Sometimes, You Just Don't See Them

So, I have watch Lady Gaga's video for her song 'Telephone', I don't know, about thirty times, and tonight I just seem to be seeing all the little things that aren't quite right. Here they are.

1. After the guards escort Lady Gaga to her cell, they take the stripped dress off. However, they throw it one the bed. What's the purpose of it? Other, that is, than showing her pretty well naked.

2. When she goes into the exercise yard, the woman that's going to make out with her has no cell phone sticking out of the top of her pants. However, when Gaga goes to get the phone, it magically appears there.

3. Beyonce's nail's change color while she's sitting at the table of the diner. The first time you see them, they are like a pastel tie-dye. The second time while she is still wearing the yellow cowboy outfit, they are Americana.

4. The bisquits on the dying guy's plate keep changing where they're sitting on the plate and how many there are.

5. The first time you see Gaga and Beyonce together, take a look at their makeup. When they get back in the truck after the murders, the makeup is the exact same, HOWEVER, Beyonce does not have black lipstick on. If they were going to do everything else the same, why not that too?


Also, anyone notice the intense product placement in the video?

-Heartbeats headphones by Dr. Dre. There's a woman using them in the exercise yard.
-Virgin Mobile cell phone. Lady Gaga reaches for it.
-LG phone, which is also the Virgin Mobile phone. These two show up later as well.
-Diet coke cans she uses for curlers.
-Chanel sunglasses that she wears with the coke cans.
-HP laptop that the officer is using as Gaga is bailed out.
-Plenty of Fish, which the officer goes to on the HP.
-Polaroid. I didn't know they still made those cameras!! You see a camera in Pussy Wagon, and then there's a Polaroid photo booth later on.
-Miracle Whip. It's in the kitchen during sandwich making.
-Wonder Bread. Also on the table.
-They Pussy Wagon, or the truck they drive, is from Kill Bill.

I love the new director who's done 'Telephone' and 'Bad Romance'. Some of you may have noticed the similar products used in that video as well. What's really neat about the product placement, is that half of it you wouldn't notice unless you scower the video like I've done.

All in all, I love her video style. Bringing back the old nineties group dancing, as well as the really long videos from a a decade I can't place right now. I really appreciate it. As well as the fact that she half directs the videos herself.

David Guetta Feat. Akon in "Sexy Chick"

This series of music videos was shot by six different directors. I won't list them all off, because it's hard to find all of their names and who did which one. If someone wants to find them all for me, that'd be awesome! Which was interesting, because there wasn't just one edit of the video, there were actually six. Regardless that I really don't like the one that was chosen for the main edit, I can't always have my way. The six different edits are the Main edit, the Nerd edit, the Sexy Chick edit, the Photographer edit, the B****s edit and the Aquatic edit. (All of the edits are linked at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0boYATLdosM&annotation_id=annotation_970796&feature=iv except for the Photographer edit, so it has to be searched seperatly.)

For those of you that don't have about twenty minutes to watch them all, or who don't want to watch them all, here is my summary of each edit, in the order that I watched them.

Main Edit:

All of the edits are based at a pool party somewhere. However, they all follow a different person/group of people. The main edit follows Akon at this party. It shows him with different girls and hanging out with David Guetta as if they were the "luckiest son's of bitches" (to refer to the phrase.) After the party, we follow Akon to the dance club with even more girls. To go with the title of the song, there's sexy chicks EVERYWHERE you look and there's no avoiding it with this music video. But it works.

However, I really do not like this edit. For me, it just seems that it is too random and there's splashes (no pun intended) of things that don't make sense. They look like there's a story behind them, but with this music video, there just isn't. Which, for me, made me kind of confused. Though if you watch all the other videos you see where everything came from, but it simply doesn't make sense to edit a video that doesn't make sense unless you spend twenty minutes watching all the OTHER versions of the same thing. Also, the song is about one girl in particular that is this amazing sexy chick. But which one is she? There is no focus on one girl particular, which made me feel as if the video was contradicting the song. Because this video focuses on one of the artists, then there should be a bit more of him in the video and shots where he's not badly lip-syncing to his own song. Overall, this ranks as a number four.

Sexy Chick Edit:

This is the edit that makes the most sense to what the song is about. The focus is on one girl, who is the sexy chick girl. She leaves clues for Akon to find her throughout the video. He keeps following and looking for her, as if he really wanted her. Closely related to what the song talks about. The way this video is laid out it is a perfect story and kind of makes sense as to why the whole thing is set at a pool. Though, in my mind a pool isn't the best setting, but oh well. Can't have my way, yet again.

Overall, there's not much that I can say about this video. Yes, I don't like the pool as a setting, but that's where they all are. Everything just works so much better in this video than in any of the other edits. The choice in person to follow works. Akon's role works. There's not blahness or blan. No bad lip-syncing. There's nothing that confuses you too much. No shots that look like a horny teenager shot them. Therefore, this is my number one choice. Which disappointed me when I should have watched it last.

Nerd Edit:

The storyline of this edit follows the same path that the previous two edits have followed. Pool party. Lots of girls. Club. However, this one follows a group of semi (and very slightly at that) nerdy guys that manage to get into this pool party. The way they seemingly act is as if they've never ever dreamed of being in such a position or even been within ten feet of a girl. Seems a slightly cheesy to me. Because it's something that just hangs over the video and isn't really a strong factor.

However, there is a reasonable story to this one that kind of makes sense. Except, the song is not something would reasonably come from a nerdy kind of guy. Plus, the song is in first person, not third (because there is a group of guys rather than just one.) Again, there is no focus on one girl, which is the basis of what the song is. However, it makes sense, if only a little bit more than the others. This is number two.

Aquatic Edit:

Ok, this one was just plain bad. Girls in a pool. That's the entirety of this edit of the video and I really hated it. There's was nothing special about it and it just seemed like two guys got with a ton of girls and video taped them dancing in a pool. Then this one girl dives into the pool and gets stranded on a beach? How does that work at all? This edit was just a complete fail, as a music video. This ranks as big fat number six for me.

Photographer Edit

This edit follows through like the Sexy Chick edit. It follows one girl in particular, who is carrying around a Polaroid camera and taking pictures of people at the party. And then it cuts and you don't see her again when the club scene comes on.

I might have liked this one a bit more if I had watched it before the Sexy Chick edit, because they are both so similar. However, the song is obviously not about her, because she's not turning any guy on. The girl that the song is for is this girl that every girl wants to be. Frankly, it doesn't work for me. The flow of the video doesn't work, but it works better than some of the other edits. Therefore, this is my third favorite.

B****s Edit

This is the last edit that I watched. And I saved it for last intentionally. Ok, so the title of the edit mixing with the song gave me the impression that it would be pretty good at portraying the song. And was I right? No. It followed the same story line as all but the Aquatic did. Pool. Girls. Club. This one seems like it was supposed to be a dirtier version of the Sexy Chick Edit. The focus is on a small group of girls and little is seen of David or Akon.

The problem with this one though is it reminded me of the Aquatic edit for a good portion of the video. It seemed like some guys got some chicks to act "sexy" with some random things they found. If you listen to the song and hear what it's about, you see that this contradicts the song a bit. "I'm tryna find the words to describe this girl without being disrespectful." Hmm... Does a fake sexy really seem even slightly respectful? Another fail in my books with a ranking of five.

Well, that's my opinion of all of them. However, a pool? Why a pool? The beat, the lyrics, the compilation, everything just pulls one to having a music video set some place where the lighting is dark. Like a club. Man, they could even be at a house party or something like that. A pool with a lot of white simply doesn't work.

But, I do enjoy the fact that there were numerous edits of the video, regardless that most of them sucked to high heaven. Anyway, stay tuned, 'cause I'll more than likely be doing this again sometime!