A Night at the Monster Ball

I have a love/hate relationship with Lady Gaga. I find her both exciting and interesting as well as exhausting and annoying. But I do like most of her songs; they're great for dancing, working out, longs drives in the car, etc. But sometimes her act/schtick/whatever you want to call it just gets annoying and I have to take a break from her for a while. Then there was the disappointment of Born This Way. I mean, it's a good song, I like the message, but it wasn't as good as I expected and hoped it would be. I mean, this is the lady who gave me Bad Romance, a song and video that literally blew my mind when I saw/heard it. In a good way. I have some hope with Judas, because I really like it, maybe because it reminds of Bad Romance? I do have a lot of respect for Lady Gaga, she writes, produces, composes, and is very involved in every aspect of her image and career, and she is a tireless campaigner for gay rights.

Anyway, yesterday I watched her HBO special Lady Gaga Presents the Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden.

I really wanted to see her in concert, but this entire tour has been completely sold out every time I try to get tickets. Or they are just REALLY expensive. I like going to these kind of big, lavish arena production concerts because they are FUN. I went and saw the last Britney Spears tour and it was awesome. You just dance and sing along the whole time and it's really wonderful.


After watching the special, which was really well done, I kind of fell in love with Lady Gaga again. First of all she doesn't lip sync (ahem Britney) and she still sounds amazing. She dances, wears crazy outfits, covers herself in fake blood, plays piano, it's awesome. But I just really liked when she would talk to the audience, which she did quite a bit, talking about growing up in New York and always wanted to play Madison Square Garden, telling everybody to get drunk and have fun. I guess it made her seem a little more human? Because sometimes I really think she might be a robot.

So, if you have the opportunity, check out the special, or if you're really lucky, go see her in concert. I think I have to now, because if a taped special was this much fun, imagine a real show!