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  5. Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, das Büro von Madonnas Plattenfirma "Maverick". Ihre Assistentin schiebt das Video in den Recorder, über den Bildschirm flackert der Clip zur ersten Single aus Madonnas neuem Album "Music". Madonna in Rapper-Pose, Madonna als verführerisches Superhero-Macho-Mädchen Muff Daddy, ganz in Weiß, in einem Hosenanzug und Mantel. Gerade hat die Assistentin die Kassette aus dem Recorder floppen lassen, da ertönen energische Schritte im Flur, tack, tack, tack, und eine hohe, bekannte Stimme, die laut "hallo" ruft. Und dann steht die Chefin selbst in der Tür. Größer könnte der Unterschied zu ihrem Video-Auftritt nicht sein. Madonna wirkt winzig. Sie hat eine kanariengelbe Wolljacke um ihre Schultern gelegt und trägt eine Dose mit roten Erdbeerlakritzstangen vor sich her. Ihre blonden, schulterlangen Haare sehen strähnig aus. Ihr Gesicht wirkt nackt und verletzlich. Es ist entweder raffiniert dezent oder gar nicht geschminkt. Sie ist bleich und wirkt abgespannt, mit ein paar Falten um Augen und Mund, die die Frau sympathisch echt aussehen lassen. Sie lässt in ihrem spärlich eingerichteten Büro zwei Stühle aufstellen, und wir reden - anfangs sogar über Deutschland. Früher, sagt sie, hätte sie kaum gewusst, wo das liegt. Doch seit die 42-jährige Amerikanerin mit ihrem englischen Freund, dem Filmregisseur und Autor Guy Ritchie, zusammenlebt, interessiert sie sich brennend für Europa. Ihr neues Album "Music" hat sie vor allem in London aufgenommen. kulturSPIEGEL: Sie hatten bei den Aufnahmen zu "Music" keinen amerikanischen Produzenten dabei. Selbst Ihr Kreativpartner Patrick Leonard, der für einige Ihrer größten Hits mitverantwortlich war, fehlt - ist das die neue Madonna? Madonna: Vielleicht ... Ich war wohl in Experimentierlaune. kulturSPIEGEL: Warum haben Sie gleich mehrere Songs mit dem unbekannten französischen Produzenten Mirwais Ahmadzaï aufgenommen? Madonna: Er hatte das Demo seines neuen Albums "Production" an meine Plattenfirma Maverick geschickt. Ich hörte es zufällig und sagte zu meinem Firmenpartner: Erstens ist der Mann brillant, zweitens möchte ich mit ihm arbeiten. Denn es war genau die Richtung, in die ich jetzt gehen will. Ich wollte einen neuen Sound. Mein letztes Album klang ja schon sehr elektronisch. Und ich wollte das auf einem anderen Niveau weiterführen, ohne mich zu wiederholen. Als ich Mirwais' Platte hörte, sagt ich: wunderbar. Es gibt einen Gott. kulturSPIEGEL: Und Ihr erstes Kind, Ihre fast vierjährige Tochter Lourdes Maria, hat assistiert? Madonna: Lola war fast jeden Tag mit im Studio. Zum Glück hat sie sich nur auf den Fußboden gelegt und Bilder gemalt. Nur manchmal hat sie einen Knopf gedrückt, den sie nicht drücken sollte. kulturSPIEGEL: Ist Lourdes mit auf der Platte? Madonna: Sie singt zwar ganz gut. Aber ich weiß ganz genau, wenn ich ihr gesagt hätte: "Geh doch jetzt mal in die Kabine und sing", dann hätte sie es nicht getan. Ich hätte mich nicht drauf verlassen können, dass sie irgendetwas so tut, wie sie es soll. kulturSPIEGEL: Haben die Kinder in Ihrem Leben Ihre Kunst beeinflusst? Madonna: Klar, Kinder vermitteln einem den Zugang zu etwas Spielerischem, Unschuldigem, von dem man sich als Erwachsener längst entfernt hat. Lola hat mich - vielleicht auch uns - emotional beeinflusst. Deshalb klingt das Album auch so befreit. kulturSPIEGEL: Ihre Stimme klingt diesmal sehr weich, sehr entspannt. Madonna: Ist das ein Kompliment? kulturSPIEGEL: Unbedingt! Madonna: Vielleicht weil ich während der Aufnahmen in einer sehr friedlichen, heiteren Stimmung war. Es hilft, wenn man verliebt ist. kulturSPIEGEL: Ist Ihre Liebe immer ungetrübt? Oder gibt es auch Machtkämpfe? Madonna: Ich sollte nicht darüber sprechen, das habe ich Guy versprochen. Aber gut, das eine kann ich Ihnen verraten: Guy ist sehr intelligent, und er hat einen starken Willen - genau wie ich -, Sie können sich also vorstellen, was da zwischen uns manchmal abgeht. Aber ich mag keine Menschen, die man herumschubsen kann. Ich will herausgefordert werden. Kopfnicker, die man leicht beeindrucken kann und die auch noch politisch korrekt sind, hasse ich. Das ist so langweilig. kulturSPIEGEL: Sind Sie politisch korrekt? Madonna: Nein. Ich trage gern Pelz. Und Guy geht gern zur Jagd und schießt Kaninchen und Tauben, und dann essen wir die Viecher, und sie schmecken uns: Da haben Sie's. kulturSPIEGEL: Guy war Legastheniker und ist ein paar Mal von der Schule geflogen. Trotzdem hat er es geschafft, sich hochzuarbeiten. Verbindet Sie das mit ihm? Madonna: Er hat seine Bildung eher aus dem Leben als von der Schule. Und er ist jetzt ein brillanter Schreiber. Ist es nicht interessant, wie wir manchmal Schwächen überwinden und daraus Stärken entwickeln? Menschen, die mit einem goldenen Löffel im Mund zur Welt kommen, sind nicht unbedingt diejenigen, die sich durchkämpfen. Aber die sind meistens viel interessanter. Oder? kulturSPIEGEL: Sie sprechen von sich? Madonna: Ich bin ohne Mutter aufgewachsen. Und in einer Umgebung, in der es nicht sehr viel Kultur gab. Das hat mich richtig hungrig gemacht. Auch die Tatsache, dass ich eine Frau bin und alles allein gemacht habe. kulturSPIEGEL: Glauben Sie, dass Sie viel für das Selbstbewusstsein der Frauen getan haben? Madonna: Das hoffe ich. Durch meine Arbeit und durch das, was ich ihnen vorgelebt habe. Früher wurden Frauen ja dazu erzogen, daran zu glauben, dass sie die Hilfe eines Mannes brauchen, um im Leben etwas zu erreichen. Und es ist ein phantastisches Gefühl, wenn man als Frau etwas ganz allein geschafft hat. Außerdem macht das eine Frau für einen Mann sehr attraktiv. Liebe baut auf Ehrfurcht auf, und auf Respekt. Und wie kannst du Ehrfurcht vor jemandem haben, der sich nicht um sich selbst kümmern kann? Du fängst ja an zu denken, dass du besser bist als er. Und das ist keine gute Dynamik. kulturSPIEGEL: Hat Guy auf Ihre Musik Einfluss genommen? Madonna: Seine Meinung war wahnsinnig wichtig. Ich spielte ihm viele der Songs in unfertigem Zustand vor, und er liebt Mirwais, er verwendet dessen Musik in seinem nächsten Film. Und Guy steht total auf alten Reggae, frühe Ska-Musik und Sixties-Soul. Dazu moderne, eckige Sachen wie The Prodigy und Moby. kulturSPIEGEL: Sie haben das Album in London aufgenommen und sich danach über die Arbeitsmoral der Engländer beklagt. Was lief falsch? Madonna: Als Amerikanerin bin ich es gewöhnt, mit Menschen zu arbeiten, die nie schlafen. All meine Angestellten schuften im Ernstfall rund um die Uhr. Wenn es in England plötzlich abends oder am Wochenende hieß: Feierabend! - reagierte ich total frustriert. Na ja. Die englische Einstellung hat allerdings auch Vorteile. kulturSPIEGEL: Welche? Madonna: Wir Amerikaner wissen auch nicht, wie man das Leben genießt. So war ich gezwungen, nach Hause zu gehen und dort Zeit mit meiner Tochter zu verbringen. Aber ich bin nun mal ein unermüdliches Arbeitspferd. Und um mich zu entspannen, muss ich mir nur gute Kunst ansehen - zum Beispiel in einem Museum. Und Lola nehme ich mit. kulturSPIEGEL: Sie kommt freiwillig mit? Madonna: Von Anfang an habe ich sie mit in Museen geschleppt. Und jetzt ist sie sehr neugierig auf Kunst, immer wenn wir in einer Stadt wie Paris, Madrid, Rom oder London sind, gehen wir alle zusammen in eine Ausstellung. Mein Kindermädchen malt selbst und interessiert sich sehr für Kunst. So haben wir alle unseren Spaß. Lola liebt Picasso, Matisse und die alten Meister. kulturSPIEGEL: Warum ausgerechnet die? Madonna: Weil die immer Menschen malen, die leiden und bluten. Lola ist besessen von den Kreuzigungsbildern. Jesus am Kreuz mit all den Stigmata. Darauf steht sie. Ich glaube, sie ist einfach von der Gewalt in den Bildern fasziniert. kulturSPIEGEL: Sie haben gegen Ihre eigene katholische Erziehung rebelliert. Erziehen Sie Lola religiös? Madonna: Das ist ein schwieriges Thema, weil ich nicht an organisierte Religionen glaube - aber sehr wohl an Gott. Es ist nicht einfach zu entscheiden, was man seinem Kind beibringt. Lola weiß, wie man betet, und sie weiß, wer Gott ist und dass es ihn gibt. kulturSPIEGEL: Als Sie Ihr Video drehten, waren Sie hochschwanger. Davon ist nichts zu sehen. Madonna: O Gott, das war schwierig! Weil ich ja meinen Bauch verstecken musste. Deshalb drehten wir die meisten Szenen im Sitzen in einer Limo. Und bei den Nachtclubszenen hat alles um mich herum getanzt. Und ich durfte nicht mittanzen. Schrecklich. Nächstes Mal zeige ich's denen aber. kulturSPIEGEL: In diesem Video präsentieren Sie sich als Muff Daddy, das weibliche Gegenstück zum Rapper Puff Daddy. Madonna: Genau. Superfly, Hohe Priesterin des Punk-Rock und Punk-Pop. kulturSPIEGEL: Was predigen Sie denn? Madonna: Dass man sich amüsieren soll. kulturSPIEGEL: Wir reden vom erotischen Amüsement: Mietet eine schicke Stretchlimousine, fahrt durch die Gegend und sucht euch ein paar nette Jungs. Madonna: Oder Mädels. kulturSPIEGEL: Die Mädels im Video sind fast nackt. Madonna: Wir zeigen keine nackten Brüste. Und die Mädchen haben einen G-String an. Aber das ist doch in jedem Rap-Video so. Und wenn man eine Veralberung dieses Genres drehen will, muss das Ganze in einem Nightclub stattfinden. Und es müssen Mädels im G-String her. kulturSPIEGEL: Dabei haben Sie sich doch gerade kürzlich über die nackten Frauen aufgeregt, die täglich in den englischen Tageszeitungen zu sehen sind. Madonna: Aufgeregt? Nein - ich finde es nur komisch, dass Briten in ihren Zeitungen nackte Frauen zeigen. Okay, für eine Amerikanerin ist so etwas schockierend. Das würde in unserem Land nie erlaubt. kulturSPIEGEL: Sie haben sich doch auch nie geniert, sich nackt zu zeigen. Madonna: Ich weiß. Ich verurteile das ja auch nicht. Ich mag auch den britischen Humor, der ist ausgefeilt und trocken, der amerikanische Humor hingegen ist grob. Ich wollte ja auch nur sagen, dass es absurd ist, dass die Amerikaner als befreit und offen gelten und die Engländer als sehr konservativ und sexuell verklemmt. Bei uns werden keine Nackten gezeigt. Und in London? Also wirklich, hier kannst du nirgends hingehen, ohne dass du auf ein paar nackte Titten guckst. kulturSPIEGEL: Schicken Sie deshalb Ihre Tochter in London auf eine französische Schule - um sie ein bisschen behüteter aufwachsen zu lassen? Madonna: Ich will vor allem, dass sie eine Fremdsprache lernt. Ich spreche ja selbst ein bisschen Französisch. Diese französischen Schulen arbeiten nach dem europäischen System. Sie stellen höhere Anforderungen als die amerikanischen Schulen. Außerdem gibt es auch je ein Lycée mit demselben Programm in New York und Los Angeles. Auf diese Weise kann Lola problemlos zur Schule gehen, wenn ich in einer dieser Städte bin. kulturSPIEGEL: Wie gehen Sie mit Misserfolgen um, zum Beispiel mit dem Flop Ihres letzten Films "Ein Freund zum Verlieben"? Madonna: Ich sage mir: Ich habe ja noch eine andere Karriere. kulturSPIEGEL: Tut es nicht trotzdem weh? Madonna: Ich habe genügend Selbstbewusstsein. Ich weiß, dass ich gute Arbeit mache. Und wenn das in der Öffentlichkeit nicht als gute Arbeit aufgenommen wird, dann enttäuscht mich das, weil ich so viel harte Arbeit reingesteckt habe. Aber es wäre Zeitverschwendung, sich selbst zu bemitleiden. Ich schaue lieber nach vorn. Und ich bin sehr dankbar, dass ich noch andere Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten habe. kulturSPIEGEL: Planen Sie weitere Filme? Madonna: Im Moment nicht. Jetzt kommt erst mal meine Platte heraus. Ich kann mich nicht für einen weiteren Film verpflichten, weil ich gar nicht weiß, wann ich auf Tour gehe. Dann muss ich mich um meine Kinder und meine Plattenfirma kümmern. Alanis Morissette arbeitet gerade im Studio an ihrem neuen Album. Und wir haben eine 14-jährige Schwedin namens Amanda unter Vertrag genommen. Sie klingt phantastisch, ein bisschen wie Britney Spears. kulturSPIEGEL: Was mögen Sie an Britney Spears? Madonna: Sie ist immer so wunderbar braun gebrannt. kulturSPIEGEL: Aber sie hat keine besonders aufregende Stimme, oder? Madonna: Das haben die Leute auch über mich gesagt, als ich anfing. Britney Spears ist doch erst 18, was erwarten Sie von ihr? Ich möchte Menschen nicht vorverurteilen. Es führt nirgends hin. kulturSPIEGEL: Welchen Rat geben Sie jungen Musikerinnen mit auf den Weg? Madonna: Geh deinen Weg allein. Arbeite hart. Pass auf, dass du nicht ausbrennst. Nimm dir Zeit. Sei du selbst.
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    Interview 1999 CNN 2

    KING: Looking at all the pictures and videos you go through lots of changes, right? MADONNA: Yes. KING: Why? MADONNA: Why not. KING: Most people change, but not dramatic. You go dramatic. MADONNA: That's why I like to call myself a performance artist because what I do is I sort of just, like, collect ideas whether it's paintings or film or literature or a character in history. KING: So you'll get tired of this in while? Is tired a good word? You'll look in the mirror and say I don't like this anymore. I don't want to blond, I want to be Hillary. MADONNA: Hillary -- oh, no. (LAUGHTER) MADONNA: Does she change her hair a lot? KING: She does. MADONNA: I am an artist, I feel like, you know, I have a lot more freedom to do whatever I want, be whatever I want. KING: But I mean is it ever a whim? Do you ever just look in the mirror and say: changing today? MADONNA: Yes, I do that all the time -- absolutely. And after you make several videos, you see yourself on TV, you do several photo shoots, you kind of get sick of it. You have to move on. KING: Let's include some phone calls for Madonna. Cleveland, hello. CALLER: Hi, Madonna. I was wondering what do you see yourself doing in 10 years? MADONNA: Everybody asks me that question. KING: Yes, at 50, what are you going to do at 50? MADONNA: Well, I hope -- I would like to have more children, so hopefully I will be enjoying my family, and -- I mean, I don't know. I am sure I'll be an actress. I am sure I'll be writing music -- who knows, maybe I'll have an art gallery. I have no idea. KING: Do you see yourself playing character roles? MADONNA: Yes. Yes, absolutely. KING: Which wouldn't bother you at all -- not to be the femme fatale? MADONNA: No, not at all. KING: No effect? MADONNA: Well, I mean, what's wrong with a character role? KING: Some people always want to assume that being the lovely part and... MADONNA: Well I am not always going to be lovely, let's just face that fact. KING: We do age. MADONNA: Yes, we do. KING: Why did you name your daughter Lourdes? That's a place, right? MADONNA: For several reasons. Yes, Lourdes is a city in France, and it's a city of healing. There are healing waters there. It's a place where miracles occur, so for that reason because she was a miracle and is a miracle. But also, we call her Lourdes. She's half Cuban and that's a very popular Cuban name. KING: What's her nickname, Lourdy? MADONNA: No Lola. Lola -- I know, how did we get that. KING: That doesn't make any sense. MADONNA: Well, because I was also a big fan of that name -- Lola. KING: Whatever Lola wants. MADONNA: Lola doesn't get. KING: Doesn't get. (LAUGHTER) MADONNA: Yes, that's exactly. Both Lola Montez -- have you ever heard of her? KING: No. MADONNA: She's a famous -- well, she was an infamous woman. She brought down the King of Bavaria. You never heard of Lola Montez. KING: When did she do this? MADONNA: In the 1700s. KING: An early Lewinsky. MADONNA: No, she was -- come on now. KING: I am only kidding. MADONNA: She was a dancer. She had some skills. (LAUGHTER) No, but by birth she was Irish and she married -- it's a long story, but it's a very interesting story. There's a movie called "Lola Montez" that you should rent and watch. It's pretty fascinating, but she completely reinvented herself because she married this guy in India -- her parents married her off at a young age. KING: So you were leaning toward naming your child Lola? MADONNA: Well, I loved that name and I loved the name Lourdes, so I named her Lourdes and I call her Lola -- go figure. KING: Tell me about Kabbalah ... now I'm Jewish. I don't remember learning anything about it when I was a kid growing up. MADONNA: Because they don't teach the Kabbalah in -- it is considered traditionally the only people that are supposed to learn the Kabbalah are men, and they have to be over the age of 42. So because that is considered... KING: So this is a sect of the orthodox. MADONNA: Yes, traditionally, but I mean its roots are in orthodox Judaism, but think historically, I think a group of rabbis and, you know, scholars broke away and said, Look, if this information is so enlightening and so important and can help other people, why are we limiting it to teaching it just to men, Jewish men who are passed the age of 42? So people -- teachers, you know, started kind of branching out and opening up centers. KING: What attracted you? MADONNA: A friend of mine who is Jewish and -- but who isn't very religious -- was going to these classes, and she kept coming back and telling me about them and telling me about this great charismatic rabbi and these great stories, these fables that he would tell and how moving they were. And I could never -- it sort of went in one ear and out the other and I could never figure out what she was talking about. So finally out of curiosity I went to a class in Los Angeles. I was about 6-1/2 months pregnant and I was very moved by it. And it didn't really matter that I was, you know, raised a Catholic or I wasn't Jewish and I felt very comfortable and I liked being anonymous in a classroom environment and it was nice learning. KING: Do you feel now you are a... MADONNA: An honorary Jew? KING: Honorary Jew or are you -- is there a term for -- are you a Kabbalahan? MADONNA: I am a Kabbalist. There is definitely a Kabbalistic approach to life or a Kabbalistic point of view, but it's not different than a lot of other teachings. I study Hinduism; I study Buddhism; Taoism. KING: You believe in a supreme being? MADONNA: Absolutely. But I also believe that all paths lead to God. KING: Houston, Texas, hello. CALLER: Yes, Madonna, I just wanted to ask you, for all that you've done and accomplished, how would you like to be remembered or what legacy would you like to leave behind? MADONNA: I would like to be remembered as a good mother first and foremost. KING: Not a bad idea. Lawrence, Kansas, hello. CALLER: Hi, Madonna, I was just wondering what do you find to be your biggest challenge in being a single mother? KING: That's a very good question. A lot of people face it. MADONNA: My biggest challenge was, you know, really just balancing my life and spend enough time with my daughter and really be there for her. She needs me and also to make myself happy and my career and continue working and run my businesses -- nurture my friendships, have a relationship, just that juggling, but... KING: It is a daily juggle isn't it? MADONNA: Unbelievable. KING: Are there times you say: I wish there were a man here all the time? MADONNA: Yes, oh, yes. There are lots of times when I just want to like go: I want to hand the baby off to somebody, you know? KING: Do you think it's harder to get a man involved when you have a child? You know, the man might say... MADONNA: No. KING: In other words, we don't have to throw a male benefit for you, right, to get guys interested? You don't need help? MADONNA: No. KING: No. MADONNA: Thank you. KING: Tampa, Florida, hello. CALLER: Hello, Madonna. My question is who were your musical and dance influences when you were growing up? MADONNA: My musical influences -- wow. They ranged from Karen Carpenter to the Supremes to Led Zeppelin. Those were my musical influences, and... KING: Dance? MADONNA: Dance -- Martha Graham, Rudolph Nureyev. KING: Were you a good ballet dancer? MADONNA: No, I wasn't. I mean, I was a good dancer, but the problem is to be a really good ballet dancer you have to start when you're seven or eight, and I didn't start ballet until I was 12 or 13, which is considered over-the-hill really. I was a good dancer, but... KING: When you see, like, an old Fred Astaire movie, and he's dancing with Ginger Rogers... MADONNA: I'm in heaven. KING: Do you say to yourself: I can do that. MADONNA: I can do that. KING: That's your kind of -- you could dance. MADONNA: Absolutely. No problem. KING: So if Astaire were around now, you'd dance with him. MADONNA: I'd be dancing on the walls. KING: Before we take another call, is this the most Grammys you have ever been nominated for? MADONNA: Definitely. KING: You won one Grammy years ago, right? MADONNA: I won a Grammy, but it wasn't really record-related. It was like a long-form video or something, so... KING: Are you nervous? MADONNA: I am nervous about performing. I am not nervous about the whole award thing. I mean, I am excited. I am keeping my fingers crossed. KING: Your friend Rosie O'Donnell is the MC. MADONNA: Yes, I'm very happy about that. KING: You're the opening act, right? MADONNA: Yes. KING: Does that give you a little more pressure? MADONNA: That's a good slot, the opening act. That's good. KING: They're all watching. MADONNA: Yes. KING: All right. When they open up the card, when they open up the envelope, truth -- do you expect to win? MADONNA: I am not saying. I don't want to jinx myself. KING: All right. Who is the one you're worried about the most? MADONNA: Who's my... KING: If you can't vote for you, who would you vote for, album of the year? MADONNA: Oh, that's a tough one. Tell me what the nominees are. KING: I don't know. I don't have... MADONNA: Probably Lauryn Hill. She's my -- she's my competition, I think. She's amazing. KING: For record of the year too? MADONNA: I think so. Yes, yes. KING: Atlanta, Georgia for Madonna. Hello. CALLER: Hello, Madonna. If your daughter Lourdes was old enough, would you allow her to work as an intern in the White House under Bill Clinton. MADONNA: If she was old enough? Absolutely. KING: Especially now, right? She would be safe. Is that what you would figure? MADONNA: Oh, well. My daughter would just never get involved with a married man because I would kill her if she did. KING: Were you ever involved with married man? MADONNA: No. KING: Was that like a hard-and-fast rule? MADONNA: Never get involved with a man who is involved with someone else. Yes. KING: You couldn't be second place... MADONNA: No, no, no, no. KING: I know of your active involvement in the fight against AIDS, but you're also into a New York City charity, Opus, right? What is that? MADONNA: Oh, well, that is an organization that was started by a woman called Roberta Gespari Tavaris -- maybe I said that wrong; did I say that right? -- who is an incredible woman I have gotten to know this past year. She teaches violin to kids in several schools in the inner city, and she has been actively involved in campaigning to raise money so that kids can enjoy learning about art and music in schools. And unfortunately, because of all the cutbacks in the public school systems, that's the first thing to go. And personally, my belief is that music and art is the most important thing to teach a child, so... KING: Atlanta, Georgia, hello. CALLER: Hello. I lost my mother when I was very young. And I'm now raising children. I know that Madonna also lost her mother when she was young. And I am wondering what difference does she think it might have made in how she's now raising her child. KING: Good question. MADONNA: What difference it would have made to have had a mother? KING: Yes, do you think -- and now that you know -- your mother was how old? MADONNA: She was 31. KING: You've outlived her by nine years and you had the child. And she had eight children. MADONNA: Well, she had six. My father remarried. But I mean, it's hard for me to say how I would be if my mother had lived. I am sure I would be very different. And I think to a certain extent I think that people that grow up -- girls that grow up without mothers tend to try even harder to kind of make up for what they didn't have. And I think they make very good parents. KING: When you lose a parent young -- I've had it happen; my father died -- there's always something missing. MADONNA: Yes, you walk around with a big hole inside of you... KING: Yes. MADONNA: ... a feeling of emptiness and longing that, you know, and -- I think a lot of times that's why you become an overachiever, you know, just trying to... KING: Got to -- got to show... MADONNA: Yes. KING: Are you close with brothers and sisters? MADONNA: Yes. KING: You're family keeps in touch? There hasn't been separation? MADONNA: Oh, yes, definitely. KING: Do you have big brothers? MADONNA: They all tortured me over the holidays. KING: Do you have big brothers? Are they still your kind of -- look up to them? MADONNA: Well, my big brothers, you know, they have had an interesting influence, especially my oldest brother. I mean, he totally, like, turned me on to the most kind of subversive things when I was a child, you know, like... KING: Political things. MADONNA: Well, no. He got -- like, I became a vegetarian because of my oldest brother. He used to, like -- he introduced me to Charles Bukowski and Richard Brautigan. You know, they were into the whole LSD drug culture, Maharishi orchestra. You know, I was really frightened by them but completely enamored of them as well. And they've both lived very adventurous lives. KING: Still do? MADONNA: Yes. (LAUGHTER) KING: How about your sisters? MADONNA: I am very close to a couple of my sisters. I am actually close to all of my sisters, particularly my one sister who lives in Los Angeles, and she has children. And she had children before me. KING: You're a good aunt. MADONNA: I like to think so. KING: Is she happily married? MADONNA: She's happily married. She has an incredible family. She's a great role model for me even though she's my younger sister. KING: You win the Grammy -- let's say you win. I predict. MADONNA: Please God. KING: Your lips to God, right? MADONNA: Yes. KING: You really want to win that, right? By the way, it's no baloney. Why not want to win it? MADONNA: Why not? Exactly. Of course I want to win. KING: Any concert tour coming? MADONNA: Yes. KING: This year? MADONNA: Yes, your lips to God. KING: Are you going to have one? MADONNA: Yes. KING: And what about another movie? MADONNA: Yes, I am going to do a movie in April. And then I am going to rehearse to go on tour. And then I'll probably play up until the millennium, New Year's Eve. KING: What's the movie? MADONNA: The movie's called "The Next Best Thing" with Rupert Everett. He's my co-star. KING: Rup. I love him. MADONNA: Yes. Isn't he great? KING: I love you too. Thanks for coming. MADONNA: Thank you so much.
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    Interview 1999 CNN 1

    LARRY KING, host of CNN's "Larry King Live": How did you get that name? Why are you a one-name person? MADONNA, entertainer: Well, I was born with that name. I was named after my mother. And I guess when I started making records, Madonna Ciccone seemed too long and complicated, and I just got stuck with Madonna. KING: What age did that start? MADONNA: The one-name deal? I guess when I was about 23. So I had two names until the age of 23. KING: But it took a lot of guts, right, to call yourself one name making your first record? MADONNA: No. It seemed completely natural. It means so many things. But I just felt like it was a very good stage name. And everybody actually thought it was a theatrical name that I took on, so. KING: It works, obviously. MADONNA: Yes, it's a name to live up to. KING: Were you a singing kid? Were you in the glee club? MADONNA: I was more of a dancing kid than a singing kid. I mean, I sang in school choirs and I sang in school musicals, but I was much more interested in dancing than singing. KING: What happened? You still dance, right? Dance is part of the act. MADONNA: Absolutely. But when I left Michigan and I came to New York, that was my goal, to be a professional dancer. And I sort of fell into singing by accident in a way. KING: How? MADONNA: Well, I danced in a lot of companies in New York for years, and realized that I was going to be living a hand-to-mouth existence for the rest of my life. KING: Companies meaning Broadway shows. MADONNA: Oh, no. Modern dance. KING: Oh, troupes. MADONNA: Yes, modern dance. And you know, it was really hard living, and so then I decided to start going to, like, off-Broadway auditions and Broadway auditions, mostly as a dancer. And I started singing -- I had to sing for the auditions, and then, you know, people would hear me sing. And they'd say, Hey, your voice isn't bad. And I'd say, Oh, really? I mean, I never had any training. I never wanted to be a singer. That's not how I started out. KING: Would you rather have been... MADONNA: A dancer? KING: Yes. MADONNA: No. I am quite happy with the way things have turned out. I mean, I incorporate... KING: Supposing dance paid as well. MADONNA: I'm glad that it turned out this way, because as a singer I can use all of my dance training. And I think that singing is much more of an emotional expression. KING: Are you a singer who dances and acts or are you an actor who sings and dances? Who are you? MADONNA: I don't know. KING: What are you? (LAUGHTER) How do you think of yourself first? MADONNA: That's hard to say. I mean, I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that. And -- I don't know. I mean, I guess since my original training was dancing .. I think of myself primarily as a dancer. KING: But performance artist is pretty good. It covers a wide... MADONNA: Yes, I like that because it covers everything. KING: Covers acting, certainly. MADONNA: Covers everything. And we have to act all the time, don't we? KING: Yes. Don't we? Have you enjoyed all the fame you have gotten? Obviously you wanted it, right? You don't choose this business without wanting to be well-known, one would think. I don't want to presume that. Did you? MADONNA: That's true. You don't. But on the other hand, before you're famous, you don't know what you're getting yourself into and you don't know until you're in the middle of it what you have sort of asked for. KING: What's the worst thing about it? MADONNA: The worst thing about being famous? I think it's what everybody says -- the lack of privacy and the idea that you're not really allowed to make mistakes and everything that you do is viewed under a microscope. KING: So therefore, do you hide? MADONNA: Well... KING: As, say, Mr. Presley did. MADONNA: He hid? KING: Well, he hid. Jackie Gleason told him don't hide or you're going to be lonely. Go out. MADONNA: No. I don't hide. I definitely don't hide. I mean, I go out. I go for walks. I go to the theater. No. I just... KING: Do you like or not like being recognized? MADONNA: If I have a pimple, I don't want to be recognized. I mean, really, it depends on the mood I am in. Sometimes you want to go for a walk and you don't want to be watched. You just want to be anonymous and blend in. Especially when I travel, I feel that way, because I can't really go out and see a city the way other people can and I miss out on a lot. KING: You can't be a tourist? MADONNA: Yes. I like to be the watcher and not the watchee. KING: What's the best thing about it? MADONNA: Free clothes. KING: You get free clothes? MADONNA: Yes, it's great. KING: Designers give you clothes so that you'll wear it to the... MADONNA: To everything -- to this interview. KING: They gave you this? MADONNA: Yes. I'm wearing, you know, free Gucci leather jacket. KING: And to Gucci, that's worth it? MADONNA: Yes. But you know, it's a privilege. It's a perk. It comes with the territory. But you know, it's like we work the clothes, right? KING: What's the best thing about it? MADONNA: Free clothes. KING: You get free clothes? MADONNA: Yes, it's great. KING: Designers give you clothes so that you'll wear it to the... MADONNA: To everything -- to this interview. KING: They gave you this? MADONNA: Yes. I'm wearing, you know, free Gucci leather jacket. KING: And to Gucci, that's worth it? MADONNA: Yes. But you know, it's a privilege. It's a perk. It comes with the territory. But you know, it's like we work the clothes, right? MADONNA: Yes. I kind of forget that I have money sometimes. KING: You have had an unusual life. MADONNA: I've had an incredible life. I am truly blessed. KING: On the base of it, it's much more pluses than minuses? MADONNA: Absolutely. I mean, we were talking about fame earlier and there are bad things about it, but I wouldn't trade my life for anyone's. KING: The marriage to Sean Penn -- it got so much attention and knowing him, he didn't like that. MADONNA: No. KING: Did you like it? You were in the tabloids every other day. MADONNA: No, I didn't like the attention, the focus on the state of the our marriage. I like attention when it's about the work, but not about relationships. KING: And he didn't like it either? MADONNA: No, he hated it -- no. KING: Are you friends? MADONNA: Yes, we are. KING: Are you happy for how his career has gone? MADONNA: Oh, yes I think he's an incredible actor and I think he's done very well. I'm, you know, I'm honored to know him. KING: So that part of your life while it may have not ended the way you like, was it a plus, when you look back and say, I am glad I had that experience? Some people would; some people wouldn't. MADONNA: No, I learned a lot. The thing is he's an -- I learned a lot. He's an incredible human being. He's intelligent; he's talented. Even though things didn't work out for us in terms of our marriage, I don't regret marrying him for a moment. KING: How about being a mother? MADONNA: I certainly don't regret that. KING: I mean is it all you thought it would be? MADONNA: It's more than what I thought it would be. KING: The press, they all refer to it as you were out looking for someone. You deliberately wanted to pick a father. Was any of that true? MADONNA: Absolutely not. I had a relationship for two years with Carlos before I got pregnant and I was madly in love with him, and it's a ludicrous accusation. I don't know where it came from. It's not fair. It's not fair to me and it's not fair to him. KING: Is he a good father? MADONNA: He's an excellent father. KING: Sees the child. MADONNA: Oh, yes. KING: What do you like best about motherhood? You had it late, right? You were 37. MADONNA: Thirty-eight, actually, when I gave birth, yes. What do I like best about it? Every day I am in complete wonderment of her and I love being woken up in the morning. I love her coming in the room and kissing me and waking me up. I love looking into her eyes. I love watching her grow. I love watching her absorb life around her. KING: As you see her, she's rather pretty. MADONNA: Oh, yes, she's gorgeous, if I do say so. KING: But you also have a life of flying here, flying there, being on stage. MADONNA: Yes. So far she goes everywhere I go. KING: What are you going do when she goes to school? MADONNA: Well, I am going to stay in one place when she's in school. Starting at the age of four I am not going to travel while she's in school. Say I have to go somewhere for the weekend or something like that, I would leave her, but I don't want to take her out of school and I don't want to be away from her for any extended period of time. KING: Is she going through terrible twos? MADONNA: Yes, lots of tantrums. She's got -- yes. She has two things that she sort of, like, if she can't have, she throws herself on the floor and starts... KING: And so we give it to her or don't... MADONNA: No, no we don't give it to her. KING: Oh, that's Midwest, we don't give it to her. Jews, we give it to her. MADONNA: Really? KING: What else? Why would you... MADONNA: You can't, that's not good. KING: I know, my wife tells me that's not good. But how do you not? How do you not? How do you not -- a child is pleading for something. MADONNA: Because you have to -- I mean you have to have discipline. You have to teach them discipline. You have to show them who's in charge. If you give in to them every time they're going to run your life. Come on, Larry. KING: Isn't it hard not to, though? Truth? Especially when you get a little older -- I don't mean that 38 is old. MADONNA: I'll give in when she says she wants a piece of sugarless gum. Then I'll say yes, but she can't watch TV. KING: She can't watch TV? MADONNA: No, she won't be watching this interview. KING: Why can't she watch? MADONNA: Because I don't want her to get addicted to it. Kids get addicted to it. They become mesmerized. KING: Barney? MADONNA: No, no there's no Barney in her life. KING: No Barney. MADONNA: No. KING: That's like mean. MADONNA: No, it's not. I didn't watch TV when I grew up. She likes to read. She uses her imagination. She's very verbal. She has an incredible memory. All of those things I don't think she would have if she watched TV all the time. KING: Do you ever feel when you see Barney or hear about him that you're depriving her? I'm only kidding. MADONNA: No, I don't get it -- that big purple thing -- I don't get it. KING: Neither do I. It's a big purple thing. MADONNA: Is it a purple thing -- right I can't remember -- or is it a yellow thing? KING: Purple. MADONNA: No, that's Big Bird -- OK. (LAUGHTER) KING: When people think of Madonna, they think of lots of things: singer, actress, talent. And they also think sex. And that was something you promoted, didn't you? I mean, you wrote a book about it. MADONNA: Well, I didn't write a book about sex. I wrote a book that -- I mean I published a book that basically was sort of a -- an ironic tongue-in-cheek, sticking-my-tongue-out-at-society photo essay... KING: Take that. MADONNA: So there. KING: Yes, well it worked, obviously. It sold and people reacted to it. MADONNA: It pissed off a lot of people, too. KING: Yes. What did it do -- did it affect your career at all? MADONNA: Well, probably. I mean, I would think everything I've done has affected my career. KING: I mean negatively. You think people said, "Boy, she shouldn't have done that." MADONNA: Yes, I think that there were a lot of people that were freaked out about it, yes. KING: What about your daughter when she grows up and gets to see it? MADONNA: Well, she sees my naked body almost every day. I don't think she's going to be freaked out about it. I... KING: You don't think it will bother her. MADONNA: No, not at all. And besides, if you really read and you know me and you know my sense of humor, it's not meant to be -- it was never meant to be this, like: "Oh, this is the hottest book of the most incredible sexual fantasies." That's not what it's meant to be. KING: It was a parody in a sense? MADONNA: Yes, it was meant to be tongue-in-cheek, and, you know, I think she'll understand it. I'll explain it to her. KING: The thing that you're always linked with many: Do you like that? Like famous men? People think of you and they think of Dennis Rodman and Warren Beatty and... MADONNA: I've gone out with as many not-famous men as famous men. KING: But do you like that linking? You're very involved in making it. Is that good for the career to be known that you're out with someone famous? MADONNA: I don't need any of those people to help my career, and, quite frankly, I don't think they did. I think that everything I've done, I've done on my own. You know, sometimes you say -- you can say to yourself, Well, it's easier to be with someone who's famous, because they're not freaked out about having their picture taken..." KING: Yes. MADONNA: ... and they're not freaked out about being written about and stuff like that. But at the end of the day, it's hard for everybody, and, you know, famous or not, it's difficult to be in a relationship with anyone that's in the entertainment business. KING: Do you want to marry? MADONNA: I don't know. I don't know how I feel about that. KING: Why? MADONNA: Well, because sometimes I ask myself what, you know, what does marriage mean. What is it exactly? What's the point of it? It seems like a really... KING: Nice tradition, though, isn't it? If it were just a tradition of bonding. MADONNA: I certainly -- I'm a romantic, and I believe in true love, and the whole, you know, finding your soul mate and all of those things, but I just don't know the whole marriage thing -- I mean, what's the point of it really? KING: You don't see a point? MADONNA: Well, I'm not sure. I mean, don't know how I feel about it. I'm really conflicted, because there's a part of me that thinks that it's a sacred ritual and a beautiful tradition, and then there's a part of me that thinks that it was -- it came from a time when -- when women -- when it was a contract, that a woman entered into when a woman wasn't capable of taking care of herself and she needed a man to take care of her, and so I, you know, I have a lot of mixed feelings about it. KING: The Catholic part of you probably wants to, right? MADONNA: The Catholic part of me, and there is -- I do have an old-fashioned part of me, the romantic part of me, but... KING: Supposing you met someone, you fell in love, and he wanted to get married. MADONNA: Well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. KING: Good answer. Are you interested in politics by the way? MADONNA: Oh, yes, very. KING: And do you support candidates? Are you outspoken? MADONNA: To a certain extent. I mean, you know, when I am interviewed -- I certainly support President Clinton. KING: Do you feel he's getting... MADONNA: The short end of the stick? Yes. KING: But he caused it, though. MADONNA: Well -- he caused it? How -- I mean... KING: Well, I mean, no act, no follow-up. MADONNA: Well, that's true to a certain extent. But I mean, you know, he's not the first president to have an adulterous relationship. So I think it's a combination of his behavior, and you know, the lynch mob mentality of the Republican Party. KING: Are you surprised that the public is in his corner? MADONNA: No, not at all. KING: Because we're supposed to be very puritanical about sex. MADONNA: Well, we're not, are we? And thank God. I mean, at the end of the day, I think whether you think he did the right thing or the wrong thing or whatever, I think most people just want to get on with things. And you know, let's get back to the important issues, and I think people are really sick of it. KING: The movies -- enjoy doing films? MADONNA: Yes. I do. KING: Like stage -- I saw you do -- have you done other stage other than... MADONNA: I did two plays. I did a David Mamet play and I did David Ray play. And I loved doing both of them. And I would love to do another play. I think performing live is far superior to filming -- absolutely. KING: So you would rather be in a theater? MADONNA: Yes, I would actually. KING: Was "Evita" difficult? MADONNA: Oh, yes. That's an understatement. KING: Because? MADONNA: Well... KING: Crowd scenes? MADONNA: It was difficult -- it was difficult on every level. It was difficult because we were, you know, filming in Argentina. And we were making a movie about a person that was a very controversial political figure. So there were mob scenes about people who didn't want us to make the movie and mob scenes about people who wanted us to make the movie. And then, you know, the heat and the thousands of extras, and you know, we were moving around the world to different continents. And I was pregnant. And you know, it was a long shoot. And we were making a musical. I mean... KING: Was it tougher? It was kind of an opera. MADONNA: Yes. KING: There was no spoken word in it. MADONNA: Not really, no. And it was -- I think, you know -- I think that Alan really was -- you know, we were all doing something, and we weren't sure what we were doing in a way. KING: Alan... MADONNA: Alan Parker, yes. I mean, I think everyone believed in what we were doing and everyone was really passionate about it, but no one's ever done a movie like that before, so it was a risk. KING: Were you surprised at how well Antonio Banderas sang? MADONNA: I was. I was very surprised. He has a lovely voice. KING: Did you like working with him? MADONNA: I loved working with him. He's great. He really is. KING: Good friend? MADONNA: Yes. Great actor, great singer, charming man, very generous. Yes. He was great. KING: You did another movie everybody that I know liked that didn't do well. MADONNA: Which one? KING: The murder -- where you were the murderess. MADONNA: The what? KING: You were a murderer. MADONNA: Oh, I think I have been a murderess in a couple of movies. KING: With... MADONNA: Oh, yes. "Body of Evidence." KING: "Body of Evidence" with Willem Dafoe and... MADONNA: And... KING: ... Ray... MADONNA: No, wait a minute. My co-star in "Speed the Plow." Oh, God. Joe Mantegna. KING: Joe Mantegna. MADONNA: Yes, yes. He's great too. KING: So films would be secondary to theater, though, I just wondered... MADONNA: Well, just in terms of the enjoyment factor of doing it. But I would love to make another great film. I haven't made a movie since I did "Evita" because I haven't really found something that I was as passionate about. But I am going to make a movie in a couple of months. KING: "Dick Tracy" fun? MADONNA: That was fun. That was fun, for sure. I had a really good time on that. KING: And you like co-star Warren Beatty? MADONNA: I do, indeed. KING: Me too. Not in the same way. No. MADONNA: Maybe in the same way. KING: Maybe in the same way. (LAUGHTER) KING: Madonna's album "Ray of Light" has already gone triple-platinum. It's included in the "Album of the Year" and "Record of the Year" for the Grammys. She has six Grammy nominations. She will sing "Ray of Light" as the opening number at the Grammys in February. She's on the cover of the latest edition of "Harper's Bazaar" magazine with her new look, that of a geisha. Is that the way you describe this? Is this a geisha look? MADONNA: Geisha. KING: Geisha, geisha. MADONNA: Yes, inspired by -- I read a book called "Memoirs of a Geisha," which had a... KING: Great book. MADONNA: Yes. Did you read it? KING: Great book. MADONNA: Incredible. Yes there was a character in the book called Hutsie Momo and she's been my muse for the past six months. So I don't know.
  8. "Michael Jackson... I have a little bit more to say than that. OK, here we go again. Michael Jackson was born in August 1958. So was I. Michael Jackson grew up in the suburbs of the Midwest. So did I. Michael Jackson had eight brothers and sisters. So do I. When Michael Jackson was six, he became a superstar, and was perhaps the world’s most beloved child. When I was six, my mother died. I think he got the shorter end of the stick. I never had a mother, but he never had a childhood. And when you never get to have something, you become obsessed by it. I spent my childhood searching for my mother figures. Sometimes I was successful, but how do you recreate your childhood when you are under the magnifying glass of the world? There is no question that Michael Jackson is one of the greatest talents the world has ever known. That when he sang a song at the ripe old age of eight he could make you feel like an experienced adult was squeezing your heart with his words. That when he moved he had the elegance of Fred Astaire and packed the punch of Muhammad Ali. That his music had an extra layer of inexplicable magic that didn’t just make you want to dance but actually made you believe you could fly, dare to dream, be anything that you wanted to be. Because that is what heroes do and Michael Jackson was a hero. He performed in soccer stadiums around the world, and sold hundreds of millions of records and dined with prime ministers and presidents. Girls fell in love with him, boys fell in love with him, everyone wanted to dance like him. He seemed otherworldly — but he was a human being. Like most performers he was shy and plagued with insecurities. I can’t say we were great friends, but in 1991 I decided I wanted to try to get to know him better. I asked him out to dinner, I said “My treat, I’ll drive — just you and me.” He agreed and showed up to my house without any bodyguards. We drove to the restaurant in my car. It was dark out, but he was still wearing sunglasses. I said, “Michael, I feel like I’m talking to a limousine. Do you think you can take off your glasses so I can see your eyes?” Then he tossed the glasses out the window, looked at me with a wink and a smile and said, “Can you see me now? Is that better?” in that moment, I could see both his vulnerability and his charm. The rest of the dinner, I was hellbent on getting him to eat French fries, drink wine, have dessert and say bad words. Things he never seemed to allow himself to do. Later we went back to my house to watch a movie and sat on the couch like two kids, and somewhere in the middle of the movie, his hand snuck over and held mine. It felt like he was looking for more of a friend than a romance, and I was happy to oblige. In that moment, he didn’t feel like a superstar. He felt like a human being. We went out a few more times together, and then for one reason or another we fell out of touch. Then the witch hunt began, and it seemed like one negative story after another was coming out about Michael. I felt his pain, I know what it’s like to walk down the street and feel like the whole world is turned against you. I know what it’s like to feel helpless and unable to defend yourself because the roar of the lynch mob is so loud you feel like your voice can never be heard. But I had a childhood, and I was allowed to make mistakes and find my own way in the world without the glare of the spotlight. When I first heard that Michael had died, I was in London, days away from the start of my tour. Michael was going to perform in the same venue as me a week later. All I could think about in this moment was, “I had abandoned him.” That we had abandoned him. That we had allowed this magnificent creature who had once set the world on fire to somehow slip through the cracks. While he was trying to build a family and rebuild his career, we were all passing judgement. Most of us had turned our backs on him. In a desperate attempt to hold onto his memory, I went on the internet to watch old clips of him dancing and singing on TV and on stage and I thought, “my God, he was so unique, so original, so rare, and there will never be anyone like him again. He was a king.” But he was also a human being, and alas we are all human beings and sometimes we have to lose things before we can appreciate them. I want to end this on a positive note and say that my sons, age nine and four, are obsessed with Michael Jackson. There’s a whole lot of crotch grabbing and moon walking going on in my house. And, it seems like a whole new generation of kids have discovered his genius and are bringing him to life again. I hope that wherever Michael is right now he is smiling about this. Yes, Michael Jackson was a human being but he was a king. Long live the king."
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    JOKE:)

    Little Mary was not the best student in Sunday School. Usually she slept through the class. One day the teacher called on her while she was napping, ''Tell me, Mary, who created the universe?'' When Mary didn't stir, little Johnny, an altruistic boy seated in the chair behind her, took a pin and jabbed her in the rear. ''God Almighty !'' shouted Mary and the teacher said, ''Very good'' and Mary fell back to sleep. A while later the teacher asked Mary, ''Who is our Lord and Savior?'' But Mary didn't even stir from her slumber. Once again, Johnny came to the rescue and stuck her again. ''Jesus Christ!'' shouted Mary and the teacher said, ''Very good,'' and Mary fell back to sleep. Then the teacher asked Mary a third question, ''What did Eve say to Adam after she had her twenty-third child?'' And again, Johnny jabbed her with the pin. This time Mary jumped up and shouted, ''If you stick that damn thing in me one more time, I'll break it in half!'' The Teacher fainted.
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    The secrets of secret

    "Secret" is a song by Madonna, released as the first single from her 1994 album Bedtime stories. It was released in September 1994 and became a top ten hit around the world, including reaching number three in the US and five in the UK. "Secret" was originally written and produced by Madonna with Shep Pettibone , who she had collaborated with on the 1992 album Erotica. Unusual for the mid-90's, Madonna promoted this song on the Internet, with a 30-second sample of "Secret" and the cover image of the then-unreleased Bedtime Stories. She also left a message with the following words: "Hello, all you Cyberheads! Welcome to the 90's version of intimacy. You can hear me... You can even see me... But you can't touch me... do you recognize my voice?... It's Madonna. Often imitated, but never duplicated. Or, should I say, often irritated? If you feel like it, you can download the sound file of my new single "Secret", from my new album, "Bedtime Stories", which comes out next month. I just shot the video in New York, and will be premiering an exclusive sample of it online. So check back soon. In the meantime, why don't you post me a message and let me know what you think of my new song. And by the way, don't believe any of those online imposters pretending to be me... ain't nothing like the real thing. Peace out." The black and white music video was directed by photographer Melodie McDaniel and was filmed on September 9, 1994 at the Lenox Lounge in Harlem, New York. SECRET Things haven't been the same Since you came into my life You found a way to touch my soul And I'm never ever ever gonna let it go Happiness lies in your own hand It took me much too long to understand How it could be Until you shared your Secret with me Something's comin' over Mmm mmm something's comin' over Mmm mmm something's comin' over me My baby's got a secret You gave me back the paradise That I thought I lost for good You helped me find the reasons why It took me by surprise that you understood You knew all along What I never wanted to say Until I learned to love myself I was never ever lovin' anybody else Happiness lies in your own hand It took me much too long to understand How it could be Until you shared your Secret with me Something's comin' over Mmm mmm something's comin' over Mmm mmm something's comin' over me My baby's got a secret Mmm mmm something's comin' over Mmm mmm something's comin' over Mmm mmm something's comin' over me My baby's got a secret Happiness lies in your own hand It took me much too long to understand How it could be Until you shared your Secret with me Mmm mmm something's comin' over Mmm mmm something's comin' over Mmm mmm something's comin' over me My baby's got a secret Mmm mmm something's comin' over Mmm mmm something's comin' over Mmm mmm something's comin' over me My baby's got a secret Mmm mmm my baby's got a secret Mmm mmm my baby's got a secret Mmm mmm my baby's got a secret for me Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm
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    I`ll remember

    "I'll Remember" was released on March 8, 1994, as the soundtrack single of the 1994 film With Honors."I'll Remember" has characteristics of late Seventies styled songs. It utilizes a synthesized keyboard arrangement to bring about a continuously reverberating sound of heartbeat. Contemporary critics praised the song, hailing it as one of Madonna's best works. After its release, the song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Madonna's fifth song to do so. It reached the top of the charts in Canada and Italy. In other nations it reached the top-ten. Lyrically the song talks about Madonna looking back on a good love affair. The music video was directed by Alek Keshishian who had previously directed the live performance versions of Like a virgin (1984) and Holiday (1983) from the Truth or dare documentary and also the music video of her single This used to be my playground (1992) The video featured production credits by Diane Greenwalt, editing by Patrick Sheffield and photography by Stephen Ramsey. The video was compared to the music video of Madonna's single Rain (1993) The song was perfomed by: Madonna - writer and vocals, Patrick Leonard – co-writer, drums, keyboard, production, Richard Page - co-writer, Dean Parks - acoustic guitar, Suzie Katayama - cello. Mmmm, mmmm Say good-bye to not knowing when The truth in my whole life began Say good-bye to not knowing how to cry You taught me that Chorus (first time substitute "strength" for "love" and "saved" for "changed"): And I'll remember the love that you gave me Now that I'm standing on my own I'll remember the way that you changed me I'll remember Inside I was a child That could not mend a broken wing Outside I looked for a way To teach my heart to sing (chorus) I learned to let go of the illusion that we can possess I learned to let go, I travel in stillness And I'll remember happiness I'll remember [i'll remember] Mmmmm... [i'll remember] Mmmmm... (chorus) [i'll remember] No I've never been afraid to cry Now I finally have a reason why I'll remember [i'll remember] (repeat 3 times, substituting "And" for "Now" the second and third times)
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    Rain video

    I love the video and the song! Tried to find a good quality video. I feel it, it's coming Chorus: Rain, feel it on my finger tips Hear it on my window pane Your love's coming down like Rain, wash away my sorrow Take away my pain Your love's coming down like rain When your lips are burning mine And you take the time to tell me how you feel When you listen to my words And I know you've heard, I know it's real Rain is what this thunder brings For the first time I can hear my heart sing Call me a fool but I know I'm not I'm gonna stand out here on the mountain top Till I feel your (chorus) When you looked into my eyes And you said goodbye could you see my tears When I turned the other way Did you hear me say I'd wait for all the dark clouds bursting in a perfect sky You promised me when you said goodbye That you'd return when the storm was done And now I'll wait for the light, I'll wait for the sun Till I feel your (chorus) Here comes the sun, here comes the sun And I say, never go away Waiting is the hardest thing [it's strange I feel like I've known you before] I tell myself that if I believe in you [And I want to understand you] In the dream of you [More and more] With all my heart and all my soul [When I'm with you] That by sheer force of will [i feel like a magical child] I will raise you from the ground [Everything strange] And without a sound you'll appear [Everything wild] And surrender to me, to love Rain is what the thunder brings For the first time I can hear my heart sing Call me a fool but I know I'm not I'm gonna stand out here on the mountain top Till I feel your Rain, I feel it, it's coming Your love's coming down like (repeat) (chorus) Rain, I feel it, it's coming Your love's coming down like (repeat) Rain
  13. Your heart is not open So I must go The spell has been broken I loved you so Freedom comes when you learn to let go Creation comes when you learn to say no You were my lesson I had to learn I was your fortress You had to burn Pain is a warning that something's wrong I pray to God that it won't be long Do you wanna go higher? There's nothing left to try There's no place left to hide There's no greater power than the power of good-bye Your heart is not open So I must go The spell has been broken I loved you so You were my lesson I had to learn I was your fortress There's nothing left to lose There's no more heart to bruise There's no greater power than the power of good-bye Learn to say good-bye I yearn to say good-bye There's nothing left to try There's no more places to hide There's no greater power than the power of good-bye There's nothing left to lose There's no more heart to bruise There's no greater power than the power of good-bye
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    Quotes of Madonna

    Madonna quotes: To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage; because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt. Never forget to dream. A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.( from "Sex ") I'm tough, I'm ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a ***CENSORED***, okay. Sometimes you have to be a ***CENSORED*** to get things done. I became an overachiever to get approval from the world. I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God. I always thought I should be treated like a star. I have the same goal I've had ever since I was a girl. I want to rule the world. I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this. When I'm hungry, I eat. When I'm thirsty, I drink. When I feel like saying something, I say it. I'd like to think I am taking people on a journey; I am not just entertaining people, but giving them something to think about when they leave. I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art. I try to have thick skin, but every once in a while I read something that someone says about me, and it's so slanderous and moralistic and it has nothing to do with my music. I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive. I'd love to be a memorable figure in the history of entertainment in some sexual, comic, tragic way. I'd like to leave the impression that Marilyn Monroe did, to be able to arouse so many different feelings in people. I think the ultimate challenge is to have some kind of style and grace, even though you haven't got money, or standing in society, or formal education. I had a very middle, lower-middle class sort of upbringing, but I identify with people who've had, at some point in their lives to struggle to survive. It adds another color to your character.
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