Michel Gondry on Madonna: ‘I'm not a big fan’
by ZaCK, www.absolumentmadonna.frMichel Gondry has made some of the most incredible music videos of all time for some of the biggest acts of the last two decades, including Radiohead, Bjôrk, Foo Fighters, The White Stripes, Beck and even Paul McCartney and The Rolling Stones.
Promoting his forthcoming documentary ‘Thorn in the Heart’, he gave an interview to magazine Movieline mentioning Madonna and Gaga, in the process.
"I'm not interested (in Lady Gaga). To me it's like a form of Marilyn Manson. It's hard for me to talk about it. I've seen a couple of videos of hers, and not for very long. I stop watching them each time because I don't think there are melodies. I'm sorry to be negative. I'm also not a big fan of Madonna. I respect her very much, but unfortunately the videos didn't help the music in the long run. Well, I guess it helped it to survive to the point where the video was irrelevant. So music has to find its own way, which is good for the music. (Back to Gaga) The music to me is very expected. I don't think there's anything in the tone or the melody that makes me say, "Oh, there's something going on". But the melody was very, very flat. That's probably why they are famous. But maybe it's considered high art just because of the way she dresses?"