Clearly a few people here have not heard and seen Lady Gaga perform her ballads which she writes herself.
I heard the song she performed at the Grammys with Elton. My wife and I both thought she was awful.
If I am not mistaken, she composes most of her songs on the piano first.
I've now seen this pointed out several times in this thread. And each time I read it I think, how sad a commentary is it on a genre, that we award someone special points for writing their own music. I know that probably reads like sarcasm, but it's not intended as such. I've spent a lot of time on UM over the years and have never once heard someone say about a Metal band, "They write their own songs."
But still Lady Gaga is dismissed by some as talentless and not music at all?
Actually, I'm not sure anyone has called her talentless. I know I haven't.
I respect if you don't like her "pop" stuff - but if you don't know much about the artist, why even make a comment like that?
How much must I know about an artist before I comment? I've heard her sing... I dislike her voice. I've heard her songs... I think she writes bad songs. If she had spent every waking moment of her life studying at Juilliard, it wouldn't make her songs or her voice more appealing to me.
And this final observation isn't directed at you, as you only alluded to it, while others have been more direct. There seems to be this underlying idea some have, that it's OK to dislike a specific artist, but that you must concede that the artist in question has talent. Why must I concede this? Why must I accept the talent evaluation of another, as they dismiss mine? I think what's been lost in this discussion is, talent is largely subjective and its measure is often directly related to the listener.
- Person A hears a song. They love the vocals. The lyrics speak to them. They conclude it took talent to create that song.
- Person B hears the same song. They can't stand the vocals. They think the lyrics are trite. They can't relate to the song at all. They conclude the song demonstrates no talent.
Why must Person B be expected to accept Person A's assessment? Why is Person A's assessment somehow more valid? Because it's validated by the Grammys? Because its validated by record sales?
Zod
To the group that admits to liking this shit, please continue to convince me of these artist's musical genius. 
