Lady Gaga National Anthem

I think I said this earlier, but if this board had existed in 1991, I suspect Whitney would've been roasted!

Whitney's performance was much showier and "over the top" than Gaga's. People loved it, though - I think largely because it was during the Gulf War and people wanted a big embrace of patriotism...

 

Spot-on!

 

Her extra notes didn't sour the emotional impact for me. I'm glad I watched it; very emotional.

 

It was plenty showy but in a very different way. Gospelly not Broadwayish. Much more to my personal taste. But I suspect you're correct, it would have been hammered here.

 

The difference between the two is authenticity. That quality differs from each individual's perspective, and is entirely subjective. It's like watching a politician speech and figuring out whether you believe they mean anything they are saying. I have no opinions on Gaga at all, it was just how I felt watching her in that moment: it was an inauthentic performance to me.

 

Understood. But that's what she is. She's a performer, and that was a performance. Doesn't mean vocally she wasn't 'all in". Just means she salt & peppered it with a touch of her own choreography. David Crosby with a 12-string would have handled it differently but that's not what the Super Bowl wants. They ordered the "Lady GaGa special" from the menu and got exactly what they wanted. And I think it was awesome.
Got goosebumps when I heard it at a very crowded, loud party and played it at home last night to make sure it was as good as I had thought it was, and I got goosebumps all over again. (despite seeing all the sticky-spit in her mouth on my 70" 4k tv )

 

I just watched it - really good performance and I guess the convention that has developed of melismatic singing is kind of what America is all about - everyone adds their own touch - anyway, with respect to that: I thought her melismas were creative, and not the same old same old- there was a broken chord thing that I quite liked.

 

Had never heard that term. That helps me understand why I don't like certain performances if that's a 'style'.

 

I've watched this several times. I am convinced that she did NOT lip sync.
Everyone says the powers that be, WANT it to be lip synced. Wrong.
Christina Aguilera didn't. If Lady did lip sync, it was darn near perfect.

 

Add 20 years to anything, and it gets "better." The past formerly "died" a lot quicker, but with all types of social media and electronic repositories preserving the past at one's fingertips, most viewers are now able to take a piece of documented evidence of the past, and then color in their own percentages of romanticism and nostalgia to fill in the rest.

In 1980, everyone lost their minds because Cheryl Ladd came out and sang the national anthem. Y'know, it was disrespectful because, uh, she didn't "deserve the honor" or some such... The older gents around my world (those over 40) thought only real singers deserved to sing the national anthem at such an important events... not a mere TV actress known for running around in a bathing suit.

It's all a "fond memory" now to those who were young then and still alive now:

 

I thought she looked great and sounded great.

 

Ow! My ears hurt!

 

Oh cool, I didn't know she was going to sing Bowie. That should be interesting and hopefully good.

You might want to try to find her Sound of Music tribute at the last Oscars (pretty sure it was the Oscars), she was great, and I'm not a fan of her pop music.

 

Here it is in it's entirety for anyone that may not have seen it yet. Personally, I think it's sensational,
as was her National Anthem last night.......

 

Loved it.

 

Eep - that isn't a fond memory to me, and I owned Ladd's first two albums!

 

Yeah well, Gaga shouldnt be flat out ripping off Madonna songs, and maybe her fans, of which I am NOT one, will not be so rabid. If she is so great, she shouldnt be so damn lazy and blatantly rip off melodies.

 

u think your national anthem is bad?
have you heard mine?
(i think she did great)

 

Which melodies did she "rip off".

I'll wait.

 

"Born this Way". Dead ringer for "express yourself". She ain't the first or last, in her defence. But still poor.

 

Come on, Gary. You know what's wrong with Coldplay. They aren't in their 60s, bald, and fat.

 

It's a terrible song?

 

She's got chops and she proved it. I didn't really care for her rendition because; as with everything she does, it was over the top and all about her. I guess it suits the overblown pretense of the entire event, but the event gets less and less "super" every year.

She was better than that half-time show.

 

A great singer. Period.

 

There were minimal melismatical moments. I was ready to cringe, it never happened, then found myself pulling for her, then like others here, actual goose bumps

GaGa has surprisingly been toning things down, SNL, Tony Bennett, etc She was a lot better than all those primadonnas who just want to show off their voice at the expense of the song. It was fresh - a nice and respectful twist without herself being the focal point

Bravo