'Telephone' is the best song on Lady GaGa's 'Fame Monster' album apart from maybe 'Dance In The Dark' and 'Speechless'. Hmmmmmmmm - perhaps we should rethink that opening; 'Telephone' is one of MANY great songs on Lady GaGa's 'Fame Monster' album and is definitely the one with Beyonce on and it is also the one that is currently being remixed rather often by talented people such as Alphabeat and now Passion Pit.Now, we all know what Passion Pit sound like - beardy pop music for geeks who fall in love too often and too easily. More dance than indie but with guitars and drums and no dance routines. However, the Passion Pit remix of 'Telephone' sounds NOTHING like Passion Pit and is instead more like a two-step remix found on the b-side of a single from the 90s - perhaps by Gabrielle or Pauline Henry.
It's not proving very popular with listeners on YouTube ('Listened to three seconds and quit', 'Gross' and 'Chipmunk voice fucking ruins it') but we actually think it's rather brilliant. If people still listened to speed garage, this would be on a lot of compilations. There's not a lot of vocals and what there is is mostly the offending chipmunk, but the remix takes a brilliant song and does some marvellous and original things with it - and that is a lot better than just making it a bit faster and put a whoosh on the chorus. Passion Pit have definitely earned their fee.
Lady GaGa feat. Beyonce 'Telephone' (Passion Pit remix)
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