When it comes to Lady Gaga’s “Marry The Night” video, it seems there’s only one thing everyone can agree on – it’s long. At 14 minutes, it’s Gaga’s longest video yet, and perhaps her most ambitious. But did all that ambition turn into a solid work of art, or did Gaga create a video as soggy as a Honey Nut Cheerios bath? Jump below and see if you agree with what the blogosphere is saying on Mama Monster’s mini-movie.
The Prophet Blog named the title of their review “Half Shit, Half Amazing”, which basically sums up their opinion of Gaga’s clip: “We’re forced to wade through eight minutes of terrible acting, cringeworthy voiceovers, and a laughably self-indulgent script that sounded like it was penned by a wealthy trust fund baby with an arts degree.” However, ”Watching GaGa go wild amongst burning flames and trendy backup dancers is nothing less than absolutely thrilling. It’s like she finally stopped jacking Madonna and decided to revive the great dance videos of the eighties with an unofficial homage to Janet, Michael, and Paula.”
Vulture calls it “just as nuts as you would hope it to be” and describes it as “mostly self-aware silliness, stuff about quantum physics and finishing the painting of your life to avoid the holes of ugliness or whatever.”
MTV Buzzworthy looks a bit deeper into the video’s message: “Lady Gaga is not only telling her own story, but she’s dedicating ‘Marry The Night’ to anyone who’s ever tried to live their dream and failed.”
XO London writes out their review numerically, making 10 observations and points, including, “How much did this bloated self indulgence cost? And how is this video 13 minutes long and yet it still feels incomplete? There are huge gaps in the narrative, especially given the glimpses of visuals in the final minute. This is a VIDEO, Gaga, show us, don’t tell us.”
Spin couldn’t get past Gaga’s self-indulgence: referencing the “interminable introduction” they say, “It’s hard to tell where Gaga is winking at us and where she’s simply fallen into a foxhole of unrestrained ego.”
Consequence Of Sound notes that “The video is the clearest amalgamation of every notion and emotional artifact that makes up the Gaga beast: fashion, unrelenting sex appeal, innocence, creative expression, and tube tops.”
MTV adds that Bedazzled Gaga looks pretty familiar: “Gaga is very reminiscent of Desperately Seeking Susan-era Madonna in this scene.”
NME says that Gaga sounds like “a lobotomized Carrie Bradshaw” during the introduction, in which she namechecks fashion designers. Otherwise, “It’s definitely an improvement on ‘Judas’, but could it maybe have been snipped a bit to make it shorter?”
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The introduction was long and incoherent at best, but once the song starts the video is 100% turned on its side, and the last 5 minutes or so are phenomenal. At that point, it’s everything that I love about Gaga – sex, love, and art all in a makeup wearing, dancing package.
I loved it. As far as Spin’s review goes, I think she’s winking at us the whole time.
its the worst video of the year… easily
Its the best video of the year… easily
NOT.
Better than most videos this year thats for sure. The most inspirational, YES. <3
I loved it. I like the intro…it lets us know that these are embellished memories. I especially love the part where she falls carrying her large keyboard down the stairs. As anyone who has had to lug band equipment around knows, getting a gig can sometimes mean lots of heavy labor too!
If you don’t understand the video, watch this video on youtube. It will all make! sensehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY46uoJ5nOc&feature=player_embedded#!
This video is amazing. It’s everything that Gaga wants the song to mean. It’s about how she went through a lot to be where she is, failing over and over again. If you have heard her talk about her life story, she was bullied and had to work hard to get any gig she could. This is very representative of her and any other struggling artist, wishing they could do it all over again.
Finally over her
Garbage
Her intent to show her past life was there.. which are personal, real heart breaking experiences
Though the outcome became insincere, jam packed with fluff/metaphor and very forced.
More and more she is peeling the layers of her persona (less make up and more normal outfits) but sadly no one seems to buy it. She herself stated before that her persona is 24/7 but she knows she cannot top her craziness anymore so she is going the subtle route to “shock” but fail in my opinion
Other artist like Madonna, Kylie and Christina can go either way and come out believable bec it was done in stages. From girly, sexy, classy, tough, futuristic, intellectual etc they can!
@stan uh…dude her name is lady gaga she isnt a robot….the way she acts the way she views things is her…people try to make her seem like shes a robot and shes trying to do something she wouldnt do…
but she would…
she loves music fashion and art thats all to it…to try to go deeper…because it useless…if you go deeper you dont see the real her…you see what you see…not what she is…get me?
Crap
thrash… only monsters appreciates it…
she’s so self-centered. attention whore.
Lady Gaga´s Marry the Night video was a different yet imcomplete experience. The message of the video it´s quite selfish! Not because Gaga´s is talking about her delusional love for showbussines, but because the message itself it´s understandable for the ones Gaga dedicated the video to: The little Monsters.
You see, the ones that follow her lifestyle and idolize her ideals can see through the bad acting and voice acting. What I´m going to do is trying to translate the content of the video, providing a better comprehension for you guys. A warning: as Gaga herself said in the beggining of the video, she prefers to remeber her past in a more artistic way. So, some of the facts represented in the video can or cannot be totally true. Or maybe she just intensify the feeling adding more drama to it.
The video is about one of the worst days of Gaga´s life: the day her former record label had give up on her. Taken by a feeling of sadness and incomprehension, she had a mental breakdown and went to a hospital. Or, some people say, that she had a surgery to remove the penis that some people believed she had. I´ll stick with the 2 guess, using the fact that the nurse calls her a morphine princess, and morphine its, sometimes used in surgerys and stuff.
And just like in the beginning of the video, she puts the ´´parisian beret“ in mint color (because she thinks it´s romantic) to emphasise the fact the Gaga prefers to live the fantasy of all things then the reality that sometime gives you the knife or the gummy bears. This conclusion is given by fact that Gaga describes the gauze as a beret, changing the definition of the primary object(gauze) and idealizing a fantasy and a romantic concept to it! We can confirm this allegation, given the fact that, when Gaga puts the gauze on her head( or beret if you like), a surreal ballet sequence starts,confirming the fact that fantasy it´s safe place of Gaga.
Then, back to reality, Gaga is seen on her appartament after the hospital. The phone rings. She heard the news. Def Jam dropped Gaga. Then the crazy sequence stars. Mazzart Pathetiqué is playing, while Gaga goes wild. After dying her hair blond, she is at dance school(channeling Madonna i guess). Suddenly cars are in fire while Gaga is dancing! At the end of the video, we see that Gaga puts the cars on fire, simbolizing all the hate and the agony she had , all the traumatic experience and the struggle she had to live with.
Back on the dance school, she shows that she have some dance moves, looking sexy as ever. The ´´dance on the street“sequence begins a few minutes latter. This represent the fact the time were hse performed on the streets, for a small audience! Some scenes of her falling the stairs, slamming some doors and trying to fit in the car with a huge hat begins . This represents the beggining of her carrer. Her ackward couture outfits were too different and this shows her struggle to fight for her style! As Gaga says: ´´Fashion Road Kills Baby“.
The dance scene is over, and Gaga fell on the floor, following a awesome choreography! A Fire Gaga emergers, like a phoenix, showing all her potencial as a artist to reinvent herself. This also represents, considering the storyline so far, that even losing everything(as she says), she had the strenght to rise from the ashes, from the fire(wich represents all hers struggles-now the scenes with cars in fire makes sense =D) to become the phoenix, the incredibly entitiy and cultural phenomenon that she is. And, just like that, the fire is gone ( the end of her struggles) and, followed of a creepy music, Gaga,a few minutes later, is also gone, representing that she will also will desapair some day, just like her struggles, just like the rest of us.
Hope you enjoy it!
i only like the car exploding scenes, and the falling on the stairs scene, i thought the video was just too abstract i guess, if Lady gaga was trying to send a message i’m afraid i wasn’t too bright to understand everything, never the less i still love her music and more power to Mother Monster!!!
The video is amazing! Definitely Gaga’s best. :)
a few things: what artist is making as strong statements as she is these days? Also: what good is art if it doesnt bother at least some people or recieve criticism from a percentage of the population? Finally: of course she is self indulgent. Any great artist is. Its in their nature. wake up people. I thought this was brilliant.
Atleast Gaga can do a message something besides “parties/sex is where you find love / we fell in love with each other / i still love you after we broke up / love love love…” that every single other mainstream pop singer constantly rehashes over an over.
Great video.
If the reviewers think Gaga is trying to be “all about Gaga” then I suggest they watch something other than a Gaga music video. Go check out something like Rihanna’s music videos where its all about Rihanna (camera is focused on her), or how about Adele’s music videos where its all about Adele (her relationship and camera focused on her), etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. with every artist etc. etc. etc. in every music video etc. etc. etc. since the beginning etc. etc. etc.
its funny how all her DELUSIONAL naive STANS dont have any idea of the fake a$$ manufactured ripoff she is! they have an excuses for anything gaga does. Its like Shes borderline obsessed with Madonna Lol and Shes so predictable i notice this afew years ago how she seem to be coping Madonna whole career book step by step! doesn’t seem to have any original ideas of her own! That’s why she has to hire people like ( her creative director whom she just fired for admitting she copied and RIPOFF Madonna lol ) gaga is like the poor mans Madonna a cheap generic imitation that leaves a bad after taste in Ur mouth like a cheap 99cent can of generic beer!
so its really annoying when u hear some people say gaga has a better voice when she dose not! Shes over rated and people who say that are clueless and have little knowledge of music theory or the human voice! And its really subjective! she May play the piano really good…but over all Shes not as talented as Madonna is and nowhere near a great artist..dancer…song writer andperformer…producer…treandsetter or internationally successful icon as the way Madonna was and is ether! And for 30 years!
LOL YA EVERYTHING SHES DOSE SEEMS TO LEAVE A BAD AFTER TASTE IN UR MOUTH LIKE A CHEAP 99 CENT CAN OF BEER! AND SOMEHOW U FEEL U NOT GETTING THE REAL THING! ITS LIKE ALL THE COCA COLA IMITATOR SODAS OUT THERE NOTHING BETTER THEN THE REAL THING IN THIS CASE THE ONE SHE RIPS OFF MOST( MADONNA! )
Um.. fake? She’s not fake and of course she’s obsessed with Madonna. She probably looks up to her. You’re probably just jealous because she is loved by more people than you will ever be. <3
Gaga is fabulous. Have you ever heard her live? And Madonna is great, yes, but Gaga has stepped it up to a whole new level. She’s absolute wonder even though she’s totally eccentric and that’s what makes her attractive. She’s got undeniable sex appeal, fabulous dance moves, and her songs tell beautiful stories. And just remember, no matter what you say, she’s always going to have her Monsters to follow her and love her. <3
Gaga has raised the bar so high it’s on another planet. Madonna and MJ never wrote their own storyline for vids or directed them. Gaga has done more in 2 yrs then they did combined in their 80 yr reign. Never cared for Madonna OR MJ. All you who say she copies Madonna needs some more references. Cinema existed before the 80′s, you know?
This is my favortie song of Gaga’s. This will probably be her best song since Poker Face. I loved how she combined a music video with her life story. She is my favorite artist out there, IMO she is the best becuz no matter what people do or say she just blows it off her shoulders and continues. Anyway, i loved the dance part of the video, really tempting to dance to. LOVE YOU Mother Monster!!! ….btw all the people who hate this cant understand her life (sucks for you)
gaga fans needs to pass me what theyre smoking
haha!
We don’t like for artists to waste our time, but as an MTV reporter stated: “Lady Gaga is not only telling her own story, but she’s dedicating ‘Marry The Night’ to anyone who’s ever tried to live their dream and failed.”
Symbolically, she’s bathing in her self to wash away or divorce her obstacles and marry the night – her goals.
I took note. Where’s your pen and paper?
The video was amazing. The song itself Marry the Night was a great a message in it: if you fail keep trying and trying, never give up. many people dont see that , they just see that she is copying Madonna. But she is not. gaga is ORIGINAL and no one can change that.
stupid, self centered and just borrring gaga! who does she think she is? we dont fkn care about your dum dreams annymore!! u made it, we get it! ur a star, we get it!! shut up and make a video!!! madonna never talked!!!! u should learn from the best!!! shut the f up!!!!! why we like her i have no idea!!! shes so ugly too
I don’t hate GaGa I don’t love her, I certainly have never loved or been a fanatic of any celeb, they are just people why people get caught up in the hype is beyond me but with that said.
I hated how long the video was, I hated the intro it was long and it was boring it took me all my effort to sit there and watch it, then when it finally got into it I just wasted that interested, yes I know she was telling a story but lets face it people there are so many people out there that go and get knocked back or dropped who are also trying to make it, yes it is hard for all people to loose a dream is it really song worthy?
someone said she writes songs about great stuff I would not say she writes songs about much meaning at all to be honest, this song was about her, then alot of her other songs depict sex/drugs/and dancing so hmm intersting comment.
as for Madonna and MJ someone mention they never saw them write a movie clip hmm you do not know your music well then because Both Madonna and MJ had them, do your research and you will find them, but seen as ur not that into them you wont because you are fixated on one artist and there are so many more out there doing so much better clips and music.
I just do not see why there is such a hype around GaGa… wow she is out there, and a little crazy.. into fashion and loves the arts.. big deal she is not the only one in the world.. the only difference is, she gets paid millions of dollars because senseless people like her “lil monsters” pay for tickets to concerts and itunes and cds and whatever else… get over it.. she is just a person.
Please see my review of Gaga’s mythology and ethos generally, which was finalized after I watched her Marry The Night video.
Those that think she’s a “bad actor” seem to forget that Michael Jackson didn’t need to be a brilliant actor to drive his fans totally insane with love when he made a very extensive music video for Thriller, which also presented us with themes of death, trauma, and eroticism, as Gaga is doing here. Those that claim she is self-indulgent don’t seem to understand the process by which one recovers from trauma and that she is, once again, carrying a message of transformation through pain to her most adoring fans…
http://thehumbleopine.blogspot.com/2011/12/lady-trauma-and-power-of-pop-mythology.html
Dude! Well-put.
Preach it honey
anyone who doesn’t understand or see the beauty in this video is just too close minded.
She isn’t trying to please the masses with easy to swallow bubblegum pop videos about love and gumdrops. get used to it. The opening is beautiful, and the choreography is some of her best by far.
The ‘Marry The Night’ music video, in my opinion, is just another attempt by ‘Lady Gaga’ and the ‘Haus of Gaga’ to yet again profit from a generation of teenagers naive enough to celebrate and worship the mediocre and tasteless music of the money grabbing corporations she represents.
I cannot help but feel that her musical style and claim to fame mirror that of Madonna and others before her, portraying an unoriginal and monotonous journey into stardom.
While Stefani ( Lady Gaga ) herself is a highly talented and charismatic individual, I feel a little disappointed by the fact that she has put more effort into her video’s ‘shock factors’ then their actual metaphorical and lyrical meaning.