Lady Gaga, Pa pa pa what her face?

Why would a Rap blog have Lady Gaga as a subject matter, you may be asking. We’ll simply because I need to get something off my chest. Every time I hear ‘Poker Face’ by ‘Lady Gaga’ I hear what they call in ‘Neuro Linguistic Programming’ or NLP a ‘Weasel Phrase’. A Weasel Phrase is when a message with a hidden meaning is inserted into what appears to be innocent lyrics.

Now everyone knows how overtly sexual pop music is and has always been. Bands like Prince and Madonna in the 80’s to The Pussy Cat Dolls and Britney Spears in the New Millenium have pushed the boundaries between smut and entertainment. Sex is the central image in pop music and Lady Gaga uses this device very well in every level, even the subconscious.

Lady Gaga is no dummy. She wrote all of her lyrics, all of her melodies, and played most of the synth work on her album, ‘The Fame’ and she knows the value of sex in pop music. Now my hunch is that in the song ‘Poker Face’, she has sneakily inserted the phrase “fuck her face” where poker face should be.

Who needs back masking in this day and age. An artist can say anything they want straight out. Hell they could sing songs about smoking crack and worshiping Satan and no one would even blink an eye. Lady Gaga talks about her sneaky tricks in this quote I found on her myspace page.“I almost want to trick people into hanging with something that is really cool with a pop song. It’s almost like the spoonful of sugar and I’m the medicine.”

“The Fame is about how anyone can feel famous,” she explains. “Pop culture is art. It doesn’t make you cool to hate pop culture, so I embraced it and you hear it all over The Fame. But, it’s a sharable fame. I want to invite you all to the party. I want people to feel a part of this lifestyle.” ......Oh and we do Lady Gaga we do.

Anyway next time you hear the song listen out for it.

Pa pa pa poker face pa pa fuck her face.

I swear after I’ve told any of my friends they can hear it too and I’m betting you’ll have a huge smile on your face when you listen to it again with this in mind.