Should Million Reasons have been cut short and Applause slipped in? [SB]

[Rifek 51,753]

SHE SHOULD HAVE JUST PUT THIS SOMEWHERE IN THE SETLIST AND I WOULD DIE 

[The Child 18,997]

1 hour ago, PMKKARDASHiAN said:

Yea, let's have Britney cut Crazy for Boys

Lmao you know Britney LOVES boys though, she included it into all her world tours and even in her Vegas show. 

[Haroon 49,685]

I think if she cut short the beginning part with the patriotic stuff and made Million Reasons shorter then there'd be enough time for Applause  Wish there was too, that single deserved some attention  Even if it was just a small mention like how The Edge of Glory was mentioned, but the closest thing to Applause in the whole show was the crowd clapping  

[Leeo 2,366]

She was just smart and the whole show was focused basically on her peak: The Fame\The Fame Monster. If we count TF+TFM as one, she basically sang 4 singles from the same album (Just Dance\Poker Face\Bad Romance\Telephone), used a "known-track" (Dance in the dark) for the intro and during the same intro she mentioned every single from The Fame (even LoveGame.......) and probably used the line "I'M ON THE EDGE" because everyone was rooting for the song to make the cut.

 

then she sang Born This Way & Million Reasons.

 

I feel sad because Applause deserved the spot too,  but she show was focused to celebrate her past and showcase the current single and that was it basically. Not a Bad thing, just that...missed applause, lol.

[Delulu Rogers 7,662]

But down born this way and slip in applause pre chorus and chorus 

[gagaohlala 815]

And no one speaking about the real forgoten good sis Perfect Illusion ? Which could have been placed instead of some part of Bad Romance 

[ShayCristoforo 10,607]

Yeah I think if she only did 1 verse of MR, it would've allowed for more. Could've placed Applause after Just Dance.. provides a bit of a transition into the mood of MR. But it's also like, if she can only do 1 verse of MR then why bother, ya know? 

[crisTEAne 21,059]

a simple A-R-T-P-O-P during the intro would have been enough for my ARTPOPist heart.  

[Decodekid 30,674]

 

17 hours ago, WildAmerican said:

You cut Telephone out (it was so random) and do Applause instead simple.

I don't think Applause would've transitioned well 

[RochesterJoannster 4,043]

I think MR should have been performed exactly as it was! It got the attention that a current single should get! 

Telephone could have been swapped out, but I'm glad she left it instead. Even though I love ARTPOP, I never liked Applause much, and Applause would have been the only track from ARTPOP that made any sense to play. So I'm glad we got Telephone instead of Applause. 

[Jakkusan 803]

19 hours ago, iCpro said:

This may seem a bit far fetched, but I think she left out Applause because she didn't want to remind the GP that they used to hate her, and the Gaga-hate-train was at its peak during Applause/ARTPOP. She only included her older songs I think to remind everyone why they used to love her.

Sadly true...

[fede ARTPOP 6,751]

That fking "God bless America" ruined everything, she spent so many time doing it, that was the real problem. 

[baptism 2,670]

First of all, a lot of the success we're all seeing is due at least in part to the patriotic bullshit at the beginning. It made the GP love the **** out of her again and it silenced the "don't make it political" mother****ers who tried to sabotage the performance. So you show thank the great American GODS that she did that.

ALSO, MR was perfect the way that it is. If it weren't for MR we wouldn't have gotten the "Hi Mom, Hi Dad" line and she wouldn't have been able to sing "stay" to a group of Mexican's which was super important.

Telephone could have been axed for TEOG, Alejandro, Applause, or Perfect Illusion though. 

[Jakkusan 803]

15 minutes ago, fede ARTPOP said:

That fking "God bless America" ruined everything, she spent so many time doing it, that was the real problem. 

This is Gaga, mate. She would've chosen to have opened with a statement. That's what sets her apart.

[kupo 201]

Nope. Sorry. It's not well-remembered or beloved. ARTPOP just didn't connect. And while I'm sure it might have been a tough decision for her to leave ARTPOP entirely  unrepresented, it was the right decision.

What really should have happened is Telephone being cut in favor of TEOG. TEOG is one of her singles that has "stuck" the most. I'd say it's second tier, behind Poker Face and Bad Romance, in terms of being a signature song. Sorta on the same level as Just Dance. This also would have simply worked better from a performance standpoint, as its a better showcase during a live performance than the frenetic Telephone. If Bey isn't showing up, Telephone just isn't a song that needs a strong live showcase (and I say this as someone who rates Telephone among her absolute best songs--I love it). To me, that was the one glaring issue in the set list.