Telephone by Lady Gaga and Beyonce

I feel obliged to write a little somethin' about it. When I heard they were collaborating in a video together, my first thought was "Isn't Beyonce worried she'll be overshadowed by Lady Gaga?" But in actuality the parts that were the most fun to watch all involved Beyonce -- when she does the Lady Gaga dance moves, when she wears the infamous Gaga sunglasses (where can I get a pair??), when she flashes the camera that doe-eyed look...

While I (mostly) love what Lady Gaga has been doing to push the envelope and ah... redefine (music as) art, I wonder if this is the point from where she will shortly jump the shark. Well, probably not, considering all of the powerhaus producers she has behind her now, but there are some things that irritated me (and perhaps everyone else) about this video. 1. Seemingly gratuitous nudity and sex: Why so many crotch shots? Why was she the only one of the prison dancers wearing a thong? 2. Blatant product placement, although this has historically annoyed me about music videos.

Ah also Beyonce looks astonishingly like Tyra in some of these shots, especially in the stop-motion shots. Beyonce's hair was so spot-on throughout the video... the bangs! The volume and flawless curls! Perfect. She looked amazing in every shot. And: Telephone hair on Lady Gaga! Haha hilarious. Ironically in the Americana post-poisoning scene where Gaga is dancing with B, the eye is drawn to Beyonce while Gaga sort of fades to the side... I think it might be because Beyonce is wearing more clothes (relatively). Or, she's a stronger performer in this sense, when pitted head-to-head dancing side-to-side.

Overall, the video made me like the song a LOT more. And I realized that the song is very relate-able, haha. Aside from these gripes, it's typical Gaga genius. So I'll say it was a success!

Video embedded below, but you should watch it on Youtube for the wide-screen: