“Make a hometown girl feel welcome,” Madonna urged at her long-time-coming return to Michigan Nov. 18 at Ford Field. And they did. All 30,000 of them. Amidst a undersold sea of girls and gays, the Rochester native performed, as part of her “Sticky & Sweet Tour,” her first home-state show in seven years, suggestively opening with her leg thrown over the side of a throne. For two zippy hours, she extended her unflappable energy through a short-on-sex spectacle that was, as expected, a grandiose, bipolar – but mostly hella fun – affair. It was easy to get lost in her labyrinth of awesomeness, and I did. Heck, even a few days later I'm still wow-ing over these moments (multiple Madonnas! “Material Girl”! Double Dutching!) – dreaming of them, waking up to them, bragging (endlessly) about them. Let’s hope it’s not another seven years before we do it again, Madonna.
NEW OLDIES
The Queen of Reinvention lived up to that title. Toying with oldies-but-goodies – a punk-rock “Borderline” (with Madonna rocking the electric guitar), a on-speed “Into the Groove,” and a risky, but effing fab, hyper-Latin “La Isla Bonita” – was another reminder why wannabes continue trying to top her swagger, style and sophistication, but never come close.
THE ZINGERS
Plenty escaped her unfiltered mouth – but not just when she sang (or pretended to). She harassed some dude with an allegedly bad ‘do, she sneered when people wouldn’t sing along, but, best of all, she recognized her Michigan MIA-ness: “I don’t come here very often – so, please, make a big deal out of it.” (No problem!).
JUMP ROPING
Jump roping double Dutch style, not just a thing for fifth grade girls. Even though she looked like one, (barely) dressed in teeny-tiny, apple-red shorts – and an ear-to-ear smile – she, during “Into the Groove,” gleefully made an elementary pastime part of a sly, old-school song section. Next tour: Hopscotch, please?
For the complete list, check out Between The Lines on Thursday. And, Madonna fans, what were some of your Madge-ic moments?
1 comment:
Gosh, that was just TOO much fun!
I love the whole, "...please, make a big deal out of it!" thing. Haha.
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