Misunderstood Music

As of late, and mainly due to her new music video, Lady GaGa has seemed to push people over the edge. The majority of what I've read is all about how "weird" she is. Usually I, or rather the old me, would agree. See the old me would find something weird because I didn't understand or allow myself to understand whatever it was I found weird. Thankfully I've grown and matured into a more open and understanding person. The new me has allowed myself to be more accepting of ideas and concepts. With that being said I find myself on another level of appreciation for certain artists in the music industry. This new level has led me to do a more thorough career background check on some people and what I found really astounds me. Back in the 70s and 80s, many well respected industry insiders thought artists like David Bowie, Madonna, Prince, Elton John and Freddie Mercury, to name a few, were weird. Too weird to have their music accepted by the masses, if one can believe that. I've grown up on that music and I always thought those people were always accepted by the way I hear people talk about them. However, most insiders believed each artist's brand of music would sell only to a certain crowd and therefore did not want to take a risk with then. The only person who had a shot was probably Freddie Mercury because he had the rest of Queen, a rock and roll band that fit the mainstream criteria of that day. Flash forward to today and every single one of those mentioned are heralded for being visionaries and pioneers of their day vnow we have these great up and comers who are pushing boundaries in an eerily similar way as those in the past did. Now those same people who grew up listening to Madonna, Prince, Bowie and others, are now running the record labels and are parents of teenagers. Teenagers who are keen to enjoy the new artists because they push the boundaries. But oh no kids, mom and dad don't like this. Mom and Dad don't want you dancing to "Poker Face" but it's okay for them to dance to "She Bop" and "Cherry Pie" by Cyndi Lauper and Warrent respectively. I understand shielding young children from certain sights and sounds, but to have grown up with Madonna's music and to say Lady GaGa is too muh, is a bit hypocritical.