Video Premiere Lady GaGa's 'Judas' Gaga Debuts Judas Music Watch Now! LADY GAGA JUDAS VIDEO IS A SOCIAL NOT RELIGIOUS STATEMENT Debut! Explains Upcoming Resurrection In Touch Apr. 24 2011 Songs About Faith 20 Tunes Rocking Religious Themes First Look at Surfaces Catholic Groups Attack For Madonna Playbook 101 Under Fire From New Video... GaGa to Play Mary Magdalene in Book Review Cruelly Murdered by Keven McQueen hours pictures Jacques Goudstikker's recovered art

The visualization of GaGa's controversial single 'Judas' is finally released in full, seeing the Mother Monster as Mary Magdalene. Offering up her latest creative effort, Lady Gaga has dropped the new music video for her single "Judas". The "Bron This Way" hitmaker certainly didn't disappoint as the music video features her in all of her glory while speeding around on a motorcycle. The song "Judas" is from Gaga's upcoming album, "Born This Way," which is set for a May 23rd release. Meanwhile, the 25-year-old recently said of the new "Judas" work, "Well, I want to allow the video to speak for itself but I will say that the theme of the video and the way that I wanted to aesthetically portray the story was as a motorcycle Fellini movie where the apostles are revolutionaries in a modern- day Jerusalem. And I play Mary Magdalene leading them into the town where we meet Jesus and I will leave the rest for you to see. But it's meant more to celebrate faith than it is to challenge it." Lady Gaga insists her new video is not religious.The eccentric singer has come under fire for her portrayal of Mary Magdalene in the promotional clip which accompanies her new single 'Judas' but she insists she is not mocking... Lady Gaga rides a motorcycle in her new video for "Judas," her second single from her new album, Born This Way! The 25-year-old entertainer directed the video with her creative director, Laurieann Gibson. "Well, I want to allow the video to speak for itself but I will say that the theme of the video and the way [...] Lauren Schutte The singer says she plays Mary Magdalene in the controversial song's video, airing on 'American Idol' next week. read more _Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" (John 20:18)._ Can you imagine how they felt when they realized Jesus had risen from the dead? Sunday, April 24, 2011 Filed under: News, Exclusive, The Hit List Singing about religion is a risky proposition for a secular act. Skeptical lyrics have the potential to seriously offend the public (remember when radio stations banned John Lennon's 'Imagine?') and/or alienate one's own fanbase. The flip side is that overly preachy or adoring songs can sound pretty square (which is why Christian rock often sounds so much like . . . Christian rock). Yet, some of the best songs with religious themes have been penned -- with great outcomes -- by rock, soul and pop acts. We count down our 20 favorite below. 20 'Judas' Lady Gaga (2011) Nice guys fail again in this single, inspired by that two-faced Judas Iscariot, betrayer of Jesus. Here Gaga, who considers herself a Christian, sings about falling for the bad boy again and again. "Jesus is my virtue," she sings, "and Judas is the demon I cling to." The song is so full of Biblical allusions and images, New York Magazine recently offered a line-by-line analysis of the song's liturgical references, from Luke 7:38 to John 13:27. Already controversial, the video -- in which Gaga portrays Mary Magdalene -- is bound to raise even more ... GaGa's role as Mary Magdalene in upcoming 'Judas' music video has been teased in a picture which shows her wearing her signature protrusion. NME: > The video for Lady Gaga's new single 'Judas' has already been criticised by angry religious groups - despite the fact they haven't seen it. > > The singer is set to appear as Biblical character Mary Magdalene in the video, with actor Norman Reedus taking the role of Judas, reports The Sun. > > Earlier this week, Gaga posted a teaser clip titled 'Gagavision No. 14', which includes an encounter with a Christian protester picketing one of her live shows. > > The clip, which implies that full video will be unveiled on April 19, ends with the words: "'Judas' is coming. Let the cultural baptism begin." Read and comment. From nme.com. The music video for GaGa's second single will additionally feature Norman Reedus playing Judas. share: digg facebook twitter Keven McQueen's descriptions of life during the early years of Kentucky history are so detailed you could easily close your eyes and picture yourself right there in the dining room, watching, as the maid, Jenny Bowman, is beaten, carried up the stairs, and beaten some more. [...] you will, more than once, feel the noose tighten around your neck as you take your last breath, while the floor beneath your feet drops away. The Murder of Mary Magdalene Pitts and Other Kentucky True Crime Stories is a collection of stories, all highly researched, detailing several murders that happened in Kentucky, back when lynch mobs often had more say in a murderer's fate than a federal judge did. McQueen's book contains the accounts of true Kentucky crimes, the murderers who committed those crimes, their often comical trials and their fates at the wrong end of the rope. Mary Magdalene Pitts's was the first case of child abuse that received national attention and her murder was so horrific that people came from all over the United States to attend her funeral. A selection of the best images from around the world "Reclaimed: Paintings From the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker" at the Contemporary Jewish Museum has brought to town an outstanding group of mostly 16th century Italian and 17th century Northern European pictures....
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