She fired the previous director and directed the video herself, apparently.

http://www.gigwise.com/news/64031/La...irector-On-Set

I actually like it, it was boring as hell but she looked great.

I actually liked the simplicity but I didn't like the fact she looked so bored. The vocals leave you to believe this is such a powerful song and yet her face was so stiff and the lipsyncing was downright awful. If she put more of herself and some lively spirit into the video, then it would have been perfect to me. But it ended up looking exactly how it was produced, a rushed, last-minute video. The Google Chrome video would have made a better music video than this! In fact, I'm just going to dub that the official one instead. :laugh

The video was really boring but I guess it was nice somehow.

If there are Gaga fans looking for simplicity they must be confusing her with some other artist cause she hardly does anything "simple". But hey, they got it now if that's what they were after.

^More like, "in touch" with her music. It's in no way new or revolutionary, it's so annoying to see her create these overly complicated videos as if that's the case. It just reeks of trying too hard. Her earlier videos weren't like that.

Although unfortunately, the circumstances around the video probably dictated the outcome more than her creative vision.

All I can say she looks hot
This so freaking much, the song inspiring and whatnot and it gets this boring video.

Wow, she looks so enthusiastic in the video!

I thought it was simple in a nice way too :yes. A break from a lot of crazy stuff <3

Oh... apparently the guy playing the saxophone in TEOG's mv just passed away.

:(

^ That is so sad to hear. :( RIP.

what?! omg

Yes, Clarence Clemons is the sax players name.
I just watched the video...and it's seriously boring. The song is great, but it could have used a much better video.

Awww... I heard he was sick but I thought he was doing better?

This is not good... :no:no:no

Lady Gaga sued for "scamming her own charity"


http://celebrities.ninemsn.com.au/bl...wcomments=true

I'm not really sure I believe this.

wow O.o

I don't believe it either. If anyone's trying to scam anybody it's this scumbag attorney.

Yeaa I'm not sure how much credibility a lawyer from "1-800-LAW-FIRM" has...

lol yeah, at first I thought wow, but now I'm more like yeh whatever

Lady Gaga's response

Blegh, '1-800-LAW-FIRM' is clearly doing this for publicity. Gaga should totally counter sue them for libel and defamation.

^Who is he scamming? If he's right, he'll do the world a lot of good. If he's wrong, then he bares the loss.

Just because he questions an act of good will of a well meaning superstar, does not make him a scumbag.

I'm seriously lolling for the whole thing. Why do they want to know where the charity money is going anyway? Why is it even that important? It goes for JAPAN, that's a perfect answer and that's all I personally need to know lol. :D

Can someone give me a too long; didn't read version of that post? lol

I'm sort of a fan, so I'm not sure why, but why do fans hate Luc Carl?

I don't know all the facts but I've heard he put her down before she was famous and told her she'd never make it and then turned around and kissed her ass when she succeeded.

I don't dislike him, but his haircut and style is kinda bleugh.

Glad LG finally made a response :)

I never even heard of that guy lmao

Never heard of him either. I for sure know she's giving everything for Japan, she's doing everything in her power to raise money for those who have been hit hard :(.

I find it hard to believe Gaga would be so selfish :(...so I'm pretty confident this guy has no basis whatsoever. People are always trying to make celebs look bad especially if it includes $$$.

Lüc Carl is who Yoü and I is written after. Lüc is from Nebraska and owns a bar and has a blog called "The Drunken Diet" Gaga has plugged during interviews lol.

Judas is also the track I like the most on that album.

The traditional ranting:
I think that the cover art is simply HORRIBLE. I mean like which *@#& directed the cover shoot? She looks like a devil.

And also; the videoclip for Born This Way is also very stupid, It's such an cheery song, and in the clip she is popping aliens out... I thought that her weird view of fashion was ok (not really ok, but yeah) and now she is overdoing it.

Anyway, the only track I really listen a lot is Judas.

^ She's giving birth to a new race that doesn't judge people, etc. in the video. Although the birth scenes were hard for me to watch XD

^invalid excuse is invalid.

Those parts are weird I just like the dancing parts.

ok....... cool

It's still icky so whatever

OH It all makes sense now! I thought that she was being a retarded girl dancing around, and popping out aliens the whole time lol. I think that Bad Romance was her top music video. Not too drastic, and I love the little scene with the guy holding an Wii nunchuck XD.

To me her best music video is Paparazzi. It's so funny at some parts. XD

^I used to hate that song because it sounded like a ballad to me O.O
and then I watched the video and now I love the song and it makes me sad.
(no not in a bad way, like the song has an element of sadness)

Lady Gaga's YouTube...TERMINATED!?
 

Apparently I've been hearing reports of this:
:thud

WHAT THE!? This is ridiculous...

Copyright if what?

Oh my god...that is so lame :no...

Wow, weird.

Check out this remix - it really does a great job of bringing out the sadness in the song! I love it.

^ WOW! I love how the remixer sort of changed up the melody. It's really pretty.

Lady Gaga puts up clips from her TV lives on her official channel and I'm pretty sure she doesn't get permission to do so. I always thought that was pretty cool that she did, lol, it's too bad they've terminated her account!

She was a guest on SMAPxSMAP a while ago and uploaded the performances on youtube. Kinda stupid that youtube suspended her account though >.>

I'm soo depressed. She is or came to Australia and had a live show in Sydney, and I could not get any tickets! :cry

I've seen Gaga live in 2009 and 2010, I needed to see her this year too! :thud I'm just... gonna dig a hole and die, I swear.

No one is supposed to upload pictures/videos of any Johnny's acts--it's only fair that her account would be terminated as well. It's just unfortunate and a silly rule that J Ent has.

She didn't have just clips from her Japanese TV appearances, but also from other countries as well. But yeah, I think it was the SMAP x SMAP that got her in trouble.

Gaga went back ti USA to start recording the new video within the next days.
Stromg rumours about being Yoü and I, and having "Yuyi the mermaid" as the main character

^yep read that on her fb. Also copyright on China have been lifted she said.

ooh awesome remix Zeke but also the lyrics bring the sadness too.

wtf on her youtube account being terminated ...

Awww don't! :shughug

Was anyone else here really disappointed by Born This Way??

It's not "album of the decade" like she makes it out to be, but it's a really nice and cohesive album. My only issue is her enunciation sucks.

I was at first because it was hyped but then my love for some songs got over that

To be honest, I didn't listen to the hype surrounding the album. I was expecting the album to be crap, and I was surprised by how it surpassed my expectations. I love this album, and I think I love it even more than TFM because of how different it sounds.

It is an excellent album. Best of year (not decade).

For me it's the best album of the year SO FAR...but the more I have listened to it the more I don't really think it's 'amazing'. I really like it, but I got tired of it really quickly...It took me a LONG time to get sick of The Fame Monster, so I was really surprised I got over it so fast...That doesn't mean I don't still love it it's just I'm not really addicted to it any longer like I was when it first came out.

The hype killed it for me but it's a good album. I agree though it's impossible to top The Fame Monster.

So apparently You & I is the new single... :no

Oh my goodness no :/

My thoughts exactly ... :shakehead

eh why not?

I mean I could careless but why not?

Aw man... -_-; I was seriously hoping for Bloody Mary. But then again it's being filmed in Nebraska so... I should have known then my hopes were shattered.

To me personally, it's a really boring song. It's the weakest off of the album. It's like she was trying to accomplish another "Speechless" but failed miserably.

1) Song is cute, but you can't really listen to it that often, not me anyway.

2) I think it wouldn't do well in the charts, at all. same goes to the radio broadcasting.

3) And what pisses me off the most, there are soooooo many better options to pick from, I just don't even want to think that because of this song I might end up not getting a single for: Scheiße, Marry The Night, Hair, Government Hooker or Heavy Metal Lover, for example.



Very subjective, but meh, I'm sure the majority feel the same way lol

I'm not sure she could top Speechless as far as ballads go. Comes from the heart. Plus Luc's an ******* I hear so... don't really care for a song about him. :innocent

I want Bad Kids to be a single. haha

I'm not fond of the song but I could see it being a really fun MV!

I agree that they are better songs but wasn't this song hyped too?

Funny that Yoü and I gets all the critic now that it's going to be a single and there were many people who loved the live version from that Elton Jogn live thingy whatever it was called from last autumn lol. XD

Yoü and I is one of her weakest songs ever imo...

very disappointed... What's up with Americano,Government Hooker,Hair ....?

you and i may not be a good single choice but i can't wait for the mv still!!! it might save the song... and i agree- speechless is unbeatable!

born this way is an amazing album but still tfm owns the ring!

Awww I was really hoping for Marry the Night to be a single...

I see FLOP! *O*

I really like You and I and can't wait for the video. Sounds promising. There should be at least one more single from BTW.
I wonder if there is a single that will continue from the Telephone music video within the album. Just imagined Beyonce on Marry the Night :D
I also thought the next video was going to feature Yuyi the mermaid?? And I had assumed it was Hair but that has sort of passed now. There never seems to be a plan with Gaga; it is always very fluid and subject to change I find especially if she isn't happy with it.

Hmm, I'm a little confused. I've never heard of somebody releasing a single after it's already been released in an album. Isn't it usually the other way around - singles are released before albums?

^not in the US and the way the sales work. Usually you release the album, and then you release the singles (most importantly to the radio stations) and its like promo for people to go get the album....i guess lol other people can probably explain better...


Anyway, caught Gaga's performance in So you think you can dance...and it was great...until she started singing You and I...what a crappy boring song. And then the acoustics sucked and you could barely hear her...was boring. Oh well.

^^ The US way of releasing singles is different from how Japan works. It surprised me too, don't worry.

That makes sense, emiko. And I'm glad I'm not the only one surprised by it. XD What an unusual way to promote the album. I would think that the only people buying the singles would be core fans.

Oh no, it surprised me too! I knew nothing about singles before I got into Japanese music, cause I mean, you know, youre from the US, people never really talk about singles lol

And then yeah, no one really bought them until recently...I still dont know why they would either...if the album is out...

I really hope that she'll end up turning almost every song in the album into a single lol and why not, isn't Rihanna up to her 7th single from Loud?? :thud

You and I was ONLY good live during Monster Ball. In fact... the only performance I enjoyed from the whole concert =/

^Thank you!! The album version imo isn't anything special, her live performance is what does it justice, there's plenty of other songs that are great single material so I'm not sure why You and I is the next single, but whatever I trust whatever GaGa has up her sleeve :D

Well the singles aren't released to promote a single physical CD like in Japan. Japan, singles are released to sell a single - physical (and digital). But in the USA, usually 1 single is released before an upcoming album (lately it has been 2). There is no emphasis put on physical disks like in Japan. A spectacle is not made out of the single - the single(s) is/are just to promote the (upcoming) album itself. Then as time goes on, more and more "singles" are released (to the radio) to promote the album. Hardcore fans will buy the album right away, but the more top-charting singles that are released to the radios, the more potentially new fans the album will reach.

kinda agree with u... i mean.. its not weak, but its weak enough for a single... =\

since that has been confirmed...then i'll continue the hope that Marry The Night is next :P

I kind of want Bad Kids to have a MV. Even though I don't particularly like the song I could imagine it having a fun MV. I'm on board with others who misses fun Gaga. :(

Bad Kids is terrible - it's like nails on a chalkboard.

I think she kinda said it WOULD be a single, like, for sure !
We just have to wait :D

You have the strangest taste, if it weren't for your Days love I'd wonder about you! LOL j/k ;D

Yeah, it's terrible. But it's still fun. :laugh

Bad Kids is one of those bad songs that you can't stop singing to lol and the start is like, everyone knows it xD


She's gonna he co-hosting and performing on The View tomorrow, OH GOD how I hate the 2 blonds in that program, white trash at its best :innocent