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Oh! Ooh!! I'll Show 'Em What I Got
Apr. 8th, 2010 10:54 amSo we went to see Lady GaGa last night. My second big American Pop Show after Justin Timberlake a couple of years ago & my third 'Pop Idol' experience. Ever.
At times visually stunning, at times visually impressive, at times pure Rock Eisteddfod cheese, the show & the Lady herself certainly gave you bang for buck. Arty & moody video footage between costume changes? Check. Burning piano during ballad? Check. Giant 'Monster' manipulated & moved by backup dancers/singers conforming to a long line of acts using slightly naff arena-sized props? Check.
Sonically, it was a bit sludgy ~ the guitars & keyboards melding into potent white noise a little too often, obscuring vocals, backing vocals, samples &, as far as I could hear, a completely superfluous harpist & bass-player. Whether that was down to a lot of stuff being already sequenced, programmed & then just mixed badly with the live players, or the well-documented sound-killer qualities of the Sydney Entertainment Centre is, by now, a moot debate. But we had good seats, a stream of GaGa impersonators in the audience to keep us amused before the show & I have to say I enjoyed it. A lot.
All the hits from the album were played, my only disappointment was the absence of a great vocalist (& a pretty good dancer too!!) from her performance of 'Poker Face'...
At times visually stunning, at times visually impressive, at times pure Rock Eisteddfod cheese, the show & the Lady herself certainly gave you bang for buck. Arty & moody video footage between costume changes? Check. Burning piano during ballad? Check. Giant 'Monster' manipulated & moved by backup dancers/singers conforming to a long line of acts using slightly naff arena-sized props? Check.
Sonically, it was a bit sludgy ~ the guitars & keyboards melding into potent white noise a little too often, obscuring vocals, backing vocals, samples &, as far as I could hear, a completely superfluous harpist & bass-player. Whether that was down to a lot of stuff being already sequenced, programmed & then just mixed badly with the live players, or the well-documented sound-killer qualities of the Sydney Entertainment Centre is, by now, a moot debate. But we had good seats, a stream of GaGa impersonators in the audience to keep us amused before the show & I have to say I enjoyed it. A lot.
All the hits from the album were played, my only disappointment was the absence of a great vocalist (& a pretty good dancer too!!) from her performance of 'Poker Face'...
