Thais are not gaga about "Lady Gaga"

[MM 6,562]

This photo was taken by a friend on Facebook on a Bangkok street...

 

 

 

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Just landed in Bangkok, I wanna buy a fake Rolex': Lady Gaga sparks anger amongst Thai fans with 'insult' to country's image

 

By

DAILY MAIL REPORTER

 

 

Courting controversy: Lady Gaga arrives in the Thai capital Bangkok

 

Lady Gaga wants to go shopping in Bangkok - for a fake Rolex.

 

The singer made the comment to her 24 million Twitter followers, sparking a uproar in Thailand where some fans called it offensive, insulting and bad for the country's image.

 

It's the latest publicity-making turn of events as The Born This Way Ball travels through Asia.

 

Lady Gaga's provocative lyrics and costumes have angered Christian groups in South Korea and the Philippines and Islamists in Indonesia, where the show may be banned.

 

Now she is stirring nationalist fervor in Thailand, where people tend to get upset when the country's seedy underworld is highlighted by outsiders.

 

'We are more civilized than you think,' tweeted Thai DJ Surahit Siamwalla, who has a ticket to Friday's show in Bangkok but said he plans to boycott.

 

'She came to our home, but instead of admiring us she insulted us,' said a commentator on popular Thai web board pantip.com.

 

Lady Gaga posted her tweet shortly after her private jet arrived in the country: 'I just landed in Bangkok baby! Ready for 50,000 screaming Thai monsters. I wanna get lost in a lady market and buy fake Rolex.'

 

It is unclear what a 'lady market' is but some Thai fans assumed she meant the popular outdoor Ladies Market in Hong Kong, where she already toured - and also eyed the luxury knockoffs.

 

'I love this city,' she tweeted April 30 after taking a Hong Kong spin class. 'You can work out & buy a fake Birkin on the same street.'

 

Not all Thai fans objected to the off-color comment. A screaming mob greeted Lady Gaga at the airport. Crowds thronged her 5-star hotel, where she signed autographs and hugged one female fan who left in tears.

 

People have camped outside Rajamangala stadium for days, hoping to be first inside and win the prize of meeting the pop star in person.

 

If Lady Gaga does have time to shop in Bangkok, she'll see that the city has more to offer than just fake watches, Thai fan Nont Armarttasn sarcastically noted on his Facebook page.

 

'Welcome to the land of counterfeit products, love,' he said. 'I'm sure there are plenty of fake Gaga CDs, too.'

 

'We are more civilised than you think," tweeted Thai DJ Surahit Siamwalla, who has a ticket to tomorrow's show in Bangkok but said he plans to boycott.

 

'She came to our home, but instead of admiring us she insulted us,' said a commentator on popular Thai web board pantip.com.

 

Lady Gaga posted her tweet shortly after her private jet arrived last night: 'I just landed in Bangkok baby! Ready for 50,000 screaming Thai monsters. I wanna get lost in a lady market and buy fake Rolex.

 

 

 

 

Indonesian Muslim women hold posters during a protest against a concert of Lady Gaga in Jakarta

 

It is unclear what a 'lady market' is but some Thai fans assumed she meant the popular outdoor Ladies Market in Hong Kong, where she already toured - and also eyed the luxury fakes.

 

Not all Thai fans objected to the comment. A screaming mob greeted Lady Gaga at the airport. Crowds thronged her 5-star hotel, where she signed autographs and hugged one female fan who left in tears.

 

People have camped outside Rajamangala stadium for days, hoping to be first inside and win the prize of meeting the pop star in person.

 

 

Muslim youths hold posters during a protest against Lady Gaga

 

 

Lady Gaga's provocative lyrics and costumes have angered Christian groups in South Korea and the Philippines and Islamists in Indonesia, where the show may be banned

 

 

 

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[Baht 9]

I do not see the fascination with this woman but all publicity is good publicity when you are a pop star I think.

[MM 6,562]

I do not see the fascination with this woman but all publicity is good publicity when you are a pop star I think.

 

I posted this to highlight the reaction she gets ("she will eat up your children" ), not as an endorsement or critique of the singer herself.

[Baht 9]

I posted this to highlight the reaction she gets ("she will eat up your children" ), not as an endorsement or critique of the singer herself.

 

Yeah,I got that. Seems to be a slight over reaction towards the woman by some people unless she really does eat children as a sideline.

[steamer 158]

not a fan of her style of music but she is immensely talented.

 

Oh, the Muslims are protesting............ whoop dee fuckin' doo.

[kaiser71 30]

"Christian groups in South Korea and the Philippines and Islamists in Indonesia"

 

So who's the force for repression in Thailand?

[Baht 9]

 

 

So who's the force for repression in Thailand?

 

I got an idea but cannot say.

[MM 6,562]

A young girl who went to the concert tonight says she forgives her because she cried on stage.

[lovedog100 1,372]

People protesting music and entertainers, is nothing new in the world. It's been going on for as long as I can remember. Even my parents went through it. I can still remember the night that the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan show. The next day at school there was a new rule, no beatles hair cuts. All the boys in school had to line up and be checked to make sure we didn't have a Beatles haircut. It was really weird, like they really believed that our hair had grown over night. There were a couple of boys that were sent home for a hair cut, even though they looked like they did every other day they had ever been in school.

[jacko 8,822]

People protesting music and entertainers, is nothing new in the world. It's been going on for as long as I can remember. Even my parents went through it. I can still remember the night that the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan show. The next day at school there was a new rule, no beatles hair cuts. All the boys in school had to line up and be checked to make sure we didn't have a Beatles haircut. It was really weird, like they really believed that our hair had grown over night. There were a couple of boys that were sent home for a hair cut, even though they looked like they did every other day they had ever been in school.

I was often sent home to get my hair cut.... once because I had to read a sermon that evening.

 

This 'affront' the Thais feel really does show them up.....

If the Thais don't like their image then they should work at changing it rather than whining when someone mentions the reality. It is pathetic this 'it's okay if nobody mentions it'.....

[Gary 4,119]

Quite frankly, I wouldn't walk across the street to see her. I guess that I simply don't like her style of music. It's just a bit above that rap crap.

[atlas2 4,329]

How do you wake up Lady Ga Ga...............Poker face!!

[Big_Brian 179]

I shouldn't think that Rolex are too happy either. An oik like me with a fake Rolex is one thing (not that I've got one), but someone who can easily afford a real one has to get their attention.

[MM 6,562]

She supposedly tweeted "

'I just landed in Bangkok baby! Ready for 50,000 screaming Thai monsters. I wanna get lost in a lady market and buy fake Rolex.'", and people get upset about the fake Rolex comment, but nobody seems to care that she called her audience "monsters".

[lespaul5000 15]

not a fan of her style of music but she is immensely talented.

 

Oh, the Muslims are protesting............ whoop dee fuckin' doo.

 

you're joking right?

[jacko 8,822]

A young girl who went to the concert tonight says she forgives her because she cried on stage.

You see, we have something to thank Clinton for after all.... he created the forgive-me wail!

(Although I think Jimmy Swaggart started it all off)

Edited May 27, 2012 by jacko

[jballstate 326]

Talent? - maybe not but she is a hell of a good marketer.

[samfreeland 64]

not a fan of her style of music but she is immensely talented.

 

Oh, the Muslims are protesting............ whoop dee fuckin' doo.

Is there anything that they wont protest about the kill joys its not like they are being forced to go to the concert.

Edited November 15, 2012 by samfreeland

[tomcat76 327]

For Muslims, their freedom to do or not do is not the point. Prohibitions on what YOU can write, read, and say (and eventually do...) are very much on their agenda if it relates to Islam.