Here's what I mean:
Old interviews:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k7e3dLcCVU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWF3GhS_WQA
New interviews:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxHTtNWdAns%26amp;feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xlAOx9op_M
Oh and don't give me crap about how she has grown as an artist because you don't change your personality that quick in one year. Fame has and will always show that she is an arrogant *****.
Furthermore,what's her point of constantly name dropping respected and well known artist especially ones from the 70s ans 80s to seem culturally relevant and edgy. She is no different from any hipster in Williamsburg.
Also, no responses that kiss her sorry *** and make her seem like some premier artist or saint.
How many people here think Lady Gaga is a pretentious con artist?
It's not a big step from blonde pop star bimbo from a rich New York family to arrogant self proclaimed (you can't be so called self proclaimed actually unless you're suggesting she isn't self proclaimed) performing artist.
That aside... IT'S POP MUSIC! It's not going to put a stamp on cultural history, the whole thing about pop culture is exactly that it lacks culture and only lasts until people get tired of you. I don't care how she acts and you should really set interviews aside from her music. Unless you are the type of person who lets an artist's personal life and attitude influence whether or not you like the music they make. Because I sure don't, or I wouldn't have been a fan of U2 ages ago. Not to mention the Who.
So let it go, I don't give a **** what this woman is like and I doubt that a lot of people do. So why do you?
How many people here think Lady Gaga is a pretentious con artist?
Dude, I don't like her either--but %26quot;pop star%26quot; and %26quot;con artist%26quot; are pretty much synonymous these days, which is why popular music has gone down the drain. People will change their image or try to be as %26quot;edgy%26quot; or %26quot;controversial%26quot; or whatever it takes to get more more more attention and sell more more more albums. Lady Gaga is particularly annoying because some people are stupid enough to actually believe her short-bus %26quot;fashion%26quot; (pure crap, although I can imagine her abs must be in great shape from she and all of her handlers laughing their a**es off about their %26quot;artistic statement%26quot; of the day) and pretentious interviews are genuine expression and not highly manufactured and deliberate media manipulation. Like you said, any glimpse of her past shows that %26quot;oops, my singer-songwriter schtick didn't work, and neither did my original nose, so I guess I'll get some plastic surgery, go blonde, and try being edgy to see if that gets me more attention!%26quot; Marilyn Manson did all the same kind of spectacle and nonsense a few years ago, the only difference being he is actually a pretty smart dude and acknowledges that the persona is a media act, whereas Gaga keeps the verbal diarrhea flowing like she's actually soooo deeeeeep. Gag-gag.
But, let's face it. Anyone with a fourth-grade understanding of culture knows she is not an artist, rather a con artist, but she is not alone. Britney played a naughty school girl, and when the sexy teen novelty wore off, she put on a nude bodysuit and a boa, and then made out with Madonna, etc. etc. Katy Perry tried for years and years to release an album as a songwriter and then decided to come up with that turd %26quot;I Kissed a Girl%26quot; hoping that the pseudo-lesbianism and controversy would get her a career, and it worked. All 3 of them can sing as good as any American Idol, fine, but the collective musical talent pool there is a fat zero. But fame-w**ring? A + + +. At least for the next 15 minutes.
