Madonna Takes A Swipe At “Reductive” Lady Gaga On “20/20”
“Look it up.” Two days after tugging on Lady Gaga's wig in an interview with Newsweek, Madonna went and snatched off the whole damn thing on last night's “20/20,” the first time she publicly addressed the issue of similarities between Gaga's “Born This Way” and her song, “Express Yourself.”
Asked by Cynthia McFadden if she considers Gaga a copycat, Madonna said, "I certainly think she references me a lot in her work. Sometimes I think it's amusing and flattering and well-done," before adding, "Obviously, I've influenced her."
Madonna also revealed that, upon hearing "Born This Way" for the first time, she thought to herself, "That sounds very familiar." McFadden then asked whether she was annoyed by the similarities between the two songs.
"It feels reductive," she replied. "Look it up."
*Sips tea*
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I think she's kind of disgusting, but then again, I'm not a gay man or a middle aged woman. Those are her two most accessible demographics.
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“To hear Lady Gaga called reductive is like serving barbeque to vegetarians.”
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Way to go Madonna… Make yourself look like a snarky jealous jaded old cow. Me thinks someone's jealous that their come back / career isn't working out?
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Fact.
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Madonna = Zoolander
Lady Gaga = Hansel Fact.
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Oh, god. I don't hear the similarities at all. I mean shit, everything is a copy of something else. It's called pop music, look it up. As others have mentioned, this is just another sad version of the Nicki Minaj/Lil Kim beef.
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If she didn't care she wouldn't mention it. Sorry, Madonna. Gaga is trampling all over your portrait of Dorian Gray as it were!
- Dag Nabbit thinks Madonna Takes A Swipe At "Reductive" ... is Fail
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Lady gaga is a copycat and she isn't even that good. I'm so tired of her crap music and even crappier costumes. Madonna's great and a classic.
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Please have a duet, please have a duet.
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Beating a dead horse, Madonna. Look it up. Also, from whom will her new album rip it's sound from?
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The following is what “reductive” is given Madonna's intended context — She meant that “Born This Way” was a crude knockoff of “Express Yourself”.
- Azra thinks Madonna Takes A Swipe At "Reductive" ... is Win & LOL
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This sea hag works my last nerve. Lissen, bitch, I think the Staples Singers may have a few words to say to your reductive ass. This woman has some serious effing gall. Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Sxn6OMD-Do&feature=related
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Really now? Thankyou Madonna, for creating a white equivalent of a Lil Kim/ Nicki Minaj beef. I look forward to your upcoming diss album.
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stop trying to keep yourself relevant, grandma.
- Monsterr Madonna Takes A Swipe At "Reductive" ... and thinks it’s WTF & Trashy
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Madonna isn't even relevant.
- miguelj2 thinks Madonna Takes A Swipe At "Reductive" ... is Fail & WTF
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Somebody feels threatened.
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Why is she speaking about it now? The song came out quite a while ago. This seems so petty. I don't find Gaga's “reductive,” just vaguely and unintentionally influenced. The similarities are not so blatant that getting catty about it is justified. It just makes Madonna look like she's sad because she's old and this is a last-ditch attempt to be relevant. Take it as a compliment and move on, old hag. And for the record, I think both songs suck.
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I have a ladystache. Look it up.
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Hey Madonna, blondie and cyndi larper think said to tell you “karma is a bitch”
