sold 1 million units in a week in Nielsen SoundScan history.
Gaga's album sold 174,000 copies this week, down from 1,108,000 last week, when sales were goosed by a two-day, 99-cent sale at Amazon.

more:
http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/74373/week-ending-june-5-2011-albums-gagas-record-drop-off/

[Iggo]

41. 'Where do you go when you know that you've gone all the way?'

[Odin2005]

32. I like her. She has a good voice.

[nadine_mn]

34. I love her voice - she really doesn't need all the other crap

I am surprised how much I like her, but really her voice is awesome.

[BlueJazz]

42. I am impressed that she's a Classically trained pianist. To the people that say she..

..."hasn't any talent"....Not True. :)

[Maru Kitteh]

35. KIZZ+Madonna+Cher+Milli Vanilli+Marylin Manson.

there is nothing new under the sun

[chollybocker]

36. The fact that you started a thread about her means she wins.

Gaga wants people to talk about her, so she pushes people's buttons. She reminds me most of early Bowie and Elton John. Eventually, she'll write great songs that I might actually enjoy listening to.

[last_texas_dem]

43. Let me put it this way:

I like more songs by Kesha than I like by Lady Gaga- and I only like one song by Kesha.

As for your second question, I personally have no clue. I won't really dog her on the grounds of originality, as I like my fair share of derivative, not particularly creative bands and artists; I just don't like her.

[EnviroBat]

45. No.

But she'll be irrelevant in a couple more months, and I won't ever have to hear that crap she calls music again.

[targetpractice]

46. She INSPIRES kids like this young man...

to be themselves.... Watch Daniel Joseph Baker's audition on AGT...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wDr_4Ca-J0

[Starbucks Anarchist]

47. Hell no.

I admire her politics, but that has next to nothing to do with music, nor do her increasingly stupid costumes.

I'll take someone like China Forbes (Pink Martini) who not only can sing beautifully in multiple languages, she also doesn't have to wear a meat dress to get attention.

[stevenleser]

48. Love the Gaga, music, voice, looks, politics. n/t

[cemaphonic]

49. She's done some great videos

Like the early days of MTV, when videos were new and exciting and people got all creative with them, but with more polish.

Bad Romance in particular - Reminds me of those crazy 70s Ken Russel movies.

Can't stand her music though. Bland over processed pop.

[Identity-H]

50. She's terrible.

But then again, I'm not a fan of most of the music out there right now. I'm more of an 80's early 90's fan.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

51. i like her.

chutzpah, I think they call it.