{"id":547,"date":"2010-10-13T14:09:23","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T22:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irenejackson.com\/songblog\/?p=547"},"modified":"2012-11-09T14:57:14","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T22:57:14","slug":"lady-gagas-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/irenejackson.com\/songblog\/lady-gagas-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Gaga&#8217;s Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-9055632105156461\";\n\/* Half Banner for Blogs *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8550216682\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 234;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\nHere is a news article copied from <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Reuters\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\" rel=\"homepage\">Reuters Canada<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 75px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/33939293@N02\/3611745188\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-img-inserted zemanta-img-configured\" title=\"Lady GaGa\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2423\/3611745188_fa9d02ddcf_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lady GaGa\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lady GaGa (Photo credit: ama_lia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>&#8220;I feel sorry for <a type=\"amzn\">Lady Gaga<\/a> &#8212; she&#8217;s just a plastic doll generated by the music money marketing machine,&#8221; Apps states in a release. &#8220;This contest gives people a chance to choose which they prefer &#8212; plastic or real.&#8221;<\/em><em>The competition would take place at <a type=\"amzn\">New York<\/a>&#8216;s <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Madison Square Garden\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=40.7505555556,-73.9936111111&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=40.7505555556,-73.9936111111%20%28Madison%20Square%20Garden%29&amp;t=h\" rel=\"geolocation\">Madison Square Garden<\/a> or London&#8217;s O2 Arena, with each singer performing a series of songs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a type=\"amzn\">Lady Gaga<\/a> has not responded to the challenge thus far.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Apps has yet to release her debut album, but a clip of the singer performing the track &#8220;How Do I Make Right&#8221; has earned 1.2 million views on <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"YouTube\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\" rel=\"homepage\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is the problem with the challenge.\u00a0 <a type=\"amzn\">Lady GaGa<\/a>, in spite of her &#8220;plastic&#8221; and silly make-up and costumes, is actually a talented artist.\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t heard Alisa Apps (and I won&#8217;t because that&#8217;s exactly what she&#8217;s looking for!), but she&#8217;s actually put herself in a pretty bad light.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t bad mouth in order to make yourself look better.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not a huge Lady GaGa fan, but I see her talent and so do many others.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<p><em>IJ<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PS&#8230; Ah, perhaps Alisa Apps thought GaGa was lip-synching, when, as it turns out, she <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.news.launch.yahoo.com\/dyna\/article.html?a=\/19102010\/364\/gaga-proves-voice-critics-wrong-microphone-mess.html&amp;e=l_news_dm\">wasn&#8217;t<\/a><\/p>\n<p><noscript>&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;A HREF=&#8221;http:\/\/ws.amazon.ca\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;MarketPlace=CA&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;ID=V20070822%2FCA%2Firenjackssong-20%2F8005%2Fe86cb190-34e5-4511-b3da-c868614c2e1e&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;Operation=NoScript&#8221;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;Amazon.ca Widgets&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/A&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;<\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; 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