Lady Gaga needs her own thread

What happened?

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"Alejandro" happened, and I think that guided me through my issues with "Bad Romance" (which I already like the tune of, but didn't like the boshy production) and the next thing you know I had "Telephone" on repeat for half an hour.

I think the moral of the story is that it will take four (4) singles that don't make me want to kill infants before I will forgive anyone for a crime as heinous as "Lovegame".

like the tune of, but didn't like the boshy production

Cosign on this, actually.

and the next thing you know I had "Telephone" on repeat for half an hour.

this happened to me too when I finally 'got' gaga

when I finally 'got' gaga

This doesn't make much sense to me w/r/t Gaga. I mean, she's one of the most immediately enjoyable pop stars out there right now. It took me hearing "Just Dance" one time to love it -- same with "Paparazzi," "Bad Romance," and most of her stuff. Is there really that much to "get" there? They are straightforward, dance-based pop songs; either you like them or you don't, right?

I would argue that they were almost too straightforward, color-by-numbers for me - the only single that did anything for me before the day 'telephone' clicked was papparazi. didn't really care for poker face or bad romance

but that's an old chestnut. it'd be more interesting to examine why she's working for me right now

"Poker Face" has always been overrated. "Love Game" underrated, but only because it gets far too much hate.

They are straightforward, dance-based pop songs; either you like them or you don't, right?

I generally tend not to like straightforward, dance-based pop songs, though. Same as dyao, "Paparazzi" was the only song of hers I liked for quite some time, and in light of that I'm not surprised at all that it was "Alejandro" that finally won me over.

it took me a while too. that's why i always use the word "weird," cuz it sounds like it should be more immediate than it actually ends up being.

the boshy* production value contributes to this, which i can appreciate.

*not really sure what this word means but it sounds like it makes sense

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7129672.ece

makes you want to be her

caitlin i mean lol

STOP CALLING
STOP CALLING
I DON'T WANNA TALK ANYMORE

I'm up in the club
And I'm sippin on bub
And you're not gonna reach my telephone

THIS IS A DEEZASTAH

I'M BEIN SAVED

<3

ughh the way she sings the word "telephone" makes me want to kick things.

"TEEELLLLAAAYYYYPHURRNEE"

lol I listened to paparazzi 10 times last night on repeat. I love that little "yea-hah!" or w/e after each line in the chorus.

awful band

huh?

just being stupid

Apparently Glee theme this week is Lady Gaga

o wow let me punch my eye sockets out now

don't like Glee, surm?

i would rather eat mud than watch a cornball tongue-in-cheek-yet-genuine take on the spirit and cultural legacy of lady gaga as put together by GLEE!

:D

i hate glee so much more than i ever hated lady gaga

the WORD glee is offensive to me on a phonetic level.

I sang in a glee club in college

it was nothing like the tv show, and yet, EXACTLY like the tv show

only with more booze

and tail amirite?

i was in glee club in elementary school and show choir in highschool. it fucking ruled.

I had a girlfriend entirely independent of being in the glee club and half of the other guys were more interested in making out with each other than with anyone outside the group. Several guys managed to be effective man-whores with revolving groupies (hetero- and homo-), though.

Clearly the show should have been based on these experiences.

nothing quite like going to the choir offices to drink and surprising a fellow gleek going down on a dining hall staffer in a back corner

"You're not the usual hash-slinger."

I could write a series on that group but it would likely generate lawsuits

Change all the names to those of your enemies. Wait that won't help...

'summerboy' is a nice little tune. kind of reminds me of tragic kingdom era no doubt!

Another parody from Westboro Baptist Meg Phelps:

hxxp://meganphelpsroper.tumblr.com/post/653165655/ever-burn-wbc-parody-of-lady-gagas

Alejandro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqrrmev4mA

hmmm idk i probably won't ever watch it again tbh :\

oh god, my worst nightmare of getting sexually assaulted by a gaggle of moe howards

my initial response was too think it was too madonna

than I DID watch it again and I had a realisation, that the whole video is about how she can't have sex with gay men even though she really wants to, and then she compares that to men in the military and to the catholic church and the whole thing is one long impossible love letter and now I kind of love it

Great read. Also if your video is about the tragic closeness-to/distance-from an adoring queer audience, Madonna allusions are really perfectly sensible.

This video is the best thing GaGa has done so far, and the greatest tribute to Madonna ever. I'm kind of a little in awe right now... GaGa really is incredible!!

yeah, no kidding!

yeah, don't see Beyonce making a cameo in this. Gaga ftw!

She looks so great with short hair like that.