Last month, I covered Madonna’s first music video from her new album MDNA. The single was “Give Me All Your Luv” and the video was absolutely AWFUL. It was epic in its sketchiness. So now Madge has a new music video for her next single, “Girl Gone Wild”. Yes, Joe Francis already threatened to sue her for the “Girls Gone Wild” reference. I don’t even know what to say about that. Sigh… here’s the video, and I’ll add my thoughts afterwards:
Black and white. Plastic face. Cigarettes. Pills. Apple. Crotch-grabbing. Chains. Dudes in pantyhose. Chicken cutlet cheeks. Wall climbing (except not really). Gay dudes nuzzling each other. Sculpted eyebrows. Dudes in high heels. Basically… this is a sad mess. As Michael K said, it’s like Madonna is referencing Lady Gaga’s Madonna referencing. Madge is trying to do some old-school “Vogue” stuff, but it’s just… sad.
I have to give Madge credit for two things, though. One, her body is looking much better these days. I’m not being facetious either. I remember how gristly and hard an ‘roidy she looked when she was training incessantly with Tracy Anderson. I don’t know who is training her these days (I doubt it’s still Tracy), but they’re doing a much better job. Madge’s body looks long and toned and graceful. The second thing I have to applaud her for: the weak vocals in this song. She’s not a strong singer, and these vocals seem very, very soft. You can barely hear what she’s saying.
Cover art from MDNA.
JUST AMAZING!!!
love to see her wickedness and posing off come back.
love to see her dancing again.
still showing the young ones how to do a great pop video.
ol’ ho…hahahaha
love it.
Madonna needs to stop now, it’s painful. I’m embarrassed for her daughter.
I’m with you on this one!!
I agree. It is kind of sad. I used to like Madonna as a child, but it seems like in the Wizard of Oz, the curtain has been pulled back and what is left is a desperate woman that doesn’t appreciate where she is and instead wants to go backward.
Her recent singles sound like Avril Lavine. Maybe I wouldn’t be so harsh on the videos if she actually made some great songs.
i love muscular guys in high heels
ditto
snap!
I laughed.
God she’s so pathetic.
Jealous? Who says that at a certain “age” you have to stop having fun? Her body is more banging than 90% of the 20 year olds I see out there.
You know who’s pathetic? People who think anyone over a certain age (especially women, we should just go away when we no longer look like 15 year olds) can’t have fun or be relevant anymore.
That’s all.
I am over “a certain age” and I certainly have fun but I think the criticism is that Madonna and other women (Demi)in this age group are desperately trying to hold on to an image of a much younger self. There comes to a point when it is just pathetic. We all grow older and it is natural to want to retain a youthful look but at some point it just starts looking ridiculous. It is like “glamours” used by magicians in books – we are supposed to believe with all the fillers, botox, surgery, photoshop, and creative use of camera filters that these women are still in their 20’s. There is nothing wrong with getting older as the alternative sucks. Just do it with a little dignity or you WILL set yourself up for snarky comments.
I think that she needs to stop all of the antics that she is doing,that worked for her years ago. To me, it’s just not working anymore, and it quite embarrassing to watch.
Yuya, Dawn didn’t say anything about her age! YOU went there!
And you also have to keep in mind that the “banging” body you see in the video has been altered by digital touch ups. It doesn’t have to be a still photograph to be photoshopped.
^THIS
I LOVE it! Classic Madonna. Can’t wait for the album.
ugh, she really needs to stop calling herself ‘girl’. come on, you’re old!
oh…I thought “girls gone wild” was referring to the guys in panty hose. But then I am a smartass…
I am 50. Take care of myself, have a great figure and dress very nicely. I am NOT old! I find your comment very insensitive and hurtful.
aww, don’t be hurt. I am 55 and I relate to you. I look nice, I don’t dress like a frump and I feel good about myself, too. I don’t think the person posting meant those of us this age are old, as in we are no longer relevant or can’t look nice – I think it is more calling out Madonna for trying too desperately to hang on to her 20’s. That is not attractive in women in their 50’s.
I am decades younger than Madonna, and what she is saying to people of my generation is “It sucks so much to be my age, I am going to pretend I am not”. The way she has messed up her face suggests that reality is just too harsh to level with. Looking at her makes me terrified to get older.
I am way more inspired by women like Meryl Streep who maintains a glow about her and seems so vibrant and happy with where she TRULY is in life. I found her kind of sexiness in “Its Complicated” to be waaaaaay hotter than someone trying to pretend they are 25.
Wait? I just woke up. Is it 1991 again?
Does Madonna realises that she is NOT a girl anymore and hasn’t been one for more than two decades ?
Lola and Mercy are girls. She is grandma’s age and should just stop with that youthful obsession and public display of patheticness..it’s getting real embarrassing…
Err… Make that FOUR decades! Pathetic old hag. You’ve got wealth, children and security. Quit clinging to your glory days!
All the religious references are freaking OLD & TIRED! Gaga, Madonna… Bitches PLEASE find a new shtick.
You are not contributing ANYTHING new/interesting to the music field at this point.
Btw, the men in pantyhose & heels; BARF!
Oh shut up, you homophobe
Not finding men in pantyhose and high heels attractive does not make one a homophobe. Get over yourself.
Nothing homophobic about this you moron. Men in heels and pantyhose just look pathetic. I bet you think YOU look good in them though!
Luls, I agree!
I agree! There’s nothing homophobic about it. They just look stupid.
BTW – the male dancers in tights no shirts and platform stillettos was spot on sexy as was the dancing 0 and while i dont like the album GGW is what a madonna sound should be a- luvin was way to stupid for an adult man to dig _ but i dg the crazy sexiness of GGW- and the video was a pefect choice of set cinnamatography and choreograoh – and touched or untouched Madonnas body arqueably one of the best bodies on the planet and still is at 53 – i have noticed she keeps wearing glove and sleeves to hide her veins _ Madonna show it off girl dont let the critisicms of fat overweight people shame u into feeling bad about your muscles or VEINS> Madonna if some brings it up i think you should say Fuck u – suck m y clit and then eat another LG pizza and a gallon of ice cream >>>> i feel Madonna – the person she is and majority of her catalogue _ I will allways have a place in my heart for Madonna and yes I want those stillettos features in the vid : )
It’s a bit reductive…
You said it. The shirtless men dancing in high heels was already done by Kylie Minogue back in 2002. I guess she (or more accurately, the people she hires to do the creative thinking) has run out of ideas.
Madonna is not only a copycat of others who came before her, in this video she’s copying her earlier self. Her singing, which was never strong to begin with, has gotten even worse.
As for her Kylie ripoff (male dancers in high heels), Madonna knows her fanatics are ignorant about it. They aren’t aware how derivative this is because they suffer from tunnel vision. They think everything began with their “queen”. LQTM.
Nice! I see what you did there Livia.
It’s kinda sad. Must be so hard to try to be 20 again.
Girl? Madge? Not for some time, thinks I.
“Girl” Gone Wild? She hasn’t been a girl in a very long time. Pathetic.
“Dear God, I want so badly to be in my mid-twenties like Lady Gaga”..poor Madge-try as you might, you can’t beat the clock. Black and white film was a good choice, though.
I love how Madge usually whips out (so to speak) religion when she really wants to get attention. The prayer at the beginning-textbook Madonna!
The film quality and style-very close to “Justify My Love”, when she was still hot, and she was playing the gender bending card pretty effectively. But, that was then…
Thought: would she look better if she went back to her natural hair color?-I think bleached blond looks harsh as you get older. Maybe a dark brown, not quite black. That would get attention, too!
Yes Madonna, even in black and white you still look like you’re 60 years old.
i’ve not seen the video but i already like colours of the pics..
I didn’t find this erotic in any way … but then again, I don’t think mid-thirties women are her target audience here. Gay men? But do gay men appreciate being referred to as “girls?” I admit that maybe I’m missing the mark altogether.
And what’s with making out with guns?
This song is awful…
Could this album be worse than Hard Candy ??
The album is getting rave reviews across the board. but most don’t get why she put this as a single.
Haha, Tracy Anderson is a joke of a trainer. Don’t lift anything heavier than 3 lbs? What a pussy.
the male models are the only ones worth watching. gorgeous species 🙂
This doesn’t come across as new or fresh to me. Didn’t we see this back in the day with “Truth or Dare”? It seems aimed at her gay audience. That isn’t meant to be offensive, that just is the demographic that comes to mind when I watched it. Overall it seems so been there, done that.
A gay anthem? (Nothing wrong with that.)
Otherwise, totally empty and juvenile and self referential. Gaga has filled that retro shell with some real passion and can actually sing.
What’s an old girl to do?
Bow DOWN!!! Lol. I think Madge wants her gays back. Videos are definitely her forte…live she’s a little too robotic.
No thanks.
Only sycophants bow down to other human beings.
Cigarettes are not sexy.
Same old, same old. Yawn.
yep, no matter how great her body may look…definitely a bit ‘softer’.. less gristly….. she might have put on 5 lbs to give her a better look. regardless, she is still a woman entering or IN menopause…(most likely, age 50-55 for most women). and Tracy Anderson also has her clients do EXCESSIVE exercise, over training really… it is time for Madonna to accept her age, keep takingn good care of herself but keep the body underwraps..dress tastefully, be a little classier.
I think she’s awesome for putting herself out there for everyone’s trite criticisms.
Her body is fantastic and we all should be so lucky to look like her in our 50’s. Thank god she got rid of that hack trainer and found someone who can appreciate a woman’s shape.
I am not a fan of the song, but, that doesn’t mean I can’t stand behind someone who’s always done things on her own terms.
Right on.
So sick of her…the music is bad as well. Just recicled stuff
I love Madonna and have since I was 5 years old.
That being said, I must say that I find her recent videos embarassing to watch. She looks smokin’ hot but at the same time she is over 50 and its like she is trying too hard to be young and hip. Madonna was NEVER try hard up until about 10 years ago. She was always at the height of fashion and popularity. She had followers and people who wanted to be her. Now it seems the shoe is on the other foot and she is trying to be other people.
She needs to find her own image and own it again. I don’t think that acting like a 20 something is going to work though…
I feel the same
I guess this is what’s sticking in my craw. Who Say’s that we have to act a certain way by a certain age? Why? Why is someone in her 50’s rocking her body trying to be younger?
I mean come on…we ALL KNOW HOW OLD SHE IS! I am positive that Madonna also knows that we all know how old she is. Yes, she’s getting injections and a tuck or a nip there, but with her money, damnit, I would be tempted to as well.
She’s not trying to be 20, she’s trying to be Madonna at 55 or however old she is. Demi Moore is still trying to be 20. There’s a difference.
Madonna has always been a rule breaker, why does she need to stop now? For what? She’s not “trying” to be anything other than what she is: A smoking hot talented 55 year old. Should she start singing in the church choir now while wearing printed polyester dresses?
Stop trying to put people into little categories. (Not you specifically) This whole…be CLASSY thing is worn out. What the hell is “classy” anyways? (OP, not directed at you specifically). I would say Madonna is classy: she’s always done things on her own terms, raised and is raising 4 kids, donates time and money to charities, hasn’t been convicted of any crimes, lives her life in a healthy and spiritual way…that is someone to admire, not deride. Seriously folks.
What an amazing post. I agree. The woman goes around in dresses to her knees most of the time. She’s a popstar and she doesn’t do what everyone else wants and never has. She isn’t trying to be twenty, I agree. Fantastic video as far as I’m concerned.
How can you say she is trying to be Madonna at 50 when she has done THAT to her face?
Her body does look better, more curves, less gristle. I think the song is fun, nothing new but does the job a Madonna song should do. As for the video, a hot mess is pretty accurate. What happened to the days when her videos had their own sets built and worlds created? Nowadays they’re all just black and white flashy images with a clean backdrop, no sense of space or depth.
I hate when she’s the one all over a bunch of guys, so I like when it’s the opposite and guys are all over each others.
I want to know what hormones her GYN doc has her on. Other than that, she’s just boring. I’m the same age and have to reinvent myself from time to time so why won’t she?
I couldn’t even finish the video. What a terrible song!
I think she looks fabulous in the video, but we all know she doesn’t really look like that.
Correct me if i’m wrong posters but compare this hobag to the Great Tina Turner I saw a concert of hers from the Netherlands a few yrs ago on tv straight up music no bells/whistles, and Tina in her 60s no less – makes madge and all these useless pop tarts look even more talentless. Sorry, this isn’t even good pop music by today’s debased standards. WHy doesn’t she use her gazillions to support music education, etc.?
AMEN!
Yes! People like Tina and Aretha are older than Madonna and they do what they do with talent and style. Disliking Madonna has nothing to do with ageism and sexism; it’s just that she isn’t very good.
Hallelujah! Madonna has now become a boring, predictable, slightly pathetic version of her younger self. Even in her glory days she wasn’t a patch on Tina Turner who is the real deal and damn, she sings and dances her heart out. True talent versus smoke and mirrors.
Rock on, Madonna. You’ve been judged your whole life. Your tour will be amazing. Love the homage to your earlier videos.
video has been removed! i’m guessing it featured some good/flexible dance moves, a bad baby voice, and more attention seeking acts as usual
I know!!! Man I so wanted to see the video!!
video already removed by the time I got here
Such haters saying Madonna has no talent. I don’t like Madonna’s vocals on the new song and don’t get why she chose to do it that way, because there are beautiful ballads on the new album that show she still has a very good voice.
No talent? Tell that to the 70,000 in the stadium. Madonna on her last 2008/2009 tour singing almost in acoustic form on a clip that the show was aired on Sky1 in Argentina during a segment she does in her concert of songs out in the round:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdX33CqIRTI&feature=related
I had no idea that menopausal women could have “burning desires” and go “wild” Is it just me or does it seem like she’s afraid of having the same fate as Whitney’s, f she doesn’t stay relevant, and profitable?
Jayna, her vocals are weak, she’s only as big as she is because of her insane work ethic and outstanding determination. It’s not arguable. She has weak vocals. Always has, and so does Brit Brit. Facts are facts my dear. I think she’s decent but I’m tired of super fans defending the obvious. She lacks a lot in the singing department.
I have never said she is a great singer. I consider her a good singer. Though, I have loved Madonna’s tone on all her ballads. Tone means something. What she is is Madonna is an amazing performer who puts out, for the most part, great pop songs and then performs them in a really no holds barred concert that she takes a lot of time and effort to put together. She has said as much, she considers that her strength, being a performer.
Yeah, I would have to agree with that.
both britney and madonna tried to use a psuedo-deep voice in the beginning of their careers but whereas britney changed to that small-fake baby voice earlier on, madge started imitating that after 2005 (after their duet i think) and i believe madonna is so competitive that she had to emulate the new comer, who was incredibly successful for her age but still nowehere near madonna’s legacy. and i guess now she still uses that annoying voice because she thinks it makes her sound younger -shrug- i can’t think of any other reason why… same goes for her perpetually root-showing, unkempt hair.
Personally I love the video and song! IMO it sounds a lot better on a good system/ speakers! Its a gay men’s dance club song! I do feel this project MDNA is dedicated to her gay fans and folks just remember beauty/music is in the eye/ear of the beholder and opinions are like a**holes everybody has got one..
Do we really want to see MORE Madonna? I didn’t even like the first original version of her…I thought she had gone for good except for some media splashes, but gag, no, so please do not try and push yourself in our faces again…
I can’t believe people are so negative and bitchy about her just because she’s ‘dared’ to keep on working and not resign herself to the scrap heap after 40.
I’m glad there are people out there like her in an industry which is extremely ageist.
Song is boring, the video is cool…but totally reminds me of lady gaga I agree.
There comes a time when one needs to give up on hiring BFF photographers to photoshop one to oblivion. The top photograph reminds me of similar photos from her Louis Vuitton campaign.
Why can’t she retire gracefully?
The best analogy I can use to describe Madonna now is watching the Olympic swimming trials and seeing insecure older swimmers (over the age of 28) trying to score a place for London 2012, thinking that they can outpace a 19 year old.
Madonna is that vintage swimmer who has gone past her peak. No amount of tits and ass can produce a good song or album now.
BTW, Madonna used to be ‘the original’ or market herself as such and I’m surprised that she is using a title like ‘Girls Gone Wild’ to sell her new and autotuned song.
Oh, what an ageist comment. Tell that to Dara Torres, Olympic competitor 1984-2008, 2012(?).
many olympic athlethes over the age of 30 make successful comebacks and even grab medals. it may be hard but with age comes experience. her age is not my issue at all. it’s her bad voice, usually trite musical tracks and attention ho’ing that i take an issue with. those traits of her bothered me even back when she was in her 20’s. performing like that, in your 50’s is commendable imo. like margot fonteyn or other legendary dancers, singers and athlethes who performed well into their old ages.
I like it! Not sure why people call her sad or tragic…And why does she have to stop performing? I wasn’t impressed with the first video from the new album, but her Super Bowl show was awesome.
“I don’t know who is training her these days …, but they’re doing a much better job. Madge’s body looks long and toned and graceful. ”
~ A lot of airbrushing skillz from her team. Madge kept her arms covered during her Superbowl performance. In the vid, she wore sleeves and striped arm warmers. Her body indeed softened up. Watch her Superbowl presscon and she’s no longer looking like a Miss Olympia contestant. Anyway, I aspire to look that great when I reach her age.
I missed the video but I LOVE LOVE LOVE that bra. I like Madonna. I like that people still get mad about her doing what she does. Seriously. They always did, and I guess the always will.
Did they airbrush out her nipples in the album cover? Seems like they would be revealed bc that bra is cut soooo low
GaGa can sing better than Madonna, but that doesn’t mean that GaGa is “great” in the vocal department, either. Compare GaGa’s vocals to Christina Aguilera and Beyonce, and you’ll see that she lacks a lot in the singing department as well
Kind of tired of these older celebs who can’t act their age. Men AND women. In this case, Madonna. When you are in your 50’s and you have children and you have been married it’s time to put a few more clothes on and stop trying to be a sex symbol. It’s not that you are too old to be sexy, or fun, or relevant. It’s just that at a certain age there comes an expectation that one would put aside the frivolties of youth. (constant need to show skin and be attractive) for ways to express yourself that celebrate your wisdom and how far you’ve come during your life. Am I the only one who feels this way. There’s more to life than “I must be young and sexy”. Not that people of a certain age can not or should not be sexy, but it shouldn’t be what they rely on to prove their worth to themselves or to others.
Thank You !
I don’t understand why people keep on referring to agism when other people just say : act your age, put clothes on according your age ! Today a 50 years old is not looking old and put youthful yet elegant clothes anyway. No need to make a statement putting yourself in lingerie under the pretense that you want to have fun !
What’s the difference between that and tell a kid to act like a kid and not put up skanky clothes and have fun like a twenty something ?
Why the double standards then if everyone can have the same type of fun without age being taken into account ? You can’t ask kids in the entertainment to act, put clothes, deliver music in par with their age if you don’t do it with adults too. So Madonna can have fun like a twenty something but a 10 years old can’t ?
You can’t have it both ways. Either age is taken into account for anyone either it is not and let’s all have fun in lingerie at 10 and at 80 years old too.
And just because you act your age doesn’t mean you don’t have fun and can’t have fun according your age, even at 50+.
Madonna is Michelle Pfeiffer’s age. I don’t see Pfeiffer as an old prune ready to be dead but as a real beautiful lady who i am sure can have fun.
Madonna has become a charicature of herself, desperate to flaunt more skin than ever to prove herself that she can compete with girls as young as Lola. That’s not having fun, that’s being pathetic !
Hell she even appears more in lingerie than 30 years ago.
I am not one to encourage or applaud a public display of humiliation because it’s clear that this woman’s video is more of a statement of her insecurity when it comes to youthful apperearance than music.
I bet she is not even having as fun as peopla say she has, obliged to hide all the signs of old age, obliged to fight tooth to tooth her ageing process all the time, hence the 4 hours of daily exercise instead of having fun with her kids, obliged to erase any traces of aging process her skin shows, obssessed with even more photoshoping to appear twice as young and not like most mid fifties years old, …ALL THIS BECAUSE SHE IS OBSSESSED TO BEAT OLD AGE, because she can’t admit her age and feel that she has to make a testament about it in video after viodeo.
Her video screams FEAR about the future more than fun time. That pathetic woman must tremble every day at each gray hair, each wrinkle, each sign of aging in her inner body and probably fear more than any other mother, the day Lola will get pregnant.
She is having fun ? BS ! There is no fun involved when you are that obssesed to appear youger than your age, when you have her age and does everything to convince yourself that you are twice as young, an age you so desperatly want to have again and again, and again. Even having a younger lover won’t help you ultimately. During intimacy, you see your own skin by comparison to his fresh one…
PATHETIC !
More like crone gone wild.
Sorry, can’t resist with Madonna. Wearing slutty bras and underwear in your 50’s is just plain embarrassing. Everything she does simply accentuates the fact that she is trying way too hard to be something she was rather than enjoying who she is right now.
I remember Ted Danson said the same thing about playing the Sam Malone character in Cheers. He said it’s embarrassing playing the hot, player guy when you’re balding, grey, and older. On the other hand, I think Meryl Streep is a fabulous example of someone who is graceful in the public spotlight. Plus, Meryl makes good movies and is talented–you can tell she’s learned a lot over the years, and she can share her talent and wisdom with the world. It’s unfortunate that Madonna would rather go to extreme lengths to deny the aging process, and return to some plastic-y, frightening version of “youth,” and still doing the “sexpot” thing to death, rather than developing greater wisdom/talent, and writing songs with some substance.
ITA
Plus i don’t like the reference to Tina Turner. Tina Turner puts short mini dresses. She never went showing her underwears like Madonna does at nearly 55 !
Beyonce is already too old for dancing in underwears and is often criticized for it. She can be sexy and put sexy clothes without it. Why should Madonna get a pass ?
If at nearly 54 she doesn’t know whow to convey elegant sexiness at her age, then she sould take a lesson from Monica Bellucci.
I personally don’t need to see singers dressing in lingerie, let alone women who are in their menopausal stage or pre stage like they need to make a statement about their oversexualized self.
Sing, dance, be sexy without using those cheap tricks that puts you in the same category of twenty something untalented newcomers or young video vixens.
I think I am in the minority here but I like the song; it’s going on my gym playlist. I kind of like the dudes in heels with the pantyhose, it reminds me of Dirty Dancing when Jennifer Grey she would practice with Patrick Swayze.
I completely agree with her body though. She looks so much better now. She has definition but still allows her to look feminine. I trained my ass off for a marathon and I got the “gristle” look and I was not aspiring for it. When the marathon was over and I allowed myself and my body to relax. My husband was supportive but did say it was strange to look at me because I was “cut” more like a boy then a girl. He was happy to see my booblies and booty back.
Madge On Her New Music And Aging:
Listen bitches, even though I’ve been making music your grandmother was listening to while crawling around in her day glo diaper and L.A. Gear socks, doesn’t mean that I am still not relevant. Every collaboration, every male model I date is an opportunity to suck the youth from their bodies and transfer it to mine, thereby giving me the illusion of fresh faced beauty. This is the price you pay for not knowing your place when you try to emulate me, fail to understand you are always beneath me, and being a gold digging pansy. Why let Britney or Rihanna wsste their looks on boozing and pill popping when they could give it all to me? I haven’t had a solid meal since Something To Remember when I decided I wanted to be a lady. That was a total drag, btw. There is only so much crotch grabbing and Jesus blaspheming you can do in vintage Dior as Eva Peron.
It was like I was telling Lady CaCa; of course there was Grace Jones and David Bowie before me, but where the hell are they now? Living out their old ass lives in some community retirement center being spoon fed pureed string beans? Why? Because they couldn’t hang.
Sure, I steal songs and concepts and have a voice thinner than your grandpaw’s last silvery strands hanging on his wrinkled forehead, but you know what I’ve got that others don’t? The sheer determination to hang on way past my expiration date, a bank account full of cheddar thanks to my loyal and idiotic sheeples, AND the best plastic surgeon this side of Rio. Eat my dust bitches.
As for my music? Well, my next single should speak for itself. I put the microphone to my ass and let out some raunchy farts. I released a snippet to my fans on my website and iTunes already has 700,000 pre-orders. Learn bitches.
Dear God,
Please give Madonna an original idea. It’s been many, many years since her last and I would gladly watch and listen to her 50-yr old self if it was even remotely entertaining … but I was too embarrrassed for her to even finish this one God. Why have you forsaken she???
Amen – x2
PS Did she really say “DJ play my favorite song”??? I’m crying God…please help her lickety quick!
Who ever wrote this critic of madonna’s music video seems very annoying, it’s probably some over weight sad lonely person that has waaaaaaaayyy to much time on their hands. Celebitchy.com ??? More like talkingshit.com
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