Originally Posted by fractalign

I never said I was a great speller, but I will start checking my dictionary from now on if I am unsure of something.

Anyway I still stand by my original reply and I would like to elaborate by saying that it seems like almost everyone is saying Madonna.
Everyone is so quick to right off Lady Gaga, by claiming she is copying Madonna, I actually believe she sounds more like Christine Aguilera, but thats just my opinion.

This debate is all a bit sexist if you ask me, it seems like the jury would be all too quick to pass judgment on any successful female pop artist as sounding or acting like Madonna. Substitute Lady Gaga for Britney Spears, Christine Aguilera, Kylie Minogue or Pink and you could argue that any of them "might" sound or act like Madonna in some way but that does not meant they do. These Madonna comparisons all a bit tiresome, especially in this day and age when the plethora of female performers is so much bigger than when Madonna started singing.

Because Lady Gaga puts her self out there, she is a convenient target. What people fail to take into consideration is that Lady Gaga is still relatively young, so based on that notion she should have many more years to perfect her craft.

Madonna on the other hand has not made a memorable album since "Ray of Light" or "Music", its actually been that long. Throughout the eighties and nineties Madonna made a very successful career out of her music, but this may came as a shock to you, she was not the first to do so, Debbie Harry was mixing funk and disco into her songs years before Madonna.

I find it hard to believe that Madonna would not have been influenced by Blondie when she was starting out, but no one is passing judgment on her for that. Perhaps if those voting were to cast their judgement on each performers current output rather than their entire output than perhaps they might think differently.

After all I don't recall Lady Gaga teaming up with M.I.A and Nikki Minaj to try and regain some street cred. And you know why ? Gaga does not need to collaborate with artists half her age to help make her albums.