I’m kind of late on this. Bite me. (I like it when you bite me.)

Lady Gaga’s newest single and video is “Alejandro.” I’ve loved this song for a while now. Upon hearing the song for the first time when I bought her CD, I took it as being about two things: controlling relationships, and the way some guys treat women (hitting on us when we just want to be left alone). Usually, when I see a Lady Gaga video, it clarifies the song for me. (See “Telephone”; it’s about controlling guys calling over and over and over when you’re out.) The video for “Alejandro”? Just confused me.

I read through some of the comments to see what other people thought. One of them actually talked about the meaning of the video*!

I think this video is a message. It seems very sad to me. That maybe Alejandro was someone she loved that died and his memory keeps calling to her and she can’t leave him behind. She has two choices, she can continue with her life or stay behind with his memory. Shes asking him to set her free from her so she can move on, because while his spirit is still in her heart all the men she makes love to are Alejandro to her.

I think JoannaLaurensings has a good point. It makes a lot more sense than my original theory, and explains the video a lot better. I’d like to think that I’m pretty intuitive and insightful and stuff, but this video stumped me.

This video was hot, though. I’m amused that some commenters thought it was inappropriate; Lady Gaga is not a children’s singer. She’s not Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, or the Jonas Brothers. If you are an adult and find sexual content offensive, fine. But don’t ask like an entertainer solely marketed toward adults is crossing the line.

Reading the comments made me roll my eyes. No one is forcing these people to watch her videos or listen to her music. Why does everyone knock what’s different? Again, I agree with Mike that she is like a female Marilyn Manson, and I’ll also say that the reactions to her are similar to those of Madonna’s music twenty years ago.

I’m not saying you have to like her, but open yourself up a little more to what you initially perceive as “different” or “weird.” Check out La Roux; they’re pretty funky and have a kind of 80′s sound, but their song “Bulletproof” will get stuck in your head pretty quickly.

I initially tried to ignore them when I first heard them at FYE a few weeks ago, but Mike said to me, “Be a little more open-minded.” What? Me, close-minded?! He was right; I wasn’t giving them a chance. At all. Now I want their CD.

I don’t like Ke$ha’s stuff, but I heard “Your Love is My Drug” — which, to me, is much better than her other stuff — and it made me want to check her out a little more. She’s not my thing, but I do love this song.

I also can’t get enough of Baroness since I saw them with Mastodon a few months ago, but that’s not really outside of my norm. I love the way they harmonize with each other. Baroness and Mastodon are two of my favorite bands right now.

I want to be the kind of person that will buy a CD because I like one of the songs I’ve heard. I want to consume music, and I want to take that kind of mentality to everything I run across.

Three questions for you: What do you think of Lady Gaga’s new video? (I love how far off-topic I got here.) What do you think of the other songs I posted? What are some of your favorite songs right now? (Post videos here; I’d love to check out your favorites!)

*Most of them were along the lines of, “Gays should be killed,” “You’re dumb for liking Lady Gaga,” “Lady Gaga is Satanic,” “This is inappropriate, waaah,” — uh, duh, her music isn’t for children! — and other lame internet troll-ness.