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That was hilarious omg. I wonder if that took multiple tries and if Gaga

laughed. They were all just running in circles. Boomkack was holding on so tightly to the person in front of her, she must be worried that she will trip and get left behind. :heehee:

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I like how they are all trapped in that room. :basil: Bad Romance still slays me hard after all. The good old days, nostalgia...

My 100th post :cry: I would just like to give a shoutout to all the regs here, we're like 1 small family even though there is a division between Venus stans and GUY stans. I love everyone here :cry: this is to many more posts...

 

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I have left out a few I think but thanks for the nice welcome here you guys slay :cry:

My 100th post :cry: I would just like to give a shoutout to all the regs here, we're like 1 small family even though there is a division between Venus stans and GUY stans. I love everyone here :cry: this is to many more posts...

 

Marc

Grant

Kayla

Hausofkurbrick

Kath

April

 

I have left out a few I think but thanks for the nice welcome here you guys slay :cry:

 

Woo! :cheer: Here's to your next 100!

The Irish Times have written THE most FAB article on Gaga, absolutely 100% true, bless them!

 

A Valentine for Lady Gaga

 

“In a time when the women of pop are a

depressing mess of childish coquettishness and

tawdry pornification, Gaga stands alone as an

almost sexless carnival of the bizarre.” Jennifer

Gannon is definitely buying a ticket for Lady

Gaga

Remember when Michael Jackson floated a

massive fibre-glass statue of himself down the

Thames? Or when the tabloids conjured up the

image of him sleeping in an oxygen tent?

Bubbles at the Grammys in a tuxedo? How about

when Prince demanded to be known as a

squiggly symbol or when Madonna offended

everyone with her book full of naked photos?

How everyone laughed at these egocentric flights

of pop fancy.

This day-glo triumvirate were shining beacons of

pop creativity and craziness, a certain brand of

over-the-top eccentricity that has all but

disappeared. The classic pop music ideal of the

thought provoking spectacle is sadly forgotten,

the intelligence factor disintegrating in the

clutches of will.i.am’s robotic glove. In today’s

unpredictable climate, stars seem unwilling to be

difficult or appear confrontational as they

desperately compete for the public’s ever-waning

attention.

Pop is going through struggles not seen since

primetime TV gorged itself on reality shows;

dumbing down and feeding the masses what

they think they crave. Whether it’s Rihanna

doing the “dutty wine” in a PVC bikini, or Miley

twerking hard for her money, today’s most

successful pop stars are an endless production

line of plastic clones singing brashly and loudly

about nothing in particular. Even broadsheet

darling Queen Beyoncé is bizarrely blank and

unknowable, silent beneath the blustering PR

whirl.

Let’s thank the pop overlords then for the

enduring bag of crazy that is Lady Gaga. Ever

since Stefani Germanotta awkwardly crash-

landed onto the music scene six years ago, she

re-ignited the thrill and daring darkness of pop at

its most demanding. Rather than morphing into

a pop slot machine dishing out more radio-

friendly hits like Poker Face and Just Dance ,

Gaga transformed. Gaga became interesting.

Bad Romance , like a glittery zombie

stormtrooper, stomped all over the charts and

into listener’s hearts. It was a cigarette-stench

kiss of life, a pop blitzkrieg exploding onto the

mainstream musical landscape. Easily the most

commercial cut from The Fame Monster EP – a

dark tumour which grew from the original album,

it loudly signalled her unwillingness to align with

her ultra-girlie sexed-up pop contemporaries.

This intense mix of murky europop, half-crazed

lyrics and idiosyncratic influences begat Born

This Way , a concept album that purported to

spread the message of self acceptance. In reality,

it proved more of an oddball expedition with

Gaga trying on many musical wigs and flexing

her contrary creative muscle.

The grandiose statements made at the time of

the album’s release, coupled with widespread

derision at the idea of a pop star attempting to

make any statement other than ‘Let’s Party!’,

created polarising opinions about young Gaga.

The irritated yearned for her to just shut up and

dance whilst the intrigued sat tight, waiting for

the next trick to be conjured.

Increasingly, disdain dominated the discussion

around the release of ARTPOP . There was a

feeling of ridicule emanating at the dizzy

pretention of the whole affair – the desire to

inject art into pop; surely something so creatively

seismic should be left to cultural heavyweight

Björk or postmodern pranksters Goldfrapp.

Although the ARTPOP project was never about

Lady Gaga retreating to the fringes, it was about

thrusting the abstract back into the mainstream

spotlight.

As Gaga pranced through fields naked for

performance artist Marina Abramovic and

wittered on about Jeff Koons, it made a

refreshing change from The Wanted arguing

about chlamydia on Twitter. It also sent fans on a

scavenger hunt of discovery, something that all

the best pop artists provide; a springboard into

an unknown world of influences. In its ferocious

pomposity ARTPOP treated its audience with a

level of intelligence that remained dormant

throughout the years of chart domination from

the likes of Pitbull and LMFAO.

Underneath the po-faced pronouncements

ARTPOP reminds the listener of exactly what Lady

Gaga brings to the pop world, a certain

flamboyant fearlessness. In a time when the

women of pop are a depressing mess of childish

coquettishness and tawdry pornification, Gaga

stands alone as an almost sexless carnival of the

bizarre, creating an absurd spectacle unafraid to

be derided just like the influential pop icons

before her.

As Katy Perry filled the airwaves with self-help

book nonsense and Taylor Swift acted like a

hormonal Girls World doll, Gaga was referencing

Ingmar Bergman at the VMAs, vaulting around

the X Factor stage covered in bandages and

greeting fans in Germany with something akin to

a giant Weetabix on her head. This is Lady

Gaga’s imperial phase, her magnificently

excessive Marie Antoinette-style indulgence.

Little Monsters and casual observers alike

wait in anticipation for the ludicrous fibre-glass

statue moment that is surely only a false eyelash

blink away.

Meanwhile, the announcement of the art- RAVE

tour offers an opportunity to witness the whirling

dynamo in this glorious state of flux, as her

ladyship takes to the road. Embrace the

embodiment of post-everything pop. Observe

pop cultural history being created right in front

of your eyes. Get ready to applaud.

artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball is at Dublin’s O2

on October 17th. Tickets on sale now.

Not sure where this belongs but I won't bother with a new thread...

 

 

A wonderful Venus/Swine mash-up :wub:

it's fine my love, your posts are all the medicine i need http://i.imgur.com/sXfeEbI.png

 

my stomach is purple :tirren:

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