Originally Posted by fractalign

Justine Bebo and Mile High Cyrus

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.

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.

Originally Posted by Musicwhore A-Z

CLEARLY Lady Gaga tore a few pages out of Madonna's playbook, for all intents and purposes. However, young music fans SHOULD have their own "heroes", so to speak. There's nothing new under the sun in popular music. Be that as it may, if nothing else,Gaga has the right idea.