1st Essay

Youth Gone Ga-Ga

            Although Lady Gaga is well known musician and widely adored by her fans, does she give a positive or negative influence on the youth in our society today? Lady Gaga, with her strange sense of fashion and her unusual persona, leave her young fans to imitate such characteristics as if it is accepted in our society today. Through her songs and her personality lady gaga send the wrong message to her fans through her music, her action on national Television and magazines, and her performance on stage however many feel that she is a positive influence because she tells her young fans to always accept who they are and avoid others opinion.

            In her performance on stage, Lady Gaga gives a horrific image to all her fans. On the performance music video of the hit song “Alejandro”, Lady Gaga dances in a skin tight nun outfight while swallowing a rosary and being surrounded by homo-sexually depicted men. This is ironic since lady Gaga attended a Roman Catholic Church school. She chose out of her own willingness to dance so outrageously, created a wrong message to her fans. In fact many nuns who saw this performance were stunned and offended to see that student of the church would so violently lower herself to actually make an offensive dance. It was not intended since, Lady Gaga only wanted to create a music video to express to her fans on not to be afraid on what to represent on any manner that they want to do it. But in many cases this not acceptable since many fan will think its OK to dress inappropriately of a well-respected class in the Catholic Church. It not just the catholic church who found her actions unacceptable but critics as well, since her performance as no relation to her lyrics in the song and is merely “imitating the wrong role” (Boston globe). I feel that Gaga attempt to be unique is pathetic since she does not respect even her back ground and gives the wrong message to her young fans, and so do many critics. It not just this song but many of Gaga’s videos have inappropriate behavior and many fans will get the wrong idea.

 Next is on her reports on national TV and biography in magazines, Lady Gaga herself does not have a clean back ground in fact she basically lowers herself in the lowest way possible and by her choice not by influence. When she was nineteen Lady Gaga “ignored her parents and their advice and left her home, she began as a go-go dancer at bars and night clubs”, article by Vanessa Grigoriadis, The New York, article 125 minutes with lady Gaga. In an attempt to pursuit her own life style and not respecting the decisions of her parent, Lady Gaga had now where else to turn to, but to sell her body for the entertainment of others Lady Gaga a now a well-known musician was actually stripper for the pleasure of men and yet she still does this on stage with her cloths that barley cover her personal areas in front of millions to watch. If Lady Gaga’s advice seems to influence her fans as it did to her then many will not enjoy the outcome of their own experience. It may not be best to become one with the crowed either but one cannot always make their own decisions and hope that the outcome will be becoming a hit pop star like Lady Gaga. When she does become a star her idea to be unique with“raw meat dress” information by psychology today was not so great and many critics including take show host commented and made fun of this dress for weeks. In fact why would her fans follow her influence, if most would know about her back round than I bet many wouldn't even listen to what she has to say? Gaga attempts to create her own personality on stage yet many magazines say that she is a rip off of Madonna, and ironically she send the message to her fans to be unique when she herself cannot. Through reviews of her life and her performances Lady Gaga message to be unique is false since she herself cannot follow her own regulations. And once again her message is misleading to her young fans.

 Lastly are her lyrics in songs in songs. In many song that really have no meaning such as poker face and many other ridiculous song Lady Gaga give the wrong message without realizing it, in the song “bad romance” some of the lyrics actually go, “I want your psycho, and your vertical stick” song lyrics which does not make sense but when people read this they understand what is meant. For the influence of the young I doubt the last advice they would need is to be crazy with love and actually want to have her fans doing any form of sexual activity. If her own songs that hold her career and pay her to sing in front of millions of people is her way to give her message to be unique when really what this does is corrupt the young mind. Most of Lady Gaga’s songs are indecent that make no sense and what give the wrong message to all her fans, and yet many follow her advice to be unique when really this is totally the wrong way to view one’s self. Many of her songs don’t carry a massage, at least not a positive one, and for those that do what’s the point, and how can people actually relate to her when she herself is somewhat psychotic.

            Lady gaga does not realize this but she does not support her own claim and through many of her example proves that she is not the best influence on the young mind. Were my point is that she is not a good role model and although there will be many people who disagree with my claim it is obvious with her bizarre characteristics that she should not be role model since she herself has a checkered passed by being a stripper for men’s entertainment, creating and inappropriate video that basically offends the church, and just her attitude is nothing to be proud and yet many still follow her on many event and her life style. For those who still believe that her motto to be unique makes her special, they will begin to disagree in future events when her quotes doesn't support her statues and people will begin to realize this. The fact and proof that she is a negative influence is all around her aurora, in the past, present, and I’m sure the future.

Lady gaga will always remain a negative influence on the minds of her young fans for those who see it and for those who are influence by her follow a lie because her characteristics are shallow. For those who still believe, I’m sure they will shake this phase to become like a pop star ideal such as Lady Gaga since she herself has no positive aspect of her and teaches her wrong doing through what she does in entertainment today.