Pop Puppets
Thursday 14th July 2009
Brixton Academy, London
I’ve never witnessed the magic that is a pop sensation. I’ve seen live rock bands, DJs, choirs and countless other forms of musical performance but never a one-man (or woman) pop show. Tonight I witnessed the publicity train that is Lady Gaga and it was not a pretty sight.
Having heard a rumour that Miss Gaga goes bankrupt every time she goes on tour I wasn’t surprised to sight various acts of frivolity as I entered the venue. Black tie O2 waiters hovering with free Haribo tooth pick skewers and a lairy pink back drop featuring a mix of world monuments were just a few. We were later told during one of Miss Gaga’s monologues when she sees something that ‘amazes and inspires’ her it is then incorporated into said backdrop.
Her entry was a black and white mock French avant gard film featuring her in a string of mysterious scenarios, which I suppose is fitting as she once described herself as ‘New York avant gard’. What followed was what I can only imagine is your normal run of the mill female pop icon formation dancing, posing and flouncing backed by a rock’n’roll session band. Lady gaga has a good voice and at one stage played a long and very drawn out version of ‘Poker Face’ solo on a pink baby grand, which was not all bad.
She does have talent. Her talent is somewhat over shadowed by her gratingly annoying and always outrageous persona accompanied by gimmicky costumes and backdrops. New York avant gard she definitely was not. Another pop puppet adorned with trinkets and exploited for the masses she definitely was.
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