Have I told you how much I love Madonna's latest hit "Hung Up?" I haven't liked anything of hers this much since her Like a Prayer album. That's not to say I haven't liked any of it, but nothing has put me right back into number one fan mode as this has.
We watched the European Music Awards a couple of weeks ago. It was a really fun show to watch. Much more so than MTV's American Music Awards. Seeing Madonna come out and give her performance sent me over the moon.
I discovered her for the first time at the age of 7 and I've been a stallwart fan ever since. But I was blown away. Not only did she look absolutely A-M-A-Z-I-N-G in that purple getup, but she tore the roof off that joint. Her dancing and choreography is second to none. Her voice is incredible. The song kicked ass. I can't say enough about that performance. I was so wowed that my hands came up to my face and little tears came to my eyes. I whispered to Rob, "she's a real queen." And I didn't mean it in the gay sense, though she's kind of that too. She is a queen on her throne and she is unstoppable.
It's so great to see women like her who just keep doing their thing. She's a powerhouse. Maybe that's what I've always loved and admired about her. She has so much self confidence and she knows that the music world is full of emaciated little bubblegum pop stars and that she kicks all their asses and always will. Ma-ma.
Oprah is the same way in her field. Have I told you lately how much I love Oprah? It's been awhile, so I'll tell you again. I watched her 20 year special recently where she looked back at clips of her career and was subsequently surprised on stage by a riveting Sidney Portier who read her one of the most tear jerking tributes of all time. I was so impressed by her career and how far she's come and how much she gives back. I love how real and honest she is and how she's not afraid to make fun of her own weaknesses. I love her.
So Tyra Banks started her own show recently and I don't love her. She sucks. I just had to throw that out there. Though there may be room for phony Oprah imposters on daytime TV, I want nothing to do with it. I gave her a fair chance. I watched parts of it on a couple of occasions, but you've never seen wet-behind-the-ears until you've seen Trya try to pull off being the genuine, down-to-earth talk show host who sympathizes with others and proactively tries to help them solve their problems. Though she may be for real, she comes off as being kind of full of shit and not nearly as perceptive as she could be.
Posted by Maria at November 17, 2005 10:45 PM | TrackBackI am not touching the Madonna subject with a ten foot pole...hahahahaha..
I'm sure you remember how we met and it was all because of MADONNA...haha...still cracks me up when I think about it...
Posted by: Sandy at November 18, 2005 03:04 AMI think Madonna is incredibly tone deaf when she sings live, but I still love her. we already bought the new album and I've been listening to it in the car. I'm quite impressed so far. her last effort was total garbage, so I'm happy to have her doing another dance album.
I tivo'd Oprah's 20th anniversary special, much to the chagrine of my husband. "did you really tivo 'The Oprah'?" I got a good laugh at her bad taste in hair and clothes over the past 20 years. she looks younger now than she did in the 80's! and *sigh* Sidney Poitier. he's always been one of my favorites. I love how slowly he speaks b/c everything he says sounds so thought out and I just deep.
and then there's Tyra. oh Tyra... please go back to flopping your boobies around on the VS runway. take your pseudo-ghetto ass out of daytime talk and stop acting like you understand your guests' problems.
Posted by: girl at November 18, 2005 10:31 AMOh yes Sandy, how could I forget? How funny is that to look back on now?
Girl, you nailed that one.
Posted by: Maria at November 19, 2005 05:10 PM