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HejiraNYC · #46 08-19-2010, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ButterCookie

We don't sell magazines but the other girls bring those rags into the canteen. It's either that or 20p newspaper. So, I have two.

[B]Taylor Momsen and Justin Bieber

And the entire twilight cast. They can just fall into a black hole.

ragrsrocalot · #47 08-19-2010, 08:00 PM

I just love the title of this thread!!!! Big Time.

SortaSavageLike · #48 08-19-2010, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

God, I don't remember looking like that much of an insufferable doofus when I was 16 years old.

louielouie2000 · #49 08-20-2010, 02:48 PM

Lady Gaga is the only person who immediately comes to mind. Unfortunately though, I think she's here to stay. She seems to be this generation's Madonna. However, unlike Madonna, Lady Gaga came out of the gate controversial and outrageous. She didn't gain fame on her music and then use that platform to make a social statement. And exactly what statement is Lady Gaga pushing with her antics? Insane clothing? Banal, egotistical interviews? At least Madonna had a message, and issues she wanted to conquer: sexuality, women's rights, religion, etc. Madonna's songs and media stunts were always about bolstering the underdog: gays, women, those who were repressed by religion, etc. Lady Gaga seems intent on only bolstering Lady Gaga. It irks me to no end.

BTFLCHLD · #50 08-20-2010, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GODDESS6

jacqueline

color her hair and she could play stevie in a movie better than lohan or reese

GODDESS6 · #51 08-20-2010, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

color her hair and she could play stevie in a movie better than lohan or reese

you got that right~ & ever since you pointed their likeness to me, i find myself staring a jacqueline when she is on screen~ she's a doll~

HejiraNYC · #52 08-20-2010, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Lady Gaga is the only person who immediately comes to mind. Unfortunately though, I think she's here to stay. She seems to be this generation's Madonna. However, unlike Madonna, Lady Gaga came out of the gate controversial and outrageous. She didn't gain fame on her music and then use that platform to make a social statement. And exactly what statement is Lady Gaga pushing with her antics? Insane clothing? Banal, egotistical interviews? At least Madonna had a message, and issues she wanted to conquer: sexuality, women's rights, religion, etc. Madonna's songs and media stunts were always about bolstering the underdog: gays, women, those who were repressed by religion, etc. Lady Gaga seems intent on only bolstering Lady Gaga. It irks me to no end.

Actually, I don't think that's fair. Let the record reflect that Gaga is one of the most outspoken, and if I should dare say, influential people of her generation in the fight for civil rights for GLBT. No, she is not haunting the doorways of Capitol Hill, but through her press releases, Tweets, interviews and stage banter, she gets her point across and in some ways the message is getting across to the mainstream. She is also an unlikely role model in the sense that she advocates celibacy and does not appear to be an abuser of illicit substances. Also, nobody can deny that she works hard and she inspires young women by writing her own songs, playing her own instruments and defining her own public image. One does not get the sense that she has tons of producers, managers, handlers and stylists trying to create the Gaga image. No, her music is not the greatest stuff ever composed, but I think it's refreshing to see such a young person who is so self-assured and well-spoken yet graceful and humble at the same time. People twice her age could take a lesson from her.

chiliD · #53 08-20-2010, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

...and does not appear to be an abuser of illicit substances.

Publicly admitted cocaine habit.

Tango · #54 08-20-2010, 04:22 PM

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Publicly admitted cocaine habit.

Yes- and not throwing stones, but in her magazine/cover story interview admits to still using drugs "a few times a year."

bluefox4000 · #55 08-20-2010, 05:26 PM

She is the very definition of desperate..i'm sorry.

Mick

tilthefirefades · #56 08-20-2010, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Lady Gaga is the only person who immediately comes to mind. Unfortunately though, I think she's here to stay. She seems to be this generation's Madonna. However, unlike Madonna, Lady Gaga came out of the gate controversial and outrageous. She didn't gain fame on her music and then use that platform to make a social statement. And exactly what statement is Lady Gaga pushing with her antics? Insane clothing? Banal, egotistical interviews? At least Madonna had a message, and issues she wanted to conquer: sexuality, women's rights, religion, etc. Madonna's songs and media stunts were always about bolstering the underdog: gays, women, those who were repressed by religion, etc. Lady Gaga seems intent on only bolstering Lady Gaga. It irks me to no end.

Yeah, I'm already over her music. I've burnt Alejandro out. Putting on The Immaculate Collection now. So now I don't like the superfluous fans, or the superfluous music.

Stew_Matthews · #57 08-22-2010, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by bluefox4000

She is the very definition of desperate..i'm sorry.

Mick

Just to say the song in your sig is one of the most beautiful ever - 'Heart of the Matter' is very good but 'For my Wedding' is even better.

Nikolaj · #58 08-23-2010, 12:29 AM

[QUOTE=Tango;906677]Yes- and not throwing stones, but in her magazine/cover story interview admits to still using drugs "a few times a year."

That's nothing! Who doesn't use drugs a few times a day? Uhhh...years! (EDIT-- what a stupid and shameful thing for me to have written).
Stevie was well past 40 when she could say the same thing! Then, we saw her tokin the pot or hash pipe well into her 50s in the SYW documentary. Edit: And it's none of my business.
I still don't like LG's music a ton, though I've tried.
But 24 and using drugs only a few times a year seems noble! Many people are on legal drugs by the time they hit the third grade. Ritalin, anyone?
Edit: ---Not an invitation or salute, by the way. In trying to be briefer, I was just glib and dumb. I meant that ritalin and adderall children can grow into drug dependent adults and it's a difficult life. It is not fun.
Until we have alcohol-like breathalizers for prescription drug driving, nobody is really safe with all of the variously affected drivers.
It's a dangerous thing, I believe, putting children on drugs, and I regret now I made light of it. Of course, there's the legality of prescriptions vs. cocaine and others drugs, and being aged 24 is different than childhood. But none of it's funny. Foot inserted into mouth again.

holidayroad · #59 08-23-2010, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Also, nobody can deny that she works hard and she inspires young women by writing her own songs, playing her own instruments and defining her own public image. One does not get the sense that she has tons of producers, managers, handlers and stylists trying to create the Gaga image. No, her music is not the greatest stuff ever composed, but I think it's refreshing to see such a young person who is so self-assured and well-spoken yet graceful and humble at the same time. People twice her age could take a lesson from her.

I think she inspires young women to be attention grabbers and to do Anything to get that attention!! It's great that she can play an instrument and she has good vocals, so so why didn't she just let herself get noticed for her talent?!

gldstwmn · #60 08-23-2010, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by holidayroad

I think she inspires young women to be attention grabbers and to do Anything to get that attention!! It's great that she can play an instrument and she has good vocals, so so why didn't she just let herself get noticed for her talent?!

It's so hard to do these days.