Lady Gaga

I'm a little embarrassed to say that I first heard about Lady Gaga when I saw her live opening for New Kids on the Block (I was indulging my inner child, all right? And they were comps.). Normally I refuse to show up for concerts before 9:00 because the "special guests" usually suck out loud. I can only think of three instances where this wasn't the case: The Village People opening for Cher (shut up, I had comp tickets)(they were way better than Cher, too); Elkland opening for Erasure; and Lady Gaga opening for NKOTB.

Whoa, baby, is she FUN! How can a woman sport skin-tight vinyl and not look slutty? I don't know, but somehow Lady Gaga pulled it off. I was so impressed by her music and performance that I actually bought three of her CDs--one for me, and two as Christmas gifts for friends I knew would absolutely love her. Her debut album "The Fame" is a super-fun dance CD that doesn't disappoint in any way whatsoever. This is one of those rare albums that you can play all the way through and not have to skip that weird, crappy track. Lady Gaga kind of reminds me of solo Gwen Stefani only (I can't believe I'm saying this because I love Gwen) better. Yes--I said better. Seriously, you should pick yourself up a copy. Currently only $8.99 at Amazon, an absolute STEAL for the amount of enjoyment you're going to get out of this totally fawesome album.

You can watch the video for "Just Dance" here and the video for "Poker Face" here. Sorry--youtube turned off the embedding on these videos. They're worth the click-through, though.