Der var Grammy-uddeling i nat i Staples Center, Los Angeles, California. Sj\u00e6ldent har listen over de nominerede indenfor de genrer vi her f\u00f8lger vel v\u00e6ret s\u00e5 blodfattige at beskue, derfor s\u00e5 meget st\u00f8rre en kontrast at en mand af David Bowie’s uafrystelige format blev mindet. Over seks minutter fik Lady Gaga og hendes til lejligheden sammensatte band – inkluderende Chic-legenden, guitar-esset og Let’s Dance-produceren Nile Rodgers – til deres h\u00e6sbl\u00e6sende hyldest, arrangeret\/koreograferet i fuldblods amerikansk stil, uden nogen dv\u00e6len eller de store musikalske hensyn til de enkelte sanges velbefindende; ‘Space Oddity’, ‘Changes’, ‘Ziggy Stardust’, ‘Suffragette City’, ‘Rebel, Rebel’, ‘Fashion’, ‘Fame’, ‘Under Pressure’, ‘Let’s Dance’ og ‘Heroes’ racede det Las Vegas-musical-speedede hold igennem, anf\u00f8rt af topprofessionelle Gaga, der i denne paradespurt aldrig tiln\u00e6rmelsesvis n\u00e5ede de f\u00f8lelsm\u00e6ssige h\u00f8jder, hun sidste weekend fremviste, da hun omfavnede den amerikanske nationalmelodi f\u00f8r USA’s Super Bowl. Her f\u00f8lger lyd og levende billeder fra i nat. Sikker p\u00e5 at Lady Gaga kunne have brugt sine seks minutter bedre istedet p\u00e5 en state-of-the-art-gribende version af ‘Lazarus’, men nej, ikke i USA, og da slet ikke til en Grammy-uddeling; The show must go on.<\/p>\n
Opdateret<\/strong>: Efter en dag, hvor ros og hype\u00a0synes at v\u00e6re reaktionsnormen omkring Gaga’s optr\u00e6den, kommer The Guardian endelig p\u00e5 banen med nogle vise og n\u00f8dvendigt kritiske ord nu sidst p\u00e5 eftermiddagen.\u00a0Maura Johnson skriver her<\/a> bl.a.:<\/em><\/p>\n “…While she (Lady Gaga) kept up ably \u2013 say what you will about her flights of fancy, the woman has keen pop instincts and a strong voice \u2013 and it was gratifying to see Rodgers up there smiling and strutting after his own dealings with cancer, there was something slightly dissatisfying about the whole thing. Cutting down the sprawling catalog of Bowie is no mean feat, of course, but having so many selections only represent the classic-rock-canon-approved slice of the man\u2019s work seemed reductive; there was more to Bowie\u2019s appeal than face paint and flashy jumpsuits, as any of the eulogies that have poured forth since his death on 10 January could have shown.<\/p>\n Bowie\u2019s constant pushing toward the edge \u2013 toward the ridiculous, the sublime, the otherworldly \u2013 deserved more of an homage than hasty costume switcheroos and zips through choruses. A Gaga performance of, say, Five Years or even the Blackstar closing statement I Can\u2019t Give Everything Away might have stopped the show, honoring Bowie\u2019s artistry and the way he kept going, working on his art even under shifting critical winds, until the very end.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n