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Lady Gaga

Lady Gaga

Date: Apr 06 2009

Themes: Celebrity, Music, Pop Culture

Grammar: Be Able To

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Some artists write serious songs with deep, poetic lyrics. And others write songs with lines like “I wanna take a ride on your disco stick.” Can you guess which group Lady Gaga belongs to?

If you guessed the second group, you’re right. Her music makes you want to run straight to a club and start dancing. It may not be all that meaningful, but it’s fun to listen to. Her debut album, Fame, has achieved worldwide success. Find out more about her from Ella and Dale.

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Dale

Dale

Ella

Ella

Dale:  OK, I gotta know. Are you a fan of Lady Gaga?

Ella:  I am a mega-fan. It’s kind of a guilty pleasure, but I really like her.

Dale:  “Just Dance” is one of the most popular songs and it does sound really catchy, it’s really fun, and when anybody plays it, everybody just seems to kinda move their body. But I don’t know anything about the artist at all.

Ella:  She started out performing with drag queens and go-go dancers in New York.

Dale:  Is she a…is she a drag queen?

Ella:  No, she’s a woman, but sometimes she looks a little something else. But she has this kind of glam rock...It’s very techno but pop. It’s just very catchy, and I like all the other songs on her CD too.

Dale:  How many other songs does she…I mean…

Ella:  Oh, she just came out with a new album. And all of them are kind of the same style, and kind of some sexual innuendos.

Dale:  Are they danceable?

Ella:  They’re all very danceable. Her new song that just came out, “Poker Face,” is another catchy tune that people are obsessed with.

Dale:  It sounds like an innuendo!

 

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Discussion

“Just Dance” is a really popular single right now. Dale has heard it a lot and he finds it really catchy and fun to dance to. But he doesn’t know anything about the artist who sings it, Lady Gaga. Ella tells him a little bit about Lady Gaga’s history. It sounds like she has a wild past!

Ella is a little embarrassed by how much she loves Lady Gaga. Maybe that’s because Lady Gaga is all about partying and having fun. Her songs are sexy and they have great beats. But she isn’t very serious.

Do you like to go dancing? What are your favorite songs to hear when you go to clubs?

 

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want-to-know

Russian Federation

I love dancing. Sometimes I'm just a girl from the music video "Why go?" of Faithless. Dancing is a life style, it's a body language.

06:06 PM Apr 06 2009 |

Prince of love

Yemen

Well I have not heard any song of her songs and this is the first time I hear thar there is a singer  named Lady Gaga

tnanks for this leasson it's really so useful waiting for more Laughing

05:55 PM Apr 06 2009 |

nghiemhoa

Viet Nam

hiiiii! i'm really ẹnjoy dancing, whenever i heard a eventful song, i want to move my body but i don't know dance and haven't never go to club. Lady Gaga came my country one time in final night of the Miss sea world. i'm sorry, i don't know many words, so may be i use wrong words, hope to receive everyboedy's help, thanks!

 

04:35 PM Apr 06 2009 |

Dianka9303

Dianka9303

Poland

I love dancing .. but Lady Gaga's songs aren't in my style .. i dance only hip-hop… a black music … or somethink like that .. but i can't say than i don't listen Lady Gaga's songs .. i listen them when i'm learning ..

03:12 PM Apr 06 2009 |

Naomi1010

Naomi1010

Taiwan

She’s a cool chick!!

03:09 PM Apr 06 2009 |

Billie joe

Colombia

I love lady gaga´s song, I Agree with dale the song is very catchy, when I go out to party, just dance sounds a lot, and I love it because this is my favorite kind of music that clubs play on it.

 

02:20 PM Apr 06 2009 |

kaira_harry

Yemen

her song really make me move and dance
hehe
i like her so much

02:12 PM Apr 06 2009 |

kaira_harry

Yemen

lady gaga

what i can say about her song

it's really nice and cool song

special her song (just dance)and(poker face)

it's really amazing song 

but the problem with her clips

it's so sexy

it's not necessary to be like that

but her style very nice hehe:D 

H.N 

 

02:10 PM Apr 06 2009 |

Futuristic

Futuristic

Philippines

In tagalog word Gaga means studpid,oor fool

12:10 PM Apr 06 2009 |

Futuristic

Futuristic

Philippines

Just recently I like her music you know, I have a guilty pleasure when I heard her tracks, its really deanceable, catchy and her sounds is very techno like Let dance and poker face. I had watched her interview on youtube, She is naughty in the sense that she is not aware what she is saying. I'm too curious about wearing her costumes.

12:09 PM Apr 06 2009 |

kachya

kachya

Ukraine

I used to listen a lil bit another kind of music but i really like her songs, especially Poker face and Just dance.

11:49 AM Apr 06 2009 |

Athan

Athan

China

I don't know whether I like dancing or not,cause I've never danced before.But it dose seem like interesting when you are watching others dancing.I mean the pace,the song,the gesture,they are all elegant.And another kind of dance at club,it's just a little too wild,and that's how people relax and have fun,and how to put away their bad feelings in mind moving their body crazily.I haven't have a chance to go to a club until now,actually I don't have the gut to go so such a place,because my parents would not allow me to go to there in case that I would learn something bad from the gang there.

11:29 AM Apr 06 2009 |

reema_gal26

India

HEY !

If u have to learn english , firstly try to improve ur habit of speaking english. there is one mantra of english .Firstly listen and speak . read newspaper and make a habit of learning atleast ten words daily

11:26 AM Apr 06 2009 |

al_matab

al_matab

Yemen

I want to learn English>

10:43 AM Apr 06 2009 |

al_matab

al_matab

Yemen

I want to learn English>

10:43 AM Apr 06 2009 |

rabbitcyg

rabbitcyg

China

OH!Another wonder child!She is proficient in piano ,sounds cool.She is aslo a sexual girl:bold,fasion,stylish.And her hairsytle  is cute.to her music ,I am not liking so deeply.

10:32 AM Apr 06 2009 |

Avrilavril

Avrilavril

Slovenia

my favourite song is poker face, but I don't really like Lady Gaga's personality

09:16 AM Apr 06 2009 |

javamanju

javamanju

India

I can;t get enough of this lady….

Poker face, just dace are awsome 

08:10 AM Apr 06 2009 |

mukashi

mukashi

Myanmar

I am obessed about music not singer.

Anyway, Lady Gaga is a nice singer. However I prefer Duffy. Duffy also  a nice singer. I am into Stepping stone right now as my favourite song.

07:52 AM Apr 06 2009 |

zhzloverzy

zhzloverzy

China

I like dancing but I am poor at it~

I just check the "Top 40 singles in Uk",that the first song is Lady Gaga's Poker face~I'm listening now~feeling is good,,,haha  rock it ~

07:50 AM Apr 06 2009 |

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