The dancing soldiers are with the 82nd Airborne stationed in Afghanistan and their Lady Gaga sendup is a YouTube sensation. Surprisingly, it's gotten a thumbs up from military brass.
Harold Levine liked the video so much he created a Facebook page devoted to its star, Aaron Melcher. He walked Michelle Norris through Melcher's version of "Telephone," and compared it to Lady Gaga's original.
Over 3 million people have watched the video on Youtube, and Levine thinks that's because, in a time of unhappy news, it's become the feel good video of the week. "I think people really have an affection and love for the service people who are serving in Afghanistan and Iraq," he says. "We like to think that the brave men and women of the United States armed forces who are serving in what are relatively godforsaken places are well enough and happy enough and have enough leisure time that they can do something like this. And send it to us to show us that they're OK."
"This is a couple guys located in afghanistan, that re-made the music video by Lady Gaga....Telephone. Prepare yourself for a fantastical journey.
Right now this is the temporary version, we have more scenes to cut, and edit, however with guys always on mission it is harder to film than you think"
Right now this is the temporary version, we have more scenes to cut, and edit, however with guys always on mission it is harder to film than you think"
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