Judas

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Lady Ga Ga's music isn't something I regularly listen to, but I had to watch the video of her song Judas, because William Donahue and other batshit crazy idiots have slammed it as blasphemous. If the truth be told, I myself thought she had done a pretty decent job.
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-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Lady Gaga is an attention whore and makes Paris Hilton and Brittney Spears look like astrophysicists. I almost wonder if she has a soft foam helmet incorporated into those giant bizarre hats she wears. Her music sucks even without her controversial song and she's annoying and stupid so I'd just assume ignore her and hope she goes away. After all, a musician's talent is inversely proportional to the number of backup dancers on stage.

I agree with some of what John_Browning said. She probably made that song just to provoque and upset people and get attention so that people don't forget about her. The best thing to do is to ignore her, if people start to protest and be all upset on tv and calling her blasphemous, it's just going to give her more attention, which is exactly what she wants.

lol u guize

I actually found myself liking the song itself, though the chorus sounds a lot like her other songs melody-wise. Video is kind of annoying, but I like the song... I usually don't find myself a fan of hers, either... Several friends of mine who are fans think it's "weird" and aren't very fond of it, but I like it.

I like the video, and the blasphemous stuff, but the song sucks. It had a lot of potential, the verses have a bit of a dark flare to them (I like the verses), but then out of nowhere, once the chorus starts, you have this really incongruent upbeat part. It just doesn't fit with the rest of it and ruins the song.

Am I having a flashback or did Madonna do something very similar back in the 80's?
This reminds me of the line in The Matrix, "this has all happened before (and it will all happen again)."

From my POV, the religious people who are making a fuss swallowed the bait, hook, line, and sinker. If they had any sense they'd make her pay a fee for criticizing her in the media. Hell, maybe they are?

P.S. D*mn, I'm old.

Unless I'm mistaken, she was raised Catholic so things like Judas etc are major tropes in her personal brain-library and I guess it's natural to deal in the definitions and values you've been handed and play around with them. I think it's neat. Yeah a little provocative but she had to be kind of well-encultured in Christianity in the first place to know that it was blasphemy, so I'd say she has... uhh... credibility. The song is good too, have been singing it!

Have you seen any of her stripped-down performances? Also, you have to be kidding me about her intelligence compared to Britney and Paris. Lady Gaga went to Tisch and has a Rilke tattoo. I doubt Britney or Paris even know who Rilke is.

I love it.

Her music isn't deep, never has been and doesn't need to be given it's genre - but Judas is deep in its own way, catchy enough that it should do better than Born This Way, it's more her style and what the fans expect from her.

I don't think it's just about provoking attention, the lyrics work for her based on her upbringing and love life. If she's been raised with this sort of imagery and these ideas then she'll naturally play around with them and see her own life experiences in connection with what she knows, then use these as a basis for lyrics - she's not the first one to do this. The lyrics sound like she's talking about a lover who has done her wrong, but she still loves him and forgives him for his wrongs - she's talking about forgiveness of someone who has done her wrong, and likening it to Judas. Although liking herself to Mary Magdalene in the video is more of an issue as she implies romantic relationships between Mary Magdalene and Jesus as well as Judas, also in the bridge she is talking about Mary Magdalene as a prostitute, an idea which has been debunked and Mary Magdalene accepted as a saint and important figure in Christianity, so that's the one part of the song/video maybe meant to provoke a response...but maybe that's her point.

In the US this was always going to get attention, I can't imagine anyone here in the UK getting their knickers in a bunch over a music video, least of all one which is not negative as far as I can see. Hell, if left alone this song/video may have been a benefit in teaching youth of today about Christianity and made it a whole lot more 'cool', I'm sure a lot more people are now going off to learn about Mary Magdalene and Judas as a result. With all these fundamentalists creating a fuss over nothing they're once again giving Christianity a bad name, it's these sort of reactions that put a lot of people off Christianity and religion in general.

Even if it is all about attention...that's the whole point of her act, it's a necessity for her to remain famous and as part of her social cometary. Yes she is doing similar to Madonna but in her own way, if she still gets a rise from these sort of video's then obviously there's still a reason for her to go there, I'd also say if we're going to liken her to anyone it has to be Michael Jackson - not for the music or artistry but her manipulation and use of media to make her famous.

The video for Judas is great, it's what I'd imagine The Passion Of The Christ would have looked like if Baz Luhrmann had directed, it's very beautiful and well done, she looks good in this one which is nice to see after the disturbing images of her in Born This Way video, plus she's rocking the cholo look again which is a look I love.

*nods* I don't mind people not liking her, but to consider her as untalented and stupid is incorrect. She was not only a student at Tisch but also a successful artist within New York and a songwriter for a major record label, as well as having vocal talent, ability to dance, plays instruments...artistic vision, her mind-numbing business sense which has made her a lot more money than her music alone ever could, and her amazing use of the media that has been responsible for making her the biggest star in the world right now.