Photo: Lady Gaga in a "meat bikini" on the cover of "Vogue Hommes Japan."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

:eyes:

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Someone please just make it all go away...

[HopeHoops]

2. That is BEYOND grotesque.

I wouldn't eat EITHER of those things.

[TK421]

22. You see? everything is put out for shock value these days...who could possibly

be offended by this? I've seen worse, but put a bunch of meat on a person and have them pose for it? There is an audience for it...sheeple want it, thus lady no-talent gives it to them

[struggle4progress]

3. That's just sad. It borders on "playing with dead things" and seems too suggestively hardcore S&M

:scared:

[Book Lover]

11. Don't know much about hardcore S&M, do you? (nm)

[struggle4progress]

18. Should I be more explicit? A woman dressed in slices of red meat hanging off suggests

a psychopathic slice-and-dice, and it clearly seems intended to suggest that

[Book Lover]

35. Explicit? Please, no. See, I *do* know about S&M (nm)

[struggle4progress]

48. How very exciting for you; nevertheless, the range of activities

that various people consider satisfying ranges widely from things silly but harmless to things quite dangerous and even murderous. Though I am quite sure I myself am not at all interested in associating women's bodies with the work of butchers, the actual history of such psychosexual associations is not always clean and innocent fun

[VMI Dem]

4. She's hot. In Charlottesville tonight I think.

:thumbsup:

[MorningGlow]

5. The Beatles did it better n/t

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. I was hoping someone would post that...

...I was going to post it myself and thought "Nah...let's wait and see."

But it's like every one of her "outrageous acts" consists of something someone else already did, and better.

:toast:

[MorningGlow]

7. Hee

:hi:

Lady G doesn't impress me. I'm too old--and have seen too much pop culture go by to consider her original.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

12. That's why Madonna never impressed me as well...

...I lived through Grace Slick.



:hi:

[MorningGlow]

13. And when I heard my first Lady Gaga song

I thought it was a new Madonna tune. Yeahhhh...nothing new under the sun. :hi:

[mitchum]

9. Maybe she will take the "Cobain challenge"

[edbermac]

10. And they had more talent than this bubblehead.

[MorningGlow]

14. Thanks for posting the pic

I was being lazy. :evilgrin:

[eShirl]

8. I heard somewhere she also sings

or something.

[TK421]

21. Much to the chagrin of those of us with ears n/t

[GCP]

15. She is so gross

And untalented.

[TK421]

76. Careful, now...calling her untalented will earn you the enmity of some of her biggest fans

right here, on DU!!! So, don't you DARE say anything that would denigrate her reputation as a performer! You should be banned outright for that statement!!! :sarcasm:

But you're right...she sucks

[Crankie Avalon]

16. What a talented outfit!!!

This is the modern day version of the equally talented carnival sideshow geek who used to bite the heads off of chickens for audience attention.

[TK421]

78. yeah..I think you nailed this one!

:D

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. What a shame there doesn't appear to be enough B. Kliban online.

I'd post a link to "Bill and Sue Enjoy the All Meat Puppets".

[Bucky]

19. I love this outfit! This is one attention hound who REALLY knows how to get attention

The world of celebrities is full of people desperately trying to get their names out. Lady Ga-Ga is simply better at the game than everyone else. She's surprising, original, constantly changing... and thus never tiresome (with the exception of the nazi-nun-leather-fetish things from "Alejandro," which was a touch Madonaesque).

A meat bikini? Ha! Outlandish, weird, and simultaneously exploitative and anti-exploitative. Fifty years from now people will still be talking about Lady Ga-Ga.

[TK421]

20. I'm gonna put steak all over me!!!@! LOOK AT ME!!! LOOK AT ME!!

talentless piece of garbage....I will never understand the fascination with this non-talent

[Deep13]

24. ouch! She is not a piece of garbage! nt

[TK421]

27. I just don't get the fascination with her...and I know I'm not alone in that

some people have compared her to Madonna..and while I'm not a Madonna fan, the amount of success she had in her career is something GaGa ( baby noise ) can only aspire to. There certainly is no denying that.

And aspire to..poorly

Shock value...that's all it is...shock value

[Deep13]

29. Right, you don't like her.

That doesn't make her "a piece of garbage."

[TK421]

32. You seem to want to pick a fight with me...guess what? Not playing

I'm entitled to my opinion, you're entitled to yours

have a nice day! :hi:

[Deep13]

23. Vegetables should be put on a different naked singer...

...to avoid cross-contamination.

[SoxFan]

79. Don't give Katy Perry any ideas

That will be next month's cover.

[Deep13]

25. So what is the fascination with posting a picture of some young woman entertainer...

...and denigrating her? One poster here wrote that she is a piece of garbage. No one is required to like her music or act, of course. I just don't see why there is such glee in tearing down some woman. Does it give a sense of superiority? Is there just a primal fear of female sexuality and a need to scape-goat it? I'll never again wonder how the witch-hunt crazes started.

[TK421]

28. "Primal fear of female sexuality"? now I've seen it all here

Ummm...no, I'm afraid not. Nice try though

[Deep13]

33. Then what is it?

The traditional view is that a woman is either Madonna (the religious figure, not the singer) or a whore. Typically, female social norms are enforced by other women. It's open season on anyone who ends up in disfavor for falling on the "whore" side of the line. There is a real satisfaction that people and especially women take in running down any female who ends up on the out list. It could be a middle school clique viciously picking on an uncool girl. It can be adults running down some entertainer or politician. In any event, there seems to be a real need to have a sexual scape-goat.

[TK421]

36. What is it? You tell me, you're the one accusing others of having this primal fear!

and I said she doesn't have talent...so in that twisted, fucked-up lump between your ears you automatically assume that I have a "primal fear" of women? from that statement, which is an opinion? Really...get a fucking grip already

Just....get a grip, you're making my fucking head hurt


edited to add: where-the-hell are you going with this post?

[seabeyond]

67. .

[Rabrrrrrr]

34. it's not glee at tearing down a woman, it's glee at tearing down another engineered musical product

[TK421]

37. No, Rabrrrrrr....apparently, I have a "primal fear of female sexuality"

funny...I learn something new every day from some anonymous douche that I didn't know about myself!

It's.....fucking mind-numbingly FANTASTIC!!!!! WHAT A FUCKING TALENT THAT IS!! :rofl:

[jobycom]

43. It happens to all of us.

At least you're learning. That's the first step.

[TK421]

50. Let me know what it is I have to learn here...maybe I'll start listening

you want to jump into this too, huh?

go ahead...all I've learned is that some people here are telling others ( who they have never met ) that they have a fear of womens sexuality....and also, they will take a criticism of a celebrity as a personal insult...

Have I missed anything so far, Joby?

[Rabrrrrrr]

56. It's true - I can feel your primal fear of female sexuality from here. It's MONSTROUSLY HUGE.

I'd offer a longer litany of your other obvious flaws and fears, but I don't want to overdo it, and I think you have enough to think about with dealing with your primal fear of female sexuality, since it's at such a ridiculously pathological state.

Probably stems from your oedipal obsession, which is also obvious and quite clear based on the fact that you so inappropriately offered a critique of an overtly sexual female performer's talent and made no mention of anything relating to her charged up sexuality, sticking solely to her talent as a performer doing the job she professes to be doing.

When men start seeing sexual females as mere singers or performers or do-ers of whatever job they do, then it's clear that the men fear their sexuality. Fear it PRIMALLY.

Like you.

Otherwise you would have called her ugly or a whore or something, proving that you aren't afraid of her sexuality, but are in fact a disgusting misogynist pig.

It's one or the other, man. And you can't choose "neither".

:thumbsup:

:rofl:

[TK421]

57. Damnit Rabrrrrrr! No one else was supposed to know about the oedipal obsession!

IS NOTHING SACRED?!!!@!#@$@$$ I talked to you about that in what I thought was complete confidence!

Oh..the betrayal, the betrayal!

It's totally primal, man!! :D

[Rabrrrrrr]

58. You made it so obvious, I assumed you meant to go public with it.

I mean, for God's sake man, you criticized Lady Ga Ga.

Might just as well spray paint it on your roof.

[TK421]

59. I'll do that, but a martini comes first!

:)

[Rabrrrrrr]

60. A Martini? Why do you fear the economic uprising of the black man?

[TK421]

62. I'll need a good drink idea from you...it's too windy out for a Martini

[Rabrrrrrr]

64. For a windy day, I suggest an Aviation, to go with the theme, or a Stinger, to take the chill off.

Aviation:

6 parts gin
3 parts lemon juice
2 parts Maraschino liqueur

shake with ice and serve straight up in a cocktail glass. I like a little lemon peel to garnish mine. Note that Maraschino Liqueur is NOT the same thing as that shit that the maraschino cherries are put in in those damnable jars, but is in fact a somewhat tart clear liqueur that is made by only a couple places in the maraschino region of Italy.

Stinger

2 parts brandy
1 part clear creme de menthe

Shake with ice, serve straight up in a cocktail glass.

[TK421]

65. Looks like I have some shopping to do! I have the gin and lemon juice

the Maraschino liqueur might be a bit of an issue though

Thanks! :D

[Rabrrrrrr]

66. It can be really hard to find. Took about 3 years to find a liquor store in NYC that had it.

But it's oh so worth the search! Wonderful stuff.

If you're lucky, you'll find the brand in the green bottle with the wicker-like thing around the bottom. That's the best.

[TK421]

69. You know PA, that we have these state stores but there is a good one

maybe fifteen minutes from my apartment...the clerks there that know quite a bit about their stock, and hopefully I can find the stuff! I'll have to keep you updated on my progress...you have put me on quite a quest, Gandolf!!

Slightly off-topic...do you like Limoncello? My brother turned me onto this stuff last year and this is the brand he got ( keeps this stuff in the freezer...it is so good! )

[Rabrrrrrr]

70. Yes, I do like it! Very yummy.

[TK421]

72. If we should ever meet, you will find a bottle in my freezer and an ice-cold bottle

of Bombay Sapphire for our Martinis ( you will have to let me know if you like them with olives or a twist ) I could accommodate either way for that special occasion, so let me know!

I do believe we were slated to have these Martinis about three years ago, my friend! Time to catch up

[Rabrrrrrr]

73. Excellent! And we can make ludicrous and ignorant psychological evaluations of each other based on

our own whims and psychological dysfunction!

It'll be a hoot, that's what that'll be.

:rofl:

[TK421]

74. Let me tell you what I did after that post....I peed from laughter, and I almost

choked on a Yuengling....only you, sir can do that so well! and with such finesse! BRAVO!!!

My hats off to you..I'm laughing my ass off as I type this!

Invitation is open...I'm still laughing my fucking ass off here!! damn you

[jobycom]

44. You got it.

Good luck making others understand it, though.

[arbusto_baboso]

26. The pic is making a statement about women being seen by men as "pieces of meat"

How does anyone NOT get that?

[TK421]

30. At first, I thought it was a message from the beef industry...they just put their

product on the wrong person

[arbusto_baboso]

31. Maybe even a promotion for Kobe beef?

[jobycom]

38. Because they are reactionary old fogeys who want to bash people they don't get anymore.

She's brilliant, and if anyone paid ANY attention, she's got a very liberal, feminist, and inclusive message in just about everything she does.

But what they hey, all those young wippersnappers on the lawns scare them, so it's all "They just ain't good like they were when was young!"

Oh well. My kid gets her. There's hope for the future, at least.

[arbusto_baboso]

39. Y'know, I'm in my 40s....

and I appreciate her. I think anyone who really listens to the lyrics of Paparazzi would see there's more to her than the surface stuff the media fixates on.

[jobycom]

40. Me, too. It's not the age, it's the attitude.

What I really like about her, too, is that although she obviously flaunts her sexuality, she doesn't play the sex kitten role, with the pouty come-hither look, like Britney Spears and Rihanna and most other female pop stars (I'm not trying to insult any of them, just drawing a comparison). She doesn't make herself into a man-toy. She did an interview once where she claimed she was just a rock star, and that if she was male and strode around with a bad-ass attitude and slept with whomever she wanted, people wouldn't care. Since she's a woman, they can't handle it. I love that attitude. She's one of those rare female star that doesn't define herself by how men react to her.

[arbusto_baboso]

41. Maybe that's why I like her.

I've always liked that type of woman.

[mitchum]

46. Despite yout most fervent wishes, you will never be young again...

neither through osmosis nor consumption.
But keep on trying to get down with the kids if it makes you feel good...

[mitchum]

47. In light of the ham-handedness of that concept, her handlers should have used pork...

instead of beef

[petronius]

61. I think that's a valid interpretation, but a google-skim of Terry Richardson

info makes me wonder if that's the actual intent. Assuming I've got the right photographer, it's equally likely that simple 'shockingness!' was the goal here...

[jobycom]

42. And you all notice that the meat is....

Raw Raw, Raw aw aw!

Thank you, thank you.

[kwassa]

51. This outfit is very rare.

[Orrex]

54. Well done.

[dembotoz]

45. she has found a way to be famous and make lots of $$$$$$

yes she has talent

she needs talent or she would not get away with such stuff.

i am sure she cries all the way to the bank

She just had a show in Milwaukee and from the reviews it was excellent and the crowd got to act strange and get away with it.

perhaps more therapeutic then getting drunk

[Glassunion]

49. Beef... It's what's for dinner.

[rucky]

52. You don't want to know where she put the potato.

[Bucky]

85. Or how much it's been baked once she removed it

I'm just worried about the tin foil she wrapped it in.

[Lucian]

53. She's an attention whore.

[Initech]

55. I suddenly lost my appetite.

[dembotoz]

63. what is sad is that of all the music stars on the charts these days

Lady gaga is perhaps the most politically active progressive out there.

She would be right at home at du.

I AM very impressed with the stands that she takes up on the stage.

[SoxFan]

68. She's also reasonably talented

It's a mistake to lump her in with the rest of the prefab pop tarts. Gaga actually has some vocal and songwriting ability, and I can imagine her having a long career, a la Bowie or Elton John, who were also dismissed as theatrical goobers early in their careers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM51qOpwcIM

[mitchum]

75. That Bowie comparison is one that her handlers will desperately try to push...

and I have been predicting that about GagaCo for awhile? Why? Because everyrhing about that third-rate hag act is so predictable.
Gaga is not fit to eat Bowie's coke snot.

[TK421]

80. Us "old farts" wouldn't know anything about that, would we now?

Even some of us who are not old farts ( I'm only 35 ) but I know a non-talent when I see one...and just look upthread for some of her more...shall I say, premium defenders?

Bowie comparisons? I think we both need whatever it is these fuckers are smoking nowadays!!! I WANTZZZZ!@!@!$

[Rabrrrrrr]

82. Oh, come on - we live in an age in which Glenn Beck has reclaimed the Civil Rights Movement.

Of course Lady Gaga is the new Bowie.

And we've always been at war with Eurasia.

And global warming is just a myth, evolution is just a theory, and smart people are worthless because they think too much instead of going with their gut, like the real experts do.

[TK421]

83. And everyone thought Reagan was swell, and people said "Golly Gee"! all the time

and nobody in your neighborhood locks their doors at night since the neighborhood kids will show up for breakfast uninvited...the list goes on an on!!! :D

[LaurenG]

71. This thread is destined

for something. :shrug:

[MilesColtrane]

77. Artistically bankrupt,...

she is now surfing the internet for fresh meat for her little monsters.

It's been done to death. Google "bacon bra".

Hey Lady CaCa, you want to shock me? Write a good tune.

[many a good man]

81. Better than the meatless bikinis one usually sees

[Redstone]

84. God, she's a riot, isn't she? And a very intelligent woman who knows

how to market herself. (No sarcasm at all. I've never heard one of her songs, but I've heard ABOUT her an awful lot. She sure knows how to get attention.)

PS: Her tits are awfully saggy for such a young woman, aren't they?

Redstone

[Bucky]

86. They come in all shapes and sizes.

If she had Barbie doll boobies, people would complain about that, instead. Anyway, you can't really tell much from from the shadowfall in a single photo.