Hitchcock and Russian Roulette
What’s with the use of Alfred Hitchcock in songs recently. Pitbull mentions him in Oche Calle. But for him he wants to make a film and you know the kind I mean. Lady gaga makes clear refences to Hitchcock’s movies in Bad Romance with “I want your psycho, your vertigo stick, want you in my rear window,” which she explains in her Alexa Chung interview as wanting someone to the point that your willing to accept even the deepest darkest parts of them and of course its a Hitchcock shoutout.
Russian Roulette’s making its rounds in songs as well. But so far its hit and miss. Lady Gaga says “Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun” in Pokerface. And Rihanna’s got a new song called Russian Roulette, but so far I’ve heard at least as many complaints as praises about the song.
Like any of these songs?
Kagehime
A Monster Bad Romance Vid
I wonder if Lady gaga watches much anime or if this is a coincidence. The cross in the monster as part of the title font and the big anime eyes in the music video. They were so freaky. I thought they came out in the beginning like they’re vampires or creatures born of the abyss.
Also in the vid there’s the attack of the Alexander Mcqueen monster. She had premiered Bad Romance at the Alexander Mcqueen show so I guess that’s understandable. And that polar bear dress was fierce. There’s also a bit of East European feel to it to go along with that Russian sound that she uses in the song. The only thing I thought was really scary was that cat. I don’t know why but it freaked me out.
And the end is a surprise so if you haven’t seen it I won’t spoil it where strangely she looks like Amy Winehouse. I love the vid. What do you think?
Kagehime
Gaga as the Bride of Frankenstein kills
A photographer died after looking at her. Seriously. According to Perez he fell off a ladder after passing out. Pop Eater says he died in the hospital after collapsing within minutes of seeing her. I want to know what really happened.
She’s looks like a fashionable bride of Frankenstein here but is she that scary?
Kagehime
Happy Birthday Hello Kitty!
How Hello Kitty’s been celebrated this year and tons of Lady Gaga! 35 years of Hello Kitty.
Although I have to ask is some of this too suggestive for Hello Kitty?
Kagehime
Collector’s Fame Monster Edition Scary!
Lady Gaga has announced that she will release a collector’s edition art book of The Fame Monster to be released December 15. Everything included in the Fame Monster’s collector edition makes sense except for the lock of hair. It includes a collectable puzzle, posters, tons of pics and even paper dolls. Why would someone need a lock of Lady Gaga’s hair! That’s so creepy! Eww. And how big of a lock could it be anyways? I mean she’s only got so much hair. Maybe its from her extensions or something, but still! What are people supposed to do with it? Smell it? And isn’t only the really creepy fans who want locks of hair? I guess if you’re eaten by the fame monster creepy is what creepy does.
What do you think? Creepy or not?
Kagehime
Fan Death with Beautiful Sound and Colors
I found a cool new group (okay so Perez Hilton found them before me but I did find them on his site) called Fan Death. I know it sounds like some weird metal group, but they’re actually a two girl group that sounds kind of like Bat for Lashes and therefore sound like the cure so they sound awesome. Not only do they sound awesome, but their video for Reunited is as well. The colors are vibrant and the actions of the people in the video are as quirky and bubbly as the song.
Kagehime
Anyone else thinks that Dandi looks just like Snow White? And the outfit was so cute I couldn’t resist drawing it.
Too much Information
I wanted to insert Duran Duran’s vid for too much information in the TV that the girl from just dance is watching. I’m not technologically inclined enough to take a video and put it into a still picture, but I do what I can. So basically I just drew the girl that’s in just dance (not exactly as you should be able to see), but a cartoon version looking at a picture of Duran Duran’s single for Too much Information. She comes into the vid at around 3:00.
Here’s Duran Duran’s Too much Information
Sure the song is from the early 90s so its references are TV and MTV instead of the internet. But really if a song about too much information should come out again it would be now. I think there is too much information to process. We could all end up like those bing commercials in which people have search engine symdrome with all the blogs, twitter, gossip, and news that we try to process. And yes I’m saying process like a computer does, because that’s what people are becoming information processing machines aka computers.
What do you think? Are people becoming computers?
Video Killed the Radio Star
The extent to how true “Video Killed the Radio Star” probably couldn’t be considered in 1979, the year the Buggles produced this song along with the first video shown on mtv.
Its gotten to the point that the audio has become visual. An artist has to do a video in order to sell their songs. A song without a video is now like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with no bread. And of course in music videos people are not willing to look at ugly or fat so if the artist’s not hot, especially for women, their going to have a harder time making it which means we’re probably missing out on some good music because the percentage of beautiful people to not so beatiful is small.
Its also gotten to the point that some songs just don’t sound good until the video is watched. I didn’t really like Black Eyed Peas Boom Boom Pow until I watched the video. I’ve liked it a lot since. Lady Gaga’s paparazzi is the same for a lot of people from what I’ve heard. Personally I liked the song ok and liked it a lot better after seeing the video.
Robbie Williams new album is Reality killed the video star. Thing is both are on video and both are scripted. So can reality (shows) kill the video star? Although it does seem that lately more people are getting famous from reality (shows, youtube, etc) than through movies and non reality shows. I hope reality doesn’t kill the video star cuz reality kind of sucks.
What do you think about video killing the radio star or reality killing the video star?
Kagehime
The mystery and power of Marilyn Monroe
Ever since I heard that the grave next to Marilyn Monroe’s was put on sale, I’ve been wondering what it was about her that people love so much (men and women) so naturally I had to find out. What was so captivating that today that people are willing to spend millions to spend an eternity next to her be buried next to her?
Time and time again she appears in pop culture representing the epitome of beauty. Many female stars attempt to capture her look or are strongly inspired by it. Need I name some? I’m sure you know. Madonna, Lindsay Lohan, Megan Fox, Anna Nicole Smith, you get the picture.
She’s got at least one good song about her at least inspired by her. Know Elton John’s song Candle in the Wind? It was originally written in 1973 about Marilyn.
And of course Andy Warhol painted his famous images of Marilyn Monroe.
Why? It wasn’t just because she was beautiful and died tragically (not to mention the conspiracy theories her death spawned) at the age of 36, although that in itself might be enough to develop a cult following. She didn’t let a hard early life stop her from becoming successful. And seriously how many successful model, actress, singers are there? And of course she wasn’t just a dumb blonde.
What do you think about Marilyn Monroe and her influence today?
Kagehime
Comics in Songs
Here are a few songs that have some mention or connection to comics. Comics aren’t just used for the movies (which recently there have been a lot of comics turned into movies), they’re in songs too. I think all three of these are good songs.
Feel it in the Air Beanie Sigel Mentions spidey sense
Snoopy vs. The Red Baron The Royal Guardians from 1967.
Transformer Gnarls Barkley Cee-lo’s got a real alter ego. Ever hear his other songs when he’s not Gnarls Barkley?
Go go gadget Gospel Gnarls Barkley Inspector Gadget
If you have anymore comics in songs references please comment and tell me what you think about these songs. I know there are a lot out there and I only listed a few.
Kagehime
