Celeb News: Madonna calls BTW "reductive"

MusicTalker

I'm so sick of hearing about Madonna vs GaGa this week. So here is Madonna's actual words from her interview to finally settle the score.

KEEP YOUR DISSES LOW KEY & DO NOT GET THIS THREAD OUT OF HAND. RESPOND LOGICALLY & RESPECTFULLY.

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While many listeners were quick to call Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" a rip-off of Madonna's "Express Yourself" both in melody and video styling, the Material Girl herself is only just now speaking out about the controversy.

In an interview with "20/20" airing tonight, Madonna finally comments on whether she thinks Lady Gaga's imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, or straight-up plagiarism. In the interview, Cynthia McFadden asks Madonna, who is releasing her 13th studio album "M.D.N.A." in March, about Gaga.

"I certainly think she references me a lot in her work," Madge continues. "Sometimes I think it's amusing and flattering and well done. [She makes] a statement about taking something that was in the zeitgeist, you know, 20 years ago and turning it inside out and reinterpreting it."

But Madonna demures from outright criticizing Gaga.

"There's a lot of ways to look at it," said Madonna. "I can't really be annoyed by it because, obviously, I've influenced her."

Still Madonna hinted that the emulation in "Born This Way," which sounds much like Madonna's 1989 hit, was a little too close for comfort.

"When I heard it on the radio, I said that sounds very familiar," said Madonna. "It feels reductive."

When asked about her choice of the word "reductive," Madonna said, "Look it up."

While the comment seemed dismissive, the two women certainly seem to get along in person. In 2010, they participated in an "SNL skit" where they had a hair-tugging catfight.

Gaga, when first faced with allegations that she had copied "Express Yourself" last year, simply gushed about her idol.

"I genuinely love her so much. I think she is so amazing," said Gaga. "She could never be replicated and, yes, I’m Italian, I’m from New York, and not for nothing, it’s not my fault that I kind of look like her, right?"

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/mado...#ixzz1jOyrDP5l

THANKS to New York Post for article:
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madonnafan18

I hope people will move on from this.

Haus of Poloco

She did her best not to be mean.

rihannabiggestfan

hmm ... i actually don't know whose side i am on.

madonna could have said worse, so i guess that's fine.

mariska

I can't believe Madonna is arrogant enough to think she innovated EY's musical structure.

MusicTalker

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Originally posted by madonnafan18

I hope people will move on from this.

Me too. Madonna has said what she thinks, so there is no more speculation to be had. I think the controversy will die down.

MusicTalker

This wasn't already posted, was it?

joelovesmusic

.....that's fine

NEXT!

Haus of Poloco

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Originally posted by MusicTalker

This wasn't already posted, was it?

The video was posted, but i think it's ok.

Moonage Daydream

So she thinks the song is... minimalist?

fineandbambi

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Originally posted by mariska

I can't believe Madonna is arrogant enough to think she innovated EY's musical structure.

Tell us more. Let it out.

Dragana

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Obviously, madonna is pround of her "Vocabulary Word of the Day" desk calendar.

Jeffsuxx

GET OVER IT!! gosh..

Lithium9

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Originally posted by MusicTalker

This wasn't already posted, was it?

Of course Not

Graduation

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Originally posted by Haus of Poloco

She did her best not to be mean.

This. It would be weird for any artist to hear a popular song that sounds a lot like one of their own, and it not be a cover, and them not having any knowledge of it beforehand.

I still want to know who GaGa heard from when she said on Jay Leno's show that Madonna "gave her blessing". Because she obviously didn't.

Monroe

This was already posted.

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Originally posted by Moonage Daydream

So she thinks the song is... minimalist?

Look at my signature for further clarification.

Lithium9

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Originally posted by MusicTalker

Me too. Madonna has said what she thinks, so there is no more speculation to be had. I think the controversy will die down.

yeah one year later and just when she has a single coming out

Accra

What an odd word to use.

But I agree that this topic is boring and almost a year old now

and Gaga must feel bad that her BTW era ended the same way it started:

Madonna.

Monroe

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Originally posted by GRADUAT10N

I still want to know who GaGa heard from when she said on Jay Leno's show that Madonna "gave her blessing". Because she obviously didn't.

Madonna's team actually said they were in no contact with her. My guess is it was damage control. That's about the time when Gaga started getting really defensive, and started saying it wasn't Madonna she was referencing by Whitney Houston, En Vogue and everyone else under the sun. Then she said the only thing that was alike between the two songs were the chord changes. Ah Gaga.

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Originally posted by BIAATCH

So she is saying that BTW is simple way to unsderstand EY.

She's saying it's a worse version of her song, in a backhanded way.

MusicTalker

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Originally posted by Accra

What an odd word to use.

But I agree that this topic is boring and almost a year old now

and Gaga must feel bad that her BTW era ended the same way it started:

Madonna.

I agree - the way Madonna answered was rude, but at least she finally addressed the "issue".