Please let me go, Alejandro, just let me go!

Wednesday I decided to watch American Idol for one reason and one reason only (I'm still angry with America for booting off Siobhan as you can tell) and that reason is Lady GaGa! The Fierce Free Bitch (I created that by the way, aka "The FFB") was on singing/promoting her latest single from The Fame Monster - Alejandro. Alejandro is definitely one of my favorite songs from the album, the moment I heard the leaked version it became an instant favorite so you can only imagine my excitement seeing her perform live on tv! Anyhow, the performance was amazing as usual. It started off with the first few verses from Bad Romance which then turned into the main song that was Alejandro. The set was pretty interesting, lots of scary sharp black looking things with Gothic trees and angel statue featured in the center. While Lady GaGa is my favorite artist I'll admit she's not the greatest singer and that becomes noticable when she's moving around on stage. She's definitely no Beyonce or XXXTina who are known for their incredible singing ability. I'm not knocking GaGa's vocals, she's still a pretty good singer and you can tell she is when she was at the piano singing Bad Romance. I just think she needs a little more work on her singing while dancing around. Regardless of the mediocre vocal during the main performance, she still gave a pretty damn good show, but of course she did, she's Lady GaGa! Fox actually cut out a lot of live show that aired, so I'll be posting the uncut itunes version. Can you believe a whole 2 minutes was cut!? What was more upsetting was that most of what they cut was the begining part of Bad Romance where Gaga's vocals are the best! Anyway, here's this AWESOME performance of Lady GaGa's Alejandro. Enjoy!



By the way, I LOVE the part where she gets down on the floor at 2:57-3:10. There's just something totally sexy about rolling around on the floor... not sure what lol
-Jeremy:)

Lady GaGa's Telephone Music Video

One word. Amazing. I didn't believe her when she said she "felt sorry for the bad romance video because this one is so much better." I was wrong! Just when I thought she couldn't top that...she did. Beyonce has some pretty good screen time also. Telephone easily my favorite Lady GaGa video, definitely a nice follow up to her "Paparazzi" video. Anyhow, enough blabber just watch already!



"Once you kill a cow you gotta make a burger."

-Jeremy:)

November 23rd is NEW ALBUMS day!

Seriously, there are so many cool sounding albums coming out that day! Lady GaGa, Shakira, Adam Lambert, Rihanna and not to mention the Britney Spears singles collection and The Princess and the Frog Soundtrack! SO for this blog I've decided to post all the album covers and give a little review of each one! I'll start with Lady GaGa...just cause she's my favorite of the bunch ^.^

Lady GaGa: The Fame Monster
There are actually two covers for this, one being the Limited Edition version that has the Original The Fame songs along with the new 8 tracks that will be on the standard version of The Fame Monster. The Standard Edition is pretty cool, I'm digging the triangle hairstyle, very Egyptian. In the Limited Edition GaGa has a brunette wig and she's crying make-up or blood or something! Lady GaGa had this to say about the standard cover; "I'm exactly who I say I am, and whats in the past is something that I've had to mourn like a death and so I showed you what I use to look like on my album cover, but it's not because I'm revealing anything. It's just like me saying when you asked me who Lady GaGa was, but even after I show you, it's still not going to show you who I am." So, I guess that means we still don't really know who the heck she is! hehe. Either or, I'm excited! So far I LOVE the first three song's I've heard which are "Bad Romance" "Dance in the Dark" and "Alejandro" and I'm sure the rest will be amazing :)
The Fame Monster

The Fame Monster: Limited Edition


Shakira: She Wolf
Our next album is Shakira's She Wolf. I'm not too crazy about this album cover, it's kind of boring. Then again, Shakira never really has very interesting album covers...OH except for Oral Fixation Vol. 2 Where she looks like Eve in the Garden of Eden and she's holding a bitten apple, I LOVE that one. I guess this one is just OKAY, Shakira looks great as always. I hope this album is good, but then again it's Shakira so it should be amazing! I need to add it to my collection of Shakira albums on my Zune!


Adam Lambert: For Your Entertainment
Our favorite American Idol runner up is the glamourous Adam Lambert! I've heard his first single "For Your Entertainment" and it's pretty amazing, so I hope the rest of the songs follow the same way. I'm not too sure about this cover...kinda trannyish but ever so FABULOUS. It is Glam-Rock at its best and looks totally David Bowie-esque. In any case, lets go Glambert!


Rihanna: Rated R
Honestly, I'm not that big of a fan of Rihanna, she does make great music but anyone ever noticed most of her songs are just remixed versions of older songs? That's not a bad thing, they are good songs, but it's not too original. Anyway, here's hoping her next album is amazing. Cover is pretty good, she looks annoyed or pissed off....she must have still been upset over that a-hole Chris Brown....poor gal :(


Britney Spears: The Singles Collection
^.^ Everytime I read or hear about this it reminds me of my good buddy Daniel http://rainbowcafe89.blogspot.com/ Seriously he LOVES Britney, even went to her concert last month (I know, lucky right?)! Anyway, this an entire box set of Britney Spears' Singles starting from her first "Baby One More Time" all the way to her latest "3". This is actually going to be in 6 different formats; The Standard Edition, CD+DVD, the Ultimate Fan Box Set(all 29 singles), Exclusive Edition-Direct to consumer aaand Digital 45s. Pretty Cool stuff, I do like me some Britney so I just might pick up the CD+DVD set...and hey I think the Ultimate Box set is amazing, if I was a bigger fan of Brit I probably would go for that too! In any case, this looks like quite a collection.


The Princess and the Frog Soundtrack
Being a Disney fan I'm SUPER stoked for this movie! Ever since I was a kid I've loved Disney movies and I am so happy they're finally going back to traditional hand drawn animation. So the soundtrack is coming out a little earlier than the movie which comes sometime in December. So while I'd love to pick this up the day it comes, I kind of want to wait until I see the movie so I will be 100% Surprised. Im really hoping the music for this one is good, Randy Newman is doing the music and I was hoping for Alan Menken (Composer of The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules) because he's my favorite Disney composer, but I'm sure Newman did a good job so we will wait and see!


Well kids, that's pretty much all thats coming November 23rd! Excited right? I sure am!
-Jeremy :)

Lady GaGa does it again!

So the video for Gaga's latest single "Bad Romance" finally came out...one word...WOW. She's totally nuts, but thats why I love her. Words cannot even describe this video, it's so creepy yet beautiful, part horror film and part art gallery all combined into a fashion show. This is probably Lady GaGa's best music video, but I think for myself I still like the video for "Paparazzi" the best. I just love the story for that one on how it demonstrates how far some people will go to stay in the limelight. Lady GaGa's videos are definitely getting a lot better, they are evolving from simple party scenes to amazing stories. It's like what my friend Daniel said, all she needed was the money to crank out some pretty bitchin' music videos and like Lady GaGa has said herself numerous times, she is a pop-cultureal performance artist and she's definitely staying true to that 100%. Can't wait for The Fame Monster!
-Jeremy :)

"I wan't your loving and I want your revenge you and me could write a bad romance."

*Oh yeah forgot, watch the ending, its the creepiest thing ever lol.

The Monster Ball Tour Starring Lady GaGa!

I probably should have updated the Kanye/GaGa post, back then I was talking about how that tour was still going on even after the Kanye/Taylor Incident, as we all know it was inevitably canned as mutual decision by both Lady Gaga and Kanye "supposedly". Anyhow, just becuase that was over that doesn't mean Gaga isn't going to tour! She is now doing a solo tour with opening act Kid Cudi called "The Monster Ball". Am I excited or what!?! Tickets go on sale tomorrow ^.^ but I'm not sure if I'm going to have enough money...either way I'm DEFINITELY going to try to go! I REALLY want to try to get the meet and greet package(which will probably cost a boatload of money) but shoot if this means I have to work the corner of El Cajon Blvd I'm going regardless if I can afford it or not!!! I've heard her two new singles off the new "Fame Monster" album and they are amazing! Bad Romance and Alejandro are pretty dang awesome, in fact, I think they will be her next big hits! If not number 1 at LEAST top 10 status on the Billboard hot 100. The Fame Monster is basically a repackaging of the her debut album "The Fame" but it has 8 new songs, which is pretty much a new album anyway. December 19th is the concert so Gaga here I come!
-Jeremy :)

Lady GaGa vs. Madonna! XD

Saturday Night Live was on last night, and really I don't watch it too often but one reason I definitely tuned in last night was to watch Lady GaGa perform a few songs. What I didn't know was that she was going to be in a few skits and one was with Madonna! A suprise or what as both are a few favorite artist of mine. The skit overall was OK, it was mildly funny but I think it was pretty cool to see the two of them together in a stint of them battling it out in all Pop Diva style. I must say at 51 Madonna still looks damn good, though my Mom had this to say about her; "SHE'S TOO OLD TO BE DRESSING LIKE A HO STILL!" but hey I say if you still got it why not right?! After the skit, Lady GaGa performed "Paparazzi" first, and then near the end of the show she sang "Lovegame" wearing this outfit inspired by the rings of Saturn. After that song she went to the piano and began to sing a few lines from her upcoming single "Bad Romance"(she had a hard time sitting at the Piano because of the outfit haha). She then continued to sing the acoustic version of "Pokerface" combined with a song dedicated to her life in New York City. She was in a final skit with Andy Samberg where the two of them were wearing that hilarious Bubble outfit. The show was over and I was pretty happy I saw it, sure is nice to see Lady GaGa rock the stage! Anyhow, here's the Lady GaGa vs. Madonna skit :D
-Jeremy :)

Indie GaGa

The other day I was on youtube and I came across this piece of history. Lady GaGa when she was an independent artist and her band was known as the "Stefani Germanotta Band". Generic or what? This was back in 2006 so she was around 19 or 20. Hah, bet she would have never known three years later she would become one of the biggest names in Pop music. She looks totally different, she looks so Un GaGa, she looks so...normal! But who likes normal these days? I sure don't. Her old style of music seems very Michelle Branchy/Vanessa Carltony like.



-Jeremy :)

GaGa/Kanye are still on! Excited yet Disappointed

Last I spoke of this was in the VMA/GaGa post and how I wasn't sure if the "Fame Kills: Starring Kanye West and Lady GaGa" tour was still going after the Kanye/Taylor incident. It's still going and they're coming to San Diego! Now as I said before I really don't like Kanye except for maybe a few songs but LOVE Lady GaGa and her entire album, so as of now it's 50% WANTS TO GO and the other 50% is like...don't go...I missed her first solo tour "The Fame Ball" which came to SD back in March. My Sister Priscilla got to see her when she went to the White Party in Palm Springs, am I JEALOUS or WHAT!? Anykahoots, I'm thinking...to go or not to go that is the question! But then theres still the whole Kanye part...I hear he gives one kickass show but still, Kanye? Of ALL artists him?? Ah well, I probably won't even be able to go anyway since it just so happens I'm going to Disneyland(yay) on the 26th and thats the day the tickets go on sale! Dang, I don't even have the time to think of doing an impulse buy! I've never really really wanted to see an artist in concert until now! The last concert I went to was for Coheed and Cambria with Bobby and Jenny in 2008 and Hilary Duff with my cousin Sabrina in 2003 and both were actually really fun experiences so who knows maybe I will go just for that. I don't even know why I like her so much, of course for her music, but I love looking at all the crazy outfits she comes out with. So what if people think they're all for attention, and even if they are I think it's pretty dang cool her and "The Haus of GaGa" can come up with those car crashes, and as she said before "it's art" and I LOVE art! Plus she supports the Gay Community 100% and admits herself being Bi-Sexual(yay) she even said this to Kanye before they agreed to do this, *looks for the quote* Lady GaGa; "I just want to be clear before we decide to do this together: I’m gay. My music is gay. My show is gay. And I love that it’s gay. And I love my gay fans and they’re all going to be coming to our show. And it’s going to remain gay." So how could I not be a fan? In any case, wheather or not I'm going to this show is still up in the air.
-Jeremy :)

The 2009 VMA's and Lady GaGa!

So who was watching the 2009 Mtv Video Music Awards? ME! I'm not really into Mtv or watch any of their shows but I always make sure to watch the VMA's to see some of my favorite artists, one in particular this year, Lady GaGa (big fan). I'll be talking about her a lot and her nuttyself later but first I'm going to give an overview about the highlights of Sunday nights show. It opened up with Madonna giving a pretty long somber speech about the King of Pop, Micheal Jackson and his untimely death. After that Janet Jackson did a dance tribute to him which was pretty nifty, JJ's lookin good. Alrighty now I'm sure you've already heard about the...Kanye West/Taylor Swift incident -_- If I didn't already dislike him this certainly gave me a reason to not like him. Taylor Swift won Best Female Video right, which honestly I thought should have went to Beyonce(Single Ladies) or Lady GaGa(Pokerface) but whatever thats not the point. Kanye, whos known to cause a commotion and complain, gets on stage during Taylor's acceptance speech grabs the mic from her and says; "Taylor, I'm really happy for you, and Ima let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best video's of all time, of all time!" Was that not disrespectful or what? I felt so bad for Taylor as she just stood there confused and walked off the stage looking disappointed. Totally uncalled for of Kanye who was later boo'ed by the audience each time a nomination for him appeared(serves him right). Anyway, major kudos to Beyonce when she won Video of the Year for Single Ladies. She pretty much gave the stage to Taylor Swift so she could finish her acceptance speech. Very classy of Beyonce. See! If Kanye would have kept his big mouth shut he would have got to see his dream girl get on stage and accept the award for VIDEO OF THE YEAR! Whata bozo, and to think poor Taylor had to perform after that! She did a pretty kickass job singing on a moving subway train finishing it off outside Radio City Hall dancing on top of a yellow taxi cab. Other peformances included Green Day and Muse who rocked the show pretty good, I can't say I'm a big fan but they definitely did they're thing and got the crowd going. Beyonce performed Single Ladies for like the millionth time since the past year but I must say this was probably one of her best performances I've ever seen with lasers and booty shakin' galore and boatload(er stage load heh) of girls dancing to the single ladies choreography! Another stand out performance for me was Pink's "Sober" which she sang while performing aerial acrobatics. it was really clever/unique and I applaud her for being able to sing so well while doing all those funky moves in the air! The final major performace was a duet between the ever so lovely Alicia Keys and Jay-Z, together they sang pretty cool tribute to New York city. After that show was pretty much over. The host Russel Brand still annoys me but not so much as last year. Overall I actually really enjoyed this years VMA's they were MUCH better then last years which fell really flat for me. OKAY now it's time for me to talk about my current obsession who is the artsy(literally) Lady GaGa. I wanted to wait until the end cause I have A LOT to say about her! Where do I start? I'll start off by saying she's nuts, but thats only part of what makes her amazing! She arrived with Kermit the Frog as her date(weird, I know) who she kissed several times wearing a pretty interesting outfit, I call this outfit...Gothic Osterich with a touch of Phantom! She certainly stood out in the audience(she was right behind Beyonce by the way). Next, her performance. It starts with the curtain rising and GaGa lying on the floor singing a few bars from "Pokerface" which then turned into the main song that was "Paparazzi" One word...WOW, it had a white theme going on with a modern day victorian style to it. Her outfit was this weird white feathery bunny mask thing with a cut up leaotard with sparkly vest thin covering her chest...I'll call this one...Lady Darko(it was reminiscent of the creepy bunny in Donnie Darko) anyhow, she continued to sing "Paparazzi" she later had dancers remove the Darko mask in a pretty graceful fashion. Nearing the end of the performance she does a short piano solo and bangs her head pretty wildly like she's possessed or some shit. After that she gets up and continues to sing the chorus and then...the chaos starts! Blood begins to fall from her ribcage while she acts out a struggle to continue singing(you can actually hear the audiences gasping at the site of this) the performance ends by her covered in blood hanging by one arm lifelessly in the air in front of bright lights shining through the background. Yeah, that was pretty intense, my Mom and upstairs neighbor had this kind of look on their faces O_O. I'm not sure what the symboloism is of this performance was but I know it has something to do with the paparazzi constantly attacking celebrities. Either way, I must say overall it was an amazing show in all theatricality. One thing I've noticed about Lady GaGa is that her singing has gotten loads better while dancing. A while ago, I noticed she sang live pretty well while sitting at the piano but as soon she gets up to dance it seems as though she stuggles to sing. I've been watching her for a while now and she is definitely mastering her art form with major improvements. After that odd yet wonderful performance, she returns to the audience in another strange outfit, this car crash shall be called...Lacy Red Hot Fire Queen! She had actually to remove the red crown like hat/mask that was covering her face in order to give her acceptance speech for Best New Artist. If three outfits changes wasn't enough she changed yet AGAIN. I must say this next outfit was my FAVORITE. It wasn't even about her actual outfit this time, which was a plain kind of shiny white sequined dress but what she had on her head was...fuckin' EPIC! I'm going to post a picture of it at the end. Pretty much Lady GaGa had transformed herself into a...white bird nest/sea urchin eskimo head! Anyone who wears something like that is a WINNER in my book. I didn't see these next outfits during the actual VMA's but that same night she apparenly changed into this weird outer-spacey kind of dress and then after that ANOTHER change for the after party back into that same sequined dress but with a new head dress that was a needlepoint/satelite dishes covered in a bridal veil or something...WHATEVER it was, it sure was interesting of course hehe! Anyhow, thats enough GaGa talk for the night, I'm SUPER happy she walked away with three VMA's last night, in my opinion she deserved them. I was planning on seeing the GaGa/Kanye tour but after his little stint I wonder if thats even still going, he did say on Jay Leno that he will be taking time off to "analyse" his life or some BS. Either way, I don't know if I could stand seeing him on stage, I don't even really like his music and after what he did to Taylor not sure if I want to go see him even though I'd love to see Lady GaGa...hope she cancels on him! Anyway, thats all for blogging for tonight. This sure was a LONG one! I promise not to make every post like a freakin' essay or anything, I just had lots to say about the VMA's and Lady GaGa heh.



And now here is the AMAZING GaGa bird nest/sea urchin eskimo head look!