Just when I thought every gay has completely sold their soul to Lady Gaga, reality steps in.
Not everyone is feeling Gaga's overproduced 'Born This Way'. In fact, some think it's an insult. Check it out:
Carl Bean, the man who actually did the original "Born This Way" had this to say:
Some of the swipes were minor. Aaron Hicklin, the editor of Out (one of the earliest publications to put Gaga on the cover) was the first to break ranks. On Saturday, he took to his Facebook account and wrote a message saying, "Gaga shmaga." He urged friends to go out and buy the new Adele album instead.
On Monday—after Gaga performed the song at the Grammys with a troupe of scantily clad dancers while donning a ponytail reminiscent of early '90s Madonna—Andy Cohen, the Bravo host, wrote on his blog that he found her number "very Blond Ambition meets Express Yourself." This did not appear to be a compliment.
Eric Ord, an openly gay chap working in New York in commercial real estate, said, "I think she sees herself as the gay messiah and it bugs me." According to him, the song would be like "white people writing a song about breaking free from slavery and expecting black people to worship us for it." (To be fair, Lady Gaga has said she's attracted to both men and women.) And Aaron Newbill, a modeling agent, referred to an old quote where Gaga said she wrote the song in 10 minutes. "She should have taken at least 11," he said.
Even among Gaga's most reliable demographic—denizens of the gay club world—the reaction was far from uniformly positive. Jared Needle, who with his business partner Josh Wood is the biggest gay party promoter in New York, said, "I find the lyrics cliché and the melody overly Madonna-esque. It seems pretty en vogue at the moment to pander to people's concerns about bullying. It's a good PR move because it's hard to hate a song that speaks to acceptance—unless that dialogue seems forced, inauthentic, and disingenuous. I sort of liked Gaga more when she sang about dancing as opposed to trying to be the voice of a generation."
Asked what he thought of Gaga's latest song, Bean was diplomatic. After a lengthy pause, he said "Uh, it's dance. I heard it. I can't really critique it. I don't like to judge other artists." He quickly added he takes it as a "compliment" that Gaga did a song that is clearly, on some level, an homage to him.My personal opinion: I don't like the song. It has no soul or meaning. It's too stylized, stereotypical (meaning standard pop-gay Kylie-ish) and a little empty. I like Lady Gaga, but this is not her best work.
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Amazing. Does it really matter if "gay" people like this song? Really. You know what amazes me is that some have decided to make this such a big deal.
ReplyDeleteTo be considerate of your fabulous blog I'll keep this nice and sweet, on a "Kill Bill" level.
My opinion on the song. It is danceable. I like the title.
ReplyDeleteBut it is not original.
On Gaga herself. I agree with the first comment. She is trying to make herself a gay messiah and that bothers me. Yeah I appreciate gay allies...but she is getting annoying making everything GAY!
I'm surprised she keeps promoting that fact that it took an entire 10 minutes to write the song. No real thought or effort into a piece of generic music that does sound quite a bit like a Madonna re-mix.
ReplyDeleteI'm relieved to find out I am not the only one feeling underwhelmed.
ReplyDeleteI love the song. WHO CARES if others don't like it???
ReplyDeleteI don't think the song is that big a deal. I personally feel the same way as Jared Needle and Josh Wood. She's better when she's not trying to be a voice. The song isn't as good as Bad Romance or Poker Face, but no one is always on top of their game.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to say that Kylie is better than this song.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy Lady Gaga made this song so I could hear Carl Bean's song. It's so touching and soulful. I want to read his book too.
ReplyDeleteI am surprised you would use the phrase 'sold their soul', that seems really out of character for you and this blog.
ReplyDeleteI like the song, so that means something is wrong with me or that I have done something wrong? It's a pop song for God's sake.
Judy, I don't think something's wrong with you because you like the song. I think for all the hype it got, it was a lackluster effort. The selling of soul bit means in many eyes, she can't do any wrong. People have expressed how a person is a self hating gay, if they don't like the song. That's a bit much.
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