“while Lady Gaga may be very *weird*, she’s a great singer.
Let’s hear how she does it; she may just do it up right.”
Lady Gaga has a wonderful voice, I was very moved by her Star Spangled Banner, as it appeared were many others.
Skipped the half-time show, so what do you think, did I miss anything?
Later in this thread I modified my expectations for Lady Gaga doing the NA.
I wrote: “Actually, of all the “comparatively new” singers around today that I’ve heard (last 10-15 years), she definitely seems to be one of the better ones. But to sing the National Anthem? Then again, maybe you’re right. Could perhaps be a nice surprise.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3393739/posts?page=38#38
However, as for “Coldplay”, I stayed the course on my expectations that they would be terrible. And boy was I right!
I did not go to slate.com, but I did watch Gaga sing the National Anthem because everyone said she did a great job. I expected her to do some “look at me” edgy performance with a PC promotion like kissing another girl or something. I saw everyone was impressed so I watched. I was very impressed with her, she was respectful, she showed class and poise, she displayed her talent. I would not have predicted that from someone like her, but BRAVO... she did a very good job. I am very happy to have guessed wrong, nice job Gaga... well done.
I skipped the half-time, too. I had heard that it would be exactly as subsequent reports indicate that it was.
The predictions saved me from wasting my time :-)
-JT
I nearly always skip the halftime show; the only times I remember seeing any of them was the “wardrobe malfunction” and the Paul McCartney performance, had no choice in either case.