Like I always say people take Lady Gaga too seriously.

Like I always say people take Lady Gaga too seriously.

i think ppl should lay off the "copying" accusations.

Its 2010. What can she do that hasn't been done already? She's tryin her damn hardest to come up with fresh and exciting things, which is a lot if u compare her to her peers. Look at Beyonce- the riff of Crazy in Love is from another song, the Single Ladies chorepohgraohy is a sytraight up copy and paste. Those r the 2 most defying moments of her career! Based on other ppl's work! That's Gaga's biggest competiton, and look how much of a rehash she is!

Ppl tend to forget that as more time passes, it becomes more and more difficult to come up with new things, as they've probably already been done. MJ was in a very good position in the early 80s. He incorporated the style and imagery of musical theatre into popular music. What is Beat It and Smooth Criminal? Remeber the Time? Dangerous? MUSICAL THEATRE! What he did then is now the benchamrk for a choreographed stylized music video. But if he hadn't done it, I'm sure someone else would've thought of it and brought it up somewhere along the line. He was the right guy with the vision and the moves to make it work. If Gaga was alive in 1985 maybe it could've been her.

So it is more difficult to be fresh in 2010 than it was in 1985. It is way more difficult, The rock era has been on for 60 years. That's a lot of time for ppl to come up with things. What is left? All the chicks who dance are copying Janet. Any girl who is sexualized is copying Madonna. Anybody who dresses crazy is coopying Cynd. Anyone using melisma is copying Whitney. Aybody who uses heavy funk precussion is copying Prince. There's just nothin left to do that is new. All Gaga could do is draw inspiration fro many different thigns and try to make it her own. And she's doina damn good, job, i must say.

I know MJ was in a good position cause he was mainly starting in this area, but I think you can agree that generally speaking, there were very few people even back then who could make something exciting and entertaining without the video being about sex or something like that which is an easy way to draw attention. Gaga is definately not the only "copy-cat". You don´t see anything original, that´s true, cause it seems that everything´s already been done before, but why everybody keeps on focusing on subjects like that without trying to bring some real emotions to the music. She may be trying to push the boundaries etc., but do you think we live in times where pushing any kind of boundaries is even necessary? I think they´ve been pushed to a place where you cannot push them anymore cause that little bit left is what would turn it into pornography. It seems that we´re just enjoying the cheapness we´re in. And I am speaking generally, not just about this video.

Like I always say people take Lady Gaga too seriously.

And some people take everything too seriously

the first several minutes of this are soooo madonna. if you put true blue, who's that girl, and madonna early 90s into a blender, this is what you'd get.

the moves, the look, the hair, even the prison thing

Oh, yeah- Gaga is definitely very Madonna. She even looks like her in the video.

But all the others- Britney, Pink, Ciara, Beyonce- are all more like Janet than like Madonna.

Beyonce just doesnt do it for me in the video. She doesnt need to start trying to be "different". She needs to stick to what she knows, which is playing it safe.

And some people take everything too seriously

Pink is definitely not Janet! But I haven't been keeping up with her videos . . . . but her live performances are definitely hers.