Thank GODga she provides continuous conversation for ATRL
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I feel sorry for Gaga. I see her more as a Marilyn Manson than a Madonna. She kind of incurred a serious problem when she decided to go the "little monsters" route with BTW.
Now she has to live up to the Gaga world she's created and please her Little Monsters, it's just going to shun the public away even more. Lady Gaga is a character artist. She's 100% image. Like Marilyn Manson, she's created a character as an artist she has to be for the rest of her career. She's going to run out of ideas.
Artists like Madonna and David Bowie are artists who play characters on their albums, at the end of the day Madonna is Madonna, David Bowie is David Bowie. Lady Gaga and Marilyn Manson would be like if David Bowie had originally called himself Ziggy Stardust from the get-go and had to base his music off of the character Ziggy Stardust from the themes to the fashion, e.t.c.
Madonna and Bowie can be anything they want on an album, that's why they're known for re-invention. Lady Gaga and Manson really can't re-invent their character, it's the reason why she runs the risk of limiting themselves to a niche role in music.
How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful sold 128,000 copies in its first week -- easily Florence + The Machine’s best sales week yet. It trumps the 105,000 sales start of Ceremonials, which was previously their high-water mark.
Half psychotic, sick hypnotic got my blueprint it's symphonic.
Half psychotic, sick hypnotic got my blueprint electronic.
Half psychotic, sick hypnotic got my blueprint it's symphonic.
Half psychotic, sick hypnotic got my blueprint electronic.
Go. Use your muscle, carve it out, work it, hustle
I got it, just stay close enough to get it
Don't slow! Drive it, clean it, Lysol, bleed it
Spend the last dough
(I got it)
In your Pocko
(I got it)
This is like the best thing Gaga has ever been apart of.
She’s a Disney survivor with a fluid approach to gender identity. And, like the old three-chord punks, she gives really good quote.
It is not surprising that pop’s most cheerful rebel is a Disney survivor. While early fame consumed some of its graduates, like Britney Spears or Demi Lovato, it is inevitable that others would escape the shackles of being a tween role model by kicking against it in spectacular style.
.... The difference between this and a clothes-less Christina Aguilera cradling an electric guitar on the cover of Rolling Stone, for example, is that this is resolutely unsexy. It’s confrontational, Free The Nipple nudity. She doesn’t look coy, or vulnerable. She looks like she’s having a party. She’s taking the 90s Madonna approach to public sexuality: it’s deliberately provocative, and crucially, it is not being served up for male consumption.
Cyrus is a neon riot of memes and gifs. She gives good quote and she suits the attention span of a generation raised on MSN Messenger. She’s also clearly smart, and canny, and it takes some chutzpah to discuss sexuality so frankly, and as not a big deal.
Another slap in the face. You'd think Monsters would have had enough by now. What kind of sadism.
But I have to give Gaga credit for doing one thing right... the Jazz album.
That could be the thing that saves her going forward. It was a much needed break in her failing image.
Now she kinda has the latitude to re-invent. Let's see if she takes advantage of the opportunity.
Can you love me for poor?
I'm searching for my soul
Whoever turned you cold
You need to let 'em know
I can work miracles
I work it physical
And when I love you close,
You can feel my heart beating thru my clothes
Madame Tussauds London is set to embark on its most realistic wax statue yet – that which captures Kim Kardashian West posing to take a selfie.
The figure will not only be true to form – with its arm extended and a trademark pout on its lips – but a fully immersive experience.
"Kim's figure will be holding a functioning mobile phone so guests can really step right into her selfie," says Edward Fuller, general manager of Madame Tussauds London in a press release. "All they need to do is make sure their pouts measure up and press the button. They can then be the proud owners of their very own Kim Kardashian selfie, as well as taking their own versions with their own phones."
The display will also be in keeping with Kardashian's "three-image rule, which dictates you should never take more than three images in the same location"
I love hearing Poker Face + Scream & Shout on radio.
