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    Madonna Video Not as Bad as We Thought

    Let's Pray to Jesus These Aren't the Best 15 Seconds of Madonna's New Video

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    Image of Spirit Fingers Spirit Fingers
    09/01/09

    In reply to Madonna Video Not as Bad as We Thought
    I'm a long time Madonna fan, so I'm happy that she's still working, and that she looks a bit more robust, and not so, well, stringy, but the Lady GaGa-ness of it was a little much, the glasses, the techno porn etc. However, none of this changes the fact that I would be mortified if my mother gyrated on my soccer coach, flung her woman-meats in hyper speed, or sounded mostly like a hoarse, mating, sea-lion. Just sayin.

    Love you, M'Donna, but I'd enjoy watching you guest judge on So You Think You Can Dance.
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    Image of contradicto contradicto
    09/01/09

    In reply to Madonna Video Not as Bad as We Thought
    I don't care if she's grabbing her crotch because menopause made her dusty and dry. I still love her.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    09/01/09

    In reply to Madonna Video Not as Bad as We Thought
    Oontz-oontzy, Auto-Tuned, crotch-grabby fest. Now I'm bored.
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    Image of homoviper homoviper
    09/01/09

    In reply to Madonna Video Not as Bad as We Thought
    If Kylie Minogue calls..
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    Image of shle896 shle896
    09/01/09

    In reply to Madonna Video Not as Bad as We Thought
    I'd say Madonna is doing pretty well to still be producing music and videos of this caliber a full quarter of a century into her career!

    Somehow I doubt we'll be seeing Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Britney and the rest continuing to do this that far into their own careers should they get that far.

    I think the song and video are great and it's already selling truckloads around the planet. That is no small thing.
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    09/01/09

    @shle896: Lourdes, shouldn't you be shopping for back to school?
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    09/01/09

    In reply to Madonna Video Not as Bad as We Thought
    Here's Madonnawitz in her best role ever, suit by early Gaultier:

    [www.youtube.com]
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    Image of southernbitch southernbitch
    09/01/09

    @BookishLookish: HA!
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    Image of MisterHippity MisterHippity
    09/01/09

    In reply to Madonna Video Not as Bad as We Thought
    Haven’t I seen you somewhere before?/You look familiar/You wanna dance?/Yeah …/I guess I just don’t recognize you with your clothes on…

    Um, Mrs. Ciccone? I’m Timmy - Lourdes’ lab partner from school, remember? I just came over to see if she wanted to work on our science homework together. But I guess she isn’t here, so, um … I’ll just be going now …
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    Image of wrongneighborhood wrongneighborhood
    09/01/09

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    Madonna still brings a smile to my face.
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    Image of jimstoic jimstoic
    09/01/09

    @wrongneighborhood: Mine, too. I listened to a random mix of her stuff while driving through the LA smoke on Sunday, and I'm surpirsed how well a lot of it holds up.
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    09/01/09

    @jimstoic: I respectfully disagree. The paradox is that Madonna is one of the biggest names ever but she doesn't really have any long lasting timeless hits (like a virgin maybe). Its all show and no substance.
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    Image of wrongneighborhood wrongneighborhood
    09/01/09

    @Big Poppa: "Its all show and no substance."

    And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
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    Image of lacieca01 lacieca01
    09/01/09

    @Big Poppa: Well, it depends on how you define "long lasting timeless hit." Madonna has always been about what goes on around the music rather than the music itself. Musically, "Vogue" (e.g.) is practically nothing, but for 20 years now the look and feel of the video has permeated the culture.

    I won't say she did it single-handedly or in any sort of conscious way, but Madonna has redefined pop music to mean something much broader than tunes and hooks and beats. By that standard, she has created as many "hits" as any musical act in the past quarter century.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    09/01/09

    @wrongneighborhood: There is something seriously wrong with that. Substance is what makes it art.

    And the fact that you do not understand that makes me want to tell you to fuck off back to Arizona.
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    09/01/09

    @BookishLookish: Hit her/him with the rhythm stick! Bookie-Loo in feisty form = good day on earth.
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    Image of wrongneighborhood wrongneighborhood
    09/01/09

    @BookishLookish: We're getting into an argument that this is art?

    It's a music video, an "art" medium that sadly died a long time ago by the hands of Viacom. The video is an advertisement for what she's trying to sell: an upcoming album and concert tickets.

    I think you're looking for substance in the wrong place.
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    Image of MattGaymon MattGaymon
    09/01/09

    In reply to Madonna Video Not as Bad as We Thought
    I'm FIFTY.
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    09/01/09

    @MattGaymon: You DO NOT look nearly that old, Matt!!! Botox much?
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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    09/01/09

    @MattGaymon:

    Thank you for this. I was hearing it in my head insistently...
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    Image of Aatom Aatom
    09/01/09

    In reply to Madonna Video Not as Bad as We Thought
    I don't understand why Gawker insists on referring to Luz as her "boyfriend". He is an image accessory and a ladder-climbing hanger-on - nothing more, nothing less. You don't need to follow her very closely (or have insider info, which exists) to realize that.
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    09/01/09

    @Aatom: I prefer to think of him as her purse.
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    Image of Aatom Aatom
    09/01/09

    @ShanghaiLil: I'd hate to see where she keeps her lipstick.

    Wait, no, I actually do want to see that.
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    Image of MattGaymon MattGaymon
    09/01/09

    @ShanghaiLil: I prefer to think of him as her facialist.
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    Image of ShanghaiLil ShanghaiLil
    09/01/09

    @MattGaymon: Thank you. You just made me picture Madge's cordy, Crypt-Keeper neck. Are you proud of yourself now?
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    09/01/09

    In reply to Madonna Video Not as Bad as We Thought
    Mmm, memaw crotch. Gotta get me some a dat.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    09/01/09

    @bytememehard: Ha!

    Wow, that video was incredibly unsexy and tedious. By the time you are fifty, you shouldn't have to be gyrating in your videos anymore. Darling, you've ARRIVED, give it a rest.

    I want to see a video of Madonna eating a slice of cake to her song. That would be more interesting than this rehashed nonsense.

    (Nice boots though, and very directional for the fall.)
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    Image of Steverino Begins Steverino Begins
    09/01/09

    @BookishLookish: Now that's fabulous. Fat Madonna would be even better than Fat Elvis.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    09/01/09

    @Steverino Begins: Can you imagine how beautiful she would be? She could be doing a full-on madonna Madonna!
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    Image of Spy from the Land of Rainpeople Spy from the Land of Rainpeople
    09/01/09

    @BookishLookish: I don't think that women over 50 should be prohibited from gyrating. There's nothing wrong with continuing to be sexy. Check out the video of 50-ish Nina Hagen with 70-ish Dieter Hallervorden.
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    09/02/09

    @Spy from the Land of Rainpeople: I invented gyrating and I am as old as the hills. But if you're going to do it, it should have some soul in it, some feeling. Her shit is as cold as a statue. Madonna is more an athlete than anything at this point. Her sport is making money.
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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    08/28/09

    In reply to Let's Pray to Jesus These Aren't the Best 15 Seconds of Madonna's New Video
    Looks like they haven't finished greenscreening something in around Paul Oakenfold.
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    Image of CuffLinks CuffLinks
    08/26/09

    In reply to Let's Pray to Jesus These Aren't the Best 15 Seconds of Madonna's New Video
    I wouldn't say Oakenfold is "fat." But he does NOT belong in this video, that's for sure.
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    08/26/09

    @CuffLinks: Seriously -- he may be unattractive, he may be middle aged, he may even be puffy, but he is not fat.
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    Image of StonedAndDethroned StonedAndDethroned
    08/26/09

    In reply to Let's Pray to Jesus These Aren't the Best 15 Seconds of Madonna's New Video
    Paul Jokenfold
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    Image of Urbania Urbania
    08/26/09

    In reply to Let's Pray to Jesus These Aren't the Best 15 Seconds of Madonna's New Video
    Jesus is hot.

    Is there something else to talk about here?
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