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joelseph · Jan 20, 2015

Very divisive performance from Sia on this past weekend's SNL. What are gaf's opinions? Art or farts?

Sia - Elastic Heart (Live on SNL)

Sia - Chandelier (Live on SNL)

Sanjuro · Jan 20, 2015

It's a song with a couple people prancing around. Doesn't bother me.

Courage · Jan 20, 2015

The whole 'little girl dancing while I'm in a corner singing' shtick is overplayed at this point.

It's decent, I don't see how it's polarizing.

John Kowalski · Jan 20, 2015

uh, look like rather tame performance art, what's so divisive about them?

injurai · Jan 20, 2015

Courage said:
The whole 'little girl dancing while I'm in a corner singing' shtick is overplayed at this point.

It's decent, I don't see how it's polarizing.

cause it can't be fresh for other people...

Wreav · Jan 20, 2015

Took me a while to figure out if the adult dancer was a guy or girl. Actually, I'm still not sure. No eyebrows, either way.

The reason Sia is doing this is because even at 39, she looks 55. I'd be hiding too.

sixteen-bit · Jan 20, 2015

where can I cop one of those eye shade things

megamerican · Jan 20, 2015

She sounds really good live. The performance was a little arty and up its own ass but was probably better than watching Sia by herself standing still with a lampshade on her face.

WorriedCitizen · Jan 20, 2015

That's Lady Gaga

Lovely Salsa · Jan 20, 2015

Does she have social anxiety?

Whats with the black cloth on her face?

DuffDry · Jan 20, 2015

Wasn't aware that it was a divisive performance.

I'm fine with Sia. Didn't like Chandelier at all, including the video, but Elastic Heart is one of the best music videos I've seen in years.

Union Carbine · Jan 20, 2015

Assuming its goal was to elevate the music in some way, it failed for me-- all it did was distract me from the music. I didn't mind it but it didn't impact me positively either.

Courage · Jan 20, 2015

injurai said:
cause it can't be fresh for other people...

I didn't say it can't be.

GeordieMark · Jan 20, 2015

Her performances are a bit oddball, but she has an amazing voice so I'll say YAY.

joeyjoejoeshabadoo · Jan 20, 2015

Pop star seems like a weird profession for someone with extreme stage fright.

mjc · Jan 20, 2015

Can't stand that Chandelier song.

dallow_bg · Jan 20, 2015

Looks no more "crazy" than some 70s TV performances from the likes of Bowie or Jobriath.

Arthr2ShdsJcksn · Jan 20, 2015

Can't watch the SNL performance right now, but I'm very familiar with both songs and their official videos. It looks like SNL incorporated the dancing from the videos. No big deal. Sia is awesome, and who cares if she doesn't want to draw attention to her physical appearance? She has Graves Disease, and probably is very self-conscious about that.

Mighty Chin · Jan 20, 2015

I don't know what this is supposed to be. Different for the sake of being different.

Revolver · Jan 20, 2015

At least she wasn't hiding in a bed while Lena Dunham mimed the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj757ishXnQ

Wreav · Jan 20, 2015

joeyjoejoeshabadoo said:
Pop star seems like a weird profession for someone with extreme stage fright.

It's not stage fright; it's a social experiment bucking the notions of fame and recognizability that would have been better served with someone that, you know, didn't have a shit ton of photos and music videos out already.

Dice// · Jan 20, 2015

Wreav said:
Took me a while to figure out if the adult dancer was a guy or girl. Actually, I'm still not sure. No eyebrows, either way.

The reason Sia is doing this is because even at 39, she looks 55. I'd be hiding too.

So? She's got more talented than half the "pretty ones".

Courage · Jan 20, 2015

Revolver said:
At least she wasn't hiding in a bed while Lena Dunham mimed the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj757ishXnQ

jesus

GeordieMark · Jan 20, 2015

Wreav said:
The reason Sia is doing this is because even at 39, she looks 55. I'd be hiding too.

Its because of attitudes like yours that she hides her face probably. What does looking good have to do with sounding good? She's got a point about divorcing the look from the music.

Sanjuro · Jan 20, 2015

Revolver said:
At least she wasn't hiding in a bed while Lena Dunham mimed the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj757ishXnQ

Such a mess.

SaintZ · Jan 20, 2015

I liked the performances but she needs to stop hiding her face. We all know how you look Sia, dammit.

Revolver said:
At least she wasn't hiding in a bed while Lena Dunham mimed the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj757ishXnQ

This, however, was stuff nightmares are made of.

joelseph · Jan 20, 2015

"Elastic Heart" on Jimmy Kimmel

DuffDry · Jan 20, 2015

Revolver said:
At least she wasn't hiding in a bed while Lena Dunham mimed the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj757ishXnQ

Holy crap..

I'm still sticking by the Elastic Heart music video though. Shia is memorizing in it and it made me reevaluate some of my views of him. I can't take my eyes off of him the entire time, to the point where I barely ever notice the girl in it.

anarckitty · Jan 20, 2015

Nay. Just didn't do it for me. It came off a bit pretentious or artsy fartsy for my tastes. I'm still trying to figure out if that one dancer is a dude.

She has a great voice though.

Deft Beck · Jan 20, 2015

Great performances.

I am enjoying Sia's recent work a lot. I hope she continues to experiment.

TarpitCarnivore · Jan 20, 2015

Incredible performance. Right up there with Prince's performance for best of the season.

robotrock · Jan 20, 2015

Revolver said:
At least she wasn't hiding in a bed while Lena Dunham mimed the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj757ishXnQ

This was so stupid.

TOP SHOTTA · Jan 20, 2015

I couldn't help but admire the balls to do somethiung so different.
An maybe it was just for the sake of being different, but I'm ok with that.

I liked the SNL performances but really liked the performance on Seth Myers. Face down in a bed while Lena Dunham lip syncs... even for a crusty old soul I begrudgingly liked it.

She sings like an 18 year old and I only learned last week that she was older. I'm all for her.

CrankyJay · Jan 20, 2015

I liked her better the first time she was called Lady Gaga

injurai · Jan 20, 2015

Courage said:
I didn't say it can't be.

then how is it still overplayed?

TarpitCarnivore · Jan 20, 2015

CrankyJay said:
I liked her better the first time she was called Lady Gaga

Sia has been performing for at least a decade, if not longer.

OrangeGrayBlue · Jan 20, 2015

Wreav said:
It's not stage fright; it's a social experiment bucking the notions of fame and recognizability that would have been better served with someone that, you know, didn't have a shit ton of photos and music videos out already.

Your second point aside, she's at least 15 years late to that party.

DuffDry · Jan 20, 2015

OrangeGrayBlue said:
Your second point aside, she's at least 15 years late to that party.

There's nothing new under the sun. This is important to remember.

Zee-Row · Jan 20, 2015

CrankyJay said:
I liked her better the first time she was called Lady Gaga

That's like saying FPS games are Doom clones.

Jeff-DSA · Jan 20, 2015

Sia's voice is nails on a chalkboard to me. No wonder she does all this visual distraction crap when she performs. Anything to help ease the burden of having to listen to her.

The Lamp · Jan 20, 2015

megamerican said:
She sounds really good live. The performance was a little arty and up its own ass but was probably better than watching Sia by herself standing still with a lampshade on her face.

Her Chandelier performance on Ellen was cringeworthy at times....voice cracking pretty bad. It's weird because In that song it's like she purposefully sings in the range of notes she can't hit well because she likes the sound of it.

Courage · Jan 20, 2015

injurai said:
then how is it still overplayed?

I don't see how the two relate. Me not being a fan of it doesn't mean others can't find it fresh.

akira28 · Jan 20, 2015

So odd how I've never heard of her before last year, yet she's been active since 1993.

Revolver · Jan 20, 2015

Breathe Me still gets me a little misty eyed whenever I hear it thanks to Six Feet Under. I don't care much for her other songs.

Scotch · Jan 20, 2015

She likes to perform, but doesn't want to be famous. Good for her I say.

TarpitCarnivore · Jan 20, 2015

akira28 said:
So odd how I've never heard of her before last year, yet she's been active since 1993.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFGvmrJ5rjM

Breath Me was used in the final shots of Six Feet Under.

zeemumu · Jan 20, 2015

I have to deduct points for the mime. Fuck mimes.

lenovox1 · Jan 20, 2015

TarpitCarnivore said:
Sia has been performing for at least a decade, if not longer.

Two.

Vincent Grayson · Jan 20, 2015

TarpitCarnivore said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFGvmrJ5rjM

Breath Me was used in the final shots of Six Feet Under.

I refuse to click this because I strongly suspect it'll just end in tears.

Man, that ending with that song was so damn perfect. I'd completely forgotten about Sia since the end of SFU until this album came out.

BertramCooper · Jan 20, 2015

The Lamp said:
Her Chandelier performance on Ellen was cringeworthy at times....voice cracking pretty bad. It's weird because In that song it's like she purposefully sings in the range of notes she can't hit well because she likes the sound of it.

I actually like it when her voice cracks during live performances. It's makes for a raw, authentic sound that I really dig.

It would be more of a problem if she were off-key, which I don't think she typically is.

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