THE FAME KILLS: Lady Gaga, that Rah Rah B*tch

Eating For Free

Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson

Society & Culture

4.8 • 535 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

We continue our series THE FAME KILLS at Gaga's late 2000s origin: the NYC club scene. We investigate her initial impact on the music industry and its parallels to other controversial musicians of previous decades.

About:

Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Do you ever go on the internet, Lady Gaga? I try to stay away. Yeah, because it's filled with mad rumours. Really? Oh yeah. Would you like to hear a couple? I'm sure I don't have a choice. But they're not bad ones. It's okay, go ahead. Because you know what I think they are? I think sometimes people read your lyrics and they read stuff into your lyrics and then they create stuff. Thank goodness. Yeah. Okay, because there's one of your songs that alone where you're saying you're bluffing with your muffin. Yes. Right, and that, and then I've been inquired there, someone that said that Lady Gaga is actually a very well-endowed young man. I think that might come from that thing, but I've seen Fathergastra on stage and if you're well in doubt I've got no idea where you're hiding it
0:38.3	but that is a... Well I do have a really big donkey
0:41.4	dick
0:41.8	can we uh
0:45.7	we uh...
0:49.0	We'll take the bit out and dub over the words
0:51.0	disco stick there instead.
0:56.2	These gays they're trying to murder me.
1:11.5	What do I think of her?
1:12.6	Yes.
1:14.9	I don't think of her.
1:21.6	Wait about that in the New York fucking post.
1:25.3	When I'm in the club, yeah, I'm bumming that.
1:27.4	When I'm in the house, yeah, I'm bumming that. 365 party girl. Hi. Hello. What's going on? She's still 365ing? I'm still 365ing. Yes, I am. I know. I saw Charlie at Storm King on Friday, which was wild.
1:45.6	Yeah, holy shit. I know.
1:45.7	We didn't talk about it on the bonus, but we can talk about it here.
1:48.7	Hi, everyone.
1:49.2	Welcome to Eating for Free, the podcast recording live from the absolute edge of the internet.
1:54.4	My name is local Lady Gaga historian, Joan Summers.
2:00.7	Yes, and this is like A-A, say my way. What was it? Matthew Vossmers. Yes.
2:01.1	This is like, A, A, say my way.
2:03.5	What was it?
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