I agree with you, missroxor. I see Lady GaGa as a more accumulated and "Built-with-the-right-stuff", going against the rules once she has done the all the right way once before, and Katy Perry is a more.. seen-before artist - talent spotted and singing songs which she or others have written for the times.

I'm not an epic "GaGa Lover" or whatever, but I think she has some qualities that should be brought more into the music industry - Its almost become *too* easy, in my eyes.

To tell you the truth, Katy, she is the sweetest person I've ever meant. People say she's a jerk, but I'm dead serious. she's amazing. There's many people who would say that right now. Gaga, is artistic, she Co-Writes, which is better than nothing, but Katy wrote 3 of her songs, & they have became hits. Maybe listen to Thinking of You. That is the real her, not kissing girls. (:

/agree

What strikes me about Lady GaGa is the way that she challenges gender roles in her style. She obviously dresses in a provocative way, but it's not necessarily feminine or sexy. She mixes up a lot of sexy, "female" dance moves with some very aggressive, "masculine" ones. And a lot of the outfits she chooses reminds me of drag queen culture. I get an extremely queer-friendly vibe from her.

Anyway, that's all to say that any sort of pop star handler would NOT purposefully create an image like that. She isn't a package that someone else designed to appeal to mainstream culture.

Also, I watched a few interviews with Lady GaGa, and I have to say I was very impressed with how cool and composed she is when it comes to responding to questions.

And finally, between Katy Perry & Lady GaGa, it's really splitting hairs to say Katy Perry is a writer and Lady GaGa is a cowriter/which is better than nothing.
1) We really don't know what percent of each of the songs the artists are responsible for writing.
2) Lady GaGa co-wrote all the songs on her latest album. Katy Perry co-wrote all of her songs on her latest album (except for 3, which she wrote by herself).
Personally, I think the difference between those two in writing credentials is quite minor--especially given the fact that Lady GaGa wrote songs for other artists before she started her solo career

Stars have influences from each other nothing new, people. XD

I hate celebrities, especially pop celebrities to much sex and drama in their songs. Plus Lady GaGa took her name from queen song. wiki it.

Katy Perry, she has written about 25 songs (The Driveway, Long Shot, Psycho Love, etc.)

You know, guys, some people take imitating as a form of compliment...
PS: I hate Lady Gaga!

I like Lady Gaga.

That's about all I'm gonna say.

Actually, no it isn't.

I pose one question: is anything these days original?
You can't really blame an artist for taking other styles from other artists. Essentially that's what the music business is centered around. Note that almost everywhere you look in terms of biographical media on bands/singers include their influences. Their sounds or styles aren't technically original, but built off of something someone else has already established.

I could be way wrong, but just a thought. By all means, shoot me between the eyes if you feel any opposition.

Watch the Bad Romance video that was just released.

Then i dare you to tell me that Lady GaGa isn't original. Show me one video, any video that is remotely similar to that. She's created a visual and audial orgasm of sex, haute couture fashion, art, and horror in just five minutes. It's brilliant.

I really liked her before. As a huge art and fashion fan, i am now in LOVE with her beyond words.

Lady Gaga is disturbing. If you listen to her lyrics you'll see that they aren't half bad. Her videos, however, are completely over the top and all around sex.

I still find this funny though.

I myself think Lady Gaga isn't appropriate, but hey, no music really is.

It all has a meaning, that only the artist really knows what it means.

Eh... To me it doesn't matter. I guess she kinda does copy other peoples style but she gives it her own personal flare (I'm NOT saying that I like her because I DON"T)

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That's about the same with me, she always adds something. I dislike HER, but her music is, okay, except for always being sex.

I like them both, they add their own personal touch to their music. I'm Irish, and I haven't a clue who Roisin Murphy is, sorry :S

how do you steal something that was made up, anyway?


its like trying to say you can steal a name.
i guess that makes all the ashleys, kathys, johns, edwards, etc out there THIEVES because OMG THEY COPIED SOMEONE.



FFS people, its clothing, its not like shes wearing a mask made of roisin murphys' skin. deal with it.

...and no, im not a gaga fanatic or anything. her beats are catchy, but i dont care much about them. never even heard of roisin.
and on the subject of gagas name... i think it sounds like something a baby would say. *shrug*

Can someone name a new group and/or "artist" that is unique?? I'm sorry but this is the reality, nothing is really unique anymore these days... Also, the "music" that features this ga ga person reeks of simplicity.

To me, Lady Ga Ga is creative. Just that. I don't like her music so much (I've always been one for slow and depressing, though). She sings about what's on every human's mind instinctively - sex. Rappers are just the same. But society won't accept her because she's a woman, and if a woman is openly sex obsessed she's automatically a wh***. I think though that if anyone could understand what rappers say in their songs, we'd be talking about them and not Lady Ga Ga

I wonder why with all the hermaphrodite rumors and such....

To me, "Lady" Gaga is just another ho singing about male genitalia and loose sex. Doesn't impress my intellect (music should be thought-provoking).

Dude, a lot of my friends listen to rap music and they know damn staright what they are talking about. But it's not like that kind of "music" gets any better if you knew the lyric from start to end. It's still shit (imo), just like lady ga ga, it's corny (imo), it's whiny (imo) and her music is just like anything we heard million times before (FACT).

The reason why shit like this keeps happening is because this planet is populated by a great number of simplistic zombies. We must gather our precious brains around and fight off those brain consuming "music lovers" a.k.a. zombies together, before they get to us all! Together we have the skill to survive!!

Some people like the music they listen to to be thought-provoking as well. I know that I prefer music which makes me think about things. Some people just like brainless pop and techno. That's fine for them.

She's actually quite amusing, in a kitsch way, but I can't help but feel she's the corporatised Peaches. And a poor man's peaches at that.

Product-wise, not music-wise. Gaga doesn't make music, she makes a strange sort of comedy.

on that note: EVERY SINGLE ONE of her music vids completely confuses me.


....seriously.
i am LOST by the end of every video she makes, and there arent enough bread crumbs for me to find my way home again.

I wish you would mean, "by making a fool out of herself". To bad the majority swallows everything like the best candy they ever had.

Or maybe i should go back too hugging trees, though that sounds a lot better then dealing with this ga ga person's "music".

I don't think that Lady GaGa and Katy Perry are comparable at all either.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRtKL9Js9t4 when Katy Perry went on Rove, an extremely popular and awesome show on Australian TV. Katy Perry has personality. She's funny.

Oh and about this "OMG she kissed a girl ew yucky! What she tryin to sayy!?"
She said herself. I kissed a girl was supposed to be fun and just a joke.

IMO, Everyone that is making a big deal are just homophobic shits