Lady Gaga

I really love the contemplative expression on her face. Perhaps she's trying to remember where she got platform Birkenstocks with plexiglass buckles, or wondering if that clown she mugged and stripped is still safely locked in the broom closet.

Lady Gaga

And then she was like, "Wait a minute, Recently Mugged and Stripped and Woozy Ex-Clown is EXACTLY the look I SHOULD be going for," so they swapped AGAIN.

Cyndi Lauper

If it makes you feel any better about this, she did BEGIN the night with shoes. But she still stole that robe from her hairdresser.

Jennifer Nettles

This whole thing feels like 2003.

Carly Rae Jepsen

Whereas this feels sort of like 1993. In a way that nobody ever wanted to see again.

Nate Ruess

He got the Hal David Starlight award for a hot young songwriter, and seriously, has anyone ever looked less excited about being told they are a Hot Young Songwriter For The Ages? He didn't even take off his slippers.

Ne-Yo

He is an extremely dapper gent.

Van Morrison

Van Morrison went for aviator shades and a bandanna, because he is Van Morrison and he can do whatever so get SHoF his back.

Paul Williams

I don't even care what else he wrote -- he did "Rainbow Connection" and so he will always be celebrated by me. SNIFFLE.

Fugs and Fabs: The Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction

Lady Gaga won some kind of Contemporary Icon award, which is basically just an excuse to get Lady Gaga at your event whose guest list also includes Paul Williams and Van Morrison, so that Us is as likely to cover it as Rolling Stone. Very sneaky, SHoF. I see you. [Photos: Getty]