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    This morning started like any other, get to work, peruse the interwebs, tweet vapidly, until, I came across THIS. The truth. Harsh and undeniable. I felt like Deep Throat. (Not that Deep Throat, sickos, this one). I knew I had to blog about it, even if ruffled some feathers 'round the coop.  However, given where I work, I feel the need to tread lightly. To start: I love me some Lady G. I watched the Telephone video like nine times on the day it came out, and at least six or seven times since. I eat more sandwiches than I used to, and I am not a communist.

    However, Sri Lankan pop wonderlady M.I.A. in a recent interview dropped some pretty harsh truth bombs about the Haus of Gaga. And they're great:

    [Lady Gaga] spits it out exactly the same! None of her music’s reflective of how weird she wants to be or thinks she is. She models herself on Grace Jones and Madonna, but the music sounds like 20-year-old Ibiza music, you know? She’s not progressive, but she’s a good mimic. She sounds more like me than I fucking do!

    Do we still need record labels? Are they even interested in making money from music anymore? Lady Gaga plugs 15 things in her new video. Dude, she even plugs a burger! That’s probably how they’re making money right now - buying up the burger joint, putting the burger in a music video and making loads of burger money.

    It's so true! Telephone" the video is great. I'm sure "Telephone" the live stadium performance is greater. But the song sucks. It's pretty boring, standard-fare pop. There. I said it. And while Gaga's kitschy Miracle Whip spectacular is pretty, well, spectacular - it would have been greater without the bash-you-over-the-head, good-God-is-nothing-still-sacred? product placement.

    So way to fight against the hegemony, M.I.A. alg_lady_gaga_telephone

    Comments ( 18 )

    mas MIA por favor!

    letsgomathias commented on Apr 08 10 at 10:15 am

    Jesus MIA is hot!

    jack commented on Apr 08 10 at 10:25 am

    That's because MIA is an amazing creative artist, and Lady Gaga is a talentless hack. With some talented marketers....the only reason Lady Gaga gets so much press from Scanner is because she is such a friend to teh geys. (NTTAWWT.)

    MeanMrMustard commented on Apr 08 10 at 2:15 pm

    gaga's gotta do what gaga's gotta do. how many labels these days will spend the kind of skrilla it takes to make a 9-minute music video? that said, her music does suck but i think it'll get weirder eventually. also, i would make out with her.

    locifer commented on Apr 08 10 at 2:33 pm

    I enjoy Lady Gaga, but I enjoy AND respect MIA.

    jt commented on Apr 08 10 at 7:13 pm

    please, stop referring to gaga as a lady ok. he is a very talented man and i think most of you are just too afraid to admit it.

    ray commented on Apr 09 10 at 3:17 am

    ok I'm gonna say right now.. fuck all of you jealous loser's for ever saying ANYTHING horrible about lady gaga whats so ever!! don't get me wrong MIA is great and all and has some great music.

    Lady gaga was never a man you all just want some untrue bullshit to gossip about and drive the next big celebrity so nuts out of their mind that they go out and off themselves but lady gaga is so strong spirited and strong willed that she will never let lame people like you ever tear her down!! Lady gaga is way better of a person than any of you are and she is not a hack. She is very talented not a talentless woman at all she's beautiful and has a very big great heart and loves all her fans and almost anyone she meets she's respects unlike some other celebs who are assholes now due to people like all of you. And shame on you homophobes for looking down on her just because she supports gay that doesn't mean she doesn't support heterosexuality and if your not a homophobe and still saying things like oh she's this and that for supporting gay FUCK YOU!! Lady gaga is a goddess compared to any other celebrity that's ever been around in this generation besides Amy Lee..

    Besides trying to ruin some other amazing celebrities life... Ok Celebrities are people just like the rest of you and how would you feel if all of a sudden you became a celeb and immediately people would start spitting shit out about you before you even got started or hardly even got started.. this is why all of society is a piece of shit al you human beings who talk like this about other human beings just because they have some thing you don't.. talent..

    bah I shouldn't even bother typing this up because people never seem to get the point because your all to lost in your own heads and thoughts your all ugly people and your all going to get what you deserve some day in any shape or form. And when the day comes when all you shit talkers get some payback I will sit back and laugh.. :]

    When these celebrities fail because of people like you. or if they succeed much more and you get it rubbed in your face then that's satisfaction enough for me.. you'll get yours.. some day ;]

    Arian commented on Apr 09 10 at 11:01 am

    I like both Lady Gaga and MIA. I think what MIA said was tacky and uncalled for. I don't see any reason why two young, sexy, talented women wouldn't want to be more supportive of each other.

    Julie commented on Apr 09 10 at 11:31 am

    "I like both Lady Gaga and MIA. I think what MIA said was tacky and uncalled for. I don’t see any reason why two young, sexy, talented women wouldn’t want to be more supportive of each other."

    Agreed.. :]

    Arian commented on Apr 09 10 at 12:09 pm

    Chill out, I'm not a homophobe - I was just making the point that her 'music' is really, really bad. Like, Britney Spears bad...

    MeanMrMustard commented on Apr 09 10 at 5:12 pm

    ummmm, how many hits has MIA had? Just that one from Pineapple Express, and it was only because of that movie trailer that we only know about her. Lady Gaga has actually sung on stage live with Elton John. How many singers can say that?

    atomic girl commented on Apr 09 10 at 8:27 pm

    Atomic girl,
    You don't measure a musician's worth by their financial success or the success of their self promotion. I'll give Gaga that. MIA is actually and artist with original songs lyrics that actually have real meaning.

    rini6 commented on Apr 10 10 at 2:24 pm

    the comments on this post make me lul.

    emh commented on Apr 10 10 at 9:36 pm

    All of you have dreadful taste in music

    ea7 commented on Apr 11 10 at 8:11 am

    SomeONE sounds JEALOUS because Lady Gaga is that MUCH more FAMOUS lmaoooo

    Jenn commented on Apr 11 10 at 12:53 pm

    Pop music is what it is, Popular music. Is not about meaning, it's just about the beat-- you get it. This is why people who make meaningful, real music rarely become widely popular.
    So, is not just about fame and money, it's about what you can actually contribute to society. Will you feel proud of what you are contributing?

    One-Da commented on Apr 11 10 at 11:30 pm

    I think Lada Gaga contributes plenty to society (or have you been paying attention?) and I don't even listen to her music. She has a good heart. Sometimes a person with something to say has to make sacrifices in life to be heard. What the hell is MIA doing outside of talking shit and making music. Why is she so special? Its no different than television. If you don't like it, turn the fucking channel!

    ML commented on Apr 12 10 at 5:57 am

    Jesus Christ. The only time you mention MIA is because she said something about Lady Fucking Gaga. About a decade ago, when I started reading Hooksexup, it had a little more interesting formula than "porn + trashy pop culture = worth a bleg." Oh well.

    Pablo commented on Apr 12 10 at 11:06 pm

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