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Vintage Lady Gaga Live at NYU - Captivated & Electric Kiss

allthingsfangirl · 7.9M views · 2009-11-17 · 7:03

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Overview

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.

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HN uses it to show that Lady Gaga is a genuinely skilled musician and writer of her own songs.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2013–2021

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Music performance & songs
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What people said

jamiequint · 2014-03 · Recommendation

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: [VIDEO]

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smoyer · 2013-07 · Recommendation

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 ( [VIDEO] ). I could listen to music like that all day.

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mewse-hn · 2021-03 · Reference

Lady Gaga has chops and is a real artist. This is a video of her performing an original composition in college: [VIDEO]

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