# Lady Gaga = Poker Face **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325 "2009-06-29T08:01:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/1 "2009-06-29T08:01:51Z")
Why am I so in love with this song? I don’t even think she’s that pretty but i think she’s damn sexy. In the video they do a good job of focusing on her face, and in that it’s all about her face that makes her sexy when her clothes leave little to the imagination. The director did a great job of focusing on her face. It’s a really good song too. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/2 "2009-06-29T09:29:22Z")
I like it well enough, it’s good dance pop, but I don’t find her at all sexy. Not even her face. There’s something about the whole package that seems a little … desperate? Like when X-tina was rocking the leather chaps and mudwrestling. Or cone-nippled-era Madonna. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/3 "2009-06-29T11:42:09Z")
Never heard this song or indeed, anything by her at all. For some reason I got in my head that she’s saying “poke her face”. I KNOW the title says it all, but I can’t shake it. Makes the song (and the girl, for that matter) a bit more interesting to me. She’s not particularly hot, but intriguing in an oddballish sort of way. Eh, I wouldn’t kick her out of my bed for eating crackers. [Linky](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngf5Oo_XrjI) ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/4 "2009-06-29T11:45:24Z")
When I first started hearing about her I assumed/thought she was a drag artist. Even now, that I have seen childhood pix on websites and read about her background I still can’t shake the feeling she’s a dragqueen… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/5 "2009-06-29T12:02:50Z")
Hah, I just now emailed my brother: “she’s a borderline boiler, but you totally would, wouldn’t you?” She’s not at all pretty but she is [sex on legs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yptNXHIVwas). And Poker Face is the most irritatingly catchy pop song since the last good [Sugababes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPPgHlh1PVI) one. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/6 "2009-06-29T12:23:44Z")
A bit of a non-sequitor, but I’ve been trying to view all of the videos linked in this thread and I keep getting "This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions. " GRRRRR Gosh darned copyright overlords need to get this sorted out, I need my trashy earworm fix ---
**Author:** ![otorophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ab097/32.png) [@otorophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otorophile)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/7 "2009-06-29T13:20:07Z")
“bluffin’ with my muffin” heh ---
**Author:** ![No.1\_Magnolia\_Fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e480ec/32.png) [@No.1\_Magnolia\_Fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No.1_Magnolia_Fan)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/8 "2009-06-29T14:40:31Z")
The song is catchy enough, but the video is awful. Her dance moves in the blue outfit made me laugh, and I don’t think that was her intention. I thought she was going to fall over when she started to make the shooting gestures with her hands near the pool. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/9 "2009-06-29T14:53:28Z")
This song is me current ear-worm, and it’s totally not the type of song I’m used to liking. I can’t analyze the appeal to me, but it’s definitely there. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/10 "2009-06-29T15:04:44Z")
Meh, just another hip-hoppish tart who makes videos that should be called ‘Look at me! Here’s my butt! And my boobs!’ She’s attractive, but her music is nothing special. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/11 "2009-06-29T16:53:01Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Hah, I just now emailed my brother: “she’s a borderline boiler, but you totally would, wouldn’t you?” She’s not at all pretty but she is [sex on legs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yptNXHIVwas). Yeah, if you can get past the determinedly weird hair and makeup, her Rolling Stone cover shot is pretty impressive: [http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/lady-gagas-rolling-stone-cover](http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/lady-gagas-rolling-stone-cover) ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/12 "2009-06-29T17:28:36Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > She’s attractive You may need to revisit that notion: [http://www.wwtdd.com/2009/02/i-think-im-in-love/](http://www.wwtdd.com/2009/02/i-think-im-in-love/) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/13 "2009-06-29T17:32:23Z")
More like mediocre face. I don’t think she’s that attractive. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/14 "2009-06-29T17:43:23Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > You may need to revisit that notion: > > [http://www.wwtdd.com/2009/02/i-think-im-in-love/](http://www.wwtdd.com/2009/02/i-think-im-in-love/) Don’t think I’ve heard the song, but in those photos she bears a frightening resemblance to a past acquaintance of mine, which is a bad start. ---
**Author:** ![Huerta88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/82dd89/32.png) [@Huerta88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Huerta88)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/15 "2009-06-29T17:53:09Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Don’t think I’ve heard the song, but in those photos she bears a frightening resemblance to a past acquaintance of mine, which is a bad start. What was his name? ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/16 "2009-06-29T17:56:21Z")
Latest rumor I just received: apparently the BBC cameraman in the mosh pit at Glastonbury festival was having real problems filming her, and they kept on having to cut away, due to the poor job her outfit did of covering of her labia while she was performing. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/17 "2009-06-29T18:02:23Z")
> [@Huerta88](#): > > What was his name? Sir, I present you with a rimshot. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/18 "2009-06-29T18:16:28Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Sir, I present you with a rimshot. That’s what she said. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/19 "2009-06-29T18:21:59Z")
That people think this person is sexy is a quintessential “WTF is the world coming to?” moment for me. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325/20 "2009-06-29T18:43:12Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Sir, I present you with a rimshot. You should like to the [sound effect](http://www.instantrimshot.com/). While I like them both, I prefer “Just Dance” over “Poker Face.” I can’t get enough of the stereo/echo bit near the end. Who cares if she doesn’t have a great face, she’s still alluring and can sure as hell write a catchy song. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-gaga-poker-face/501325.md?page=2)