Sorry, Lady Gaga, But You Didn’t Change Our Life
Wasn’t she supposed to “inspire a movement” last night? Well, Lady Gaga, you didn’t.
In a preemptive assumption that you would become famous, you recorded a song called “Paparazzi,” which could literally be translated as an ode to the celebrity machine chasing you down, wanting more more more. Or some bullshit.
Fine. It’s for the MTV generation, which is fitting, because it’s on their gay channel Logo where you got your start. And now you’ve migrated up to the big leagues. But last night’s 18th century goth chic rendition at the VMAs was a sorry use of fake blood. Next to Pink, Beyonce, and Janet, yours was among the most forgettable performances.
Which is okay! The gays have your back, Gaga, like you have ours. We’ll continue supporting your career. Just keep it in check. You’re a little over a year out from the birth of your persona, and you won’t change the world. Not just yet. So don’t let us down by making promises you can’t keep. Kapeesh?
Are you joking? Lady Gaga was the best of the night!
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you guys are retarted, her performance was awesome and actually said something!
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@Swimmer – Chicago: In that case, everyone should also stop trashing Kanye… he is one of the ONLY outspoken supporters of gay people in the hop hop industry.
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I bet the Paparazzi LOVES HER even MORE after this provocative dance/song. It shows how the Paparazzi hurts the celebrities as much as it benefits them for their media and publicity.
I do love Lady Gaga. She’s no Madonna—-YET! But she’s up there with the Gays.
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Um, hello, I thought it was amazing. Her arrangement and vocals were super-duper. Far better than Pink swinging around, shouting, for a whole song. BOR-ing.
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@ DrewBrown – The subject is Lady Gaga not Kanye West. Not sure what your agenda is – but Lady Gaga ROCKS!
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If we are going to be continually inundated with the “Editors Opinion,” posing as a newsworthy post, then rename the site after him a la Mr. Hilton. Otherwise keep it middle of road.
I don’t visit Perez Hilton because I think he is a twat and I’m beginning to feel the same about this site.
Lordy, why are all the gay pop culture blogs de-volving into bitchy bar banter? And very unclever banter at that.
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I fucking loved it…it was different a perfomance piece indeed. Plus she gave us a shout out when she received her award for best new artist
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It was horrible. I was hoping she managed to accidently strangle herself and that a piano key actually shot into her chest. HORRIBLE. OVERRATED. AND YOU ALL ARE SO EASILY ENTERTAINED.
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the song has nothing to do with actual paparazzi
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I’m so over her…
Once upon a time her shtick impressed me. Now it’s just, “oh you’re wearing a unitard. Oh, you have a decorative faux-eye patch. What’s that? A hat? Oh, no, you simply styled your hair into a fun formation of some sort. Well isn’t that special…”
Catchy songs. But her oh-so-edgy routine has grown stale.
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She looks like an abortion with all that blood. Fitting.
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Well all I can say is thank the lord for TIVO. That was the most tragic VMA broadcast ever. Starting with Madonna and her homage to her own boundless neediness and self-obsession, then the utterly dull and douchy host with his sagging knickers, followed by Kanye & Co. and their incredibly stripper-esque dance numbers, and topped off by eminem looking like he had just been hit in the back of the head by a concrete doo rag. I watched the whole train wreck (too kind — toy train wreck if that) in 30 minutes.
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I don’t know about you, but Lady Gaga was the only reason I wanted to watch the whole MTV tween vote awards thing. The performance was a bit of a let down, but I just loved all her different outfits. The whole show for me was waiting for the next cut to Lady Gaga and seeing the next crazy outfit she is wearing.
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That was a hot mess, with emphasis on hot…loved it!
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@drewbrown: Really? Him rapping in the jay-z/rhianna song (Run this town?) about “…everyone being on his dick, No homo”, is telling me he can give two shits about how we gays feel, he just says/does whatever for attention. He’s not helping the gay cause one bit.
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@Swimmer – Chicago: or should have rocks thrown at her…
You say tomato…. I say talentless whore
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A woman who walks around looking as if she need clothes is supposed to be good for the gay community? Give me a freaking break! Either we’ve become dysfunctional as a community or we’ve truly lost the plot.
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Lame. Too bad, too, because she’s immensely talented and I love her look.
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If you liked this performance… you know deep down you are demented as she is… and that’s a beautiful thing
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She’s got guts, and last night everyone saw them, literally. At least people are talking about her, and she isn’t boring everyone to tears. Janet lip synced 30 seconds of an MJ song, and Beyonce did the same routine she always does. Lighten up, Queerty.
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all it needed was some structure,it was all over the place
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Ugh..that performance was retarded. Just like her outfits. I don’t give a shit if she does it “for the gays”. I’ve never seen her at a rally or any other “for the gays” events so to say she does this for the gays is the same as Perez Hilton claiming he’s an activist…IT’S ALL FOR FAME PEOPLE! And it was even more retarded seeing Perez Hilton get a better seat than the Jacksons. WTF was that? I know us “gays” need more vocal supporters but are we really that in need of supporters who do nothing but be all talk and hypocrites?
And by the way, Janet lip synched her own lines from the song she sang with Michael..
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I and most people I talked to thought it was awesome. Granted this was my first encounter with Lady Gaga and I thought it was weird, I still liked it.
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Wow. I imagine your idea of an inspiring performance would be a bunch of muscle bound guys dancing around her.
Beyonce’s voice was incredible but her show was DULL.
Pink joined the circus?
You people, lacking creativity, thought and vision have turned the lgbt community, if that is even applicable into a disaster.
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Wow you’re sad. Let’s hate on her because we feel like it.
Umm… beyonce’s performance was BY FAR the worst, simply because it was the same damn thing that she ALWAYS does for that song. it gets old.
Lady Gaga ALWAYS does something different, she has spunk, character, and talent. (Not saying any of the others don’t)
Her performance was AMAZING.
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um what are you talking about?
it was in fact a very memorable performance, odd but memorable
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This article is stupid Queerty. Try again. Gaga is sickening. She is multi talented. She is one of the best things in music right now. Everyone else is watered down.
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This song and performance went over a lot of your heads. It’s funny. You don’t get what it’s about at all lol
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I don’t get it. Is there blood cause she cut off her cock?
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@UWSguy: LOL! I love people who automatically say “you don’t get it.” We get it alright. If she was trying to convey that she’s a famewhore who is trying to be the next “Britney”, head-shaving and all, mission accomplished.
Now if she did that instead, THAT would have been a movement.
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Why has Queerty been so bitchy over the last while? It really sucks. Seriously, what the fuck. And get a life.
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For those of you complaining about the lip-syncing. This is standard fare these days for pop stars and shows like this. The tweens don’t want “live”; they want it to sound just like on the recording. Hell, half of Beyonce’s song was recorded. She just didn’t bother to make it look like she was singing it. To do what you want is an impossible feat sometimes when you factor in audio equipment, environment, and the fact that they demand the same dance moves as in the video, which are HARD to do and still sound like the original track. Also, producers of these events don’t want any glitches or anything left to chance. One way to guarantee this is by controlling as much as possible – including the singing. They’re doing it more and more in concerts too. Well, at least concerts put on by pop tartlets who are more concerned with wardrobe changes, dance numbers, and dazzling special effects than actualy skill, talent, and performance.
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I am just so sick of female singers being marketed in a way that is not entirely dissimilar to how porn actresses are marketed. Thoroughly sick of it. We in the gay community need to stop buying their records.
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Ridiculous! How else would someone attract people to their blog? Simply slam an wonderful performance. Now I know why I’ve never been here before.
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I had never really listened to her until I saw this and I have to say, it mesmerizes me! I’ve watched it like 10 times. I think I’m liking her….a lot. Plus the fact that she really sang is pretty freakin cool.
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Too things apart… #1 the girl is very talented… sings very well, plays piano and her music is awesome and I think she has a beautiful voice… #2 THE GIRL IS COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL, her outfits are crazy and her performance was… was an insult to my intelligence, I mean, does she really think that just because she when completely over the top I was going to say bravo? I mean it was too muchhhhh, honey you don’t need to wear a Guacamaya as a hat, to make a fashion statement or have some attention and definitely, all that stuff that you put together on your performance just distract me from the music… basically for that reason I certainly think that you sucked big time.
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Total lip-sync. And the dancing? Could you really call that dancing? Can’t play piano, either. Total sham.
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It was a freak show, not pretty, akward and disgusting at the end.
she is so overrated.
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@Marcus: i definitely agree!
and as for janet lip-syncing? shes still mourning the loss of her brother and as you could see at the end of her performance, she was fighting tears. would you rather her break down in the middle of it all just because you want to hear her sing?
and to the gaga bashers, she has a helluva lot more balls than most mainstream artists these days. i think its stupid how people are bored with seeing the same old thing and you finally get something new and all you want to do is talk shit about it.
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I would disagree with this completely. I watched Lady Gaga’s performance last night and was impressed how she sang live despite all the activities going on stage. I considered this an tragic opera and she nailed it.
Mike
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some people wonder what is so special and unique about the mona lisa. they don’t get it. you obviously don’t get lady gaga’s music or art. you didn’t get the vma performance. it’s okay, you just don’t get art. i think it was beautiful. i have had her album for a while not but never paid much attention to her. after seeing this performance (easily the best of the night and last decade), i started looking her up and found out a lot about her and what she stands for. she is brilliant. i have since enrolled in film school and have learned from lady gaga to really go for it, to put all my energy into my art. so many things make sense to me now and i am feeling inspired. so maybe she didn’t change you life (old queens never change anyway), but she changed mine.
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@ Allan C
She has been to and spoken and played and pleaded om front of the President of the United States at an LGBT convention, luncheon, dinner, and march.
So quit being an ass.
2. Don’t trash her performance she loves the gays, and that was memorable! I don’t know what kind of wooden sandpaper shiz is in your ass but that performance frigging rocked and the world knows it.
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Lady GaGa is an artist.
period.
you either get it or you don’t.
her performances are her own, she doesn’t care what you think.
shes fresh and just what we need.
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@Swimmer – Chicago: but a lot of “the Gays” don’t love her!!! Including this one.
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Stop Trashing Lady Gaga! She loves the Gays….