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Originally Posted by louielouie2000
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  . 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
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! 
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.  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.
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.