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TheFuriousWombat:
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--- Quote from: Professor Snuggles on 24 Nov 2010, 08:09 ---I mean you can hate on her music if you want, although you're foolish for doing so, but can you deny she is interesting? The spectacle she has created as a persona, the absurdity of her costumes/videos/concerts, what's more exciting than that in music?
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The idea that Lady Gaga "is one of the most exciting things to happen to pop music in years" is absolutely absurd.
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I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you didn't do it deliberately, but you've substituted "interesting" in the original post (and the post Kieffer was referencing) for "exciting" in your own post, and that radically changes the argument to something quite different to what Kieffer was saying. Which renders the rest of your post pointless, I'm afraid.
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Oh man, so I did. Definitely unintentional. That being said, my post is still completely valid. She's not even interesting beyond the fact that it's interesting to look at why people are going so nuts over her i.e. she's only interesting insofar as she illuminates certain widespread cultural tendencies. On her own (music, outfits, image etc.) there's nothing of interest to speak of.
Professor Snuggles:
So then, if there is nothing interesting about her, which I'll grant for the sake of the argument, what has happened in American Pop Music recently that is more interesting than the people I listed. Lets say in the last 5 years.
Vuk:
--- Quote from: TheFuriousWombat on 24 Nov 2010, 08:32 ---She deserves credit only for her obvious business acumen: she knows how to manipulate the masses and self market to an amazing degree. In short she's a shill, a sham, and a charlatan, an edifice and monument to crass, surface level aesthetics with absolutely nothing beneath the vapid, uninspiring veneer.
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This. Although, I find her ability to sell herself so well pretty remarkable. Apparently she is a huge part of the "creative" effort behind her music and image, so I guess I could give her that. Saying she's better than Kanye though? Bullshit.
SWOON! at My Gravitas:
I always thought that Lady Gaga, and correct me if I'm wrong because I was not alive during the 80's, is basically Madonna
Vuk:
--- Quote from: SWOON! at My Gravitas on 25 Nov 2010, 08:07 ---I always thought that Lady Gaga, and correct me if I'm wrong because I was not alive during the 80's, is basically Madonna
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I think Madonna must have made more of an impact, because there was nothing quite like her before. Plus, there were tons of big pop stars after Madonna in the 90s, so Gaga isn't really anything new. They only seem to differ style-wise, cause Gaga wears retarded shit.
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