BPD Member SallyMight writes:
Lady Gaga lived up to the title of her song 'Glitter and Grease', last night.
A muted if dramatic opening featured the 24-year-old pop-dance diva perched on the top of a staircase, projected in silhouette onto a curved video screen in front of her, for 'Dance In The Dark.'
She was later revealed to be wearing a purple leather jacket with oversized shoulder pads, sunglasses, a leopard print body suit and black leather boots for the follow-up song, 'Glitter And Grease.'
But it wasn’t until a fluorescent yellow car (matching her current hair colour) was revealed on the stage floor below - along with a dozen dancers and a band, and neon signs lit up all over the stage scaffolding - that the show finally sprang to life during her mega-hit 'Just Dance.'
Gaga even opened the car roof to reveal a synthesizer inside for her to play and ventured out onto her catwalk leading to a circular stage in the middle of the crowd on the floor.
“What is The Monster Ball really about?” asked one of her male dancers named Posh, who was cross between Grace Jones and Dolph Lundgren in appearance.
“Well, Posh, The Monster Ball will set you free!” she said defiantly.
“Tonight we’re going to be super freaky monsters,” she added while holding up a white bra thrown on stage. “I created it so that fans would have a place to go. All you gotta do is follow the glitter. May tonight be your liberation!”
Gaga’s followers, who she calls her Little Monsters, in turn chanted her name, screamed at the smallest and largest gestures, and generally sang, clapped, and danced along in a fierce demonstration of their connection to her.
She followed up the car-as-a-sythesizer prop with the arrival of a subway car that heralded the beginning of another show highlight, 'LoveGame,' which saw her change into a white nun’s habit and clear rubber dress.
More unique looking costumes (and synthesizers for that matter) would follow, including a red cloak with pointy shoulder pads, a black slicker with a studded black bikini beneath, an avant-garde bridal gown with butterfly wings and a long train, and a white fringe outfit that was a cross between Cousin It and something you’d find on a curtain rod.
The House Of Gaga - her equivalent of Andy Warhol’s Factory art, fashion, film and music scene - are sure keeping busy.
Lady Gaga even called my sister before her hit, 'Telephone,' and brought her out from the back and down to the front to see the show closer.
She finally took a break to play on a regular piano - even if it was on fire - for 'Speechless,' which she wrote about taking care of her father, who underwent heart surgery last year, and previewed a new rockier ballad about love called 'You And I.'
Other highlights included 'So Happy I Could Die,' which saw her in the spectacular bridal outfit on a rising platform at the end of her catwalk, the Michael Jackson-inspired dance moves and bloody ending of 'Monster' which ended with her saying: “Do you think I’m sexy?” and her current hit, 'Alejandro,' that included a gold statue of Jesus above a cande-lit fountain with flaming wings on stage in which she bathed herself.
She's kind of a cross between Madonna, Alice Cooper and Judy Garland.
Also strong were the show-ending final trio of 'Pokerface,' 'Paparazzi' (featuring the “flaming boobies” bra she wore at last year’s MuchMusic Video Awards and the actual Fame Monster on stage) and 'Bad Romance,' with her enclosed in a silver sphere and pointy silver dress and headpiece.
Great, great show!
SET LIST:
Dance in the Dark
Glitter and Grease
Just Dance
Beautiful, Dirty, Rich
Vanity
The Fame
LoveGame
Boys Boys Boys
Money Honey
Telephone
Speechless
You and I
So Happy I Could Die
Monster
Teeth
Alejandro
Poker Face
Paparazzi
Bad Romance
Thanks SallyMight. Sounds like your sis had even more fun than you.
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