Tori Amos Thinks Lady Gaga Is A Fad
Tori Amos is at a place in her life where she can talk. She's walked the walk for so long now that if she wants to go public with a negative comment about another singer, she can. And she has some rather harsh words for Lady Gaga.
"She's what I call a meteor - singers who entertain people for a while. Hey, there's nothing wrong with that.
But then there are people like Neil Young who show up at Glastonbury 40 years into their career. And that's a very different kind of artist.
Neil Young doesn't have to get his bum out on stage!
The question is, will Lady GaGa be playing alongside Neil Young at Glastonbury in 20 years time?
She wants to entertain people. Right now, half the world is depressed and they need to be entertained. So her timing's perfect."
And believe it or not, Tori has a few good things to say about Britney Spears.
"For me, the best thing that happened is that I didn't have success like my father wanted me to when I was 14-years-old and I was playing clubs," she said.
"Thank God it didn't happen for me at that time. I probably wouldn't be talking to you if it had. I think it's really tough on teenagers when they have that kind of success.
"But you have to acknowledge Britney's discipline right now - being a mum and being out on the road. When you do that year-in, year-out since you were a teenager, it can become overwhelming."
Is Tori right about Lady Gaga?
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I love Gaga, and I love Tori Amos....Tori is always right :) ***annie***
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WHO IS TORI AMOS???!! Caps, I know. I just want to convey my confusion. I'm back and I'm clad in plaid :)
You moron.
she 's not a moron ! she just doesn't know who she is
Hence she's a moron when it comes to being musically cultured.
you should listen to some of Tori's stuff... fantastic. She's been around forever.
I've never read any of Tori's quotes before this but for some reason i've always thought of her as a class act, but man, this completely shatters that image for me. She may be an established artist but ripping on another artist (especially someone thats just starting out) is so uncool and just makes her sound like a complete bitch.
Tori is right. She's not trying to be a *itch, she's just being honest
I would say she is right. I can't see Gaga being around in 20 yrs time. I would like to be wrong... Oh well, someone has to replace Madonna..
The same thing was said about Madonna years ago, I recall a music producer at the time saying "Madonna is just a fad"........look at her now. Maybe Tori needs the attention, I think she has a new album coming out? She praises Britney like she is attempting something so incredible. There are plenty of single mothers that work with no help from nannies.
That is a wig, right? Looks terrible. Total hack job on the bangs.
I don't like to hear artists criticize each others work in public. Tacky. She's trying to be relevant, but really she's just alienating herself from all GaGa's fans. Not smart.
I really don't think she gives a damn about alienating herself from Gaga fans!!!! Tori is well established with loyal fans anyway.
Thank God Neil Young doesn't show his bum on stage!!
I have to agree with Tori, I think Lady GaGa is a fad and will fade with time. She is just a little to out of the norm IMO to have a long standing.
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she's right... and like she said, there's nothing wrong with being the entertainment of the moment... why does everyone take that as talking smack? she didn't say that lady googoo sucked. she just said she probably won't go the distance.
Fad??? Who cares? CaCa is so ugly she has to wear hair in her face so you will look at the rest of her. She has great legs, and wears stripper costumes (she IS a former stripper), but that's about it. Tori's hair in this pic is horrific, yet going on Late Night w/Letterman. She too needs a stylist!!! Now if Tori had said CaCa is a F*g instead of fad... that would have been newsworthy. Again... Who cares about either one of them???
I heard she got her stripper nickname, Lady GaGa, from the sound she makes while working the "pole." Too funny!
Most pop stars burn brightly and fade fast. It goes with the job, Whether Lady GaGa bucks that trend who knows. Probably not but then who would have guessed Madonna or Britney Spears would be still around now.
She's spot on about lady gaga.... Can't wait for her 'fad' to be over rover.
and Tori, now THAT is an artist.
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Tori's a bit 'out there' but I agree with her on Lady GaGa. Totally.losethatgirl blog
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Gaga will be a fad if she doesnt change her image/style/music over time. If she just keeps doing the same thing over and over for 20 years, yeah, thats not going to work.
This BARELY seemed like a slam, even slamming somone it seemed really not very harsh.
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I love Tori and I think she's right about Gaga, however, Tori looks a few cans short of a six-pack.
LESBO. what does she know about being a pop star---her only audience is dykes like herself lol
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And Gaga is a hermaphrodite. Your point would be what?
You're calling Tori a lesbo? pffft..... that's a compliment.
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What is wrong with her face???
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I think it's plastic surgery. Looks like an eye lift or some sort of lift.
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She is so right!
Well personally I've never even heard a Tori Amos song in my life...I hear the lesbian love her though. Go lilithfair!
I don't like Tori Amos OR Lady Gaga. I respect Tori as an artist and I acknowledge that Lady GG is talented, but unfortunately she chooses to dumb down her talents and play up her skank image. Which is precisely what Tori is saying. She didn't say that Lady GG is talentless, she merely said that her image, her music, is nothing more than a fad that will last only as long as the Jonas Bros' career. Right now, the music industry is at its rock bottom, the economy is in turmoil, we've got two wars going on at the moment, so Lady GG's music helps fill the void of people who desperately need to be entertained, to forget about their problems, quality be damned. But times like these won't last forever, and the music industry is an ever-changing landscape, so Gaga will have a very tough time trying to make it past the one-hit wonder phase with her disposable music. Unless she completely remodels her music and image and becomes a serious artist, I doubt she will still be talked about years later, except when people will try to remember the greatest fads of 2009. I understand what Amos is saying, which is really rare, since most of the time she talks and I'm like "WTF is she talking about?" But I agree with her on this one. I don't think she intended it as diss. Well, if someone asked her about Gaga, then there was nothing wrong with her answer. But if she brought her up out of nowhere, then I must say that she must be really lame to make Lady Gaga the topic of a conversation.
And if you want to listen to music that has deep, meaningful lyrics and that is highly entertaining at the same time, I highly recommend Muse. They will perform at the MTV Video Music Awards on September 14, and no, they're not a new band. They've been around for 10 years, are from the UK and while they're very popular in their homebase and other countries, they're very underrated here. Hopefully all that will change on September 14. They had a song featured in Twilight.
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