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Best "TAOPC" version?  

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  1. 1. Best version?

    • Coachella/Mexico/Brasil/Singapore
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    • Mayhem Ball
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2 minutes ago, ANVEEROY said:

I am unhealthily obsessed with the audio version of Copacabana, and I listen to the first act like a religious ritual every day.

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I definitely prefer the Mayhem Ball version.  That being said, I think the story could have been fleshed out a bit more if the songs were redistributed so there was five acts, so Gaga could be the Mistress again beyond the first act.

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Kind of an unfair question. The choice to repeat the show for the tour was silly imo. Taking the Coachella performance and just watering it down for a highly anticipated (arena) tour as the one and only LADY GAGA was…interesting. I understand how it’s convenient, and healthy, but yeah. 

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5 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Long story short: I’ve been very ill for almost 4 years, I bought the tickets hoping that I’d be well enough to go each time and it never worked out. I resold the first one and made some of the cash back, but I pretty much lost out entirely on the second one because I was in denial/devastated about not being able to go. Was lowkey kind of traumatizing, but we’re good now :vegas:

Off topic, I’m so sorry to hear this. I genuinely love watching you here and didn’t know you were going through this. I wish you the best. :kara:

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I really prefer how they revamped the storyline of TAOPC for the tour, so for me that's the best version between the two.

I feel like the stage design (like the square B stage being a chessboard) and the LED elements of 1.0 was better tho.

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The only thing I miss from the Coachella shows is the square box, it served so much for the Poker Face performance.

I get why they changed it tho', it could look empty during other performances where she's alone like piano segments, Paparazzi, Killah, Lovedrug...  so having a smaller b stage might have helped the staging there.

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7 hours ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

MBT mops. ACT III and ACT IV go from stripped back and underbaked to musically and aesthetically exciting and essential to the narrative. I genuinely think every addition was an improvement. TAOPC at Coachella/Copa was great, but MBT is the full vision/story.

Yeah 100% with this.

1.0 was planned on relatively short notice and it shows from Act 3 onwards as the "narrative" vanishes near entirely. 

2.0 expanded what worked in Act 1 & 2 while giving Act 3 onwards a stronger structure.

I also love the meta narrative ending with HBDUWM. She's accepted Gaga over the course of the show, do we accept Stefani? (Clearly for some fans its still a no lol)

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1 hour ago, chronic said:

just watering it down

How is it watered down when it has:

- More songs than the first version.

- More props.

- Visuals for the interludes.

- A more cohesive storyline.

Like, make it make sense.

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Ladle Ghoulash
28 minutes ago, Juanlittlem said:

How is it watered down when it has:

- More songs than the first version.

- More props.

- Visuals for the interludes.

- A more cohesive storyline.

Like, make it make sense.

Also in what world is it lazy to take one of the best (and probably most grueling) live shows you’ve done, extend the runtime, upgrade everything, and then do it 90 times across the world? If anything, I’d say it was incredibly ambitious to take that show on tour and I was very pleasantly surprised that she did.

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Ladle Ghoulash
3 hours ago, chronic said:

Off topic, I’m so sorry to hear this. I genuinely love watching you here and didn’t know you were going through this. I wish you the best. :kara:

I appreciate that, sister ♥️ 

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nah, The MAYHEM Ball clears

The Coachella version was a vibe and an absolutely great show with everything that you'd wanna expect from Gaga, but now after TMB happened it kinda feels like something was missing there. The new 4th act really made the show feel even more complete.

also justice for ARTPOP & Joanne - the OG version didn't have that :teehee:

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