Re: Lady Gaga's new song Born This Way, hear it here first
^^By the way sorry for my long post lol. I guess there was just a lot to respond to in this thread.
I agree with everything you've said thus far. I know another poster attempted to say that us dissidents are supposed to be 'venomous' or 'haters', or whatever. However, neither of those things are true. The fact of the matter is that, when people are arrogant twats, they're going to piss a lot of people off, especially when they place themselves upon some sort of pedestal and praise themselves until the cows come home. This, of course, is worsened by the lack of any exceptional talent, so that at the end of the day, Germanotta is just another mediocre singer/pianist who thinks too highly of herself. The thing is, I wouldn't be nearly as disgusted as I am with her and her chillingly deluded 'hardcore' fanbase if the lot of them learned the meaning of the word 'humility.' (It gets especially hurtful/humiliating/pathetic when a sixteen year old boy with more talent than her can show more humility,class, and self-control than she can, and she's supposed to be the adult here.)
It is true that those idiots (this being directed at the people who actually do this, not at
everyone who likes Germanotta.) go around tearing apart artists who are far superior to their 'mother monster,' such as Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears. At every turn, they seem to accuse others of 'copying Gaga,' but when others point out the manners in which their beloved object has copied others [which are many and varied, making up almost the entirety of the act], they all the sudden get their panties in a bunch. You want to talk about double-standards, about unfairness? Well, there you go. Don't deal it if you can't take it, I say. Cry me a godd@mn river, huh.
Perhaps the worst part about the entire thing is the frightening aspect of just how easily a large group of young people can be impressed and manipulated. They actually think she cares about them--which is clever business on her part, I'll give her that. They fall into that whole 'little monsters' trap...yeah, little monsters so long as I get your money, no? All that is fair and good business, however, it speaks volumes of the utter idiocy of our youth. Yes, idiocy. Not an opinion, but a fact. If you can't see that for what it actually is, and actually
believe in those words, as so many really do (I've seen things, man...
), you need help. That's pure pathology, right there--one thing is liking her, being a fan, even, and enjoying her work (which is perfectly fine and healthy), and another thing is to actually borderline worship this woman, and believe in what she tells you for the sole purpose of selling CD's as truth. I don't think Gaga would have the intention nor the talent necessary to steer them in any important direction...but my point is, if even she can twist them around like that, imagine what someone who does have the means, intention, and talent to wholly manipulate these people could do? Truly frightening aspect of human nature.
However, the part of it all which I take personal offence to is...that this woman claims she 'represents' the outcasts, those who are misunderstood by society, etc...by dressing in stupid outfits and crooning about...what
everyone else in the pop music industry sings about (sex, partying, fame, money.) That's really quite a slap in the face, because there is nothing extraordinary or different about this woman--and this is reflected by her fanbase as well, which is mainly composed of...those who fit in and
are society. If she truly represented and appealed to those who are misfits, she wouldn't be anywhere nearly as popular as she is now. The fact that she's the most popular artist at the moment pretty much discredits all her statements. Ironic? No. Expected. Why? Because she's neither eccentric, nor revolutionary. Gaga/Germanotta
is the status quo, she is society, she is common--and she is slapping every one of us who truly have been kicked around by society in the face by claiming to represent us. I spit on that with disdain. (So, yes, for me, it's personal. It's not 'hating', as so many people like to claim in order to write dissidents off.)
The fact that she hangs on to the coat-tails of the gay rights movement and exploits it to gain popularity in an attempt to appear 'risque' and 'new' (when most mainstream celebrities happen to support gay marriage/rights, anyway, and other artists/groups who are more talented and better than she is [t.A.T.u. comes to mind] have been supporting the gay rights movement
before it was the 'popular' thing to do...) also disgusts me to no end, not only because I happen to be bisexual, but because it really bewilders me that so many within the movement actually fall for her crap. Do they not realize that they are being used? I guess not.
As for hurting other people's feelings...I really don't give a damn about that. The truth is far more important than people's feelings. The truth shouldn't even hurt their feelings--the only way it would do that is if they know they are actively deceiving themselves. For example, one of my favourite things in life is Ke$ha. I adore her. However, were someone to tell me that she's a mediocre singer and artist, I wouldn't get angry at them. Evidence pretty much shows that statement to be true. Their words wouldn't make me love her any less, but...am I really going to claim that someone who sings about growing a pear and brushing her teeth with a bottle of jack is one of the best artists to have ever graced the stage? No. Why? Because I'm not delusional--that argument would go down the tubes in an instant, as it would if someone were claiming that a person who sings about their poker face and not answering their telephone qualifies as one of the greatest artists to have ever graced a stage. Truly quite ludicrous.
Anyway, to the poster who wrote his piece about us dissidents, there's my perspective. I'll leave you with one final statement: If Germanotta wasn't so set on hurting those of us who have been social outcasts, riding on the coat-tails of the gay rights movement to up her fame, and being so virulently arrogant and deluded about her own self-worth, I'd leave her entirely alone...like I do the other mediocre singers whose music I don't like, but who at least have the decency of keeping their egos more-or-less at bay, accepting what they are, and not claiming to represent social misfits when all evidence points otherwise (Bieber, Cosgrove, Tisdale, Brown, Hilson, Minaj, etc.)
