When Lady Gaga started setting trends with her controversial style and dance-pop anthems, it was clear that Madonna was one of her influences. When "Born This Way" came out in 2011, fans even remarked that the song was remarkably similar to Madonna's 1989 hit "Express Yourself."
Now it looks like Madge may finally be returning the favor -- but is she thanking Lady Gaga or dissing her?
The 53-year-old pop queen was caught on video this past weekend in Israel rehearsing for her upcoming world tour when, in the middle of "Express Yourself," she started singing lyrics from "Born This Way" over the song. According to E! News, the footage was captured by an onlooker privy to the rehearsal and uploaded without permission.
Before this past week, she was some 26-year-old woman named Stefani Germanotta. She sings and dances, and promotes herself by wearing outrageous costumes. In a nutshell, she is "edgy" and "original" to those too young to remember Madonna.
Ms. Germanotta's music was fairly harmless and inoffensive. While Madonna tackled abortion and racial prejudices, Ms. Germanotta tells people to "just dance."
Like many young people today, Ms. Germanotta through her Lady Gaga persona came to the conclusion that her musical talents (which admittedly are abundant) required her to express political opinions. My first experience with this unknown (to me) woman came while watching Bill O'Reilly. He showed a clip of a young woman pulling at her own hair and screaming like a lunatic. "Are you listening, President Obama? Are you listening?"
The issue was gay marriage, and she was in favor of it. Ms. Gaga claims to be bisexual, which may be interesting to somebody, somewhere. Later on, she demanded a meeting with President Obama to discuss childhood bullying in schools.
Her activism does not make her unique. Many Hollywood celebrities assume their opinions matter. Yet what makes Ms. Gaga and her supporters frustrating (a polite way of saying hypocrites) is that when they truly should stand up, the only sound is silence. Ms. Gaga became a real victim this week, and everybody should rush to her defense.
She had a concert scheduled in Indonesia. 50,000 tickets were sold for this Jakarta extravaganza. Then she was forced to cancel the show under heavy pressure. Despite Indonesia being seen as a model of secular democracy mixed with moderate Islam, this nation of 140 million people still has Radical Islamists flexing muscle.
The Islamists decided that Ms. Gaga's concert would be too extreme for the youth.
Yes, the people who flew the planes into the Towers on 9/11 are still hoping to extend their worldwide Caliphate. This time all it took was the threat of violence to cause Ms. Gaga and her sponsors to retreat. She should not be blamed. She is a young girl who has every right to consider her personal safety.
Her promoters and supporters have no excuse. Once again, the West surrendered to pressure from Islamic fundamentalists.
Ms. Gaga and her supporters should think about this on a deeper level, despite Hollywood celebrities having an aversion to depth.
Those who care about gay marriage may be surprised to know that gay people do not fare well in most Muslim countries. Forget the right to marry. They just get murdered for "crimes against Islam." Crimes include being gay while breathing.
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