Lady Gaga - Another "guilty pleasure."

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:40 pm

I admit it, I've been a Madonna fan for a long time. It even started my first year in the Marines when I was hard up for music and picked up The Immaculate Collection. But now, 20 years later, Madonna is getting old. Almost all of her albums for the last decade have been really great (Except for American Life where her liberal bullshit was showing), but she is what... in her 50's, now? She won't live forever, and I was worried where my next guilty pleasure would come from.

Lady Gaga may be the next Madonna. Her first 2 albums are outstanding, she seems dedicated to her art (the art of being... strange), just like Madonna has always been, reinventing herself with every album. Like Madonna, she seems to have some actual talent. I hope, like Madonna, she can remain creative once the money starts rolling in.

Now, with this video, I think she may be the next Michael Jackson, too. This was my fave song from her second album, and here is the new video:

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If that goes down, try this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ95z6ywcBY

For fun, try to find the reference to Command and Conquer in the video.

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Post by **TPRJones** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:59 pm

Admit it, you just like all the fabulous outfits.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:40 pm

suck ass buffering.

Post by **TheCatt** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:41 pm

I'll admit to being a big fan of Just Dance when it came out, and also of LoveGame and Bad Romance.

But, apparently, I also like Justin Timberlake, so my tastes are questionable.

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Post by **GORDON** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:56 pm

TheCatt wrote:I'll admit to being a big fan of Just Dance when it came out, and also of LoveGame and Bad Romance.

But, apparently, I also like Justin Timberlake, so my tastes are questionable.

I was aware of an artist called "Lady Gaga" for the last year or so, but had never heard any of the music. Then I figured I better see what all the hype was, so I bought The Fame.

WSGrundy · Post by **WSGrundy** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 9:14 pm

Rock Band is going to have some Lady GaGa songs to release soon and along with it the Cartman version of poker face.

I thought is was a joke first but has been on a few sites and they are all saying mid march.

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Post by **GORDON** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:53 pm

Love Game.

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Paparazzi.

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Post by **GORDON** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:28 pm

Just realized, the Telephone video is a sequel to the Paparazzi video.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:48 pm

This is a neat clip from the Grammys. A duet with her and Elton John. They did a good job combining his "Your Song" and her "Speechless."

http://www.vevo.com/watch....1000032

Post by **GORDON** » Sat May 01, 2010 9:31 pm

The official version of the video that has an automatic rifle carelessly flung into the corner.

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Post by **TheCatt** » Mon May 23, 2011 3:53 pm

Born This Way Album - $1

Post by **GORDON** » Mon May 23, 2011 4:44 pm

TheCatt wrote:Born This Way Album - $1

Bought.

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon May 23, 2011 4:55 pm

Ditto. Even managed to get 5 of the songs. Apparently it's overloading their servers.

Post by **GORDON** » Mon May 23, 2011 5:09 pm

If you take it directly to the cloud you can play it immediately, you just can't DL all of them immediately.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon May 23, 2011 5:42 pm

Isn't this exactly the kind of problem BitTorrent swarms were invented to handle?

Post by **GORDON** » Tue May 24, 2011 8:49 am

Story about amazon's servers getting slammed.

http://www.cnn.com/2011....?hpt=C2

And, what a bunch of assholes giving it 1 star because they had to wait an hour for a $1 album.

My first impression is that the album isn't 'awesome,' but it is well worth a dollar. I was even able to play it instantly in spite of the physical DL being delayed.

Ha, "physical download."

I think I am going to go back and give it a 5. The universe will dispense karma through me.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue May 24, 2011 10:08 am

I haven't even listened to it yet. Just figured, for $1, might as well.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue May 24, 2011 1:19 pm

I did see one dude give it one star due to his opinion on the music and not the craptacular infrastructure problems.

Post by **Leisher** » Tue May 24, 2011 2:16 pm

Gaga on Letterman.

I have no opinion on her at all, but I don't think she comes off well.

I don't mind spoiled brat. For example, Paris Hilton doesn't bug me, but people's reactions to her does...

However, when Gaga starts going into the spirituality shit, both me and Letterman started tuning out.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue May 24, 2011 2:18 pm

Eh, artists get some leeway when it comes to their right brain's bias. Scientists don't.