Gaga to NY Times: "I was so confused & tired. But now it’s so clear"

[Elizabeth 450]

Does she cry in every C2C interview? I'm starting to think it's pre-planned 

She cries really often, and always has done openly since mid-late 2010. What would she gain from pretending to cry?

 

I've noticed this is many interviews with Tony and Gaga... I don't like how Tony seems to almost neglect pop music, and gaga's music. Like he says "Oh, finally her fans will hear REAL music. GOOD music, not like POP MUSIC that she USED to make BEFORE". You know what I mean? It comes off as kinda rude..

Yeah, I've noticed that myself. I don't think he means to be rude, but it makes me feel a little awkward sometimes. Gaga also seems to really take in what he says, so I wonder what effect that's had on her...

[squeala 875]

I've noticed this is many interviews with Tony and Gaga... I don't like how Tony seems to almost neglect pop music, and gaga's music. Like he says "Oh, finally her fans will hear REAL music. GOOD music, not like POP MUSIC that she USED to make BEFORE". You know what I mean? It comes off as kinda rude..

I think you're totally misinterpreting his words. On GMA the presenter said "so you think Gaga makes better jazz music than pop music, right?" and he was careful in his reply - "singing jazz is what she's most natural at". I'm sure he loves her acoustic pop performances, and even if maybe he wouldn't personally listen to her dance-pop albums, he's intimate enough with her to appreciate the pure intentions behind all her work!

[Nemo 4,291]

Pop music changed away from his style just as Tony was coming up, and maybe he resents that a bit. But, he's no reactionary. From what I've seen, he's always been open to and appreciative of contemporary performers in other genres.

I can't say it doesn't bug me to hear him talking like that, but hey, he's 88.

[NewUsername 11,375]

Nice interview and damn that journalist knows how to write. Good vocabulary and style.

 

There's only so much a person can say about a project. To casual readers, this will be new information. It's important, to her at least, that this information is spread through as many outlets to as many people who will read. It's only repetitive to fans because they read every article.

And to be honest, she repeated herself a lot during TF era promo interviews too. Her producer named her Gaga. She's from New York. She wrote for Britney and the *** cat dolls. It was all a little more varied because we knew literally nothing about her or what her art/music was about. We know this now. Every album cycle from now on builds a small layer upon that. You can't expect her to totally revolutionize herself as a person in one album cycle. That's unrealistic.

nicely said, I was already thinking, "how do I put this in words in a good way", and you did it :p

[lolitamuse 299]

I find the comment about her sounding more "Broadway" than jazz funny because most of the jazz standards from the great american song book are from Broadway shows and Broadway composers. Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Jerome Kern, on and on. There's a lot of overlap between golden age Broadway and jazz, so I don't really see much issue.

 

While I agree that her jazz phrasing isn't always 100%, she still does an amazing job and her musician's intuition is very strong when it comes to rhythm and adding melodies.