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Originally Posted by identity
YES IT IS LOL
oh my god, it's useless now.
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No, it's not. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines talent as "a special often creative or artistic aptitude." Therefore: to be untalented would mean to have no special creative or artistic aptitude. Gaga meets the standard definition of talent, having this aptitude and applying it to her music, her fashion, her performances. She can write lyrics, she has a great deal of clever lyrics, such as Poker Face's running metaphor. She's able to come up with catchy tunes, which is not an easy task to do. There is a lot of work that goes into composing, it's not this magically easy task everyone thinks it is.
and can she sing? THAT is where it gets subjective. The sound of her voice is pleasing to some, and not to others. That's the way it goes for every artist. But can she?
I think she can anyway. But that's not factored into my opinion on "is Lady Gaga talented?" What I'm focusing on is tangible, and objectively viewable. To compose a catchy song is talent. That's why the Disney pop generation is untalented. Do they have anything to do with their songs? No. They don't do the composing, and often time, don't do the lyric writing. The people behind them, who come up with the catchy music guaranteed to drive a generation of children wild, those people are talented.
Is "talent" a fact or an opinion? It's always a fact. Let us look at art.
Now, whether you like the painting or not, there isn't a way to deny that van Gogh was a talented artist. Why is it that talent is fact for art, and opinion for music? Is it because of what pleases and displeases our ears? But what pleases and displeases our ears is our opinions, not a judge of actual talent. When we look for talent, we have to look objectively.
When we look objectively at Lady Gaga what do we see? A girl with a decent voice, the ability to come up with catchy songs, and write a mixture of clever and subpar lyrics. If Gaga was untalented, going by the definition earlier, then she wouldn't be able to do any of those things. However, having said abilities puts her within the definition of "talent." So, whether you like her or not, she is talented.
But as I've said, beyond talent, there's like and dislike, and that much is opinion. I like Gaga, you dislike Gaga. Those are opinions. Gaga is talented, that's a fact.
And I know just that last line is going to be quoted and everything else I wrote will be ignored.