# Gaga's new 'Telephone' video- "I told you she didn't have a dick." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 12, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292 "2010-03-12T20:44:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/1 "2010-03-12T20:44:00Z")
[Nine and a half minute video here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ95z6ywcBY) Probably NSFWish, depending on where you work! Lots of thongs and blurred vaginas and such. You know, I have to say: I love it when popstars actually try. The video is kitschy, over the top, and just generally entertaining. For those of you that don’t know, Telephone is the second half of what started with the [Paparazzi](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2smz_1L2_0) video. Anyway, I dig the styling throughout- the makeup and clothing is just amazing. My favorite line, though, is the one in the title of this post. Too funny. I will say: I think the product placement is both stupid and annoying, but meh. I always think the Dope Gaga discussions are interesting. So, what do you all think? ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/2 "2010-03-12T21:59:50Z")
Lovesit. I’d been sitting on the fence between loving and hating Gaga, but this one is definitely love love love… it’s John Waters meets Faster Pussycat meets haute couture, all rolled in over-the-top Gaga. My only complaint is that the blatant product placements in her videos have got to go. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/3 "2010-03-12T23:33:47Z")
I really like the theatrics and the visuals. She’s trying…but the damn music is just NOT THERE. It’s no fun to listen to, so it’s no fun for me to watch. Ah well… ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/4 "2010-03-12T23:42:03Z")
Her video for Paparazzi was an homage to Vertigo. This video looks like a Tarantino shout out. They have the Pulp Fiction fonts, the nicknames (Honey Bee), and the Pussy Wagon. I was wondering if Beyonce would take on Gaga’s style for Gaga’s video. She did, and looks awesome doing it. As always with Gaga, great video, lame song. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2010, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/5 "2010-03-12T23:49:30Z")
Yeah, I definitely agree that Telephone isn’t her best song. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that Telephone is the weakest track on the Fame Monster by far. I have an inkling that maybe the Haus of Gaga knows this, too, since the song is really not in this music video much, weirdly enough. ---
**Author:** ![DJ\_Motorbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@DJ\_Motorbike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DJ_Motorbike)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/6 "2010-03-13T19:42:59Z")
Some guys at work were talking about how Lady Gaga looks like a guy. I’m going to point them to this video and tell them they have pretty fucked up ideas of what a guy looks like. Stupid bastids. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/7 "2010-03-13T20:02:16Z")
I’m confused. Is this a new song, or is it merely one of a hundred others that sound exactly the same? Are people so afraid of variation in music that they actually want this sort of homogenized sound? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/8 "2010-03-13T20:32:23Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I’m confused. Is this a new song, or is it merely one of a hundred others that sound exactly the same? > > Are people so afraid of variation in music that they actually want this sort of homogenized sound? You’re just getting old, daddio. 😉 You’ve got a point though - I love Lady Gaga, don’t get me wrong - but if she’s going to make mainstream dance-ish music, she could really do with getting better producers or something. Perhaps Beyonce could pass on a few numbers. She does everything else brilliantly though. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/9 "2010-03-13T21:42:53Z")
I quite enjoy Gaga’s out-there visual sense, but so far all of her music (that I’ve heard) is samey-sounding bland Europop. Too bad. Nevertheless, interesting videos (this one plus ‘Paparrazzi’). Her and director Jonas Akerlund (who’s apparently been making music vids for at least a decade, but I’ve only just heard of now) seem to to be a match made in…well, a Heavenish sort of place. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/10 "2010-03-13T21:56:28Z")
Lady Gaga is dickless, but that’s not all she doesn’t have. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/11 "2010-03-13T22:02:41Z")
> [@DJ\_Motorbike](#): > > Some guys at work were talking about how Lady Gaga looks like a guy. She can… depending on what kind of freaky outfit she happens to be wearing. This video really shows off what a damn nice body she has - I was surprised myself. ---
**Author:** ![CutterJohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@CutterJohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CutterJohn)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/12 "2010-03-13T22:58:43Z")
I… er… what did I just watch? That was just disturbing. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/13 "2010-03-13T23:59:29Z")
I liked it. A somewhat generic song but a well-made video. As for the state of Lady Gaga’s genitalia, she performed at a concert recently in a high-cut leotard. During her dance, the crotch of the leotard shifted and she showed the world what she had down there. ---
**Author:** ![torie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@torie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/torie)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/14 "2010-03-14T00:05:32Z")
The Pussy Wagon!!! YES!! ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/15 "2010-03-14T15:56:48Z")
I just can’t get past the Auto-Tune sound. I hope it’s reign is a brief as the Drum Machine sound was in the 70’s. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/16 "2010-03-14T16:27:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I liked it. A somewhat generic song but a well-made video. > > As for the state of Lady Gaga’s genitalia, she performed at a concert recently in a high-cut leotard. During her dance, the crotch of the leotard shifted and she showed the world what she had down there. AND??!!?!?!? Don’t leave us hangin’ bro! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/17 "2010-03-14T17:47:40Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > You’re just getting old, daddio. 😉 > > You’ve got a point though - I love Lady Gaga, don’t get me wrong - but if she’s going to make mainstream dance-ish music, she could really do with getting better producers or something. Perhaps Beyonce could pass on a few numbers. > > She does everything else brilliantly though. I actually do like Lady Gaga’s music–it’s fun, hooky, got a great beat, what do you want? The problem I have with it is that most of the tracks I’ve heard sound like they’re straight from mid-90s Eurodisco. “Bad Romance” especially is one tune I could have sworn I heard fifteen years ago in Eastern European nightclubs and was surprised to learn it was a recent track. For all I know, this may be the schtick she’s going for on her albums for the moment, but I’d be curious to hear her with a slightly more cutting edge dance sound. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/18 "2010-03-14T22:01:48Z")
> [@](#): > > AND??!!?!?!? > > Don’t leave us hangin’ bro! When I said that she showed her genitalia, that’s a clue as to what her genitalia is. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/19 "2010-03-14T22:03:15Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Don’t leave us hangin’ bro! That’s what she said. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gagas-new-telephone-video-i-told-you-she-didnt-have-a-dick/532292/20 "2010-03-14T23:22:25Z")
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