Religious & Conservative groups VS. Lady Gaga's concert

[jazzmine22]

Basta kami, manonood ng concert niya tomorrow!

ga...ga..ga..ga..oh la la..

[sharkey360]

One can ignore those loudmouth protesters and enjoy this video in preparation for the concert.

[purpleheadd07]

nung 17 years old ako ni require kami ng school manood ng isang play sa UP. naging ending nun, rumampa ang mga actors at binuyangyang ang kanilang pagkalalaki sa harap namin. sayang wala pang camphone nun, maganda sana kuhanan ng pic. eh, wala naman nan-raid sa amin din nun.

[kreuk]

meron sobrang religious they'd often chastise for lil things. quote the bible for anything.

meron akong kakilala na ganun, pero naaasar na pala yung boss namen sa isa sa mga kasama namen, but the same person never told anyone and just let the fire keep burning.

may ganun talaga. iba lang orientation ng utak.

[sharkey360]

meron sobrang religious they'd often chastise for lil things. quote the bible for anything.

meron akong kakilala na ganun, pero naaasar na pala yung boss namen sa isa sa mga kasama namen, but the same person never told anyone and just let the fire keep burning.

may ganun talaga. iba lang orientation ng utak.

This religious person said that the Philippine constitution should be revised to be more based on the Christian bible and outlaw non-Christians and non-believers.

That religious person said that anime should be banned all over the country because it stopped children from reading the Christian bible or from going to church, and that anime promotes violence, immorality and homosexuality.

Another religious person said that inter-racial marriage should be banned simply because the Christian bible never mentioned it.

And now there are religious people going against Lady Gaga. Still, they failed to stop the complete sell out of the tickets.

[scottstorch]

The eff yung ininterview ng GMA na fan ni Lady Gaga. Si Mimi Vicini.

[invi]

Not a fan, but I have respect for her talent.

I believe there should be limits in what artists call 'creative license'. However, what's offensive is all so abstract and relative to the audience, which is a diverse group of people. So, what now? Is there a set of rules that the artists are supposed to follow? If there's none, then create the rules.

[chizmojo]

OA masyado yang mga protesters na yan.

[razzer_rising]

Lady Gaga is not eally new nor unique. I think she is the Madonna of our time.

[kreuk]

even if people say she's an artist i can't help but think she's still a businesswoman. she dances pero pilit yung grace.

[kreuk]

at saka ang pangit niya kaya magproject sa mga video niya. flat affect.

[sharkey360]

The news

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story...sphemous-judas

[kensamor]

Hindi ako nasa-shock kay Lady Gaga. Na-shock ako sa dati kong co-worker na isinama ang anak sa concert. She's probably not even 15.

[despisePappus]

Lady Gaga is not eally new nor unique. I think she is the Madonna of our time.

Blasphemy! Madonna is Madonna and Lady Gaga pales in comparison with Madonna.



Even Britney Spears, with mediocre vocal talent, is better than Lady Gaga.

[charuz]

Lady Gaga: "I'm not a creature of your government, Manila." Then she sang Judas.

[kreuk]

Blasphemy! Madonna is Madonna and Lady Gaga pales in comparison with Madonna.



Even Britney Spears, with mediocre vocal talent, is better than Lady Gaga.

i agree with you on this one.

she's trying hard to reach that level but she's just not born that way.

pero siya ata kasi song writer. mas gusto ko si katy perry. happy songs.

[jazzmine22]

Hahaha, natawa naman ako sa not creature of your government

Oo nga naman, bago tuligsahin si Lady Gaga, tuligsahin muna nila ang mga buwaya sa gobyerno ano.

[invi]

she's trying hard to reach that level but she's just not born that way.

She's on the wrong track baby... ?

It's obvious that Lady Gaga is inspired by Madonna. But I have to agree with Pappus, she pales in comparison. (Big Madonna fan here)

Madonna has some kind of shock value to her performances too, (remember the cone bra and the wedding dress for like a virgin) but she does it in a way that it looks right/artistic and is just sexy self expression. Lady Gaga sometimes offends the senses with what she does and looks just plain weird.

[kreuk]

^ tama kaya di ko siya maconsider artist. may artist na magaling magdrawing may artists na performing artists.... art in motion.

[charuz]

By Mynardo Macaraig | AFP News

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Lady Gaga rocked the Philippines Monday, defying critics and state censors as thousands of fans, many of them dressed as outrageously as she was, roared their approval.

Despite the protests of conservative Christians and warnings by state censors, Lady Gaga declared "I'm not a creature of your government, Manila".

She then belted out her controversial song "Judas", which her Filipino critics have labelled as blasphemous.

The audience tweeted photos of the US pop phenomenon wearing a full-length yellow dress inspired by Philippine national costume as she and a dance crew gyrated for the song "Born This Way" -- a gay anthem.

The city government had earlier warned that her second show on Tuesday night could be banned if the censors among the audience monitored any hints of blasphemy, devil worship, nudity or lewd conduct.

Up to 40,000 fans in the Catholic-majority nation paid as much as 15,840 pesos ($370) each to watch the US singer.

Her world tour, "The Born This Way Ball", has been dogged by controversy in Asia, with an upcoming concert in Muslim-majority Indonesia cancelled on police orders for fear of violence from religious hardliners.

In the Philippines, Catholic leader Archbishop Ramon Arguelles urged the public to boycott her two concerts. "Her fans are in danger of falling into the clutches of Satan," he told reporters.

Former Manila mayor Lito Atienza, one of those calling for a concert ban, said he was opposed to the song "Judas".

"We respect freedom of expression in this country. We also appreciate art and culture... but the laws should be respected," he told AFP.

But officials in the Manila district of Pasay allowed the show to go on Monday night at the Arena, a new, oblong theatre built in Pasay by the country's richest man, Henry Sy of the SM shopping mall chain.

About 100 "little monsters" -- the name given to Lady Gaga's devoted followers -- had lined up hours before the show, sporting her signature outrageous clothing, hairstyle and makeup.

A group of about 500 Christian activists tried to march on the Arena, singing religious songs while carrying placards saying "Stop Lady Gaga, the mother monster."

However riot police stopped them about one kilometre (half a mile) away.

Local authorities earlier said they had worked out a deal to permit the show while addressing the clamour by Christian conservatives.

Censors were in the audience to monitor possible violations of a law against "immoral doctrines, obscene publications and exhibitions and indecent shows", said Glenn Agranzamendez, secretary to Pasay mayor Tony Calixto.

Christian groups have vowed to send their own monitors and warned they could sue Lady Gaga under a law that penalises taking part or sponsoring "indecent shows" with prison terms of up to six years.

Despite the protests, the demand for tickets has been so strong that the Manila concert's organisers had to extend the event from the original one-night show to two nights.

Similarly in Hong Kong, huge demand saw organisers extend Lady Gaga's original one-night run to four concerts.

But question marks remain over whether she will be able to perform to 50,000 fans in Jakarta on June 3. Promoters are trying to save the show despite police denying it a permit after Islamic hardliners threatened to unleash "chaos".