:o When did this happen?

 

BBC Breakfast >>>>(x 1 million)>> Good Morning Britain

 

Her interview on Good Morning Britain probably lost her sales! :P

Edited October 23, 201410 yr by April

Smash.

#14 IN THE MIDWEEKS BITCHES!!!! :yahoo: :yahoo:

CTC Deluxe £8.00 on Amazon UK while the standard is £9.79 http://operationgaga.com/public/style_emoticons/default/psyduck.gif

New peak please. Thanks.

Amazon Q&A

 

How did the idea for a duets project

come together?

Tony Bennett: I first saw Lady Gaga sing when we were both performing at the Robin Hood Foundation benefit gala in New York City and I knew right then that she was a terrific singer. I met her backstage and asked her to sing with me on my DUETS II record and we had such a great time doing “The Lady Is A Tramp” for that project that we knew we had to work together again. She has a great love of jazz -which has always been my first love when it comes to music - so it made perfect sense to collaborate on a jazz record together with Cheek to Cheek.

 

What was the biggest challenge with Cheek to Cheek?

Lady Gaga: First I had to get over my nerves around Tony. He’s such a legend it took a second for me to get used to because he believes in me so much it feels like a movie. I would get lightheaded just hearing him tell me how great of job I did on a Cole Porter song— Tony Bennett, Cole Porter? Somebody pinch me, but don’t wake me up! Tony then began to tell me stories about his life, then I shared mine and even told him my current fears and problems. He then became my mentor, my idol, my teacher, my friend, and the album took on a completely different life. It was magical.

 

Was there a particular lyric or song that were especially difficult to record?

LG: When I sing “Lush Life” the lyrics echo hauntingly for me the entire time, yet I find a bliss through the sadness. This was difficult for me to perform on a personal level, on a musical level it was a dream; this is the beauty of music, and specifically jazz—the blues only make it better.

 

I’ve read that the album was partly inspired by wanting to introduce these iconic songs to a younger audience. What are so timeless about these songs? What makes them age so well?

TB; My ultimate hope was that all Gaga’s fans - and she is so immensely popular all over the world - would discover this music when they hear Lady singing it—she has a instinctive jazz sensibility. I don’t think of these songs as old songs—I think of them as masterpieces just like Rembrandt and Michelangelo. They don’t age; they just remain great art.

 

When you’re in the studio, how do you two kill time together? What do you do for fun between takes?

LG: We talk a lot, we make sandwiches. There’s not a lot of time to kill as we’re usually singing or working no matter what. Tony sometimes paints while we’re singing, and writes me little notes. I read them and we talk about that in between. We also always talk about the records, what they mean, and how we want to perform them. We share stories like method actors, then we sing. Every moment that I’m with Tony is real, and all about the music.

 

How did you get acquainted with the music of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, etc.? When/where did this music enter your lives?

TB: I have been listening to the Great American Songbook, as I like to call it, all my life. I grew up in the Depression so there was not a lot of money and when you bought an album you had to make sure that it would appeal to everyone in the family, which is the beauty of this music—it appeals to all ages because it so finely crafted. I was fortunate that I had an uncle who was a dancer in vaudeville and then got a job working for a Broadway theatre in New York City, so he would get me into the theatre and I would stand in the back and see all the musicals. So I got exposed to all the popular standards, many of which were written for the stage.

 

What are your hopes for Cheek to Cheek? What will make this album a success to you?

LG: My hopes are to spread jazz to as many young people as possible, to put a spotlight on the genre in an authentic way by honoring the composers and the music. I already see its success. 27,000 people in Israel sang “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” with me and Tony. That means something. I’m gonna hold onto that and replicate that moment as many times as possible.

 

Tony, what about Lady Gaga first piqued your interest? Why were you interested in working with her? What makes her a special singer?

TB: She is absolutely unique and that is the mark of a true artist. She puts so much thought and effort into everything she does—when we recorded the album in the studio I saw her whispering to one of her staff and then in an hour they had brought in rugs and candles and transformed the studio space into this intimate living room setting.

 

Do you have a favorite song on the

album? Which and why…

TB: I just loved the way Lady sang “Lush Life” on the record - it was so intimate and personal and has such emotion to it—it was completely honest and to achieve great art you have to keep it honest.

 

What is your fondest memory from the Cheek to Cheek sessions? When you’re both older and reflect back on this album, what memory will you think of?

LG: After I introduced Tony to the Brian Newman Quintet (my jazz guys from NYC that I’ve been singing with for almost 10 years) he invited them to compose some arrangements and perform on the album. It was Newman’s birthday one of the days we recorded. We were all in separate booths, Tony too, and he didn’t know but we were all crying, playing our instruments, playing, “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” and it was so honest, because truly it’s how we felt. We’d worked our whole lives for this moment, and we weren’t gonna give Tony Bennett any less than our best.

 

Such a flawless inspirational interview http://i.imgur.com/hN9L5Hj.gif Gaga does like sandwiches after all ;o

 

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#14 IN THE MIDWEEKS BITCHES!!!! :yahoo: :yahoo:

 

Rising like a goddess and destroying the competition

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Rising like a goddess and destroying the competition

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In the words of Victoria Beckham to Dane Bowers in her smash huge hit #1, which is much better and more famous than Spiller:

 

Yes!

 

CTC Deluxe £8.00 on Amazon UK while the standard is £9.79 http://operationgaga.com/public/style_emoticons/default/psyduck.gif

 

:wacko:

Cheek to Cheek Collector's Edition Box Set to be Released

 

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Price: $149.99

Box Set Includes:

The deluxe version of the #1 album

Cheek To Cheek

12” vinyl version of the standard album

Cheek To Cheek LIVE! Concert DVD

Cheek To Cheek sheet music autographed by Tony Bennett with a special, personal message to Lady Gaga

Exclusive 7” VINYL ft. “It Don’t Mean A Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)” & “Cheek To Cheek”

Embroidered, monogrammed, handkerchief with Tony Bennett's initials and Lady Gaga’s lipstick print

Personal snapshots of Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga

8x10 art prints housed in a vellum envelope

Commemorative newspaper

All housed in a black leather-finished box to hold all items

 

This collector's edition box set is for pre-order only, and will ship on or around December 31, 2014. All items in your order will ship on this date.

 

OH MY GOD OMFG OMG OH MY

JEUSEUEUFHF http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.png

 

Lipstick print on handkerchief

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#12 on the UK Official Chart this week! :o

 

So close to re-peaking though!

That's such an impressive rebound, I never would've expected that. :o

 

I think their Strictly performance was a very smart idea, they've targeted the sort of audience who like this sort of music.

What an iconic climb. ARTPOP wishes it was No.12 on its fifth week.

It is quite impressive, I thought it would fall through the week after being 17 on the midweeks so to be at 12 is amazing! So close to re-peaking!

Global H&M Campaign Promo Pic:

 

 

Should've have been the album cover tbh! :wub:

Yeah, that would have been much better! They look good there, and not so much like melted wax...

CTC promo nearby Oricon's house:

 

 

And the Lotus has rebounded to #16 in the midweeks today inspite of what April predicted!

 

OMFG YEEESSSSSS B*TCH SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.png

 

I actually KNOW where this is and the exact street AND I've been there every year! (despite it being half the globe away from me now :D)

 

I'm so glad that she hit it right with CTC. Such a shame ARTPOP suffered the fate of improper promotion due to a shitty label situation.

#25 in the midweeks today. But we know by now the album has a habit of starting off badly early in the week, so I'm hopeful it can manage to stay in the top 20 come Sunday! :cheer:

PROMO UPDATE:

 

JUST ANNOUNCED: @itstonybennett & @ladygaga to perform together LIVE at @RadioCity! Tix/info: http://bit.ly/1rLsxVf

A new interview with Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett will air on PBS in December.

 

My 10,000th post http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ed2305b7.png

 

#12 on the UK Official Chart this week! :o

 

So close to re-peaking though!

 

What was its original Uk peak??

What was its original Uk peak??

#10 :yahoo: