Well the ending, when she was advertising intel "experience unlike anything we have experienced before" right...
Someone over at the verge described what I felt pretty well (something that's really not very common):
[QUOTE=Emily Yoshida]Sometimes a tribute medley makes you appreciate the tributee in a new light, or at least bask in the warm fuzzy feeling of watching how much joy they brought to the world. And some tributes just make you freshly realize what a void has been left behind. Lady Gaga's well-intentioned David Bowie tribute felt like an overbusy mail-order Greatest Hits compilation ad — there was very little depth on display, but that's mostly because Gaga never stayed on one song long enough to find her own personal resonance in it. For all her documented love for and indebtedness to David Bowie, it just served as another reminder of how inimitable he was. Maybe next time, skip the Ziggy Stardust drag? Hard to believe, I know — but the songs are still recognizable without the outfits.[/QUOTE]
I think it would've been better if she just did one of his songs instead of a medley.
I would love a full Bowie tribute album from Gaga
seemed pretty terrible.
Suffragette City made me happy. It's one of my favorite David Bowie songs.
They were Bowie songs but nothing about that performance really had anything to do with Bowie.
It was like Stars In Their Eyes. Tonight Matthew I'm going to be David Bowie.
She even puts on the Bowie voice at points. It's all very odd. Bowie never ever once expressed an admiration for Gaga. Why not get somebody he liked such as Lorde, Arcarde Fire, Last Shadow Puppets, Noel Gallagher, Dave Grohl or heck even Kendrick Lamar to do something unique and interesting. That would be a far better tribute that a glitzy medley of his greatest hits.
I'll be curious to see what the BRTIS do next week to pay tribute.
[QUOTE=Dan2593;49754576]Why not get somebody he liked such as Lorde, Arcarde Fire, Last Shadow Puppets or heck even Kendrick Lamar to do something unique and interesting. That would be a far better tribute that a glitzy medley of his greatest hits.[/QUOTE]
I believe she always had this slot to sing at the Grammys, but after Bowie died she chose to dedicate it to him i think, so its not a definitive tribute, as far as I can tell its just something she wanted to do.
i honestly believe that lady gaga is one of the most talented singers working today
that being said it would have been way better if she covered one song instead of making a medley
[QUOTE=The_J_Hat;49753471]I think it would've been better if she just did one of his songs instead of a medley.[/QUOTE]
medleys usually work but for Bowie there are just WAY too many songs
he was too talented
I know it wasn't her intention, but the whole thing felt almost like a parody to me.
Duncan Jones (Bowie's son) hated this, and I can see why. For a tribute, it rather missed what Bowie really did.
Are those the new sony motion controls?
I'm disappointed that Diamond Dogs didn't make it in
I would've loved to hear a proper Rebel Rebel with Gaga's voice, in the medley it sounded kind of lame.
No Life on Mars? made me sad
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She should at least had made a medley with fewer songs
She should have performed a couple of whole songs instead, preferably Life on Mars and Heroes.
After a second view, it was too messy. Her voice is perfect and matches the songs really well, but the whole show is messy and feels rushed.
Sad that Duncan didn't like it, though I wish he would give Gaga at least some credit as she probably tried her best. Oh well, he has the rights to express his feelings more than anyone as David was his father.
Yeah, no.
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She looked more like a bad Elvis impersonator.
Man if she kept it to just Space Oddity this would have been amazing, that intro was great.
it certainly didn't help that it felt like one big ad, opening and closing with stiff endorsements to Intel
It was all good until she hit Ziggy Stardust... then it went pretty meh. Still, great performance. I'll always have respect for her ingenuity and vocal prowess.
I think what her first mass publication interview said actually pretty well sums this curiosity up:
[quote] Gaga cites her mains inspiration as David Bowie and Freddy Mercury, both of whom changed her world and appreciation of music forever [/quote]
like two sentences later
[quote] We don't want any old energy at all, there's no one here in Haus of Gaga or anyone contributing that's over the age of twenty-three. [/quote]
And thus we see what that pants-on-head philosophy has wrought.
GEEEEEEEEEEZ, she is so fucking talented.
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I would do anything to hear her sing Life on Mars, her voice is so powerful and I think she would do it justice
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