Lady Gaga or should I say Jo Calderone from Jersey has some explaining to do. Her act was not completely original as thought. The first pop star to perform in drag was Annie Lennox at the 1984 Grammys. This isn't the first time she's been accused of plagiarism in the pop world.
A couple of months ago Bette Midler herself pointed out that she was the first pop star to don a mermaid outfit onstage. There was also the debate over rather or not she bit off Madonna's style in the song "Born This Way" which rhythm sounds eerily similar to "Express Yourself."
Now while she gets credit for being unique, she also as Kelly Osbourne stated, needs to provide proper credit. It's like when a student writes a paper and deliberately or unintentionally plagiarizes and then doesn't acknowledge it. It can only get you so far.
In popular culture, it's better to cite your references or influences than to just let the media or other people catch on to what you are doing. It would be better if Lady Gaga said that she was influenced by past artists than say, I thought of this, but I love this, which is what she always seems to say.
Let's hope she'll be more astute to give credit before the public starts to fail her.
Gaga Copying Lennox?
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