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General Category => Off the Record => Topic started by: Grallon on November 07, 2009, 08:40:57 PM

Poll
Question: Is Lady GaGa the new Madonna?
Option 1: Yes votes: 4
Option 2: No votes: 22
Option 3: Maybe votes: 3
Option 4: Don't Know votes: 4
Option 5: Non-Jaron Option votes: 0
Title: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Grallon on November 07, 2009, 08:40:57 PM
I haven't been in clubs in ages so when I came upon this vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M65zI9LH-as) I made a double turn.  Then I googled everything from her and I love what she does!  It's excentric, insolent, slutty... Everything that once made Madonna great.

Is Lady GaGa the true heir of the Queen of Pop?




G.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Neil on November 07, 2009, 08:52:54 PM
I rather doubt it.  Flash in the pan.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: katmai on November 07, 2009, 08:53:38 PM
No
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: The Brain on November 07, 2009, 08:56:41 PM
Hell no. :x

Lady Gaga is much better than Madonna.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Josquius on November 07, 2009, 09:08:05 PM
No.
She's nobody.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Capetan Mihali on November 07, 2009, 09:16:43 PM
I love Lady Gaga, I can only hope she sticks around.  I think each of her singles is better than the last.   Her tour was the one big concert I considered buying tickets for this year, but ultimately it was too expensive.

This MTV live performance of "Paparazzi" is great:

http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/435679/paparazzi-live.jhtml

Someone's got to keep modern dancers working.   :lol:
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Sophie Scholl on November 07, 2009, 09:20:27 PM
No.  Not now.  Maybe if she's keeps up her string of successes.  I do know there's some definite love for her in the gay community in my area though.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: DisturbedPervert on November 07, 2009, 09:20:42 PM
Don't know who that is
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Eddie Teach on November 07, 2009, 10:11:21 PM
Maybe the new late 90s Madonna.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: DontSayBanana on November 07, 2009, 10:13:18 PM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on November 07, 2009, 09:20:42 PM
Don't know who that is
Count yourself lucky!
As for that performance at the VMAs, I thought it was cool right up until the flailing dancer getting pushed around in the wheelchair.  WTF was up with that? :yeahright:
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: CountDeMoney on November 07, 2009, 10:25:51 PM
Quote from: Grallon on November 07, 2009, 08:40:57 PM
It's excentric, insolent, slutty... Everything that once made Madonna great.

To even think that the 15 minutes of fame for that little no-talent could possibly replace 25 years of Madonna...you, ma'am, are so not a gay person.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Neil on November 07, 2009, 10:53:05 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on November 07, 2009, 10:25:51 PM
Quote from: Grallon on November 07, 2009, 08:40:57 PM
It's excentric, insolent, slutty... Everything that once made Madonna great.

To even think that the 15 minutes of fame for that little no-talent could possibly replace 25 years of Madonna...you, ma'am, are so not a gay person.
Certainly not in the Martinus/garbon way, where 'gay' means 'adult man who acts like a junior high girl'.  Grallon is their superior in every way.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Korea on November 07, 2009, 11:21:59 PM
Nah. No one will remember her in a couple of years. I do like some of her songs though.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Syt on November 08, 2009, 01:39:50 AM
Quote from: DisturbedPervert on November 07, 2009, 09:20:42 PM
Don't know who that is

I tried to check her music out, but I turned it off after a couple minutes in disgust.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on November 08, 2009, 03:01:25 AM
Too early to say, give her 30 years and we'll see.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: syk on November 08, 2009, 03:09:06 AM
That time is over. I doubt any artist will get as big anymore. Since the Beatles and Stones superstardom is on the decline. There's an oversupply and no chance a single artist will reach that level again.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: garbon on November 08, 2009, 06:26:26 AM
Quote from: Neil on November 07, 2009, 10:53:05 PM
Certainly not in the Martinus/garbon way, where 'gay' means 'adult man who acts like a junior high girl'.  Grallon is their superior in every way.

:lol:

It is good that he gave up preying on children though. :)
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Martinus on November 08, 2009, 07:20:35 AM
Well, she has an indie singing background (she started in the Ny gay scene), she had a very good pop culture start, she seems to be clever and she has a good voice (check one of the videos on youtube of her singing her songs acoustically - it's surprising there is something behind the CGE). However, I'm with Buddha in that it's too early to tell.

She could be the new Madonna, but she also could be yet another flash in the pan. Ask me again in 5 to 10 years.

That being said, I like her music - I just hope that, like Madonna, she is not going to keep to the same style for ever.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: DontSayBanana on November 08, 2009, 09:03:58 AM
Quote from: syk on November 08, 2009, 03:09:06 AM
That time is over. I doubt any artist will get as big anymore. Since the Beatles and Stones superstardom is on the decline. There's an oversupply and no chance a single artist will reach that level again.

It's not just that; the whole nature of the music scene has changed.  A&R used to be able to fuel huge months-long tours on the proceeds of an album release.  Thanks to iTunes and its ilk offering purchases on a song-by-song basis, we're going to see a lot less golds and platinums over time, so recording companies are going to have to scavenge more to find funding for the huge tours and be more likely to do it on a case-by-case basis.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Eddie Teach on November 08, 2009, 10:20:26 AM
I always thought the tours paid for themselves, isn't that kind of the point?
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: DontSayBanana on November 08, 2009, 10:27:42 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 08, 2009, 10:20:26 AM
I always thought the tours paid for themselves, isn't that kind of the point?
Most tours are a money pit.  The bigger the name, the higher the cost for the bulk insurance.  Added to the cost of stage equipment, technicians, additional lighting, sound or effects, outlay for merchandise... rap and R&B in particular have gotten expensive enough to insure to make most tours not worth it.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Eddie Teach on November 08, 2009, 10:44:33 AM
Then they just won't have tours. /shrug

The point was always about making money, whether it was from gate receipts or increased album sales. Record execs weren't thinking "we sold a million copies, let's spend it on a tour!"
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: DontSayBanana on November 08, 2009, 10:53:35 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 08, 2009, 10:44:33 AM
Then they just won't have tours. /shrug

The point was always about making money, whether it was from gate receipts or increased album sales. Record execs weren't thinking "we sold a million copies, let's spend it on a tour!"
No, they were thinking "these people are icons, let's invest in a tour to generate even more interest and keep selling million-copy releases."  And the tours are indeed slowing down.
Repeating, the biggest hurt is actually per-song digital purchases.  Once upon a time, an artist could count on an amazing single to have people buy the album regardless, and now people can just get the song- probably more likely to only get the song if the focus is prominently on a single, in fact.  I haven't seen it happening on too large a scale yet, but eventually, I'm thinking artists are going to go for lower standards and higher consistency to salvage their sales.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: garbon on November 08, 2009, 01:58:20 PM
Quote from: Martinus on November 08, 2009, 07:20:35 AM
(check one of the videos on youtube of her singing her songs acoustically - it's surprising there is something behind the CGE).

Well she did go to school for music.
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: The Brain on November 14, 2009, 11:21:05 AM
I like her newish song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACm9yECwSso
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Malthus on November 15, 2009, 11:51:40 AM
Quote from: The Brain on November 14, 2009, 11:21:05 AM
I like her newish song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACm9yECwSso

Nice vodka product placement.  :D

Also ... "100 quatloos on the Blonde"
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Faeelin on November 15, 2009, 01:35:59 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 14, 2009, 11:21:05 AM
I like her newish song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACm9yECwSso

Too much Left4Dead makes me reach for my shotgun in the beginning.

Also, the fact that my 60 year old father likes Lady Gaga makes me feel old.  :(
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Siege on November 15, 2009, 01:54:30 PM
I love Lady Gaga.

I brought her up here in languish long before she became famous.

Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Richard Hakluyt on November 15, 2009, 02:16:52 PM
You gay chaps are always ahead of the cultural curve  :huh:
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: BuddhaRhubarb on November 15, 2009, 02:21:19 PM
:lmfao:
Title: Re: Gay (I know don't laugh) poll of the weekend
Post by: Siege on November 15, 2009, 02:21:38 PM
Quote from: The Brain on November 14, 2009, 11:21:05 AM
I like her newish song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACm9yECwSso (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACm9yECwSso)

She looks fat in that video.