[lbo-talk] Paglia on Gaga

Mark Bennett bennett.mab at gmail.com
Tue Sep 14 11:10:32 PDT 2010


"Her voice isn't bad. But the derivative of the derivative personality is profoundly depressing."

All music seems to have hit a dead end. There seems to only so much you can do with three chords and a chorus, or even an orchestra and a score.

On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:08 AM, <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:


> Doug
>
> "Long ago, the Village Voice had a headline on a Roxy Music review: "Having
> fun with 'fun.'" I love Roxy Music and only sorta like Lady Gaga, but that's
> the spirit of it, no?"
>
> Her voice isn't bad. But the derivative of the derivative personality is
> profoundly depressing.
>
> And, God, is she ugly. I mean Janis Joplin was no beauty, but she was full
> of life and lust and unforgivable music. "Ball and Chain" still gives me
> goosebumps.
> Gaga is ugly from every possible direction.
>
> Joanna
>
>
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