Basically by saying her theatricality and weirdness is annoying and stupid you stand to say that being yourself and being exactly who you want to be is wrong.

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

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.

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.