I read this story and it led me to a thought:

Drawing inspiration from both dance-pop kingpins like Madonna and Michael Jackson and glam practitioners like Queen and David Bowie, the fabulously flamboyant Lady GaGa — checking into Elements nightclub in Kitchener Thursday for a sold-out show — is tied with Katy Perry (I Kissed A Girl) as pop’s pre-eminent It Girl.

“I consider what I do to be more of an Andy Warhol concept: pop performance art, multimedia, fashion, technology, video, film,” the 23-year-old New Yorker, whose hit single Just Dance was nominated as best dance recording at this year’s Grammy awards, notes on the Universal Music Group web site.

OK, let’s get insightful here, shall we?

Lady Gaga for starters, maybe borrowed from Bowie’s Lady Stardust and Queen’s Radio Ga Ga?

Her hit, Just Dance, kinda reminds in name of Bowie’s Let’s Dance. And of course, her other song at the moment is Fashion, which is the same title of David Bowie’s Fashion.  And, she considers herself an Andy Warhol concept.  Bowie of course, sang of the Andy Warhol concept in his song titled, you guessed it, Andy Warhol. He later even acted as Andy Warhol in the movie Basquiat, probably his best performance.  Of course, if you want all her newest stuff, you’d buy her CD, The Fame, remember Bowie’s Fame?

Then, there’s the matter of style:

A space cadet ala Ziggy Stardust.

So yeah, I see the Lady Gaga / David Bowie connection.  There’s probably more, I just didn’t feel like digging any deeper.