Nov 20 2009
Lady Gaga Has Brought the Future to Us
So needless to say that we don’t talk about music on the site here, and for good reason. Me trying to review music is about as productive as an elephant trying to solve a Rubix Cube, and therefore I try to stay away from it as much as I can.
Today, I’m not posting Lady Gaga’s video for Bad Romance to talk about the music, I just think that it’s kind of important to mark one of those moments that feel like the future has actually arrived. Like the first time you found your house on Google Earth, or when you played with your iPhone for the first time.
In this case, Lady Gaga’s video to me encompasses the future of pop, and I’m heavily reminded of Chris Tucker’s character in The Fifth Element. That was what, the year 3000 and we all laughed at how comically over the top his hair and clothes were? Well, we’ve had pop stars wearing wigs and sequins for years, but to me Gaga is the only artist who is truly trying to change everything, and after watching this video, I couldn’t help but think that finally, I was living in the future if THIS is now the world’s most popular artist.
And yeah, I kind of dig the song.
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I’m not a huge fan of her music - it’s definitely catchy - but I will acknoweldge that unlike a lot of pop stars, she has a ton of talent. She can wear whatever she wants; I kind of dig seeing what lunacy she’ll wrap herself up in.
Very nicely said…certainly felt that way watching the video…except…it sort of felt like this could have been made in the 80’s.
I felt the future had arrived when I got my first email address. It was before Bill Gates bought up Hotmail. And when I got my first 32mb (6 bloody songs) mp3 player. Retarded thing ate up batteries way too fast. oh oh…and when I had a voodoo 2 card installed in my PC and was playing need for speed 3 on it!
I felt the future had arrived when I realized 2 year ago that my TVonTV:TVonPC ratio crossed the 10:1 line.
I felt the future had arrived when I realized that whats technologically new and which sites are dominant is changing so fast now, that when you see a show mentioning MySpace you know that it’s a year old.
I feel the future has arrived every day when the internet spams me with american news, I don’t care about.
1:10, that is, of course
lady gaga’s music is the same cookie cutter swill we’ve gotten for years. the only thing she’s innovating is the depths she’ll sink as a wardrobe whore. “hey, look at what i’m wearing! i’m edgy. buy my music.”
i think it’s funny how many hetero guys think she’s hot and get pissed off when i relay the fact that she’s got man parts.
Saying she has talent is like saying Twilight is a cinematic master-piece; it’ll do nothing but discredit your opinion.
I am not sure about how futuristic this is.
It reminds me of a music video of a french singer which dates back to 1996…
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1so2e_ophelie-winter-shame-on-you_music
@ Ziro Felix
I know it’s cool to not like her and all, but they don’t let just anyone into Julliard and Tisch.
People can trash all they want, the girl has enough talent and intelligence to put herself on the top without having that supermodel look. she’s an average looking girl who has been able to find one hell of a niche and completely capitalize on it. Kudos to her.
“she’s an average looking girl”
or is she!?
She is dressed, she is more than likely informed about what she is to wear.
She is a man.
She is ugly.
She is as talented as the dust collection in the corner of the room.
She does nothing that other artists haven’t already tried and failed at.
The only thing she doesn’t fail at, is embarrassing herself.
Lady GaGa will say that for every X number of fans, one has an X number of haters, well I question that statement from every artist with - “what about the quality of your fans? - are they all 14 year old girls? are the uneducated? are they retarded? - are you fans people that really matter in the real world or just part of that pile of shit mass consumer tag?”
The music industry has seen its best years ago, imo, it needs to die.
I agree. Lady Gaga is a legend in the making!
@J; Wow, I really like your balanced view on the music industry, and your profound understanding on what it means to make pop music nowadays. Also, your comment on how the music industry needs to die comes, I’m sure, from a lengthy consideration, and has probably been foregone by heavy pondering and insightful research.
Also, to all the people bashing her; I’m so very sorry you waste your energy and lifespan on spewing hollow hatred that is based solely on your incapability to embrace anything that threatens the tight and trite little niche you have nestled yourselves in because of whatever trauma you suffered as a social outcast/mistreated child or because of your unbalanced education. I will tell you this as well; 17 million views in one and a half weeks do not lie, this woman is a tidal wave.
And on the fact that she has “balls”; yes, she does. More than you and narrow-minded friends will ever posess. Because of course; slandering her by treating her as a transsexual is just a way for scared little boys and spiteful girls to minimize her because they feel threatened by her intense persona and excentric nature.
@Paul; I do not remember if it was you who wrote the review on South Parks biker episode, but in any case I have to say I get proof often enough that this blog and it’s makers fully deserve my daily visit. I am very touched to read that you have the EXACT same feeling about this video as I have. I truly have the impression that Gaga is going to bring change. And she is so popular because people feel it too, we’ve been waiting for someone like this, someone with a vision, a voice, and who is not the uptenth clone to be churned out by the popmachine as we have witnessed for the last decade.
And yes, many elements that she uses in her videos have a resonance with iconic imagery from the past.. But I’m not going to waste writing space on clarifying how that has always been the case with great artist, who have always been inspired by predecessors and have incorporated elements into their own aesthetic to create their own original persona. It has been the case for peformers for centuries. And because information and imagery is so widely available nowadays, people think they have seen everything because they have the prior knowledge that most people did not possess when, say, Madonna or David Bowie (yes, even him.. What, you thought androginy and glitter were an unknown concept before the seventies? Try thinking roaring twenties, do some research, maybe you people’ll see the picture) came unto the stage.
Hey Paul Tassi
Thx a lot for this article.
It kind of changed my image of Lady Gaga from Music Whore to talented Artist. Really
If she just helped 10% making this Clip (when the other 90% was made by the producers) then she has already insanely huge potential that shouldn’t be wasted in Music Industry.
Seriously, I’m deeply impressed. And no, not because she was showing her naked back in the clip, that was only a bonus
Greets Vega
GaGa isn’t trying to change anything, and she’s the complete opposite of original, for anyone who’s not gotten their music exclusively from the radio and MTV for the past couple of decades. Also what the fuck is this iPhone shit…