piece-it pete
What, me worry?
Brittany Spears?
Pete
Pete
Compared to her contemporaries, (Brittany Spears, Ke$ha, Taylor Swift) what Ms Gaga is offering is well made (and did I mention fun?) And to write it off as "terrible" only makes me wonder what terrible music you might be comparing it to. (Journey? REO Speedwagon? Elton John?) Sure, it vacuous pop music, but it well made and interesting (to me) vacuous pop music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I
Try to find one thing left in this world that does not have a marketing component utilizing some kind of name recognition to generate sales. I don't see anything different here than the food you are for breakfast this morning, the car you drive, or the thing you use to play your MP3s with.
As for lady Gaga. I really like her music and i like her as an artist. If some of you were to get past your prejudices just a little bit, you might just find that what she is putting out, although fully immersed in the machinery of pop culture, is actually tons and tons of fun. (Remember fun?).
I listened to her "The Fame" LP (yes, on vinyl) this morning, literally between sides of Joni Mitchell and John Coltrane.
Compared to her contemporaries, (Brittany Spears, Ke$ha, Taylor Swift) what Ms Gaga is offering is well made (and did I mention fun?) And to write it off as "terrible" only makes me wonder what terrible music you might be comparing it to. (Journey? REO Speedwagon? Elton John?) Sure, it vacuous pop music, but it well made and interesting (to me) vacuous pop music.
Give her a try. It FUN! Whay does it have to be anything more?
Watch this video, and tell me if after 5 seconds you think she's not trying to make you smile. It's just so over-the-top. That's the point!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrO4YZeyl0I
As stated before, I have no I'll will against her.
I don't find her music abhorrent.
Still, I can't say I prefer it.
I enjoy the big thumpy meat of Alison Goldfrapp and her band Goldfrapp, or even moreso, Merrill Beth Nisker, known as Peaches.
Regarding Peaches, in fact- I own all the releases.
Other fun? Miss Pussycat's tracks with Quintron, especially on the Swamp Tech release and Too Thirsty for Love release.
Bikini Kill, LeTigre, Lunachicks, Leslie & the Lys, also lots of fun.
I confess to owning all of Peaches releases, and to having seen her live 4 times, going as far back as 6 years ago.
I'm not suprised.
I wouldn't be suprised if you were familiar with all the bands/performers I mentioned.
Saw Either LeTigre or Bikini Kill (fairly interchangeable) one sweaty summer day at Coney Island. The Donnas played that day too.
This is a bit back, when Coney Island was less a little Russia.
I remember sitting at home on a Friday night with my parents,and THIS came on.My folks had about the same comments that have been made in this thread.But Ive read at least one thread praising this release.Maybe we are all just getting old....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ymyWS82NsY
I suppose after Dr. Dre stuck his name on some headphones, it was inevitable that the latest super-self-marketing pop flavor-of-the-month had to follow suit:
This is one set of cans I would NOT be interested in. In fact, just looking at that picture almost makes me want to uke:
What is wrong with the picture?
But I'll bet the things sell in large numbers, further encouraging manufacturers to make such link-ups. Maybe one day no one will buy brands and models any more, just "names".
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I agree 100%. Unlike most label-created pop artists, she's worked her way up in the business, starting off as a songwriter for other pop artists. From what I've read, she seems like an interesting individual.
Look at all of the Beatles merchandising in the 60s...