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Discussion: Born This Way Ball Review Thread
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AHHHHH
Can't wait to see her in September!
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I would rather be water-boarded than listen to Britney Spears, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Rihanna et al. Why this is the case is a story in itself, so let’s just say I find them all intolerably dull.
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AHHHHH
Can't wait to see her in September!
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I can't wait either. I have to wait until 2013 
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I so can't wait to go! 
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That's really what's convincing me to go to the show. It looks awful on youtube but if everyone who's seen it is praising it, I feel like I really have to go.
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Yeah, it's better to trust what the professionals and people who have seen it are saying.
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Moreover, I particularly appreciated the way she gradually shed layers – literally and metaphorically. When she first appeared on stage, she was silent, untouchable, almost menacing. Not a flash of skin was visible. But as the show progressed, she became more human, more visible, more emotional.
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Amazing review 
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The new Queen of Pop. 
Let's celebrate.
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This review is priceless.
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She also has one the best arses around, and flashed her cheeks around liberally. Why wouldn’t you?
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Awesome. 
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Interesting.
I'll respect it till I see the Ball myself in person.
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Positive reviews keep coming from people who attended the concert, I see
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Something must work magically live for that concert to be so praised, because ch...
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The picture. 
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Review: BTW Ball a "huge success"
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Lady Gaga's Perth performance began the moment she Tweeted a picture of herself aboard a private jet en route here on Thursday. This was followed by an orchestrated meet and greet as she arrived at her hotel at Burswood.
In the four short years since she unveiled debut album The Fame, the artist formerly known as Stefani Germanotta has shot to the top. While others think in terms of album or tour cycles, the masterful media manipulator is the first round-the-clock superstar.
Thus there was a palpable sense of excitement as the sold-out audience of 17,000 "little monsters", many dressed in their favourite Gaga costumes, flocked to the first of two Born This Way Balls at the dreaded Dome.
I say dreaded because the sound was typically woeful on the first two songs - the rumbling bass was ear-bleedingly loud on opener Highway Unicorn (Road to Love), which saw the superstar arrive on a "horse".
Dressed as something out of Aliens, Mother Monster was paraded around the circular catwalk that led out from the five-storey medieval castle. Then a giant floating robotic Gaga head - called Mother G.O.A.T. - kick-started the superfluous narrative stringing the five acts of the Ball together.
Gaga was an alien or something, who had infiltrated the Government Owned Alien Territory or something, and the dancers in black were trying … oh, I give up. It all seemed to make sense to the little monsters, who lapped up every moment of the show.
Some of the monsters at the Dome were really little; kids there with mum, who probably had some explaining to do after a dancer simulated oral sex on Gaga during Government Hooker.
Mum was also the word, when Gaga gave birth to herself to herald the Madonna clone Born This Way, the first bona fide dance pop anthem of the night.
When the Gaga versus G.O.A.T. gibberish was put aside for hits such as Bad Romance, Poker Face, Telephone and chart-topping debut single Just Dance, the Ball came alive. Thousands of fans punched the air and jumped along with Gaga and her dozen athletic dancers.
All the costume changes, manic dance moves and other madness happened in front of, around and within a five-storey medieval castle, which occasionally opened up to reveal a surprisingly traditional rock band.
Some of the best moments came when Gaga stripped it all back to just her voice and a piano, as she did for Princess Die, a brand new song written on tour and added to the set in Melbourne last week. "Everybody's calling this a suicide song," she said.
The rare moment of introspection allowed Gaga to interact with the super-fans in the Monster Pit, who tossed her gifts. "Somebody threw marijuana on stage," Gaga laughed. "It's basil, what a rip-off."
The solo portion segued into the excellent rock ballad You and I, the band joining Gaga out front before the "meat" section of the show - the star arrived on a trolley of carcasses for Americano, was fed into a meat grinder at the end of Poker Face and re-emerged reclining on a beef couch for Alejandro.
If that wasn't crazy enough, Gaga sang Paparazzi as a duet with Mother G.O.A.T., which ended with the robot head bleeding from the eyeballs. The acronyms WTF and LOL were invented for this moment.
Thankfully, the 80s stadium rock encore of The Edge of Glory and Marry the Night, which saw two little monsters join Gaga on stage, was a relatively normal finale to the two-hour spectacular.
You could write 10,000 words on the Born This Wall Ball and not fully capture the experience. So let's just sum it up in one word - Gagargantuan.
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/ent...iew-lady-gaga/
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Lady Gaga took to the stage at Burswood Dome last night for the second last night of her Australian tour and provided all the trademark elements of the Gaga brand, there were outrageous costumes, hit songs and incredibly elaborate sets. It was a show that delivered everything that fans would want, but maybe left curious audience members unfamiliar with the world of Gaga, scratching their heads.
The stage was dominated by a gigantic three story castle that opened up like a dolls house to reveal the band inside. Lady Gaga and her troupe of backing dancers first appeared out of the castle on top of a horse, (a bit like the stage version of Warhorse) and made a trip around the circular runway that enclosed the Monster Pit. Inside were Gaga’s most ardent fans, the little monsters. Watching the show from further back in the arena – there was a marked difference between the energy level near the monster pit and the seated area. There was enough energy in the monster pit to fuel a city.
Appearing as a giant Alien Resurrection like creature with a giant belly, Gaga then gives birth to the dancers through a giant zip in her body. The dancers and Gaga the spill out on to the stage to sing Born This Way. The anthem set the crowd wild, but it was surprising to see such a big tune so early in the show.
The hit songs and amazing costumes rolled out one after another, a headpiece reminiscent of Alien, a latex blue dress for Judus, and amazing white dress that looked like origami swans, hits like Love Game, Telephone and Just Dance followed in quick succession. For the performance of Heavy Metal Love Lady Gaga appeared as a motorbike, recreating her bizarre album cover – but admirably pulling off the trick driving around the circular runway catwalk.
Where the show became most engaging was when the costumes and theatrics were toned down and Gaga just sat and talked to the audience, taking pieces of clothing from the little monsters at the front and adding them to her look. Sitting alone at a keyboard, (added to the motorbike) Gaga performed fan favourite Hair, before performing controversial new song Princess Die and launching into You and I which brought back the rest of the band.
The next section of the show saw Gaga appear in a recreation of her famous meat dress, performing Americano and Poker Face. The final section of the show saw Gaga appearing with a conical bra with added machine guns to perform Alejandro. The final song of the night was announced as the faux-German filled Schebie.
There was more to come though as Gaga returned for a few more songs performing Edge of Glory from the top of the castle tower and Marry the Night back down at ground level, pulling some of the best dressed little monsters on stage for the final number.
If you were a major Gaga die hard this show was probably the greatest performance you’ve ever seen, but to the newer followers trying to enter the world of monsters, her enemy mother G.O.A.T., disco sticks and so on – it may have been a bit confusing.
The castle was an amazing stage piece but it didn’t allow the performers a lot of opportunity to engage with the audience beyond the general standing area. To their credit though, the video footage of the show was the best I’ve ever seen at a live concert with a massive job used to raise cameras up high and over the crowd.
Overall the show was a huge success, walking out of the Burswood Dome, you were singing Lady Gaga’s songs, feeling confident about who you were, and considering spending Sunday making a suit out of some unexpected material so as to wear something fashion-forward to work on Monday.
http://www.outinperth.com/gaga-delivers/
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Gagargantuan
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Gagargantuan
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Not them making up a new word
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getting all these great reviews 
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Get that praise around the world.
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The acronyms WTF and LOL were invented for this moment.
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 This was a good one.
Gaga ending her Australian leg on a high.
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She's a great performer!
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