The 58th annual Grammy Awards ceremony was, without a doubt, one to remember. Last Sunday night was filled with performances by none other than Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift, Adele, the Weeknd and Justin Bieber, to name just a few.
The death of David Bowie just a couple of days after his 69th birthday, hit many music lovers hard, especially Bowie’s very large fan base. Bowie was fighting liver cancer and succumbed to his illness on Jan. 10, 2016. The awards ceremony seemed like the perfect place to celebrate his life and his contribution to music.
As a six-time Grammy winner, singer, songwriter and actress, Lady Gaga rose to the occasion to pay tribute to one of her biggest in- spirations. The 6-minute-plus per- formance, the longest performance of the night was filled with graphics, special effects and Bowie-inspired costumes.
The reactions from people about the preformance were mixed, but for a lot of Bowie fans it was a per- formance that embodied his singing career in the best tribute ever.
Lady Gaga performed the medley with legendary Nile Rodgers.
Starting off her performance by singing “Space Oddity,” she embraced Bowie’s style and character. While singing “Space Oddity,” the camera was focused on just her face and the “digital skin” technology showed the infamous lightning bolt across her face that Bowie was known for.
Gaga’s medley of Bowie’s most memorable songs included “Changes,” “Ziggy Stardust”, “Suffragette City,” “Rebel Rebel,” “Fashion,” “Fame,” “Under Pressure,” “Let’s Dance” and the final song performed, “Heroes.”
The performance itself was very elaborate, as were Bowie’s performances in his time, but many people felt as though she was “too much.”
Many took to Twitter saying that Gaga’s performance was more like a bad impersonation of the artist and that she needed to do more of a tribute to his music. But by Monday morning everyone was raving about the performance and stated that she was the best one to do the tribute.
Everyone has different perspectives on how the performance went. Some people think it was the best performance ever and some think it was awful.
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