I totally understand you UV. I didn't like GaGa at first, but after taking a deeper look at her, she is one of my favorite artists, and I don't typically like mainstream/pop music. She is truly an artist, and someone able to fashion her will into existence. She is both mainstream and totally... not. She throws a monkey wrench in mainstream.
I love her play with sexuality. It is like she uses sexuality as part of her artistic medium. When she is half or completely naked, she isn't trying to be sexy. She is exploring sexuality in an artistic way, and sometimes in ways people are uncomfortable with, like in this video.
I need this explained to me. :areyoucra
What's the video trying to say? And how does it link up with the song itself?
Although I'm tiring of the bump and grind in every video, I like Lady Gaga.
Here are the lyrics:
I know that we are young.
And I know you may love me.
But I just can't be with you like this anymore.
Alejandro.
She's got both hands
in her pockets.
And she wont look at you,
Won't look at you
She hides true love.
En su bolsillo
She's got a halo 'round her finger.
Around you.
You know that I love you boy.
Hot like Mexico, rejoice.
At this point I gotta choose,
nothing to loose.
Don't call my name.
Don't call my name, Alejandro.
I'm not your babe.
I'm not your babe, Fernando.
Don't wanna kiss, don't wanna touch.
Just smoke one cigarette and run.
Don't call my name.
Don't call my name, Roberto.
Alejandro.
Alejandro.
Ale-ale-jandro.
Ale-ale-jandro. [2x]
(Just stop. Please. Just let me go. Alejandro. Just let me go.)
She's not broken,
She's just a baby.
But her boyfriend's like a dad, just like a dad.
and all those flames that burned before him.
Now he's gonna fight your fight, gonna cool the bad.
You know that I love you boy.
Hot like Mexico, rejoice.
At this point I gotta choose,
nothing to loose
Don't call my name.
Don't call my name, Alejandro.
I'm not your babe.
I'm not your babe, Fernando.
Don't wanna kiss, don't wanna touch.
Just smoke my cigarette and hush.
Don't call my name.
Don't call my name, Roberto.
Alejandro.
Alejandro.
Ale-ale-jandro.
Ale-ale-jandro. [2x]
Don't bother me.
Don't bother me. Alejandro
Don't call my name.
Don't call my name, Fernando.
I'm not your babe.
I'm not your babe, Alejandro.
Don't wanna kiss, don't wanna touch. Fernando.
Don't call my name.
Don't call my name, Alejandro.
I'm not your babe.
I'm not your babe, Fernando.
Don't wanna kiss, don't wanna touch.
Just smoke my cigarette and hush.
Don't call my name.
Don't call my name, Roberto.
Alejandro.
Alejandro.
Ale-ale-jandro.
Ale-ale-jandro. [2x]
Don't call my name.
Don't call my name, Alejandro.
I'm not your babe.
I'm not your babe, Fernando.
Don't wanna kiss, don't wanna touch.
Just smoke my cigarette and hush.
Don't call my name.
Don't call my name, Roberto.
Alejandro.
I found a really good explanation of it. Here is the quote:
unknown said:
"I think, actually, that this song was from the "Fear of Men Monster," which could also be tied in with "Fear of Sex Monster."
The song is about how she sees love based on a man's wallet (she hides true love en su bolsillo [Bolsillo is pocket in Spanish, which plays a large part in the song]). She then wraps men around her finger with her innocent act (She's got a halo round her finger, around you).
According to her Wiki page, the song also represents GaGa's fear of commitment to the point where she cannot even remember the name of her lover (exemplified in the multiple changing of names; "Alejandro," "Fernando," "Roberto"). Additionally, the line "Mexico, rejoice!" ties into the whole "What happens in Mexico, stays in Mexico" theme that is ever-popular among Spring-Breakers in Cancun.
So, basically, the song is about being promiscuous and garnering as much money as possible, then realizing how wrong it is: "I know that we are young, and I know that you may love me; but I just can't be with you like this anymore...Alejandro." By that time, however, "Alejandro" is already in love with the speaker as he calls her name and addresses her as "babe." Unfortunately for him, he has no idea that she never felt anything more for him than lust and financial assistance.
I know plenty of people like that, lol. "
It could also be seen as a goodbye to past lovers.
The symbolism in the video is crazy. It looks like it is set in Nazi Germany. The guys seem bisexual maybe...?? With hints at bdsm play? Then her latex priests robe suit with the upside down cross between her legs... wow.....
Here is what the director said about the religious symbolism:
"The religious symbolism is not meant to denote anything negative, but represents the character's battle between the dark forces of this world and the spiritual salvation of the Soul," Klein wrote. "Thus at the end of the film, she chooses to be a nun, and the reason her mouth and eyes disappear is because she is withdrawing her senses from the world of evil and going inward towards prayer and contemplation."
Klein added that the scene in which Gaga ingests the rosary beads is meant to represent "the desire to take in the holy."
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Lady Gaga's 'Alejandro' Director Defends Video's Religious Symbolism - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
What??!! Yeah right!!
If the inverted cross between her legs in the priest outfit isn't a symbol of the church perverting sexuality I don't know what is.
Eating the rosary, her face disappearing, and the sexual aspects of the guys... I dunno.
