I've only heard a few of her songs, which were kinda meh, but I do love her attitude. She's OK by me. - Laura Norvig

Anyone who makes a statement and stands up for what they're saying get that. I like her and respect that she is who she is. I think some people get freaked out by it. - Heather

I don't hate her. She certainly keeps things interesting. - Derrick

I think it may be suspicion... Either she is JUST like that or her attitude and batshit-insaneness is one gigantic planned and staged act by a group of people to sell records or the Gaga brand. No one likes to be played for a fool... The irony of people looking for truth and reality in pop music is not lost on me either. - Johnny

Johnny nailed it. The tension between counter-culture meets the corporate music/entertainment/fashion complex meets main street equals strong reaction on many fronts. - Micah

Madonna and Marilyn Manson got the same hate and she seems to be going for somewhere in between. Nothing new here. - Rob H.

Rob, that's the problem. Everyone in music has a fragrance or bottled water or makeup etc to sell. Even Avril has a perfume. Madonna and Manson were never corporate shills... The suspicion with Gaga is in the current market (the flat out whoring of bands like the Black Eyed Peas) people are expecting the sucka punch from the Gaga empire - Johnny

I don't hate her, but I suspect she isn't as wacky as she appears to be. My observation is that the folks performing can't just be talented; that's not what's really marketed. Either you're eye candy or you're batty in that industry, it seems, and I don't think she was gonna be able to be eye candy. - MiniMage

Madonna sold Pepsi in the 80s. Trent Reznor wrote a whole song about Manson (among others) being a corporate shill. As I said, nothing new. Honestly, I don't mind what she's doing, mostly because she's off my radar. - Rob H.

I think she knows exactly what's she's doing. She might be a lot of things, but she's no dummy. - Derrick

Agreed, she probably feeds off the hate in a way. If she didn't get a negative reaction from certain quarters, she'd be doing something wrong. - Rob H.

I'm not talking about her. She knows what she is doing. I was speaking to the hate, as per the OP. I'm a fan of her and whatshe is doing, but I can also see the danger of culture jamming and the suspicions around it - Johnny

From what I've read, if you have any hope of living very comfortably, performers pretty much have to be use their popularity to become corporate shills or turn to acting gigs. - MiniMage

This is very true... - Johnny