Lady Gaga: mad genius or unhinged hottie?

Well... she LOOKS sane.

***WARNING: FOXY LADIES IN VARIOUS STATES OF UNDRESS AHEAD, AS WELL AS SOME HARSH LANGUAGES***

But, it's cool by YouTube standards, so I figure I can embed the video with little fear of repercussion. SO CHILL.

***WARNING OVAH***

So, I saw this:

Pretty sweet.

And I bought the actual song off of the iTunes. I listened to it about 20 times. And then I saw this:

... uh.

And my head exploded.

I don't know if Lady Gaga is a genius or off her nut, but she writes a good song, and she looks awesome in a chain mail bikini. What I can't figure out is what exactly is going on in that music video, or what whatever is going on has to do with the song.

The way I understand it, the song is about a girl who is stuck in the "Friend Zone". That's classic song fare: people who know popular music much better than me can probably give you three jillion examples of that idea being the plot of a song, and one that comes to mind for me is Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me.

You know why it's been used by everyone from Gaga to Swift? Probably because a lot of people get stuck there. It's something that people can relate to. I (because I'm awesomely creative) can think of three jillion more ways you can portray that in a music video.

You know what I can't imagine, though? What I, and I would assume the vast majority of humanity, can't relate to? Being wrapped in latex, stuck in a coffin, force-fed vodka, made to dance in a chain mail bikini and then lighting a guy on fire with my bra (not that I ever wear one, or would ever consider it, or... NEXT QUESTION!), or what that has to do with the song that goes with the video.

No. Frikkin'. Idea.

This might be one of those "abstract art" things that I had so much trouble with in college. But, the song has sold about a jillion jillion copies, so she must be doing something right.

GOOD JOB!