As im sure many of you know, Madonna's divorce from Guy was officially announced yesterday. It will no doubt get ugly, she has already mocked him from stage while on tour (grow the fuck up), and apparently there was no pre-nup (oye). In a premenstral fit of rage last night i found myself shedding a tear over this. You have to understand, when i saw her doing the splits in a teen mag in '84, i had one of those "thats what im going to be when i grow up" and ever since then i have revered her, playing close attention to every detail, maneuver, and calculation...
While i may have felt i was following her ambition, there was one big difference...i was in love, and wouldnt abandoned that for any producer, dj, or executive that could offer me success for my pussy. Now, im not going to disrespect the path she took to achieve her fame and fortune, its paved a path and created a whole new industry of pop tartlets, but at a certain point, and i think 50 years old is a good place to start, you gotta get over yourself. It just makes me sad that she is such a miserable bitch, cause i love her and want her to know love.
Anyway, on that note, i will leave you with a song off an album i discovered at Amoeba Records in LA called "Pre-Madonna". It's a collection of songs (some of which were on the demo that got her signed) that she recorded from 81-82 with Stephen Bray. The two met in college, he a jazz musician, her a dancer, moved to New York, holed up in commercial spaces and studios, recorded raw dance music, and yes, they dated (wait a minute, this sounds like Purple Crush!!!) She ditched Bray for Mark Kamins, a dj that promised her some sweet dick, and a record deal, as long as he could take credit for the production....and it worked. She and Bray didnt speak for years (i'd be pissed too), until she brought him on board to co-write "causing a commotion", "into the groove", "express yourself", and more....
Madonna - Laugh To Keep From Crying
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