My Rel†g†on is You
While in Southern California this past weekend, I headed to San Diego to see this:
Lady GaGa's: Monster Ball Tour. If it were a religion, I'd be converted. The show was phenomenal from start to finish and never a dull moment. Though the opening band, Semi-Precious weapons started with mediocre response and stage presence that was a bit much, when GaGa entered the stage, FANdemonium ensued. The people around me went screaming like the Jonas Brothers were on stage. The GaGa did say the wrong city, calling us "San Jose" upon which the crowd boo-ed her and kept chanting, "San Diego, San Diego." Later on she sincerely apologized stating she was told right before the show she was informed that they were in San Jose.
Each change in costume was wild, and exciting while the performance of all the songs were impeccable. The only qualm I had was the fact the bass was up way too loud. I like to think of myself as a true concert goer, phased by nothing and belonging to the music. However, during her show I could barely hear her lyrics. For being the perfectionist that I'm told she is, I was a little surprised at how much I couldn't hear her, it could've been that I was so close that my bones were shaking from the bass, and at times, during the show I felt like an epileptic from the lack of sustenance (food), the trippy graphics, and the body rattling bass....but regardless, I wouldn't have it any other way. Except maybe the hearing damaged that followed post-show and into the next day.
The choreography was on point, and she played all 8 new tracks off the Fame: Monster, all of her hits from the Fame and some that people weren't all too familiar with like my personal favorite, 'Paper Gangster.' If you get the chance to catch the Lady on her famed Monster Ball Tour, I highly recommend grabbing some tickets and going. As well, she announced the re-vamping of the tour for 2010. It'll blow your mind. Until then..."Show Me Your Teeth!"
Here are some photos that the lovely Leigh so graciously snapped of the show:
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