Lady Gaga feat Beyonce "Telephone" Music Video

DingosAteMyBaby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ95z6ywcBY

its heeeere! my verdict? it is wierd, wonderful, full of hidden meaning and every bit as epic as you would expect.

and they say the music video is dead!!

What does everyone else think?

You gotta love anything that features the pu**y wagon:p

FearDark

What a pile of steaming ****. Director obviously loves Quentin Tarantino.

DingosAteMyBaby

thebanana wrote: »

What a pile of steaming ****. Director obviously loves Quentin Tarantino.

art is subjective i suppose

Well that was pretty dire,Jonas Akerlunds videos are usually brilliant too...must be Lady Gaga's input to blame

Apart from the Tarantino influence,I couldn't help but notice the video was awfully similar to this one too...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM_OvOH6eHQ

DingosAteMyBaby

Deleted User wrote: »

Well that was pretty dire,Jonas Akerlunds videos are usually brilliant too...must be Lady Gaga's input to blame

Apart from the Tarantino influence,I couldn't help but notice the video was awfully similar to this one too...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM_OvOH6eHQ

a little similiar but vastly different as well.

i thought the direction was superb and visually, it was nothing short of stunning. the video itself was one of the most creative ones that i have seen on a while.

the deliberately obvious product placment and cheesy one liners were genius. i just love how she took a relatively straight forward song and turned it into something much deeper and darker.

good music videos are few and far between nowadays and Gaga is a breathoof fresh air IMO, and always impresses.

i'd love to know what ye didnt enjoy about it exactly, every review ive read online has been raving about it, as have my friends that have watched it

evil_seed

how about ALL that product placement

MickShamrock

Interesting.

DingosAteMyBaby

almost 3.4 million views in less than 24 hours :eek:

unreggd

Why's she always poisoning people, she even has Beyoncé doin it now!
That's just rude

and haha @ Beyoncés disappearing (then reappearing) hat

I was pretty underwhelmed by this, but spose its good that someones puttin some sort of effort into music videos nowadays

ERR!

I love it GAGA is nuts and very creative.....could do with a bit more dancing.. beyonce is a bit boring in comparasion to GAGA but overall loved it:D

Raekwon

I usually love Jonas Åkerlund's videos and this was interesting enough until GaGa left the prison then it went totally títs up IMO.

This is one of his better videos:

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

His movie 'Spun' isn't the best though.

FewFew

Must say I'm not a fan of this video... everything seemed a bit obvious or something. Odd outfits - par for the course with Gaga, everything else has been kinda done to death. For such an innovator I thought all the ideas were very cliched. Maybe that was the idea.

Really it's one of those things where you nearly need to read the director's notes to see what he was getting at, maybe I just didn't get the subtext.

The product placement was painful. If it was meant to be that obvious then what purpose was it serving in the greater scheme of things, plus it's possible to allude to such stuff without placing actual products.

Rather mediocre song, so much so that I didn't really notice it with the video going on. Without the video the song is just a b-side, with the video the song will no doubt be all over clubs and the radio but it's a definite decline in quality for Gaga.

blow69

Oh look Gaga and Beyonce collaborate. Thank God, I mean maybe now they can finally get some exposure :rolleyes:

Her music videos are really starting to venture into the overly bizarre. What started out as trying to be creative has now turned into quite the farce e.g cigarette-rimmed glasses (enough with the completely random, 'look at me' stuff Lady GaGa. Yes, you're weird and "edgy", we get it)

While 'Papparazzi' (the video) was not bad, long music videos are definitely not her fortay. Michael Jackson she ain't.

The new Ok Go video is far superior and more creative IMO.

MoyVilla9

Ehh whats wrong with ye all? this video is epic!

DingosAteMyBaby

MoyVilla9 wrote: »

Ehh whats wrong with ye all? this video is epic!

THANK YOU!!!!
"You know what they say..once you kill a cow you gotta make a burger"

Andy-Pandy

I watched, really not wanting to like it, but i did. Love or hate GaGa, at least she's interesting and creative. And Beyonce's knockers looked fantastic.

nommm

'I told you she didn't have a dick' :pac:

'Trust is like a mirror you can fix it if it's broke but you can always see the crack in that mother ****ers reflection ........'

How can any one not love the Gaga?

Althought I noticed in that video, she is getting very skinny.

Grindylow

Best video of this decade, so far.

"I told you she didn't have a dick..."

In fairness, what other kind of a person could come up with such a video? Who else gets their video's banned from being shown on music channels? :pac: I think this video should be praised, not criticized.

rovert

A lot of work to hide a duff track

DingosAteMyBaby

it gets even better the more you watch it also, i love "paper gangsta" again now

Raekwon

Noel2k9 wrote: »

In fairness, what other kind of a person could come up with such a video? Who else gets their video's banned from being shown on music channels? :pac:

In fairness Lady GaGa is not really breaking down any barriers here. Richard D James (Aphex Twin) & Chris Cunningham were making visually amazing/original/controversial music videos over 10 years ago. Plus music videos directed by Hype Williams were much more creative back the mid/late 90's and the likes of The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" was way more controversial (also in the 90's).

But I do applaud her for making a very creative video and trying to do something different.

DingosAteMyBaby

Raekwon wrote: »

In fairness Lady GaGa is not really breaking down any barriers here. Richard D James (Aphex Twin) & Chris Cunningham were making visually amazing/original/controversial music videos over 10 years ago. Plus music videos directed by Hype Williams were much more creative back the mid/late 90's and the likes of The Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" was way more controversial (also in the 90's).

But I do applaud her for making a very creative video and trying to do something different.

i think he meant nowadays dont see much of it in these times really, people dont wanna risk not getting played on the music channels etc.. means they make less money!!

Raekwon

DingosAteMyBaby wrote: »

i think he meant nowadays dont see much of it in these times really, people dont wanna risk not getting played on the music channels etc.. means they make less money!!

That's true but the whole video won't get played on the music channels anyway, it will start when the song starts, so the "I told you she had no d**k, lesbian kissing, fight in the prison cell" won't be aired. The same happened to Aphex Twin's "Widow Licker", it was another 10 minute video but on MTV, VH1, BET etc the video started when the song started so the 4 minute build-up (and controversial bits) were cut out to fill a 5 minute slot.

But my point still remains, check out some of Busta Rhymes or Missy Elliot videos directed by Hype Williams from the late 90's & early 00's and compare their style & creativeness to "Telephone".

K4t

Visually and aurally painful.

At least it will hopefully reduce the frequency with which I visit nightclubs, which is always a good thing.

Rud

what is it with lady gaga and beyonce.they had a track called "videophone" and now this "telephone".are they going to bring out another over-produced club ditty called "fax-machine" next?can they possibly sex up a fax machine?

Mindkiller

So what does this video have to do with telephones then?

Also, holy crap Gaga is emaciated. Pic related (probably NSFW)

DingosAteMyBaby

Mindkiller wrote: »

So what does this video have to do with telephones then?

Also, holy crap Gaga is emaciated. Pic related (probably NSFW)

quite scrawny lookin alright.. she probably shoudve eaten all that sandwich

grenache

Gaga is fakeness personified (seen her on Jonathan Ross twice and she's so plastic its incredible), a poor example for the young and muscially ambitious people out there today. If she wasn't such an attention seeking whore she might be someway likeable.

DingosAteMyBaby

grenache wrote: »

Gaga is fakeness personified (seen her on Jonathan Ross twice and she's so plastic its incredible), a poor example for the young and muscially ambitious people out there today. If she wasn't such an attention seeking whore she might be someway likeable.

:rolleyes: a poor example? here is a woman who worked her butt off for years, struggling to make it. she writes all her own songs, always sings live, is unbelievably dedicated to her fans and always strives to put on an amazing show.

She is the DEFINITION of inspiration... but yeah i get shes popular so its not "cool" to like her..

RichTea

DingosAteMyBaby wrote: »

She is the DEFINITION of inspiration... but yeah i get shes popular so its not "cool" to like her..

The "Definition of inspiration"? I don't mind her, in fact I quite enjoy a couple of her songs but that's a massive step too far.

BigDuffman

The musical facists are out in force today.....love or hate ga ga IMO that was an epic video...The prison scene was brilliant (albeit strangely arousing).

Ga Ga is daring in a period that has just mass produced mundane female soloists. Fierce and weird.

I'm not going to go out and buy her album or anything but I can see what all the hype is about. Incredibly catchy and fun.

DingosAteMyBaby

RichTea wrote: »

The "Definition of inspiration"? I don't mind her, in fact I quite enjoy a couple of her songs but that's a massive step too far.

dont be pedantic, if you read my whole post you'd get what i was trying to say:rolleyes:

FewFew

BigDuffman wrote: »

Ga Ga is daring in a period that has just mass produced mundane female soloists. Fierce and weird.

If you think that just because she's weird she's not part of the mass production lark I think you'll be disappointed. To get a world wide release and all the airtime this lady has received requires massive amounts of money and major label backing. She's jumping through hoops just as much as the Britneys in the world. I'd be very happy if someone could correct me, it would restore some faith.

speedboatchase

Fewcifur wrote: »

If you think that just because she's weird she's not part of the mass production lark I think you'll be disappointed. To get a world wide release and all the airtime this lady has received requires massive amounts of money and major label backing. She's jumping through hoops just as much as the Britneys in the world. I'd be very happy if someone could correct me, it would restore some faith.

I'll take a Lady Gaga over a million overhyped, dull as ditchwater BBC Sound of... female artists out there - Ellie Goulding, Marina & the Diamonds, Adele, Duffy, VV Brown Little Boots etc etc. I wouldn't be a huge fan of her mind you but in this day and age it's good to see someone going Diamond (her first album) by making her singles, performance and videos EVENTS. It's like seeing an artist trying their damndest to get your attention and €1.29 rather than someone that think they're too cool to make a song masses might actually sing along to. And aside from those overrated "indie" artists I mentioned - who else is there in Pop? Rihanna dropped a horrible album, Leona Lewis has no charisma and Alexandra Burke is the new Shayne Ward. Gaga and to a lesser extent Florence + The Machine are so far ahead of the curve right now it's unreal

Minstrel27

I thought the video was rubbish. The song is rubbish also.

GirlOfGlass

It's just what I was expecting from Lady Gaga: desperately trying to be different,weird, extravagant etc. Impressive video and all and the song is catchy, but just as I expected.

blow69

speedboatchase wrote: »

I'll take a Lady Gaga over a million overhyped, dull as ditchwater BBC Sound of... female artists out there - Ellie Goulding, Marina & the Diamonds, Adele, Duffy, VV Brown Little Boots etc etc. I wouldn't be a huge fan of her mind you but in this day and age it's good to see someone going Diamond (her first album) by making her singles, performance and videos EVENTS. It's like seeing an artist trying their damndest to get your attention and €1.29 rather than someone that think they're too cool to make a song masses might actually sing along to. And aside from those overrated "indie" artists I mentioned - who else is there in Pop? Rihanna dropped a horrible album, Leona Lewis has no charisma and Alexandra Burke is the new Shayne Ward. Gaga and to a lesser extent Florence + The Machine are so far ahead of the curve right now it's unreal

In which country are you referring to? Surely not the US, because Diamond means ten milion albums sold, which in this day and age is impossible. Safe to say no one will ever reach Diamond status ever again. Usher was the last person to recieve it in America and that was back in 2004.

KrazeeEyezKilla

I've liked everything she's done so far but that videos a bit of a mess. I don't like videos that are about three times longer than the song. If she wants to make a long video than do what the Black Eyed Peas did and make one video for two different songs.

blow69 wrote: »

In which country are you referring to? Surely not the US, because Diamond means ten milion albums sold, which in this day and age is impossible. Safe to say no one will ever reach Diamond status ever again. Usher was the last person to recieve it in America and that was back in 2004.

Maybe Britain, thats the only country I can see it being done now.

nommm

blow69 wrote: »

In which country are you referring to? Surely not the US, because Diamond means ten milion albums sold, which in this day and age is impossible. Safe to say no one will ever reach Diamond status ever again. Usher was the last person to recieve it in America and that was back in 2004.

She did achieve Diamond status. It was either in the US or worldwide. I can't remember.

FewFew

speedboatchase wrote: »

I'll take a Lady Gaga over a million overhyped, dull as ditchwater BBC Sound of... female artists out there - Ellie Goulding, Marina & the Diamonds, Adele, Duffy, VV Brown Little Boots etc etc. I wouldn't be a huge fan of her mind you but in this day and age it's good to see someone going Diamond (her first album) by making her singles, performance and videos EVENTS. It's like seeing an artist trying their damndest to get your attention and €1.29 rather than someone that think they're too cool to make a song masses might actually sing along to. And aside from those overrated "indie" artists I mentioned - who else is there in Pop? Rihanna dropped a horrible album, Leona Lewis has no charisma and Alexandra Burke is the new Shayne Ward. Gaga and to a lesser extent Florence + The Machine are so far ahead of the curve right now it's unreal

Yeah, I'd take Gaga over much of whats being pumped out there, but she's still a mass produced music industry product, which was what I was getting at in response to an earlier post. Not necessarily a bad thing, but think Lady Gaga is all alternative etc is a bit like saying Coke Zero is revolutionary and edgy compared to Coke.

speedboatchase

nommm wrote: »

She did achieve Diamond status. It was either in the US or worldwide. I can't remember.

It was worldwide http://www.dirrtyinc.com/post/news-lady-gagas-the-fame-is-certified-diamond/

blow69

speedboatchase wrote: »

It was worldwide http://www.dirrtyinc.com/post/news-lady-gagas-the-fame-is-certified-diamond/

Any official link to back that up?

Albums just don't sell ten million copies anymore, even worldwide. It might be at around eight million at the very most, but ten million....

pikachucheeks

I like the video ... It's something different!
Bit crazy, unusual and all-over-the-place, but that's Gaga all over

I found Beyonce a bit pretentious ... The way she was styled ; hair, make-up, dress ... It just wasn't her usual thing. She looked like an imitation fan girl!
She's not normally as quirky or kitsch as she was trying to make out in this video.

Found this "ten hidden surprises" article today about the video and found some of it interesting.

Personally, I love the track. It's been stuck in my head since I first heard it!

DingosAteMyBaby

blow69 wrote: »

Any official link to back that up?

Albums just don't sell ten million copies anymore, even worldwide. It might be at around eight million at the very most, but ten million....

she confirmed it while on jonathan ross. "The Fame" had sold 10,00054 copies worldwide when it was annouced!!

Professey Chin

Can I have my time back?Good jesus that was terrible musically and visually
"I told you she doesnt have a dick" Well colour me unconvinced.
Im trying to think of a constructive thing to say but all I keep thinking is sh!t.

Slideshowbob

All explained here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQvBjs9u5Hw&feature=player_embedded#

blow69

DingosAteMyBaby wrote: »

she confirmed it while on jonathan ross. "The Fame" had sold 10,00054 copies worldwide when it was annouced!!

Okay but a lot of these artists/record companies tend to 'inflate' the actual numbers of said artists.

What I mean is, has it been officially certified?

The following website, albeit for America, is the official organization for certifying album sales and is the only one allowed to do so...http://www.riaa.com/whatwedo.php

Is there any worldwide equivalent?

Also, does the alleged 10million+ sales figures include her kind of half-second album The Monster?

phasers

Ooh Lady Gaga is so weird and edgy wow she's such an individual... :rolleyes:

her songs are the usual generic crap imo and her "image" is carefully crafted by herself and her management. What's wrong with being real?

She's so pretentious and desperate to be seen as a "visionary" and an "intellectual" it's just embarassing imo

Dilynnio

This is their second collaboration

Last month they did Beyonce's song videophone

Video is here

Love it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvymFpZYXBM&feature=related

rebel10

DingosAteMyBaby wrote: »

she confirmed it while on jonathan ross. "The Fame" had sold 10,00054 copies worldwide when it was annouced!!

Ok. Firstly just because all those copies were sold does not prove anything. Her biggest grossing market is Asia. The Japanese and Chinese love her, as they do with anything "quirky". Its her as a product that is selling, not as an artist. Most populated country likes her and she makes it big time. Just remember all those acts which also made it big in Asia, I was going to give her the benefit of the doubt for a long time, thought perhaps she was a bit original, but alas no. After the 3rd single I realised she is a try hard. In other words, everything she does is premeditated to the point where when she does do something that is meant to be so jaw droppingly original it just becomes plastic and drained of any artistic sentiment.
This video is not epic, very far from it, yes you can see aspects which are ok, mainly Beyonce's participation, but not epic. "Thriller" was epic as was "Teardrop" by Massive Attack, in my opinion, something which blows you away while watching, but this is a rip off of various directors and artists, which does not make it epic. This is epic. Something which she will never have the knowledge of due to the fact that Michael Jackson had more talent in the tip of his fake nose!!
THRILLER , Michael Jackson (1982)

28,000,000 ... USA (28xP , 2009) (1)
4,075,000 ... UK (2)
2,250,000 ... Canada (3) (2xDiamond, 1984)
2,000,000 ... France (4)
1,725,000 ... Japan (5)
1,500,000 ... Germany (3xP , 1995)
1,230,000 ... Brazil (6)
1,225,000 ... Italy (7)
980,000 ... Australia (14xP , 2009)
880,000 ... Netherlands (8xP , 1996)
600,000 ... Argentina (8) (Diamond, 1999)
440,000 ... Mexico (9)
420,000 ... Sweden (10) (4xP , 2008)
400,000 ... Austria (8xP , 2008)
395,000 ... Belgium
315,000 ... Switzerland (11) (6xP , 1995)
180,000 ... Denmark (6xP , 2008)
165,000 ... New Zealand
92,000 ... Finland
80,000 ... Portugal
40,000 ... Singapore

Total = 46,992,000

DingosAteMyBaby

rebel10 wrote: »

Ok. Firstly just because all those copies were sold does not prove anything. Her biggest grossing market is Asia. The Japanese and Chinese love her, as they do with anything "quirky". Its her as a product that is selling, not as an artist. Most populated country likes her and she makes it big time. Just remember all those acts which also made it big in Asia, I was going to give her the benefit of the doubt for a long time, thought perhaps she was a bit original, but alas no. After the 3rd single I realised she is a try hard. In other words, everything she does is premeditated to the point where when she does do something that is meant to be so jaw droppingly original it just becomes plastic and drained of any artistic sentiment.
This video is not epic, very far from it, yes you can see aspects which are ok, mainly Beyonce's participation, but not epic. "Thriller" was epic as was "Teardrop" by Massive Attack, in my opinion, something which blows you away while watching, but this is a rip off of various directors and artists, which does not make it epic. This is epic. Something which she will never have the knowledge of due to the fact that Michael Jackson had more talent in the tip of his fake nose!!
THRILLER , Michael Jackson (1982)

28,000,000 ... USA (28xP , 2009) (1)
4,075,000 ... UK (2)
2,250,000 ... Canada (3) (2xDiamond, 1984)
2,000,000 ... France (4)
1,725,000 ... Japan (5)
1,500,000 ... Germany (3xP , 1995)
1,230,000 ... Brazil (6)
1,225,000 ... Italy (7)
980,000 ... Australia (14xP , 2009)
880,000 ... Netherlands (8xP , 1996)
600,000 ... Argentina (8) (Diamond, 1999)
440,000 ... Mexico (9)
420,000 ... Sweden (10) (4xP , 2008)
400,000 ... Austria (8xP , 2008)
395,000 ... Belgium
315,000 ... Switzerland (11) (6xP , 1995)
180,000 ... Denmark (6xP , 2008)
165,000 ... New Zealand
92,000 ... Finland
80,000 ... Portugal
40,000 ... Singapore
Total = 46,992,000

actually it DOES prove something. Oh and all her sales come from Asia huh?

The Fame - Certifications:

Australia 3× Platinum Austria 2× Platinum Belgium Platinum Brazil Gold Canada 3× Platinum Denmark Platinum Europe Platinum Finland Platinum France 2× Platinum Germany 5× Gold Greece Platinum Hungary Platinum Japan Platinum Mexico Gold New Zealand 2× Platinum Poland 3× Platinum Portugal Gold Russia 2× Platinum Spain Gold Sweden Gold Switzerland 3× Platinum United Kingdom 4× Platinum United States 3× Platinum

so yeah maybe give google a check before you start throwing around your unsubstantiated claims.

sales like that by an artist who has been around for just over a year show SOMETHING i think. Her solo world tour has sold out in just about every country it been on in. Also her two grammy's and 3 BRITS may say something about her as an artist, not a "product":)



oh and thanks for the random Michael Jackson sales figures