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 Friday, January 29, 2010

Multi-Track A Capella Lady Gaga

By Diana Hsieh @ 3:00 PM

Wow, I love the whole concept, and the choice of songs!

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Friday, January 29, 2010 at 16:22:22 mst
Comment ID: #1
Name: Todd

I like the whole thing. She did a great job. Original and well-produced. A different issue, but something having to do with the lyrics of the last song bothered me. It's sad that in this day and age, when a woman sings about one of her highest accomplishments, in order to get her audience to relate - in order to get her music produced and released - she has to use such an ugly metaphor as papparazzi. What I mean is that if a woman is able to understand and admire a man so much that she can withstand his initial indifference to her, even if it takes a long time, it will be worth it once he realizes that he loves her precisely for her capacity to feel that way about him.

That's far from what the papparazzi do. In the simple dynamics it is, so the metaphor is sound, but unlike a virtuous woman loving and keeping her heart open a virtuous man, a papparazzi is someone who waits for his targeted person to lose his virtue. That's what's important to him. The papparazzi only succeed when famous people realize cave into that old saying "bad publicity is better than no publicity", and so they start doing things to give those leeches jobs.

An otherwise beautiful song, about an undoubtedly beautiful sentiment has to be blemished simply for lack of a better, more resonant term in this degraded culture we live in. Sad.

Friday, January 29, 2010 at 21:16:20 mst
Comment ID: #2
Name: Dan G.

Todd, well stated in re papparazzi.

Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 10:41:49 mst
Comment ID: #3
Name: Tom Rowland
E-mail: atlasfan(at)earthlink.net

Yes, Yes, yes! I love it. Thanks to Diana for introducint Lady Gaga to those of us who arn't hip-- someone who I want to hear more from, Thanks to Lady Gaga, and thanks to Les Paul for inventing multi-track. A powerful combo indeed.

Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 15:29:50 mst
Comment ID: #4
Name: buffy

Diana, What is your favorite Gaga song? I think I like Disco Heaven, Money Honey, Speechless(her performance for Q. Elizabeth II is better than the cd recording), Poker Face, Bad Romance, Summerboy, Boys Boys Boys, Brown Eyes, and Paper Gansta. in that order

I think Lady Gaga does think paparazzi are leeches. i think the song was about Princess Diana

Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 1:44:08 mst
Comment ID: #5
Name: daniel

also look at http://www.youtube.com/dumbfoundead

Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 11:01:05 mst
Comment ID: #6
Name: Scottological
E-mail: scottbergstrom(at)comcast.net

What a delight. Thanks for sharing that.

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