SISTERV 3,887 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 http://mic.com/articles/109418/lady-gaga-is-going-to-prove-her-haters-wrong-at-the-grammys Lady Gaga's latest album, a collection of duets with crooner Tony Bennett called Cheek to Cheek, is nominated for Best Traditional Pop Performance by the Grammys. The awards show recently asked the two, who've been called an "odd couple," to perform selections from the album live. Although Lady Gaga was once the star performer at the Grammys, she's now thought to be an irrelevant aging pop star by many. But her fans know otherwise. If you've seen Gaga and Bennett perform the standards onstage, you know that Gaga's career is far from over, as some critics claim. This is the record that proved just how talented she is as a singer. The songs are meant to be sung live, and they're show-stoppers  in front of a crowd, Gaga turns into an elegant jazz crooner. She's at her very best when she drops the drama and taps into that magnificent voice. And on Feb. 8, she'll prove that to the world once again when she unveils a whole new Gaga. People have been down on Lady Gaga for awhile now. Lady Gaga's last two solo albums, ARTPOP and Born This Way, turned a lot of people off. The general consensus was that ARTPOP was just plain disappointing. NME wrote that Born This Way was "a steaming pile of ceaselessly grey and boring dog poo for boring bores." It seemed like Gaga was descending into irrelevance. And people rolled their eyes when Gaga announced that her latest album would be jazz standards with Tony Bennett, called Cheek to Cheek. But then the album came out, and it was clearly more than a publicity stunt. Among the most laudatory critical reviews of the album was one by Entertainment Weekly, which said, "If you come to Cheek to Cheek expecting a half-assed gag, the joke's on you." The duo first met at a gala in New York City when Bennett approached Gaga after her performance of Nat King Cole's "Orange Colored Sky" blew him away. According to an interview with Rolling Stone, Gaga said, "He heard me sing that song, and he asked to meet me. I said, 'Oh, my gosh, Tony Bennett's here.' And I was so nervous. I fixed my hair, and my mom was fixing her makeup. We went back to meet him, and he said, 'Do you want to do a jazz album together?' I said, 'Yes, of course I do.' And we were fast friends and friends ever since." That's because, while Gaga may be best known for the spectacle, she's first and foremost a singer. That's what Cheek to Cheek, and the live performances surrounding it especially, prove. The whole album reveals her true talent (and that vocal training). People who dismiss her as an auto-tuned pop diva are going to be very surprised at her performance come Grammy night. She isn't irrelevant  she's just showing us what a real artist looks like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula Buffay 73 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Although Lady Gaga was once the star performer at the Grammys, she's now thought to be an irrelevant aging pop star by many. But her fans know otherwise. They've never heard of Gaga Daily :madge: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SychosSoChic 9,995 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Riding her **** like a pro LIKE THEY SHOULD BE Life ain't Hollywood for any one of us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandora 162 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Let's hope so! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gohan 15,118 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 HYPE, H-Y-P-E, HYPE I think I'm not ready for the praise and those 'omg, that Lady GaGa chick know how to sing" tryna go ask Alice, tryna catch that rabbit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray of Light 8,134 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Still can't believe some think Gaga's voice is overrated, when articles like these certainly remind us of how her vocal skills are so unknown to the public. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danwasd 2,444 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 'She isn't irrelevant  she's just showing us what a real artist looks like' This quote can be use refering to C2C, to ARTPOP ... TO ANYTHING! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
petty 9,405 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Her performance will be a highlight of the night. I'm very excited for her. I'd imagine, next to her performance with Elton, she's most excited for this Grammy performance. Not only is she getting to perform but she's getting to broadcast her true talent to a massive amount of people. And it's about ****ing time tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester 6,197 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 "She isn't irrelevant  she's just showing us what a real artist looks like." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighwayGuy 1,498 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 I've never seen so much praise AND shade all together in one article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2007 5,291 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Yeah if people didn't switch the channel :rip: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc 4,772 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Praise inb4 another legend dies, Gaga cancels her performance to make place for a honor of the dead artist Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomonster12 239 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 AMEN, people going to see who LADY GAGA is Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 11,638 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 No matter what, we know the truth. We know Gaga is talented and ballsy in a way that most of her contemporaries could only dream of. And everyone else will catch up eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judas Oyster 1,866 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Born This Way was "a steaming pile of ceaselessly grey and boring dog poo for boring bores." I kinda felt offended tbh :S haha But good to see her and Tony at the Grammys :) We'll see how people react to that. I've never seen so much praise AND shade all together in one article Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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