MUSIC REVIEW: Poker Face by Lady Gaga

I don't know much about Lady Gaga, except that she has 2 hit singles out on the radio right now: Just Dance and Poker Face. I didn't know how she looked like but when her music video appeared on Music On Demand, I decided to check it out. After watching the video I thought she was European. I even thought her platinum blond hair resembled Christina Aguilera.

Lady Gaga all the sudden just blew up. Her song Just Dance can be heard on the L.A. radio station 102.7 KIIS FM day in and day out. Just recently her second single Poker Face started hitting the air waves and is now also a hit.

I was driving home just a few nights ago and I turned on the radio. Jojo on the radio was interviewing Lady Gaga. Since I have never heard her speak and know nothing about her, I thought to tune in. She has a very laid back, sexy, sultry speaking voice. It wasn't at all what I expected. It was very different from the way she comes across on her songs as well as the music video I recently watched. I grew more curious and intrigued so I tuned in longer, only to find out that she was about to perform, live.

The song she was performing was Poker Face. Like Just Dance, it is very catchy and you know that they're being played all over the clubs. The song started and she started singing and I was like huh? It didn't sound like the Poker Face I've been hearing on the radio. It was very bluesy or jazzy. It was very "unplugged". Only a few lines later I realized that she was singing the song she said she was going to sing, except that it was, obviously, a totally different version.

I listened closely and discovered that she can sing a lot better than Just Dance and Poker Face (the radio version, that is). She actually can sing! She's not like J-Lo who even though can put out hit singles but in actuality can't really sing. Anyway, I thought this bluesy or jazzy version of Poker Face was really good! So good that when I got home I e-mailed my sister to tell her about it and I even went on KIIS FM's website to listen to it again! I also googled her and found out that she is NOT European, but was born and raised in NY!

So, if you haven't heard it yet, here it is (the link to the video). KIIS FM calls it the acoustic version. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did/do!

http://www.kiisfm.com/pages/JoJo.html?_show