{This is my category called Mama's Bits where I discuss a piece or person that is highly relevant at the moment in pop culture in an effort to catalog for my girls, who and what was popular during their childhood.}
Lady Gaga....what can I say, I mean is she a whack-a-do or what??
Just look at her hair in this picture...and what about the way she plays the piano with her foot while she sings along? That's some funky shizz people.
photo courtesy of AP Photo/Andy Paradise
Actually the truth is, we love her and I may even can so far as to say I adore her. Her album is on heavy rotation in our house at the moment and although she may be slightly (or way more than slightly) off-center, you can NOT deny that this girl has a serious set of pipes.
And frankly, when you are that talented you CAN actually wear a phone on your head and still be taken seriously.
My girls know every song and every dance move, although I try REALLY hard to limit that "I wanna take a ride on your disco stick" song.
Um, yeah, we skip that one.
{Clearly, this was photo was taken before Gaga was famous and dressing with bags over her head in an effort to continue her performance when she is back sitting in her seat at an awards ceremony. Did y'all catch that one?}
I had never heard Lady Gaga speak and up until this point I had not even read much about her, so I taped an appearance that she made on the Oprah show. I watched along with my girls and have to admit I was quite taken with her. She reminded me of a young Madonna, and if you read my 'About Me' page, you will see just how I felt about Madonna while I was growing up.
Gaga was so well spoken and thoughtful in her comments and I was surprised by that, not entirely sure why I was so surprised, but I was. She spoke about how important it is to maintain a strong bond with you parents and to respect them. And I have to say as a Mom watching with my girls I hope they heard her message and remember it.
She also talked about being a workaholic and how driven she is in the pursuit of her music and bringing her artistic aspirations to life. I loved that my girls saw her progression from singing in run down New York City nightclubs and rising to where she is now, because for some reason (it's called American Idol) my girls think you can just grow up to be a pop star.
Anyway, props to Gaga and her message to just love yourself for who you are, even if you are so different from everyone else. I dig that, and I want my girls to know that conforming is not the answer to finding your inner voice and true self.
