*sigh* - The sad thing is that there are people who would make such blanket statements as “sex is wrong”... how did they get here then? If sex is wrong, why did God “make them male and female”? Sure there’s a time and a place for things, and often we fail to discern the correct time/places.
So let my refuting begin:
- While it is true that Satan can appear to be a being of light and as such _might_ be depicted by the sun it is also true, and much more common, for the sun to denote/symbolize a beginning or end as in sunrise & sunset.
- Haus is merely German for ‘house.’
- The refrence to Lady Gaga being a god-like figure because she is sitting on a throne is a bit of a stretch when it is more likely that the director (who said he was going for a sort of futuristic Russian bath-house) was thinking of a monarch.
- To say that the bath is symbolic of washing her sins away is to ignore that people ACTUALLY take baths for the physical-body’s sake.
- To imply that large eyes denote ONLY innocence is to ignore that large eyes ALSO are a symptom of arousal, and thusly the historic usage [by women] of belladonna to dilate the pupils.
- The feeling of betrayal by God is *gasp* common! (In Christians and non-Christians alike, at least at SOME point in their life.) Mother Theressa, it is said, had a long period of ‘drought.’
- ‘Vale’ is supposed to be ‘veil’
- The term ‘morning star’ is ALSO used throughout the New Testament in reference to Jesus the Christ [or perhaps Holy Spirit]; thus the “I will give him the Morning Star” (See: Revelation 2 :26-28 & 2 Peter 1:19 )
- Having a cat means you’re worshiping Horus, and therefore Satan? Wow, I must be quadruply damned with my cat and her three kittens.
- Joules are a unit of measure [energy]; JEWELS on the other hand are precious and semi-precious stones.
- Satan is known as the “Rain Man”? Where do you get that? In the sermon on the mount Jesus says that God sends the rain to the just and the unjust; are you implying that Satan and God are one? That IS, I’m fairly sure, a heresy.
- The cross is attached to a sash consisting of a thin-rope/thick-thread and just has the unfortunate (ass far as I can see) chance to dangle at the crotch... probably because any lower and it would be out of the shot altogether and any higher it would look off-center and therefore unbalanced.
- ‘Reseave’? I’m fairly sure you meant receive.
- “Why does Lady GaGa wear this costume?” you ask... I have no idea, why do any pop-stars wear ridiculous costumes in their videos?
- Red is a color associated with sin? Not really, passion perhaps; blood, definitely.
- Or, perhaps the dance becoming more lively is because the song is finishing or coming to a crescendo, perhaps?
- Actually there is a body left at the end; it’s the burned skeleton... or did you not see that?
All in all, I’m more inclined to say it’s just a[nother] “stupid pop music video” with no real hidden/deeper meanings.
Thanks for the well exposed retort. The phobia of seeing Satan everywhere is one of those tedious games played decade after decade. I’m not a big fan of most pop music, but at least Gaga is visually stimulating.
“- Red is a color associated with sin? Not really, passion perhaps; blood, definitely.”
That one got me too...I just thought, well what does that make our flag?
Cindie
okay what about the ram’s heads on the wall, the crosses on the coffins, and the slot machine/auction scenes implying that she is being auctioned off aka “selling her soul?”
again, it’s those subtle, subconscious things..but I don’t think it’s conspiratorial to suggest the director has a knowledge of the occult because he incorporates blatant symbolism in other videos.
* The January 4th Orlando Sentinel article reviewing her show says otherwise :
The lady herself calls it "the church of Gaga" and she's not shy about the commandments:
"Tonight you must free yourself as if it were the last night on Earth!" she implored the sold-out crowd of believers on Sunday at the UCF Arena. Since she was sprawled out on her back at the time, it was obvious that Lady Gaga was more than willing to show the way to freedom.
..."And, amid all the sex and splashy effects, that church image rang strangely true."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/os-lady-gaga-review-010510-20100103,0,6048515.story