Judas Priest and Lady Gaga Need to Record Together
Monday, March 15, 2010 at 12:01AM I don't know what it means to be a rockstar anymore. The phrase "rockstar" has about as much clout these days as "rock writer." Both are completely archaic and worthless. Still, people throw both phrases around like confetti, so I'll play along.
I think Lady Gaga is the world's biggest Glam rocker these days. I mean, she isn't a rock singer to be sure. She's a pop starlet and a damn genius but the woman is more rebellious, inventive and "dangerous" than any rocker I've seen in a long time.
It's true, Lady Gaga probably couldn't have been successful a decade or so ago. The studio tools she uses to bend her voice weren't nearly as prevalent as today. Gaga came at just the right time to save the cynical music biz. She saved us from ourselves.
Gaga loves her some metal, too. She's always making metal references and she "gets" the genre. She's also borrowing some of her danger from our 80s faves and her hooks are big, just like "Wild Side," "Bad Medicine" or "Cherry Pie." She gets it.
Maybe she 'gets it' so well, she conceived her entire alter ego to become the world's biggest rockstar. I think when Gaga started, she had big dreams of a wildly successful singing career but I doubt she envisioned what has happened to her over the past 16 months or so.
The woman has a 360 degree mind that must work in overdrive. It's clear Gaga's watched a ton of classic MTV. Headbanger's Ball, anyone? Nearly every one of Gaga's videos is a mix of 80s Glam and theater of the absurd. Sort of like Twisted Sister but with more Chanel and even more bad makeup. What we need is for Gaga to do a duet with one of our Glam faves. Something completely insane and over-the-top. I'm thinking Judas Priest with Lady Gaga!
I can see it now: a number one single. Metal and pop finally properly joined by two acts that love their craft. Can you imagine the video? I wonder who would wear more leather: Gaga or Halford?
Reader Comments (36)
As usual, you got it right, dude, and people like Dick get it wrong.
She's awesome!
She's talented!
She's original!
She's hot!
She writes her own material!
She's a true artist both musically and visually!
She's a performance artist!
She's a New Yorker!
Na-na-nuh-na-na!
p.s. Read her Wikipedia thingy to get a better idea of what she's about, Dick -- and all others who doubt the power and grace of this performer... And I wish she would collaborate with some Glam Metallerz and I still say it should be Kiss. On the other hand, she owes more to Bowie (Kiss owes him, too, in certain regards, if you really wanna start thinkin' about it), so that could be a great collab, too!
GaGa is killer.
All we're sayin' is she should do something Glam Metal. She and Kiss could do a killer collab but I also wish she'd do a collab with one of the killer newer acts out there like, say, theez characters, The Pleasures or maybe Crash Diet or Vains of Jenna or somebody like that to bolster the new Glam Metal scene.
She's a perfect example of someone who is doing their darndest to Bring Back Glam. What she could do for Glam Metal if she did a song with one of the above bands backin' her.
C'mon, The Shadow should know better than this especially since he's supposed to be the only one who really knows.
Get out of your Metal Boxes, dudes.
Lady GaGa Rules!
p.s. What the h*ll you talkin' 'bout, Shadow... What duz, "huming hod hu leaff heild wit hat hun." mean exactly. If you don't decode this for us, this really will be something "Only The Shadow Knows."... N' Dad, don't you think cutting off someone's tongue for mentioning Priest and GaGa in the same sentence is a little harsh? Now I hope GaGa and Priest do collaborate. Open your minds, boyz...
The left field notion also was about metalman's post.
The Kiss collab. would be epic. Sorry for the vagueness!
But I was thinkin' this should be a songwriting collaboration for theez two Glam Powerhouses -- GaGa and Kiss! They are all great songwriters so let 'em come up with somethin' brand spankin' new.
Oops! better watch what I say here, hahaha!!! I can see $immons now, in full costume, with Lady GaGa, in full costume, over his knee.
Self-Sacrifice Project - Paparazzi (metal remix feat. Lady Gaga)
Type that into Youtube and It Should take You There!!
In fact, just like Wendy O. William's W.O.W. album, which she did with Kiss back in the day (they wrote it all and backed her along with $immons producing), she should just get Kiss to do the whole record with her.
If that seems too one-dimensional...
Or, what else would be cool, and more likely, if she were to ever do something as cool as a Metal cut, is to just do Metal tune on her next album and also do a soul tune, a big band tune, a disco tune, etc., etc.... In other words, do an album that's all over the lot. That would keep things interesting.
And I still say it should be an original composition, not a remix or a redo or a cover. Also, she could get someone like Vains of Jenna or Crash Diet or for an even more pop approach, that wonderful pop confection, Reckless Love.
Hey, for a Metal version of "Paparazzi" go to YouTube and type in "Lady Gaga - Paparazzi (Metal remix by bliix) that's a little less dissonant and pops a little more but basically the same.
Then type in "Lady Gaga feat. Megadeth - Pokerface (Metal Remix) for an amusing mash-up. Also, try Lady GaGa - Poker Face - Rock/Punk/Metal Remix, which I think is the closest representation of how she would sound "Metalized".
Thanx, Shadow, for puttin' me onto this whole exploratory. I sure found some amusing stuff this way... it sure is amazing what people can do with computers and programs like GarageBand, etc. today... Genius!