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When Lady GaGa was a little girl, she would sing along on her mini plastic tape recorder to Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper hits and get twirled in the air in daddy's arms to the sounds of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. The precocious child would dance around the table at fancy Upper West Side restaurants using the breadsticks as a baton. And, she would innocently greet a new babysitter in nothing but her birthday suit. It's no wonder that little girl from a good Italian New York family, turned into the exhibitionist, multi-talented singer-songwriter with a flair for theatrics that she is today: Lady GaGa. "I was always an entertainer. I was a ham as a little girl and I'm a ham today," says Lady GaGa, 22, who made a name for herself on the Lower East Side club scene with the infectious dance-pop party song "Beautiful Dirty Rich," and wild, theatrical, and often tongue-in-cheek "shock art" performances where GaGa - who designs and makes many of her stage outfits -- would strip down to her hand-crafted hot pants and bikini top, light cans of hairspray on fire, and strike a pose as a disco ball lowered from the ceiling to the orchestral sounds of A Clockwork Orange. "I always loved rock and pop and theater. When I discovered Queen and David Bowie is when it really came together for me and I realized I could do all three," says GaGa, who nicked her name from Queen's song "Radio Gaga" and who cites rock star girlfriends, Peggy Bundy, and Donatella Versace as her fashion icons. "I look at those artists as icons in art. It's not just about the music. It's about the performance, the attitude, the look; it's everything. And, that is where I live as an artist and that is what I want to accomplish." That goal might seem lofty, but consider the artist: GaGa is the girl who at age 4 learned piano by ear. By age 13, she had written her first piano ballad. At 14, she played open mike nights at clubs such as New York's the Bitter End by night and was teased for her quirky, eccentric style by her Convent of the Sacred Heart School (the Manhattan private school Nicky and Paris Hilton attended) classmates by day. At age 17, she became was one of 20 kids in the world to get early admission to Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Signed by her 20th birthday and writing songs for other artists (such as the Pussycat Dolls, and has been asked to write for a series of Interscope artists) before her debut album was even released, Lady GaGa has earned the right to reach for the sky.
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She is AWSOM
This is a very good CD and she is such a talented performer. Packaging was great and it got here fast Oh Yes Yes Yes Yes...Definetly
Lady GaGa is well GaGa. She's sensational and so are her songs. Every single track in this album means something. Though I must add that only 2 tracks I got dissapointed from (I won't tell in honor of the Lady) but as a whole, it's worth every penny. I swear, if she keeps up, which I hope so willingly, I'd think she'd be staged to be the next Queen of POP music. Although, I must say that Britney Spears also fits quite in that category (as being the next Queen of POP and all)-(I lov brit, don't ask)....I feel that GaGa has the power and Britney just has the might-factor.
Anyways, I don't want to bore anyone and for those who skipped the 1st paragraph, I repeat, THE ALBUM IS AMAZING!!! Definitely Deserving of Fame.
I've never really been one for pop music, but Lady Gaga's CD The Fame has me hooked. Her lyrics and her glam-rock persona are weird enough to distinguish her from your average scantily-clad female pop star. The CD is engaging with solid danceable beats and catchy rhythms and lyrics. Anyone who has listened to the radio in the past few months has heard "Let's Dance" or "Pokerface", but The The Famemaintains the high energy, top of the request-list quality on almost every song. In my opinion, "Starstruck" and "Paper Gangsta" are the highlights of the album. Great Potential Here
Ha! Well, I admit that I ignored Lady GaGa until this month but figured I'd see what all the fuss was about and gave The Fame a thorough listen.
To start, I'd like to say that she is actually a solid musical talent. She plays piano and writes her own music which for a Pop act is very rare.
I also watched a few of her performances and was impressed that she did not lip-sync even though it sacrificed her singing quality at times. But hey, doing acrobatic choreography and singing at the same time is not easy at all. It's actually very hard to do and I admire any artist who can manage that without panting and losing their breath entirely.
The songs on this album are a mix of Hits and misses.
Pokerface and Paparazzi stand out as my favorites. These two tracks have a good foundation of analog sounding Synthesizers and very well executed progressions and choruses.
However, there are some real stinkers on here. One of them in particular is 'Ech, Ech (Nothing Else I Can Say)'. This track sucks and remind me too much of Menudo, The Jets or New Kids on the Block for me to stomach. Perhaps it's ironic. But still, being a listener of Classical Music I find that when irony sacrifices composition and expression it completely misses the point. Instead of phrasing an ironic structure or sound, producing an entire piece around an ironic concept diminishes the overall value of it.
My hope for this artist is that she progresses and develops her music and lyrical writing more and that 'The Fame' is written based on a concept and not her soulful expression and ideas. Pop has a way of going stale and entrapping artists in a particular style or sound. A fate which Lady GaGa may be facing if she doesn't push herself beyond this sound. If she is intent on staying "FAMOUS" or whatever, she has two options, kick it up several notches or keep cranking out Discopop Dance Songs. I hope she chooses the first option and faces her career with guts instead of doing what her new Pop contemporaries have been doing for the past decade and selling the same product over and over with increased PR in order to keep market value up.
Her style... Yes, there is allot of fuss about it, rightfully so! It's impressive and I am confident that if anything, her style will continue to change with each album she records. David Bowie being one of her primary influences will likely ensure that.
In summery, this album is a good first start and hopefully not the best she can do.
My advice to Miss GaGa is stay away from drugs and keep your focus on your music and develop your skills as a Musician.
I'd hate to see you go down in a blaze of glitter and flash bulbs before you truly have the chance to change the landscape of Popular Music. Must Have
This CD is awesome. Congrats on your VMA Gaga. You wear Fame well. |
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