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HAUS OF GAGA

THE VIDEO TO BEAUTIFUL DIRTY RICH ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^





I have been watching GAGA like a hawk. In her latest video Bad Romance she references Dolce and Gabbana Adverts, The Bauhaus (Bath haus of Gaga), theres stuff in there that i don't even understand but its always so fucking beautful. She creates many different paradoxes by making putting her work into a pop zone and getting working class kids to sing lyrics like "Im a free bitch baby"
She talks about working in a similar way to Worhol in that she has a load of specialists fasion designers, set ppl, lighting co ordinators, choreographers who all work with her and she describes her vision and they help her orchestrate it. Shes made a video for youtube where shes combined all her songs from the album into one and made a performance piece where she goes around with her bitches following her. I cant find where but somewhere she put that she believes that pop music can be high art. And i believe she somehow does that.
Usually when a star rises they start off with normal hair like the everyday person and slowly as the money comes in they become transformed and I can remember unusually thinking she just came straight in with high end looks and high end videos etc. how did she convince ppl to put money into her?
But she references stuff and makes so many intellectual references that it doesnt make her just a shitty pop icon. She openly admits her music takes 10 mins to write but its not about that. She makes catchy red wines and gagas and da da ooh lalas to get into your head and the whole project around the fame is a good enough effort.

the reason I have highlighted this is because I often use pop music as a way of escapism. I often sit at youtube and type in the the same shit pop artists and pretend to be them and dance around my room. I have never questionned this action conceptually untill one of GAGAs songs beautiful dirty rich. Here are the lyrics.

Beautiful,dirty dirty rich rich dirty dirty beautiful dirty rich
dirty dirty rich dirty dirty rich beautiful

beautiful and dirty dirty rich rich we got a redlight, on the 12th,the dance fight,systematic, honey but we go no money

our hair is perfect, while were all getting xxxx wrecked, it's automatic, honey but we got no money

daddy im so sorry, im so sssory yea, we just like to party, like to ppparty yea,

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

we do the dance right, we have go it made like icecream toped with honey
but we got no money

daddy im so sorry, im so sssory yea, we just like to party, like to ppparty yea,

Bang Bang, we're beautiful and dirty rich
Bang Bang , we're beautiful and dirty rich

a bang bang bang, bang bang bang, beautiful, dirty rich
a bang bang bang, bang bang bang, beautiful, dirty rich

Bang Bang, we're beautiful and dirty rich
Bang Bang , we're beautiful and dirty rich

bang bang

bang bang

there is an amazing paradox to me singing this to myself. Shes almost laughing at me getting me to sing this to myself in my room on my own, suffering from alienation singing about being beautiful, i am okay but i am not the glossy beautiful she is, I am not dirty rich and I cant go to daddy so I find this song harlarious and very very very clever.

Can I make work like this?

LILY ALLEN

I write about her because I love her. Her lyrics I look at the sun I look at the mirror made the penny drop. I'm going to put some of her lyrics which inspire me. She talks about making songs about sad things but glossing them in happy tunes otherwise no one wants to listen to them. This is kind of what I want to do with my work, humourish but u look again and u think fuck. is that me? thats horrible. I also love the way she used to wear posh frocks with reebok classics.

22

When she was 22 the future looked bright
But she's nearly 30 now and she's out every night
I see that look in her face she's got that look in her eye
She's thinking how did I get here and wondering why

It's sad but it's true how society says
Her life is already over
There's nothing to do and there's nothing to say
Til the man of her dreams comes along picks her up and puts her over his shoulder
It seems so unlikely in this day and age

She's got an alright job but it's not a career
Wherever she thinks about it, it brings her to tears
Cause all she wants is a boyfriend
She gets one-night stands
[ Lily Allen Lyrics are found on www.songlyrics.com ]
She's thinking how did I get here
I'm doing all that I can

It's sad but it's true how society says
Her life is already over
There's nothing to do and there's nothing to say
Til the man of her dreams comes along picks her up and puts her over his shoulder
It seems so unlikely in this day and age

It's sad but it's true how society says
Her life is already over
There's nothing to do and there's nothing to say
Til the man of her dreams comes along picks her up and puts her over his shoulder
It seems so unlikely in this day and age

The Fear

I want to be rich and I want lots of money
I dont care about clever I dont care about funny
I want loads of clothes and f***loads of diamonds
I heard people die while they are trying to find them

Ill take my clothes off and it will be shameless
Cuz everyone knows thats how you get famous
Ill look at the sun and Ill look in the mirror
Im on the right track yeah Im on to a winner

Chorus
I dont know whats right and whats real anymore
I dont know how Im meant to feel anymore
When we think it will all become clear
Cuz Im being taken over by The Fear

Lifes about film stars and less about mothers
Its all about fast cars and passing each other
But it doesnt matter cause Im packing plastic
and thats what makes my life so f***ing fantastic

And I am a weapon of massive consumption
and its not my fault its how Im program to function
Ill look at the sun and Ill look in the mirror
Im on the right track yeah Im on to a winner

Chorus
I dont know whats right and whats real anymore
I dont know how Im meant to feel anymore
When we think it will all become clear
Cuz Im being taken over by The Fear

Bridge
Forget about guns and forget ammunition
Cause Im killing them all on my own little mission
Now Im not a saint but Im not a sinner
Now everything is cool as long as Im getting thinner

Chorus
I dont know whats right and whats real anymore
I dont know how Im meant to feel anymore
When we think it will all become clear
Cause Im being taken over by fear

LDN

Riding through the city on my bike all day
Cause the filth took away my license
It doesn't get me down and I feel OK
Cause the sights that I'm seeing are priceless

Everything seems to look as it should
But I wonder what goes on behind doors
A fella looking dapper, but he's sitting with a slapper
Then I see it's a pimp and his crack whore

You might laugh you might frown
Walkin' round London town

[Chorus]
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why ?
Would I wanna be anywhere else

When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
you can see it's all lies

There was a little old lady, who was walking down the road
She was struggling with bags from Tesco
There were people from the city having lunch in the park
I believe that it's called al fresco
Then a kid came along to offer a hand

But before she had time to accept it
hits her over the head, doesn't care if she's dead
Cause he's got all her jewelery and wallet

You might laugh you might frown
walking round London town

[Chorus]
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?
Would I wanna be anywhere else

When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
you can see it's all lies

Life, yeah that's city life, yeah that's city life, yeah that's city life
Life, yeah that's city life, yeah that's city life, yeah that's city life

[Chorus x2]
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?
Would I wanna be anywhere else

[x2]
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
You can see it's all lies

Everythings jus wonderful
Do you think, everything, everyone, is going mental,
It seems to me that it's spiraling outta control and it's inevitable,
Now don't you think,
This time is yours, this time is mine,
Its temperamental,
It seems to me, we're on all fours,
Crawling on our knees,
Someone help us please

Oh Jesus Christ almighty,
Do I feel alright? No not slightly,
I wanna get a flat I know I can't afford it,
It's just the bureaucrats who won't give me a mortgage,
Well it's very funny cos I got your fucking money,
And I'm never gonna get it just because of my bad credit
Oh well I guess I mustn't grumble,
I suppose that's just the way the cookie crumbles.

[Chorus]
Oh yeah, I'm fine,
Everything's just wonderful,
I'm having the time of my life.

Don't you want something else,
Something new, than what we've got here,
And don't you feel it's all the same,
Some sick game and it's not insincere,
I wish I could change the ways of the world,
Make it a nice place
Until that day, I guess we stay,
Doing what we do
Screwing who we screw

Why can't I sleep at night,
Don't say it's gonna be alright,
I wanna be able to eat spaghetti bolognaise,
and not feel bad about it for days and days and days.
In the magazines they talk about weight loss,
If I buy those jeans I can look like Kate Moss,
Oh no it's not the life I chose,
But I guess that's the way that things go,

[Chorus x2]

Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba [etc.]

Oh Jesus Christ almighty,
Do I feel alright? No not slightly,
I wanna get a flat I know I can't afford it,
It's just the bureaucrats who won't give me a mortgage,
Well it's very funny cos I got your fucking money,
And I'm never gonna get it just because of my bad credit
Oh well I guess I mustn't grumble,
I suppose that's just the way the cookie crumbles.

FARMVILLE/FACEBOOK/VIRTUAL GAMES AND MYSELF

These virtual games are hilarious. I AM ADDICTED TO FARMVILLE. what I find funny is that on the day I started playing it I had a particularly shit day, and as I started playing a thing came up on my facebook page "Trees has escaped to the country to be a farmer" (name is Trees R Green) and I found that so funny because it really is an amazing level of pop escapism. I find myself spending alot of time on it and getting quite addicted. I don't want to make a piece of work which is so obviously "a farm" which one lady is doing, but I'm interested in this idea of people's identites being expressed through their own personal decisions on how they plan their farm. and it's not even real! Maybe a piece of work where I print off everyones farm to show people the different ways people react to it. The maximum way is to go on my friends accounts and try to get as many different peoples as possible. I need some time to properly conceptually break it down. However there is another element, which is this "make the character into yourself thing" which makes me laugh and is DEFINATELY a piece of work. This thing is also available on Wii. Tatsu brought in his Wii the other day and him and Guy were playing it massive on a projector in the project space and they played bowling and I just thought about how weird it was and took a photo of it. People cant even be bothered to actually go bowling. They have to run and do yoga and punch punch bags virtually in order to do it. I find this strange. Actually maybe this is the working classes way of participating in these activities. ****** LIBERATED IN THE SENSE I KNOW I SHOULD NOT BINGE DRINK AND GO FOR WALKS AND GO BOWLING ETC BETTER FOR BRAIN BUT ALIENATED BECAUSE I KNOW I SHOULD DO THAT BUT I CANT BECAUSE I DONT HAVE MONEY TO OR TOO TIRED FROM WORKING IN CAFE 9-6 EARNING A DEPOSIT TO GET A HOUSE TO COME BACK TO UNI TO. NO TIME 2 RUN. NINTENDO WII IS THE WORKING CLASS MANS PRODUCT TO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THIS.******

piece of work = getting lots of different versions of ME from wii and nintendo from screen printing etc.

PRESENTATION RESEARCH FOR WORK, - SHOP DISPLAY COMPANIES

I'm starting to think that now I'm buying dummy phones etc to make fruit bowls that maybe shop window displays etc would be the best way to present them. I could show my THE SUN THE STAR stuff on these stands. would be amazing. Need to spend hours thinking about it though. Briefly glimpsing

LOOK AT WHAT MY LIFE COULD BE....ROLAND BARTHES AND HIGH END ADVERTISING

I'm becoming increasingly aware of adverts from the toff end of the market. Where I haven't been introduced to them much I'm starting to realize the difference in advertising. e.g. today I found a banana republic advert in the metro and realised it was a perfect family perfect holiday. It's not the same as the adverts in POP or Vogue, their more interested in the clothes. These are specifically aimed about a lifestyle.it was the christmas one I saw today.

I'm starting to relate to the Roland Barthes chapter about vogue and how the working class were never supposed to cook the stuff because they could never afford all the ingredients but looking at it was enough. ***********FOR DISSERTATION......RELATE HOW THIS COURSE HAS ALIENATED ME IN THE SENSE THAT I KNOW THESE COMPANIES EXIST NOW YET I STILL CANT TOUCH THEM SO WHAT AM I GETTING WHEN THINKING ABOUT LOUIS'S I.S.A'S?*********************

I can never touch these products. I even asked if they would send me some and they wouldn't. This education has just given me the chance to realize it's there but not touch them YET.

GOOGLE IMAGES AND GOOGLE ZEITGEIST

I'm finding brainstorming on googles images particularly helpful this year. Ill just type in one word and then that will link to another then another, I made a massive map in my space but I felt like I had to take it down due to not having enough space to keep it up and concentrate on work. If I had a bigger space I would constantly have this big map up on everything I'm interested in because it helps. but yes google images, I find it easier to kind of map out how everything is connected becuase one thought will lead to another. Helpful way off researching.
Also Im interested in the ways they customize the google logo according to universal holidays etc. it makes clicking on google exciting and I do actually use google for EVERYTHING!

This interest in the top 10 universal stuff is grabbing me. Google zeitgeist being able to see the top 10 searches of what people in amercia, england poland all search for is beautiful. Facebook is winning so much but it helps to understand what humans are looking for. I definately want to find these lists everywhere and keep myself updated and maybe start to make work from them?