Lady Gaga Remembers 'Bags and Bags of Cocaine'

Still waters do not always run deep -- sometimes they run quickly through rock and roll clichés.
While hungry music fans have heralded Lady Gaga as the second coming of pop, some critics are still skeptical. Tori Amos, an accomplished singer and songwriter who's remained relevant since the early ‘90s, thinks Gaga's got an expiration date approaching.
“She’s what I call a meteor -- singers who entertain people for a while,” Amos reflects “Hey, there’s nothing wrong with that.... But then there are people like Neil Young who show up at Glastonbury 40 years into their career. And that’s a very different kind of artist. Neil Young doesn’t have to get his bum out onstage!" she jokes. "The question is, Will Lady Gaga be playing alongside Neil Young at Glastonbury in 20 years’ time?"

But Amos isn't denying the merits of the infectious dance tunes Lady Gaga creates, adding, “She wants to entertain people. Right now half the world is depressed and they need to be entertained. So her timing’s perfect.”

A Lady Gaga video featuring True Blood's Alexander Skarsgard

Lady Gaga seems to have a knack for perfectly timed, pop star press-producing behavior. She's readily admitted to chasing "the fame" before her music career took off and she's revealed a new level to her pre-success struggle legend. Seems while living in anonymity in New York, the Lady took part in a time-honored rock tragedy: drug abuse. Lady Gaga is now casually recalling how she cavorted with coke. She shares, “My cocaine soundtrack was the Cure. I loved all their music, but I listened to this one song on repeat while I did bags and bags of cocaine: ‘Whatever I do / It’s not enough.’ Isn’t that funny?”
Is that funny? Lady Gaga ostensibly left the powder habit along with her pre-riches tiny East Side apartment, but she recalls, “At the time I didn’t think there was anything wrong with me until my friends came over and said, ‘Are you doing this alone?’ Um, yes. Me and my mirror.” Charming. Not many celebrities admit to their drug dalliances, but isn't it customary to throw in a dash of regret and repentance?