Why nebraska in lady gaga song

I love this place so much, and it really comes from a genuine place. She also confirmed that "the person who I wrote this song about has been my buddy and my best friend since I was 19 years old, and he's from here. Gaga also shed a little light on the plot of the film, saying that the premise of the video is that "I've walked all the way from New York City to Nebraska to get him back. I'm walking with no luggage and no nothing and it's just me and my ankles are bleeding a little bit and there's grass stuck in my shoes and I've got this outfit on and it's real sort of New York clothing and I'm sprinting.

Gaga performed it publicly for the first time at The White Tie and Tiara Ball , and on July 7th, Gaga revealed during her concert that the song would be featured on her third album, Born This Way. On July 26, Gaga performed an acoustic version of the song on That choreography was EPIC!

YouandI vid is gonna Rock n' Roll! It peaked at 6 on the Billboard Hot During her debut of the song, Gaga said " it's a bit of a rock and roll song, so it will probably never be released as a single. So, it's ok for me to play it for you tonight ". Four days after the debut of the song, Gaga performed the song during The Monster Ball Tour , and revealed the inspiration behind the song.

The song was written in New York on her first piano, in her parents' house. According to the lyrics, the song describes Gaga's attempt to retrieve her lost love during her break from The Monster Ball Tour in June of During her performance on The Today Show , she revealed more about the inspiration of the song.

While on the show, Gaga also stated that the song is a completely different sound than the rest of the album. On May 5, , Gaga appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and performed the song, afterwhich she tweeted that she had just performed the album version of the song. The performance featured electric guitars accompanied by Gaga on the piano rather than just Gaga on her piano. During this version Gaga sung new lyrics of the song:.

Fernando Garibay discussed the song with The Hollywood Reporter stating " It was near the end of the album and we were on such a time deadline. But she was so busy starting to promote the album, the concerts, still being on tour, doing press, it was insane, so she literally had to record the vocal with a piano live backstage.

We sent whatever parts we had to Mutt Lange and there was no time for her to fly out or anything like that. I remember Mutt writing us back and saying, "The vocal's perfect. Gaga pays homage to Bruce Springsteen - who performed with Clarence Clemons during the days of the E Street Band - by referencing the song " Born to Run ", and either the album or the song Nebraska. Previously the character of Calderone had made an appearance in June , when Gaga posed as him for a series of photos in London by photographer Nick Knight and arranged by stylist Nicola Formichetti.

One shot features him wearing a blazer and white T-shirt with his head down and smoking a cigarette. The other image is of Jo Calderone in silhouette puffing out a cloud of smoke. Something, something about, My cool Nebraska guy. Muscle cars drove a truck right through my heart.

Come on! Put your drinks up! We got a whole lot of money, but we still pay rent, 'Cause you can't buy a house in Heaven. There's, Something , Something, something about the chase. It's been a long time since I came around. It's been a long time but I'm back in town. Something, something about my cool Nebraska guy.

It somehow entails how you know you two are for each other, and you may not be together now, one day you will be together, Because you know that what you have is right. Line 3 She finally realizes that "He" is the one she really wants.

Line 2 When they separated she really felt so sad that she couldn't listen to a joke or rock and roll song because it reminds her of him. Line 3 Heavy sad feelings burdened her because of what had happened to them. Line 4,5 She then remembered one birthday, where he sang her with a very beautiful and heartful song heart of gold and he was playing acoustic and he was so vulnerable no clothes Line 6 And that was when she thought, what in the world is she doing?