Gaga Over a Radio Shuffle

The Police were a popular rock group of the early 80s. It seems every year they released a new and killer album to their growing fan base. But one year they held off... and what happened? Men at Work (the Aussie band) appeared and filled the void. Short lived but popular.
Bruce Springsteen launched a juggernaut with his Born in the USA CD. (The first CD ever released BTW!) The music was popular and mainstream.. and MTV certified. But then there was a void between The Boss albums... in comes old school Greg Allman with "I'm No Angel" and he is hip to a brand new audience.. an MTV audience.
The Spin Doctors spawned The Georgia "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" Satellites and Tom "Love is a Highway" Cochran
The timely untimely retirement of The Grateful Dead roadshow spawned Phish and even Dave Matthews' nomadic legions.

But this is about Lady Gaga. Is she the next Christina Aguillera? The next Gwen Stefani? Fergie? Or is she just filling their void. Fergie jumped back on tour with the Black Eyed Peas. (Maybe looking to regain some street cred?) Gwen back on a No Doubt rock it tour. Tough financial times asking for bigger music act to fill venues brought the ladies back?
Brit is delivering some decent receipts with her Circus lip sync tour. Madonna still wows them abroad. Lady Gaga owns their void. She gets more radio play than Amy Winehouse and is more MTV quirkier (marketable) than Katy Perry. She has grabbed the spotlight. Can she hold it?
I believe she is a fake. Not a fake talent... but faking her talent. She seems a phenomenal singer (in the vain of Christina Aguillera), but can't rely on sweet ballads to keep her on top of the all girl cheerleader/jump rope rock heap. Christina can sing.. Fergie can sing... Britney needs studio magic. Who knows if Jessica Simpson's musical roots are being retouched (like her hair)? And Madonna is still an event (now in her 50s).

Which direction will Lady Gaga go? Commercial? Mainstream? Or locked in the pop and lock.. come and go world of girl cheerleader/jump rope 15 minute of famers? Maybe when she doffs the quirky techno imagery of the 80s/90s divas she will prove that she is the real deal. Not just a void replacement. We can all go gaga after that.

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