In what can be perceived as another dig on Lady Gaga, Madonna performed a mashup of ‘Express Yourself’ and ‘Born This Way’, and ended the song by chanting (OK, singing, but it was more of a chant than anything) “She’s not me/she’s not me/she’s not me/she’s not me,” which makes me think EVEN MOAR that Madonna‘s still pissed off that Lady Gaga‘s the new Queen of Pop (even though it pains me to say that and I have no allegiance to either woman or her music).
Do you guys remember what Madonna had to say earlier in the year about Gaga’s “obsession” with Madonna? If not, I’ll be more than happy to refresh your memories:
“I certainly think she references me a lot in her work. And sometimes I think it’s amusing and flattering and well done. There’s a lot of ways to look at it. I can’t really be annoyed by it…because, obviously, I’ve influenced her. When I heard [Born This Way] on the radio…I said that sounds very familiar. It feels reductive.”
So unsurprising that she’d do something like this, then, right? By the way, in the above interview excerpt, Madonna also goes on to say that we should look up the definition of the word “reductive.” Do you guys know what it means? Here’s just one of the definitions:
Tending to present a subject or problem in a simplified form, esp. one viewed as crude.
What can I say. Madonna’s always calling Lady Gaga a crude rendering in one way or another, and isn’t that just fancy of her. I don’t know. Once a tool, always a tool, right? Who’s with me when I say, “Madonna needs to get on up over herself and move on with her life?”
totally not with u! Lady Gaga is so not the Queen of anything she hasnt been around long enough to be. Madonna has been around for a few (million?) decades she earned her title of Queen of Pop! I like Gaga too her first album was awesome…the second not so much.
Oh please. If Madonna seriously thought Gaga plagiarised her, the old gal would have sued over it. Instead she’s just mean girling.
Gaga DID plagiarise Madonna. If you can’t instantly hear it, then you need a brainscan.
For whatever reason she hasn’t sued, the fact remains the music is all stolen.
Prove it, then. And I’m sure Gaga and Fernando Garibay have the receipts for that song. I agree with Kelsy; I’m sure Madonna knows and she’s only being an insecure bitch hanging on to Gaga.
Prepare to challenge your accusations.
I’m not a fan of either women (though I’ll admit that I despise Gaga more), but I don’t think Lady Gaga is the queen of pop, since she has only released two albums to date. Also, Madonna has been around for so long, because she’s able to constantly reinvent herself, and so far what I have seen from GaGa is the same old thing over and over again, that is crazy costumes.
If you think that’s Gaga’s only contribution then you must live under a rock.