Well... it's possible to notice it's silly and unoriginal even if you do like it, and saying it's poor seems like another way of saying that one doesn't like it.
If her goal is to get famous and have hit songs though, I suppose we do have to grant that she accomplishes this expertly. It might be nice if she had loftier goals, like creating something with actual integrity, but I have to admit she's at least effective.
Hmm, well my point was more that her music is technically very good. From a sort of academic perspective the music is very clever and carefully designed. It hacks for popular listening.
Although I realise such a point of view is probably the by-product of having a brother who's finishing up a music degree and so I get bored to death with lectures about this stuff :)
No. Drummond and Cauty hacked the popular music industry in the late 80s, then literally wrote the book on how to do it.
Compared to them Gaga is a script kiddie.
Take Gaga's attitude and bluster away and you have Dale Bozzio. Interesting -- her stuff was more listenable and she looked cuter in those ridiculous outfits.
If her goal is to get famous and have hit songs though, I suppose we do have to grant that she accomplishes this expertly. It might be nice if she had loftier goals, like creating something with actual integrity, but I have to admit she's at least effective.