Thanks for some Madonna love. I can't think of anybody so hated and admired simultaneously; known for being good but over-ambitious...except for Hillary Clinton. I will proudly defend Madonna all my life (except for a few genuine embarrassments).
Madonna does play guitar. She plays her rock influenced 80's song Burning Up. I don't think Nancy Wilson has an exclusive copyright on playing electric guitar. Madonna also plays acoustic guitar and ukulele on this tour.
When Madonna first wore lingerie on the outside of tights, she was a trend setter. Ever since then, she's been a trend follower. That said, her work with William Orbit is in my heavy rotation, yet today. I still doubt that she has anymore distinctive style on the guitar than John Oates if she really even plays more than air guitar.
She's not much of an actor, either, but is an excellent dancer, however.
Critics panned this FLICK, but I liked it.
Who's That Girl (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNuuxTTG-iM
Like A Prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fzeNUqQbQ
Open Your Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsTmi9N9Gs
Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15kWlTrpt5k
Justify My Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np_Y740aReI
Madonna can kick and she can play air guitar, but she's better than that at what she does well. She doesn't need to stoop to stealing Nancy's trademark as if nobody would notice.
Madonna got kicked out of Dance class by Martha Graham, but even Bruce Lee left Yip Man before being taught everything he already figured out by watching the senior students.
You think I'm not a fan of Madonna? I fucking love Madonna. That's why I care enough to chasten her as I do. Dressing cheap isn't cheap. Stealing someone else's act is what's truly cheap. Madonna doesn't need to be cheap. That's just her insecurity showing through.
Pop is suffering from the same malady as the art world, which is stuck on the tired old rubric that shock automatically confers value. But those once powerful avant-garde gestures have lost their relevance in our diffuse and technology-saturated era, when there is no longer an ossified high-culture establishment to rebel against. On the contrary, the fine arts are alarmingly distant or marginal to most young people today.
Pop is an artistic tradition that deserves as much respect as any other. Its lineage stretches back to 17th century Appalachian folk songs and African-American blues, all of which can still be heard vibrating in the lyrics and chord structure of contemporary music. But our most visible young performers, consumed with packaging and attitude, seem to have little sense of that thrilling continuity and therefore no confidence in how it can define and sustain their artistic identities over the course of a career. --Camille (the cunt) Paglia
Hmmm, while I can never really view her as a feminist icon, she had some really great singles in her day, and fun to dance to.
I tend to prefer the early stuff, but Ray of Light was cool too.
I remain mystified why she became a feminist icon though, yeah, she took control over her sexuality, blah blah blah....
Debbie Harry feels she was ripped off in her early looks by Madonna, as an aside, but for powerful women artists I was always thinking PJ Harvey, Kate Bush, Bjork, etc etc, were better role models for young women.
Well, Paglia has some interesting thoughts too, but she is a bit bat-shit too, for my own tastes.
For someone seemingly hating Madonna, you sure seem to have a vested interest in her, Genne.
I'm a big fan of Madonna from the begging, and am disappointed when she so often falls short of her potential. There are only two things I can't stand in this World. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures ...and the Dutch!
http://media2.fdncms.com/portmerc/imager/u/magnum/16698103/feature1-570x.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/90/90/1b/90901b271d56ed29cb8e1e0dae3d7f98.jpg
Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IaWcnggGuk
Heart, Nancy Wilson, C.O.Y. kick in Sydney Australia, 20th October 2011.
Aussieheart
http://media2.fdncms.com/portmerc/imager/u/zoom/16699229/nancywilson_png-magnum.jpg
She's not much of an actor, either, but is an excellent dancer, however.
Nothing Really Matters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAVx9RKaLPU&list=PLw7k9G6FR38GCV4BQMZPGwl28xwVE7DxQ&index=16
Who's That Girl (1987)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNuuxTTG-iM
Like A Prayer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fzeNUqQbQ
Open Your Heart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsTmi9N9Gs
Rain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15kWlTrpt5k
Justify My Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Np_Y740aReI
Madonna can kick and she can play air guitar, but she's better than that at what she does well. She doesn't need to stoop to stealing Nancy's trademark as if nobody would notice.
http://media2.fdncms.com/portmerc/imager/u/zoom/16703423/nothingreallymatters_png-magnum.jpg
Yes. It does.
I'll wait for your Blind Willie McTell issue.
Pop is an artistic tradition that deserves as much respect as any other. Its lineage stretches back to 17th century Appalachian folk songs and African-American blues, all of which can still be heard vibrating in the lyrics and chord structure of contemporary music. But our most visible young performers, consumed with packaging and attitude, seem to have little sense of that thrilling continuity and therefore no confidence in how it can define and sustain their artistic identities over the course of a career. --Camille (the cunt) Paglia
http://ideas.time.com/2013/08/27/pops-drop-from-madonna-to-miley/
Jenny McCarthy on Playboy's No Nudity Plans:
''It Breaks My Heart...I Will Be Wearing My Panties at Half-Mast''
http://www.eonline.com/news/706509/jenny-mccarthy-on-playboy-s-no-nudity-plans-it-breaks-my-heart-i-will-be-wearing-my-panties-at-half-mast
Statesboro Blues
Taj Mahal & Gregg Allman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duWv1eMNdrk
I tend to prefer the early stuff, but Ray of Light was cool too.
I remain mystified why she became a feminist icon though, yeah, she took control over her sexuality, blah blah blah....
Debbie Harry feels she was ripped off in her early looks by Madonna, as an aside, but for powerful women artists I was always thinking PJ Harvey, Kate Bush, Bjork, etc etc, were better role models for young women.
Paglia likes Madonna for using witchcraft, feminine wiles to get the bettor of men.
For someone seemingly hating Madonna, you sure seem to have a vested interest in her, Genne.