LADY GAGA 1st appeared on the music scene about a year ago(1st Album release being in August 2008 to be exact). But in all reality she has been on the music scene her whole life. Playing piano by the age of four, writing her first own piano ballad at the age of 13, and performing at open mic nights at age 14. She was granted early admission to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she studied music and songwriting. She shortly withdrew herself from college so she could focus more on her passion. She began living and breathing the LES(lower east side) nightlife and began her performing career. And what a career it turned out to be.
I was not, by any means, one of the early fans to jump on the Lady Gaga bandwagon. I do not listen to radio and rarely hangout at nightclubs where I would have heard her music. As my friends began to tell me I had to hear her, I finally obliged. The fist song I listed to was "Love Game". And the rest is history. But, yes her singles are good, I actually prefer her non singles. I've been listening to The Fame for over 3 months now.....late start I know, but I find it all quite interesting and irresistible. The music she writes is very raw, very out there, and very real. The Fame Monster has the same characteristics except this time she even took it a bit further with her lyrics. And all throughout the Album she states "I'm a free bitch baby". As she and we all should be.
She, out of anyone else, I believe is the best role model. Everything she does is for her fans. She works her ass off. She always states that she practice her choreography until she bleeds, and never once have I heard her give an interview that within the 1st 2 minutes, she doesn't thank her fans and thank God for giving her such wonderful fans. But what I really want to focus on how she is herself and that's that. She said she felt like a freak in high school and had tons of creativity just dying to get outside of her. We all know high school is hard and I know I felt like a freak because I didn't have the same interests as others. Lady Gaga wants to create an atmosphere where everyone can feel free and be themselves. And although a lot of people say "she's so strange, or eww that's weird", that's also saying that if you don't get it don't listen to her. She is walking theatre. And she will also state that "she likes to live every minute in performance". She also does not watch TV.....that makes me feel a little less of a freak because neither do I. Leave me with my music and my journal and this blog and I am quite happy.
One quote that I found very interesting was this: "In the deepest hour of the night, I confess to myself three things; I would die if I was forbidden to write, forbidden to love, or forbidden to fashion." and also "I like to create an atmosphere for my fans where they have a freak to hang out with and they don't feel alone"
I love and find myself relating to this tremendously. To end this I would like to say.......nothing is better than being yourself. Be different, be creative, dream and go after them, and being who truly are is was better then being a cookie cutter copy of what we "should" be. Fuck the rules.
So not only to I give Lady Gaga my blessings, love, and loyalty; I also want to thank her for even letting myself go even further inside and pull out the dark and different. And just on a lighter note......she may just be the sweetest things alive, at only 5'1'' and 110 she is a tiny little thing with a huge heart. Her Mom is always with her and she comes from a very tight knit Italian family like myself. And of course she's a hot one because we all know the most beautiful girls have dark brown eyes and blonde hair. If anyone wants to be a jem and come with me to go see her perform, since she is not coming to Pittsburgh, please let me know. She describes her show as an Electric Pop Opera and the stage will be shaped as if you are at the Opera(which Gaga describes to be the most powerful theatrics). If any of you lovely little fans of mine do get to go PLEASE post photos and tell us all about it!
Peace and Love
S
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