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Musical Genius: Lady Gaga

babynjoe — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:01:12 +0000

Rolling Stone: Lady GaGa (June 11, 2009) ">

Lady Gaga - Annual Hot 100 Rolling Stone (June 2009)

Do I really need to tell you how much I adore Lady Gaga? Not only is she one of the most fashion forward celebrities around, she’s pretty damn talented too.

People have likened her to a young Madonna but I think it’s merely a comparison based on aesthetics and showmanship. When it comes to songwriting abilities, Lady Gaga is in a class of her own. Christina Aguilera clone? No WAY – it’s Christina’s who’s the clone. Born Stefani Jon Anson Germanotta, she is a songwriter by appointment to the Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears and New Kids on the Block, and a protégé of rapper Akon.

You’ve probably heard and seen it all, but here is the acoustic version of ">Poker Face. Gorgeous:

She has seen her share of less-glamorous times when she dropped out of NYU, moved out of her parents’ house and started performing downtown in the Lower East Side club scene, with bands Mackin Pulsifer and SGBand. Around the same time, she started doing cocaine and performing at burlesque shows. Lady Gaga said her father “just didn’t understand” it, and that he could not look at her for several months. This is an excerpt from the Guardian’s review of her album, The Fame ">The Fame:

“She’s also already a global commercial success. Her single Just Dance has made the top 10 everywhere from Australia to Switzerland and been nominated for a Grammy. It’s a beguilingly compulsive tale of pulling a drug-induced whitey, with a combination of clipped marching beats, sawing electronics and mild R&B flavour that bears a vague resemblance to Nelly Furtado’s Maneater.”

This is her acoustic version of Paparazzi (In The Style Of Lady GaGa) ">Paparazzi. It takes guts and a whole lotta confidence to do a song just like that. She’s got chops:

Songs on my playlist

babynjoe — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:20:49 +0000

VMA Fashion: Lady Gaga Outfit #3

babynjoe — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:14:46 +0000

Lace Gaga

And finally, my favourite outfit out of the three Lady Gaga wore at the VMAs – the red lace doily. Again, the headgear “makes” the outfit. Clearly a lot of thought was put into the hat. Nah, regardless of that, I just adore her. She’s a breath of fresh air in the entertainment world – at a point where I could very well rip my hair out if I see yet another starlet sashay down in red carpet wearing Marchesa.

VMA Fashion: Lady Gaga Outfit #2

babynjoe — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:12:21 +0000

Lady Gaga - fake blood

Absolutely ghoulish!

VMA Fashion: Lady Gaga Outfit #1

babynjoe — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:06:28 +0000

Lady Gaga as Phantom of the Opera

Just because I just love her, I will be putting not 1 but 3 pics of Lady Gaga at the MTV VMAs. Picture 1 is her doing the whole Phantom of the Opera, one-eyed face mask look. If you take away the kooky headgear this could look fresh out of a John Galliano couture show. I like it – it’s fashion forward and certainly not tastefully bland and boring.

Lady Gaga is genius

babynjoe — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:47:06 +0000

Ok, away from the sexy librarian look – the other extreme is pretty exciting as well. Case in point, Lady Gaga. I mean, she’s really the most interesting female performer since Madonna in her Like-a-Virgin days. Amy Winehouse comes close but I suppose she’s too busy getting fucked up to give a damn anymore.
This is Lady Gaga at the the press conference for the “Isle of Malta MTV Special” looking like Darth Vader and Madonna’s love child. If she took off the face gear/stocking, the outfit would look pretty decent (at a S&M convention haha!)
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