Great to see Tony. 88 years old. I noticed he appeared to be reading off a camera. Maybe his memory is failing now. Sad to see, if that is the case. Wonderful age and still performing.

Love the guy. His phrasing, in his own idiom -- no one can top it. And he is simply one of the nicest men on this planet. Long may that continue to be true

What did Lady Gaga look like?! Channelling Amy Winehouse?

Hes doing great for his age and when ive seen him interviewed comes across as a real nice bloke.

I thought he was completely overshadowed by Lady Gaga. I thought she was a pop singer and hadn't realised that she could sing.

Tony just doesn't have that delivery any more. Please retire and leave us with the memories. So very feeble. He can't hold a note.

Please leave us with this quality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTPpe64jlWQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzXbv327cyM

she looked like the goof ball CHER... lol

The obvious use of autocue gave the performance even more of a karaoke feel.

She started out singing jazz. Sometimes I think she lacks subtlety -- too many tricks and styles even within the same line -- but she can do it

Just a matter of opinion, but I couldn't disagree more.

Tony Bennett is the last of those older generation crooners still performing and it is great to see him. Of course he is past his prime, but he is still going. Heaven help that anyone fitting that description should be associated with Strictly!

But...who was that with him? I didn't hear much singing from her at all. Just shouting.

All I heard was GaGa shouting

OH is a massive Tony Bennett fan, and he looked at me and said "his voice has gone."

Personally I thought it was a shame that such wonderful dancing by Trent and Natalie was a) mostly hidden from our screens by the cameras being pointed almost continuously at Tony Bennett and Gaga and b) totally spoilt by singing that was worse than viewers had to endure on the X Factor last night!

And this

http://youtu.be/oLy6ENUADWA

Not forgetting this either:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/media.wbur.o...4211509123.jpg

Lady Gaga I just did not get her outfit! She was shouting a lot not singing. Loved Trent and Natalie's dancing!

Wonderful man & true legend.

Thought LG was channelling a 70s Babs Streisand tonight!

I was pleasantly surprised by Lady Gaga - wasn't sure what to expect or why Tony Bennett would duet with her. She did get a bit shouty at times but on the whole she did very well.
Tony was brilliant for his age, lovely to see him still working and bringing us a few 'oldies but goodies'. Perhaps he will be a good influence on Lady Gaga and teach her that you don't need all the gimmicks and weirdness.

Excellent. New to me. You can "take five" for that. And I won't shave tomorrow.

The essence of swing singing is to be laid back and effortless. That woman singing alongsideTony Bennett didn't seem to have been told that. Some awful top notes too.

Smooth-talker
It's a great recording -- thought lost and magically rediscovered! DB has the stage first, then TB, and then they join each other on stage, which last bit I think is what I linked to here

As I mentioned earlier elsewhere, Tony Bennett was always "second division" in my opinion "in the voice department." I say this despite the fact that I quite like him and have a couple of his albums from decades ago.
He strained to meet the higher notes, but he's always been like that. His phrasing is still OK and he did well enough for a man of his age.
In contrast, "Lady Bacofoil" just shouted, yes, she can hit the note, but there's neither tone nor any jazz feeling.
An odd combination, but I blame Rod Stewart for those who try to follow him, with "song book" type albums, but at least he had an excuse as the less demanding "big band" songs were less of a strain on his voice after the operation on his throat.

At least we got some "big band" style music, more suited to ballroom than some of the occasional crap we have to suffer, we aren't all ex X-Factor watchers.

Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga - Anything Goes (Studio Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg1meK-IgOM

SCD seems to have got into a bit of a habit engaging huge names a couple of years or so beyond the time they should have retired....Andy Williams, Dionne Warwick and now Tony Bennet. He does himself nor his fans no favours for dragging himself through performances like that. As for Gaga.....seriously? Singing?? Pfft.

Yes a young Streisand was what came to my mind too.

I had dismissed her until now.

Better than Posh Spice et al surely?

If you thought they were bad....

I'm dreading them inviting Martha Reeves, she should have given up twenty years ago. Her singing now has the sound of a cat being strangled.