Friday, November 30, 2012

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

"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!

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Madonna Thursday-Rabbit Leopold

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!

Friday, November 23, 2012

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!

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Madonna Saturday-Rabbit Leopold

"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!

Sunday, November 18, 2012

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!

Saturday, November 17, 2012

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!

Thursday, November 15, 2012

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.

Madonna Friday-Rabbit Leopold

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!

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

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!

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

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!