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vivfox 03-03-2010 01:25 AM
Lady Gaga: single and celibate
 
By Sophie Eager and Tina Sims
Mar 2, 2010


Lady GaGa, the beautiful pop star and performance artist known to shock with her revealing costumes says she is currently single and celibate, according to an MSNBC report. In fact, Lady Gaga has said she is a traditional person and considers herself "quite the lady". The 23-year-old star, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, posed topless for a new interview and photoshoot with UK magazine Q.

She said: "Well, I believe in certain institutions: cooking, serving dinner, taking care of my family. So I consider myself quite the lady." The singer later broke down in tears and cut the interview short after admitting that she has struggled with her image and her record label over the years.

She said: "The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself. My image was an issue at my record label. I fought for months and cried at meetings.

"I got criticized for being arrogant because if you're sure of yourself as a woman they say you're a b***h, whereas if you're a man and you're strong-willed it's normal."

http://www.nationalledger.com/artman...72630656.shtml

louielouie2000 03-03-2010 01:44 AM
Boo freakin hoo. What won't this girl say or do for publicity?? :rolleyes:

mylittledemon 03-03-2010 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by vivfox (Post 874744)

Lady GaGa, the beautiful pop star
:lol:

Beautiful?

carrie721 03-03-2010 03:06 AM
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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 (Post 874746)
Boo freakin hoo. What won't this girl say or do for publicity?? :rolleyes:
stevie has pretty much said the same exact thing :shrug:

louielouie2000 03-03-2010 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by carrie721 (Post 874751)
stevie has pretty much said the same exact thing :shrug:
Gaga said this to be "shocking." She's always trying to be outrageous and sexy, and to hear her say she's 'celibate' is just a publicity ploy. Witchy Stevie saying she's single isn't a revelation at all. Witches are always solitary... except when they're putting small children into ovens! :laugh:

Unless you think I'm talking about the "arrogant" comment. The way she drones on and on about herself and her "visionary" fashion and lifestyle is proof she's arrogant. :p I don't know if she can decry sexism in the music biz either. Women rule the music scene. They routinely outsell the boys in concert tours, album sales, and grammy awards. If somebody in the industry called her arrogant or a bitch, she's probably just that.

seekerj 03-03-2010 11:51 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by vivfox (Post 874744)
By Sophie Eager and Tina Sims
Mar 2, 2010


Lady GaGa, the beautiful pop star and performance artist known to shock with her revealing costumes says she is currently single and celibate, according to an MSNBC report. In fact, Lady Gaga has said she is a traditional person and considers herself "quite the lady". The 23-year-old star, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, posed topless for a new interview and photoshoot with UK magazine Q.

She said: "Well, I believe in certain institutions: cooking, serving dinner, taking care of my family. So I consider myself quite the lady." The singer later broke down in tears and cut the interview short after admitting that she has struggled with her image and her record label over the years.

She said: "The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself. My image was an issue at my record label. I fought for months and cried at meetings.

"I got criticized for being arrogant because if you're sure of yourself as a woman they say you're a b***h, whereas if you're a man and you're strong-willed it's normal."

http://www.nationalledger.com/artman...72630656.shtml
Beautiful? Beautiful? In what universe????!!!!

bluefox4000 03-03-2010 12:22 PM
Don't get me started. Not only is she unattractive. Her music is about as exciting as watching paint dry. I tried her album....I fell asleep. That's the first time that's happened to me while listening to an album. So poo-poo on Gaga.

Mick

SapphireSister 03-03-2010 01:06 PM
Image stuff aside at least she writes most of her own **** and can carry a tune. That's more than can be said for a lot of "pop stars" out there today. And to a certain point you do have to sacrifice some of your integrity and give into the label's demands. It's just the price you pay for being uber-famous in this business. Even Stevie would agree with that. No one as famous as Lady Ga Ga has 100% control over their image.

seekerj 03-03-2010 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SapphireSister (Post 874806)
Image stuff aside at least she writes most of her own **** and can carry a tune. That's more than can be said for a lot of "pop stars" out there today. And to a certain point you do have to sacrifice some of your integrity and give into the label's demands. It's just the price you pay for being uber-famous in this business. Even Stevie would agree with that. No one as famous as Lady Ga Ga has 100% control over their image.
Is that why she posed topless? She's a walking contradiction.

ButterCookie 03-03-2010 01:39 PM
People think she's this amazing and brave new thing but I have 2 words for her and her fans.

David. Bowie.

SapphireSister 03-03-2010 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by seekerj (Post 874807)
Is that why she posed topless? She's a walking contradiction.
Isn't it possible that the record label wants her to have a sexy image even if she's not that crazy about the idea? Also, you can pose topless and have it be done with some class. Have you seen the photos?

LukeA 03-03-2010 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by ButterCookie (Post 874808)
People think she's this amazing and brave new thing but I have 2 words for her and her fans.

David. Bowie.
And the inevitable upcoming backlash?

Vanilla. Ice.

mylittledemon 03-03-2010 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by seekerj (Post 874807)
Is that why she posed topless? She's a walking contradiction.

haha... yeah. Sounds like she's got the Susan Boyle complex going on.

gretchen 03-03-2010 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by seekerj (Post 874796)
Beautiful? Beautiful? In what universe????!!!!
She's cherished on the Klingon homeworld as a fertility goddess for crops. :laugh:

DefDumbandBlond 03-03-2010 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ButterCookie (Post 874808)
People think she's this amazing and brave new thing but I have 2 words for her and her fans.

David. Bowie.
To me, LG reminds me SO much of Dale Bozzio from Missing Persons. The crazy hair, outfits, Dale did it all before Gaga.

nailatixela 03-03-2010 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by DefDumbandBlond (Post 874856)
To me, LG reminds me SO much of Dale Bozzio from Missing Persons. The crazy hair, outfits, Dale did it all before Gaga.
I noticed one of the covers to LG's album singles (I think it might have been some remixs, possibly) had that same colorful streak across her eyes just like the album cover for Spring Session M.

BTFLCHLD 03-03-2010 07:30 PM
dale had lots of love too.
dale did one of these odd TV shows a while back...can't think of the name of it...a contest of sorts between 'older' musicians...anyone recall?
http://ladystarlightnyc.files.wordpr...ebozzioob6.jpg

edit: i will never forget this experience
i totally get the love for gaga bit

daniellaaarisen 03-03-2010 11:45 PM
So I love GaGa. Am I in the drastic minority here?

bucklind17 03-04-2010 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen (Post 874909)
So I love GaGa. Am I in the drastic minority here?
I'm not a huge fan but I do really appreciate what she does and enjoy listening to her music from time to time. She's really the total package as far as an entertainer goes, with the legit talent to back up all the glitz and theatricality. Friends who have gone to her concerts have come back saying they were among the most amazing live music experiences they have ever had.

And while she may not be the first to do what she's doing, she is one of a few who is doing it NOW, where everything is constantly more public and taken at face value. She knows the game she's playing. I mean, people are going to think what they want but they should at least listen to "Speechless" before they start throwing out comments regarding her talent/staying power.

baboles 03-04-2010 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen (Post 874909)
So I love GaGa. Am I in the drastic minority here?
No you're not. I also love Lady Gaga. I really think she's a breath of fresh air in the music industry. I've been watching her interviews and performances for a long time now and she's the real deal. She seems to be a very genuine person and she loves her fans to death. Sure, a lot of her fashion styles have been done before, but I believe she's aware of that. Gaga has a way of taking everything from the past and putting a fresh spin on it.

Did I mention that she has a freakin' awesome voice?

louielouie2000 03-04-2010 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by bucklind17 (Post 874911)
I mean, people are going to think what they want but they should at least listen to "Speechless" before they start throwing out comments regarding her talent/staying power.
Just listened to that song online, and the main thing I come away from it with is there was a hell of a lot of pro-tooling on her voice :shrug:. I absolutely give her props for writing her own lyrics, and being creative/controlling her own image... but that's where I draw the line. She's just an attention and fame grubbing ho. I honestly don't think she was held enough as a child or something. All she knows how to do STILL is say: "LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK WHAT I CAN DO!!! LOOK AT ME!!!" And that just totally rubs me the wrong way. Make your statement with your music. She's putting the cart before the horse in my opinion by focusing her drive for fame on her "outrageous" look, and the "outrageous" things she says and does. Are we truly out of visionary artists like the Beatles, who took rock and turned it upside down? Is crap like Gaga all we're left with?? :shrug:

tilthefirefades 03-04-2010 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 (Post 874915)
Just listened to that song online, and the main thing I come away from it with is there was a hell of a lot of pro-tooling on her voice :shrug:. I absolutely give her props for writing her own lyrics, and being creative/controlling her own image... but that's where I draw the line. She's just an attention and fame grubbing ho. I honestly don't think she was held enough as a child or something. All she knows how to do STILL is say: "LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK WHAT I CAN DO!!! LOOK AT ME!!!" And that just totally rubs me the wrong way. Make your statement with your music. She's putting the cart before the horse in my opinion by focusing her drive for fame on her "outrageous" look, and the "outrageous" things she says and does. Are we truly out of visionary artists like the Beatles, who took rock and turned it upside down? Is crap like Gaga all we're left with?? :shrug:
Great way to put it :D

To me she is the love child of Bowie, Madonna, and Kate Bush...minus all of their talent ;)

LukeA 03-04-2010 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by tilthefirefades (Post 874917)
Great way to put it :D

To me she is the love child of Bowie, Madonna, and Kate Bush...minus all of their talent ;)
:eek: :eek: BUT ZOMG SHE CAN PLAY THE PIANO & GOTZ INTO TO THE JULLIARD! :eek: :eek:

carrie721 03-04-2010 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 (Post 874915)
Just listened to that song online, and the main thing I come away from it with is there was a hell of a lot of pro-tooling on her voice :shrug:. I absolutely give her props for writing her own lyrics, and being creative/controlling her own image... but that's where I draw the line. She's just an attention and fame grubbing ho.
have you ever heard her sing live? or heard her play the piano? you can fault her for many things, but lack of musical and vocal acumen is not one of them.

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 (Post 874753)
Gaga said this to be "shocking." She's always trying to be outrageous and sexy, and to hear her say she's 'celibate' is just a publicity ploy. Witchy Stevie saying she's single isn't a revelation at all. Witches are always solitary... except when they're putting small children into ovens! :laugh:

Unless you think I'm talking about the "arrogant" comment. The way she drones on and on about herself and her "visionary" fashion and lifestyle is proof she's arrogant. :p I don't know if she can decry sexism in the music biz either. Women rule the music scene. They routinely outsell the boys in concert tours, album sales, and grammy awards. If somebody in the industry called her arrogant or a bitch, she's probably just that.
just like everything that industry people say about stevie or any other artist is categorically true. :rolleyes: come on! i don't know how she behaves when the cameras are off, but that's just a silly thing to say.

yes, i was talking about the arrogant comment. at this point in history, it's not a revolutionary thing to say, but there is truth to it. also, she's 23. you show me one young woman with aspirations to be anything but a housewife who hasn't felt that exact same way and i'll eat my yoga pants. in fact, she's not even denying that she's arrogant; she's just saying it's a less acceptable trait for women to have than men. again, true.

i would like to reiterate her age. 23. every young woman reaches a point in her life where she realizes that the bull**** bromides she was fed as a youngster (especially when it comes to the women of my generation, raised on a steady PC diet of "girls rock," "gender roles are societal constructs," etc) have not fully prepared her for the realities of adulthood. she is still cutting her teeth both as an adult and as an artist. i don't think what she said was that big of a deal.

furthermore, saying that women outsell men in the music biz hardly means they're calling the shots. entertainment is still largely a man's world, baby, and i say that as someone who hates gloria steinem. you won't find me spouting any feminazi dogma.

but to illustrate my point, on FLDS compounds, women and girls are a far more valuable commodity than boys, who are routinely dumped on the streets of salt lake city and reno. but does that mean the women are calling the shots? hardly. it may seem like a far-flung analogy, but in both cases we are talking about the economics of sex. prevalence and marketability do not necessarily add up to clout.

Zombie 03-04-2010 01:58 AM
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Originally Posted by LukeA (Post 874926)
:eek: :eek: BUT ZOMG SHE CAN PLAY THE PIANO & GOTZ INTO TO THE JULLIARD! :eek: :eek:
With her footz, no less!

I don't pay attention to this sort of music much, but a blog I read regularly had a clip posted, wherein she played some song on a piano and spent much of it banging the heel of her shoe on the keys.

I think they teach that at Julliard. :nod:

ButterCookie 03-04-2010 02:10 AM
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Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen (Post 874909)
So I love GaGa. Am I in the drastic minority here?
I don't HATE her. I respect her very much as an artist, I just feel that she's been done before. But when it was done before it was much more shocking and drastic. I mean, Bowie in a knitted swimsuit-come-leotard chewing through the strings of a guitar after singing about 'falling wanking to the floor'. That's shocking.

I do think she can sing and I do think she's a pretty, talented girl. I'm just not grabbed by her 'new' and 'outrageous' thing that she does. :)

louielouie2000 03-04-2010 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by carrie721 (Post 874928)
have you ever heard her sing live? or heard her play the piano? you can fault her for many things, but lack of musical and vocal acumen is not one of them.



just like everything that industry people say about stevie or any other artist is categorically true. :rolleyes: come on! i don't know how she behaves when the cameras are off, but that's just a silly thing to say.

yes, i was talking about the arrogant comment. at this point in history, it's not a revolutionary thing to say, but there is truth to it. also, she's 23. you show me one young woman with aspirations to be anything but a housewife who hasn't felt that exact same way and i'll eat my yoga pants. in fact, she's not even denying that she's arrogant; she's just saying it's a less acceptable trait for women to have than men. again, true.

i would like to reiterate her age. 23. every young woman reaches a point in her life where she realizes that the bull**** bromides she was fed as a youngster (especially when it comes to the women of my generation, raised on a steady PC diet of "girls rock," "gender roles are societal constructs," etc) have not fully prepared her for the realities of adulthood. she is still cutting her teeth both as an adult and as an artist. i don't think what she said was that big of a deal.

furthermore, saying that women outsell men in the music biz hardly means they're calling the shots. entertainment is still largely a man's world, baby, and i say that as someone who hates gloria steinem. you won't find me spouting any feminazi dogma.

but to illustrate my point, on FLDS compounds, women and girls are a far more valuable commodity than boys, who are routinely dumped on the streets of salt lake city and reno. but does that mean the women are calling the shots? hardly. it may seem like a far-flung analogy, but in both cases we are talking about the economics of sex. prevalence and marketability do not necessarily add up to clout.
Why can't the fact I dislike Gaga be entirely separate from her gender? It wouldn't make a bit of difference to me if she were a man... in fact, I hate Adam Lambert for all the same reasons I detest Gaga. An attention grubbing spotlight hog is an attention grabbing spotlight hog, regardless of what's between their legs. I'm a gay man... I freaking love women. All my life my best friends have been women. I can hardly relate to men. The only advocacy/charity work I've ever associated myself with has been causes for equality when it comes to gender and sexuality. And by the virtue of being a gay man, all my gay friends AND my women friends have exposed me to Gaga and her studio AND live performances plenty. I just plain don't like her. Her flash to substance ratio is grossly off kilter. She's more concerned with saying, doing, and wearing things that will get her attention. What she wore to meet the Queen of England was completely insulting... and I don't even give two ****s about the monarchy! I was insulted that an AMERICAN representing our country and our entertainment biz looked like a damn fool in front of a world figurehead. And in turn, that makes Americans look disrespectful throughout the world. Yes, there is much work to be done when it comes to the equality of women in the world. I just don't see how Gaga wearing an outfit made entirely out of Kermit The Frogs is accomplishing good for humanity. If anything, people like Gaga are polarizing... further emboldening foes for inequality.

carrie721 03-04-2010 02:39 AM
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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 (Post 874933)
Why can't the fact I dislike Gaga be entirely separate from her gender? It wouldn't make a bit of difference to me if she were a man. An attention grubbing spotlight hog is an attention grabbing spotlight hog, regardless of what's between their legs. I'm a gay man... I freaking love women. All my life my best friends have been women. I can hardly relate to men. The only advocacy/charity work I've ever associated myself with has been causes for equality when it comes to gender and sexuality. And by the virtue of being a gay man, all my gay friends AND my women friends have exposed me to Gaga and her studio AND live performances plenty. I just plain don't like her. Her flash to substance ratio is grossly off kilter. She's more concerned with saying, doing, and wearing things that will get her attention. What she wore to meet the Queen of England was completely insulting... and I don't even give two ****s about the monarchy! I was insulted that an AMERICAN representing our country and our entertainment biz looked like a damn fool in front of a world figurehead. And in turn, that makes Americans look disrespectful throughout the world. Yes, there is much work to be done when it comes to the equality of women in the world. I just don't see how Gaga wearing an outfit made entirely out of Kermit The Frogs is accomplishing good for humanity. If anything, people like Gaga are polarizing... further emboldening foes for inequality.
ummmmmm ... i seriously think you misunderstood me. :lol: i didn't say you disliked her because she was a woman, i was offering context for her statements.

iamnotafraid 03-04-2010 02:58 AM
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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 (Post 874915)
Is crap like Gaga all we're left with?? :shrug:
We've always got Miley.


I just read on Billboard's website that GaGa and Adam Lambert are working on
a duet. A remake of Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand's "You Don't Bring
Me Flowers".

jaycee 03-04-2010 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted by iamnotafraid (Post 874936)
We've always got Miley.


I just read on Billboard's website that GaGa and Adam Lambert are working on
a duet. A remake of Neil Diamond and Barbara Streisand's "You Don't Bring
Me Flowers".
I cannot foresee that working... then again, if "Poker Face" can be considered good, it will in that sense work...

louielouie2000 03-04-2010 02:33 PM
This is the only time I've ever enjoyed a Gaga song:



Best.****.Ever. :lol:

goldustsongbird 03-04-2010 06:08 PM
For all of her absurdity and ability to take herself a bit too seriously sometimes, Gaga is articulate and fairly intelligent, which makes me like her a lot more. I don't love her, but at least she's a departure from the run of the mill. I don't care about her "authenticity." You've got to start somewhere. Nobody exists in a vacuum. I've never understood why people's influences are used against them. No one accuses Stevie of being a copycat because she appropriated some random chick's look.

And to offset taking herself too seriously, she sometimes tells people to suck her hermie dick, so. :p

I also don't think she's hideous, but that's just from Italian schnozz to another.

DefDumbandBlond 03-04-2010 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by nailatixela (Post 874860)
I noticed one of the covers to LG's album singles (I think it might have been some remixs, possibly) had that same colorful streak across her eyes just like the album cover for Spring Session M.
Yeah I know what you are talking about, I don't remember what cover it was but I remember seeing it and the SSM cover definitely came in mind.

Ghost_Tracker 03-04-2010 10:13 PM
All I'll say is that if the Pop Music business were a war and Britney Spears, Christina Aquillera and the rest of that crowd were a battle, there's some generals who would be bouncing twice on the sidewalk for leaving such a blatant opportunity open for Lady GaGa to grab. ....... :shocked:

More power to her, I say. Like "Maverick" said in Top Gun,
"I saw I had the shot, there WAS no danger, so I TOOK it!"
GOOD for Lady G! ... :thumbsup:

Travis 03-05-2010 05:35 PM
Warning! Some foul language

This is my favorite GaGa video LOL:

Black_Moon 03-05-2010 06:05 PM
I personally love Gaga, I think she's one of the best things to come out of pop music in ages. People judge her because she has a knack of writing accessible pop music, but she is technically a great musician too. Better still, she can actually string a sentence together which seems to be an achievement nowadays in the entertainment industry.

louielouie2000 03-05-2010 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Travis (Post 875337)
Warning! Some foul language

This is my favorite GaGa video LOL:
Oh, God! Thank you for sharing that!!! :laugh::lol::laugh:

vivfox 03-06-2010 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 (Post 875405)
Oh, God! Thank you for sharing that!!! :laugh::lol::laugh:
Yes, I agree with Louie. That was classic. So I give you this:

holidayroad 03-06-2010 09:25 AM
I think Lady Gaga is okay. I'm not a fan but I can tolerate her songs more than I can some by other new artists.I guess the real question to me is when did it happen that women musicians had to look like(and act like) porn centerfolds to become 'famous'?
I know a lot of people will say this started with Madonna, but what is in the videos of Britney, Gaga, Rihanna, well, that's a different ballgame! On the off chance that I happen to watch MTV or VH-1, when there might happen to be an actual music video on, all the videos with women are sleazy. Yet the videos with men are nothing like that. Maybe I am too old to get why this is important to being a musician (I'm 35). If the record companies are making them dress like this to stay on the label, I don't know what to say.........


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