Oh this is the BEST THREAD EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My devotion to The Goddess as i call her, is all encompassing! I mean... she is tattooed on my right arm 6 times over!
Without Her Madge-sty there would be no usurpers like Janet, Moo-riah, Britney, Christina who blatantly use sex to sell themselves. Sadly none of them, though they are each at least slightly talented in their own way... slightly that is, have ever come close to the irony and sincerity that The Goddess infuses with her works.
Madonna has caused quite a bit of dialog for being just a pop star. From her very beginning when radio stations thought she was black, to being on Tipper Gores "Filthy Fifteen" with "Dress You Up", to the outrage that ensued when she sang about keeping her baby in "Papa Don't Preach", using the displays of stigmata and kissing St. Martin de Porress as well as stark undertones of the plight and injustice of racism in "Like A Prayer", even the lyrics to songs like "Bad Girl"... the list goes on and on and continues to, because she has continued to have something to say.
Madonna is quoted as saying "A look can get you into a room, but something has to keep you there." No entertainer, politician, head of state, or religious figure has embodied that MORE than Madonna.
She is genuinely intelligent and inquisitive, constantly reading and searching for new avenues of expression. She is a force in fashion, from rosaries, to kimono, to H&M she is always ahead of the game. She sees what is underground and brings it to the forefront of entertainment, such as with "Ray of Light" and "Truth or Dare" and "I'm Going To Tell You A Secret". She is outspoken, and yet demure. She has met royalty, politicians, celebrity, and is constantly being bitten at by religious officials, though some have lauded not only her performances, but her music and her brashness.
Madonna is a mother, a lover, an entertainer, and author, a mogul, a designer, a philanthropist (Madonna is one of the FIRST women entertainers to take up the AIDS cause as well as GLBT causes, and breast cancer has always been close to her heart)... above all Madonna is the hardest working woman in show business, if not the world.
Like It or Not
-Madonna
You can call me a sinner
And you can call me a saint
Celebrate me for who I am
Dislike me for what I ain't
Put me up on a pedestal
Or drag me down in the dirt
Sticks and stones will break my bones
But your names will never hurt
I'll be the garden, you'll be the snake
All of my fruit is yours to take
Better the devil that you know
Your love for me will grow
Because
This is who I am
You can like it or not
You can love me or leave me
Cause I'm never gonna stop, no no
Cleopatra had her way
Mata Hari too
Whether they were good or bad
Is strictly up to you
Life is a paradox
And it doesn't make much sense
Can't have femme without the fatale
Please don't take offense
Don't let the fruit rot under the vine
Fill up your cup and let's drink the wine
Better the devil that you know
Your love for me will grow
Because
This is who I am
You can like it or not
You can love me or leave me
Cause I'm never gonna stop, no no, you know
This is who I am
You can like it or not
You can love me or leave me
Cause I'm never gonna stop, no no, you know
No no, you know
No no, you know
No no, you know
No no, you know
I'll be the garden, you'll be the snake
All of my fruit is yours to take
Better the devil that you know
Your love for me will grow
Because
This is who I am
You can like it or not
You can love me or leave me
Cause I'm never gonna stop, no no, you know
This is who I am
You can like it or not
You can love me or leave me
Cause I'm never gonna stop, no no, you know
No no, you know
No no, you know
No no, you know
No no, you know
