What's Up Pussycat?

I'd like to say that the Pussycat Dolls and Lady Gaga Perth concert at Burswood Dome was absolutely mindblowing, but it was just short of being awesome. Yes, they had fantastic costumes, the music was great and their dance moves were very sexy but the concert lacked a certain "special something".

Jules and I had a tactical plan of getting as close to the front as possible and along the way we made some new LG and PCD friends. The crowd was very young (or I must be getting old!) and a lot of the girls had kitty cat ears that they'd bought from the merchandise stand. I don't want to dwell on how much they probably cost.

Lady Gaga is an intriguing character. It's easy to write her off as an overly manufactured pop sensationalist who is riding out her 15 minutes of popularity. Is she male or female? What does she look like under her hair and makeup? Does she control her image or is it a complete fabrication? Lady Gaga comes across as a singing robot, particularly in the video clips accompanying her concert, she has a postmodern persona that doesn't come across as being human.



Despite her crazy outfits and nude bodysuits, LG has an impressive voice. She played a short set of about six songs. The best part was when she played the piano and broke down Poker Face leaving the audience guessing as to what song she was actually performing.

Pussycat Dolls came onstage in a blaze with their corsets, stilettos and big hair. PCD is an all girl group where what you see on You Tube is pretty much what you get. They played a "by the book" concert and I felt like, despite all the booty-shaking and shimmying, Nicole Sherzinger lacked the stage presence that I expected from an international performer. She needed to do a couple of ballads where the music shined through rather than all the glitz. After all LG did it, so Nicole should've been able to as well.





Nevertheless my favourite songs like Hush Hush, Don't Cha, Buttons didn't disappoint. The best song of the set was definitely Jai Ho which led to a lot of Bollywood dancing on my part. For some reason it didn't rev the audience as much as one would've thought...

The next gig I go to will have to be a nice, cozy initimate performance where I don't feel like just another ticketholder.

I did end up making a DOLL tank top. All up it only cost me $12!