VIDEO: Gaga performing If I Ever Lose My Faith In You by Sting

[ItsOnlyAshleigh 2]

This was an amazing performance. As for her screaming, I like it. I can totally understand why people don't, but I personally enjoy it. I love to hear her raw passion when she is performing. She was obviously just really into the song. I think once we get a HQ video of this performance it will change people's minds. I can't wait to hear it like that. I hope to god Gaga does a rock album because when she performance like this I get chills. 

[Creyk 17,367]

The people here b*tching about her screaming obviously don't get rock and can't appreciate how much those in attendance clearly loved the performance

 

Educate yourself, before you embarrass yourself

[Vernier 3,786]

The people that matter in the crowd were clearly getting their lives :applause:

[lego 44,165]

She didn't really scream that much, it was only annoying in her "What's Up?" performance. This song is just very boring to me.

[AdelaAngelo 0]

Yeah... she looks like she's 50 and washed up (Hope I don't get a WP for this ) 

 

She could have worn something amazing to look good for this honorable event. 

i dont like it either but i think it's very retro ... cuz **** was ugly 15+ yrs ago lmao

also on pics the look is stunning so it might be just the quality, wait for HD 

Omg this is so amazing the world needs rockGa.

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[Yanko 9,860]

The people that matter in the crowd were clearly getting their lives

[Guest]

:applause:

[lavenderblondee 3,695]

This was absolutely fantastic oh my wah. Not a fan of the wig, but she seriously nailed this performance. Just needs to stop screaming so much.

[Whispering 18,865]

Agreed! In this case it's soooo forced and amateurish. Too much loud screeming/shouting/"belting" doesn't equall great vocal performance... But we'll see if the HQ works better :)

 

Screaming or Shouting is not the same thing as belting.

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

Educate yourself, before you embarrass yourself

:santaney:

Educate yourself, cause the rest of us are sick of hearing whining and b*tching about every single thing this woman does.  

[My Little Phoney 658]

looks great!!!

[SpaceAce 1,058]

I have to say all these people saying we don't "get" rock are making me cringe. You have no idea what people listen to, and you all sound pretty clueless, to be honest. The best rockers know when it's needed to scream and when it isn't. Gaga clearly doesn't yet. Do you think Sting ever dreamt of singing that song like that? Do you think Bruce Springsteen would scream his way through Sad Eyes?

 

I actually love it when she does it (during G.U.Y. live, for example, or Swine or whatever), but the songs she's covering are not hers and screaming her way through them doesn't make them sound good. They are classics, they aren't even that rocky, and the screaming is 100% out of place.

 

So, those who don't like what she's doing with these songs aren't necessarily "ignorant when it comes to rock music". Saying that kind of thing makes you sound ignorant indeed, as if "rock" meant "screaming". It doesn't. Listen to Placebo, HIM, PJ Harvey, Garbage, Nirvana, Hole, Marilyn Manson, Arctic Monkeys, The Cranberries... they all know when to scream and when it's not needed.

 

And it's not like I didn't like it, I DID! But it'd have been even better hadn't she forced that rocky voice. She's an amazing vocalist, she could have shone. But oh well, luckily we have C2C for that.

 

This is a strange argument. For every rocker that "knows when to scream" there's another that doesn't give a **** and goes for what they're feeling on stage and in the moment. PJ Harvey, Courtney love, Marilyn Manson are actually amongst those who do. Bands like the Arctic Monkeys and Placebo really aren't the type to let loose on stage in the same way - not sure why you'd bring them up. They play totally different styles and are in different subgenres.

 

Rock is a very broad term and you're making it small. The underlying elements of rock n roll are freedom and rebellion - with that you're going to get artists who go off on stage and don't worry about how their pretty vocals are being received by the audience.

 

So this statement: "The best rockers know when it's needed to scream and when it isn't", is pretty wacked out to me. It should be "the most boring rockers know when it's needed to scream and when it isn't". Nobody wants to pay for a rock show and have the vocalist be calculated and hold back their emotions for the sake of sounding pretty. A typical rock audience likes to let loose and wouldn't blink at Gaga's performance.

 

Unfortunately this was the wrong audience for that but it doesn't diminish the quality of the performance. It was pretty awesome in my opininon.

[SKANK 14,288]

I have to say all these people saying we don't "get" rock are making me cringe. You have no idea what people listen to, and you all sound pretty clueless, to be honest. The best rockers know when it's needed to scream and when it isn't. Gaga clearly doesn't yet. Do you think Sting ever dreamt of singing that song like that? Do you think Bruce Springsteen would scream his way through Sad Eyes?

 

I actually love it when she does it (during G.U.Y. live, for example, or Swine or whatever), but the songs she's covering are not hers and screaming her way through them doesn't make them sound good. They are classics, they aren't even that rocky, and the screaming is 100% out of place.

 

So, those who don't like what she's doing with these songs aren't necessarily "ignorant when it comes to rock music". Saying that kind of thing makes you sound ignorant indeed, as if "rock" meant "screaming". It doesn't. Listen to Placebo, HIM, PJ Harvey, Garbage, Nirvana, Hole, Marilyn Manson, Arctic Monkeys, The Cranberries... they all know when to scream and when it's not needed.

 

And it's not like I didn't like it, I DID! But it'd have been even better hadn't she forced that rocky voice. She's an amazing vocalist, she could have shone. But oh well, luckily we have C2C for that.

 

 

If you think people who criticizes the critics are clueless then what are the critics of the critics of the critics? 

 

 

 

Every time there is a thread about Gaga covering a rock song the first few pages are filled with complaints about her screaming.

 

Users complained about her screaming when she covered 4 Non Blondes. Users said she screamed to much when she sang with The Rolling Stones. Users complained when she screamed during her performance with Yoko Ono. When Gaga performed a Rock rendition of Poker Face on Jonathan Ross people complained about her screaming. Now the same people are saying she screamed to much with this cover of If I Ever Lose My Faith In You. 

 

All these complaints are easily explained by the fact that the clear majority of users on this site solely listen to Electronic Dance Music and Top 40 Pop. Not all members of GGD only listen to Dance Music, but most do. Which is totally fine, but there is nothing "ignorant" or "cringey" about users who listen to Rock music explaining to other fans that screaming is encouraged and not discouraged in Rock music. 

 

No one said Rock N' Roll was synonymous with screaming, it's just not a bad thing. 

 

 

And you might want to revise your lists of artist who "know when to scream."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-xUwDARVb4

[BornSimon 4,800]

This is a strange argument. For every rocker that "knows when to scream" there's another that doesn't give a **** and goes for what they're feeling on stage and in the moment. PJ Harvey, Courtney love, Marilyn Manson are actually amongst those who do. Bands like the Arctic Monkeys and Placebo really aren't the type to let loose on stage in the same way - not sure why you'd bring them up. They play totally different styles and are in different subgenres.

 

Rock is a very broad term and you're making it small. The underlying elements of rock n roll are freedom and rebellion - with that you're going to get artists who go off on stage and don't worry about how their pretty vocals are being received by the audience.

 

So this statement: "The best rockers know when it's needed to scream and when it isn't", is pretty wacked out to me. It should be "the most boring rockers know when it's needed to scream and when it isn't". Nobody wants to pay for a rock show and have the vocalist be calculated and hold back their emotions for the sake of sounding pretty. A typical rock audience likes to let loose and wouldn't blink at Gaga's performance.

 

Unfortunately this was the wrong audience for that but it doesn't diminish the quality of the performance. It was pretty awesome in my opininon.

No, I actually mentioned all those acts because rock music is very varied while here all you read it "You don't get rock music, rock stars scream" and that isn't the case AT ALL, and that is why I brought up acts like Placebo, HIM and the Arctic Monkeys: rock stars who don't scream. :)

 

Even Marilyn Manson many times sings without screaming, especially during songs he knows would sound ridiculous if screamed. If Marilyn Manson screamed his way through Count To Six And Die it would sound like a joke. So what I meant was that the screaming simply does NOT suit every song, but Gaga doesn't seem to understand that.

 

Having said that, I don't think the audience seemed to mind, the reaction seemed pretty enthusiastic once she was done with her tribute.

[SpaceAce 1,058]

 

 

And you might want to revise your lists of artist who "know when to scream."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-xUwDARVb4

 

lol right? I was like Courtney? My Courtney? No.

No, I actually mentioned all those acts because rock music is very varied while here all you read it "You don't get rock music, rock stars scream" and that isn't the case AT ALL, and that is why I brought up acts like Placebo, HIM and the Arctic Monkeys: rock stars who don't scream. :)

 

Even Marilyn Manson many times sings without screaming, especially during songs he knows would sound ridiculous if screamed. If Marilyn Manson screamed his way through Count To Six And Die it would sound like a joke. So what I meant was that the screaming simply does NOT suit every song, but Gaga doesn't seem to understand that.

 

Having said that, I don't think the audience seemed to mind, the reaction seemed pretty enthusiastic once she was done with her tribute.

 

I see what you mean, but rock music in general has a laid back approach. There's no reason in bringing up how some acts don't like to scream.  Knowing when to scream and when not to has never been a quality of the genre. It's just the style of some artists that you mentioned.