Pornographic actions are being incorporated into all sorts of modern media today. Even in music. We all know about the esteemed Lady Gaga. She’s always pushing limits with her outrageous personality, outfits, and song lyrics. Most of the time, it is difficult for people to see the hidden meaning in her songs. An example of this is her debut song, “Poker Face.” Most people would think that she is singing about playing a game of poker with her friends, and the music video supports this assumption. It was not until Lady Gaga announced that the song was about sexuality that people started hearing the hidden message. She explained that she was bisexual, so she never told any of the men that she dated about it because she was worried that they might be uncomfortable if they knew. Thus the lyric, “I’m bluffin’ with my muffin.” Little children go around town singing these songs, but they do not realize what they are singing. Since some of these messages are hard to catch, most just accept it. However, there are some Lady Gaga songs that are not as subtle about the sexual meaning, and one song comes to mind.
The song “Love Game” is clear about its message from the moment the song starts, “Let’s have some fun; this beat is sick! I wanna’ take a ride on your disco stick!” Saying that that she wants to take a ride implies sex, and the disco stick is referring to his penis. The chorus of the song then implies that all of this is a game, “Let’s play a love game, play a love game. Do you want love, or do you want fame, or you win the game? (It’s) Called a love game!” At no time does she refer to this all being done to find someone that she would like be in a relationships with; rather, she is just looking for a hookup. In other words, this song is promoting promiscuity.
Given what we talked about in class this past week, this song puts a different spin on hegemony. Usually, men are the dominant ones, but here the power belongs to women. Either way, small children walk around in public singing this song, not knowing that it is referring to a promiscuous woman. This shows that pornographic actions are becoming more accepted in today’s world. While I am a big fan of Lady Gaga, I am slightly disturbed when I hear children singing this particular song.
Gaga, L. (Performer). (2009). Love Game [Music video].
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