Lady Gaga The Fame Flag performance and improvisation

performance and improvisation

The starry-eyed darkness of "Only You" comes closest to a modern take on indie rock

Harsh and beautiful words and sounds remain intertwined on La Forȇt

' to spoken word pieces and voice memo interludes sent straight from a cell phone that may remind fans of the more esoteric live Cradle performances

Its been 10 years since Finnish troubadour

Lady Gaga The Fame Flag performance and improvisationThe times were crying out for a pop star like Lady GaGa a self styled, self made shooting star, one who mocked the tabloid digital age while still wanting to wallow in it and one who's smart enough to pull it all off, too. That self awareness and satire were absent in the pop of the new millennium, where even the best of the lot operated only on one level, which may be why Lady GaGa turned into such a sensation in 2009: everybody was thirsty for music