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Posted: May 11 2010 at 09:25
boo boo wrote:
I don't think Gaga is popular because of her sex appeal, I find her attractive in a weird way but she doesn't fit the media's idea of a bombshell at all and there's plenty of divas who do, Katy Perry was way prettier but her 15 minutes of fame has already expired and now she's doing commercials for Acme treatment. Meanwhile Gaga is still going strong.
So why would a less "pretty" singer be so popular? Surely there's something that makes her so appealing to people.
Madonna is a parody of herself at this point, but I still defend her 80s material as genuinely good pop music. As for Britney, at first it was because she was hot jailbait, now I just think people feel sorry for her.
Nicely put. All of it.
Over land and under ashes
In the sunlight, see - it flashes
Find a fly and eat his eye
But don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
Don't believe in me
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 10:47
I've heard a few bars of her songs here and there and as this is music that just doesn't appeal to me, I say: Why bother?
It might be catchy, ok she writes her own material, but ultimately there's been so much of that sort of stuff around for years that I'm just not interested. Ultimately it's just the stuff caught in contemporary musical restrictions.
Just another singer being set up as the next Madonna. Who cares? It's naff.
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 12:06
Epignosis wrote:
boo boo wrote:
Oh, I guess she still is pretty popular then, my mistake.
As for the Maxim list, as with any list I agree with some of it and disagree with other things. I'm not big on Kim Kardashian or Marisa Miller. Rihanna is pretty but overrated.
Megan Fox is gorgeous, if a bit overexposed and not to mention a pretty terrible actress.
But anyway, I'm quote fond of Zoe Saldana.
I simply do not get what people see in Megan Fox.
In the terrible Transformers she was still kind of hot. Then the atrocious sequel arrived and this girl was a big mountain of botox, especially in her now-disgusting lips. I don't know why some women think having lips the size of a frog is attractive in any way. Now she looks vulgar...
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 12:13
The T wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
boo boo wrote:
Oh, I guess she still is pretty popular then, my mistake.
As for the Maxim list, as with any list I agree with some of it and disagree with other things. I'm not big on Kim Kardashian or Marisa Miller. Rihanna is pretty but overrated.
Megan Fox is gorgeous, if a bit overexposed and not to mention a pretty terrible actress.
But anyway, I'm quote fond of Zoe Saldana.
I simply do not get what people see in Megan Fox.
In the terrible Transformers she was still kind of hot. Then the atrocious sequel arrived and this girl was a big mountain of botox, especially in her now-disgusting lips. I don't know why some women think having lips the size of a frog is attractive in any way. Now she looks vulgar...
Collagen, T, not Botox. Botox is a toxin that freezes nerves usually used on the forehead above the bridge of the nose. Once treated people cannot move the muscles in their forehead hence no wrinkles. Collagen is a filler that is used in cosmetic surgery.
"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"
Joined: October 16 2006
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 12:27
Garion81 wrote:
The T wrote:
Epignosis wrote:
boo boo wrote:
Oh, I guess she still is pretty popular then, my mistake.
As for the Maxim list, as with any list I agree with some of it and disagree with other things. I'm not big on Kim Kardashian or Marisa Miller. Rihanna is pretty but overrated.
Megan Fox is gorgeous, if a bit overexposed and not to mention a pretty terrible actress.
But anyway, I'm quote fond of Zoe Saldana.
I simply do not get what people see in Megan Fox.
In the terrible Transformers she was still kind of hot. Then the atrocious sequel arrived and this girl was a big mountain of botox, especially in her now-disgusting lips. I don't know why some women think having lips the size of a frog is attractive in any way. Now she looks vulgar...
Collagen, T, not Botox. Botox is a toxin that freezes nerves usually used on the forehead above the bridge of the nose. Once treated people cannot move the muscles in their forehead hence no wrinkles. Collagen is a filler that is used in cosmetic surgery.
Collagen then it is. Anyway, I don't understand why they think it makes them look better (the same with botox... those cardboard-looking faces can't be any less atractive)
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 13:17
Thank ya Garion, I'm tired of everyone not knowing what botox is. The purpose of botox is removing wrinkles, used tastefully and moderately it's not that bad looking at all, but there is absolutely no reason for a girl as young as Fox to use such a thing.
I agree that the collagen trend is a confounding one, yeah I like big lucious lips, but only when they're real. It's a shame when girls like Fox feel insecure enough to want to alter their appearance even when they're already considered bombshells, in Transformers and Jennifer's Body she looked great.
Personally I thought the first Transformers was ok, or at least the closest thing to half decency Michael Bay will ever get. Havent seen the sequel but I am aware of the jive talking minstrel robots.
Megan Fox has no character in her face, esp. with all the surgery...Lady Gaga, at least, has character. And more substance than most pop 'artists' (think Cheryl Cole, etc). She reminds a bit of, looking back, David Bowie, when he was doing all his character changes in the 70's, all those costumes and personas and what have you, but her music is not nearly as interesting, it's just pop, but then Bowie was probably considered pop in his time...I was impressed with her piano playing on Jonathan Ross a coupla months back, so I do now believe she could write her own stuff, if she can at least play it.....
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 13:31
Kojak wrote:
Megan Fox has no character in her face, esp. with all the surgery...Lady Gaga, at least, has character. And more substance than most pop 'artists' (think Cheryl Cole, etc). She reminds a bit of, looking back, David Bowie, when he was doing all his character changes in the 70's, all those costumes and personas and what have you, but her music is not nearly as interesting, it's just pop, but then Bowie was probably considered pop in his time...I was impressed with her piano playing on Jonathan Ross a coupla months back, so I do now believe she could write her own stuff, if she can at least play it.....
I kinda agree, Fox is technically gorgeous (or she was before the surgery at least) but she doesn't have a whole lot of personality. And I tend to be more into chicks who are a bit less generic and more unique looking, and Gaga certainly has that going for her.
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 15:22
Well, my girlfriend likes Lady Gaga so I have to listen to her music... much more that I would like.
Anyway, I've always thought that it is possible to make a nice rock-cover of Bad Romance. Really, no joke, it can be a really powerful song with heavy guitar riffs.
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Posted: May 11 2010 at 17:35
boo boo wrote:
Thank ya Garion, I'm tired of everyone not knowing what botox is. The purpose of botox is removing wrinkles, used tastefully and moderately it's not that bad looking at all, but there is absolutely no reason for a girl as young as Fox to use such a thing.
I agree that the collagen trend is a confounding one, yeah I like big lucious lips, but only when they're real. It's a shame when girls like Fox feel insecure enough to want to alter their appearance even when they're already considered bombshells, in Transformers and Jennifer's Body she looked great.
Personally I thought the first Transformers was ok, or at least the closest thing to half decency Michael Bay will ever get. Havent seen the sequel but I am aware of the jive talking minstrel robots.
Not a problem. Part of my court ordered public service.
Actually my Fiancée works for Allergen the makers of Botox. She is a promotional material reviewer Manager. Her job is take sure all advertising is compliant with FDA regulations.
"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"
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Posted: May 13 2010 at 09:11
Her album speaks for itself
She is a self-confessed fame monster. Gorgeous, a body to die for, a personality like a cracked whip, attitude as far as you can shove into a black hole, and R&B rhythms that casue pple to girate like vibrating jackhammers. The perfect package! I saw her on American Idol - great role model for the young audience with her sexualised suggestive stage act, scantily clad women and spiteflu lyrics - thanks Gaga for adding to more confusion of GenY who swallow all your lies and deceptions. And everyone is buying into this crap despite the fact you are a MANUFACTURED PLASTIC FANTASY.
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Posted: May 13 2010 at 11:19
Lady Gaga is an entertainment package. Calculated, well funded, and it works. It (referring to package rather than the actress who is only the lead role in this production) is clearly an update of Madonna's role 25 years later, but it's harder to shock now. So she's gone for simply pseudo-avant, wierd, and it is indeed superficially entertaining. There have always been packaged acts like this and probably will be forever.
Is the act anything other than a variation on an old flavor of candy? No, but not much is really.
So get off my lawn while I listen to Powerslave.
You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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