'Celebrity VS' We have a winner!

Well everyone we have come a long way with our two contestants.
We've seen them brave the battlefields of Presentation, Sound and Publicity.

And despite their valiant efforts, there can only be one winner...

And with the scores being Marilyn Manson 4 - Lady GaGa 1 (after adding on the two bonus points for Manson due to the voting)

Our winner of 'Celebrity VS' is Marilyn Manson!

Group Photo for 'Celebrity VS' winner 2010.

 

But hey before you go off conquering the world in a maelstrom of gothic music. (Hey I want in on that party too.)

Why not grab something to treat yourself?
Since Marilyn Manson is our victor tonight, the MeTimeGifts Goth Box is 10% off! (and will remain so until Christmas day)
So wether you are one of 'The Nobodies' or 'The Beautiful People' go check it out.
(Sorry awful puns I know.)


Well everybody that's all from me for now, cya next time on the MeTimeGifts blog, for more news, offers, and entertainment.

'Celebrity VS' Round 3! (Vote here!)

Hey everybody so its neck and neck with the scores being Lady GaGa 1 - Marilyn Manson 1

Now I think you will all agree publicity is a very strange beast, some people say there is no such thing as bad publicity, I would argue against that, I mean look at Britney Spears in the past few years... something tells me that probably hasn't affected her sales for the better.

But which one of our stars is better at causing a media storm while avoiding the bad publicity?
Lets find out.

Publicity - Lady GaGa

Lady GaGa has always had in my opinion a strange relationship with publicity, her music has a tendency to be very successful by itself with Pokerface reaching the top in most music markets in the world, however her publicity as a character is more a love-hate relationship, wild rumors and urban legends are always floating around in the media, for example that particular piece that believed she herself was inter-gender.
She also has a very gun-ho way of portraying herself, with some down right outrageous costumes.
Most of these are hit or miss, a quick google search will show costumes that didn't quite make the cut, and a few which caused a bit of a stir (I am making reference to the meat dress, which was apparently a statement on the way homosexuals are treated in the military with the 'don't ask don't tell' policy.)
Well GaGa I think you'll find when poltics and sexuality is involved haters will always hate, and the publicity created from it wont always be a nice as the publicity from your art.

Would you like it well done, or Raw-raw-ra-ah-ah?

Publicity - Marilyn Manson
Wow... where do I start, its quite difficult to call any publicity bad when you call yourself the 'Anti-Christ Superstar' isn't it?
I mean lets use the name as a starting point, we have Marilyn Monroe the very famous actress, and Charles Manson, the infamous murderer... two big key words, both with ties to very different types of fame.
Over the years Manson has achieved many diffrent types of publicity, I would say the first big hit came with his cover of 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)' which took MTV by storm and has also been named the worlds scariest music video.
However this is merely the tip of the ice berg... multiple law suits, religious protests, and many urban legends from 'devil worship' to surgery. And then when you throw in the fact that he seems to have been quite endeared by the 'Goth' sub-culture it all builds up to a whirl pool of publicity and hype.
It would appear due to his intentional controversial character, Manson can do very little wrong in the eyes of the media, due to the fact he wasn't really trying to play the 'good guy' to begin with.

How can he be controversial? He's better with kids than Barney.

Well guys that a wrap for my part of the judging.
Sorry GaGa but I need to give this one to Marilyn Manson, granted he has many advantages such as...
He has been in the spotlight for longer and he can get away with a hell of a lot more.
Not to say that GaGa is bad at generating publicity, but her range of how she can, and how she has is limited in comparison to Mansons.

Current scores. Marilyn Manson 2 - Lady GaGa 1.

But hold on don't go yet, this fight isn't over, now it's YOUR turn to decide the victor!
Simply vote for you favorite in the comment section of THIS post by typing your stars name.

The star with the most votes gets TWO bonus points! Just enough to send this match either way!

The votes shall be counted in a weeks time and the winner shall be announced.
Also depending on who wins, a certain product relevant to the winning star shall go on sale with 10% off on the MeTimeGifts website!
So vote for your favorite and reap the rewards!

'Celebrity VS' Round 2!

Hello folks welcome back to 'Celebrity VS' it's Marilyn Manson VS Lady GaGa, and now they have a chance to prove themselves in round 2.

Sound - Lady GaGa (Track - Pokerface)

Her eye twitched... bet it all she's bluffing.

Video aside, the way the track opens is fantastic, a heavy beat followed by "ma-ma-ma-ma".
The lyrics work nicely and there is a steady, up beat note variation.
Did I mention its catchy, as in you are probably humming it right now catchy?
Ok now the cons... digital assistance, its alright and this might just be me being ignorant but it never seems to leave.
Granted it has almost a techno dance feel to it, I mean look at 'Believe' by Cher, that was to my knowledge the first track ever to use the auto-tune program, and it was a success.
It just feels slightly heavy handed in this song, I mean check out her live videos, she sounds pretty good without it. Even so that's not much of a con, just something that I believe could be changed for the better.

Sound - Marilyn Manson (Track - Arma-goddamn-mother-fu*****-geddon)

Understanding exchange rates by Marilyn Manson

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Again another brilliant opening to a song, the drums really give a sense of spiraling down before the track begins (and this was released on the album The High End of Low so its appropriate I suppose)
Normally I would disapprove of a lack of note variation during the verses, but I feel the backing-track is varied enough to almost cradle the vocals.
The lyrics are unusual and interesting if not a tad off colour (and by tad I mean if you want to censor this baby you would will need a chainsaw and some wading boots)
On the whole I like this song a lot, but due to the lack of notes that may be irritating to some, and the in your face (and your chest, both your hands, and one of your legs) lyrics, I have to give this point too...

Lady GaGa!
Sorry Manson, your fans may love that song, but I don't think it will ever effect the charts like your version of 'Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)' did.

The scores are one a piece!

Marilyn Manson 1 - Lady GaGa 1

ATTENTION!
Round 3 is coming up, but it will not be the end for our contestants oh no, once the post for round 3 is up YOU may decide who claims victory by way of vote!

I shall award my point for publicity to whoever I see fit, however the star with the most votes in the comment section of round 3 shall be awarded two points!

And that's not all, the fans of the winner shall be rewarded with a discount to a relevant product from MeTimeGifts!
So rally behind your favorite and reap the rewards!
To vote simply type the name of the star you wish to win in the round 3 comment section when it is posted.

(Votes shall be held for a week before counted and the winner selected.)

Time for some fun... time for some, 'Celebrity VS!'

Oh isn't fame an unusual thing, one minute you're in the spot light with a legion of fans, the next minute you're in the back of a bar somewhere signing an autograph for a man with a lopsided beard and wonky eye.

But while we still have the stars of today lets make the most of it, as we know many people draw inspiration from eachother, but the question always crops up "Who did what better?"

Well we at 'Celebrity VS' (hosted by MeTimeGifts) intend to find out so lets get acquainted with our first 'competitors'

In the red corner sporting some very recent hits, a nice foothold on the media, and the power to turn up to a party in a dress made of meat and NOT be thrown out it's...
Lady Gaga!

In the black corner possibly the most controversial man in music, a character so dark the grim reaper runs in terror from him, its the self proclaimed 'Anti-Christ Superstar'
Marilyn Manson!

Nice now we have out two combatants we can make this a good fair fight.
There shall be 3 phases
1: Presentation
2: Sound
3: Publicity
ROUND 1.
Presentation - Lady GaGa (Video used Pokerface)

Opening with GaGa rising from the waters in a strange black leather cat suit I believe this video started out kinda weak but boy did it pick up.
The white haircut costume in the solo shots looks superb and shows of her facial features very well and catches your eye, although I honestly felt rather disorientated by the 'split camera' style of shooting that was sometimes used, and believe it would be more impressive without it.
The dancing was well done and is very energetic and suits the song perfectly.
I find only one semi-major problem with this video, the backing... no dis-respect to the dancers but I feel a lot of them look like they are trying to upstage Lady GaGa, they seem to be too packed together and they take away the lime light and become distracting especially at 1:44.
I mean whoa guys enough people in one shot?!

Presentation - Marilyn Manson (Video used Arma-Goddamn-Mother****-Geddon.)  (The version of the video I used was the uncensored version from itunes. The censored version is provided above, but in my opinion it has ruined the song completely) Opening came across as pretty solid with Manson inside a pulpit with his arms spread out accompanied by drums, it then moves on to a series of shots showing three different costumes, a suit, a coat with top-hat, and what I assume is either a robe or a hoodie (camera angles made it hard to tell) All of them work well, and we get a very powerful performance from Manson. One criticism I have with this video is Marilyn Manson spends a lot of time in the 'cloth section' of the set, although having silhouettes of 'gothic Mickey mouse girls' trying to grab Manson through the sheets is an entertaining shot, I don't believe it deserves this much of the video, especially when we have the very nice 'Rally' portion of the set, and the burning building. Also I cant help but feel the 'blur' button on the camera needs a rest near the end of the video.

Summary of phase 1!
Entertaining performances from both of our shockers, it seemed for this video that Marilyn Mansons costumes were a bit scaled back from their usual madness.
Allthough GaGa gave us all the energy in dancing and dress, we could ever ask for in a video, I must give this point to Marilyn Manson. I'm sorry GaGa but the horde of backing dancers and 'split camera' shots were too much for me. In Marilyn Mansons video, the majority of screen time is taken up by the man himself wich I believe is a must when it comes to a good presentation.

Current score.

Marilyn Manson 1. Lady GaGa 0.

Marilyn Manson has taken the lead... but can he maintain it?
Cmon man... give us a smile

On second thought yhea... it's ok.

Round 2 and 3 coming later in the week!