Grandmas Who Love Being Gaga's 'Little Monsters'
Lady Gaga has changed a generation with her music, her performances and, of course, her outrageous fashion. While the 'Poker Face' singer has droves of young fans, it's sometimes difficult to imagine that anyone over the age of 50 would be caught dead watching Gaga perform a "bloody" 'Paparazzi' set or enjoy seeing her strut around in Alexander McQueen armadillo heels. Of course, we're all about breaking stereotypes here at
PopEater and discovered there are plenty of grandparents who are cuckoo for Gaga.

Meet
Joyce Carter. She and her husband, who will both be 56 this summer, can't get enough of the 'Bad Romance' singer. Carter had known about Lady Gaga for about a year, but it wasn't until she took her granddaughter, Makenna, 7, to school that she got a taste of the eccentric songstress.
"[She] pipes up with, 'Oh Granny, could you turn this up. I love this song. It's called 'Bad Romance.' Immediately, I was taken in by the beat and ended up falling in love with the song," Carter recalls to
PopEater.
As soon as she got home, she rushed to her computer to download the track along with several other Gaga songs. She eventually turned her oldest daughter into a Gaga fan too, and admits Gaga is a pretty good role model for young women. "Everyone has the right to be their own person. [You] can't judge a book by its cover," she says.
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A few years ago, while working in a group home,
Carol Lee Bour Folsom was introduced to Lady Gaga. She overheard her clients listening to Gaga's music and couldn't get over how much she enjoyed it.
When the 62-year-old finally saw the singer on MTV, she couldn't get over how much of an "individualist" Gaga was. "She's outrageous in a good way, because she is expressing how she feels. That's how we all should be able to do it," Folsom tells
PopEater. "I'm proud of her that she can do that and doesn't care about what anyone else thinks."
Now, she turns up the radio and TV any time the 'Alejandro' singer is on -- even though her husband, children and grandchildren think she's "nuts."
Folsom had planned to attend Gaga's show in Minneapolis, but due to money constraints, she opted to skip this time. She's upset but knows she has plenty of time to see Gaga in the future because she believes her career will have legs. Folsom is ready to rock out with all the young "little monsters" at a show someday, because "you're never too old to just kick back and be a kid. It keeps you young."
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Barbara Sivo loves music. While her music tastes range from Pavarotti to Aerosmith, Lady Gaga definitely got her attention. While listening to XM Radio, Sivo first heard Gaga and "thought her vocals were amazing."
Calling her a cross between Gwen Stefani and Madonna, the 60-year-old tells
PopEater "[Lady Gaga] knows how to sell herself ... [and] she has the talent to back it up."
Citing 'Paparazzi' and 'Poker Face' as her favorite Gaga songs, Sivo loves being the cool grandmother.
"My granddaughter listens to Lady Gaga, and her friends think it is very cool that grandma knows the lyrics to her songs," she says. She's even hoping to eventually take her granddaughter and daughter to a show one day.
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Heck, I'm a 53 y.o. male and I can't get enough of Lady Gaga. Couldn't get tix to local shows in the NY/Nj area but got them for self,wife and daughter in Toronto Ca. in July. Go Get Em Lady Steph.....
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Same here. I'm 55 and my husband is 59 and we just love her! I think she's the best thing we've seen since Michael Jackson or Madonna. She's a true artist, her vocals are ALL HER, her creativity is over the top and I love her willingness to break barriers.
I'm just frustrated that her music is not available for me to 'build my own ringtones' on Itunes!
Soon to be 67-year-old grandma and I think Gaga is creative, artistic, and talented. I enjoy both her music and her performances.
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me too...loved her duet with Elton John at the Grammys. I have it on tivo and watch it every week!! (66 and still rockin out to my ipod!)
I'm the same age as Madonna and I LOVE Lady GaGa. I think she is so talented and her clothes are cutting edge. Some of the celeb's are starting to wear her styles.
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I'm 53 and some of my best memories of youth involve hot music, pounding beats and dancing. Why is it surprising those of us who came of age in the 70's love Lady Gaga? She's fun and her music makes even older bodies want to get up and dance.
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I agree! "The Fame" is just the right mix - I blast it up while I do my housecleaning and dance my way through! And I'm a YOUNG 52!!!
I am 55 years old and I am in love with Lady Gaga, i listen to her double cd constantly, i just cant get enough of her talent
yes Lady, we elders love you too xoxoxxo
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I'm 57...and can't get enough of her music. For Christmas, I bought my 18 year old daughter the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour...and she bought me Lady Gaga's Fame Monster CD! Gaga's a 21st Century phenom whose amazing diversity and intergenerational appeal travel the length of the musical spectrum...with a channel or two from the 70s & 80s. And after hearing her play the piano, I think Mozart might even be in the mix!
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Have you people ever heard of "Aging Gracefully"? It's alright to like a song or two, but to be like "I'm in LOVE with Lady Gaga" over the age of 50 is a little weird.
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If you say so. But then again, who are you?
Maybe you had better get over yourself, Kid. We've seen stuff you can't imagine and we know what's good.
And I'm not a friggin' Grandma. I never wanted kids 'cause I didn't want to have to deal with attitudes like yours.
I'm in my 50's and am still young enough to enjoy Lady Gaga. Since when is getting older the term for half dead???? ShReD8155 enjoy your youth because with your attitude you will be curled up and ready to go when you are 50. Accepting new and different ideas enjoying, singing, dancing while YOU are growing older is wonderful... By the way, your elders also like RHC, Stone Temple Pilots, Staind, Breaking Benjamin, Evervesance, etc... Piece of advice, don't wish to stop living too young & 50 is tooo young. Rememeber this:
DANCE LIKE NO ONE IS LOOKING
SING LIKE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU
LOVE LIKE YOU CAN'T BE HURT
and rich or poor you will be happy
Lady Gaga is no lady . She is trash .And a low life .
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You are so wrong, and besides that's an awful thing to say about someone... Anyone! If someone brings so much joy to so many people why do you have a problem with that?
f off walker your just mad bcuz every1 luvs lady gaga and always will luv her im only 18 years old and if gaga continues making music by the time im 58 ill still luv tht girl so shut the f up and who r u anyways?
Walker you are right .Lady Gaga is trash . She looks like she just slithered from the gutter . I'm 22 and I think you geezers should get over it .
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So sad that you are so cynical at your age. We were rocking to Led Zepplin, the Stones, ZZ Top and many more while you were still crapping your diapers. Now some of us are doing the crapping, but that's OK, because that the life cycle. Too many people are out there trying to take the enjoyment of life away from everyone. I have added Lady Gaga, Black Eyed Peas and others to my music. I have my I-Pod cranked up and don't care if you like it or not. I hope you start enjoying your life, because you'll be "there" soon.
Carter, I suggest you do not call us older "young at heart" people geezers! At least we are enjoying our life and you already sound like you might as well lay down and die.....no imagination and you are a BORE! I LOVE Lady GaGa, Adam Lambert and Fergie and the Black Eyed Peas! Put it this way, I have good taste in music and I can spot talent when I see and hear it! Oh, by the way, I'm a 55 year old grandmother and I'm going to see Adam Lambert in concert on June 24th at Foxwoods! Where will you be? Home listening to Alvin and the Chipmunks? Sounds about your speed!
I work in a theatre and one or our regulars, a 70 year old man who uses a walker, had front row seats for a Gaga show last year. He loves to taunt our young staff with how great his seats were. He's a big fan.
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