{THIS IS AN लेख FROM THE WASHINTON POST. I HAVE ALSO ADDED MY देखा गया ON THE BOTTOM}
The video for Lady Gaga’s song “Judas” has premiered, ending weeks of speculation stirred up द्वारा several religious spokespersons who denounced it before seeing it. The video is set in a motorcycle gang; येशु is the leader, Judas a thuggish member and Gaga is torn द्वारा her attraction to both. As a quick first reaction, I find it moving, both artistically and spiritually. What has always fascinated and frustrated me is the disconnect between the Gaga haters and what I, and some of my friends, see in her work. Many of my religious young adult फ्रेंड्स प्यार Gaga; most of the rest don’t have any serious problem with her. They understand what she’s trying to do, even if it isn’t their taste. This is true across Catholics, mainline Protestants and evangelicals. So, what is it about Gaga that excites one devout person and intimidates another?
Some insist Gaga exploits Christian and especially Catholic symbols for shock value, rather than admitting they could be part of an honest attempt to wrestle with spiritual issues. I think some critics simply have trouble believing someone like Gaga could be sincere. या perhaps it’s just the easiest way to dismiss her work. Don’t get me wrong. I cringed watching her dressed in a fetishized nun costume in the Alejandro video, which among her hits so far had the least redeeming value. But I do think she was sincerely trying to express something, to externalize her struggles through the imagery.
In the “Judas” video, Gaga (apparently as Mary Magdalene, though some story lines are blurred together in both the lyrics and the video) rides with येशु in a motorcycle gang, while pining after bad boy Judas, a beer-guzzling thug who’s also in the gang. We see Gaga turning away from Judas in favor of येशु again and again. At one point, she washes Jesus’ feet just before the most notable lines in the song:
I wanna प्यार you,
But something’s pulling me away from you.
येशु is my virtue,
Judas is the demon I cling to.
Lady Gaga’s creative director, Laurieann Gibson, described the creative process the team went through in completing the “Judas” video this way: “It was amazing because to have that conversation about salvation, peace and the खोजिए for the truth in a room of non-believers and believers, to me, that was saying God is active in a big way.”
This is not the stuff of pop music. It’s a cultural phenomenon. And that perhaps is where we get to the root of the problem some have with Gaga. Unlike any other current pop तारा, स्टार at the global level, Gaga writes about, talks about and openly struggles with spiritual issues in almost every song she writes. Most shocking in our current culture, she mentions येशु द्वारा name. In Judas, she says “Jesus is my virtue.” In “You and I,” about an old boyfriend she calls Nebraska, Gaga says, “There’s only three men I served my whole life / It’s my dad and Nebraska and येशु Christ.”
So while some may like to dismiss her as disingenuous, it is exactly Gaga’s genuineness that is a threat. While an R&B artist गाना crudely about sex is clearly defined in their role outside the spiritual conversation, Gaga dares to jump right into the middle of it. And while she’s there, with a bully pulpit speaking to millions, she dares to say things like, “I’m beautiful in my way, cause God makes no mistakes.” This is much और dangerous in some people’s minds than empty pop music. Gaga calls her प्रशंसकों little monsters, her way of saying we are all fallen, all flawed, and that it is the misfits of society who can teach the comfortable a thing या two about God’s प्यार and compassion. And that’s what she’s doing.
{I PERSONALLY प्यार THE SONG. I THINK THAT ITS ONE OF HER BEST. I MAYBE AM NOT THE MOST SUITABLE PERSON TO ASK ON THIS ISSUE AS I AM NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON, BUT ALL I SEE IS A YOUNG WOMAN EXPRESSING HERSELF THROUGH MUSIC. WHICH IS WHAT GAGA HAS ALWAYS APPEARED TO DO IN MY OPINION.
I DO NOT CONDONE RACISM या SUPPORT IT AND THE PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT SHE IS A RACIST ARE 100% WRONG. CLEARLY IF आप READ/WATCH ONE OF HER INTERVIEWS आप WILL SEE THAT SHE IS A VERY WELL-GROUNDED, ARTISTIC PERSON AND NOTHING ABOUT HER SHOUTS "RACIST!!"}
{THANKS FOR पढ़ना MY RANT...}
The video for Lady Gaga’s song “Judas” has premiered, ending weeks of speculation stirred up द्वारा several religious spokespersons who denounced it before seeing it. The video is set in a motorcycle gang; येशु is the leader, Judas a thuggish member and Gaga is torn द्वारा her attraction to both. As a quick first reaction, I find it moving, both artistically and spiritually. What has always fascinated and frustrated me is the disconnect between the Gaga haters and what I, and some of my friends, see in her work. Many of my religious young adult फ्रेंड्स प्यार Gaga; most of the rest don’t have any serious problem with her. They understand what she’s trying to do, even if it isn’t their taste. This is true across Catholics, mainline Protestants and evangelicals. So, what is it about Gaga that excites one devout person and intimidates another?
Some insist Gaga exploits Christian and especially Catholic symbols for shock value, rather than admitting they could be part of an honest attempt to wrestle with spiritual issues. I think some critics simply have trouble believing someone like Gaga could be sincere. या perhaps it’s just the easiest way to dismiss her work. Don’t get me wrong. I cringed watching her dressed in a fetishized nun costume in the Alejandro video, which among her hits so far had the least redeeming value. But I do think she was sincerely trying to express something, to externalize her struggles through the imagery.
In the “Judas” video, Gaga (apparently as Mary Magdalene, though some story lines are blurred together in both the lyrics and the video) rides with येशु in a motorcycle gang, while pining after bad boy Judas, a beer-guzzling thug who’s also in the gang. We see Gaga turning away from Judas in favor of येशु again and again. At one point, she washes Jesus’ feet just before the most notable lines in the song:
I wanna प्यार you,
But something’s pulling me away from you.
येशु is my virtue,
Judas is the demon I cling to.
Lady Gaga’s creative director, Laurieann Gibson, described the creative process the team went through in completing the “Judas” video this way: “It was amazing because to have that conversation about salvation, peace and the खोजिए for the truth in a room of non-believers and believers, to me, that was saying God is active in a big way.”
This is not the stuff of pop music. It’s a cultural phenomenon. And that perhaps is where we get to the root of the problem some have with Gaga. Unlike any other current pop तारा, स्टार at the global level, Gaga writes about, talks about and openly struggles with spiritual issues in almost every song she writes. Most shocking in our current culture, she mentions येशु द्वारा name. In Judas, she says “Jesus is my virtue.” In “You and I,” about an old boyfriend she calls Nebraska, Gaga says, “There’s only three men I served my whole life / It’s my dad and Nebraska and येशु Christ.”
So while some may like to dismiss her as disingenuous, it is exactly Gaga’s genuineness that is a threat. While an R&B artist गाना crudely about sex is clearly defined in their role outside the spiritual conversation, Gaga dares to jump right into the middle of it. And while she’s there, with a bully pulpit speaking to millions, she dares to say things like, “I’m beautiful in my way, cause God makes no mistakes.” This is much और dangerous in some people’s minds than empty pop music. Gaga calls her प्रशंसकों little monsters, her way of saying we are all fallen, all flawed, and that it is the misfits of society who can teach the comfortable a thing या two about God’s प्यार and compassion. And that’s what she’s doing.
{I PERSONALLY प्यार THE SONG. I THINK THAT ITS ONE OF HER BEST. I MAYBE AM NOT THE MOST SUITABLE PERSON TO ASK ON THIS ISSUE AS I AM NOT A RELIGIOUS PERSON, BUT ALL I SEE IS A YOUNG WOMAN EXPRESSING HERSELF THROUGH MUSIC. WHICH IS WHAT GAGA HAS ALWAYS APPEARED TO DO IN MY OPINION.
I DO NOT CONDONE RACISM या SUPPORT IT AND THE PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT SHE IS A RACIST ARE 100% WRONG. CLEARLY IF आप READ/WATCH ONE OF HER INTERVIEWS आप WILL SEE THAT SHE IS A VERY WELL-GROUNDED, ARTISTIC PERSON AND NOTHING ABOUT HER SHOUTS "RACIST!!"}
{THANKS FOR पढ़ना MY RANT...}
We are a generation twisted द्वारा our myth
Confused and ludicrous, holding on to love
Consumed द्वारा all the pleasures in our midst
A life without the lips we've kissed
And losing all control
We're gonna start a resistance
So we want independence
We're gonna give the world some of this
Electric kiss
I'm gonna change the world with my lips
One voice forever
We'll live together
Peace, love, solitude and happiness
Electric kiss
Fame is our felony
We're so in प्यार with it
Superstars and masochists
Who don't know where to go
But the poets and the fathers of our time
Put down their weapons in their arms
And know what they must do
We're gonna start a resistance
So we want independence
We're gonna give the world some of this
Electric kiss
I'm gonna change the world with my lips
One voice forever
We'll live together
Peace, love, solitude and happiness
Electric kiss
I'm gonna change the world with my lips
One voice for ever
We'll live together
Peace, love, solitude and happiness
Electric kiss
Confused and ludicrous, holding on to love
Consumed द्वारा all the pleasures in our midst
A life without the lips we've kissed
And losing all control
We're gonna start a resistance
So we want independence
We're gonna give the world some of this
Electric kiss
I'm gonna change the world with my lips
One voice forever
We'll live together
Peace, love, solitude and happiness
Electric kiss
Fame is our felony
We're so in प्यार with it
Superstars and masochists
Who don't know where to go
But the poets and the fathers of our time
Put down their weapons in their arms
And know what they must do
We're gonna start a resistance
So we want independence
We're gonna give the world some of this
Electric kiss
I'm gonna change the world with my lips
One voice forever
We'll live together
Peace, love, solitude and happiness
Electric kiss
I'm gonna change the world with my lips
One voice for ever
We'll live together
Peace, love, solitude and happiness
Electric kiss