# In Which Lady Gaga Shocks Thailand **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 24, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982 "2012-05-24T18:31:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982/41 "2012-05-30T15:42:59Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You mean, she’s the Doctor? Don’t you think she looks tired? ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982/42 "2012-05-30T16:34:02Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Some musicians have **talent** and their music speaks for itself: > > Weak musicians rely on **auto-tune, backing singers, backing tracks, costumes, dancers, stage effects** … and **publicity**. Note to self: Tell David Bowie that he’ll never make it in the long term. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982/43 "2012-05-30T17:00:02Z")
> [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](#): > > Note to self: Tell David Bowie that he’ll never make it in the long term. It’s OK. He can hang out with the other flashes in the pan: Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Queen. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982/44 "2012-05-30T17:27:17Z")
> [@glee](#): > > Some musicians have **talent** and their music speaks for itself: > > Weak musicians rely on **auto-tune, backing singers, backing tracks, costumes, dancers, stage effects** … and **publicity**. I went to a Lady Gaga concert a few years ago and it was simply awesome. A 2000 seat theater and yes, she had backup singers (don’t. . . most singers?), costumes, stage effects, dancers, and publicity. . . but she also sang the ENTIRE concert with no backing track or lip dubbing, played the piano alone for about 30 minutes, and put on a generally awesome show. She may have all the pop singer trappings, but her show stood out because she actually sang (and well, to boot) and played the piano. The spectacle of it all was great too, but I really enjoyed just her, the piano, and her voice. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982/45 "2012-05-30T17:33:02Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Wow. I think it’s really a good thing that I don’t have the power to completely disrupt the functioning of minor governments by merely speaking one sentence. I’d likely end up banned from half the world. Same thing happening in Poland. Must be a slow news day. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982/46 "2012-06-01T03:27:25Z")
According to [this story](http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/5445), Lady Gaga would hardly have been the raunchiest act in Indonesia. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982/47 "2012-06-15T16:18:34Z")
And it’s not over yet. The Thai Culture Ministry has decided to [lodge a complaint against Lady Gaga with the local police](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/298200/lady-gaga-in-hot-water-over-bangkok-concert). Thais were shocked – _shocked_ I tell you – that she “wore a traditional headdress and sat on a motorcycle in a skimpy outfit with a Thai flag trailing behind.” Oddly enough, they’re not asking the police actually to prosecute her. But I wish they would. I would love to see them try to go to Interpol with this, heh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982/48 "2012-06-15T16:41:27Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Oh, and it looks like they busted a Vietnamese pickpocket gang that was working the concert. Story [here](http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/27/pickpockets-hit-lady-gaga-concert-bangkok.html). You know your countries in rough shape when your pickpockets have to fly to other countries just to find people carrying around enough stuff to make it worth their while. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982/49 "2012-06-15T16:54:30Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > She should have said she was going to check out the blowjob bars. No controversy over that… 😉 Well, that depends… does she have a work visa or a green card? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982/50 "2012-06-15T16:56:17Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > And it’s not over yet. The Thai Culture Ministry has decided to [lodge a complaint against Lady Gaga with the local police](http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/298200/lady-gaga-in-hot-water-over-bangkok-concert). Thais were shocked – _shocked_ I tell you – that she “wore a traditional headdress and sat on a motorcycle in a skimpy outfit with a Thai flag trailing behind.” > > Oddly enough, they’re not asking the police actually to prosecute her. But I wish they would. I would love to see them try to go to Interpol with this, heh. 😃 You have to love these kinds of “Everybody knows this is true, but you can’t _say_ it” outrage stories. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982/51 "2012-06-15T17:00:04Z")
The Culture Ministry seemed to be okay with all those red shirts waving Thai flags while burning down central Bangkok two years ago. Must be that they weren’t skimpily dressed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-lady-gaga-shocks-thailand/622982.md?page=2)