Comments on: Lady GaGa Brings Her Art (And A Few Sewing Notions) To “American Idol” http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sun, 27 May 2012 01:59:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Christy Pusser http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-4050352 Christy Pusser Sun, 01 May 2011 19:41:13 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-4050352 Or You might find a friend that is generous. He must own a piano or an electric piano and have about 2yrs of learning the piano. Or You might find a friend that is generous. He must own a piano or an electric piano and have about 2yrs of learning the piano.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893542 Anonymous Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:11:58 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893542 <p>Thanks to Gaga, I got my hate back!</p> <p>I agree with Nunya's list. Wouldn't it be nice to see a #1 song by a truly interesting pop artist: Robyn, Goldfrapp, Royksopp, Ladyhawke, Little Jackie and many more.</p> Thanks to Gaga, I got my hate back!

I agree with Nunya’s list. Wouldn’t it be nice to see a #1 song by a truly interesting pop artist: Robyn, Goldfrapp, Royksopp, Ladyhawke, Little Jackie and many more.

]]> By: Nunya B http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893552 Nunya B Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:11:42 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893552 <p>@<a href="#c11816928">Michaela Drapes</a>: because there are plenty of weirdo pop stars of all ages who are strange but manage to have charm without condescending to their audience (la roux; little boots; ladyhawke; robyn; karin fever ray; lykke li… the list goes on, and on, and on). maybe you don't have a problem with (what i see as) her disrespect and mockery for her audience; i do. i would prefer to spend my time listening to pop music made by people who respect the form, rather than seeing it as a vehicle to stardom where melody and tune are only partially related to what happens.</p> <p>gaga sells herself as a lifestyle brand. i don't see a problem with evaluating her on that basis, especially considering i find her music tuneless and derivative.</p> <p>also, resorting to asking "did she do something to you personally?" is an argumentative tactic i would advise you not to use. aside from adding nothing to the conversation, its rhetorical power is limited at best, and honestly, it reveals you to be totally incapable of defending your position.</p> @Michaela Drapes: because there are plenty of weirdo pop stars of all ages who are strange but manage to have charm without condescending to their audience (la roux; little boots; ladyhawke; robyn; karin fever ray; lykke li… the list goes on, and on, and on). maybe you don’t have a problem with (what i see as) her disrespect and mockery for her audience; i do. i would prefer to spend my time listening to pop music made by people who respect the form, rather than seeing it as a vehicle to stardom where melody and tune are only partially related to what happens.

gaga sells herself as a lifestyle brand. i don’t see a problem with evaluating her on that basis, especially considering i find her music tuneless and derivative.

also, resorting to asking “did she do something to you personally?” is an argumentative tactic i would advise you not to use. aside from adding nothing to the conversation, its rhetorical power is limited at best, and honestly, it reveals you to be totally incapable of defending your position.

]]> By: kityglitr http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893562 kityglitr Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:15:53 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893562 <p>Taste in music is subjective. I'm sure a lot of the people who say her music sucks would be surprised to learn how long she's been an accomplished songwriter. But, of course, you don't have to like it. You can turn it off. Me and all the other GaGa fans will be over there, grinding in the corner, all covered in the gayest of gay glitter.</p> Taste in music is subjective. I’m sure a lot of the people who say her music sucks would be surprised to learn how long she’s been an accomplished songwriter. But, of course, you don’t have to like it. You can turn it off. Me and all the other GaGa fans will be over there, grinding in the corner, all covered in the gayest of gay glitter.

]]> By: Michaela Drapes http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893572 Michaela Drapes Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:14:47 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893572 <p>@<a href="#c11816928">Michaela Drapes</a>: dammit, stop using your "real" login when you're not working... *sigh*</p> @Michaela Drapes: dammit, stop using your “real” login when you’re not working… *sigh*

]]> By: Michaela Drapes http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893582 Michaela Drapes Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:14:04 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893582 <p>@<a href="#c11811163">Nunya B</a>: Oh blah, we always have this conversation! Frankly, I have to say that if I were a 22-year-old weirdo pop star, I'd sound like a total fucking idiot too. Geez. So she's pretentious -- who wasn't right out of college? So she's intentionally shocking in an "Aww, aren't you adorable!!" kind of way. I mean, if she personally slighted you in some way, I could understand why you keep on this tack, but outside of that, I don't get why you're so bent out of shape over the fact that she gives dumb interviews.</p> @Nunya B: Oh blah, we always have this conversation! Frankly, I have to say that if I were a 22-year-old weirdo pop star, I’d sound like a total fucking idiot too. Geez. So she’s pretentious — who wasn’t right out of college? So she’s intentionally shocking in an “Aww, aren’t you adorable!!” kind of way. I mean, if she personally slighted you in some way, I could understand why you keep on this tack, but outside of that, I don’t get why you’re so bent out of shape over the fact that she gives dumb interviews.

]]> By: Nunya B http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893592 Nunya B Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:43:07 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893592 <p>@<a href="#c11805752">the rich girls are weeping</a>: tell HER to stop trying to imbue her work with meaning, and when she complies, we'll chat.</p> @the rich girls are weeping: tell HER to stop trying to imbue her work with meaning, and when she complies, we’ll chat.

]]> By: bcapirigi http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893602 bcapirigi Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:02:24 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893602 <p>When I first heard the album I thought Poker Face was one of the weakest songs, but it's grown on me--a lot. I think Love Game (which is the current single in Australia for some reason) is a lot catchier, though.</p> <p>And I for one love her, because I still think of her as the Cristina (Monet) for the generation I'm actually an adult in (and not the one I was a newborn in.)</p> When I first heard the album I thought Poker Face was one of the weakest songs, but it’s grown on me–a lot. I think Love Game (which is the current single in Australia for some reason) is a lot catchier, though.

And I for one love her, because I still think of her as the Cristina (Monet) for the generation I’m actually an adult in (and not the one I was a newborn in.)

]]> By: the rich girls are weeping http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893612 the rich girls are weeping Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:12:36 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893612 <p>@<a href="#c11808126">K-Rex</a>: Bless you for invoking "Barbie Girl" -- "Poker Face" totally has the same kind of stickiness. I can't get the damn chorus out of my head half the time.</p> <p>This would make an interesting scientific investigation -- are some people more prone to being victims of certain kinds of melodic earworms than others?? I so want to know!!</p> @K-Rex: Bless you for invoking “Barbie Girl” — “Poker Face” totally has the same kind of stickiness. I can’t get the damn chorus out of my head half the time.

This would make an interesting scientific investigation — are some people more prone to being victims of certain kinds of melodic earworms than others?? I so want to know!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893622 Anonymous Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:08:56 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893622 <p>@<a href="#c11807048">Chris Molanphy</a>: In case anyone doesn't know, a "poker face" is a blank expression worn to hide ones emotions. They are usually rigid and mask like. It would be a pretty awful song about a poker face if it did not somehow reflect this in the melody. It's kind of an advanced concept for contemporary pop music, but it is not without precedent and it works.</p> <p>And then there's the part where it starts to sound like "Barbie Girl". I, personally, became a Lady GaGa fan because I couldn't get the songs out of my head. Boy.</p> <p>@<a href="#c11807126">janine</a>:Listening with headphones, good headphones, is a good idea. Anything else one like to gripe about; the album sounds</p> @Chris Molanphy: In case anyone doesn’t know, a “poker face” is a blank expression worn to hide ones emotions. They are usually rigid and mask like. It would be a pretty awful song about a poker face if it did not somehow reflect this in the melody. It’s kind of an advanced concept for contemporary pop music, but it is not without precedent and it works.

And then there’s the part where it starts to sound like “Barbie Girl”. I, personally, became a Lady GaGa fan because I couldn’t get the songs out of my head. Boy.

@janine:Listening with headphones, good headphones, is a good idea. Anything else one like to gripe about; the album sounds

]]> By: janine http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893632 janine Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:37:34 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893632 <p>I'll say two things. First: I am a fan of Skinny Puppy. Sometimes I get Stairs and Flowers stuck in my head. That does not mean there's a whole lot to grab onto, but <i>I'm</i> a fan of theirs so... KWIM?</p> <p>Second, I remember the feeling that the chorus was, well, the chorus. I can remember that the song got kicked up a notch, but there's no sign of ear worm infection here.</p> <p>Maybe I need it though headphones... Right in my ear, as Adam Ant would say.</p> I’ll say two things. First: I am a fan of Skinny Puppy. Sometimes I get Stairs and Flowers stuck in my head. That does not mean there’s a whole lot to grab onto, but I’m a fan of theirs so… KWIM?

Second, I remember the feeling that the chorus was, well, the chorus. I can remember that the song got kicked up a notch, but there’s no sign of ear worm infection here.

Maybe I need it though headphones… Right in my ear, as Adam Ant would say.

]]> By: Chris Molanphy http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893642 Chris Molanphy Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:34:36 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893642 <p>@<a href="#c11806634">the rich girls are weeping</a>: About the best hook in the whole thing is the "Can't read my, can't read my..." part of the chorus, which is indeed brain-sticky and has a solid melody. But it's not much on which to hang the rest of the song -- the bulk of which consists of RAT. A. TAT. WORDS. THAT. SOUND. JUST. LIKE. THIS.</p> <p>So, fine, you win, it's not "hook-free," but I would call it "hook-challenged" and mostly monotonous. And I half-agree with <a href="#c11798647">Nunya B</a> that her production overrelies on those little sound effects and squiggles. (Where I don't agree is on the piano part of this performance. Like Maura, that part pleasantly surprised me and comes closest to GaGa's drag-friendly "I'm an artist" pose.)</p> @the rich girls are weeping: About the best hook in the whole thing is the “Can’t read my, can’t read my…” part of the chorus, which is indeed brain-sticky and has a solid melody. But it’s not much on which to hang the rest of the song — the bulk of which consists of RAT. A. TAT. WORDS. THAT. SOUND. JUST. LIKE. THIS.

So, fine, you win, it’s not “hook-free,” but I would call it “hook-challenged” and mostly monotonous. And I half-agree with Nunya B that her production overrelies on those little sound effects and squiggles. (Where I don’t agree is on the piano part of this performance. Like Maura, that part pleasantly surprised me and comes closest to GaGa’s drag-friendly “I’m an artist” pose.)

]]> By: the rich girls are weeping http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893652 the rich girls are weeping Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:21:24 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893652 <p>@<a href="#c11805760">janine</a>: i'm so confused, maura also complains about the lack of hook, but there's plainly one there, right there! in the chorus! Am I wrong?</p> @janine: i’m so confused, maura also complains about the lack of hook, but there’s plainly one there, right there! in the chorus! Am I wrong?

]]> By: janine http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893662 janine Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:00:20 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893662 <p>@<a href="#c11805760">janine</a>: Wait a minute. Is that the thing? Is she doing some sort of R Kelly, Trapped in the Closet, hookless pop song? As insipid as Katy Perry is, I know exactly where the hooks are, which is kind of the point when it's pop.</p> @janine: Wait a minute. Is that the thing? Is she doing some sort of R Kelly, Trapped in the Closet, hookless pop song? As insipid as Katy Perry is, I know exactly where the hooks are, which is kind of the point when it’s pop.

]]> By: janine http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893672 janine Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:56:01 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893672 <p>I like the idea of her, particularly when you think about the clothing gimmick hole left by Cathy Dennis. I very much enjoyed her performance, as well. But I don't have her song stuck in my head at the time of this writing. That's a BIG problem considering her genre.</p> I like the idea of her, particularly when you think about the clothing gimmick hole left by Cathy Dennis. I very much enjoyed her performance, as well. But I don’t have her song stuck in my head at the time of this writing. That’s a BIG problem considering her genre.

]]> By: the rich girls are weeping http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893682 the rich girls are weeping Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:55:39 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893682 <p>Wow, I just need to chime in and say that yes, this totes makes me love GaGa more than ever, and yes, this really was about the most gay-as-in-homosexual thing I've seen in quite some time. YAY!!!</p> <p>Also, this made every performance I saw on Tuesday's Idol seem worse than the worst amateur hour of all time. Sad.</p> <p>@<a href="#c11804360">K-Rex</a>: Right on, dude. What else can you say to people who don't get it? I really wish people wouldn't take her so seriously and be all offended and stuff, she's clearly having a blast being a pop idol of the highest order. Wow. IT IS JUST VAPID POP WITH SMOKE MACHINES AND DANCING BOYS. Stop trying to give it more meaning and/or requiring it to be something it isn't.</p> Wow, I just need to chime in and say that yes, this totes makes me love GaGa more than ever, and yes, this really was about the most gay-as-in-homosexual thing I’ve seen in quite some time. YAY!!!

Also, this made every performance I saw on Tuesday’s Idol seem worse than the worst amateur hour of all time. Sad.

@K-Rex: Right on, dude. What else can you say to people who don’t get it? I really wish people wouldn’t take her so seriously and be all offended and stuff, she’s clearly having a blast being a pop idol of the highest order. Wow. IT IS JUST VAPID POP WITH SMOKE MACHINES AND DANCING BOYS. Stop trying to give it more meaning and/or requiring it to be something it isn’t.

]]> By: dippinkind http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893692 dippinkind Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:42:41 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893692 <P>i was so anticipating hating that performance beforehand, but when it was over my wife and i were both in agreement that that was probably the most fucked-up, weird, and Totally AWEsome thing ever to transpire on the American Idol stage.</P> i was so anticipating hating that performance beforehand, but when it was over my wife and i were both in agreement that that was probably the most fucked-up, weird, and Totally AWEsome thing ever to transpire on the American Idol stage.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893702 Anonymous Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:28:46 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893702 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol#c11804360">K-Rex</A>: part of me wants to remind you that April 1st was yesterday. the other part of me realizes that you're totally serious. different strokes for different folks, i guess.</P> @K-Rex: part of me wants to remind you that April 1st was yesterday. the other part of me realizes that you’re totally serious. different strokes for different folks, i guess.

]]> By: Anonymous http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893712 Anonymous Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:12:28 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893712 <p>@<a href="#c11803264">Ned Raggett</a>: Sorry, feel free to replace "beard" with "scruffiness". Simplicity is not the only game. Not everything has to be made for you.<br> It is not a matter of "style over substance", but rather "style in service of substance". I don't know how to respond in just a few words to your charges that the music sucks other than to say "no, the music does not suck".</p> @Ned Raggett: Sorry, feel free to replace “beard” with “scruffiness”. Simplicity is not the only game. Not everything has to be made for you.
It is not a matter of “style over substance”, but rather “style in service of substance”. I don’t know how to respond in just a few words to your charges that the music sucks other than to say “no, the music does not suck”.

]]> By: Tauwan http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol/comment-page-1#comment-893722 Tauwan Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:53:13 +0000 http://a068ee0b5dbb0a1c216239838720bd37#comment-893722 <P>@<A href="http://idolator.com/5195391/lady-gaga-brings-her-art-and-a-few-sewing-notions-to-american-idol#c11798078">dyfl</A>:</P> <P>IAWTC. I even did the slow golf clap for about a minute and shouted woo a few times after her performance. Now that is how you put on a show. Loved every minute of it. Fuck the haters. haha.</P> @dyfl:

IAWTC. I even did the slow golf clap for about a minute and shouted woo a few times after her performance. Now that is how you put on a show. Loved every minute of it. Fuck the haters. haha.

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