I'm actually appreciating this video now, it reminds me of retro 80s videos; early Madonna but more specifically Billie Jean. The lighting and smoke is fabulous at creating an otherworldy tone, her last moments of celebrating her "glory" in the place that she truly loves before she crosses over to the other side; celebrating in the place that gave birth to her literally and creatively, and the place where she will most likely die. And when GaGa does die, I can see this being the video that is shown on news coverage, and the video that is looked on most fondly and iconically; for the fact that it's just her.

 

The video clearly has faults: it's rough round the edges; there's no progression to a big climax, only a subtle end; GaGa's prancing around can be a bit eye rolling at times, and the whole debacle surrounding the shooting taints it. Regardless, I can appreicate what GaGa is doing with this video and it's actually quite beautiful in its simplicity. It wears its heart on its sleave and it's the most honest thing GaGa has ever done.

 

It didn't need mermaids and doctors to get this across, she changed her mind. Sometimes a cigar is a cigar.

 

There is absolutely no way people can intellectualise this video. Sure, it's not as bad as I originally thought but everything else you've described is nonsense. She fucked up with the original concept and made a boring rush-job mess instead, time to move on.

 

I saw this in the related videos to the Paul O'Grady performance, 'Marry the Night' works annoyingly well with the video. The people from Popjustice are getting around.

 

It is quite a simple video but I do like it. I find it refreshing.

There is absolutely no way people can intellectualise this video. Sure, it's not as bad as I originally thought but everything else you've described is nonsense. She fucked up with the original concept and made a boring rush-job mess instead, time to move on.

Sad but true

11, 47 and 55 on iTunes

Should be a lock for re-entry into the top 10 either this week or next then. Not a bad result given that I expected the 'video effect' would be non-existent for this song.

11, 47 and 55 on iTunes

 

She is at #6 combined ^_^

There is absolutely no way people can intellectualise this video. Sure, it's not as bad as I originally thought but everything else you've described is nonsense. She fucked up with the original concept and made a boring rush-job mess instead, time to move on.

It's doesn't require much intellectualising to see that there is a concept of her merely "celebrating" her final moments of life in the place that defines her as a person and artist, it might be a boring video concept that didn't pan out, but there is a concept. A rather neat concept in fact. And how are we supposed to know that the original concept would have worked any better? We don't. As for a rush job it doesn't take much filming to get all the dancing-around-the-street material needed for a video like this. This was the direction she decided to go in, it didn't need any more time, what would they have done with an extra third day? Shot some more of her prancing about. It is what it is. You like it or you don't.

Edited June 18, 201114 yr by Daniel II

I have decided this is no longer the worst video in the world, I have downgraded it to simply '$h!t'.

There was nothing "FISHY" about the video? :huh:

There was nothing "FISHY" about the video? :huh:

If you've read through the topic you'd what happened.

 

Joseph Kahn was the original director, and his idea included a mermaid scene, which was to do with the 'fishy' hint'. But he was fired after an argument on set, apparently. The video that we have, GaGa directed.

If you've read through the topic you'd what happened.

 

Joseph Kahn was the original director, and his idea included a mermaid scene, which was to do with the 'fishy' hint'. But he was fired after an argument on set, apparently. The video that we have, GaGa directed.

 

Hence one of the picture leaked of possibly Gaga as a mermaid was actually one of the real shoots from which Gaga scrapped...

I don't think anyone said that. But it is quite disappointing that they didn't shoot the original concept, as much as I love the song and enjoy the video, Daniel is totally right about it.

If only there were two versions of the video, it would be fantastic :(

If only there were two versions of the video, it would be fantastic :(

It's a great idea for Gaga actually. Firstly she makes some awful video for the Internet, then the real quality version appears on TV and replaces the first online version :rolleyes: Profit :lol:

Not just profit, media attention towards it too and it would shift sales.

 

 

Clarence Clemons who plays the saxophone solo in 'The Edge of Glory', and who also appears in the music video has sadly just passed away due to complications after having a stoke. :(

Ohhh! That's who GaGa was talking about in her facebook updates :(

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmrs89VjdZ1qlsenro1_400.jpg

 

Clarence Clemons, the legendary saxophonist in the E Street Band who played alongside Bruce Springsteen for the past 40 years, died on June 18th. Clemons had suffered a massive stroke on June 12th. While initial signs had been hopeful after his hospitalization and two subsequent brain surgeries, he reportedly took a turn for the worse later in the week. He was 69.

 

Clemons – known affectionately to fan and friends as the Big Man – was the heart and soul of the E Street Band. His playing on tracks like "Born To Run," "Thunder Road," "Jungleland," "Dancing In The Dark" and countless more represent some of the most famous sax work in the history of rock & roll. "The story I have told throughout my work life I could not have told as well without Clarence," Springsteen wrote in the introduction to Clemons' 2009 memoir Big Man: Real Life and Tall Tales.

 

So much has been said and written about the stormy night in Asbury Park in 1971 when Clemons met Springsteen that it's hard to separate fact from myth. At the time, Springsteen was a struggling musician playing the New Jersey bar circuit and Clemons was a former college football player who spent his nights playing sax in clubs along the shore. "It was raining and thundering like a motherf***er," Clemons wrote in his memoir. "When I opened the door it blew off the hinges and flew down the street . . . Somebody introduced me to Bruce, everybody knew everybody, and he asked me if I wanted to sit in."

 

Clemons soon became part of Springsteen's backing band (not yet known as the E Street Band), and when Bruce recorded his debut LP Greetings From Asbury Park in the summer of 1972, Clemons was brought in for the sessions. Over the next two decades, Clemons became the most recognizable member of the E Street Band – for his massive size, equally huge personality and his onstage role as Springsteen's foil.

 

He's the only member of the band on the cover of Born To Run with Springsteen. "When you open it up and see Clarence and me together, the album begins to work its magic," Springsteen wrote in Clemons' memoir. "Who are these guys? Where did they come from? What is the joke they are sharing? A friendship and a narrative steeped in the complicated history of America begins to work and there is music already in the air."

 

In the 1980s, Clemons began a second career as an actor, appearing in TV shows like Diff'rent Strokes and movies such as Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. He also scored a solo hit in 1985 with "You're A Friend Of Mine," a duet with Jackson Browne. He was on tour with Ringo Starr's All Star Band in 1989 when Springsteen phoned him to say he was breaking up the band. "I didn't speak or even attempt to interject," Clemons wrote in his memoir. "I got very quiet and stopped smiling. In fact, it looked to Ringo like I was being told about somebody dying."

 

The E Street Band reformed in 1999 and has been incredibly active ever since. Clemons loved being back on the road, even as he battled incredible pain with his knees, back and hips. Earlier this year, he played sax on two tracks on Lady Gaga's new album Born This Way ('The Edge of Glory' and 'Hair'). He appears in the recently released video for "Edge of Glory," and his final live performance was with Gaga on the season finale of American Idol.

 

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/e-s...-at-69-20110618

Not just profit, media attention towards it too and it would shift sales.

Yeap, I meant that it would be very good for her :rolleyes:

Also I think that in the nearest year she should change her image to something more or less constant with more glam with pink color B)

Omg Clarence Clemons, R.I.P. :(