Lady Gaga is likely the weirdest person alive. Her birth name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, and she went to a private Catholic school in New York, ironically. At the age of 23, she is already one of the most famous pop artists, and her songs are some of the most well known in the past several months. She is, however, a freak, and it often said that she is a hermaphrodite. Nevertheless, I am big fan of her music.
Here’s a list of my favorite songs and their highlights.
Paparazzi:
“Paparazzi” is simply a fun word to say. I can’t think of a single other song that repeats “papa, paparazzi.” Plus, she starts off the music video by falling off a balcony, then coming back for revenge to kill her lover. How many five minute songs can have that much intrigue and scandal? There are also random shots of her in different dead positions, something that kinda makes you wonder. As with all her songs, the beat is so distinctive that you recognize it even before she starts singing. For me, Paparazzi is the easiest of her songs to get stuck in my head. Her outfits during this song are pretty strange, surprise surprise, and at one point (when she kills her boyfriend) she’s wearing a weird black and yellow Minnie mouse-like outfit with black lipstick and creepy eye make-up. I sure wouldn’t make her mad.
Just Dance:
This is one probably the most fun. It is, not ironically, a good song to dance to, and I’ve even worked out to this one in Zumba. The “da da doo doo um” is really catchy and easy to repeat. The song also features Colby O'Donis, whose voice is a nice complement to Gaga’s. The most electronic part of the song goes something like this:
“Half psychotic, sick, hypnotic
Got my blueprint, it’s symphonic
Half psychotic, sick, hypnotic
Got my blueprint electronic.”
The first time I heard this, it definitely sounded like something else, but it sure was entertaining. The music video has a seventies-druggie-party feel to it, which is seemingly normal compared to so many of her others.
Love Game:
Ah, the classic first line, “Let’s have some fun, this beat is sick, I wanna take a ride on your disco stick.” Thanks to Gaga, disco stick has a whole new meaning. This video is pretty odd, and it definitely has some sexual undertones. But maybe that’s why we all love it so much.
Bad Romance:
This is undoubtedly the weirdest song I have ever heard, and it is accompanied by the weirdest video I’ve ever seen. The first verse starts out with:
“I want your ugly
I want your disease
I want your everything
As long as it’s free
I want your love
(Love-love-love I want your love).”
For part of the video, she is emerging out of a cocoon, barely dressed. She is then taken, dressed, and put on display in front of several men, similar to the situation portrayed in the movie Taken. At one point, she is sitting in a bathtub, and the eye make-up she’s wearing give the sense that her eyes are about twice the size of a normal eye. Later she’s shown wearing crazy heels that have to be a least 12 inches high. In the end, she is sold to a man, and then she blows him up in his own bed. So not exactly a fuzzy ending.
As much as I love Lady Gaga’s music, she’s not exactly a family friendly artist. She seems to have an odd fascination with death and sex. Nevertheless, I do appreciate her talent in writing, singing and dancing, and her lovely ability to distract me during class.