And her persona is really nothing new, either, although she probably thinks she's breaking new ground.

The only difference between her "shocking" outfits and those of, say, Grace Jones or David Bowie or Cher (all 30 plus years ago), is that those artists were more than marginally talented, Miss Gaga is not. But she's a runaway success, no doubt about that, rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams before her 25th birthday.

Chalk it up to the Ritalin addled minds of the Twitter generation .