During an interview on Aussie television show A Current Affair, Gaga tells host Tracy Grimshaw that she was "born this way". What does she mean? Well, the get ups, wigs and other crazy hair, just her overall eccentrics, and egocentrics. Gaga, at every opportunity possible, has to reaffirm to the world that "This is me. This is who I am. I was born this way". It's really starting to sound lame, using the term "Born This Way" at every given chance. It's also starting to sound like the only person she's trying to convince is herself.
Enter Lady Gaga quote here: "I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true"
Interesting.
When Rob Fusari first met Gaga, she was a pretty normal looking Italian lass from New York. She looked more like a cast member on Jersey Shore. Long brown hair and according to some old friends, the craziest look Gaga went for was wearing suspenders.
Gaga's main style of music was jazzy type ballads with her on the piano. The clubby, Euro-pop dance music was a polar opposite of what she was all about. Rob Fusari was searching for a rock type chick to front an all girl band with a similar style to The Strokes. He thought he found that in Gaga. Then known as Stefani.
When the female band idea didn't materialize, Fusari worked on convincing Gaga to give up on rock and roll and focus on dance music by telling her that her second rate Nora Jones act isn't cutting it. This would mark the beginning of Lady Gaga.
In fact, it was Fusari who gave her the idea for the name "Lady Gaga". In a 2008 interview with MTV's Buzzworthy blog before The Fame's release, Gaga credits Fusari with her new name. "My name, Lady Gaga, comes from the first producer that I worked with, Rob Fusari," she said. "I was playing a record for him one day in the studio called 'Again Again,' which is actually a B-side for the album, it's like this super-Beatles/Queen theatrical ballad. He said, 'God, you're so "Radio Gaga," ' and I thought that was funny. And every time I'd come into the studio he'd say, 'Gaga is here, Gaga is here! Gaga Gaga!' So it sort of stuck, and I tacked on the 'Lady' as a sort of ironic contrast to the crazy of the Gaga."
Enter Lady Starlight and thus began the transformation of Gaga's look. “Hello, hello Lady. I’m Lady Starlight. I’m a DJ. I want to help you make some great onstage fashions. First, a good idea is setting this can of hairspray on fire! And here are some disco balls.” That was the very first thing Starlight said to Gaga when they first met through Akon.
Starlight at the same time, probably introduced Gaga to whole new scene. Eccentric club folks, colored hair, flashy clothes. I'm betting this was also the time she got really into the drugs. Gaga was probably so enthralled by this scene and wanted to be a part of it and accepted by it so bad because it was more exciting than what she had before. I get that. As young people grow up and experience more, they change and experiment several times over the years. Be it who they choose to hang out with, where they choose to hang out, the music they like, clothes they like and hair cuts they like. But don't claim to be born that way when clearly you're not.
Fast forward to Gaga's interview in Australia. She claims that due to the bullying she got in high school, she was afraid to dress the way she wants to dress, in reference to the way she dresses now. She was afraid of being made fun of so she tried to be as normal as possible and that she wasn't brave.
OK, fine, that makes sense however, IF that were the case, wouldn't Gaga have had these ideas already and brought them to the table herself when she started recording with Fusari? This idea and look of who she really is inside, how she was "born" would've already been there. She didn't need Starlight or anyone to help manufacture a look and gimmick for her.
Gaga basically settled for a product and now that she's famous, is trying to peddle it as art and claiming to be original. So now, all the monsters are buying it up and they will rip your face off if you try to show them otherwise. Listen Monsters, Gaga was not "Born This Way", she was "Manufactured This Way". Gaga is the last person who should be preaching this "be yourself" ra ra sermon. Stefani molded and shaped herself with the help of others to become the person we know today as Lady Gaga. She has lost herself in her alter ego and I think she is really believing the lies she tells herself everyday.
See Gaga quote above for a reminder.
Gaga was not a weirdo in school. Tell me, how can someone with long brown hair in a pretty normal green strapless dress playing jazzy ballads on a piano be considered weird? I'm not buying the story.
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| Looks like she has friends. This doesn't look like a weirdo Gaga at all. Born this way? I think not. She's actually very pretty here. |
