Free Download: Lady GaGa "The Fame"

 

"Don't ask me how or why but I'm gonna make it happen this time. My teenage dream tonight. Yeah I'm gonna make it happen this time. Doing it for the fame." (Lady GaGa, "The Fame")

Check out a totally guilt-free MP3 of Lady GaGa's "The Fame," the title track of her debut album. The free download is offered in conjunction with a lengthy article on The Times' web site that explores the emerging pop phenom.

The Times explicitly wonders if Lady GaGa is the "future of pop." The article explores the singer's point of view about pop music. "How do I make pop, commercial art be taken as seriously as fine art? That’s what Warhol did," GaGa tells the British newspaper. "How do I make music and performances that are thought-provoking, fresh and future? We decide what’s good and, if the ideas are powerful enough, we can convince the world that it’s great.”

"The Fame" is a good example of what Lady GaGa is all about. "It's some kind of joke, I'm obsessively opposed to the typical," she sings to the beat of slapping hi-hats and Nile Rodger inspired guitar jabs.

The song is a tribute to the individualism and materialism of the eighties combined with a contemporary dose of confidence and her eccentric style. It's a bit like Warhol meets Madonna meets Brett Easton Ellis meets Donatella Versace at a scandalous night out on the town. I haven't quite made up my mind yet about GaGa (and I'd like to think Roisin Murphy is the future of pop), but the singer's strong aesthetic and point of view is definitely appealing.

Download Lady GaGa "The Fame"