Lady Gaga’s “The Fame Monster” is bizarre and addicting
Dec 14th
Lady Gaga’s new album release “The Fame Monster” will not disappoint her adoring fans. Though originally it was supposed to be a repackaged “deluxe” version of her first multi-million selling album “The Fame” debut, the eight new songs are so fantastic and completely off the wall that they need to be released in their own spotlight. So lucky us – we get the opportunity to welcome “The Fame Monster” into our homes this holiday season. So the question now is, are these new songs worth your holiday spending cash?
Absolutely.
No doubt everyone has heard the album’s single, “Bad Romance”, at least 20 times now playing on the radio, in clubs and probably in grocery stores. It’s heavy on the electropop beats that have become synonymous with Lady Gaga’s name. The music video for this song takes it to a new level of fun – particularly because you have no idea what’s going on. This video is the most bizarre visual work I’ve seen from Lady Gaga to date. Realistically, I could get nightmares from it. Sometimes you have to wonder how Lady Gaga comes up with the uber-artistic themes she finds for her videos that have only a glimmer of connection to the song. I’m pretty confident she doesn’t care at all and she just does what she likes. No wonder she’s worshiped as a diva.
If you like morbid-kooky fun, check out the “Bad Romance” video:
What are some other songs that are potential singles? “Monster” which is full of loud choruses and a has a Euro-trance pop style. There’s a deep male voice in the background that keeps repeating Lady Gaga is “hot as hell” which is always good to hear. The favorite imagery that comes up from this song is at the end where things get bloody. Lady Gaga says: “He tore my clothes right off/ He ate my heart and then he ate my brain.” And here we thought the song was just about a typical heart breaker. Lady Gaga never ceases to surprise.
Listen to the “Monster” song below:
Everyone is also raving about “Telephone” which is the big duet with Beyoncé. What’s Lady Gaga singing about? Her boyfriend keeps calling, but she can’t talk right now because she’s too busy drinking and dancing to her favorite song in the club. Are they deep lyrics? No. Do we care? Not really.
With her new album’s release Lady Gaga proves that she’s no one-hit wonder. Behind the over-the-top pop persona and outrageous fashion sense, Lady Gaga has a strong recognizable voice and experimental attitude. She’s an artist that will prove influential for years ahead, and her masses of adoring fans are sure to follow.
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21st in the series: “U is for Undertow”
Dec 3rd
It’s difficult to come up with an author today who has written, or even could write a 21-book series. Understandably it would be hard not to run out of creative and exciting stories using the same characters and plot framework. Not so for author Sue Grafton. Grafton has recently released her 21st novel in her series of Kinsey Millhone Mysteries called “U is for Undertow”.
If you’re unfamiliar with Grafton’s work, then you’ll probably wonder about the novel’s peculiar title. However taking into account that this recent book is in a long line of twenty (and the fact that the very first title in the series is called “A is for Alibi” – everything makes perfect sense.
Grafton has been pitting her leading lady detective, Kinsey Millhone, in transfixing murder-mysteries for 25+ years now, ever since the first title was published back in 1983. Grafton has proven herself as a seasoned mystery writer by providing readers with a fresh, genre-bending novel with every new title in the Millhone series. With “Undertow”, Grafton succeeds with yet another complex, surprise-filled and satisfying thriller exploring the darker side of the human soul.
The star of Grafton’s novel is of course the ever straightforward and sarcastic private investigator, Kinsey Millhone. She’s settled into her late 30s in this most recent novel where she’s solicited to help a young man clear his conscious of a witnessed kidnapping of a girl from 21 years ago. A recent reference to her kidnapping has triggered a flood of memories and he wants help locating the murderers and the girl’s remains. The difficulty lies in he fact that PI Kinsey soon realizes that this young man has an uneasy relationship with the truth so who’s to say what part of his story is real and what’s not? Grafton moves the story between the present 80s and the 60s, changing points of view until the reader sees the connection at the very end.
Loyal fans of the mystery series are sure to enjoy this new offering. As for others, it’s never too late to be introduced to the loner-heroine Kinsey Millhone. This book is sure to be a page-turner.
“U is for Undertow” (Hardcover) is selling for $27.95, but Amazon is currently offering a reduced price of $13.00 & free shipping here.
Learn more about Sue Grafton and her mystery series here.
