Maybe you’ve heard that Madonna and Lady Gaga indulged in a little twittertiff a few weeks ago about the connection between Gaga’s song “Born This Way” and Madonna’s classic “Express Yourself.” (Funny to think that bad-girl Madge is in the position of having a “classic,” isn’t it? In the same ironic vein as “Jumping Jack Flash” becoming supermarket muzak.) I don’t know about you, but the first time I heard …
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Madonna, The Spectacle, Part I: shock and … er …
So Husband and I went to see Madonna at her first-ever performance in the Gulf region. She played Abu Dhabi for two nights; the second stop on her world tour. Her first stop? Tel Aviv. And yes, the Israeli-Arabic connection was deliberate on her part: she told her Israeli audience that they can’t be her fans if they don’t work for peace, in the Middle East and in the world. …