When I did the Kylie Minogue Week I had as my main collaborator the ho, who was already featured in this Madonna special; but for the Madge week I invite now a new colaborator: Gabriel, from Admirável Blog Novo. He was featured here before on the second bitchy talk and now he's back. I asked him to pick his 5 favorite moments from Madonna in this current decade so far.
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It’s really complicated to pick 5 Madonna moments from the last decade. Not that I’m uncertain, but because they’re too many. She’s the most multifaceted artist in the world e there’s always something brilliant about each apparition.
5. Live Earth [2007]
One of the coolest things about seeing Madonna is Madonna being seen. When she performs at places where not everyone is a fan, that’s where she proves she’s great. It’s the moment you tell people around “that’s why I love her”. At the Live Earth, in July, that was exactly what happened. Gorgeous in black, Madonna sang the anthem Hey You with a children choir, taking breaths (and tears, why not?) away. The she comes with Ray Of Light and the guitar! She’s no Jimi Hendrix, but for those who didn’t know this gift of hers it was at least surprising to see her rocking with the instrument. Then, with the Gogol Bordello gypsies, she adapts La Isla Bonita with new verses and arrangement, finishing with Hung Up. Unforgettable.4. Hung Up's Video [2005]
The get over. Madonna never stopped being pop and Confessions On A Dance Floor is the definite 2000’s album with praise. It contains all what the fans have been wishing: great beats, good lyrics and no ballads. The lead song “Hung Up” is the most interesting. With the ABBA sample the song has the catchy quality without being necessarily annoying. Madonna is gorgeous on the video showing the envied hot-body and having the most of fun. Full of characters and dance, the video is a delight. “Hung Up” was the first step towards the best tour of her career, loads of awards, besides being a must on the dancefloors that year.
3. The VMA Kiss [2003]
It was one of the biggest moments from the MTV’s VMAs. To celebrate 20 years of Madonna, the two Pop pupils Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera got up as brides and sang Like A Virgin. Pause: I-know-what’s-gonna-happen moment and then it happens: Madonna comes. She’s the groom, at the top of the wedding cake, singing Hollywood. After dancing with the ladies, time to seal the deal and Madonna kisses them, right there at the stage, at the event’s opening. The end. Every tabloid and magazine cover. Does anyone remember Missy Elliot came right after? Did Beyoncé perform at the 2003’s VMAs? Nah!
2. Yoga In Vogue [2004]
Proportionally, the Confessions Tour was the most grandiose, but this entrance from the Re-Invention Tour was exceptional. Madonna proved in 2004 that she depends only on herself and showed the industry the till-then most profitable tour from history. And that after American Life, a great álbum that didn’t sell much. Who doesn’t shudder with Madonna whispering “strike a pose” doing Yoga? Who wasn’t amazed by that body? Who didn’t want to jump and dance by the live sound of Vogue?
1. The Music Video [2000]
Ray Of Light is one of her most personal and innovative albums, whose lyrics are more beautiful and the videos more emotional. Not that the mystic phase wasn’t so important, but many fans felt relieved when Music’s video was out, with Madonna being Madonna again. It was the transition, from the singular Nothing Really Matters to Beautiful Stranger and American Pie. But to see the singer wearing those rocks at the backseat of a hottie-packed-up golden limo, drinking and doing strip-clubs pit stops is amazing. Was Madonna back to the libertinism? The fun? A rappers mockery? All and nothing at all. [Simply] Music makes the people come together.
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