Becky Bain of Idolator was dismissive, arguing that "She [Gaga] Uh, she does know she's performing on a show featuring models, right?" The opening faux-German lines, first verse and chorus opened Gaga's set at the iHeart Radio music festival in Las Vegas.
www.musicbefore1800.org COLLEGIATE CHORALE The chorus opens its 60th-anniversary season with a tribute to Robert Shaw, who founded it in 1942.
Further showing the range of community involvement, the May Festival Youth Chorus opened the program handsomely with a cappella numbers by Scarlatti, Monteverdi and Palestrina.
Pressing him on that point he remembers how he changed Can't Buy Me Love, suggesting that the hook chorus open the song.
On Monday evening at Pace University, Mr. Núñez and his chorus opened "Summer Stars," the classical music series within the River to River Festival, with the kind of eclectic program that has become their trademark.
Over time Steel Pulse retained its popularity by sometimes offering lighter fare, like its biggest hit, "Steppin' Out," with the jubilant chorus, "Open sesame, here comes Rastaman!" But as the Sex Pistols once pointed out, sunny holidays often depend on native exploitation, and Steel Pulse has retained its insurgent awareness of that even when serving the party mood.
Bill Lamb from About.com gave the song a positive review, saying that "There it is, the chorus opens the track with "Oh na na...what's my name?" and the hook is firmly implanted.
The sole example of cleverness is the modest trick of having the chorus open the show on their knees so that Buddy is towering over them up at the North Pole.
"People would say, 'Jonah, just play one chorus open,' " Mr. Jones told John S. Wilson of The New York Times in 1983.
