As we said earlier this month Lady Gaga teamed up with Elton John and Bruce Springsteen for a all-star fund-raiser to preserve those endangered parts of the rain forest world. Gaga sat poised at the piano at Carnegie Hall and delivered a sober version of one of the most earnest pop songs of all time: "Stand By Me."
Accompanied by Sir Elton John on her next song, "Speechless," she rendered the melody with operatic gravity, moving into John's own "Your Song," as if the two hits - and the two stars - were made for each other.
For their entire 21-year history, the Rain Forest concerts have kept their events on the light side, letting top stars have fun with songs from their own catalogues, and those of others, while hosts Sting and wife Trudy Styler cheer them on.
Much of Thursday night's event tried just as hard to keep things camp as Gaga did to play it straight - with equally rousing results.
Check out this amazing performance of "Don't Stop Believing"
(NYDN)
Damn those are some huge people on that stage
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