Originally Posted by fractalign

I get tired of the same boring argument that Gaga is copying Madonna, you could say Brittany Spears is copying Madonna or that Christina Agulera is copying Madonna too. Its such a tired cliche as to be a cure for insomnia.

Madonna was no trail blazer when she started out rather she was a white female doing disco songs ( Hello Debbie Harry ! ). She was also an attractive white women doing club based pop music that the likes of Donna Summers or Chaka Kan had been doing for years, of course Donna Summers and Chaka Kan were better singers than Madonna but because Madonna had fair skin and the music video age was dawning, she was prime time MTV fodder.

In short she was photogenic and her voice was only a secondary concern, because when you are singing about being" like a virgin" or "living in a material world" and you're dressed up like Marrillon Monroe, you're voice is going to be the last thing people will be thinking about.

She did everything to exploit her image, from bearing her breasts wearing a black corset, Siouxe from Siouxe and the Banshees had done the same thing back in the late seventies, to going into the movie industry. But at the end of the day she was just a singer with an ok voice.

That is the one distinct difference between Lady Gaga and Madonna, Lady Gaga can actually sing really well, Madonna's voice is just ok. Other things I like about Lady Gaga are that her videos are avant guard master pieces, her costumes outrageous and her behaviour is truly eccentric at times.

The music Madonna is making these days is actually questionable at best and its safe to say her best years are behind her. She could age gracefully and create music that reflects her age, but instead she teams up with artists like Justin Timberlake, MIA, Adele and even Miley Cyrus. It is just sad and a reflection on how separate she has become to remain relevant, that she is courting artists half her age to try and retain, or should I say regain her street creed.

I can't imagine Lady Gaga doing the same when she is in her fifties also she did not get to where she is without talent and compared with some of her contemporaries like Justine Bebo and Mile High Cyrus, Lady Gaga actually has fans who are older than 13.