There’s both too much and not enough that I can say about Lady Gaga. I’ve been a day one fan, and while not completely attentive through every album cycle, there’s no hiding the fact that she had a profound influence on me in the 2008 to 2015 years. Also she’s an influence just kind of generally, and her role in making recession pop cool again is unmistakeable. The following moments in Lady Gaga’s career have stuck with me. In many ways, they’ve made “recession angst” seem like something that didn’t even happen, actually.

Making A Sandwich in the “Telephone” Music Video

“Telephone” was released in 2009 on The Fame Monster, the reissue of Lady Gaga’s debut The Fame. She had pretty much just burst onto the scene the year before, and there she was, collaborating with Beyoncé. It’s a testame

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