In my MDNA

Dateline: 17 August 2018, Manila

No self-respecting gay man who thrived in the pop chameleon decade of the eighties will pass from celebrating Madonna's turning 60 this month and this year (16 August), still at the height of her career, remaining the undisputed queen of her musical domain. So, my best friend like forever and ever Gregg enjoins you all to a celebration. (Just kidding.)

But it's also my mom's birth month, so I'd checked out if I could mash up these two august August occasions. The result however was sobering... "Promise to Try" is the fifth of eleven tracks of Madonna's album Like a Prayer, critically acclaimed, controversial and was once condemned. The album was dedicated to her mother, who passed when the artist was very young, and the song, according to Mad Eyes, has the artist dealing with her mother's death.

Little girl
Don't you forget her face
Laughing away your tears
When she was the one who felt all the pain  

Little girl
Never forget her eyes
Keep them alive inside
I promise to try
It's not the same

Sigh. Anyways. I could not begin to write a better jubilant paragraph on the occasion of H.M. Madge's big six-oh as the Independent's:

This year, Madonna welcomes in her 60th birthday with 300 million album sales under her belt (21 of which have earned top 10 status), 22 film appearances, a Grammy Award and the undisputed moniker as the “Queen of Pop”. Madonna is one of the most famous women in the world.

The article carries nine of Madonna's biggest hit singles according to the Independent's writer-critics. But if you're not too happy with just nine, considering the three decades (and counting) of the Queen's flourishing career, Billboard has 100 notables featured just for her birthday.

One selection of Billboard's Madonna 100 made me remember something: I used to tease my BFF Gregg with songs and images relating to angels for reasons I still am not allowed to disclose. "Angel," the second of nine tracks from Madonna's album Like a Virgin, coos "Ooh, you're an angel in disguise, I can see it in your eyes." BFF does get easily taken by them eyes.





[This post is antedated: 20180825]