Going GaGa for Kylie

Everybody is talking about Lady GaGa and whilst the critics are comparing her to the obvious - Madonna and Aguilera - it seems her inspiration has come from an all more unlikely source. Namely that of Kylie Minogue. It was the video to GaGa's next single, 'Poker Face' that alerted me to this. Then, after considering 'Just Dance' i soon realised that there were several similarities to Miss Minogue. Odd, i know, but bear with me.

First off i would like to draw attention to the video in question which bears a few similar themes to those Kylie used in her 'On A Night Like This' video. Whilst i am not suggesting it is a carbon copy, as Kylie's is a homage to Seventies chic, GaGa surely cements herself in an 80's throw back. However, some highly contentious pictorial evidence of some unexplainable matches is presented below.

First off we have the 'exiting the swimming pool' shot, the Minogue doing anything to gain the attention of her older male clients, whilst GaGa is presumably just trying to get attention from anyone.


Both dripping wet they then remove an item of clothing from their bodies. In fact they both remove an item of clothing from their bodies and hurl them - with GaGa it is her mask, Kylie, though, does one better and takes her whole flipping dress off!


A bit later on we have both of our ladies entering a highly stylised party. Kylie prefers a more high end James Bond type location, whilst Lady GaGa slums it in a plush rich-brat pad.


Both girls then enjoy a bit of gambling.


And show off a rather fetching bit of ring-bling.


So yes the video's ARE very similar. But what of the songs? Well if we go back to Kylie's 'Light Year' days, from which 'On A Night Like This' is taken, we see her first cut from said album (the greatest comback of the year 2000) 'Spinning Around' as an infectious, dancefloor filler that hit the UK top spot. It had a video that, again, was highly styled around a certain era (in this case 70s) and created a full blown fashion trend (bringing hot pants back).

Ring any bells? Of course, Lady GaGa's debut, the infectious number one dancefloor filler that is 'Just Dance'. With it's highly stylised video that paid homage to a certain era in time (the 80s) and led to a new fashion trend (ridiculous sunglasses) it's hard not to see so many similarities.

With the follow ups, 'Poker Face' and 'On A Night Like This', they both toned down a poppier disco sound, and traded it for a grittier and much more sexier sounding song.


Need anymore reasons to convince you that Lady GaGa really, actually does wants to look like Kylie?

Here's one:


And another:


One more for luck:


So there we have it, there is nothing new about Lady GaGa's image she has simply turned 70's Kylie into 80's GaGa, whether she knew she was doing it or not is another blog post altogether!

Oh, and here, enjoy the videos (both are killer songs!)

Lady GaGa - Poker Face
Uploaded by LadyGaga

Kylie Minogue - On a night like this
Uploaded by MovieFanQS