Video: Lady Gaga Goes on Strike

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| Wed May. 12, 2010 12:04 PM PDT

What happens when you mix Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance," a hotel workers' strike, and a flashmob? You get a bunch of horn players and hipsters in the lobby of San Francisco's Westin St. Francis belting lines like "I want your gay ass, but not in a bad hotel!" Beat that, 82nd Airborne!

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