“I don’t want to sound presumptuous,” Lady Gaga presumptuously sounds, “but I’ve made it my goal to revolutionise pop music. The last revolution was launched by Madonna 25 years ago.” Time will only tell, but if the headline addiction, obsession with gay culture, and the shrinkage of her kickers are any judge, Gaga seems more interested in being Maddy than pushing pop’s envelope. “Telephone” may not sound as revolutionary on radio as, say, Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” or the mainstreaming of hip-hop–just to name two “revolutions” in pop’s past 25 –but hey, Alice Cooper lovers her, calling Gaga “terrific vaudeville”. Now that’s progress!

by Mark Emge

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