Say what you want about Lady Gaga, but calling her a "no-talent, Madonna wannabe" is just plain wrong. Some people can't see the forest through the trees, or in this case the art through the wacky clothes.
Certainly many may object to her pop-dance smash hits such as Just Dance, Poker Face, Bad Romance -- well basically her entire Fame and Fame Monster album -- as just passing dance fads, but it's hard to hate on pure lyrics. Really good lyrics.
I think I first heard "Speechless" when Gaga performed it on the Oprah Winfrey show. I had seen her perform stripped down versions of her aforementioned pop tunes, but it was the first time I heard her sing a song that was originally intended for just vocals, piano and maybe some percussion.
I was impressed. Even more impressed when she said she wrote the song for her Dad, who was seemingly oblivious to a major medical scare a few years ago. It's easy to interpret the whole song as a typical relationship destined for failure. But when you know that it is a story of a daughter, heartbroken because she cares more about her Dad then he cares for himself, it's that much more heart wrenching.
The climax of the song comes in it's last verse, when Gaga, who shares that her gift is to love and to write song, will diminish if her Dad decides not to take care of himself.
Would you give it all up
If I promise to you boy
That I’ll never talk again
And I’ll never love again
I’ll never write a song
Won’t even sing along
I’ll never love again
So speechless
You left me speechless, so speechless
Good stuff. This is a great, full acoustic version. Below is a performance on the Ellen Show, with additional instruments. Watch both ... in either case, get ready for some chills and maybe a few tears.
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