
Most of the extant comments about this track involve some kinda of Alvin and The Chipmunks reference. It starts getting palatable around 1:45, if you wish to save yourself the childhood nostalgia. The dance beat is very C+C Music Factory circa 1992 which I dig. I keep holding my breath for more from Le Gaga and I'm getting nothing but O2 deprivation (pass the whippets). Enjoy Telephone . + [...]

In a predictable move, Lady GaGa has gone with her duet with Beyonce, "Telephone", as The Fame Monster 's follow-up to the transcendent "Bad Romance" (in a stupid move, I hear "So Happy I Could Die" is Monster 's third single). Nothing good has come from this seemingly epic collaboration between two of music's current most relevant icons. "Telephone" is insulting to anyone with half a brain, but still miles ahead of its cringe-worthy R&B counterpart "Videophone". However, producer Rodney Jerkins really put all he had into this and he has created a Britney-like backing track that will [...]
World's been colliding, y'all: Electropoppers Passion Pit have remixed Lady Gaga's "Telephone," because, well, of course they did. The Pits add a rambling intro, before setting it off with some bubbly synths around the chorus. This, like every remix ever, essentially, is fans-only, kids. I can't imagine anyone going, "I prefer this to the original. This is fantastic." It's adequate, at best. [ Stereogum ]