rocknrolldave said:

I'm sure all the kiddies picked up on that

purplesweat said:

ah yes, pop music, only listened to by kiddies.

Quite right. My bad.

rocknrolldave said:

My 8 year old cousin loves Gaga.

rocknrolldave said:

I think Lady GaGa's min audience is around 20!

Real young teens prefer someone less artsy like Beyonce, Pussyshaved Dolls or Rihanna.

purplesweat said:

Well, aside from the fact that that's just one person and not necessarily representative of the audience as a whole, do you think Lady GaGa should deliberately gear her music and videos towards 8 year olds? Or should she go ahead and try and make the points she wants to make, whoever is listening?

There are no 8-year-olds at GaGa's shows. It's pretty clear who her fanbase is.

Not quite sure how "the kids might listen" is a reasonable argument for criticism of GaGa when we're on a Prince fan site (or ever, for that matter).
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I'm still loving Poker Face...

speaking of which, Casey Stratton does a really cool cover of it and it's available for free download on his website:


http://www.caseystratton....audio.html

ugh

VoicesCarry said:

so, who is her fanbase?

graecophilos said:

18-34 would be her strongest demographic

VoicesCarry said:

thanks, so I hit the nail with my guess - around 20.

at her concerts... besides Madonna and Lola, who visited them? Girls, boys?

I imagine, at this point GaGa might be a role model for young women.
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graecophilos said:

It's very mixed. A lot of women, a lot of men (many of them gay).

VoicesCarry said:

Ok that explains it then. I'm out of her demo. I guess she's got an alright voice considering what's being marketed these days. I just don't see what the bru-haha over this woman is. And this video... I guess I just don't get the appeal of the snuff film shots.

rocknrolldave said:

God, I'm not even saying that. I'd just like to see a pop star, any pop star, come out with a half decent message these days besides sexfamesexfamesexfame....

purplesweat said:

All of the boys and all of the girls are begging to If U Seek Amy

VoicesCarry said:

She could be one of the best selling artists of the year

Is the electropop revival finding itself back into the mainstream?

InsatiableCream said:

I despise that song like no other

purplesweat said:

Man, I hear ya, but then they'd be labeled a "wholesome", "disney-esque" "goody goody" pop star and not taken seriously...at least until their breakdown...arrest...public nudity...SOME type of adversity where they can disappear for a hot minute then reinvent themselves and come back to public acclaim.

I happened to catch a small bit of the Pussycat Dolls "live" show on Palladia a couple of days ago. The hetero perv in me wanted to watch/drool/leer over these half-naked chicks writhing around on stage in front of all the pre-pubes in the audience, while the rational part of myself was wondering exactly what was "empowering" about wearing next-to-nothing in front of thousands of people and shaking your tits and ass.

Needless to say, the hetero perv locked the ration part in a closet and enjoyed what the small bit he saw...

bboy87 said:

you think she does electro-pop?

Poker Face is totally supposed to sound like Timbaland, even thise cheesy male voice throw ins.
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Rogue588 said:

There's nothing empowering about them (or hardly any other pop stars, except maybe Pink and sometimes Beyonce), the "empowering" response is just designed to shut critics up and blind young girls into believing they're looking up to the right kind of woman

Complete rubbish. I waited 3 minutes for the actual song to start and then...Nothing. Unoriginal,uninspiring and I've seen/heard it all before. Her voice is paper thin and the theatrics remind me of a swap meet version of Madonna. Even the choreography was lame. My ears and eyes hurt now. Thanks Lady Garbage.

legendofnothing said:

That's hot.

purplesweat said:

totally

Do anyone else like Quicksand by Britney Spears?

It was written by Lady GaGa.

purplesweat said:

If young girls are looking up to GaGa, it appears to me it's more a reflection on their upbringing than it is on her. WTF would somebody be letting their kid look up to her for anyways? Did they not listen to Pokerface and get the imagery getting her boyfriend hard but wanting to fuck outside of the relationship? In all sincerity, I don't know any parents, American or otherwise whose children or even pre-teens are listening to GaGa, but then that would be because they are conscious of what type of material their kids are exposed to and take as much conscious action as possible to filter what they deem appropriate material for their kids' ears. On the converse side, even if certain songs slipped towards the kids, why wouldn't a parent explain how and why certain themes and imagery from the artist in question was not appropriate for their consumption, and thus hardly appropriate to put on a pedestal.....?

...no accounting for parenting skills, I guess

graecophilos said:

I do, you can hear Gaga in the background, I'd almost call it a duet:

Great video and song

Ottensen said:

you sound so 55 yo and narrow minded.