Vintage Lady Gaga Live at NYU - Captivated & Electric Kiss
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN uses it to show that Lady Gaga is a genuinely skilled musician and writer of her own songs.
What it is
Footage of Stefani Germanotta, later Lady Gaga, performing 'Captivated' and 'Electric Kiss' at NYU's Ultraviolet Live talent show in 2005-era college days. It shows her singing and playing before she became famous.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2013 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Recommends smoyer · 2013-07 · on “Ruins of forgotten empires: APL languages”
So true ... I don't really appreciate her current music (I mean like Brahms or Mozart), but she was so bluesy in the NYU talent show ( [this video] ). I could listen to music like that all day.
Recommends jamiequint · 2014-03 · on “Secret raises $8.6 million Series A”
re: Lady Gaga, hype had something to do with it but she is also a phenomenal musician. Here's a video from before she was famous: [this video]
Cites grinich · 2014-03 · on “Secret raises $8.6 million Series A”
Lady Gaga (aka Stefani Germanotta) is actually an incredible musician. She studied at the prestigious NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and was one of the few students given early admission at the age of 17. It's an ignorant jab to discredit anything popular as being without merit. Loads of people said Facebook was a just silly toy for college kids. [this video]
Cites mewse-hn · 2021-03 · on “Hit songwriters ask pop stars to stop taking credit for songs they didn't write”
Lady Gaga has chops and is a real artist. This is a video of her performing an original composition in college: [this video]