////If Lady Gaga is acceptable today, then what will be acceptable in the next few years?////

I'm more hopeful now than I was a few months back. Ever since I started listening to this lady--she has singlehandedly rescued the course of modern music as far I am concerned:

I Know You Know

Superb bassist, superb singer, superb songwriter, I think she even produced her album. Suddenly, everything changed. I'm hopeful for the future of music again.