I am not embarrassed to call myself – grotesquely over-aged and oversized as I may be – some kind of Little Monster too.
I do not write newspaper profile pieces for a living and Lady Gaga is currently the only person about whom I would do such a thing. With the exception that is, of Steve Jobs, whom I interviewed last year for Time magazine. I am not claiming that Lady Gaga and Steve Jobs are the most important figures in the world and that everyone else can go hang, it is just that … well, some people light your fire in a very special way and I am past the age of caring how good or bad that might look in the eyes of the world.
Expect sales to be around 300k and 200k the second and third weeks, respectively. Thereafter, even the most conservative projections are saying that she'll sell at least 100k for the next 8 weeks.
I apologize if the post was long, but I want this woman to have all the commercial success possible due to her efforts towards LGBT advocacy and for her fight for HIV awareness. In addition, I'm a passionate fan who appreciates her on an artistic level. Opinion: This album is an extreme grower and such a step forward from previous efforts. Lyrically, vocally, and production - all an advance.
Camille Paglia, the American writer, in a recent article for The Sunday Times, saw nothing but fraudulence and a manufactured, calculating falsity behind such claims, and I was delighted to discover that Lady Gaga had not read or even heard about Paglia’s latest charmless (and physically insulting) broadside, which is almost a masterclass in how to miss the point and come over as resentful and more out of touch with reality than even the remotest star.
Well, I don't know much about this poster, but I've always felt that TEOG has an aura that I can only compare to songs like Dream On and Don't Stop Believin'.
I may be no expert in pop music but I do know enough to be sure that The Rolling Stones were accused of copying the rhythm and blues of their predecessors, as were The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who and Led Zeppelin and all the way up.
