Edge of Glory seemed too lackluster, too normal. The video is GaGa dancing on a fire escape with a NYC city street scene which looks more like a Universal Studios back lot set. GaGa showcases her talent of stripper dancing that she learned while working as a stripper. All that was missing was the stripper pole. Clarence Clemons appears in the video along side GaGa where he lends his remarkable saxophone skills to the song.
The monsters took to Twitter to lash out against Joseph Kahn, the man they thought was the director behind the music video. Joseph replied with "I did NOT direct Lady Gaga's 'Edge of Glory' video. Lady Gaga did -- I don't co-direct," Kahn quickly explained. "One canvas, one paintbrush. Respect the art. Very simple rule with me." There wasn't much creativity to the video. While it was refreshing to see something not so "out there", it reminded me too much of a Sesame Street street scene for adults.
On the Edge of Glory youtube page, monsters and others are commenting in real time with a flame war of opinions on her video.
The song itself is very 80's. A reproduced, reworked style similar to something you'd hear by Laura Branigan or Princess Stephanie of Monaco. It's music I labeled as "cheesy" when I think back on it.
Are the masses ready for this style of music to be regurgitated? I'm not too sure. If you had to judge based on the music charts, all the songs off Born This Way are falling faster than anything off The Fame did. The songs don't seem to have much staying power.
What do you think of the Edge of Glory video?
