Spoilers: Nile Rodgers reveals more details about Bowie tribute

[Bad Monster Kid 13,140]

https://www.yahoo.com/music/ken-ehrlich-nile-rodgers-reveal-what-to-expect-062352269.html

 

"Without a doubt, the most anticipated tribute of this year’s Grammys will be Rodgers and Gaga’s celebration of Bowie’s legacy: a gloriously theatrical but respectful 10-song, nearly eight-minute medley featuring Lady Gaga transforming into Lady Stardust, in full Ziggy-inspired glam attire, against a psychedelic backdrop of dancing starmen, flanked by Rodgers and “Fashion”-appropriate modern dancers. However, when it was first announced that Gaga would perform the tribute to Bowie, one of rock ‘n’ roll’s all-time most important and influential figures, some naysayers wondered why the segment wasn’t being led by one of Bowie’s peers, like Iggy Pop or Brian Eno. 

“That’s a very legitimate question,” Ehrlich admits. Says Rodgers: “We called everybody! I could show you all my emails! I think in Iggy’s case, he just wasn’t available. People didn’t know that we were going to do a Bowie tribute at the Grammys, so what happened was, actually it was Gaga’s idea: She had me reach out to, say, 15 different people. Everybody was available, but by the time we linked up, Iggy wasn’t available, and to me that was important [to include him]. But when you see this [Gaga performance], you’ll get it. It will make sense.”

“It’s subjective, but there are probably many people who look at Lady Gaga as a modern-day incarnation of Bowie,” says Ehrlich. “She’s outrageous – it’s about clothing, it’s about musicianship, and there’s this left turn that she’s always been. Not that David was thatcontroversial, but he was controversial, like she is.”

“I don’t want to speak for Gaga, but I’ve had a huge number of conversations with her about David, and she says – I’m paraphrasing her here – that he was probably the single greatest influence on her life, in terms of where she was coming from artistically,” says Rodgers. Rodgers also stresses that Gaga helped figure out the daunting task of distilling Bowie’s five-decade, multi-genre, multi-character career into just a few minutes. “As musical director, my concept was to musically make that statement – to tell this historical, linear journey,” he says. “That was a little bit tricky, but Gaga’s idea was to do it chronologically, and we for the most part do it that way. But then at the end, you’ll see we do a finale that’s almost like a ‘tribute to the tribute,’ and it’s going to be very interesting.”

 

Wasnt sure if this was posted. 

[Yoro 566]

Omg I cant handle the hype 

[mcphee 1,790]

i cannot

[Jed 7,716]

So was that leaked track list legit then? Ready for more pop defining moments from Queen of tributes, Queen of everything, Lady Gaga

[ViviLittleM 3]

Just now, Jed said:

So was that leaked track list legit then? Ready for more pop defining moments from Queen of tributes, Queen of everything, Lady Gaga

the track list was 6 min long so idk

[kvnrp 48,353]

I won't survive this oh my god 

Why is Nile spilling so much, he shouldn't give too much away

[LUO YI 6,089]

Bitch!  my wigs! 

[Pierre 10,480]

I read Lady Starlight and I almost had a meltdown. 

[lego 44,165]

First they said they asked Gaga and now they asked everybody first, Iggy Pop wasn't available and it was her idea?

[monketsharona 81,932]

tribute to the tribute ???

[Warholiness 927]

10 songs? Yas. 

It so sucks that Iggy wasn't available because it would've been so ****ing epic if he joined her. 

[Clip 5,100]

7 minutes ago, ViviLittleM said:

the track list was 6 min long so idk

They confirmed the performance was going to be 6-7 minutes long

[ViviLittleM 3]

Just now, Clip said:

They confirmed the performance was going to be 6-7 minutes long

but now they confirms 8 mins...

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1 minute ago, VampireHeart said:

First they said they asked Gaga and now they asked everybody first, Iggy Pop wasn't available and it was her idea? 

I think he's saying it was her idea for them to put on a tribute, but when no one was available she volunteered or/ they asked her to use her already scheduled intel performance to do it.

[Jed 7,716]

3 minutes ago, ViviLittleM said:

but now they confirms 8 mins...

Maybe they're including intro and outro time with whatever technology Intel is contributing? They also said it was from beginning to end of Bowies career are those songs in chronological order?