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    Image of whynotshesaid whynotshesaid
    12/12/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    I'm so happy to see that I'm not the only one who is all about the Gaga! I am almost embarrassed by how much I dig her. I read interviews with her, I watch clips of her performances, I check out the fashion collections she pulls her costumes from - I love her that much. I can't think of a time when a pop star has inspired this kind of excitement in me. I mean, the way I feel about her is the way I felt about Kathleen Hanna and Ani DiFranco and Liz Phair back in the day. (I have come really close with Pink and Christina Aguilera, though.)

    One of the things I love about her is that she brings a degree of thoughtfulness to the world of pop music that has been missing for a while. I read her take on "Poker Face" in the article by Ann Powers, and then I thought about interviews with Britney Spears, back when "I"m a Slave 4 U" came out, and how she was all coy about the S&M references, saying that it was about being a "slave to the music" or some lame-ass shit like that. It's such a delight to have a Madonna-style pop star who is provocative in a really thoughtful, adult way after a decade of Britney.
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    Image of CherriSpryte CherriSpryte
    12/11/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    I was an acoustic convert as well - wanted to hate her, couldn't. Though I had my suspiscions of awesome when SJs here had her wandering about the city with a teacup.
    Anyway, I would like to suggest to everyone freaking out over tests and finals right now to go to 3:12 in the above video and sing along, as often and as loudly as necessary.
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    Image of likeabagatelle likeabagatelle
    12/11/09

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    At first I tried to resist the GaGa, but if I didn't love her already, I would after watching this "behind the scenes" clip from the Video Phone music video. Her conversation with Beyonce while they watch the playback seems so genuine and sweet. I hope she takes over the world.
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    Image of prismatism is Team Bella prismatism is Team Bella
    12/12/09

    @likeabagatelle: That was disgustingly cute. Maaaaan. What sweeties.

    Gaga reminded me A LOT of Rupaul when they were shooting. And I mean that as a very high compliment.
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    Image of I believe in peace, bitch I believe in peace, bitch
    12/11/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    I love eccentric, artistic women who speak their truth, feel deeply, are full of passion and interesting social/political/religious statements, and entertain me while they're at it. My list of love: Emily Dickinson, Tori Amos, Lady Gaga.
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    Image of Dr. Girlfriend Dr. Girlfriend
    12/11/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    Hey kids. I saw her in Vancouver two nights ago, and she blew us all away. She belted out all her own songs, played the piano, got thrown around the stage by her dancers, smoked cigarettes, and set everything on fire. Also she showed us her teeth.

    The message of the show was simple, "You may feel like you don't fit in anywhere...but you fit in here." The audience was full of queens, geighs, moms, grans, tweens, princesses, butch girls, goths, a team of Scary Scadshaws holding balloons, and several Gaga proteges. It was the most fun I've had at a show in years.

    Behind all of the glam, smoke, fire, birds, pianos, blood, liquor and fur, her talent is unmistakable, and you can tell that she cares about her fans.

    /gush.
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    Image of Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin) Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin)
    12/11/09

    @Dr. Girlfriend: oooo I am jealous, that sounds amazing! I'm seeing her in a couple weeks in LA and I'm PUMPED :)
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    Image of LBB LBB
    12/11/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    I wasn't even really aware of Lady Gaga's music until earlier this year -- I only knew of her as "celebrity who wears hair bows and doesn't wear pants", because of Jezebel. But then I listened, and I liked it, and I was a little embarrassed to say so, but now I'm proud to be a fan [and to have tickets to see her!]. She's smart, driven, self-assured, and talented -- and if she comes off as a little pretentious sometimes, well, who among us wasn't a little pretentious at 23? :) I can't wait to see what she does next.
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    12/11/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    I'm a middle aged mom who originally thought Gaga was a talentless hack as well. However, it was her devotion to control of her craft amidst a sea of young women entertainers being taken for a ride and/or on a self-destructive track that convinved me it was good to introduce my 10 year old pop-music-loving daughter to a young female artist who designed her wardrobe, her videos, and maintained artistic control over her music and her performances.

    I love the Gaga, and I am always excited to see what she does next.

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    Image of katie.scarlett.o'hara katie.scarlett.o'hara
    12/11/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    I love that she's not afraid to be unattractive and totally strange. She's messing with our culture's perception of "sexy." And she's stood up with grace and aplomb to those intersex rumors (because a woman can't be successful and ambitious unless she has a secret dick, right?).

    Plus, girl can SANG.
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    Image of betty.black betty.black
    12/11/09

    @katie.scarlett.o'hara: Right on.

    Another great takeaway from that article was that when Madonna did bondage gear, it looked sexy; when Gaga does, it looks painful. There's somehow nothing sexy about that (admittedly gorgeous) woman stripped down; it's more performance art/gender pantomime.

    And I completely over-the-top love her for that. Despite not necesarily liking her music, I'm dedicated 100% Team Gaga.
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    MsFeasance promoted this comment Edited by betty.black at 12/11/09 6:13 PM betty.black was starred betty.black was unstarred
    Image of likepenguins likepenguins
    12/11/09

    @betty.black: Precisely. It's like in Bad Romance, when she's naked in the shower. "Ooh, hot chick naked in the shower!" we're used to thinking. But instead it's "hot chick naked! with . . . vertebrae? and she looks unhappy?" I love that.
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    Image of History Major History Major
    12/11/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    The fact that my roommate is currently blasting "Bad Romance" aside I appreciate and respect Gaga on a deep level.

    There will always be detractors to any human being on this earth. Jesus has them, Obama, Oprah, Princess Diana had them, even Hillary Duff (Im looking at you Fay Dunaway) but in spite of that fact there is something unique about her artistry that I find both refreshing and beautiful.

    The fact that she exists at all in this current music industry is baffling to me. Everything about her is not supposed to be marketable and yet it is.

    She reminds me of the heyday of Grace Jones and for that I most pleased.

    Sometimes women just come along who do it their way and take as many along for the ride as would like.

    Gaga has a full and rich career ahead of her and if she never made another hit, never graced another stage, she could bow out with her held head high knowing that she dared jump at the sun.
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    Image of RenoMartini RenoMartini
    12/11/09

    @History Major: If there were ever a Lady Gaga/Grace Jones tour, I would sell a kidney to attend.
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    12/11/09

    @RenoMartini: I really want them to work together somehow but under the right circumstances you know?
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    12/11/09

    @History Major: Grace Jones should mentor Gaga for a year, like a thesis adviser.
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    Image of Ninja Robot Pirate Ninja Robot Pirate
    12/11/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    When are we going to talk about the fact that her music isn't that great? I like her and everything, but The Fame was a solid C+, and what I've heard of Fame Monster is only slightly better. It's still catchy, but it's nothing any fan of europop hasn't already heard.

    Wearing crazy shit, occasionally being insightful, and releasing okay pop music isn't a game-changer, people.

    #thegagahasnoclothes
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    eatsshootsleaves promoted this comment Edited by Ninja Robot Pirate at 12/11/09 5:32 PM Ninja Robot Pirate was starred Ninja Robot Pirate was unstarred
    Image of eatsshootsleaves eatsshootsleaves
    12/11/09

    @Ninja Robot Pirate: Yeah, I agree. I really WANT to love her. She seems awesome. That Walters interview is charming. I love her clothes. I just wished I liked her music!

    Who knows -- maybe her music will grow up as she does.
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    Image of limber limber
    12/11/09

    @Ninja Robot Pirate: I would agree, if it were not for that fact that I listened to "Paparazzi" and another one ONCE EACH and then could not bloody get them out of my head for days. Like, that subliminal-humming level, or hearing it as I drifted off to sleep.

    So whatever she's doing, it's working on me, and I'm usually tone-deaf to all musical pop culture.
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    Image of katie.scarlett.o'hara katie.scarlett.o'hara
    12/11/09

    @Ninja Robot Pirate: Listen to the acoustic versions, please!

    And just because it's pop doesn't mean it's bad. I think she's put out some of the most interesting, dance-able pop in the last few years.

    A few of the songs on her new album are pretty big departures from her previous stuff, too.
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    12/11/09

    @katie.scarlett.o'hara: Paparazzi acoustic, the piano on this one is awesome!
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    12/11/09

    @katie.scarlett.o'hara: Oh, I'm not against pop music; I will fight anyone who talks shit about Kylie Minogue. I've heard her acoustic versions, and when she recognizes her limits and sings within them, she sounds great. But her interesting, dance-able pop still sounds like old ass news to me, as it's not that different from the European dance music I've been hearing since 2000. Hell, I love "Bad Romance" because it sounds so familiar.
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    12/11/09

    @katie.scarlett.o'hara: Does she have an acoustic album? One without a crowd cheering in the background - I find those live albums obnoxious. I really dig everything about her except her techno/dance music. (I really can't stand her techno.)
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    Image of katie.scarlett.o'hara katie.scarlett.o'hara
    12/12/09

    @fluxus flucker: This is the only one I know of: [www.amazon.com]

    There's also download links floating around for some of her earlier tracks and live stuff...I love her rendition of Imagine at the March for Equality earlier this year.
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    Image of special_boots special_boots
    12/11/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    I liked her till she stole my sister's face (second photo mildly NSFW):

    [photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net]

    [www.gossipcheck.com]

    Seriously, Gaga. Give it back.
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    Image of audioblitz13 audioblitz13
    12/11/09

    @special_boots: she and your sister are both crazy gorgeous!
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    12/11/09

    @audioblitz13: That's probably why she decided to take my sister's face! But that doesn't make it ok.
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    Image of Penny Penny
    12/11/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    This is what got me. I still don't like her highly stylized pop music but I won't deny the incredible theatrical talent. I want to see her on Broadway.

    She also seems pretty damn articulate.
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    12/11/09

    @Penny: WhatEVER. Sorry folks...
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    Image of icyblonde icyblonde
    12/11/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    Thank christ. Her failure to embrace the word "feminist" was my one sticking point with her, and now I can just fully bask in her completely without any guilt or compunction.

    "You might have no patience for the Britney-Warhol-glam-rock [...] she's not doing anything others haven't done before her."

    But I would like to point out that she's hearkening back to stuff that pre-dates her actual generation by quite a bit. She's 23. Is it normal for 23-year-olds to be fascinated by Andy Warhol, Queen, David Bowie? Not really. She is abso-freaking-lutely paying homage to Warhol's Factory people, big time. This woman is clearly obsessed with the New York of the 1970s, and it's strange and fascinating and wonderful. Is it original? No, but it's like nothing else going on in pop music today. When I first heart "Bad Romance," I was like "When did Ethyl Meatplow get back together?" When I first heart "Alejandro," I thought it sounded like Ace of Base covering ABBA. This woman knows. her. pop. culture. She knows stuff from eras that she never lived through because she has done her damn research. This is a smart cookie, and I adore her for it.

    Oh, and she's totally stealing from Blondie way more than Madonna. Who originally stole from Blondie. Debbie Harry should get a freaking royalty check from both of 'em.
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    prismatism is Team Bella promoted this comment Edited by icyblonde at 12/11/09 5:24 PM icyblonde was starred icyblonde was unstarred
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    12/12/09

    @icyblonde: I'm 19 and I'm in love with Warhol, Queen, and Bowie, and you just made the 13 year old in me very happy by saying that it isn't normal :).

    I love "Ace of Base covering ABBA", I would so buy that album if it existed.

    Whenever I hear her compared to Madonna, I think that everyone must have forgotten about Cher. They may not be as similar in terms of their place in pop culture, but as far as music, fashion, sexuality, and philosophies on life go, Gaga is much more like a baby Cher than a Madonna to me.
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    12/12/09

    @icyblonde: Okay, first of all, I love that you mentioned Ethyl Meatplow. I have some serious good memories of a boyfriend of my high school best friend playing their music for me, and me going, WTF, followed by, damn, this rocks!

    Also, I personally love that she throws back to Warhol, Queen, David Bowie, etc. There are not nearly enough people who pay proper homage to the world of art-y glittery glam-rock. Plus, she references Leigh Bowery in a bunch of her costume designs. How fucking awesome is that? Anyone who throws back to David Bowie and Leigh Bowery is a goddess in my book.
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    12/11/09

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    I had no opinion of her until I saw her performance of Paparazzi at the VMAs. At first, when the blood started coursing down her front, I freaked out because I thought she'd been shot or something; once it was apparent that it was part of the act, I thought, Okay, this chick is WEIRD...and I like me some weird.
    I think I account for about 200 of the current 20 million + views of "Bad Romance" on YouTube.
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    ucelluccia promoted this comment Edited by caffeinequeen at 12/11/09 5:17 PM caffeinequeen was starred caffeinequeen was unstarred
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    12/11/09

    @caffeinequeen: I like the weird, as well. It's nice to have someone different from the standard bubblegum girls -- and I'm a hardcore Britney fan, so I have no issues with the bubblegum either. There's nothing wrong with a little variety, y'know. :)
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    12/11/09

    In reply to Want To "Get" The Gaga Love? Read This
    "You might have no patience for the Britney-Warhol-glam-rock shenanigans or the Kabuki sendups or the blood or the accent."

    Yeah, that's pretty much me. Just not my thing. But, for the sake of all the impressionable young thangs who do like the Gaga, I'm glad that Lady is turning out to be smarter than one might expect her to be.
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