This performance is sick. You can tell the bassist knows he’s playing a ridiculous bass groove. I seriously consider this one of the greatest basslines I’ve ever heard. Love the live horns. While it’s too bad Antony isn’t singing it, the singer they have is good and a lot sexier, haha.
Apparently “Telephone” was written with Britney Spears in mind, but she rejected it. Here is the demo of Britney’s recording. I know this is just a demo, but that autotune is just awful. The song is pretty flat. I doubt that a completed version would have been half the monster that the Lady Gaga/Beyonce version is.
Also, here are some U.S. troops in Afghanistan doing a video where there they dance to “Telephone”. It’s pretty funny. The dance one of the troops does at 1:05 is priceless.