David Bowie collaborating with Lady Gaga
By Ray RahmanAugust 11th, 2010, 4:52 pmComments (4)
According to Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger, David Bowie has collaborated on a new Lady Gaga track, "Vinyl." The Stranger points its frightened, confused, and possibly hurt readers toward a document (obtained and crookedly scanned by Max's Kansas City) that says Bowie contributed production, guitar, and vocals to the song.
Of course, disbelieving fans of the glam-rock demigod are hotly contesting the validity of the mysterious document, which suggests that its drafter, too, is seeking confirmation.
Are you that individual or corporate client who can verify the unholy union of these once-androgynous musicians? Or is it just some lucky session player whose name is also David Bowie? Or perhaps the real Bowie made a song with Beatrice S. Gaga, the English noblewoman whose honorific is a royal acknowledgement of her lifelong patronage of the arts?* Please, anything proving that this is not real.
*Not real.
Comments ( 4 )
Perhaps at the end of the day we'll find out that Lady Gaga is just David Bowie in disguise. Has anyone ever seen the two of them in the same room?
So? Bowie is free to collaborate with whomever he wants.
As horrified as his fans will be, this actually makes sense. I've always called Lady Gaga the 21st century's version of David Bowie. They're both artists with a similar, highly theatric form of performing. They both portray themselves in a highly glammed up, heavily made-up and costumed style at their concerts. Both portray themselves as eccentric and over-the-top, cartoonish characters. Both have had ugly rumors spread about them (Bowie sleeping with Mick Jagger and Gaga having a penis). Lady Gaga has stated in interviews that she derived influence from people like David Bowie and Freddie Mercury in how she wanted to portray her stage presence. Now, I never said Lady Gaga is as good as David Bowie, but this collaboration actually makes sense to me, seeing as they are two very similar artists.
How dare you! I think you're confusing Bowie with Madonna!
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