The Fame

people are missing the point of this song. she's totally blasting this society's obsession with fame, not praising.

Am I the only one who thinks this song is kind of being sarcastic? Like, she's talking tongue-in-cheek, saying that it's ridiculous?

QUOTES FROM GAGA ON WHAT FAME MEANS TO HER: "I think there's different kinds of fame," she says. "I think there's 'fame', which is plastic and you can buy it on the street, and paparazzi and money and being rich, and then there's 'the fame', which is when no one knows who you are but everybody wants to know who you are. That's what this whole record's about, this record beckons for everybody on the planet to stop being either jealous or obsessive about what they don't have and start acting like they do."

And how does one act like you do? "It's carrying yourself down the street like, 'I'm beautiful and dirty rich but I've got no money,'" she says. "Fame is not pretending to be rich, it's carrying yourself in a way that exudes confidence and passion for music or art or fishing or whatever the hell it is that you're passionate about, and projecting yourself in a way that people say, 'Who the fuck is that?' It has nothing to do with money. I can wear a $2 pair of pants and a T-shirt and a pair of sunglasses for two bucks on the street, but I can make it look like I'm Paris Hilton. You gotta have the fame, you gotta exude that thing. You gotta make people care, you gotta know and believe how important you are. You gotta have conviction in your ideas."

So obviousely, this song is about the obsurdity of the value of fame (money, stature, sex, power ... not for what you've done). She's always been famous to herself. It's the way you view yourself, like you're full of money, sex, stature, power... even if you don't have it.

It is so sad how society depends so much on Fame.. Like people would do ANYTHING to become famous because they want to be popular and rich.. that's SAD!!

^That s true :(

This song is really catchy though

this song's great. who cares if she's being materialistic? that's not the point. she's said before that the point of the song and album is that anyone can FEEL famous. it's all about how you make yourself feel. amazing song &&& ARTIST.

About her being famous

As much as I find Lady Gaga and her schtick tiresome, this song is quite catchy. Also, very self-explanatory.

yea, she IS being sarcastic

obviously people don'teven understand what gaga's music is about. this song is obviously talking about hollywood's ridiculous obsession with fame and materialism. there is ALWAYS a deeper meaning in every one of gaga's songs. figure it out before posting shit about her. she is the most amazing inspirational woman in the world.