Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

Open Your Heart-A Brilliant Madonna Song to Rocco.

Madonna Song of the Day-Open Your Heart from The Imaculate Collection
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Open Your Heart/I'll make you love me!"-And we listen in kind, Maddy!

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

"'Papa Don't Preach' is a message song people are going to take the wrong way...to me, it's a celebration of life!"-Madonna

Madonna Song of the Day-Papa Don't Preach from The Immaculate Collection
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via hired writer Brian Elliot
-"What I need right now is some good advice, please!/Papa Don't Preach!...Don't you stop loving me, Daddy!"-Yet another young girl's struggle with authority and clash with reality, Madonna Cries in Sad Wet Tears!

Madonna Wednesday-Rabbit Leopold

"I have a tale to tell!"-Madonna

Madonna Song of the Day-Live to Tell from The Immaculate Collection-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Hope I Live to Tell/The Secret I have learned/Till then, it will burn
Inside of Me!"-Madonna at her absolute saddest and that's a Ciccone Fact!

Madonna Tuesday-Rabbit Leopold

"Only when I'm dancing can I feel this free!"-Madonna

Madonna Song of the Day-Into the Groove from The Immaculate Collection-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Devour/Live out your fantasy here with me!...Get Into the Groove!/Boy you've got to prove your love to me, yeah!"-Easily Madonna's most joyous and joyful song!

Madonna Monday-Rabbit Leopold

"I don't know about you but all of us should end prejudice forever!"-Madonna

Madonna Song of the Day-Crazy for You from The Immaculate Collection-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Nashville writers John Bettis and Jon Lind-"You see I'm Crazy for You/Touch me once and you'll know it's True!/I never wanted anyone like this/It's all brand-new/You'll feel it in my kiss/I'm Crazy for You!"-Madonna's first great song, her own transcendent ballad done with longing, yearning and ultimately-sadness! Her Ladyship's first Country artwork, Madonna Cries in Crazy for You.  Done in one take.  Recorded in England.  Madonna's First Masterpiece and second #1 hit.  Best love song of the 1980's, pronto! Your move, Madge!!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

"Experience has made me rich and now they're after me!"-Madonna

Madonna Song of the Day-Material Girl from The Immaculate Collection-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via outside writers Peter Brown and Robert Rans-"We are living in a material world/And I am a Material Girl!"-It's Miss Ciccone's world.  We are happy to live in it.  Still, Material Girl isn't one of my Maddy faves.  Even Madonna herself doesn't like this song and it ain't hard to hear why.  Rikky Rooksby quipped-"We're with you on that one, Maddy!"

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

Like a Virgin-one of the saddest Madona tunes ever-the highlight from the MDNA Tour!

Madonna Song of the Day-Like a Virgin from The Immaculate Collection
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via hired writers Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly-"Like a Virgin/Touched for the very first time!"-We all are Maddy because you did it!-You touched the world for the very first time! Thanks, Madge!

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"A victim of a kind of rage!"-Madonna

Madonna Song of the Day-Borderline from The Immaculate Collection
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via first teacher Reggie Lucas
-"Something in the way you love me won't let me be!...You just keep on pushing my love over the Borderline!"-Something tells me that love just ain't right for Dear ol' Madge-Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie never learned their lessons well after all!

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Madonna!-She is Reinvention!

Madonna Song of the Day-Lucky Star from The Immaculate Collection-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"You must be my Lucky Star!/Because you shine on me wherever you are..."
-A beautiful song for her mother, Madonna is crying with sadness!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

Madonna-The Lady of Them All!

Madonna Song of the Day-Holiday from The Immaculate Collection-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via writers Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens-"Holiday!/Celebrate!/Come together in every nation!"-For Madonna, every day is a Holiday! For Madonna, may it ever be so!

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

All Hail and Long Live the Queen!-Lady Madonna!

Madonna Record of the Day-The Immaculate Collection-All songs in order-1. Holiday 2. Lucky Star
3. Borderline 4. Like a Virgin 5. Material Girl 6. Crazy for You 7. Into the Groove 8. Live to Tell
9. Papa Don't Preach 10. Open Your Heart 11. La Isla Bonita 12. Like a Prayer 13. Express Yourself
14. Cherish 15. Vogue 16. Justify My Love 17. Rescue Me-Immaculate, indeed for Communion! Reverend Ciccone Takes Us to Church! Amen Madge! Madonna Forever!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

With the North American MDNA leg complete in Miami, Madonna moves on to Mexico and points south where her Evita fixation takes hold. Ole, Senorita Madonna! Who's That Girl?

Madonna Song of the Day-Forbidden Love (Confessions version)-05-from Confessions on a Dance Floor
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Forbidden Love!/Are we supposed to be together?/Forbidden Love!/We seal our destiny forever!/Forbidden Love!/Just one kiss/Just one touch/Just one love!"-For Madonna, may it ever be so.  Amen Madge! Thank you for the Music!

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"I won't be happy until I'm as famous as God!"-Madonna

Madonna Song of the Day-Into the Groove (Hollywood mix)-from Remixed and Revisited-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Get Into the Groove!/Let me show you some moves/Mister, take it from me!"-And we do, Maddy!

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

"I know what Fame is and it isn't.  Celebrity is bad! And who knows better than me? I will not be a prisoner!"-Madonna

Madonna Song of the Day-Nobody Knows Me from American Life-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"I've had so many lives/Since I was a child/And I realize/How many times I've died!/Nobody Knows Me!"...I don't want your social disease!"-Easily La Ciccone's most autobiographical song.

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

"Music-it's primal and visceral.  It's about coming to life!"

Madonna Song of the Day-Don't Tell Me from Greatest Hits Volume 2-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Tell Me Everything I'm Not but Please Don't Tell Me to Stop!"-Truer lyrics have never been sung and for Madonna, Her Music and Art Are Her Life.  Cheers, Madonna!

Madonna Wednesday-Rabbit Leopold

"Freedom of Speech is Better than Sex!"-Madonna

Madonna Song of the Day-Impressive Instant from Music-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Universe is full of stars/Nothing out there looks the same!/You're the one that I've been waiting for/I don't even know your name!"-The same vocal hook at the beginning and the end, Impressive Instant is a brilliant benediction between Madonna and her audience.  Brilliant, Madonna!

Madonna Tuesday-Rabbit Leopold

A fresh start, Lola came into Madonna's life!

Madonna Song of the Day-Nothing Really Matters from Ray of Light-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Nothing really matters/Love is all we need!/Everything I give you/All comes back to me!"-Even today, Nothing Really Matters is a favorite of mine.  I love the anthem's Beatlesque
love-each-other message-Something that both John and George would be proud of.  Therefore, today's blog
is dedicated with love to Mr. Lennon and Mr. Harrison! Rock in Peace Fabs! Beatles Forever! Madonna Forever!

Madonna Monday-Rabbit Leopold

Madonna Cried in Evita, the movie only Reminded her of her mother.

Madonna Song of the Day-Don't Cry for Me Argentina from Evita-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice-"Don't cry for me Argentina!/The (Ciccone) truth is I never left you!/All through my wild days, my mad existence/I kept my Promise/Don't keep your distance!/Have I said too much?/There's nothing more I can think of to say to you/But all you have to do/Is look at me to know/That every word is True!"-That she does! For Madonna, may it ever be so!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

Evita-a very sad movie! One of Madonna's "A victim of a kind of rage!" moments.

Madonna Song of the Day-Buenos Aires from Evita-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
via Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice-"What's new, Buenos Aires?...Beautiful town, I love you!...Just a little touch of Star Quality!"-That is something Madonna has in spades!

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

Madonna's rise to fame and stardom is the story of legend! Her life is brilliant!

Madonna Song of the Day-Oh Father from Something to Remember-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"You can't hurt me now!/I got away from you/I never thought I would/You can't make me cry!/You once had the power/I never felt so good about myself!"-As Oh Father ends with a lonely guitar hook, easily the saddest lyric Madonna has ever written to her Ciccone Name! Madonna Fights Authority, Authority Always Wins!-apologies to her friend
John Mellencamp.

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Madonna-That Girl from Detroit Rock City...She's a Superstar!

Madonna Song of the Day-Forbidden Love-94 (Bedtime version)
-from Bedtime Stories-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"In your eyes, Forbidden Love/In your smile, Forbidden Love...Heaven forgive me/Never forbid me/Love should always feel like this!"-Madonna at her most seductive, impassioned and passionate! Sing it again, Madge!

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

"I don't want to die or go into the unknown.  I want to stay where I'm at!"-Madonna

Madonna Song of the Day-Rain from Erotica-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Rain is what the Thunder brings/For the first time I can hear my Heart sing!"-Rain is Madonna's most beautiful song because she won't forget the memory of her mother.  That's a Fact!

Madonna Wednesday-Rabbit Leopold

The products of America go crazy!"-William Carlos Williams.

Madonna Song of the Day-What Can You Lose?-from I'm Breathless (Dick Tracy)-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Stephen Sondheim-"Don't Even Begin with so much to win/There's too much to lose!-See my taillights fading, not a dry eye in the house! Easily Madonna's Saddest Performance! And Inside, Madonna's All Still Wet!

Madonna Tuesday-Rabbit Leopold

It's gonna be a long uphill climb for the Wizards this season!

Madonna Song of the Day-Till Death Do Us Part from Like a Prayer-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"She's had enough/She says the end/But she'll come back/She knows it then/A chance to start it all again/Till Death Do Us Part!"-Ending with raging guitar, a broken vase and shattered dreams Part 1, Madonna says goodbye to Sean and figures out her life leading up to the Sex book...A woman in pain and tears. The Material Girl grown up and last but still unsure of her priorities.

Madonna Monday-Rabbit Leopold

Now that the election is over, we can go on with our daily lives! Enough with the politics!

Madonna Song of the Day-Physical Attraction from You Can Dance-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via initial Reinventor Reggie Lucas-"It's a physical, a physical attraction/A chemical, a chemical reaction!"-Madonna's voice, still raw and thin at this point certainly does subscribe to the Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll" archetype.  No, Madonna will never be the Just Say No type! She's just too rock & roll to just be the girl-next-door! That Madonna, she's a wild child and we love her for that!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

I guess Obama is the most polarizing figure in America today!

Madonna Song of the Day-Causing a Commotion from Who's That Girl?-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"I've got the moves, baby!/You've got the motion/If we got together/We'd be Causing a Commotion!"-In fact, that's what Madonna's been doing for 30 years! Long may you run, Lady Madonna!

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

In New Orleans, Madonna gets booed for supporting Obama! What is America coming to?


Madonna Song of the Day-Where's the Party?-from True Blue-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Where's the Party?/I want to free my soul!/Where's the Party?/I want to lose control!"-A Ciccone Dance of desperation and defiance, as only Madonna can do it! Love always to Lola and Rocco!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

Continuing the sadness, Madonna's searched for love is thwarted.  Her dreams are dashed by crushing reality.

Madonna Song of the Day-Love Don't Live Here Anymore-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Miles Gregory-"You abandoned me!/Love Don't Live Here Anymore!"-Madonna's First Sad Song.  She Cries on this one.  Madonna Loves and Misses Her Mother.  (Cry!) (Sob!)

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Madonna A brilliant woman.  Lonely and alone on top.

Madonna Song of the Day-Think of Me from The First Album-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"It won't be long and I'll Be Gone and then You'll Think of Me!"-A major theme in Madonna's music is unrequired and unrequited love that never gets there if ever at all.  With Madonna, sadness is never far away.  Watch out, Madonna will get you! Do not fool around with her!

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

Rocky Mountain Trouble-Trouble in Denver.  In this "family values" ultra-conservative Christian city out west, Madonna is unwelcome.  It's as simple as that.  The next song should give you a clue...

Madonna Song of the Day-Gang Bang from MDNA-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Bang bang!/I'm going straight to hell!/I'm scared, can't you tell?/Bang bang/Bang bang, shot you dead!/I wanted and loved you most/But I was just keeping my enemies close/I am driving your hearse/Bang bang, shot you dead in the head!/Now my lover is dead!/I'm going straight to hell and I've got a lot of friends there!/Drive Bitch!...Now Die Bitch!"-Clearly the first of the record's songs directed at Guy Ritchie.  Clearly the fire and passion had gone out and Madonna was once again running scared.  Destined to be Alone.

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

The Tour preceding MDNA-Sticky and Sweet-was a beautiful Madonna memory.  Here's one of them...

Madonna Song of the Day-Like a Prayer from Sticky and Sweet Tour-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Just Like a Prayer!/I'll Take You There!/It's like a dream to me!-Possibly Madonna's most X-Static and best song ever.  And it is.  Like a Prayer-Transcendence through immanence!-Yes, Madge!

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In America-Madonna is the Heartland Heroine, having a voice for those who'll never have one.  Brava, Lady
Ciccone!

Madonna Song of the Day-Who's That Girl?-from Celebration-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"She's smiling/An invitation to the dance!/Who's That Girl?"-Yet Lady Madonna is also crying beautiful and sobbing Tears That Are All Still Sad-and Wet! Her mother is nowhere to be found.

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Ravens beat Cowboys 31-28.  Ravens Forever! Go Birds of Purple and Black! Baltimore Forever!

Madonna Song of the Day-Everybody from Celebration-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Everybody!/Come On/Dance and Sing!/Everybody!/Get up and do your thing!"-With that simple clarion call, the Madonna Age in rock & roll.  After Everybody and Madonna, I was never again the same.  Thank You Lady Ciccone! Madonna=Brilliance!

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"I have the best job in the world!"-Madonna

Madonna Song of the Day-Four Minutes (Remixed version)-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Are you ready to go?/There's enough room for both/We've only got Four Minutes to save
the world/Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock..."-4 Minutes=30 Years.  Madonna is someone who needs no introduction.  Madonna Forever!

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

Across the desert from California to Nevada, Madonna went to Vegas and wowed 'em!

Madonna Song of the Day-Voices from Hard Candy-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Voices start to ring in your head/Tell me what do they say?/Distant Echoes from Another Time...Baby show me your hand/Who is the master and who is the slave?"-As church bells toll and ring out-for Madonna, it was the end of the Bunny Rabbit Looney Tune Warner era.  Voices-the last and best song from the Warner years! Madonna Forever!

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On to L.A., Madonna suddenly starts crying for a 14-year old girl who was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan as she tried to get on a bus.  With that, tears fall as Human Nature begins.  The show is dedicated with love to Malala.

Madonna Song of the Day-Devil Wouldn't Recognize You from Hard Candy-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via her Good Brother Joe Henry-"As quiet as it is tonight/You almost think you were safe/Your eyes are full of surprises/They cannot predict my fate!/Waiting underneath the stars/There's something you should know/The angels they surround my heart/Telling me to let you go!...It's like Over and Over/You're pushing me right down to the floor!/Over and Over/I keep on coming back for More/I play into your fantasy/Now that it's over/You can lie to me right through your smile/I see behind your eyes/Now that I'm sober/No more intoxicating my mind/Even the devil wouldn't recognize you!...You almost fooled yourself this time/Let all saints be praised!/You hide your sadness behind your smile/And you keep your lost heart braced/The steps that edge along the ledge is much higher than it seems/But I've been on that ledge before/You can't hide yourself from me!/Even the devil wouldn't recognize you!"-Combining the outright rage of Borderline with the sadness of Take a Bow, Madonna made and recorded Hard Candy in the death throes of her second marriage to Guy Ritchie.  Clearly it was not working for Madonna and Guy anymore.  Call Devil Wouldn't Recognize You The War of the Ritchies and you're not that far off.  When asked by friend/Talk show host David Letterman on the chances of marriage again, Our Lady angrily replied
-"I'd rather get run over and hit by a train!" For Madonna, it was sadly real and final.  In Miss Ciccone's eyes, it was real this time-The years of British Exile were over.  Once again it was Madonna who Lived to Tell-Madonna came back home to America to Stay-there was no looking back!

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Next up it was on to San Jose-home of the Sharks!-it was here she celebrated the 30th anniversary of first hit "Everybody."  30 years later, for Madonna, dreams still come true for her.

Madonna Song of the Day-Spanish Lesson from Hard Candy
-Lyric quote from Lady/Dona Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Yo te quiero means I love you!...Baby I'm on to your game!"-One of Madonna's quirkier pieces, Spanish Lesson is a good La Isla Bonita update or Evita Prelude #6-and I take it as a compliment, Dona Ciccone!

Madonna Tuesday-Rabbit Leopold

Back home, Madonna played a thrilling night MDNA-style at Seattle's Key Arena.  She rocked the Key crowd so much that even Hendrix looked down and smiled on her.

Madonna Song of the Day-Dance Tonight from Hard Candy
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"You don't have to be beautiful to be understood/You don't have to be rich or famous to be good/You just gotta get more than you ever have before/And you gotta move fast/If you want a good thing to last!/Let's dance tonight!/And prove ourselves to the world/And we'll hold hands tonight/I'm just a boy and you're just a girl/I want to dance tonight!/Don't need no diamonds and pearls/So take a chance tonight/And prove ourselves to the world!"-This song could be Madonna's motto.  For 30 years, Madonna has sang, danced and made people happy! She's not about to stop or relinquish her crown.  She's our real-life Dancing Queen! The truth does not lie!

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30 years ago today, on October 6th 1982-Rock & Roll began a new chapter-the Madonna Age when the dance anthem "Everybody" was unleashed around the world.  From the onset, Rock Critics embraced Madonna and with the song's clarion call and hopeful message "Everybody!/Dance and Sing!/Get up and do your thing!"-it was a song we all needed and wanted to hear.  Back in 1982, Both America and Britain were caught in the reign of terror that were Ronald Reagan and Maggie Thatcher.  For us, the youth had spoken.   Loudly.  Here was a singer who wasn't afraid to express herself through song and dance.  Madonna was her name and happily, the world changed because of her.  Congrats, Madge!

Madonna Song of the Day-Beat Goes On from Hard Candy
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Kanye West-"It's time for you to celebrate!/Get up, Little Girl (Lola)/It's time, your world!/Your life, your choice!/It's time, live it up!/On and on/On the beat goes/On and on!/You don't have the luxury of time/You have got to say what's on your mind/Here comes my hand/Take it you can/The time is now/I'll show you how!/Say what you like/Do what you feel/You know exactly who you are/The time is right now/You've got to decide/There ain't no time to lose!/Be the star!"
-Like Angel, Secret, You Must Love Me, Nothing Really Matters, Little Star and What It Feels Like for a Girl before it and Superstar after it, Beat Goes On is clearly a song to Lola and it is clear that mother Madonna loves her brilliant teenager.  One of the best songs about mother/daughter friendship.  Madonna and Lola, I salute you both!

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And still for Madonna, life is beautiful-and it goes on.  Madonna Forever!

Madonna Song of the Day-Incredible-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"I Don't Want This Thing to End!/I Am Missing My Best Friend!/It's Incredible!/Let's Finish What We Started...You're Welcome to My Party!-For Madonna, may it ever be so...Incredible!

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And Still Madonna Rocks On! MDNA Forever!

Madonna Song of the Day-She's Not Me from Hard Candy
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"She's Not Me and She Never Will Be!"-In identity-theft rocker She's Not Me, Madonna Shows Gaga, Britney et al-how things are done.  They try to copy Madge but Friends, That'll Never Happen! Madonna Forever!

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Still riding a euphoric high from The Concert, I am more a Madonna fan than ever! She's the best!

Madonna Song of the Day-Miles Away from Hard Candy-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"All my dreams, they fade away!/I'll Never Be the Same!"-No she won't! In Miles Away, Madonna Cries Bittersweet and Sad Tears That Are All Still Wet!

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Wow! What a brilliant Madonna performance-MDNA at Phone Booth.  Key song-Masterpiece! Boy, did she ever give that night.  I Cried during the whole concert! Madonna Forever!

Madonna Song of the Day-Heartbeat from Hard Candy-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"You know I Feel it (Dance, Song and Music) in my Heartbeat...To me, it feels new...When I Dance, I Feel Free!-Call Heartbeat an Everybody, Into the Groove and Vogue for the New Millennials and you're not that far off!

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Back from two nights at United Center in Chicago-the Real Heartland of the Midwest, Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune called the MDNA Performance as "Fresh Pop as Performance Art!"-That it will always be for a homegrown heartland All-American Material Girl.  Madonna Ciccone is her name-and she's Immortal Forever!

Madonna Song of the Day-Give It to Me from Hard Candy-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Give It to Me, yeah!/No one's gonna show me how/Give It to Me, yeah!/No one's gonna stop me now!...When lights go down and there's no one left, I can go on and on and on!"-That she will.  Madonna is like the Energizer Bunny Rabbit of rock & roll! We, the audience-will certainly give it to her.  The lady is brilliant.  Madonna Delivers!

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Madonna-She's got music in her blood and art in her veins.  The Lady needs absolutely no introduction!

Madonna Song of the Day-Four Minutes from Hard Candy
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via her collaborator and friend
Justin Timberlake-"The time is waiting/We've only got Four Minutes to save the world!/No hesitating...Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock!"-Except that good ol' Madge has made her Four Minutes last 30 years.  Madonna has saved-and changed
-the world one four-minute song at a time!-and that may be her greatest achievement in her American Life.  Rock It Maddy!

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I heard the Atlantic City MDNA Performance on the Jersey Shore Boardwalk was once again brilliant! Madonna just keeps winning raves!-and with good reason
-There will never be another Madonna Ciccone!

Madonna Song of the Day-Candy Shop from Hard Candy-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"I'll Be Your One-Stop Candy Shop...Lollipop/Have some more!/Sticky and Sweet!/My Sugar is Raw!"-That it is for Our Lady Madonna because she'd rather be authentic! Why? Because she is a proud Michigander from Detroit Rock City! Over to you, mistress Madge!

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Madonna-Back on Home Soil.  Rob Sheffield in Rolling Stone praised Madonna and the MDNA Tour calling her "underrated"-as a rock singer. Robert is right.  I guess that's why I'll always love her! Madonna Forever!

Madonna Record of the Day-Hard Candy-Finale from the Rabbits at Warner just might be her most overlooked, underrated-and best-album.  It is Madonna doing what she does best-Rocking it on the Ciccone Dance Floor! Track listing-1. Candy Shop 2. Four Minutes 3. Give It to Me 4. Heartbeat
5. Miles Away 6. She's Not Me 7. Incredible 8. Beat Goes On 9. Dance Tonight 10. Spanish Lesson
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 12. Voices-In the Evidence of Her Brilliance!

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Madonna-The Brightest and Luckiest Rock & Roll Star in Music's Universe!
-The Lady Needs Absolutely No Introduction!

Madonna Song of the Day-Lucky Star from The Confessions Tour
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"You may be my
Lucky Star/Because you shine on me wherever you are...Star light, Star bright/You may be my Lucky Star/But I'm the luckiest by far!"-Riding on a brilliant disco mirror ball, Lady Madonna pens a brilliant tribute to her late mother. 
Lucky Star=Madonna Brilliance!

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9/11-Just a Normal Day for Me!-I Never Celebrate It! In the words of departed Civil Rights Activist Rodney King-"Hey! Why can't we all just get along?" Amen, brother! Rock in Peace!

Madonna Song of the Day-Mother/Father from I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"A victim of a kind of rage!"
-Amen, sister Maddy!

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On to Toronto-this time, Madonna Does Not Get Arrested by the Canadian Mounties and Authorities! Good work, Madge!

Madonna Song of the Day-Fighting Spirit from Confessions on a Dance Floor
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Keep the Fighting Spirit
of Love!"-Fighting Spirit-hands down, the best finale/ending/denoument of any Madonna album.  Well done, Madge!

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Back up North to Canada, this time Madonna is in the Ontario/Quebec city of Ottawa.  The MDNA show is greeted with cheers! Homecoming Queen Ciccone!

Madonna Song of the Day-Your Honesty from Remixed/Revisited
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"You Have a Special Quality/You're Bringing Out the Best in Me/You Are/It's Your Honesty/With You I Have No Choice!"-In the end, we might as well be singing those lyrics to Madonna herself! Her Madgesty is Brilliant! It's her honesty that counts in her music! Your move, Madge!

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Four Nights at Yankee Stadium-Madonna: First female rocker to do that!

Madonna Song of the Day-American Life from record of same name
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Do you think I'm satisfied?!"
-No, of course not! Madonna has made her mistakes but they've made her a lot more human.  And what is so wrong about that?

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From Banknorth Garden in Boston to Yankee Stadium in New York, the MDNA Tour keeps winning raves for Madonna.  The show "is the soul of a journey from darkness to light"-and we somehow believe her! On with the show, Maddy!

Madonna Song of the Day-Take a Bow from Greatest Hits Volume 2
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"I've always been in love with you/I guess you've always known it's true/You took my love for granted/Why, oh why?/This show is over say goodbye!"-No truer lyrics in a Madonna tune have ever been sung.  Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie never Lived to Tell-they never learned their lessons well because Madonna is no stranger to heartbreak.  Call this Michigan divorcee the Unlucky Star when it comes to love!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

On the Road to Boston, Madonna gives a high-energy performance.  She gives an impassioned speech about why she loves America.  A beautiful homecoming.  The hardest working and rocking live performer in showbiz! The Lady Rocks!

Madonna Song of the Day-Paradise from Music-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Into your eyes/My face remains!-Another stunner and shocker from The Lady of Them All!-Madonna-Her mother's memory is in her heart.  Beautiful ballad.

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

After two nights in the Canadian Province of French Quebec-Montreal and Quebec City, Madonna said to the audiences at Bell Centre and Plains of Abraham, "I am Proud of my French-Canadian Heritage!" Les Quebecois cheered Madonna.  Unfortunately, just days after the Montreal and Quebec City MDNA performances, riots broke out in Quebec Province because of the so-called separatist movement.  This kind of nationalism must stop if our Neighbor up North-Canada-is to remain one country.  Pray that this kind of political and ideal farrago does not happen in the good old US of A!

Madonna Song of the Day-Mer Girl from Ray of Light-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"I ran and I ran/I'm still running away!"
No, Madonna will never get over the shock and horror of her mother's death.  Madonna is crying.  The impact of Mer Girl hits-and then it shudders.

Madonna Wednesday-Rabbit Leopold

From Philadelphia to Montreal and Quebec City, Madonna Keeps Wowing Audiences with the MDNA Tour.  She has the best job in the world.  A True Blue Fighting Spirit-MADONNA!

Madonna Song of the Day-The Waltz from Evita-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice and Antonio Banderas-"Tell me before you get on to your bus/Before joining the Forgotten Brigade!/How can one person like me say/Alter the time-honored way the game is played?/Tell me before you get on to your high horse/Just what you expect me to do?/I don't care what the bourgeoisie say/I'm not in business for them but to give all my descamisados/A magical moment or two!/There is evil!/Ever around/Fundamental system of government quite incidental!/So what are my chances
of honest advances?/I'd say low/Better to win by admitting my sin/Than to lose with a halo/Allow me to help you to slink off to the sidelines/And mark your adieu with three cheers!/But first tell me who'd be delighted?/If I said I would take on the world's greatest problems/From war to pollution/No hope of solution!/Even if I lived for 100 years!...So go if you're able/To somewhere unstable!/And stay there!/Whip up your hate in some tottering state!/But not here dear!/Is that clear dear?/What if I'd give for a hundred years?/But the physical interferes/Every day More/Oh my Creator?/What is the good of the strongest heart?/In a body that's falling apart!/A serious flaw/I hope you know that!"-Clearly in the last years of Evita's life, the years weren't kind to her.  As for Madonna herself, Evita will always be her best performance on the silver screen-she delivers one of the saddest and dare I say it best singing of her Ciccone life and existence.  Madonna's music will live forever, no questions asked!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

On to the Americas.  MDNA-Europe was eventful for Madonna.  Here, she stepped up her role as activist. It's likely that the North American leg of MDNA will be no different! I can't wait for September 24th at Wizard Verizon Center in D.C.  Madonna Forever!

Madonna Song of the Day-On This Night of a Thousand Stars/Beware of the City-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice-"On this night of a thousand stars/Let me take you to heaven's door/Where the Music of Love's guitars plays Forevermore!...My family were kept out of sight...Screw the middle classes/I will never accept them!"-With typical Madonna defiance, Lady Ciccone grabs her guitar and makes her case for rock & roll.  Today Michigan, tomorrow the rest of America-and the world.  Madonna Louise Ciccone does not look back.  She is a brilliant Lady Evita, that Madge!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

This blog today is dedicated to the women who rock!-To Bessie, Patsy, Janis, Melissa, the Wilson sisters
-Ann and Nancy-of Heart, the Heartbreak Twins from Sweden-Frida and Agneatha-of Abba, Alison, Bettye and Madonna-Brilliant Ladies All! In the writing of a Madonna tune-What It Feels Like for a Girl.

Madonna Song of the Day-Live to Tell from Something to Remember
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"A man can tell a thousand lies/I've learned my lesson well!/Hope I Live to Tell/The secret I have learned/Till then, it will burn inside of me!...If I ran away/I'd never have the strength to go very far/And how would they hear/The beating of my heart?/Will it grow cold?/The secret that I hide!/Will I grow old?/How would they hear?/When will they learn?/And how will (would) they know?...The truth is never far behind/You kept it hidden well!/If I Live to Tell/The secret I knew then/Will I ever have the chance again?"-Well, to answer Madonna's sad yet hopeful question, in Live to Tell, she definitely and defiantly will have another chance to tell her Ciccone story because Madonna is a survivor and a rebel.  Her higher calling and religion is love-Madonna loves her life.  Despite her sadness in Live to Tell, there is hope for Madonna in her life.  Live to Tell is my favorite Madonna tune-her best song ever! Happy birthday Lady Madge!

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

I know it's a bit later than expected but to my finest inspiration-Happy birthday Madonna! You are a happy girl in your happy world because you rock hard with will and determination-and grace too! You are a friend of mine because you're a Ray of Light and Masterpiece who Lives to Tell and Takes a Bow in Love and Life.  Thank You for your Brilliant Music!-Rabbitbunny Leopold.

Madonna Song of the Day-Survival from Bedtime Stories-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"I'll Never Be an Angel/I'll Never Be a Saint, it's True/I'm Too Busy Surviving/Whether it's heaven or hell/I'm gonna be Living to Tell/So Here's My Story/No Risk No Glory/A little up and down and all around/It's all about Survival!"-Perhaps the lady's truest and most autobiographical manifesto, Madonna will always survive long after her contemporaries fade or burn out.  Even in the afterglow of stardom, Madonna will always burn and shine brightly among rockers.  That's a given.  Or to quote Paul Westerberg of seminal Eighties band the Replacements, Madonna Louise Ciccone will always be Left of the Dial-she's the mainstream rocker with an indie-DIY heart.

Madonna Monday-Rabbit Leopold

Thank you Megan for Our Friendship! You bring such joy to me! I LOVE YOU! The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Heartache Tonight
by the Eagles-1979, Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd-1973, Solsbury Hill
by Peter Gabriel-1977 and Hey Hey What Can I Do? by Led Zeppelin-1970.  This blog is for you Megan! Friends Forever!

Madonna Song of the Day-Rain from Erotica
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"I Feel It/It's Coming/Rain/Feel it on my finger tips/Hear it on my window pane/Your love is coming down like the Rain/Rain is what the Thunder brings/For the First Time/I Can Hear My Heart Sing...I'm gonna stand out here on Mount Arvon-the mountain top until I hear and feel the Rain"-One of my absolute Madonna Favorites, Rain is a beautiful Ciccone ballad and I dedicate this song to Megan Elfert.

Madonna Tuesday-Rabbit Leopold

Thank You Bunny Rosie for your help and friendship-I Love You a Whole Bunch!-The Four
Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Gimme Back My Bullets by Lynyrd Skynyrd
and Rock & Roll Never Forgets by Bob Seger-1976 and I Can't Tell You Why by the Eagles
and Cheap Sunglasses by ZZ Top-1979.  Classic American Rock & Roll-100.7 The Bay-Baltimore's Classic Rock! The Bay Rocks!

Madonna Song of the Day-Sooner or Later-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
via Stephen Sondheim-"Sooner or later...I always get my man!"-Further proof that Our Lady had come a long way from early Ciccone hits Material Girl and Into the Groove.  However, here
-Madonna does something quite different-She imbues the Sondheim melody with a marked sadness and makes it her own-as if Maddy might and will never get her man in the end after all this time searching for love-just ask Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie-and finding absolutely nothing to soothe or comfort her.  Madge is Crying, no question about it!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were all unplugged and acoustic and they are as follows-Ice by Crack the Sky-2011, Thunder Road (live version)
by Bruce Springsteen-1975, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
(acoustic version) by the Beatles-1965 and Running on Faith (live version)
by Eric Clapton-1992.  This intimate and unplugged blog today is dedicated to Megan E, Rachels H and H, Ashley L and Cindy B! Excellent Bunnies All! Hop! Unplug it in!

Madonna Song of the Day-Oh Father from Like a Prayer-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"You Can't Hurt Me Now!/I Got Away from You/I Never Thought I Would/You Can't Make Me Cry!/You Once Had the Power!/I Never Felt So Good about Myself!"-Yet another Madonna song that cries
"A Victim of a Kind of Rage!"-The Ciccone ballad Oh Father burns with anger and Madonna is screaming, raging and crying in catharsis and rage and at authority
and the powers that be.

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Don't Do Me Like That
by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-1979, New Year's Day by U2-1983,
Lyin' Eyes by the Eagles-1975 and The Other Side by Aerosmith-1989.  For Madonna, she's a lifer.  Rock On Madge!

Madonna Song of the Day-Where's the Party?-from You Can Dance-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Where's the Party?/I Want to Free My Soul!"-Madonna is likely asking that question as many fans booed her last night in Paris.  Cheer up, Madge-To paraphrase a song of yours named Fighting Spirit
-Keep the Fighting Spirit and you'll begin again! Keep the fighting Spirit of love! Your move, Maddy!

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Locomotive Breath
by Jethro Tull-1971, Feelin' Satisfied by Boston and Wheel in the Sky by Journey
-1978 and Dirty Laundry by Don Henley-1982.  This blog today is dedicated to the eternal memory of a brilliant Pre-Madonna, Evita Peron who went to the great gig in the Argentine skies-July 26, 1952-60 years on.  Flash forward 60 years later, Madonna plays the MDNA Performance at the Olympia in Paris under French skies overlooking the Eiffel Tower! Lady Madonna, c'est magnifique!

Madonna Song of the Day-Who's That Girl?-from record/movie of the same name
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Get closer to the Fire!...An invitation to the Dance!...Who's That Girl?/Who's That Girl?...What Can Help Me Now?/No One Can Help Me Now!/Who's That Girl?/Who's That Girl?"-In this sad Ciccone ballad-Evita Prelude #2 it's also named, I can hear the sadness in Madonna's beautiful voice.  Madonna Cries Alone in Tears.

Madonna Tuesday-Rabbit Leopold

Thank you Calvin and Allie for being there! This blog goes out to my dear Rabbit mother Andrea! You Rock Maman Lapine!-Je t'aime! The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Dancing Days by Led Zeppelin
and Tequila Sunrise by the Eagles-1973, Come Together by Aerosmith-1978 and Hurts So Good by John Mellencamp-1982.

Madonna Song of the Day-Papa Don't Preach from True Blue-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"What I Need Right Now Is Some Good Advice!, Please!/Papa Don't Preach!/I'm in trouble deep!/Don't you stop loving me!"
-Yet another one of Lady Madge's I'm-a-tortured-rebel-leave-me-alone!/A victim of a kind of rage songs.  Madonna hates authority, and she'll let the world know about it-This time, Madonna doesn't win and she cries in tears!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

After Bastille-Thank you Madonna for being brave in the face of the terrible National Front!

Madonna Song of the Day-Over and Over from Like a Virgin
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"And I'll Shout It Again from the Highest Mountains/I Get Up Again/Over and Over!"-That you do, Lady Ciccone! May you always be a Ray of Light and a Masterpiece in this wicked world! Nothing Fails!

This blog is dedicated today to Calvin Dorsey, Megan Elfert and with gratitude, love and respect-My mother, Andrea Rauh.  Hop!

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

Hop! Rabbit Leopold Here! Thanks to Scott, Calvin, Ashley, Rachel Hip-Hopper and Megan for inspiring me!-I appreciate it! The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Piano Man by Billy Joel-1973, Don't Do Me Like That by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers-1979, Her Strut by Bob Seger-1980 and Start Me Up by the Rolling Stones-1981.  Another Soichi Honda Has Joined the Rauh Family.  He is a 2012 Civic EX Coupe!

Madonna Song of the Day-Borderline from The First Album-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via first collaborator Reggie Lucas-"Something in the way you love me won't let me be!...You just keep on pushing my love over the Borderline!"-Yup, that about says it all doesn't it? Queen Maddy found her first theme/motif in Borderline-Unrequited love that never quite gets there.  Madonna is perplexed and frustrated at Sean and Guy! Borderline-the first Madonna tune/Kabbalah sermon to scream
"A Victim of a Kind of Rage!" Madonna's life is not the same.  Our lives are not the same.  Mission accomplished, Miss Ciccone!

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

Hi! Hop!-Rabbit Leopold here!-Happy Friday the 13th-To Allie, Calvin and Maman Lapine-Hops to All! The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen-1975,
The Authority Song by John Mellencamp-1983, It's Only Rock & Roll by the Rolling Stones-1974
and I've Seen All Good People by Yes-1971.  Go Birds!

Madonna Song of the Day-Girl Gone Wild from MDNA-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Oh my God!/I'm Heartily Sorry for having offended thee/I Detest All My Sins because I dread the loss of heaven and the pain of hell/Most of all because I love thee/And I want so badly to be good!/It's so hypnotic/The way he pulls on me/The force of gravity/Right up under my feet/It's so erotic/This feeling can't be beat/It's coursing through my whole body/Feel the heat/I've got that burning-hot desire!/And no one can put out my fire!..Hey!/I'm a Girl Gone Wild!/A Good Girl Gone Wild!/The Room is spinning...I'm about to go astray/My inhibition's Gone Away!...You've Got Me In the Zone/DJ Play My Favorite Songs/Turn me on/I've got that burning-hot desire!/No one can put out my fire!Girls they just want to have some fun!/I know I shouldn't act this way!/I know good girls don't misbehave!/But I'm a Bad Girl anyway!/Forgive Me!/Hey!/I'm a Girl Gone Wild!/A Good Girl Gone Wild!"-And that, friends-is the story and song of Madonna's life.  Absolutely No Regrets! Love you Madonna!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

Thank You Megan, Ashley, Cindy and Rachel Rocker for helping Bunzie Rabbit today! Excellent Target Rabbits All! Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-You Must Love Me from Sticky and Sweet Tour-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice-"Deep in My Heart I'm Concealing/Things That I'm Longing to Say/Scared to Confess What I'm Feeling/Frightened You'll Slip Away/You Must Love Me!"-And the Feeling of Love Here is Reciprocal for Madonna.  You Must Love Me then is a beautiful prayer and anthem for all of us.  We love you in kind, Madonna! Can I Hear an Amen Madge? Amen, Madonna!

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

Thank You Bunny Danielle for a great Rabbit Day! I Love You! The Four
Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Rock & Roll Never Forgets
by Bob Seger and Smokin' by Boston-1976, I Need a Lover
by John Mellencamp-1979 and Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix.

Madonna Song of the Day-Cherish from Celebration-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"I Will Always Cherish You!"-Duly noted, Madonna! I will always cherish you just the same, Your Madgesty Ciccone! Love You Detroit Madge!

For Rosie.

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

Thank You Nicole, Rosie, Megan, Ashley, Allie, Danielle and Jackie! All of you have made me so very happy!-Rabbit Leopold!

Madonna Song of the Day-Into the Groove from Celebration
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"And You Can Dance!/For Inspiration...Get Into the Groove/Let me show you some moves/Mister, Take it from me!, yeah!/Music can be such a revelation!...Devour (live out) your fantasy here with me/Let Music set you free/Touch my body/Move in time/Now I know you're mine!...Only when I'm dancing can I feel this Free!..."-Madonna's first transcendent song-she would have more to come in her long career.  Into the Groove was the start of it all.  If you need it, Madonna's Got It!

Madonna Wednesday

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today again were all from the Decade of Fragmentation, Excess, Vietnam and Watergate-The Seventies and they are as follows-Night Moves by Bob Seger-1976, That Smell by Lynyrd Skynyrd-1977 and Baba O'Riley (Teenage Wasteland) by the Who
and I've Seen All Good People by Yes-1971.  Thanks to both Rachels, Rosie, Megan, Allie, Alee, Amy, Ashley and Cindy for helping Rabbit Leo today! Hops to all!

Madonna Song of the Day-She's Not Me from Hard Candy-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"She started stealing my looks and lingerie and it freaked me out!...What's that about?...She's Not Me!/She Doesn't Have My Name!/It Won't and It Will Never Be the Same!/She's Not Me and She Never Will Be!"-Or to put it another way on MDNA-as her friend Nicki Minaj puts it on the follow-up I Don't Give A-"There's only one Queen and that's Madonna!-Bitch!" Should also cross paths with Thief of Hearts from Erotica, Human Nature from Bedtime Stories, What It Feels Like for a Girl from Music and I'm So Stupid from American Life.

Madonna Tuesday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Her Strut by Bob Seger-1980, Tuesday's Gone
by Lynyrd Skynyrd-1973, Forever Man by Eric Clapton-1985 and Working Man by Rush-1974.  Thank You Megan, Rosie, both Rachels, Danielle and Ashley for Helping Me! Cheers and Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-Lucky Star from The Confessions Tour
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"You must be my Lucky Star!/Because you shine on me wherever you are!..."-First of Madonna's songs about her mother, Lucky Star shines brightly indeed, and with it comes a certain sadness of which Madonna excels at! Brilliant, Lady Ciccone!

Thank You Rachel Rocker, Laura, Amy, Allie, Lonyta, Amanda and Rosie for brightening my Rabbit Day and showing me the truth! Excellent Target Rabbits All! The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today are all Seventies Classics.  They Are as follows.
-Life in the Fast Lane by the Eagles-1976, Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton and Give a Little Bit by Supertramp-1977
and Ice Cream Man by Van Halen-1978.  Thanks to Mitch for Metal Support!

Madonna Song of the Day-Into the Groove from I'm Going to Tell You a Secret-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"And You Can Dance!/For Inspiration!...Get Into the Groove!/Boy, You've Got to Prove Your Love to Me!-Yeah!...Music Can Be Such a Revelation...I Want to Get to Know You in a Special Way!...Devour (live out) Your Fantasy Here with Me!/Let Music Set You Free!/Now I Know You're Mine!"-Madonna Gave Her All on the Reinvention Tour.  Into the Groove was a particular highlight! Among the most beloved and precious of all Madonna Records! Not bad for a b-side!

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

Thank You Maman Lapine, Rachel Hip-Hopper, Ashley, Megan, Allie, Rosie, Cindy and Jackie for brightening my day! I Appreciate It! And to Calvin for showing me the truth! The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Lyin' Eyes by the Eagles-1975, New Year's Day by U2-1983,
You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC-1980 and Dreams (I'll Never See)
by the Allman Brothers Band-1969.   Make today a Day of Peace on Earth!

Madonna Song of the Day-How High?-from Confessions on a Dance Floor
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Was It All Worth It?/And How Did I Earn It?/Nothing Lasts Forever!/Nobody's Perfect!/I Guess I Deserve It!/Does it make a difference?/Will any of this matter?...Does this get any better?...How High Are the Stakes?/How much fortune can you make?/Should I Carry On?/Will It Matter When I'm Gone?"-Detroit Maddy, asking the question on her quest: Was my job as the most famous person on Earth worth it? Of course yes! And so it shall be for Madonna Ciccone!

Madonna Monday-Rabbit Leopold

Thank You Rachel Rocker, Rosie, Megan, Cindy and Nicole for Helping Me Out Today for Your Rabbit Friendship! Hops to All!

Madonna Song of the Day-Like a Virgin/Hollywood medley from Remixed and Revisited-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via three younger musical proteges Missy Elliott, Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears-"I made it through the wilderness/Somehow I made it through/Didn't know how lost I was/Until I found you/Like a Virgin/Touched for the very first time...Everybody comes to Hollywood/They wanna make it in the neighborhood/They like the smell of it in Hollywood/How could it hurt when it looks so good?"-Two of Madonna's most iconic songs about a favorite Ciccone motif subject-Fame and Fortune-and the lady enjoys all of it! What more can we all want? Absolutely! Your move, Madge!

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

Thank You Megan, Danielle, Jackie, Brittany and Nicole for helping me today! Hop! Excellent American Rabbits All!

Madonna Song of the Day-American Life from record of same name-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"American Life/I Live the American Dream!/You Are the Best That I've Seen/You Are Not Just a Dream!"-Strange title piece from what is defiantly Madonna's most maligned and polarizing record.  American Life was a record that questioned the values, beliefs and mores that Madonna once held dear but now has seen through.  Just like Erotica and MDNA American Life is one of Madonna's Freakouts-An artist at war with herself.  The beginning of the end of Madonna as a chart fixture but she won't renounce all hope. For Madonna, life does go on.  Her Reign at the Top will Never be Over.  Never Count Madonna Out!

Madonna Wednesday-Rabbit Leopold

Thanks Rachel Hip-Hopper, Cindy, Rosie, Megan and Nicole for helping me out! Your Friendship is appreciated.  As Night Falls, Mirror Balls Light Up for a Certain Madonna Tune...

Madonna Song of the Day-Ray of Light from Greatest Hits Volume 2-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"And I Feel Like I Just Got Home/Quicker Than a Ray of Light!"
-Alternately Happy and Sad all at once, in Ray of Light, Lady Madonna is Like a Gymnast on her balance beam gracefully studying her dance move in the Name of Brilliance, Art and Love.  Rock On Ballerina Maddy!

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Let the Good Times Roll by the Cars-1978,
Sweet Emotion by Aerosmith-1975, Imagine by John Lennon-1971 and The Logical Song
by Supertramp-1979.  Thank You Rachel Hip-Hopper for taking me out to see the Cats-Gidget and Newbie-Meow!

Madonna Song of the Day-What It Feels Like for a Girl from Music
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Charlotte Gainsbourg-"Do You Know/What It Feels Like for a Girl?/What It Feels Like in this world?"-Probing question for beautiful rebel daughter Lola, who is now so much like her mother Madge it's almost scary but both Lola and Madonna will get through it all! Inspired by French movie The Cement Garden.

Tonight this blog is dedicated to Mother Rabbit Andrea Rauh.  With Love, Rabbit Leopold-Hop!

Madonna Tuesday-Rabbit Leopold

Had a great Memorial Weekend, Hopping to Baltimore Harbor, watching a parade and honoring the troops-never forgetting the real meaning of Memorial.  I wear the cross with honor-Freedom ain't free: An American Rabbit Soldier-Bunny Leopold.  The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were
Somebody to Love by Queen and Hitch a Ride by Boston-both 1976, Against the Wind
by Bob Seger-1980 and Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen-1975.  Thanks always to Calvin, Rosie, Megan, both Rachels, Ashley, Allie, Lia and Faith.  Excellent Rabbits All!-Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-Frozen from Ray of Light-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"You're Frozen When Your Heart's Not Open...If I Could Melt Your Heart..."-One of the lady's most poignant vocal turns, the ethereal Rock ballad Frozen is positively heartbreaking.  Co-written by Patrick Leonard and Billy Orbit, Madonna turned in a brilliant ballad performance.  Inspired by Michael Onaatje's romance novels that later became Oscar movies The Sheltering Sky and The English Patient, Madonna later refected and cried with sadness-"To be loved like that or to love someone that way!"-She'll never forget Sean Penn or Guy Ritchie anytime soon because both Sean and Guy changed her life and made her the woman she is today.  Frozen-Truly-and Daring-One of Madonna's best songs.

This blog tonight goes out to my friend, brother and theologian from Nashville-Bill Friskics-Warren.

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

Thank You Allie, Lia, Betsy, Jackie, Danielle and Brittany! Excellent Lady Rabbits All! And a Hopping Rabbit Hello to BunnyPreacher Calvin! Hop! The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were
Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty, Already Gone by the Eagles, The Load-Out/Stay by Jackson Browne
and Forever Man by Eric Clapton.  Classic Rock Rules!-on 100.7 The Bay! The Bay Rocks!

Madonna Song of the Day-High Flying Adored from Evita-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Antonio Banderas, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice-"High Flying Adored/That's Good to Hear but Unimportant/My Story's Quite Usual/Local Girl Makes Good with Famous Men!/I Was Stuck at the Right Place at the Perfect Time!/I Was Young/I Was Lucky/But One Thing I'll Say for Me/No One Else Can Fill It Like I Can!"-And that, friends-sums up Madonna's message, viewpoint, philosophy and way of life.  She is a Material Girl and an aristocrat but she is also a Rocker, a Rebel and a Ray of Light in our world.  Madonna will never have it any other way! Madonna is the Queen of Reinvention and she takes that an gives it very seriously in her art, life and work.  Madonna truly is "the lady of them all!" After Evita and motherhood-Next Stops: Ray of Light to MDNA and the rest is the Rock History of Our Future and I'm so glad and happ to be a part of it and to be living in the Madonna Age.  Long May She Run!

Madonna Wednesday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Ridin' the Storm Out by REO Speedwagon,
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2, Middle of the Road by the Pretenders
and Brain Damage/Eclipse by Pink Floyd.  Thank You Rachel Hip-Hopper, Cindy and Megan! Excellent Rabbits All! Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-I'd Be Surprisingly Good for You from Evita-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice-"I'm Not Talking of a Hurried
Life (Night)/A Frantic Tumble and a Shy Goodbye/Creeping Home Before It Gets Too Light/That's Not the Reason That I Caught Your Eye!/Which Has to Imply/I'd Be Good for You/I'd Be Surprisingly
Good for You!"-One of Madonna's most tender and prettiest ballads, this tender and disarming Ciccone performance shows Maddy's beautiful Evita/W.E. voice at its most tender, fragile and vulnerable.  Madge is so happy that she cries! Come to think of it, I'd Be Surprisingly Good for Her Too!

Tonight this blog is in loving memory of Robert Moog-a man who did a lot for keyboards in rock.  May He Rock in Peace!

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

Thank You Megan Rabbit and Ashley Rabbit for Helping Me Today.  You both are appreciated with your Bunny Help! Hop to You Both! The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Free Bird
by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Dream On by Aerosmith, Hell's Bells by AC/DC and You're My Best Friend
by Queen.  Classic Rock Rules! Rock On!

Madonna Song of the Day-Something to Remember from record of same name-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"We weren't meant to be/At least not in this lifetime/But you gave me/Something to Remember/I hear you still say 'Love yourself!'"-Simply, Madonna's most beautiful song associated to her Ciccone Name!

Madonna Wednesday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh,
Take the Long Way Home by Supertramp, Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen and Walk This Way
by Aerosmith.  The Orioles are back on top! Thank You Allie, Rosie, Cindy and Ashley for being brilliant Rabbits today! Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-Love Tried to Welcome Me from Bedtime Stories-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"These are my hands but what can they give me?...I must confess...I am usually drawn to sadness!...Love tried to welcome me!...My heart has always been a lonely hunter!
-That she is! Our Lady is All Still Wet! Wet with Tears and Sadness-This ballad-Love Tried to Welcome Me may be Madonna's most confessional song-Ciccone Heartbreak in a River of Tears.  Cry On Lady Ciccone!

Madonna Tuesday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Moving in Stereo by the Cars,
I Can't Tell You Why,by the Eagles, Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen and Goodbye Stranger
by Supertramp.  First Tuesday blog in quite some time.  Thank You Rosie, Brittany, Danielle and Ashley for letting me have a good hopping Bunny Rabbit Day! Hop to All!

Madonna Song of the Day-Where Life Begins from Erotica-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Come inside!/I'd like to direct your attention/To something that needs directing to/Well let me remind you in case you didn't already know/Dining out can happen/Down below!/Go down/Where all life begins...It's warm inside!"-Pehaps Madonna's most passionate and impassioned song she ever laid down on wax
-definitely one of my favorite Madonna album cuts! Madge is Hot!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Let My Love Open the Door (acoustic version)
by Peter Townshend, Hurts So Good by John Mellencamp, Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix and Desperado
by the Eagles.  Had Fun at Cunningham Falls, had a picnic and saw your basic sporting dog
-Retriever/Setter mix named Orion and he was so good, nice and sweet! From across the river in Virginia, his name was Orion!

Madonna Song of the Day-Into the Groove from The Immaculate Collection
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"And You Can Dance!/For Inspiration!/Come On!/I'm Waiting!/Get Into the Groove!/Boy you've got to prove your love to me, yeah!/Get up on your feet/Yeah step to the beat/Boy what will it be?/Music can be such a Revelation!...Only when I'm dancing can I feel this Free!...I Want to get to know you in a special way!/This doesn't happen to me every day!...Devour
(live out) your fantasy here with me/Just let Music set you Free/Touch my body!/Move in time/Now I know you're mine!/Get Into the Groove!..."-The quintessential Eighties Madonna Tune! Need I Say More?

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today criscrossed the Seventies and they were
Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp, I Need a Lover by John Mellencamp, Let It Be
by the Beatles and One of These Nights by the Eagles.  Had Fun at the Jazz Festival today and Great Rabbit Day with Rosie, Danielle, Brittany, Rachel Hip-Hopper and Jackie.  Great to see Brittany's Dog Jake! Woof! Bark!

Madonna Song of the Day-Hanky Panky from I'm Breathless (Dick Tracy)-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Come over here, yeah!/You can just Spank Me/Like
Hanky Panky/Nothing like a god spanky,,,My bottom hurts just thinking about it!/Give me
a spanky!/Hanky Panky!/Give it up honey because I want it, yeah!/Get the picture?"
-The backlash that was just about to hit Madonna just as she was about to be crowned Queen of Pop by the tabloids.  With the sexual and naughty Hanky Panky, Madonna was now a Sex Object.  The innocent ingenue that characterized Holiday, Material Girl, True Blue and Cherish was gone forever.  From
1990-1994, it seemed as if Madonna and I-from a fan's perspective-had come to a parting of the ways.  What was she to do now? For Madonna, rough times were ahead as she player her Body of Evidence that was a Dangerous Game of Truth or Dare.  Worst of all was the Sex Book...  

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Back in Black by AC/DC, Love in an Elevator
by Aerosmith, Jumpin' Jack Flash by the Rolling Stones and She Talks to Angels by the Black Crowes.  Great Rabbit Day with Cindy, Rachel Hip-Hopper, Rosie and Jackie! Good Rabbits All!

Madonna Song of the Day-Promise to Try from Like a Prayer
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Little Girl/Don't You Forget Her Face/Laughing Away Your Tears/When She Was the One/Who Felt All the Pain...Will She See Me Cry When I Stumble and Fall/Does She Hear My Voice in the Night When I Call?/Wipe Away All Your Tears.It's Gonna Be Alright...Don't Let Memory Play Games with Your Mind/She's a Faded Smile/Frozen in Time/I'm Still Hanging On but I'm Doing It Wrong!/Can't Kiss Her Goodbye but I Promise to Try!"-A song for her beloved mother, Promise to Try might be the saddest song/ballad/performance Madonna Has Ever Recorded.  The most beautiful song in the history of the English language-Well done and good show
Madge Ciccone!

Madonna Monday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Mother by Pink Floyd, Finish What Ya Started by Van Halen, Movin' Out
by Billy Joel and Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd.  Thank You Rachel Rocker, Rosie and Brittany for Helping Me This Morning and Thank You Allie, Chas and Kate for Keeping Me Focused.  Beautiful Target Rabbits All! Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-Into the Groove from You Can Dance-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"And You Can Dance!/For Inspiration!/Come On!/I'm Waiting!/Get Into the Groove/Boy You've Got to Prove/Your Love to Me!/Yeah!...Music can be such a Revelation!...Only when I'm dancing can I feel this Free!...I want to get to know you in a special way...I see the Fire burning in your eyes!/Devour your fantasy here with me/Just let Music set you Free/Touch my body/Move in time/Now I Know You're Mine..."
-For many fans, the quintessential Madonna tune, that's Into the Groove.  Love, sex, Music and dance! What more can we all want?
Once Again, Madonna Delivers! Miss Ciccone's Happiest Song Ever!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Norwegian Wood (original demo version)
by the Beatles, Heartbreaker/Livin' Lovin' Maid (She's Just a Woman) by Led Zeppelin, Lonely Ol' Night
by John Mellencamp and Land of Confusion by Genesis.  To Megan, Cindy and Ashley, thanks for a great Rabbit Sunday.  Sincerely, Rabbit Leopold!-Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-Can't Stop from Who's That Girl?-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Can't Stop!/Can't stop thinking about you babe/Can't Stop!/Can't stop screaming and shouting your name/Can't Stop!/Look out boy because I'm going to the top/Of your list/Can't Stop!...I can work a spell on your soul...Don't be afraid to try/Just let me love you for awhile...Can't Stop!"-Even when her writing is not at her best-this obscure album cut is a prime example-The Madonna tune that got away!-good ol' Madge still sings Can't Stop with absolute emotion and feeling.  Ever the hopeful romantic obsessive, this song is one of her more optimistic paeans about love.  Maybe That's Why Madonna Keeps Coming Back for More Adoration and Brilliance!

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

Happy Fifth of May-Heart of the Springtime! I enjoyed hanging out with the birds-Owl and Hawk-today.  To Jackie, Cindy, Ashley and Megan-Beautiful Lady Rabbits All!-Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-Where's the Party?-from True Blue
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Working Monday through Friday/Takes up all of my time/If I can get to the weekend/Everything will work out just fine!...Where's the Party?/I Want to Free my Soul!/Where's the Party?/I Want to Lose Control!...I'm Ready Now!/Where's the Party?...We can make it alright/We can make you dance/We can make a party last all night!..."-Something tells me that Madonna is singing this album cut dance anthem out of desperation and sadness because that's what Where's the Party? sure sounds like! Lady Madonna just wants to have a good time but there are two things our Lady Evita/Material Mom just can't escape-the media breathing down her back and her mother's death.  All of which gives Where's the Party? much-needed gravitas and depth.  Madonna is definitely crying sad tears in this baila dance! Cry On, my Sweetheart Ciccone!

I had a a great day with Allie, Rachel Hip-Hopper, Ashley and Megan! Brilliant Rabbits All! Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-Pretender from Like a Virgin-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"If it happens once, it happens twice!/I Know All about Your Kind!...He's a pretender!...Why did I fall in love?"-Yes, this is Madonna's first example of a subject she knows all too well!-The Cheating Song.  Having been scorned both by Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie hurts a lot! I guess Madonna is the Queen of the Broken Hearts After All!

Madonna Monday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were the Heartland Rock types-and they are
I Need a Lover by John Mellencamp, We've Got Tonight by Bob Seger, You Got Lucky
by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen.  I enjoyed working with Hannah, Ashley, Cindy and Nicole.  Good and Enjoyable Rabbits All! Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-Holiday from The First Album-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"If We Took a Holiday!/Take Some Time to Celebrate!/One Day Out of Life!/It Would Be So Nice!/Holiday!/Celebrate!/Come Together in Every Nation!/We Have Got to Get Together!"-Madonna, I Second That Emotion.  Amen, Maddy!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Running on Faith (acoustic version)
by Eric Clapton, What's Your Name? by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Going to California by Led Zeppelin
and Pour Some Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard.  Orioles won today! Brought to you by Megan, Rosie, Brittany and Rachel Rocker! Brilliant Bunny Rabbits All! Peace, Love and Hop!

Madonna Record Being Played Today-MDNA-Songs in order-Disc 1-1. Girl Gone Wild 2. Gang Bang
3. I'm Addicted (MDNA) 4. Turn Up the Radio 5. Give Me All Your Love 6. Some Girls 7. Superstar
8. I Don't Give A 9. I'm a Sinner 10 Love Spent 11. Masterpiece 12. Falling Free
-Disc 2-13. Beautiful Killer14. I [Freaked] Up (Je Suis Desolee) 15. Birthday Song 16 Best Friend-Right on the heels of Like a Prayer and Ray of Light with True Blue, Music and Confessions on a Dance Floor following it, MDNA is Madonna's Third Masterpiece! Madonna Has Every Right to Be Proud of Her Latest Detroit Artwork! I will forever enjoy MDNA! Madonna Forever!-In the Evidence of Her Brilliance!

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Dirty Laundry by Don Henley, Changes
by David Bowie, I Shot the Sheriff by Eric Clapton and Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel-A good mix of songs! Now That's Rock & Roll! Thank You to Ashley Bunny, Rachel Hip-Hopper and Rosie Rabbit
-Good Rabbits All! Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-La Isla Bonita/Latte from Sticky and Sweet Tour
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Tropical the island breeze/All of Nature wild and free/This is where I long to be/La isla bonita...The madness of love/And what we'll do for it!...The madness of love/And where we'll go for it...I just had the strangest dream!/We won't get to do this twice!/It's a mad mad world!/I would never change this moment!"-The best highlight of Sticky and Sweet, I'd totally agree with her! Madonna still believes in Love!

Lady Madonna, I second that emotion!

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

Michigan is a beautiful state.  It has many lakes, great and small. It's proud to be from the Midwest-Built Ford Tough-Mustangs Rule in Detroit.  And it has a proud Rock tradition.  One of them is its MDNA Decoder, its Evita and its Ray of Light.  Her Name is Madonna because Art and Reinvention are her middle names.  There'll Never Be Another Like Her! In the Evidence of Her Brilliance! Madonna Forever!

Madonna Song of the Day-La Isla Bonita from Celebration-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Tropical the island breeze/All of Nature wild and free/This is where I long to be/La isla bonita!"
-Evita Prelude #1, La Isla Bonita sparkles and shines with a sweet ebullience and a melancholy, yet hopeful undertow.  Like all the best Madonna tunes, it has happiness and joy, longing and yearning
-and sadness and heartbreak-Madonna/Evita/Wallis does her tightrope happy/sad balancing act of tears and hope and flashes a smile to say "I love you!" to all of us who all care to listen.  My hat is off to her. 
Te amo-Muchas gracias, Dona Ciccone/Peron/Simpson!

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

To Rosie, Megan, Rachel Hip-Hopper, Jackie and Nicole-Rabbit Love and Hops to All!

Madonna Song of the Day-Erotica from Celebration-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Erotic, erotic/Put your hands all over my body!"-In which sex is a work of art and a feeling of love! I am really quite touched by Madonna's musical hook.  And Inside, Madonna's All Still Wet!
-with Desire, Passion and Love! That's the Madonna I know and love! Your move, Lady Ciccone! Decoder=MDNA!

Madonna Wednesday-Rabbit Leopold

Rabbit Love and Hops to All!-L.R.

Madonna Song of the Day-Miles Away from Hard Candy-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"You always love me more/Miles Away/You always have the biggest heart/When we're 6000 miles apart/Miles Away...I'm alright/Don't be Sorry, but it's True/When I'm Gone/You'll Realize that I'm the best thing to happen to you/Miles Away/So Far Away!"-In hindsight, now that Guy Ritchie is out of Madonna's life-it was bound to happen.  How her Ray of Light turned into an Abyss of Despair! A Sad End!

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

Had another great springtime Rabbit day today with Ashley, Cindy and Megan-The Rain-apologies to Madonna
-finally came and showered the Earth-Happy Earth Day! The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today on 100.7 The Bay were Those Shoes by the Eagles, Take the Long Way Home by Supertramp, Suffergette City
by David Bowie and Rocket by Def Leppard.  A big tip of the hat to Mr. Dick Clark-the man responsible for bringing Madonna to an international audience.  He will be sorely missed and will never be forgotten! Here's to you, Mr. Clark!

Madonna Song of the Day-Music/Where's the Party? mashup from The Confessions Tour
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Hey Mister DJ!/Put my records on!/I Wanna Dance with my baby!...Music makes the people come together!/Where's the Party?/I want to free my soul!/Where's the Party?/I want to lose control!"-That they do.  Madonna, music and dance come together in a nonstop instant party confessional in which Her Detroit Ladyship dances her tears and heartbreak away with a beautiful Mustang Smile.  As she lassoes up her loud Ford 6-Speed Musclecar Horse, Madonna may be known the world over but in our hearts, she's still the Michigan Evita/Ray of Light Material Girl next door who brings smiles to the faces of rock critics who love, cherish and adore her music.  May it always be this way! Her Name lives forever more.  Contains interpolations of the following Ciccone concertos-"Everybody," "Borderline," "Dress You Up," "Vogue," "Justify My Love" and "Erotica."

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

Had a great day today, marred somewhat by the sad death of the drummer of the Band-Levon Helm was his name-he was one of rock & roll's Good Guys-always there and ready to lend a helping hand to those in need or who were lost.  Along with Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Eagles and Lynyrd Skynyrd-extending all the way to such compadres and desperadoes as far-reaching as the Hooters, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Wilco,
My Morning Jacket and the Drive-by Truckers, the Band pioneered a style of Rock known as Roots Rock
-known as Americana and Alt-Country in other parts depending on when and where you listened.  Regardless, it is good organic music for the heart and soul.  Mr. Helm will never be forgotten by me!
Rock in Peace, Levon! The most unique rock drummer ever! In honor of Mr. Helm, the Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Up on Cripple Creek by the Band, In Your Eyes by Peter Gabriel,
Take It Easy by the Eagles and Hell's Bells by AC/DC.  Levon Helm, I Salute You!

Madonna Song of the Day-Hollywood from I'm Going to Tell You a Secret-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Everybody comes to Hollywood/They wanna make it in the neighborhood/They like the smell of it in Hollywood/How could it hurt you when it looks so good?"
-Yes, Madonna has mixed feelings about stardom, celebrity and fame but she wouldn't have it any other way because when it comes to functions and awards time, The Lady Handles Her Life with Dignity, Beauty and Grace.  To Madonna, Ooh La La You're My Superstar-I Love What You Are!

Madonna Tuesday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones, Hello/Goodbye
by the Beatles, Tube Snake Boogie by ZZ Top and Keep on Loving You by REO Speedwagon-all great classic rock songs! The Wizards played their best game last night in Chicago beating the Bulls 87-84.  Can't wait for Neil Young's new masterpiece Americana.

Madonna Song of the Day-How High?-from Confessions on a Dance Floor-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"How High are the stakes?/How much Fortune can you make?/Should I Carry On?/Will It Matter When I'm Gone?"-As a diehard Madonna fanatic, believe you me-it absolutely does matter because Madonna's Music and Art definitely matter because it's timeless and eternal! My answer to Madonna's questions-You betcha Madge!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Small Town (acoustic version) by John Mellencamp, Rockin' Me by Steve Miller, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John and I Love Rock & Roll
by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.  Had lots of fun with Jason today!

Madonna Song of the Day-Nobody Knows Me from Remixed and Revisted
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"I've Had So Many Lives/Since I Was a Child!/And I Realize/How Many Times I've Died!/Nobody Knows Me!"-Definitely American Life's standout cut, this sad song reveals Madonna's insecurities one sad tear at a time.  That's why Nobody Knows Me is a good Madonna song.  The Lady is all too human!

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today are songs that focus on the meaning of life-or sometimes
-the lack thereof-and they were I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2, Brain Damage/Eclipse
by Pink Floyd, Follow You Follow Me by Genesis and Won't Get Fooled Again by the Who.  I fed the birds today!-Lucky Me!

Madonna Song of the Day-Nothing Fails from American Life-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"I've Climbed the Tree of Life-I'm No Longer Scared If I Fall!...Nothing Fails/No More Fears/Nothing Fails/You Washed Away My Tears!/I'm Not Religious but I Feel So Moved and I Feel Loved and It Makes Me Want to Pray/I Feel Loved/Nothing Fails!"-A Beautiful acoustic piece written for then-husband and forever soulmate Guy Ritchie-Here, Madonna Delivers a Performance that is still sad, moving and heartfelt given the fact their love had to end.  Even her guitar is in tears crying the Detroit Ciccone Blues.  The Marriage may not have survived but the music does.

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin,
Pride (In the Name of Love) by U2, I Thank You by ZZ Top and I Love Rock & Roll
by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts-all four great classic rockers!

Madonna Song of the Day-Bedtime Stories from Greatest Hits Volume 2-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Bjork-"Today is the Last Day I'll Use Words/They're Useless and do not stand for anything!/I'm Traveling into the arms of unconsciousness!/And Inside/We're All Still Wet!/Longing and Yearning/How Can I Explain How I Feel?/And All That You've Ever Learned/Try to Forget/Because I Will Never Explain Again!"-Bedtime Stories is one of Lady Madge's "A Victim of a Kind of Rage!" songs, that's for sure! She is complex yet misunderstood. Moreover, Madonna just might be "the most famous person alive"
-yet she is endearingly disarming and vulnerable to the nth degree.  In any case, the lady will never be forgotten!

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

The anti-Madonna bias that Rock Radio dishes out at her is quite simply vitriolic and disrespectful.  The attitude they have against her makes me not want to listen to those stations anymore! To even the non-fans, please show Madonna some love, respect and kindness!
She deserves acclaim not critique!

Madonna Song of the Day-Nobody's Perfect from Music-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"I feel so sad!/What I did wasn't right...I must say to you...I'm sorry!/Nobody's Perfect/I will do my best!...Yeah!-The truest and most honest song of Madonna's life!

Madonna Wednesday-Rabbit Leopold

Let's get to the point here! I've had enough of reality checks, euphemisms, rants and open letters.  They're no more than attitudinal threats! To society itself, please don't give me that attitude! Let's try and show a little emotion, respect and kindness to each other, alright please?

Madonna Song of the Day-Skin from Ray of Light-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Kiss me I'm dying!/Touch me I'm trying!/Put your hands on my skin!"-Madonna in this song just wants to be Loved-and that's all!

Madonna Monday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs That I Heard today were You Really Got Me by Van Halen, Have a Cigar
by Pink Floyd, Rock & Roll by Led Zeppelin and Rock & Roll Never Forgets by Bob Seger.  Rabbit L. is Having a Good Easter Monday! Happy Bunny Rabbit Springtime! The Orioles are starting out 3-0!
Hooray for Buck Showalter and the Birds of Baltimore! Happy 20th birthday, Camden Yards!

Madonna Song of the Day-You Must Love Me from Evita
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
-"Deep in My Heart I'm Concealing/Things That I'm Longing to Say!/Scared to Confess What I'm Feeling/Frightened You'll Slip Away!/You Must Love Me!"-One of Madonna's Saddest, Emotional and Most Beautiful Songs, this touching ballad is extremely moving in simplicity and emotion.  You Must Love Me is Madonna at Her Saddest!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

Happy Easter! All Rabbits Rise Up! For Maman Lapine, Allie and Calvin.  The Four Classic Rock Songs That
I Heard today were Fame by David Bowie, Hollywood Nights by Bob Seger, Good Times Bad Times
by Led Zeppelin and I'll Wait by Van Halen.  As we reflect the suffering and torture Jesus went through in stylistic audacity that led to his tragic murder these many years ago-in the music and lyrics by Jon Anderson, Chris Squire and Trevor Rabin in one of the best songs ever by Yes-"Hold On to What Is Yours!"-The duty to do so is up to us.  Once again, Happy Easter to All Rabbits.  Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-Goodnight and Thank You from Evita
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
-"Oh but it's sad when a love affair dies!"-A Beautifully Sad Ciccone Lament about trying to make it on top.  See also Candy Perfume Girl, Skin, Beautiful Stranger, Hollywood, Nobody Knows Me, She's Not Me,
Girl Gone Wild, Some Girls, I Don't Give A, I'm a Sinner, Love Spent, Falling Free and I [Freaked] Up
for more information.  Madonna will thank you for that!

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were You May Be Right by Billy Joel, Heartache Tonight
by the Eagles, Bloody Well Right by Supertramp and TNT by AC/DC.  Classic Rock from all over the world
-two from the good old US of A, one from England and one from Australia.  Not a bad combination! Happy Easter to the Bunny Rabbits!-Hop!

Madonna Song of the Day-I Want You (orchestral remix) -from Something to Remember
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Marvin Gaye-"I Want You the Right Way!...Don't Play with Something You Should Cherish for Life!...I Want You!"-One of Madonna's better covers, she certainly does Marvin Proud with this one!-Marvin, Rock in Peace! You Are Not Forgotten!

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

Happy Good Friday!-one of my favorite days of 12! The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were
Can't You See? by the Marshall Tucker Band, Saturday Night Special by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rag Doll
by Aerosmith and Take It Easy by the Eagles.  Being good is the best thing in the world-To Allie, Angie, Lia, Calvin, both Rachels, Megan, Rosie, Cindy and Maman Lapine, I Love You All!

Madonna Song of the Day-Take a Bow from Bedtime Stories
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Take a Bow/The Night is Over...All the world is a stage/Everyone has their part/How was I to know which way my story would go?/And how was I to know you'd break my heart?/I've always been in love with you/I guess you've always known it's true/You took my love for granted/Why, oh why?/This show is over, say goodbye."-Funnily enough, this beautiful Ciccone heartbreaker/Evita prelude #4/#1 hit chart-topper is one of Madonna's best songs ever.  Madonna sing and cries Take a Bow with a beautiful sadness.  Contrary to what her lyrics described, the world will never say goodbye to Madonna.  She is Brilliant and Immortal!

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

Ah, the mid-Seventies! Was this really Classic Rock!? I Beg to Differ! An absolutely dreadful, boring and horrible time in rock & roll.  1973, 1974 and 1975.  Still there were some gems during this period among them.  The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were Tush by ZZ Top, The Joker by Steve Miller,
Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Bitch Is Back by Elton John.  All pleasant enough
boogie rock but nothing too dangerous, memorable or exciting! No wonder punk rock had to happen.  It couldn't come soon or fast enough-To that period, I say good riddance!

Madonna Song of the Day-Secret Garden from Erotica-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"That's why I'm still looking/For a petal that isn't torn/A heart that will not harden/A place that I can be born/It's in my Secret Garden..."-Think of First Freakout/Erotica as Madonna's Through the Wilderness period where she was desperately searching for herself in the terrible scandal of the Sex book.  Desperately trying to be a mother with Lola, Rocco, David and Mercy-And Inside, All Still Wet with Sad Tears Streaming Down Her Face, Madonna Dared to Face Her Moment of Truth by Sheer Force of Will Determination and Grace Too.

Madonna Monday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were One of These Nights by the Eagles, Angie by the Rolling Stones, Old Man
by Neil Young and Take the Long Way Home by Supertramp.  MDNA is a great record because Madonna touches peoples' lives,hearts an souls with her brilliant songs! Your move, Lady Ciccone!

Madonna Song of the Day-La Isla Bonita from The Immaculate Collection-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Tropical the island breeze/All of Nature wild and free/This is where I long to be/La isla bonita."-All at once, La Isla Bonita is her Spanish Lullaby and her Evit Prelude #1.  Result-Madonna's first chapter of The Reason for My Life.  Madonna=Brilliance!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today are by giants of Hard Rock
-they were Sister Christian (acoustic version) by Night Ranger, Hysteria by Def Leppard, Going to California
by Led Zeppelin and TNT by AC/DC.  I am still alive and grateful for it! This is something I will remember!

Madonna Song of the Day-Now I'm Following You (Parts 1 and 2)-from I'm Breathless (Dick Tracy)
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Stephen Sondheim and Warren Beatty
-"Romance is in the picture too/Now I'm Following You!"-One of Madonna's oddities and curios, this song is exactly why Madonna is special to all of us.  For all her sadness and heartbreak, Lady Madge is fun, outgoing and engaging.  That's one of her better qualities.

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were A Day in the Life by the Beatles, Closer to the Heart
by Rush, The Logical Song by Supertramp and Free Fallin' by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.  The MDNA reviews keep coming in-Lucy O'Brien of Mojo and Simon Goddard of Q both say MDNA is Madonna's best record in years.  I heartily agree.  Way to go, Miss Ciccone!

Madonna Song of the Day-Like a Prayer from record of same name-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Life is a mystery/Everyone must stand alone/I hear you call my name/And it feels like home/Just like a prayer/Your voice can take me there/It's like a dream to me...Like a prayer/Take me there/Like a prayer!"-And so it is, Madonna's most beloved song-Like a Prayer!

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC,
I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For by U2, Free Will by Rush and Cheap Sunglasses by ZZ Top.  Yet another British Article with a vitriolic attack on Madonna! Give Me a Break! Just when the critics say she is over or passe, she comes storming, rocking and fighting back with Reinventions of Brilliance! MDNA does not disappoint-it actually has some mature good and brilliant songs on it! I just wish even some non-fans would give her a chance! Madonna is not going away! Not a chance!

Madonna Song of the Day-Over and Over from You Can Dance
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"It Doesn't Matter Who You Are/It's What You Do That Takes You Far!...I Get Up Again/Over and Over!..."-She always aces her tests and exams.  That is why Madonna is smart, bright and intelligent.  Her determination and drive-as well as her hitmaking ability will be forever unmatched.  Madonna is Love!-Love You Madge!

Madonna Wednesday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were Take the Long Way Home by Supertramp, Train Train
by Blackfoot, One of These Nights by the Eagles and Amie by Pure Prairie League.  In due time, MDNA will be a Masterpiece.  Right now, for Madonna-it already is! And that is something to be proud of.  To quote her friend Nicki Minaj, Madonna is still the queen!

Madonna Song of the Day-Who's That Girl?-from record/movie of same name-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Who's That Girl?/Who's That Girl?/When you see her...She's trouble!/Get closer to the fire...She's smiling!/An invitation to the Dance!/Light up my Life/So blind I can't see...Who's That Girl?/Run faster/Her laughter burns you up inside!/You're spinning round and round...Who's That Girl?/Light up my Life...What can help me now?/No one can help me now!/Who's That Girl?/Who's That Girl?"
-Sometimes Madonna doesn't even know who she-that girl-is-because of her mother's death.  Call this Eighties Ciccone classic an earlier version of Nobody Knows Me-The loss of her mother had a traumatic effect on the young Madge's psyche-Even some of the songs from new artwork MDNA-Girl Gone Wild,
I Don't Give A, I'm a Sinner, Masterpiece and Falling Free show that her scars will never quite heal.  However, that is why Madonna is here for comfort in hard times.

Madonna Monday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today are by an Eagle and three prog-rock bands-they were Life's Been Good by Joe Walsh,
Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp, Misunderstanding by Genesis and Hey You by Pink Floyd.  MDNA may not quite be Madonna's best album but it's damn close-it's about dancing her troubles away and trying to love again and to move on with her life.  That's what I call making amends in true Ciccone style!

Madonna Song of the Day-La Isla Bonita from True Blue-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Tropical the island breeze/All of Nature wild and free/This is where I long to be/La isla bonita!"-Evita Prelude #1, La Isla Bonita finds Dona Ciccone longing and yearning like she always does in a state of grace-Later becomes one of Lady Madge's most performed live numbers.  Muchas gracias, Dona Ciccone!

Madonna Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were Rockin' in the Free World (acoustic version) by Neil Young, Brain Damage/Eclipse by Pink Floyd, Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin and Raised on the Radio
by the Ravyns.  Gonna call Brother Calvin in Four Minutes.  Speaking of Madonna, I just got MDNA this morning but I'l play it once I Finish La Isla Bonita/Latte from the Final Rabbit Warner Masterpiece
Sticky and Sweet Tour!

Madonna Song of the Day-Love Don't Live Here Anymore from Like a Virgin-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson via Seventies soul band Rose Royce-"Through the windmills of my eyes/Everyone can see/The loneliness inside of me...You abandoned me/Love don't live here anymore/Just a vacancy/Love don't live here anymore!"-Clearly sad, tearful and crying out her Wet Ciccone Tears, Love Don't Live Here Anymore is the first Madonna Song to explore her mother's sad death.  In Tears, Madonna mops up the dance floor in sadness.  Unfortunately for Miss Ciccone, there is no closure, just the nagging feeling that won't quite go away of loss and sadness.  Fortunately for us-the lady's not the same.  We're not the same.  For in Love Don't Live Here Anymore, Madonna turns sadness into art.  For that we all can be grateful for Madonna's Presence and Fortinitude.

Wizards Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were Highway to Hell by AC/DC, Tequila Sunrise by the Eagles, Running on Empty by Jackson Browne and Jack and Diane by John Mellencamp.  It is a Rainy Day,
Dream Away-what can I say?-Thanks Jimi Hendrix for inspiring me! You will never be forgotten!
-Rock in Peace!

Madonna Song of the Day-I Know It from The First Album-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"I don't know why I thought you could make me happy!...You've grabbed your coat/You're out the door!/I know you don't care!...You're gonna turn around and say goodbye!...I Know It!...You've just proven me wrong!...Take your love and run from me!...I'm not gonna cry for you anymore!"-Who could have thought that even in the early Material Girl days that Madonna of all rockers would have a defiant, wild and mean streak? To paraphrase a lyric from fellow Midwest Hall of Famer John Mellencamp you better stand clear of Madge.  Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie clearly should have thought twice about Madonna's dangerous
femme fatale  Justify My Love personae.  About half the songs from new album Masterpiece MDNA have Madonna's "A victim of a kind of rage!" side.  Sometimes Madonna really is hurt and angry-a victim of mistrust and betrayal.  Don't dare try to cross her!

Wizards Wednesday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young, Pink Cadillac
by Bruce Springsteen, Candle in the Wind by Elton John and You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC.
Mr. President, bring the troops home now! Your Presidency is on the line!

Madonna Song of the Day-Spanish Lesson from Sticky and Sweet Tour-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Senorita!, I just want to fall in love!"-Muchas gracias, Dona Ciccone!

Manic Monday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were Revolution by the Beatles, Once in a Lifetime
by Talking Heads, Takin' Care of Business by Bachman-Turner Overdrive and Desperado
by the Eagles.  Spring is here at last-Rabbits Forever!

Madonna Song of the Day-Live to Tell from Celebration-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"I have a tale to tell!/Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well/I was not ready for the fall/Too blind to see the writing on the wall!...I know where beauty lives/I've seen it once/I know the warmth she gives/The light that you could never see/It shines inside/You can't take that from me!...If I ran away/I'd never have the strength to go very far/And how would they hear the beating of my heart?/Will it grow cold?/The secret that I hide?/Will I grow old?/How could they hear?/And how will they know?...A man can tell a thousand lies!/I've learned my lesson well!/Hope I live to tell/The secret I have learned/Till then, it will burn inside of me!/The truth is never far behind/You kept it hidden well!/If I live to tell/The secret I knew then/Will I ever have the chance again?"-Easily Madonna's best song ever, Live to Tell takes us on an emotional sonic trip of sadness and hope.  For once, the lady does not have all the answers.  This time, Madonna is seen as all-too-human.  Still,  Lady Madge gives encoragement and hope to to anyone who needs a helping hand in life.  In this way, Rebel Ciccone is the Mother Teresa of Rock, Shining a Ray of Light in this dark and hopeless world we live in
-she is a voice for those Voices who don't have one, sending beautiful Rain for those who will
Take a Bow.  In that respect, Lady Madonna is a Superstar who'll always be a Best Friend to many.  

Temple Bar Sunday-Rabbit Leopold

MDNA is Madonna's apotheosis!-The more it hear it it, the more it gets better.  Sometimes letting the Michigan Cry out is therapy for Madonna.  The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were
Born in the USA (acoustic version), I Thank You by ZZ Top, Hell's Bells by AC/DC and Who Are You?
by the Who.  Rachels Holl and Huntermark, you both rock my Maryland Rock Queens!

Madonna Song of the Day-Erotica from Celebration-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"Erotic, erotic!/Put your hands all over my body!"-Certainly, Mistress Ciccone!

Fame and Fortune-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were When the Levee Breaks by Led Zeppelin,
Peg by Steely Dan, Fame by David Bowie and Panama by Van Halen.  MDNA is brilliant!-Madonna has finally made the record everyone knew she was capable of-and this time, Our Lady is crying with sadness and tears
-Madonna at her most human and vulnerable.  Had fun with Rachel Hip-Hopper, Rosie and Ashley and spoke with Jimmy, Ricky, Calvin and Uncle Jack.  Springtime is here!-Happy U2 Day!

Madonna Song of the Day-Heartbeat from Hard Candy-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson
-"You know I feel it in my heartbeat/When I dance I feel free!"-Truer words have never been sung! Madonna, you're brilliant!

Warmer Days-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were La Grange by ZZ Top, Highway to Hell by AC/DC, Desire
by U2 and Last Child by Aerosmith.  Welcome Springtime.  Blues Traveler is an overlooked rock band and Warmer Days is my favorite song from their debut album-John Popper is a demon on the harp!

Madonna Song of the Day-I Love New York from The Confessions Tour-Lyric quote from
Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Other cities always made me mad/Other places always made me sad/No other city ever made me glad/Except New York!/I love New York!/If you can't stand the heat/Then get off of my street!"-Hearking back to her days of Danceteria and CBGB's (gone but not forgotten), good ol' Madge flashes her guitar and turns it up to eleven! Rock It Madonna!  

Thursday's Child-Rabbit Leopold

Yes, Thursday's Child is one of David Bowie's best later-day songs! The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were Back in the Saddle by Aerosmith, Who's Crying Now? by Journey, All Down the Line
by the Rolling Stones and The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy.  Springtime is here!

Madonna Song of the Day-Mother and Father/Intervention from I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"There was a time that I was happy in my life!...A victim of
a kind of rage!...I've got to save my baby (Rocco)!/Because he makes me cry!-Madonna at her most tender and vulnerable.

Caught in the Middle-Rabbit Leopold

It is a beautiful night outside of Baltimore-I like Westminster but somehow I'm not feeling the love-Apologies to my Duke Friend Steve Earle-Someday I'm finally gonna let go/Because I know there's a better way/I wonder what's over that rainbow/I'm gonna get out of here someday! The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were After Midnight (original version) by Eric Clapton, Who Are You? by the Who, Have a Cigar by Pink Floyd
and Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin-all British!

Madonna Song of the Day-Hung Up from Confessions on a Dance Floor
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"Time goes by so slowly...I'm Hung Up on you!"
-A Madonna song about time travel, Hung Up is her biggest #1 hit worldwide ever and a tearful dance
on her mother's grave-Brilliant, Madonna!

Wizards Monday-Rabbit Leopold

The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were Us and Them by Pink Floyd, Heartache Tonight
by the Eagles, Walk This Way by Aerosmith and Jack and Diane by John Mellencamp.  MDNA is coming because Lady Madonna is going to cry on this Masterpiece! Spring is in the air-let's go fly a kite.  Fenders and Gibsons rule-all guitars blazing!

Madonna Song of the Day-Love Profusion from Remixed and Revisted
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"And I know I can feel bad/When I get in a bad mood/And the world can look so sad/Only you make me feel good!"-Sentiment of brilliance + Artist and audience=Madonna!

Drive-In Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

There you have it.  Had Lunch at Arundel Mills, near Glen Burnie-I loved it.  Cindy, Megan and Ashley were there! Was at the arcade, had fun.  Nicole Sent me Madonna's 2012 calendar-Thanks Nic!-Beautiful Sister! The Four Classic Rock Songs I Heard today were Let It Be by the Beatles, We've Got Tonight by Bob Seger, Have a Drink on Me by AC/DC and Bloody Well Right by Supertramp

Madonna Song of the Day-Mother and Father from American Life
-Lyric quote from Lady Ciccone/Peron/Simpson-"There was a time that I was happy In My Life/There was a time I thought I believed I'd Live Forever!...There was a time that I had a mother and it was nice!...I didn't understand, I was just a kid!...My mother died when I was five/And all I did was sit and cry!/My father had to go to work/I used to think he was a jerk!...Not another word was spoken!...A victim of a kind of rage!"
-That's right, Madonna at her most enraged up to this point.  Of course, new record MDNA has irrevocably changed all that but Madonna will forever be heartbroken and distraught over her mother's death! That's a Fact! Channeling her inner Sophie Tucker, Bessie Smith and Nina Simone, Madonna seethes, burns and rages in this sad ballad and proves beyond a doubt that Miss Ciccone can do sad like no one else in recorded music today.  Your move, Madge!