*sigh*
So my wife likes most of Lady Gaga's music. But she's in no way a "fanatic" as boberama puts it. I admit a few of her songs catch my attention, have a good tune, or a good beat. But mostly when I see her I see a narcissistic personality, or for those that don't like five-dollar words, an attention whore.
Which is the problem I have with *most* modern performing artists. It's not about the music, it' all about "LOOK AT ME!!!!"
Music is simply one of the means by which they draw attention to themselves.
Now don't get me wrong, I like genuinely good music. And I've seen some of Stefani Germanotta's performances pre-Lady Gaga. And I will say that she is a genuinely talented, even gifted, musician, even though her singing voice tends towards being a bit nasal (you can still hear it a bit in "Poker Face"). But inasmuch as this is true, the commercialized, over-hyped, over-sensationalized Lady Gaga is NOT someone I would regularly enjoy listening to.
Finally, while her being accepted to Juilliard is impressive, it is tempered by being the "pre-college" division which is somewhat less competitive as it has pretty severe geographic restrictions on where students live, etc. Granted, there are 18 million people in that same geographic area, and only 149 students are accepted to that division of Juilliard, but it's not quite the same as the College itself, which accepts students from around the world and is *much* more competitive. Tisch School of the Arts is good, but it isn't Juilliard.
