Just dance

Lady Gaga 13 February 2010

So from one of the best concerts of my life to one of the worst. In a moment of madness I decided it would be a good idea to see Lady Gaga, after rating her as not that bad of a singer, and I was going to be in Auckland anyway.

The concert started as expected, terrible opening band, packed full of teenage girls and a lot of gay guys, skantily dressed in heels and a lot of glitter.

Lady gaga started the show stroking her ego by having a massive white screen showing pictures of herself in various poses. She then appeared as a silhouette, singing her first song. The screeen lifted and the crowd went wild.

Now dont get me wrong, i was expecting a pop concert, with costume changes, a ridiculously sized set and stage props. And Gaga as she likes to be referred to, delivered on these items. the outfits were skanky as but brilliant. The set was massive and the back up dancers were spectacular. AND Lady gaga is a good singer, and carries herself well.

But to the things that ruined the experience for me, firstly who has a story line to their concert? 'we have to get to the monster ball gaga!' 'oh no our car has broken down, we have to take the subway!'
When the average age of your audience is probably about 17, 18 its time to get away from the bad acting, we are mature enough and smart enough to follow that the songs dont link together and we're fine with this.
Secondly, the crowd just stood there taking photos, not dancing, not even singing, just taking photos. Yep there were plenty of cool things happening, but lets ease up on the photo taking, i mean 1) noone wants to see millions of blurry photos of half someone elses head half lady gaga do they? and isnt the part of a concert enjoying the experience instead of spending it trying to get that good snap?