What just happened with the last ten minutes of my life? I'll tell you what happened. I watched the newest Lady Gaga creation (with Beyonce) - the new video for "Telephone."
I cannot embed this video but you can watch it here:
If you watch this video - be warned. You are going to come out of it wondering "what the F just happened!?"
The video is definitely entertaining, I don't know much about Lady Gaga but it's pretty clear that she is just trying to see how far she can push everyone - and it's working. Plus, it's hilarious. I love a famous woman who isn't afraid to "get ugly" or who wears anything imaginable on her head. (The different "telephone hats/hair styles" in this video = genius.)
This time, it seems that Lady Gaga is going for the full shock reaction by creating this full length story music video (a la "Thriller") that will leave you saying "Huh??" and "What the..."
To quote my friend, Elyse, the video starts in an "Androgynous sexy prison." If that doesn't intrigue you, then you and I are intrigued by different things.
There ain't too much more to say about the video; you have just just watch it. But for me, here are some highlights/dumbfounding moments:
1:09 - Prison Guard (after stripping Lady Gaga of her clothes) says "I told you she didn't have a dick." WHAT?
1:29 - Wait a sec... are Lady Gaga's glasses are made of.... lit cigarettes? Yes... yes they are. Bravo.
4:47 - Beyonce appears in the video, and behind her brilliant dialogue you can tell that she was questioning what she was saying/doing in this freaking thing. (Am I really saying this right now?!) "You've been a very very bad girl, Gaga." (Now let me feed you this phallic sandwich.)
5:13 - Gaga says "You know what they say. Once you kill a cow - you've got to make a burger." Then she stares directly at the camera like I do in an improv show when I want to admit to the audience that I just said something unforgivable - like a really bad pun. Bravo again.
7:16 - They KILL everyone in the restaurant. At first I thought she just had a problem with just that one guy...but no. Apparently, they kill EVERYONE and then proceed to do a (really rockin) dance all around the dead people. Hope they leave a good tip! (I look directly at camera.)
Lastly, the thing that kills me the most about this video - the thing that actually physically pains me: what is with all the blatant advertising throughout? It seems product placement isn't even TRYING anymore to be stealth. See if you can find them all: Virgin Mobile, Plenty of Fish dating website (of all things?!), Wonder Bread, Miracle Whip, and Polaroid.
Well, there went MY Sunday.
Lady Gaga bothers me. She's not particularly attractive, all her vocals are heavily Auto-tuned, and her music, while catchy at times, is lacking in originality. She seems like a complete creation of _someone_. The question is, is she her own creation?
ReplyDeleteGood lord what just happened? Now I want a sky blue phone hat and a sammich.
ReplyDeleteIn prison, cigarettes are like money. So Gaga has glasses made of burning money.
ReplyDeletethere was a video going around where everyone claimed she had a penis... in fact, i was going get a link for you. all i typed in google was "lad" and the second suggestion was "lady gaga hermaphrodite" so i am sure you can find the video with no trouble ;)
ReplyDeleteMaria - Are you okay? I warned you!!
ReplyDeleteRay - money glasses!
Margie - I don't know why I didn't think of that. You are totally right that that is why that penis comment was in there. Honestly, i like that more because i love that she isn't afraid to comment on and make fun of herself...
Was it only me, or did they also kill a dog in the restaurant? I mean... I could almost understand the weird Thelma & Louise/Natural Born Killers vibe to kill everyone in the restaurant. Well, everything but the hair & costumes. But... kill the dog? Why? So cruel and pointless.
ReplyDeleteGaga and Honey B have been bad girls indeed.
this thing was the worst piece of shit imaginable.
ReplyDeleteThere i said it. And I LIKE lady gaga. And i'm very hard to shock. but this didnt actually SAY anything (besides for the fact that she is fiercely independent with the exception of being a whore to sponsorship.) And I am all for movie 'references,' but when you directly steal props, dialogue, and plot from well known movies--thats just unoriginality. Where is the message here. I LOVE ambiguously sexual sexy prisons, but i don't know WHY i'm there. Hell, I don't even really know why SHE'S there (i mean, you don't get bailed out if you're convicted of murder).
I guess what I'm saying is that this thing lacked any point. A world view with no point of view.
And To be continued?!?!?!?!?!? Usually when i see those words it's because i've been left hanging. Putting a TBC on this thing is like vomiting up my lunch in front of you and then assuring you that eventually it'll happen again.
They should just put this whole thing up on Failblog.com
HA! Matti for the win.
ReplyDeleteFYI...the "i told you she didn't have a dick" is evidently a reference to a rash of internet rumors that lady gaga is actually a man or a hermaphrodite.
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