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davidt
on Saturday February 20 2010, @01:00PM
Misery Guts writes:
Simon Goddard blogs on Lady Gaga's love of all things Morrissey. ---
someraincoatedlovers also writes: via Simon Goddard's blog, Lady Gaga calls Morrissey "my buddy"
"Because we were in Manchester, and since her album was called The Fame, I asked if she agreed with the words of a certain local bard that “fame, fame, fatal fame… can play hideous tricks on the brain.” “Yes. I love that song,” Gaga replied in her Manhattan robo-drawl. “Sometimes when I’m on stage I do this thing with my voice where I go… fame, Fame, FAME! Which is sort of my homage to that.” At the time I wasn’t sure if Gaga was bluffing (with her muffin) until three months later when another interviewer asked the name of her “favourite celebrity with style.” After a few seconds pause she answered, “Morrissey.” Since then she’s Tweeted Smiths lyrics and has even alluded to conversations with Morrissey who she described with alarming casualness as “my buddy”. So, there you have it. Lady Gaga is an actual “apostle”. An uncanny postscript to this, and the reason her Brits performance brought this all back, is my regret that I forgot to give her my intended gift - a spare copy of the Jobriath Lonely Planet Boy compilation. I’d reasoned as a Bowie fan and New York art junkie that if she hadn’t heard his stuff she may like it. Watching her play Telephone at the Brits makes me think she would have, or possibly already does. Close your eyes and it’s like listening to a Jobriath ballad as sung by Etta James."
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over? (Score:1)
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Re:over? (Score:2, Insightful)
It was poorly worded.
Honestly, it makes sense to me. Morrissey may excoriate Pop music in the press, but he's shown time and again that he has a weak spot for fluffy music.
It's nothing new. Think back to the 80's, and his brief association with Pete Burns from Dead or Alive. Morrissey is like a pop music Jackdaw. If it sparkles, he seems to want it.
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all hail the mighty Godga! (Score:0)
Doesn't he mean disciple? (Score:0)
Lady gaga (Score:0)
Gargoyle (Score:1)
Rah rah garh garh nom nom nom nom gah gah rah rah blah... etc. etc.....
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Lady gaga? (Score:0)
elton John (Score:1)
Lady who?
15 minutes of fame, remember Tracy Chapman?
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Lady GaGa Over Morrissey (Score:1)
And if you read the title, you can tell that she is "GAGA" over Morrissey, not that she's done with him. It's a pun.
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His name was always “Buddy” *shrugs* (Score:1)
Whatever floats their boat. Just cannot envision the Morrissey having a cocktail with Lady Lala, or eating dinner together. They just don’t … Belong.
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So what? (Score:0)
In Defense of Gaga (Score:1, Interesting)
My 60 year old friend and co-worker loves Lady Gaga. She told me that when Miss Gaga was in high school she was this shy, mousy thing. Not unlike our Morrissey, who eventually became a huge influence on the modern music world.
So i can completely see the Morrissey-Gaga connection, even though they seem worlds apart.
She's crap (Score:0)
18 months.. (Score:0)
This is a constant theme (Score:0)
Lady Gaga (Score:0)
I love Gaga!!!! (Score:0)
No More (Score:1)
I swear, there is nothing new under the sun.
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Sounds strange (Score:1)
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Mark Simpson endorses Lady Gaga (Score:0)
http://www.marksimpson.com/blog/2010/02/18/long-live-lady-gaga-and-the-mcqueen/
Tony Visconti knows (Score:0)
"Btw -- Morrissey is not Ga Ga's 'buddy' as she often states. They've never met."
SheHe? (Score:0)