Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"

(CBS) What does one say about a video that borrows from so many sources - "Metropolis," Rick Baker, Guillermo del Toro, "Aliens," "Vertigo," and that's not the entire list - that it's hard to spot them all?

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You let it speak for itself. And playing "spot the influence" while watching Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" may be part of the fun because the clip itself is a little dull. That's not to say it doesn't have its moments. Who doesn't want to see Lady Gaga wearing next to nothing?

One thing that's not dull: The darkish opening, in which Lady Gaga gives birth to a perfect race and also to evil, transitions to the vibrant and upbeat "Born This Way."

It's a jarring juxtaposition to go from the goo/birth introduction, complete with Bernard Herrmann's "Vertigo" score as background music, to a song that sounds a lot like Madonna's "Express Yourself" with visuals of Gaga dancing in her underwear.

The best parts of the video show Lady Gaga in a suit and bow tie, face painted like a skeleton (alongside model Rick Genest), hair in an enormous ponytail, dancing away.

Note: Some of this stuff is graphic.

Click here to watch the video.