I don't know what's more interesting to watch. People thinking that she actually can't tell how bad this cover is and freaking out over how stupid/tasteless she must be, or watching her plan to make a controversy out of it succeed so easily.
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On criticism for being manufactured:
“Let me tell you something. If you fucking rip my hairbow and my wig off my fucking head, my shoes, my bra, every single thing on my body, and you throw me on a piano with a microphone, I will fucking make you cry.”
“Let me tell you something. If you fucking rip my hairbow and my wig off my fucking head, my shoes, my bra, every single thing on my body, and you throw me on a piano with a microphone, I will fucking make you cry.”
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Berserk wrote:
You seriously think this?
Would it really surprise you that much if it was true? Trolling is, after all, one of the four food groups of Art With A Capital 'A'. Especially the kind where you're not quiiiiite sure if you're being trolled by the artist.Iskanderia wrote:
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Lady Gaga denied Weird Al the rights to release his parody of Born This Way.....so he uploaded it to youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUxXKfQkswE
Ijavascript:emoticon would have liked to have seen the video to this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUxXKfQkswE
Ijavascript:emoticon would have liked to have seen the video to this
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Artists that don't give Weird Al permission are pretentious douchebags.
I officially just lost what little respect I had left for her. I'm serious.
I officially just lost what little respect I had left for her. I'm serious.
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So Michael Jackson is a half-pretentious douchebag, as he said yes to two songs and no to two othersIskanderia wrote:
. I have to admit it is abit strange she did, Weird Al is a nice person who never seeks to be harmful to any of the artists he parodies (which is why he asks the artists for their permission). I guess she took the line about 'little monsters' will pay anything the wrong way or something.- Joined
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Michael Jackson was a crazy person, so I have no idea what that was about.
I get why she wouldn't like the parody - it isn't just one about food or the Amish but one making fun of her specifically - but when artists don't give him permission to parody them it makes them look kinda pathetic because they are unable to laugh at themselves and they consider their silly pop songs to be so sacred. I would've thought that Lady Gaga of all people would be able to laugh at herself.
I get why she wouldn't like the parody - it isn't just one about food or the Amish but one making fun of her specifically - but when artists don't give him permission to parody them it makes them look kinda pathetic because they are unable to laugh at themselves and they consider their silly pop songs to be so sacred. I would've thought that Lady Gaga of all people would be able to laugh at herself.
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He wasn't crazy, well the typical MJ image people persceive of him wasn't a lways like that. I mentioned it because you said artist that don't give Weird Al permission were pretentious douchebags, thatr was an example of another artist who said no to Weird Al. But to be honest Michael Jackson's reasons were pretty valid as it was about racial issues and Weird Al understood that.
I think the fame is going to her head alot nowadays, happens with alot of artists sadly. The die-hard fans don't help either....really reminds of Emilie Autumn in that aspect too.
I think the fame is going to her head alot nowadays, happens with alot of artists sadly. The die-hard fans don't help either....really reminds of Emilie Autumn in that aspect too.
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Or whatever, she's just an idiot who knows less about photoshop and graphic design than your average 12 year old. We'll just go with that
Weird Al wrote:
Yes. It's funny that all these high schoolers and internet bloggers think they're the only ones with refined enough taste to be able to recognize how ridiculous this cover looks--as if Gaga is completely oblivious to cheap word art, painfully fake looking highlights/solar flares, and hilariously bad photo compositing that turns her into a motorcycle hybrid. IMHO, it's obvious that she's trying to make the cover controversial. If you haven't realized by now, she tries to get people worked up and talking about her.Iska wrote:
Or whatever, she's just an idiot who knows less about photoshop and graphic design than your average 12 year old. We'll just go with that
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Oh, okay, good. I take it all back.
Also, I can see what you're saying about the cover but I guess I just didn't think it was horrible to the point where it looked like an obvious troll to me. As Flowers implied though, maybe that's the point.
Also, I can see what you're saying about the cover but I guess I just didn't think it was horrible to the point where it looked like an obvious troll to me. As Flowers implied though, maybe that's the point.
Well yeah, I guess if she were a lesser-known artist with fewer resources *cough*Mana*cough*, I might take a cover like that seriously... But we all know that she's a multi-million dollar pop star with access to top designers and photographers and who seems to know a thing or two about aesthetics herself. So, given that, I take one look at the word art and it's a dead giveaway to me XDIska wrote:
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Good to hear about the Weird Al thing, I had a hunch she never received the track.....but assumed she'd gone power crazy (as it really happens).
Wasn't the cover done by somebody else and not her?Berserk wrote:Or whatever, she's just an idiot who knows less about photoshop and graphic design than your average 12 year old. We'll just go with that
Which makes me think the artwork was by The Haus of Gaga as Nick Knight's previous work with covers have all been really good.
Yeah, I've really liked every cover up until now. This one is kind of weird, but whatever. I don't think it's horrible or anything.Jareth Drakul wrote:
Do you really think she didn't have any input into the making of that cover?? She has an entire team of people at her disposal that create anything she wants, but suddenly, no one is able to make a half-way decent photoshop??? At first I was taken aback, but it's clearly intentional. I'm surprised no one's mentioned the "Judas" cover. Gaga said that she made it in MICROSOFT WORD, then took a picture of the screen with her phone (the background is her reflection) to create texture.
"Judas" single. MICROSOFT WORD. The end.
"Judas" single. MICROSOFT WORD. The end.
Because that one's not bad and not as lame as Lady Gaga's head on a motorcycle, imo.Orunitier wrote:
I don't know what there is to complain about. Besides, I don't know why the method used has to matter. I mean, you're making it seem as if using MICROSOFT WORD is something we should find fault with
If it says Nick Knight and The Haus of Gaga, then I'm sure Nick Knight played a part. If it looks worse than what Nick Knight and The Haus of Gaga normally come up with, then I'm sure it's intentional.Jareth Drakul wrote:
Seriously, why is this hard for people to grasp? Bad Cover = trollolol, end of story. Lady Gaga felt like making the cover campy and controversial, which is totally not surprising at all. I don't see why people expect the cover to be more glamorous than the content of the album anyways.
The lesson we can all learn here is to quit taking her so seriously all the time.
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In Gagavision 42, she's in a meeting with the Haus of Gaga and they mention that the Judas / Born This Way covers are something like a huge "fuck you" to the history of computer graphics design. Jokes or not, I still think it's a horrible cover and I would have liked a better one.
^^Yeah, I just watched that. I'm mostly surprised by how it was completely not her idea at all. I guess that's why she specifies that the cover is "by Nick Knight and The Haus of Gaga."
EDIT: But anyways, now I get to say "I told you so"
EDIT: But anyways, now I get to say "I told you so"