Thursday, 20 August 2009

  • Is It Me Or Does Lady Gaga Constantly Sing About Money?


    When I'm listening to the radio, I often hear songs about heartbreak, love or partying all night. A good friend of mine was telling me about his latest review of the Lady Gaga CD entitled: The Fame. He was able to put two and two together and mentioned how a lot of her songs relate to money.

     It reminded me of a previous post about Money in songs. Before I was told about Lady Gaga's album, I used to think not that many artists sang about money. There are obvious songs about money, but it was interesting to look at her album in depth and to see her talk about those dollars and everything that comes with it.

    Lets start with the album title: The Fame. Obviously, who wouldn't want fame? As as a music artist, or even a celebrity figure in itself, the goal is essentially some kind of (positive) fame. To me, its a fabulous name for an album title. She really gives herself the image of an over the top artist, which that she is, at least in my opinion.

    Then there is the song "Beautiful, Dirty, Rich." How blatantly obvious can you be about this song? Of course it is going to be about money!

    "Bang Bang, we're beautiful and dirty rich
    Bang Bang, we're beautiful and dirty rich
    We live a cute life, soundfematic, pants tight
    Tug'n' plastic
    Honey but we got no money."

    I've got the say, these lyrics are really strange. I don't know exactly what soundfematic means, but she made one thing clear. She lives the beautiful, dirty and rich life.

    In another song, called: "Money Honey" she once again expresses her love for money, and also her honey.

    "That's M-O-N-E-Y, so sexy, I
    Damn I love the Jag, the jet and the mansion
    Oh yea
    And I enjoy the gifts and the trips to the islands
    Oh yeah
    It's good to live expensive you know it but
    My knees get weak, intensive"

    Oh that love for the glamorous life again. I'm sure with the number of albums she has sold, she all of the things mentioned above. But later in the song, she says:

    "You know I appreciate the finer things
    But it's not what makes me happiest baby
    (I can do without it babe)
    Your tender loving's more than I can handle
    Never burn out this candle baby, baby"

    So Lady Gaga has a soft spot for the man in her life. But I wonder, if she had the choice of the finer life or her love, what would she really pick? Hmm.

    And what about her hit song "Poker Face?"

    "I wanna hold em' like they do in Texas Plays
    Fold em' let em' hit me raise it baby stay with me (I love it)
    Luck and intuition play the cards with Spade to start
    And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart"

    Somehow, she has used the basic strategy of Texas Hold Em' Poker to express how she gets her man. Talk about poker with a guy and I think you'll already catch his eye. But once again, she is talking about gambling, not only with love, but money.

    Do you think Lady Gaga sings about money more than most? Why do you think her songs are all about money? Do you think there's another single artist who focuses on money as heavily?

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