Bedtime Bible Verses

[zenith.livejournal.com]

So who saw some or all of last night's Madonna documentalry, 'I'm Going To Tell You A Secret'? Much evidence was on hand that while the quality of Madge's music may have gone back up again, she has, in a very real sense, Lost It. The opening credits feature Madonna reading portentously from the Book of Revelation, which is apparently also how her live show starts these days. She explained later that "the Beast" refers to the Material World, which distracts us from being able to see things that don't really exist.

I liked her better when her obession with religion was a bit more blasphemous.

Other lowlight: Madonna sits on a guitar stool playing the guitar and singing a song about her dead Mum while wearing a hairnet. Her Dad sits in the audience and watches, his expression inscrutable.

Well done Stuart Price, however, for pulling faces while Madonna's Dad was saying a pre-show prayer, and for being suitably bemused at her shock that he didn't believe in God (for all her desire to be British, never has she seemed so American), and for drawing a crucial line in the sand even after he'd admitted he does believe in something.

Madonna: "Can we call it 'Energy' or 'The Life'?"

Lu Cont, after a telling pause: "We can call it 'Energy'."

To be fair, she did laugh at this point. Maybe there's still hope for her.

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

She did a mix of Justify My Love back in 91 with readings from the Book of Rev and it sounded brilliant! OK, probably more brilliant as a one-off.

[zenith.livejournal.com]

The difference is in 1991 I think she thought she was The Beast.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I played that at Justify My Lovelife! When I first played it to Anna-Marie she said it was creepy and told me to turn it off.

I prefer to class all of this current Kabbalah nonsense under the admittedly large umbrella of "Madge is bonkers".

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

"which distracts us from being able to see things that don't really exist" cf Peep Show:

We're going to smash through the doors of perception and see all the things that you don't normally see, cause-
-Cause they're not really there?

-No, they are really there but we don't normally see them cause we're distracted by all the-

-Things that are really there?

:-D

[zenith.livejournal.com]

Well spotted that man. Madonna should ditch the Ritch(ie) and get with Jez. WELCOME TO BIG SCHOOL!

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

Z: Have I told you my 'Girlie Show'-viewing inspired Theory of Madonna/last ditch wish-fulfillment?

[zenith.livejournal.com]

I think I have heard Theories of Madonna from you but I do not if this is one.

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

I did see some of this. I still don't get why she is married to Richie.

Lourdes is utterly ADORABLE. As is Price (his 'jaw drop' face during Iggy's set).

Iggy's gushing and awkwardness when greeting Madonna also amused.

[anthonyeaston.livejournal.com]

i wrote an essay about her and kaballah at purim last year, but no one would publish it. i fail to see the big deal about people finding their own gods

[spittake.livejournal.com]

It would be awesome if she had decided to go by Malke instead of Esther.