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defrogITEM: Forbes magazine has released its annual list of the 100 Most Powerful Famous People On Planet Earth. Oprah is No. 1.
Lady Gaga is No. 4.
Which is impressive (her apprenticeship in the Illuminati notwithstanding) considering (1) her first album came out just two years ago, and (2) her videos and stage act frighten the hell out of Mainstream America.
And yes, I know, Corporate Rock Sucks, etc and so on. On the other hand, consider the irony that rock music built its reputation – and its empire – on at least appearing to be subversive and dangerous to the very fabric of Decent Society. Name a single rock band that is currently fulfilling its duties in that regard on the scale of Lady Gaga.
There isn’t one. U2 may make twice as much money as LG, but do they frighten yr parents? Hell, yr parents are probably fans.
By contrast, LG is selling Catholic lesbian hermaphrodite shock fantasies to teenagers, and she is making tens of millions of dollars doing it – and that’s despite the best efforts of the Christian Values Tea Party to portray themselves as mainstream.
How rock’n’roll is that?
Well, okay, not THAT rock’n’roll. But it’s a lot closer than Miley Cyrus, and she’s No. 13 on the list. Whose music would you rather the children of Earth listen to?
[Okay, yes, technically you’d want them listening to Black Sabbath 24 hours a day, but I’m talking about the real world here.]
Money talks,
This is dF
Lady Gaga is No. 4.
Which is impressive (her apprenticeship in the Illuminati notwithstanding) considering (1) her first album came out just two years ago, and (2) her videos and stage act frighten the hell out of Mainstream America.
And yes, I know, Corporate Rock Sucks, etc and so on. On the other hand, consider the irony that rock music built its reputation – and its empire – on at least appearing to be subversive and dangerous to the very fabric of Decent Society. Name a single rock band that is currently fulfilling its duties in that regard on the scale of Lady Gaga.
There isn’t one. U2 may make twice as much money as LG, but do they frighten yr parents? Hell, yr parents are probably fans.
By contrast, LG is selling Catholic lesbian hermaphrodite shock fantasies to teenagers, and she is making tens of millions of dollars doing it – and that’s despite the best efforts of the Christian Values Tea Party to portray themselves as mainstream.
How rock’n’roll is that?
Well, okay, not THAT rock’n’roll. But it’s a lot closer than Miley Cyrus, and she’s No. 13 on the list. Whose music would you rather the children of Earth listen to?
[Okay, yes, technically you’d want them listening to Black Sabbath 24 hours a day, but I’m talking about the real world here.]
Money talks,
This is dF
