Tag Archives: Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ — Love it or Leave it?

A heated debate on Out.com about Lady Gaga’s new single ‘Born This Way’. I’m the one making omelette out of it.

February 23, 2011 – 3:01 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in commentary | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

Bored This Way: Gaga Lays A Giant Egg

OK, I realise now that I can’t just ignore it and hope it will go away. Or pretend it never happened. I’m going to have to say something ‘official.’ About that single released last week andpraised by the critics. Especially after I publicly defended Gaga last year. So I’ve re-posted and amplified here a long …

February 16, 2011 – 4:03 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in music | Tagged , , , | Comments (36)

That Lady Gaga backlash is so tired already

The Gaga backlash, which recently found itself a leader in Camille Paglia, was inevitable. It’s also misguided, argues Mark Simpson (Out Magazine, Sept 24 2010) My bitch is better than your bitch! And she wore that dress before yours did! My bitch would kick your bitch’s ass! This is the kind of thing the older generation …

September 28, 2010 – 2:25 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in article, journalism, music | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (23)

The Legendary Test

Mark Simpson on the (fast diminishing) difference between fame and legend (The Hospital Club magazine, Spring 2010) A recent bloody assassination attempt on Gore Vidal, the last great American man of letters by the English journalist Christopher Hitchens in the glossy pages of Vanity Fair prompted me, and I suspect many others, to ponder the …

April 5, 2010 – 9:37 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in article, journalism | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (18)

Johnny Does Gaga

I’ll admit to being more or less criminally ignorant of Mr Weir before I saw this clip of his interpretation of ‘Poker Face’ last year. I also know very little about ice skating, but I know one thing: this isn’t ice skating.  This is energetically sliding around in a kinky catsuit while shimmying and gesturing and …

February 23, 2010 – 6:59 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in metrosexual | Tagged , , , | Comments (18)

Long Live Lady Gaga and The McQueen

Until last year I thought pop was a completely spent force.  Oh, there were some nice bands around with nice tunes and some nice haircuts, but pop as a total art form was pooped.  Along with pop culture.  It was just another Facebook app. And then along came the New York songwriter-turned-singer that the press …

February 18, 2010 – 6:34 pm | By Mark Simpson | Posted in commentary, music | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (23)