Lady Gaga - Future Icon? I think so.

I have so much respect for Lady Gaga. She has transformed the music industry. I was beginning to be bored by the latest artists until she came along. I was not a fan of her earlier stuff like "Just Dance" and "Poker Face" but I realise now that she had to start like that in order to get into the industry and become accepted. I wish though that she had started as she is now, she is an amazing performer and I look forward to each music video and each performance on the television. I always wonder what she will wear next as I love her style. Yeah, some of it can be over the top and just plain daft but I love the way she is capable of doing what she wants and being what she wants to be. It's just revolutionised the industry now. There are no limits.

Many people say she has copied off other artists such as Madonna. Yeah, who doesn't? Everyone has their idols and inspirations which come through in their style. The fact that she has taken all these different artists and put herself into it to create something completely new is just plain clever. I also think she is extremely artistic herself and has a lot in store to show us and reveal to us.

The latest video "Marry the Night" revealed a lot to me. It's nearly 14 minutes long (which reminds me of great Icon's such as Michael Jackson who did short film like music videos e.g. Thriller) and I think it shows a lot about herself.

It starts in a psychiatric hospital which I think represents her life before stardom in stage school. It shows the pains of that. How everyone is fighting to be a star and no one is really sane. There are so many pressures within the business and it shows how she fights back against it. I've just read that it is about the time when she was dropped from her first record label. The scene shot was very realistic to her, i.e. she was Naked and the time and in bed. I like it when artists let their past demons loose on the world. I like that I can relate and feel like they have trusted me with an intimate feeling. All her videos nowadays have underlying meanings and themes and I always like to try to work it out before I google it. It's what they want I guess. Take your view on it. Use your imagination. It's a very interactive thing.

I love Lady Gaga and I think she will be remembered through music history along with other greats. I look forward to telling my children and grandchildren that I was around when she started. Either that or the future will just think "My, those years were strange..."

Here are some of my favourite images of Lady Gaga:

Her and Tony Bennett after their single "The Lady is a Tramp." - If you've not heard it and Lady Gaga it may change your mind. She is extremely classy and an amazing singer. That lace dress omonomnom

:)