Lady Gaga "Bad Romance" video, you guys:
I give up! I tried to fight Lady Gaga off for awhile, but she might actually be some kind of retarded genius. I mean, her life is basically an Eric Wareheim video. How can you get in the way of that? You can't. You simply step aside and let it limp through on its prop crutches, cleaning up the wake of blood after its gone.
Posted by Gabe at 12:46 PM in Music Related Content
Tags: Lady Gaga
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Is it about Chess?
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The chess board is a primary symbol for the Masons. Life is Chess, after all, and we are but pawns.
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And if you people think I'm crazy, check out the Baphomet style Goathead Lady Gaga has in ALL her videos.
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From TMZ: Baphomet listens to Lady Gaga while he washes his dishes.. puts up his Christmas tree BEFORE thanksgiving.. yes, ladies and gentlemen, he put the star on upside down
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I'm pretty sure it was Stadius who said that, not TMZ.
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i did not come here to comment on lady gaga. i came here to tell you that there should be a monsters ball every month for the best new animated gif's, and that you would be the first winner, "whoa!".
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I gave up a long time ago. She may be nutty, and she may have a blood feud with pants, but damned if I don't like her.
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Are those travel coffins? Please tell me those are travel coffins.
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Those are travel coffins. She does it all in this video.
You will all come to the Gaga in the end.
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Marilyn Manson must be such a proud papa.
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PRECISELY. marilyn manson + french revolution = a gr8 phase for an avant garde tranny supernova.
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When we invent time-travel we should definitely send this back in time to freak people out. Maybe then Mozart will see it and be so distressed that he decides not to invent music.
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But if we stop him from inventing music then the video never would have been created, and we couldn't show him anything so music would be created, but then the video would exist and he wouldn't have invented music, so the video wouldn't exist.... MARTY HELP ME OUT HERE!!
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Yikes. I think I liked that song. OK, just hand me the KoolAid and let me get this over with.
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I was really psyched for the future 5 minutes and 7 seven seconds ago... Now I feel I'm unprepared.
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At 2:08, when she says "I want your horror", why does she assume the feeling is mutual?
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But if we stop him from inventing music then the video never would have been created, and we couldn't show him anything so music would be created, but then the video would exist and he wouldn't have invented music, so the video wouldn't exist.... MARTY HELP ME OUT HERE!!
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oops sorry
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Wait...did I just go BACK IN TIME?
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this chick - never trying hard enough.
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Wow...out of all of the dancers, she's the only one wearing pants.
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Not to be a hater, but this just seems like a pastiche of every video idea that Marilyn Manson, Bjork and Madonna had circa 1996-2000.
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I agree. She's obviously been inspired by those people, I just wish her music matched her videos/outfits. I'd be way more into it if the music was discordant, different, out-there like her persona. She's trying to be the next Madonna. Manson.. sure she can be scary. But she hasn't earned the Björk comparison yet.
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I'm just talking about the late-'90s visual aesthetic of her videos, not comparing her music to Bjork or anything.
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In that case I agree 100% instead of just 90%
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totally agree, I can respect her out-there style and whatever. it's interesting enough. I just wish her music was more interesting. I mean, I guess I haven't listened to all that much of hers, but this song had the same tone, dynamic, sound and whatever as her "paparazzi" . needs more interesting.
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I CAN'T ACCEPT that this SHIT IS what is POPULAR music NOW. FUCK. Remember WHEN THE Beatles, BOB Dylan, AND BILLY JOEL WERE the fuckin POP MUSIC against which alternative WAS TRYING to rebel? GROSS.
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Agreed, and agreed hard. p.s. imagine bob's already scary lookin ass in one of her outfits! Tell your nightmares I said 'hi'.
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I like the shout out to the VideoGum Monsters, what wit the white MONSTER Coffin
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I watched (for some self torturous reason) an interview with her on CNN.com that made me respect her a LOT more than I had before. In any case, though, the sounds coming out of her mouth are terrible and scary.
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Link?
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Here you go. It's about half an hour long, just to warn you.
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That was a smart interview, thanks for posting it.
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This guy made I Am Legend? Huh.
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That polar bear deserved better than that.
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That is definitely a "fresh ass polar bear coat." Has Jamie Foxx seen this?
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What polar bear......there is no polar bear.
http://nymag.com/daily/fashion/2009/11/lady_gaga_did_not_set_fire_to.html
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Can i nominate Lady Gaga as the worst movie of all time. I would really like gabe to tear into her. especially since the video was a mash up of The 5th element and the cell. which should also be nominated for TWMOAT.
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I still think she sucks. Looks okay in a thong, though.
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Bad Romance = Bromance?
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This is genius and scary all at once. I choked on my tea at the coffins, gasped at the hairless cat and yelled "WTF" at the bed of death. No other video in recent memory has got that kind of reaction from me. Bravo GaGa. Bravo.
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You mean "Brava" -- Oh, wait, you're right. "Bravo" is right.
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You know what would've really classed-up this video?
This guy.
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That's exactly what it reminded me of!
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It reminded me of a mix between a pleather-lovin' Max from Where the Wild Things Are & the White Witch from Chronicles of Narnia.
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My favorite part of the video was when the music started playing and then the video hit that yellow mark and an ad popped up offering me insurance quotes. Youtube, ya know?
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I got "Want more cowbell?" Because that is what this video is missing.
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I am sick of apologizing for liking Lady Gaga. Yes, I know, she's a total famewhore. But girl can sing, and it's always fun to look at the ridiculous outfits she wears. And her music videos are always much more interesting than the other shit on MTV.
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You will look back on this when you are older and laugh.
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I am turning 27 in very very soon, proving I am old and therefore knowledgeable about LIFE, and I agree with you! Talented spectacles are good fun. It's always more amusing when you have less invested in them though, by which I mean, don't apologize.
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(A man sitting on the bed who has a Gold Chin turns to Lady Gaga)
GoldenChin: Lady Gaga, perhaps you would be more comfortable in my private jet?
Lady Gaga: Yes perhaps I would, Sam get my luggage
Samuel L. Chang: Oops, I fo-get it, Brudda!
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Lady Gaga, you have some messages. The first message is: I hate you. That's from me.
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Forget, Catherine Zeta-Jones! Never gonna happen.
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I like Lady Gaga. I get the feeling she's pulling all the strings… Her career is a series of calculated moves. Also, I think she's sort of a musical prodigy… Having now checked her wikipedia page, it seems she kind of taught herself to play piano at age four then got accept to NYU's Tisch School at age 17 but dropped out because IT WASNT REAL ENOUGH or something before she turned into the freak-pop icon.
Also I like chicks with strong looking legs and nice asses. And just A LITTLE penis, to mix things up.
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Yeah, strings are being pulled. MASONIC Strings.
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Nobody who actually graduates from a music school ever becomes a success. Take myself, for instance.
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I also get the feeling she is completely in charge. This is the kind of pop music I like, so I actually think it's great; however, I am an adult, so I guess I worry about what kids think of this...? Maybe?? The comparisons to people like Bjork are interesting, because she's definitely pushing the pop envelope, but I don't think this is very innovative to people familiar with more alternative artists like Bjork. I just like her because she makes me say WTF regularly and she doesn't seem like a popbot Britney Spears type.
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All that being said, can we please put a moratorium on MAKING PEOPLE'S EYES BIG WITH COMPUTERS?? We get it, but please stop, IT'S TOO CREEPY I'M JUST NOW RECOVERING FROM BLACK HOLE SUN GROSS GROSS
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Um Tori Amos started playing the piano at two and a half and was in a conservatory by age 5. She's also a better piano player, and a better singer, she just didn't write pop music. And all her songs sound different. There's nothing that remarkable about Lady Gaga.
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a) it's still pretty remarkable that lady gaga did those things, whether or not tori amos and mozart have done something even more remarkable.
b) one thing that separates lady gaga from tori amos is that i enjoy some of lady gaga's songs.
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Several things:
• I agree that it's sort a manson but I find it way more madonna. It's "Human Nature" with a mash of the "Ray of Light" vids and splash of "Hung Up" and I might be crazy but part of it reminds me of "Like a Prayer" (maybe it's religious overtones)
• My Coffin also says 'Monster" but there is a little red heart on it instead of a cross.
• I am not a music video connoisseur so I knows nothing.
• I love this.
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Lady Gaga's career kind of reminds me of the McCain presidential campaign of 2008. Let's just do a bunch of crazy shit, people might think we're actually saying something and vote for us.
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I feel like maybe Lady Gaga saw "Sleep Away Camp" at a very young age. Half her poses remind me of that creepy ass final shot.
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Oh dear, that "Sleepaway Camp" comparison is spot on. Horrifying. For those of you that haven't seen the film, just google image search the title. The third result will show you the goods.
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If "Rah-rah-ah-ah-ah-ah! Roma-roma-mamaa! Ga-ga-ooh-la-la!" would have been available at the time of the YCMIU contest, my story coulda been a contender! (No offense, dafs. You're still the champion of our e-hearts.)
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The most overwhelmingly annoying thing about this video is "You and me could write a bad romance." Would you ever say "Me could write a bad romance?" No, I do not think that you would! Although since evidently she is such an idiot savant (savant at being a freak, idiot at everything) maybe her creative genius leaves no room for grammatical correctness, or not being the worst.
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Not to be Lady Gaga's #1 Fan over here or anything, but complaining about proper grammar in music seems pretty silly. I mean, there are plenty of lyrics, song titles, album titles, even band names that don't use proper grammar, and why should they? Art doesn't need to have rules! Unless you were being sarcastic, in which case I look like an ass and apologize.
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Carrie, I'm just letting you know, I think you're expecting a bit too much from your bubblegum pop.
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"This ever changing world in which we live in"
-Paul McCartney
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THAT one makes my skin crawl.
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Whose side are you even on?
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I will say, the "you and me could write a bad romance" grammar goof does stick out and bug me every time I hear the song. I don't think it's worth the soapboxing though, it makes you look like a grammar nazi instead of the grammar police. ~_^ She has poetic license on her side, and the song is damn catchy.
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I must know where she acquired that Golden Claw Lobster Armor.
That's some WoW shit right there.
+20 Dexterity.
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Lady Gaga, Awesome Video, Great Job!
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You know what, I tried to fight it too--but honestly, I'm glad someone is making pop music a spectacle again. How long has it been since there was a new, exciting, completely batshit insane pop icon who wore ridiculous costumes had a space alien personality and didn't need like 35 handlers protecting his or her image 24/7? There's a reason why people love Madonna, Prince, and David Bowie, and it's not entirely because of their music (in Madonna's case clearly music has nothing to do with it because GOOD LORD is that shit terrible.)
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lady gaga has celebrity all figured out. her stage act is basically my idea of glamour circa 1987 as acted out with my barbies and their homemade outfits, nobody has any idea about her personal life, because she spouts nonsense whenever she opens her mouth. she never wears pants and yet no one is sexualizing her. she could quit "the biz" tomorrow, and no one would ever be able to find her. why? because no one knows what she actually looks like when shes not dressed like americas next top model. all she would need to do is dye her hair.
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Yeeaahh... this is one of those things where about a year ago I was commanded to like Lady Gaga because I'm gay, and I said "What is a Lady Gaga?" I assumed it was a drag queen (rightfully, it turns out). I really did! (like, it sounds like Lady Bunny) Then I saw a picture and said "Ew, (s)he's so ugly!" But people swore to me that she was really "smart" "for her age"... that her lyrics were really "smart"... that should've been my tip-off ("for her age"). WHERE ARE THE SMART LYRICS?
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"Russian roulette is not the same without a gun
and baby when it's love if it's not rough it isn't fun"
I don't know. I've always liked those lyrics. Nice cadence, if not vocabulary.
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You understand now why she is a powerful tool/puppet.
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Geez, Lady Gaga. If you wanted Matthew Barney to direct your video so badly, you could've just ASKED him.
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I'm not gonna lie, I dig the choreography. She's cracked out of her gourd, but I can appreciate what she does.
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I seriously cannot figure out if I think she's ridiculous or the most insanely beautiful brilliant thing. But I can say this video is fucking gorgeous and amazing. She's one hell of a dancer. Not a bad jam, either, for that sort of thing. Ok Lady Gaga, you win.
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She may be the genius of whatever it is she does, look crazy while more than likely being a quite sane individual? But that still doesn't mean I have to like her and her butt-butt-butt-butt-butt-butt-butt-butt-butt-butt-butter face.
sorry had to do it.
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Did... is there any actual proof of any kind whatsoever that she's intersex? Because that whole "ADMITTED IT ON HER BLOG"/"p[eener and a pooner" thing was... completely false.
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Did you know her upcoming tour is called "Monster's Ball"? FACT!
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She is a moron.
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She's like the Jackson Pollock of music videos. You just stand a feet back with your arms crossed and go "Wow. Why have I been staring at this for five minutes? Do I even like this? I guess I do? Did I just see a dick?"
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Exaaaaaaaaactly! I've watched this video incessantly and she wins. I give. It's brilliant.
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I keep coming back to this post. Gabe was right. Lady Gaga does win.
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It's been about 24 hours. This song is still in my head, and I have come full circle to thinking this video is eye candy.
What's wrong with me?
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No matter how catchy her songs are, I'll never be able to get past the fact that she is best friends with Perez Hilton. How has that black hole not sucked her in yet?
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I KISS THE GROUND ON WHICH SHE TROTS.
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Oh god, oh god, how I love the ending. That's some good self-referential shit.
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Visually trippy, but the dance scenes looked like a bad hybrid between Michael Jackson's and Madonna's old videos.
Always fun to watch her but not so much listen to her. I wished her songs were a bit more catchy. I'm in need of a pop guilty pleasure.
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Whoa, I am late to this party. Anyways, I don't know, should I hate this? I mean, I kind of do, but that video also has a sort of Kubrickian-Clockwork Orange-2001 thing going on that's kind of cool, I guess. Whatever. She still can't sing.
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"she might actually be some kind of retarded genius" = Hilarious and true!
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