I'm sorry, but I'm gonna do a first and co-sign with Sam on this one. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with the fact that she doesn't get up and dance with a troupe of backup dancers, it's just that she has NO charisma whatsoever. Seriously, the many times I try to watch her performances on YouTube, I can't even sit through most of them. I literally feel myself dying with boredom. She is talented, yes. But not a great performer.

@ Nate:

People who don't share your tastes aren't "idiots". That in itself is a pretty idiotic (not to mention snobby) thing to say. I'm sure you wouldn't like it if someone told you you're an idiot for finding a particular artist boring. Don't insult other people for merely having an opinion.

And I happen to be a fan of Stevie Wonder, as well as other artists who mainly perform sitting behind a piano, like Billy Joel, Ray Charles, Elton John, Tori Amos, Regina Spektor and the like. None of them fail in holding my attention and impressing me because they're all extremely charismatic in their performances. And people seem to forget that Gaga is a pianist herself, and as a performer she's actually at her best when she's at the piano. She slays Alicia both on the instrument and vocally, IMO. Go ahead and blast me for saying this, I don't care.