Getting Into Lady GaGa's "Poker Face" Pt. 1

By Gary
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I love Lady Gaga's song about just dancing. I want to take a look at her next instant dance/poker club classic "Poker Face." Now I would like you to known I have never heard this song. I am a Lady Gaga purist to say the least. I would like to take in the lyrics first, then the music, then the song as one experience, then the making of the video, then the first 30 seconds of the completed video, then the last 30 seconds of the completed video, then the video on mute, then the video with sound only, and then finally the completed video. Also, when I go see Lady Gaga live, I only go for the one song I am getting into at the time and leave (maybe stopping for a t-shirt on the way out if they have one that is inspired by said song). This will be chapter one in my journey to "getting into" Lady Gaga's Poker Face.

I wanna hold em' like they do in Texas Plays
Fold em' let em' hit me raise it baby stay with me (I love it)
Luck and intuition play the cards with Spades to start
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart

She wants to hold something like someone does during theater plays held in Texas. Not only Hold these people, but also "let them" and "raise them." She then assures the listener to stay with her because she loves it. Spades is where luck and intuition play cards when they start....hmmm. Not sure what this means, but I will stay with it just because Lady gaga loves it when I do that. A man will be hooked on something. The card game she started playing with spades is now being played focusing on the cards he is holding close to his chest or heart...if you will.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh,
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got

The chorus is awesome. She gets excited ("oh-oh-oh-oh-e") because she realizes that focusing on the cards is not the way to beat this guy. The best way is to make him mad by teasing what she has in her hand. Perhaps, Lady Gaga is playing poker with some badass dude, and she's realizing that poker is not about the cards or luck and intuition as she once thought, but more about playing a person's emotions and intimidation. So far the character development is pretty quick but not unbelievably quick.

Can't read my,
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got me like nobody)
Can't read my
Can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(she's got me like nobody)

Yes! I was right. She was thinking too much and worrying about his cards in the first verse, but now the tables have turned and she's got him worried.

to be continued...?!?!