Monday, May 21, 2012

Agog about Gaga

I just felt the need to say my piece on this.  It seems there are certain groups that may be a bit overreacting or possibly doing it the wrong way.  This is about the protest to ban the concert of Lady Gaga in Manila this May 21 to 22.

I mean, why all the fuss? Why only now? And why do these groups suddenly picked on her song and music videos that has been going around for more than three years and dissected its contents, the symbols and all then  picket themselves near the concert venue to ask the organizers to stop the concert.

While the right to assemble for a cause is okay, what I am at odds with is their reasoning about the so-called diabolic messages of Lady Gaga's songs and even branding her as the 'devil's messenger' for her music videos and for the symbols appearing on her concerts & the way she dresses. 

I feel it is just an artistic expression on Lady Gaga's part and if her songs contain subtle insinuations of some other divination that is a direct departure from the holy & Christian way, it is her music and it's not as if she is shoving it down the throats of those who don't care to listen.  She is just here to perform, to entertain the fans and why not leave it at that? It's not as if she will cause mass hypnosis urging children to kill, to abort or go forth in evil ways.  Nothing of the sort but that is what these groups of holier-than-thou activists are making it appear to be.

And now they gave the kids all the more reason to dissect the lyrics whereas before they were just after the beat and the entertaining chorus.  So who's really making a mockery of God in this instance? Why call attention to that very thing which they so want the youth to deviate from?  The young are forever curious and the more taboo it seems, the more interesting it gets and these protests only made it more interesting.  I bet even non-Lady Gaga fans have started to make an about-face too and will try to listen to her songs and that only pushed her all the more into the mainstream of everybody's consciousness.

They should have just let the fans grow tired of Lady Gaga's music if that is just a passing fancy & it's not as if one woman's music would sway the people to act a certain way if there are other outside influences that can be more powerful - like a positive event, or a person whom they can relate to aside from a Gothic impressionist but very entertaining artist. 

Just leave well enough alone. Let art take care of itself & let the true and holy prevail without us having to raise those  fists & shout in barbaric ways showcasing our ignorance of reality and the lack of true faith.