Repetition is surely a non-starter on a forum like this? We all listen to music far more repetitive than Gaga! Are Kraftwerk hypnotising? What about Shackleton? Were the government right during the 90s to try and ban music based round "repetative beats"?Pistonsbeneath wrote:her music hypnotises people in the very least...surely you guys can see that??
she uses a lot of repetition to a different degree than previous artists...
I live with pop fans. One does PR for pop artists that would make it onto your lists (Beyonce, Rihanna, Bjork?)... she's never shown any symptoms of hynposis to me - she can be a fucking bitch sometimes, but so can everyone. My girlfriend is a genuine pop fan... she loves Gaga, Rihanna.. she even listens to Britney pretty regularly. Despite having entirely different taste in art, she's the closest thing I've ever found to a soulmate - she knows herself better than anyone I know.
So no... hypnosis isn't "obvious" (to me at least)... perhaps you could give us some examples of people that you've met who have been obviously hypnotised by pop music?