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!