PHNO-SB: WHAT MESSAGE IS LADY GAGA TRYING TO IMPART TO JUDAS? / CONCERT IS ON

WHAT MESSAGE IS LADY GAGA TRYING TO IMPART TO
JUDAS? / CONCERT IS ON


MANILA, MAY 22, 2012
(PHILSTAR) FUNFARE UPDATE By Ricardo F. Lo - Will the
group protesting against Lady Gaga's concert tonight and tomorrow night at the
newly-constructed Mall Of Asia (MOA) Arena (which Lady Gaga is formally opening)
really charge the controversial singer for a crime said to be punishable with an
imprisonment of six weeks to six years (pero bailable naman)?
That is, if Lady Gaga include in her repertoire the controversial song Judas.

For the enlightenment of everybody, the "anti-Gaga" included, Funfare Update
is putting out the lyrics of the song and Lady Gaga's explanation in an
interview taken from Popjustice, which Funfare Update has found in the Internet.
Also, some explanations from those who apparently understand the lyrics for what
they really mean.
Judas
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm in love with Judas, Judas
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm in love with Judas, Judas
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Gaga
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Gaga
When he comes to me, I am ready
I'll wash his feet with my hair if he needs
Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain
Even after three times, he betrays me
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
I'll bring him down, bring him down, down
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
A king with no crown, king with no crown
I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm in love with Judas, Judas
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm in love with Judas, Judas
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Gaga
I couldn't love a man so purely
Even prophets forgave his crooked way
I've learned love is like a brick, you can
Build a house or sink a dead body
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
I'll bring him down, bring him down, down
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
A king with no crown, king with no crown
I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm in love with Judas, Judas
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm in love with Judas, Judas
EW
In the most Biblical sense
I am beyond repentance
Fame hooker
Prostitute wench
Vomits her mind
But in the cultural sense
I just speak in future tense
Judas kiss me if offenced
Or wear an ear condom next time
I wanna love you
But something's pulling me away from you
Jesus is my virtue
Judas is the demon I cling to
I cling to
I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
I'm just a holy fool, oh baby he's so cruel
But I'm still in love with Judas, baby
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm in love with Judas, Judas
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
I'm in love with Judas, Judas
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Juda-ah-ah
Judas, Gaga
And here are the ways by which Lady Gaga and other people explain the lyrics:

= According to an interview taken from Popjustice, this was Lady Gaga's
explanation about the song:
The first time Lady Gaga played us the tune she told us that in broad terms
it was about being in love with the worst guy you've ever met, but as you might
expect there's more to it than that. "It's about leaving your darkness behind in
order to come into the light," she added the other day. "I have a lot of things
that have haunted me from my past - choices, men, drug abuse, being afraid to go
back to New York, confronting old romances - and Judas represents, for me,
something that is bad for me that I can't escape. I keep going back and forth
between the darkness and the light in order to understand who I am.
= Another explanation also culled from the Internet:
Well, it most definitely does not mean she worships the devil. Not at all.
All of her songs have deep meanings, such as Telephone and Alejandro. You may
think that Telephone is about her not answering her boyfriend because she wants
to party, but it isn't that broad. In the verse "can call all you want but
there's no one home and you're not going to reach my telephone" is a metaphoric
phrase. The "telephone" is a metaphor for her mind. And the song is about not
being able to enjoy herself because of her dedication to her career. So that
verse means that everybody can call to her all that they want, but they are not
going to stop her from her career. (She even explained this in an interview).

So, back to Judas. The verse "In the most biblical sense, I am beyond
repentance. Fame hooker, prostitute wench, vomits her mind. But in the cultural
sense, I just speak in future tense, Judas kiss me if offenced, or wear an ear
condom next time" means that she has committed a lot of sins, but in society,
she is just trying to change to future by explaining her mind, and if you take
offense to it, then just don't listen to her. It is just like Telephone and
Alejandro. It has metaphors that are used to represent different things.
= And another explanation also from the Internet:
It's basically about how she has a lover whom she knows is evil and bad, but
she can't pry herself away from him and be good.
Here are part of the lyrics:
I wanna love you,
But something's pulling me away from you
Jesus is my virtue,
Judas is the demon I cling to
Anyway, as with poetry, one of the properties of music is "ambiguity," which
simply means that different people can interpret words and lyrics in ways that
may be entirely different from that of the author.
Remember back then when self-appointed guardians of public morality read
meanings in Hey Jude that the Beatles probably didn't intend to put in the
lyrics?
You know:
So you let out and let it in, hey Jude, begin
You're waiting for someone to perform with
And don't you know that it's just you, hey Jude, you'll do
The movement you need is on your shoulder…

On with the Lady Gaga concert FUNFARE By Ricardo
F. Lo The Philippine Star Updated May 19, 2012 12:00 AM 5 comments to this post

[PHOTO- Lady Gaga in her official concert photo: Everybody is going
gaga over her]
The Asian swing of Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball world tour is going through
turbulence (such as air pockets felt during a plane ride) in some areas,
specifically in the predominantly-Muslim Indonesia where a group is denouncing
the lyrics of some of Lady Gaga's songs as immoral.
Is the Philippines, deemed as the most democratic country in Asia where
freedom of expression (in arts and media) is held sacred, jumping into the
anti-Lady Gaga bandwagon?
Well, there are such stirrings from a group who dismisses Lady Gaga's songs
as "harmful" especially to the millions (all over the world) of youths who have
set Lady Gaga on a pedestal as idol. Will Lady Gaga be met with angry placards
when she arrives in Manila for her two-night concert on May 21 and 22 at the
newly-opened Mall of Asia (MOA) Arena? Lady Gaga was here for a concert a few
years back and no such adverse reaction happened.
Will the pro-Lady Gaga group stage its own "welcome to the Philippines, with
love" rally to balance the equation?
Back then, long before Lady Gaga was born, Baby Boomers for sure remember how
the Beatles were castigated for what some groups thought were "objectionables"
in their songs, for instance interpreting Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds as a
veiled endorsement of the high-inducing drug LSD. Even the line "I get by with a
little help from my friends" wasn't spared from such (misleading)
interpretation.
Even John Lennon's "We are more popular than Christ" classic statement,
quoted on the cover of Time magazine, generated outrage against the Fabulous
Four, and labeled sacrilegious. Well, time has vindicated the Beatles who are
hailed among the greatest artists of all time, their songs re-recorded in
different languages.
Lady Gaga is included in Time's annual "The 2010 Time 100" list of "The Most
Influential People in the World," as well as in Forbes' list of "The World's
Most Powerful Celebrities" and placed her No. 7 in its annual list of "The
World's 100 Most Powerful Women" (No. 5 in the 2012 list).
Will time, and history, judge Lady Gaga the way it did the Beatles?
Anyway, Ovation Productions is pushing through with Lady Gaga's two-night
concert at the MOA Arena.
Here's Ovation's official statement from Renen de Guia, the producer:
On behalf of Ovation Productions, we would like to announce that "The Born
This Way Ball" concerts of Lady Gaga set for May 21-22 at the Mall of Asia Arena
will be staged as scheduled despite isolated calls from certain groups for
cancellation.
While we respect the beliefs and positions of these organizations on certain
fundamental issues concerning morality and decency, we wish to assure the
general public that the performances of Lady Gaga will not pose as a threat to
their sense of morality and conduct — especially the youth — as there groups
have warned.
We appeal for greater understanding and ask the public to treat the musical
and theatrical acts of Lady Gaga as authentic and legitimate forms of artistic
expressions which have enjoyed widespread appeal and acceptance among millions
worldwide.
"The Born This Way Ball" concert is no exception, and we are confident it
will also be appreciated by local audiences once it is staged.
As I said, we are a free country. People may protest against issues or acts
but they let other people choose what shows to watch and what shows not to
watch.
(Note: For inquiries about the concert, call 470-2222.)



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