Lady Gaga - Live at 02

Gassage

I've seen some shows- but in terms of lavish staging, this is pretty much unsurpassed. My company have a box at 02 so got a freebie. Red Roses were in the box next to us.

I can only analogise it to a BDSM Baroque Eurovision song contest final; lace and leather everywhere, more dancers than you'll ever see and an incredible vocal performance from old Steffani herself, whose workload was ridiculous.

Huge energy, loud as hell, incredible backing band (featuring 23 y/o Tosh the Drummer- incredible) and a very clever almost Shakespearian underlying theme.

Did I love it? Not quite my thing- I endure it whilst Ali camped it up.

Did I respect the brilliance of it? 100%

My main crit would be a lack of light and shade in the performance- all high octane top of the vocal range. Maybe a quieter moment here and there would be more contrast.

But as a show- phenomenal creativity, peerless execution and as camp as a row of pink tents. 

Gassage

axisus

It doesn't surprise me. I wouldn't want to pay to go, and I don't like big venues, but if I was gifted a ticket sure I'd go.

Supportact

I bet she puts on an amazing show.  This reminded me that I once saw Lady Gaga perform once, by accident.  It was at Glastonbury around 2008 or 9, at one of the smaller tent stages up in the 'after hours' bit that's open after the main stages are finished.  It turned out she'd played on one of the main stages during the day and played a 'secret' gig in the early hours. I remember wandering in there, a little worse for wear, and zoning out on her and her dancers and the flashing lights and costumes and it was all quite overwhelming to be honest. After a while I thought 'well this is pretty mad' and asked someone who we were watching and they said it was Lady Gaga. Certainly an experience to remember,  even if it is a bit of a blur. 

soma1975

She is an all time great artist that puts most of her peers to shame with not only her talent but her willingness to constantly push herself. 

The showmanship of Madonna with the creative drive of Bowie and the voice of I don't know, someone who can do singing real good and that. 

Danny1969

soma1975 said:

She is an all time great artist that puts most of her peers to shame with not only her talent but her willingness to constantly push herself. 

The showmanship of Madonna with the creative drive of Bowie and the voice of I don't know, someone who can do singing real good and that. 

Totally agree, she is a talent machine, awesome artist who's up there with the very best IMO 

Basher

My daughter went to this - she's a long time fan and it was her first time seeing her. Apparently it was everything she'd hoped for, both the stage show and the material. From what I've seen it looks like a spectacular production.
I'll probably need to stop showing her old clips of Depeche Mode and coming out with dad comments like "now that's how to put on a proper show". 

snowblind

Top end live shows have come on a bit from 4 blokes in jeans and t-shirts loafing about on stage just playing music.

I was looking at some of the Glasto broadcasts and thinking the tunes were something of an afterthought in some cases.

Gaga does a good job though, putting on a spectacle.

I'd be interested to know how you remember the show. Do you think in terms of "that song was really well played" or "the dancing for <track> was amazing"? To what degree was the music itself a factor in the experience?

soma1975

The thing with Gaga is that if you strip it all back to her and a piano it would still be amazing. 

snowblind

And for that she is to be applauded. There are some I can think of where, reduced to the basics, the show would be less than absorbing.

Gassage

soma1975 said:

The thing with Gaga is that if you strip it all back to her and a piano it would still be amazing. 

Ben, she does a piano moment at end on own. In some ways the best part 

soma1975

I absolutely loved what she was able to come up with for a performance on SNL

rsvmark

@Gassage Ali looks like Freddie Steward!