So; how about that Lady Gaga? Isn’t she…something? To be honest I’m really not sure what to make of her. Her videos are just so elaborate and bizarre; whenever one comes on t.v. I can’t change the channel, I have to watch. The really strange thing, though, is that I can’t figure out if I like her music or not. I never hear her on the radio stations that I listen to; only when I see the videos which never fail to capture my complete attention. “Telephone” featuring Beyonce and “Bad Romance” are especially description defying.
Her newest one, “Alejandro” is a little bit more…less out there; but only by comparison. It still features some crazy costumes, like for instance a machine gun bra (come to think of it “Bad Romance” has her wearing some sort of a sparkler bra that sets fire to a bed and the guy laying on it; maybe the lesson here is: keep your hands off of Gaga’s ta-tas). For some reason, “Alejandro” reminds me of Madonna’s “Like A Prayer”. I think it’s partly the sacrilegious imagery and partly the overall sound of the song (which I am just beginning to notice after about a dozen viewings).
Regular viewers of Much Music’s Video On Trial will know that Lady Gaga is a “repeat offender”. I believe that every one of her videos been “brought to justice” at one time or another. The jurors comments are usually very crass, but still funny and even kind of accurate. One thing they’ve pointed out, that I’ve also noticed, is Gaga’s changing appearance. Sometimes she looks like a very attractive young lady and other times she looks more like John Leguizamo in drag. In “Bad Romance” she has at least three different faces. There have also been rumours about her being a trans-sexual; I don’t believe it though. She dances around in just her bra and panties in every one of her videos. I’ve examined these scenes very closely (just so that I could write an educated piece) and I certainly have never seen any sort of…evidence which would support that theory and lead me to become confused and question my own sexuality (like what happened when I watched “The Crying Game”).
So, Lady Gaga, your videos are like a proverbial train wreck; I just can’t look away.
Say, something just occurred to me. What if Lady Gaga and Marilyn Manson did a video together? What would that look like?