Comments on: Madonna And Lady GaGa Attempt To Justify Their Love Of Being In The Spotlight

By: michaela

michaela — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:13:38 +0000

@joshservo: I'm with you -- both w/r/t to the Nellie McKay homage and the humanizing factor. A friend pointed out to me that we learned more about who she reall is under all the makeup and costumes in that little ditty than anything that's been in the press in the past year.

By: joshservo

joshservo — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 01:04:42 +0000

@k-rex: Nellie McKay is writing the music for the stage musical version of “Election,” naturally.

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/06/nellie_mckay_wr.html

By: dreamsneverend

dreamsneverend — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:44:07 +0000

That was painful to watch. The laugh track didn’t help.

By: k-rex

k-rex — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:55:07 +0000

@joshservo: When I first started listening to Lady GaGa, at one point I did some research to make sure she was not Nellie McKay in disguise. And what is she up to these days?

By: Chris Molanphy

Chris Molanphy — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:50:54 +0000

I’d just like to point out that I called GaGa as a would-be Deep House Dish guest something like nine months ago. In my envisioning, she’d have been played by Maya Rudolph; I’d still kinda like to see that.

By: joshservo

joshservo — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:56:24 +0000

The Mrs. turned to me during that second performance, and said, “Why did she just turn into Nellie McKay?” Ultimately, though, we enjoyed it for it’s humanizing qualities. Also, there was something absurdly wonderful about seeing her try to negotiate her giant gyroscope getup to play piano.

By: NunyaB

NunyaB — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:34:14 +0000

“What the hell is a disco stick?”
“I think you should know!”

Shame about that self-indulgent mess of a second performance, though. (I did appreciate the Grey’s Papaya reference, but twenty seconds of her new single? NO, TRY AGAIN.)