I know you don't all feel the same way

[P3nT4gR4m]

Can't deny that. First time I saw her I was convinced she was trolling the music industry but that doesn't get away from the fact that her music sounds like a fucking breakfast cereal commercial. Still, I guess pissing in the mainstream has to sound that way.

[East Coast Hustle]

I find I like her a whole lot more when I think of her as a prank artist/social activist who is just using pop music as the delivery vehicle.

But you're right, her music taken in its own right ranges from "pretty good sleazy electropop" to "2nd rate Madonna rip-off".

Though, again, I suspect the Madonna rip-offs are intentional. And hilarious.

[Laughin Jude]

That's exactly how I see her, too. She seems like a performance artist/activist doing an art project/social experiment. I think she's completely self-aware and most of what she does career-wise is calculated to advance her own agenda.

I wonder if there are any cults who think Lady Gaga is the Antichrist yet.

[President Television]

Apart from Born This Way (which is absolutely fabulous), I don't like her music at all either. I see her as a memetic engineer reprogramming the machine from the inside. I respect her for that.

[Kai]

I admit I fucking love Telephone.

And Poker Face.

And Born this Way.

And I agree, it's performance art for her. She knows exactly what she's doing, and if it sounds like a parody or commentary, it probably is.