Lady Gaga and Elton John just sang their much anticipated two-piano-powered duet at the Grammy Awards—a fusion of Gaga’s “Speechless” and Sir Elton’s “Your Song.” The number followed the very first song of the night, a lavish performance by Gaga of “Poker Face” that culminated in a bit of stage business where she was seemingly set on fire.
The whole shebang was hardly lacking in spectacle, and full marks to the pair for adopting a rather, well, singed look for their collaboration. But will it go down as a really memorable Grammy moment, comparable with the Elton/Eminem performance of “Stan” in 2001? Maybe not.
But what did you think of the Grammys opener? Was it hot? Or overcooked?
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HOT!
PINK was WAY BETTER!!!!!!
agreed!
i agree too, pink’s performance is the best
It was good, but it’s friggin ELTON JOHN.
Pink upstaged them both. She should have opened the show.
I’m a huge fan of Lady Gaga but I agree, Pink was amazing and the best of the night.
Agreed. Gaga sounded exhausted. Good, but exhausted. She needs to take a breather and go away for awhile.
Pink was amazing. True, the acrobatics weren’t subtle, but the highlight of that performance was the power of her emotions. Love her even more now!
Yeah, I think the performance folks will be talking about tomorrow is definitely going to be Pink’s. It was classic, in a timeless kind of way. Just beautiful!
Pink was great, but she was even better before – was it at the VMAs? That was the first time she was doing an aerial bit (a better one) and with a much better song, too.
Pink’s performance is a part of her tour. She has done it nearly 100 times before…what is exciting about that?
Why did ew give Pink’s performance a ‘C’ … what were they thinking?
Meh i felt Pink kept doing the same acrobat thing and its getting boring, the WoW factor in that performance doesnt wow me at all, not like Gaga all her performance are different and never fail to suprise us!
Pink was great, but she’s been doing that same act on her tour all year – it’s not unique for her – tho still amazing! But Gaga and Elton! WOW! What an inspired, brilliant pairing! And leave it to Gaga to bring Elton into the performance in such a creative way. She had that piano MADE just for their performance! And the soot on both of them was fitting to the whole performance. They started the show with a bang! My next favorite was Dave Matthews – all the singers and instruments were so joyful!! And it was so amazing to see/hear Leon Russell again – it’s been too long! I’ve missed that voice!
Pink’s performance was breathtakingly beautiful.
Wow! Another two-piano set featuring Elton John! How original. File it with Axl Rose, Eminem, Billy Joel, Lady Gaga……Bueller, Bueller, Bueller.
Eminem can not and did not play piano in duet. Get your history right….
Absolutely HOT. I love how Gaga is not only enormously over the top and doesn’t make an excuses for herself… BUT, she’s an incredibly gifted musician. She knows how to put on a show. Fantastic.
Although, my favorite performance of the night was DMB. Those instruments and the choir. Just brilliant music. What the Grammy’s are about.
amazing!!! more subtle then she usually is but still was an amazing peformer
Meh!
It was definitely not subtle! That was the most overt indictment of pop celebrities ever by our Lord Gaga.
It was good….Elton John’s style really meshes well with her. Whereas he would never mesh with Madonna.
I absolutely loved this performance. I thought it was truly inspired to put the two of the most flamboyant artists on the same stage together. I have enjoyed Elton for years and Lady Gaga is the most refreshing new face out there IMO. Elton was willing to put back on the sequins and even appear singed all in the name of performance. It started the night off perfectly.
I’m not much of a pop fan (Rush & Pink Floyd are more my speed) but I REALLY enjoyed these two together, and it couldn’t have been a better fit. Their voices have a similar timbre to them allowing them to mesh beautifully, and in terms of musical – and sartorial – style, well, they could almost be father and daughter, you know?
performance!!! she shoulda beat beyonce…single ladies = most annoying song ever!!!
agreed but I liked Taylor better
did u hear Taylor sing??? if yes you better get your hears checked..LOL
You ARE kidding… right??
i know, right? i thought i was the only person who didn’t like single ladies!
Beyonce is crap. Single Ladies is crap. So tired of her and her boring music.
True. But “Halo” is the best thing Beyonce has done in years! That Grammy was justified. If Gaga had been nominated for “Bad Romance” she’d have deserved to win.
Right there witcha, Palmer. Beyonce is a talented girl, but time for others to have a shot at a Grammy. To be frank, I see Beyonce going down a road I think she’ll regret in yrs to come, less and less clothing, too much of the head-tossing for emphasis, seems kinda desperate. No ,really, it DOES. It’s a shame, she’s a pretty,talented girl; she needs to get back to basics and the class she began with.
Beyonce isn’t responsible for handing out the Grammys, so don’t blame her if others aren’t “getting a shot” at winning it. And Lady Gaga isn’t much different than her, relying too much on her image to sell. At least it took Beyonce a few years to get to the point of over-saturation, Lady Gaga is already there and it hasn’t even been a year. Imagine 5 years from now. And Poker Face is also an overrated song, not even her best song.
Madonna never needs so much intro when she opens the Grammys. I’m just saying.
But it was a neat performance. (Ha!)
when madonna first started out she did
Madonna didnt play the grammys for a while at first. That said, I prefer Madonna to Lady Gaga…but that’s simply becuz she has more presence and personality.
Unlike Lady GaGa, Madonna’s first 5 singles has didn’t hit number one spot back to back. And Madonna is been in a business 25-30 years, Lady GaGa only ONE Year! Just saying…
But time will tell if GaGa can maintain a career for 25-30 years like Madonna has. Just saying
your grammar skills are atrocious.
Shouldn’t that be a capital Y.
think of Madonna’s competition back then…Prince, U2, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Whitney Houston, and all the amazing rock artists of the 80′s. think of Lady GaGa’s competition now… Beyonce, Rihanna, the Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift? Her competition these days is definitely not like what Madonna was up against back then,
they were HOT!! loved it!
They were great, and I am not the biggest fan of either.
NO ONE could have done it better than Lady GaGa! i can’t believe she didnt win song of the year. THE PERFORMANCE WAS THE BEST I HAVE SEEN IN YEARS!
Totally agree…this is the worst grammys ever…Lady Gaga should have win AT LEAST best album or best song of the year…instead they gave the best album to Taylor Swift that cannot sing!!! it is a joke this year!!!
cant agree more
BRILLIANT. They sounded great together and I loved the blending of two amazing songs. Hope it’s on iTunes – I’ll be buying it!
They were AWESOME together – you could tell they were feeding off each other. Loved watching GaGa watching Elton…. Just as memorable as the Eminem duet.
It was embarassing.
for whom?
Cause from where me & my friends where watching it was hella BRILLIANT.
…for every performance that had to follow!
right on!
AMAZING. speechless.
I’ve already rewatched it, so I’d say its a pretty memorable Grammy moment.
It was soooo beautiful!!
AMAZING! Lady Gaga usually stays in “character,” but if you watched her eyes, you could see just how excited and happy she was!
I completely agree. You could see how happy she was, which just made the performance een more enjoyable to watch. Plus, I love how they both credited each other while singing. I would say this performance was definitely HOT!!!This act and Pink’s were the best of the night.
I wish she would have performed “Telephone” with Beyonce instead. That would have been much more exciting!
No. That song sucks. I love lady gaga and I like Beyonce but that song is terrible.
Yes!!
I was wanting for them to do a duet! Telephone or Videophone, anyone of those would have been nice for me
I was waiting for Beyonce to do Videophone with Lady Gaga, but I think three Lady G performances would have been too much since that would have outshone the ridiculousness that is Taylor Swift for Album of the year
I wanted the Grammy producers to pair Beyonce and Lady Gaga to perform Telephone. It would have been fun to watch. They would have constructed a lot of phones, both old and new on the stage to define the song title and have a lot of dancers and choreography, a very big production! But maybe both singers wanted to focus on their own individual performances.
GAGA ALWAYS IS AMAZING !!!
Elton John upstaged gaga, but it was unique and entertaining.
Lame. Reminded me of what a ten year old girl from a small town might think is cutting edge.