“This is a song about faking orgasms!”

The title of this post comes from the introduction to the Au Pairs song “Come Again”.

So, I’ve been thinking recently about Gaga’s relationship to post-punk — With all her homage to “The New York Scene,” the connection isn’t too hard to make. Musically she’s much more Eurodance than strictly post-punk (not to say that Eurodance is unrelated to post-punk: Factory Records and acid house, anyone?), but her fashion sense is totally “no-wave” – it’s all beauty = ugly = grotesque. MAC’s “Viva la Glam” paired Gaga w/Cindy Lauper for a reason.

Gaga is all about the awkward, the monstrous, the uncomfortable — which are all post-punk sentiments. It’s about dancing in full recognition of your own discomfort with your own body, and your anxiety over your own discomfort with your own body. It’s about being funky AND awkward. (There’s something to be said about whiteness/white identity here, but I’ll leave that for later.) It’s not about romance, but BAD romances, aka “love like anthrax”. Contort yourself!

That said, it’s interesting to think about Gaga’s “Poker Face” alongside the Au Pairs’ “Come Again” — they’re both songs about women faking orgasms.

Au Pairs:

Gaga:

Other than the subject matter, I haven’t really thought through relevant similarities or differences between the tracks. So, if you have any thoughts on this, I’d love to hear them.

Also, anyone know of other songs about women faking orgasms?