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Lauren Smelcher

Lauren Smelcher

As Online and Entertainment Editor, I edit the website, interview celebrities and get to listen to cool new albums for the mag's Watch & Listen pages. Every few nights, I'm a proud guest at the opening of an envelope (or at least, the spruiking of one) and my desk is frequently flooded with DVDs, books and movie passes.

Lady Gaga: please explain

Last night, my fiance, D, overheard someone saying, "Lady Gaga is just so unique. She is really one of a kind; she's like no one else."

Except, of course, she is. Actually, she's like EVERYONE else. Before her, there was Gwen Stefani. Before her, Cyndi Lauper. Madonna. Kate Bush. God, even David Bowie. They all made pop music, they all wore crazy outfits, they all filled the "freak" role in pop culture. Lady Gaga is just the next incarnation of an age old archetype.

But there's no denying she's captured our attention. The crazy dresses, the sour face, the hermaphrodite rumours, the utter strangeness of her make Lady Gaga a pretty interesting character for a lot of people. Personally, I don't really get it. I don't get the weird headpieces or the sad face she's always pulling or the overdramatised video clips. I realise I'm probably in the minority about this, so I want to hear why you guys love her.

Tell, tell!

Lauren xo

PS Happy Friday!
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    I think she's a wonderful inspiration to the people of the world trying to get into the music industry and a fashionista in the making. She writes all her own songs, unlike a lot of other people these days. She knows how to grab your attention and she's today's "different"! I can't wait to see her in concert!
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    Lady Gaga is re-inventing pop doing things no1 has even thought of.she's a star, she gets ppl & she's not afraid to take being creative to the next level. Gaga is the Madonn & MJ of our generation, no question about it. See her live & hear her, watch her play the piano with her feet, watch every song be different with her own little twist. She's musical genius in every way, She only gets better.
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    Yep there is almost nothing original about Lady Gaga - not the clothes, fashion sense, music style, controversy etc. - but she is still an entertaining pop act. But you're totally right lauren, she is just filling that slot in pop culture that has existed forever, and she is just the latest person to sit in that seat.
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    It just shows how short people's memories are and/or how little people bother to know about what has come before. Even Gaga talks about the influence of Freddie Mercury etc. on her, but do you think the person your fiance heard saying this has ever heard of Freddy Mercury??
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    In this day and age there is enough technology that even the most average of voices can sound fabulous in the studio (Brittany). Let's hope that her concerts don't turn out to be a disappointment like some others of recent months (Brittany, Whitney). But the ability to have the whole world talking about her is a credit to her stylist and publicist. Give me that sort of fame and fortune and i would dress like a freak and alude to having a penis as well!!!!!
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