Lady Gagagagagaguh.

[lillbet]

1.) Got back from Kelli and Andy's dinner thing and caught the last 30 mins. of SNL. Oh. em. gee. you. guise.

I take back anything bad I may have ever said about Lady GaGa. She's fucking amazing. Fucking. Amazing. (Wait a minute, I don't think I've said anything bad about her. In fact, I think I raved about her performance at the VMAs. Anyway...)

She freestyled her last number (the costume was a kinetic sculpture and it was awesome... until she sat down at the piano) and did a skit with Andy Samberg (both of them in her infamous bubble dress) that made me laugh harder than I've laughed at SNL for a very. long. time.

And Ryan Reynolds was awesome too (and he brought the wifey). Sadly, I missed the weekly Jean K. Jean (ZOOTALORS, Y'ALL!- I've downloaded all of those on Hulu and they always kill me). I'm totally stalking Hulu for GaGa now. G*ddamn! This woman plays a mean pie-anner, has some seriously weird-ass costumes, and she sings so well live it's almost a letdown to listen to her on iTunes now. She's the consummate showman... person. Is she touring? I want tickets nao plz.

ETA: Okay, that sounded "raging fangirl", but it was written at 1am after a very long, eventful day. I'm not going to be writing fic or making icons, but I'm probably boing to give the rest of her CD a listen and try and catch her live at some point, because based on what I've seen, that would be an experience to have.

2.) ZOMG! THE KANGAROOI S SIGNIFICANT. I TOTALLY CALLED IT! MY NEW OTP IS BENFORD/MARSUPIAL!

ETA: Last week's episode "White to Play" featured an AWESOME bit where Chief Wedeck revealed what he was REALLY doing in his flash forward. I don't know where you can download it, but if you manage to find it, it's worth it- those little bits of unexpected humor are what will keep the show popular, imo.

Comments

[kazzy24.livejournal.com]

Well, I actually love her. She is talented, and although her dress sense is bizarre and she comes across as slightly weird, she has a great voice. Her music is fun!

Lol about the sense of humour, I gotta agree!

[lillbet.livejournal.com]

I think my "problem" with her at first blush (although I liked "Let's Dance" after a few thousand listenings) was her public persona seemed very studied. Like she was trying too hard, maybe? Then again, I was impressed by the way she acknowledged that it as all pretty much for shits and giggles anyway and that performers are basically brands and hers was going to be as whacked out as possible.

Her studio stuff sounds very canned and manipulated, but having seen her "live" twice I have to say she comes across way better- it's as though she's a throwback to an era before recordings and auto-tuners, which is pretty awesome, imo, because lately it seems a lot of performers are fail personified in live shows.

Also, she did this skit with Andy Samberg in which they were both wearing the bubble dress and trying to kiss and I nearly died laughing.

[kazzy24.livejournal.com]

Its possible that she may have come across that way, but she had probably been practising interviews for years just in case she hit the big time! *lol*

Yeah, I think she is in it to have a great time, and not take herself too seriously.

Her live stuff always sounds good - I love that about her!