From the minute the giant Gothic castle was revealed on the stage we knew this was not going to be just another concert, it was going to be a full-scale production.
Then she appeared, riding a horse escorted by scantily clad guards, and the atmosphere was electric with 10,000 pairs of hands clapping and 10,000 fans screaming, the noise was deafening. After the first few songs, a mixture of her well-known top 40 hits and some album tracks, it was clear the message of the concert was: don’t hide yourself in regret, just love yourself and don’t listen to what others say.
“Are you having a good time Melbourne?” Gaga asked. “If you’re not I don’t give a f***, I don’t care what other people say,” she professed to the sell-out crowd. But I began to question Gaga’s mental state after she was ‘born’ onto the stage via a giant inflatable vagina, a few aggressive rants about not being a “product of the Australian government” and being here to “extract as much information as possible”, an obsession with guns and a bizarre new song that had dark, suicidal undertones, controversially titled Princess Die.
My friends Tiff and Kayla have both worked in the mental health field, and described Gaga’s current mental state as “somewhat unstable,” and said she was in “need of a review, stat.”
But her raw talent shone through the kookiness like a beacon. Gaga sang and danced her way through the two-hour set almost uninterrupted, aside from the costume changes, about 15 in total, that included an array of indescribable outfits and head dresses.
The acoustic version of Edge of Glory in the encore was spine tingling, and showed off her superb voice. It’s clear she is no record label manufactured, computer-altered pop act. Her talent is 100 per cent real.
I wouldn’t call myself a die-hard fan of Lady Gaga, but I do enjoy the odd sing-a-long to a couple of her songs after a few drinks.
But I’m glad I decided to fork out $130 to see her live. It was money well spent and I’m now looking forward to the next time she tours to see what she can come up with next, and to do a bit more people-watching from high up in the stands.
http://www.standard.net.au/blogs/pla...px?storypage=2
at the part she says, "Let's Disco!!!" right before the dum da dari da part
