Yeah, I saw that about Lady Gaga. She even got a Bowie tattoo today… I don’t hate her, and I’m curious to see what she does. But I’m expecting to be disappointed to be honest.
Thanks for the link, I didn’t know about Beck+Nirvana tribute
You’re welcome I know, I saw the tattoo Jeeez, clearly I do not like her lol And since we are at it - sorry off topic - I love Madonna, well, I used to, did you see her tribute when he passed away OMG I had never seen anything worse than that poor Bowie. Anyway, hope Gaga delivers a decent tribute tonite regardless of my opinion on her x
Found this little bit of info on a foreign website …
The documentary “Amy,” which tells the story of singer Amy Winehouse, won the Grammy for best music documentary. The result was announced during the pre ceremony broadcast by the official website of the event, on Monday (15). No representative of Amy, who died in 2011, was to receive the award. The film competes for the best documentary Oscar.
Harsh enough. She might not be everyone’s cup of tea with the theatrics, but she’s got a good voice and can play, and she writes her own music. Her stripped down, acoustic versions of her songs actually showcase her talents a lot better than the records. I think it’s a bit much to say she isn’t talented.
She’s clearly inspired by Bowie too and I don’t think Lady Gaga as we know her would exist without Bowie. He was all about theatrics and alter-egos and having a certain kind of stage presence too, and he was also extremely generous with his talent and had loads of time for younger artists. I don’t think he’d be at all insulted by Lady Gaga performing a tribute.
The award went to Amy Winehouse and the team. Asif and the team were at the Baftas, so I’m not sure if they would have made it on time. Mitch who has been in charge of everything Amy post her death should have been there to receive the Grammy, but of course being against it, he opted out of it. I actually thought he was going. On a positive note, Amy now has 7 Grammys to her name.
Well done Amy and the team. Shame no one was there to collect it. I wonder what the family will do with her Grammy? Her mum sounded pleased on Twitter when she was told she won.
Shame no-one was there to collect it…, well, there’s always the Oscars!
So I watched Gaga’s tribute… meh.
To be honest, I don’t see who else could’ve pulled it off. Even though I don’t think it was a good tribute, I think she was the best choice. She’s certainly genuine in her love of Bowie, because it’s clear that a lot of her art is inspired by Bowie (you might even say down right copied). And he liked playing with androgynous ambiguity so would’ve enjoyed it being performed by a woman I reckon. The costumes were a disappointment, they were more Elton John than Bowie in my opinion…
I mean… no tribute could ever live up to his genius, so I wasn’t expecting anything else really.