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Looks like I have not really reviewed much on here since I first started this blog.
Today I am reviewing Lady GaGa's song POKER FACE and the associated video.
When i first caught a glimpse of this video on TV, I quickly flipped the channel coz ofcourse if a girl in swimwear comes out of the water and there is a dog beside her , It has got to be one of those Ho video dances( I don't use this term but this is what the Rappers seem to address these women as ) .
As a smart enterprising pretty woman I find it degrading that women are potrayed as powerless lardy butts shaking around while a few other mindless men sit there just plainly watching them like moronic kings and belting out pointless lyrics where they say how they are going to do all these Hos this way or that way. Seriously, Why are there not enough music videos that show women like they are .Where is the respect to a fellow human being? I am a woman and I am smart and I would find it very degrading to even watch these HO music videos. I want no part of this exploitation of women.No , sexuality is one thing but 'Ho videos' are another thing.
Anyways, So , the first time that i came across this music video I flipped the channel . The next time that I heard the song I was in the kitchen while the TV was blaring in the living room. So i just let it play out and was surprised that the tune was very unique and catchy.
Soon, I caught up with the tune so much that I would wait and watch the video each time It would come on tv.
Btw, The video of Lady Gaga -'poker face' is quite the opposite of the powerless-sex-toy-ho potrayal of women. Here in this video, our dear Lady Gaga is powerfully sexual. It is sexual alright but there is a strong dignity and power to it . Her demeanour is very confident.
Now, looks like Lady Gaga used to be a song writer for Britney and Pussycatdolls till of course Akon gave her a break. Truly, Akon did us all a favor. Coz of course, she truly is talented.
This song , I actually just went and checked out the lyrics too because I am already too enamored by the tune and the video and what not. The lyrics are not quite bad either. That seals the deal for me. She gets my seal of approval.
The lyrics btw are about how this girl keeps up a poker face to get a guy and then of course she is gonna take advantage or some such.
The thing is, I think she sets the melody herself too. Which is great. I have no respect for singers who make others write songs for them and then others set tunes too and all they do is kinda lip sync amidst synthesizers.
Lady gaga is different, she sings, she writes and she composes too .
You must listen to 'Poker face' to understand what I mean. It is unique, and original in so many ways. Yeah, there is a point in the song where she goes into fergie mode and sings like fergie , but then there are other places in the song where she is just herself. Speaking of the video, looks like, the guy who was to shoot the video initially complained that she might be too fat for the swimsuit or some such. Well, when you look at the video you kinda are baffled at how she can effectively bring back fat thighs into fashion. Btw, the choreography kinda reminded me of Pussy cat dolls and their doll domination moves. Whoever directed the pussy cat dolls to do the "roll the shoulder while stomping the foot " move has also made, lady Gaga do the same move. This particular step kinda works it up with the raw sexuality. I am a heterosexual woman and yet , If this move can work me up this way , Imagine how much more the heterosexual guys must have gotten worked up by these raw moves? Thankfully for me, there was a pretty boy in underwear somewhere in the video. If at all people have to be stripped, let both genders be stripped equally. LOL
so, yeah, Poker face is fun to hear and fun to sing along and dance to . The video is sexual but not cheaply so. watch it and tell me what you think.
Lady gaga is anyways gonna go far if she keeps us with this talent of hers.Cheers
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