Madonna

[dug11]

She seems to get enough discussion to warrant her own thread, especially with Rebel Heart (officially) being released soon.

However, she fell at the BRIT Awards earlier. Really hard. I haven't been able to see the performance, but it looks like she still gets up and keeps going. I probably would've stayed down and cried. Haha.

In better news, Rolling Stone gave the album a good (three and a half stars) review

[Veronica Mars]

Yeah, "fall" doesn't quite capture it. More like, "yanked backwards, HARD." The cape she was wearing at the beginning was apparently tied too tightly, and she couldn't undo it before it was scheduled to fly off.




She recovered rather well, all things considered. And it definitely proved she wasn't lip-syncing.

[dug11]

True. She was pulled. And, of course, people are making fun of her age when.... anyone would've fallen in this scenario, whether they are 56 or 22.

And, yeah. She picked herself up and kept going. I'm impressed.

[mahogany soul]

She snagged another RS cover. She hasn't had one since 2005? Isn't she the artist with the most covers?

[dug11]

(02-26-2015 12:44 PM)mahogany soul Wrote:  She snagged another RS cover. She hasn't had one since 2005? Isn't she the artist with the most covers?

I'm not sure, but it wouldn't surprise me. I'll have to buy it. I don't think I've bought Rolling Stone since..... Madonna was on it in 2005.

[mahogany soul]

I think the same for me too. Her RS covers are epic. You can pretty much map her career by them.

[dug11]

I have to say.... I really love that she's openly and directly discussing her age and how people are criticizing her based on it. I thought she might try to ignore that, but she has talked about it a bit now, which I think is cool.

[tonygoldenemmy]

Looks like Madonna has the RS cover record among women. Bono, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Bruce Springsteen have sported more covers, though.

[Dr.ciski77]

Wow. She literally got yanked off the stairs. Great recovery.

I love that British fans moved to boycott BBC Radio 1 when they essentially took Madonna out of their playlists because of her age. If 'Living For Love' were a Rihanna or Katy Perry single, it would be #1 right now.

[Raybee]

Basically. That's why we have musicians of a certain age like Mariah and Madonna who just don't get played because they're over 40. A song like #Beautiful from Mariah or Living For Love Madonna like you said would have been #1 hits if the artist was half their actual age.