Why does Lady Gaga get a free pass from hipsters?

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Lady Gaga is basically singing Britney Spears songs (I actually though it was Britney the first time I heard Poker Face), but since she dresses like Fischerspooner and acts like an "artist" she's given a free pass? Sure, she might actually be able to sing, but I don't see the Cobrasnake crowd championing Christina Aguilera.

makeitpop, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:39 (5 months ago) Permalink

oh geeeeez

surm, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:40 (5 months ago) Permalink

take the wave to shea

fourteen junkies too weak to work (G00blar), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:41 (5 months ago) Permalink

wwb_sd

rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:41 (5 months ago) Permalink

1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:42 (5 months ago) Permalink

yea, and the stupid new yorker article

surm, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:42 (5 months ago) Permalink

tbh "lady gaga" and "hipsters" in the same sentence is making me a little queasy

surm, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:43 (5 months ago) Permalink

it should be a policy to not respond to makeitpop threads but the answer to this one is easy: besides not knowing what you even mean by hipsters, or even if hipsters are giving a free pass to gaga, or if anyone should even care, i think the answer is largely because for a long while before she was a pop star gaga was a performer in presumably hip nyc clubs doing burlesque stuff and the like. she has street cred to put it one way, as opposed to brit or xtina

let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:44 (5 months ago) Permalink

god she is such a horseface

let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:44 (5 months ago) Permalink

it's basically impossible for her to be sexy

Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:44 (5 months ago) Permalink

no one fucking likes lady gaga, what the hell is this guy talking about

gangsta hug (omar little), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:44 (5 months ago) Permalink

i would like to understand where she came from tbh

DUDE, I DON'T LOSE (call all destroyer), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:46 (5 months ago) Permalink

also "poker face" doesn't sound like britney

surm, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:47 (5 months ago) Permalink

Lady Ga Ga writes her own material.

Yes, that is important.

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:48 (5 months ago) Permalink

But whether she is the "new Madonna" or not, well, we'll get the answer to that in 5-10 years.

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:48 (5 months ago) Permalink

the phrase "new Madonna" should never be uttered again

surm, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:49 (5 months ago) Permalink

ws, kinda

i would never want a book's autograph (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:50 (5 months ago) Permalink

no one fucking likes lady gaga, what the hell is this guy talking about

― gangsta hug (omar little), Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:44 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

pretzel walrus, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:50 (5 months ago) Permalink

Her tunes are pretty good, the couple that I've heard anyway. She does not give good interview. I don't know whether hipsters give her a free pass or not. Who knows why hipsters do what hipsters do?

Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:51 (5 months ago) Permalink

The Britney comparison is referring to her latest albums, not the Baby One More Time era music.

makeitpop, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:51 (5 months ago) Permalink

A++++ troll

iatee, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:52 (5 months ago) Permalink

i mean, i understand, but the voice is like, not the same.

surm, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:52 (5 months ago) Permalink

Dee Snider looks great on that RS cover tho

all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:52 (5 months ago) Permalink

Obviously, Lady Gaga has a more appealing voice, but the attitude, the production, and the silly sexual innuendo seems interchangeable. Either record could have been released by either artist.

makeitpop, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:53 (5 months ago) Permalink

Lady Gaga: The Original Hipster Grifter

1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:53 (5 months ago) Permalink

who is makeitpop a sock of?

languid samuel l. jackson (jim), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:54 (5 months ago) Permalink

no one fucking likes lady gaga, what the hell is this guy talking about

can't be said enough

Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:55 (5 months ago) Permalink

Had this stuck in my head recently, thanks ILM

da croupier, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:56 (5 months ago) Permalink

lady gaga, jay leno & dave matthews in one issue of Rolling Stone. I'm making a bee line to the newsstand.

pj, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:58 (5 months ago) Permalink

Obviously, Lady Gaga has a more appealing voice, but the attitude, the production, and the silly sexual innuendo seems interchangeable. Either record could have been released by either artist.

1. Lady Ga Ga writes her own material
2. Britney has never written a song

VERY important difference!!!!

Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:59 (5 months ago) Permalink

no it isn't, shut up

1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:59 (5 months ago) Permalink

geir stop

let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 20:59 (5 months ago) Permalink

also percentage of the world that knows that lady gaga writers her own songs and isn't some label controlled robot is probably like 20%

let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:00 (5 months ago) Permalink

also britney has written a song

surm, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:01 (5 months ago) Permalink

much like after you hit suggest ban i think there should be a warning that reminds you that you are about to respond to a geir hongro post

let free dom ring (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:01 (5 months ago) Permalink

lol this is such an obvious trolljob w2g guys

autogucci cru (deej), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:03 (5 months ago) Permalink

dunno if you're talking about makeitpop, geir, gaga or all 3

Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:05 (5 months ago) Permalink

I wrote a song, it's called "Geir, Shut the Fuck Up"

Kitchen Paper Towel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:09 (5 months ago) Permalink

I hear the lyrics are a little obscure to the uninitiated but the cognoscenti highly satisfying.

Le présent se dégrade, d'abord en histoire, puis en (Michael White), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:11 (5 months ago) Permalink

no one fucking likes lady gaga, what the hell is this guy talking about

The-Reverend (rev), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:13 (5 months ago) Permalink

no one fucking likes lady gaga, what the hell is this guy talking about

― gangsta hug (omar little), Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:44 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

― pretzel walrus, Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:50 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark

UH i know at least one person who never stops singing JUST DANCE

69, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:14 (5 months ago) Permalink

I wrote a song, it's called "Geir, Shut the Fuck Up"

ysi?

鬼の手 (Edward III), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:15 (5 months ago) Permalink

perez hilton, hipster

da croupier, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:18 (5 months ago) Permalink

Geir Hipstro

krots tphns (Curt1s Stephens), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:19 (5 months ago) Permalink

okay, everyone all together:

FUCK YOU, KANYE

1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:19 (5 months ago) Permalink

lady gaga music > lady gaga photos tbh

Hard House SugBanton (blueski), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:20 (5 months ago) Permalink

defenestration > lady gaga photos

1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:21 (5 months ago) Permalink

what kind of free pass do you mean? a bus pass? a train pass?

Local Garda, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 21:22 (5 months ago) Permalink

excellent fieldwork there!

DUDE, I DON'T LOSE (call all destroyer), Friday, 12 June 2009 12:41 (5 months ago) Permalink

i think to prove or disprove this thread's premise we need to find out how A-Trak felt when he found out Kanye is going to tour with LG

being british is no excuse (some dude), Friday, 12 June 2009 12:57 (5 months ago) Permalink

If you're over 17 and care about "street cred" -- especially to the point of using it as criteria for whether or not you'll allow to like certain things -- that is just sad.

thirdalternative, Friday, 12 June 2009 13:18 (5 months ago) Permalink

Particularly if that "thing" is a person, i agree. This girl is 25 & has a child, btw. Her #1 reason for liking the guy is that he likes Ghostland Observatory.

myndbloom, Friday, 12 June 2009 13:41 (5 months ago) Permalink

It is really messed up that she would like this band if she is a mother of a child. They look like total chesters.

kingkongvsgodzilla, Friday, 12 June 2009 13:52 (5 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Perhaps because of her cock?:

http://bossip.com/139759/chicks-with-dcks-is-lady-gaga-packing/

thirdalternative, Friday, 7 August 2009 14:53 (3 months ago) Permalink

Welcome to last year, son.

King Boy on Parole (King Boy Pato), Friday, 7 August 2009 14:57 (3 months ago) Permalink

so you sucked her dick first, big deal

some dude, Friday, 7 August 2009 15:06 (3 months ago) Permalink

y'know i always thought she looked like hedwig

galumphing lummox (bug), Friday, 7 August 2009 15:14 (3 months ago) Permalink

so you sucked her dick first, big deal

just because i'm more trendy than you, hipster

King Boy on Parole (King Boy Pato), Friday, 7 August 2009 15:18 (3 months ago) Permalink

Is this well known? I think she's even hotter now.

thirdalternative, Friday, 7 August 2009 15:21 (3 months ago) Permalink

how do you 'allegedly' say like seven complete sentences

goole, Friday, 7 August 2009 15:27 (3 months ago) Permalink

dmr, Friday, 7 August 2009 20:57 (3 months ago) Permalink

tbh she gets a free pass for that outfit

❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Friday, 7 August 2009 21:22 (3 months ago) Permalink

Remember when hipsters read Nietzsche and went on road trips?

nicky lo-fi, Friday, 7 August 2009 21:41 (3 months ago) Permalink

no i am 22

❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Friday, 7 August 2009 21:41 (3 months ago) Permalink

allow me to explain, basically nietzsche was the pop singer with a stealth dong of the 1800s

moonship ay to bay bay (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 7 August 2009 21:46 (3 months ago) Permalink

On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense was THE summer jam of 1872, y'all

tylerw, Friday, 7 August 2009 21:52 (3 months ago) Permalink

tell me more

❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Friday, 7 August 2009 21:52 (3 months ago) Permalink

newspapers the world over ran a scandalous woodcut of his crotch when he was caught going commando while getting out of a carriage outside the Bonn Opera House

moonship ay to bay bay (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 7 August 2009 21:55 (3 months ago) Permalink

i have heard of him, he was really a chick iirc and the woodcut showed his vag

❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Friday, 7 August 2009 21:56 (3 months ago) Permalink

Haha. Nietzche's "Will to Power" album was totally pop.

Tracklisting revealed on Pitchfork, May 1872:

1. Beyond Good and Evil
2. Ubermensch (Ft. Akon)
3. The Gay Science
4. Human, All Too Human (Ft. Trent Reznor)
5. The Principal of Eternal Return
6. God Is Dead
7. Ecce Homo (Bitte Orca)
8. Twilight of the Idols
9. Daybreak (Ft. Michel Foucault)
10. Untimely Meditations
11. Thus Spoke Zarathustra (w/ Deodato)

the who cares (okamax), Saturday, 8 August 2009 01:24 (3 months ago) Permalink

lady gaga gets a free pass from hipsters and britney spears doesn't because "poker face" and "just dance" are much much better songs (and better suited for the dancefloor, which is key) than fucking "hit me baby one more time" which is music for ten-year-olds.

plus, lady gaga sings about fucking all the time!! (even if she's really really ugly in real life)

Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 8 August 2009 01:30 (3 months ago) Permalink

^^ Just Ban.

Tim F, Saturday, 8 August 2009 01:35 (3 months ago) Permalink

No, I like the cut of Mr. Snrub's jib,.

King Boy on Parole (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 8 August 2009 01:45 (3 months ago) Permalink

She's awesome. She's a perpendicular force to most musicians, where the music is the art and the personal appearance is inconsequential. With her, the music is just a footnote on her interviews, her outfits, everything else. I'd never go to see her perform but I'd buy an US Magazine if they were interviewing her.

Tourtiere (Owen Pallett), Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:00 (3 months ago) Permalink

I think she's a horizontal force.

EZ Snappin, Saturday, 8 August 2009 02:01 (3 months ago) Permalink

her?-pen-dick-ular force

we make rub' dongs from 4" to 6" (k3vin k.), Saturday, 8 August 2009 05:14 (3 months ago) Permalink

jesus dude

GOON starring some dude, dir. surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 8 August 2009 05:15 (3 months ago) Permalink

she does have a wang tho yeah

GOON starring some dude, dir. surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 8 August 2009 05:16 (3 months ago) Permalink

She's just grabbing the Bowie Androgynous pop star template and taking it to its logical extreme.

He must be mad jealous.

From now on I'm removing passes from any pop sensation that isn't born with both male & female genital organs.

Pop Music is the third sex.

my opinionation (Hamildan), Saturday, 8 August 2009 10:03 (3 months ago) Permalink

surely it was

3. The Gay Science (No Homo)

Jamie_ATP, Saturday, 8 August 2009 14:19 (3 months ago) Permalink

pitchfork's interest in him comes across as so tokenistic tho

❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Saturday, 8 August 2009 14:21 (3 months ago) Permalink

The Manchester Guardian's Alexander Pettingrew-Dickson called him "the legit sound of urban Prussia in 1872".

King Boy on Parole (King Boy Pato), Saturday, 8 August 2009 14:24 (3 months ago) Permalink

lol yes david bowie must be extremely jealous

moonship ay to bay bay (M@tt He1ges0n), Saturday, 8 August 2009 14:29 (3 months ago) Permalink

The European canon is here.

deep olives (Euler), Saturday, 8 August 2009 14:35 (3 months ago) Permalink

what a disappointing "penis" that was

surfboard dudes get wiped out, totally, Saturday, 8 August 2009 15:42 (3 months ago) Permalink

^^^ Yeah I'm really not at all convinced by that penis tbh.

ENBB, Saturday, 8 August 2009 23:12 (3 months ago) Permalink

Good thing she's got a vagina as well so

❊❁❄❆❇❃✴❈plaxico❈✴❃❇❆❄❁❊ (I know, right?), Saturday, 8 August 2009 23:50 (3 months ago) Permalink

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=8278249&page=1

Lady Gaga's all woman.

That's what her manager's asserting after an up-skirt photo of the pop star sparked rumors that she's a hermaphrodite. The photo, taken from video shot at England's Glastonbury festival, reveals a bulge between Gaga's legs -- a bulge that could have been caused by undergarments, a bad angle, or, as some blogs would have you believe, a penis.

Bossip.com alleged that Gaga said this when asked about the subject:

"It's not something that I'm ashamed of, just isn't something that I go around telling everyone. Yes. I have both male and female genitalia, but I consider myself a female. It's just a little bit of a penis and really doesn't interfere much with my life. The reason I haven't talked about it is that it's not a big deal to me. Like come on. It's not like we all go around talking about our v***. I think this is a great opportunity to make other multiple gendered people feel more comfortable with their bodies. I'm sexy, I'm hot. I have both a **** and a p*****. Big f******g deal."

ABCNews.com asked Gaga's manager if the "Poker Face" singer is a hermaphrodite and if she said the above quote. His reply:

"This is completely ridiculous."

Gaga's sexuality has been the subject of intense speculation ever since she told Rolling Stone magazine that she considers herself bisexual, though her attraction to women is purely physical.

"I think I'm changing what people think is sexy," she told the magazine in May.

In June, she elaborated on the issue to USA Today, saying, "I don't think being gay or being bisexual or being sexually free is anything that should be hidden. Everybody has a right to their secrecy, of course, but I don't feel particularly shy about it. It is who I am. I sing very openly about it in my music, so I suppose I could say that I choose not to hide it in interviews because I don't care to hide it and, two, because it is very obvious in my music that I like women."

But apparently, that doesn't mean she's toting a disco stick of her own. Consider the Glastonbury festival photo a wardrobe malfunction, not a coming out.

velko, Thursday, 13 August 2009 08:49 (3 months ago) Permalink

disco stick!

butthurt (deej), Thursday, 13 August 2009 08:59 (3 months ago) Permalink

what's she getting a free pass to?

free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Thursday, 13 August 2009 09:13 (3 months ago) Permalink

bus travel

#/.'#/'@ilikecats (g-kit), Thursday, 13 August 2009 10:33 (3 months ago) Permalink

is it good for an entire month or just one ride?

free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Thursday, 13 August 2009 10:36 (3 months ago) Permalink

i didn't issue it

#/.'#/'@ilikecats (g-kit), Thursday, 13 August 2009 10:36 (3 months ago) Permalink

what we need is a bona fide hipster to answer this question.

free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Thursday, 13 August 2009 10:37 (3 months ago) Permalink

You need to get a unicorn, first.

Coz, like, the only way to find a true hipster is to take a unicorn into Shoreditch, and the first person the unicorn lays its head in their lap - that's a true hipster.

hüzün (Masonic Boom), Thursday, 13 August 2009 10:40 (3 months ago) Permalink

is that the same as taking a white wolf to Williamsburg?

free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Thursday, 13 August 2009 10:44 (3 months ago) Permalink

By that logic, all hipsters are virgins.

#/.'#/'@ilikecats (g-kit), Thursday, 13 August 2009 10:48 (3 months ago) Permalink

Guys, this is who can provide a definitive answer

free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Thursday, 13 August 2009 10:53 (3 months ago) Permalink


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