Lack of Productivity Makes Fleetwood Mac Irrelevent.

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Sure, they're both female singer/songwriters that play piano, but Lady GaGa and Stevie share one specific, if less obvious, trait - mystery. Both have tailored very specific, eccentric stage personas without sacrificing sincerity.

I attended a Lady GaGa concert at the House of Blues and she was incredible. She performed a few songs cabaret style (she sang & played piano), and those songs were just as dynamic as her big production numbers. She can sing her ass off and demonstrated a considerable amount of charm, humor and smarts.

Her two recent number one hits (Just Dance, Poker Face) are setting records for paid downloads, having sold four and three million, respectively. Only five songs have hit the four million mark. She currently has three songs in the top 40 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart: Poker Face (#2), new single Love Game (#22) and Just Dance (#26, with 42 weeks on the chart). She's on the cover of this week's Rolling Stone.

I have to disagree, strongly and passionately, with those who dismiss GaGa as a weightless fluke or underestimate her musicianship.

P.S. In response to the opening post, Stevie said she's relieved you've moved on, because she never liked you and the strain of faking it was killing her. She like to return the teddy bear and your fan letters, which she corrected herself with a red pen. And, yes, she'd like to confirm your longheld suspicion about that Edge walk in '98. She did purposely recoil from your pleading, out-stretched hand. She didn't know where it had been. That, and the fan-gifted crystal ball/snow globe in her other hand had just predicted your future betrayal, so her gesture was intended to haunt.