MADONNA FRIDAY: THE POWER OF HUMAN. A MASHUP

This is one of my fave video mash/song mashups EVER!!! The songs AND the videos fit together so well and I love them both. The Power of Goodbye was the third single from Madonna's highly acclaimed Ray of Light album. It was her 37th top 20 single on the Hot 100. Human was a #1 song by The Human League from 1986. It has always been one of my fave 80s songs. The two songs together are really kinda magic. Enjoy the mashup by andersonandcarter.

LISTEN TO FULL NO DOUBT SINGLE, PUSH AND SHOVE

HUMPDAY SEXY SONG: BRASS IN POCKET - THE PRETENDERS

Chrissie Hynde takes center stage, as usual, in the video for The Pretenders sexy song Brass In Pocket. Slow, seductive and raw, the song is the first major success for the band, hitting #1 in the UK in January 1980 and #14 in the US. Also known as Brass In Pocket (I'm Special) for the use of the phrase in the song, Hynde's longing vocals give the song that little extra something, that flirtiness that makes it a Humpday Sexy Song. Ya dig? Watch below and hump something. Wait. No. Don't.

MODERN FAMILY CREATOR, STEVE LEVITAN, LAYS THE SMACK DOWN ON ANN ROMNEY

Ann Romney, robo-wife of Mitt Romney, was recently interviewed and asked what her favorite tv show was. Her answer: Modern Family. In case you are one of the two people that don't watch Modern Family, it's about a family that is diverse and happy and complicated and hilarious. One of the couples is a gay couple with children. Hmmmm. Funny that she would be able to stomach that given her and her husband's opinions about gays. Well, when show creator Steven Levitan got wind of the statement he had this to say on twitter:

"Thrilled Ann Romney says ModFam is her favorite show. We'll offer her the role of officiant at Mitch & Cam's wedding. As soon as it's legal.

— Steve Levitan (@SteveLevitan) August 28, 2012"

Ha. Mitch and Cam being the gay couple, of course. I'm sure the Stepford Wife would probably do it just for the attention. Hypocricy is so entertaining.

THE #1 SONG 50 YEARS AGO TODAY WAS....

The Loco-Motion by Little Eva. This song will never go away. So catchy. Of course if Little Eva was around today she'd be Lil' Eva and there would be a rap verse tagged on in the middle of this song, but I digress. Written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, the song hit #1 on August 25, 1962 and stayed for one week. Most people born after the 60s know this song because of the 1988 cover that was the first international hit by Kylie Minogue and launched her career. Little Eva did it first! Here she is performing the song on Shindig. Enjoy!

THE #1 SONGS ON THIS DAY IN 1986 AND 1987 WERE...

....Papa Don't Preach ('86) and Who's That Girl ('87). How fitting for Madonna Friday. Papa Don't Preach was the first single off of the classic True Blue album and it reached the top spot August 16th and stayed there for two weeks. Who's That Girl was the lead single from the soundtrack to the film of the same name and it hit the mark on August 22nd and ruled for one week. Both are shining stars in Madonna's constellation of hits. So enjoy some beautiful August loveliness on this Madonna Friday. It belongs to her.

DARREN CRISS COVERS MADONNA FOR FASHION'S NIGHT OUT AD

It's the best of all worlds!! Glee hottie Darren Criss covers Madonna's 1984 hit Dress You Up in an ad for Fashion's Night Out 2012! The event, which takes place on September 6th all over the world, also sells one-of-a-kind t-shirts benefiting the New York AIDS Fund. The ad also features Taylor Swift, Usher, Julie Bowen, Michael Kors, Kristen Wiig, Justin Beiber, Marc Jacobs, Coco Rocha, Victoria Beckham and many, many more. So go shopping Sept. 6 as late as you want and celebrity spot while you're at it! OH, and please let somebody release Darren's version of Dress You Up as a single!!!!!

MADONNA FRIDAY: LUCKY STAR

"You may be my lucky star, but I'm the luckiest by far" So go the lyrics to the song that initally made me fall head-over-heels in love with Madonna. Although Madonna had already charted with Holiday (#16) and Borderline (#10) in late '83, early '84, Lucky Star, the fifth and final single from her debut album, became her first top 5 hit (#4) on the Billboard Hot 100 and showed her sexier, funkier side than the two previous tracks. The song was a dance club smash and worldwide hit. Lucky Star has proven to be a fave with Madonna fans, showing up in most of her concerts to date. The video is also a classic, with Madonna and her two backup dancers (friend Erica Bell and now-evil brother Christopher Ciccone) dressed in black, tattered clothing and dancing against a white backdrop. Simple, but VERY effective in furthering Madonna's image with the public. It's def on of my top 10 favorite Madge tracks of all time. Check out the video for Lucky Star below and "shine your heavenly body tonight".

Madonna - New Music - More Music Videos

JUST BECAUSE: CELINE DION LOOKING HOT IN V MAGAZINE

NEW SPREAD. 44 yr. old Celine Dion is looking good....and almost naked in this month's V Magazine. Enjoy.

MADONNA FORGIVES ELTON JOHN, DEDICATES SONG TO HIM

Madonna has once again taken the high road when it comes to Elton John's constant barrage of insults toward her. Sort of... Elton recently trashed Madonna in interviews, calling her a fairground stripper", and of course infamously insulted her at the Golden Globes this past year saying she didn't have a "f*cking chance" of winning. She won, he didn't. Madonna has mostly not responded to any attack from Elton, but in her concert in Nice, France Tuesday night Madonna reportedly forgave Elton John telling the crowed he is a big fan of hers. What song did she dedicate to Sir Elton? Masterpiece, her Golden Globe winning song from the film W.E. HAHAHAHA!! Don't try to out-bitch Madonna. You will LOSE! I love my girl.

BILL CLINTON SUPPORTS OBAMA IN NEW AD

Former President Bill Clinton has thrown his weight behind current President Barack Obama in a new ad titled Clear Choice. In a short but to-the-point ad Clinton focuses on key points like education and unemployment and why Obama is the answer. I'm sold, but then again, I already was. Watch below.

TAYLOR SWIFT BREAKS KE$HA'S DIGITAL SALES RECORD

Taylor Swift is going nowhere but up it seems. The squeaky-clean country star's new single We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together opened with digital sales of 623,000 this week. That number helped her tip-toe past the former record for first week digital sales by a female artist set by Ke$ha's single Tik Tok with 610,000. The overall champ is still Flo Rida's Right Round (ft. Ke$ha) at 636,000. The song We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together is the first single from the upcoming Swift album Red, which is due October 22nd, and I have to admit....it's pretty catchy. You're not getting me, Taylor, so just back off!!! ha. Take a listen to the record breaker below and read along with the lyrics in the video. p.s. doesn't she sound like Avril Lavigne on this song?

HUMPDAY SEXY SONG: THE LOVER IN ME - SHEENA EASTON

This is what sexy looked like in the 80s: Oversized earrings, big hair, MTV realness and a lot of dancers in very little clothes. Sheena Easton started off as a good girl with songs like Morning Train, For Your Eyes Only and Telefone, but in the mid-80s and with the beginning of her "friendship" with Prince all that changed. First came the Prince-penned song Sugar Walls about...well....her "sugar walls" and then came The Lover In Me. Released in 1988, the song reached #2 on the Hot 100 and became her first top 20 hit in the UK after an eight year absense from that chart. The song is one of Sheena's most successful singles of her career. Now sure, there's some pretty awkward dancing going on with Sheena, but she makes up for it by being FLAWLESS!! Anyhoo, here is the sexiest hit of 1988, The Lover In Me.

JUST BECAUSE: JEFF STRYKER IS 50 TODAY

You know who he is.....Then and now. Still lookin' pretty good.

MADONNA FRIDAY: GAMBLER

In honor of Madonna's birthday yesterday I posted some of her best known and loved videos. Today I go the other way. The oft forgotten OTHER song from the Vision Quest Soundtrack, Gambler was the second single released in the UK from the movie by Madonna, after Crazy for You. The song was never released as a single in the US, but the video was released to MTV to promote the film and Madonna performed it on her Virgin Tour, which is the video I included in this post. The song was written by Madonna herself and produced by John "Jellybean" Benitez, her frequent collaborator and sometimes boyfriend at that time. The song WAS released in other countries and was a top 10 hit in the UK (#4), Australia (#10), Ireland and Italy (#3) and other territories. Why wasn't Gambler released in the US at the height of the Madonna mania you ask? Well, Madonna was under contract with Warner's Sire label and the soundtrack was under Geffen records. While Crazy for You was allowed to be released by Sire, they asked that Gambler be held back in the US so as not to interfere with singles from her then-current Like a Virgin album. And that, my friends, is how the music industry works. I know I listened to the shiz out of this song on my little cassette player, so it was released in MY house. Anyway, here is a forgotten classic by the one and only Madonna, Gambler. Enjoy your Madonna Friday!


Madonna - Borderline by Madonna-Official

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GERI HALLIWELL!!

Our little Ginger Spice is all grown up. Geri Halliwell turns 40 today! Geri was always my fave Spice Girl, and she is looking better than ever these days (as evidenced by her posing next to a photo of herself 15 years ago). Girl's got it together. She and her former bandmates are reportedly performing at the closing ceremonies of the Olympics, so expect some Spice Mania to break out once again. Until then, here are some of Geri's solo hits to hold you over until the Olympics performance. Happy birthday, Geri!

Geri Halliwell - Look At Me. from Rokkit on Vimeo.

Geri Halliwell - Bag It Up by Stella78

MADONNA FRIDAY: CRAZY FOR YOU

Ah, I love to love! Don't you love to love? Well one of my fave love songs of all time was a little boy's anthem of love for me, Crazy for You by Madonna. Released in 1985 from the Vision Quest soundtrack, it was one of the two songs (the other being Gambler) that Madonna sang as a nightclub singer in the film. It was Madonna's first ballad to be released and actually competed with her songs from Like a Virgin on the charts, even reaching the top 5 at the same time as Material Girl, which peaked at #2. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 30, 1985 (knocking We Are the World out of the top position) and earned Madonna a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Here is one of Madonna most loved and least performed songs, Crazy For You.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, APOLLONIA! THE PURPLE RAIN BABE IS 53 TODAY!

As a little boy in Texas I knew very little of the world, but I did know a girl group singing songs laden with sexual inudendo was pure, campy GOLD!! That is why I fell in love with Apollonia when she was the star of Purple Rain, playing a singer named Apollonia, and the lead singer of the Prince-mentored girl group Apollonia 6. She was gorgeous and just the right combination of slutty/relatable. The album, Apollonia 6, was on constant rotation on my record player in 1984, and I knew it was a naughty album even then. Odes to having sex for grades in high school in Happy Birthday, Mr. Christian, the classic Sex Shooter, and the nonsense perfection of Oo She She Wa Wa. LOVED IT!! Of course, Apollonia 6 was not long for this world and before I knew it, there was Apollonia playing, what else, a singer named Apollonia on the night time soap Falcon Crest. She sang quite a bit on that show also. Then her debut album appeared in 1988 and I was in love all over again. She had long since left Prince's camp and the album smacked of late 80s dance pop, a la Paula Abdul. The first single, Since I Fell for You, was a minor hit, but no sophomore album followed. Apollonia continued to work and is still seen occasionally, looking as beautiful as ever (the pic here is recent), to this day. So here are a few reminders of why this girl made her mark in the 80s. Enjoy some Apollonia below.

HUMPDAY SEXY SONG: CRADLE OF LOVE - BILLY IDOL

Billy Idol, in my opinion, is one of the all time sexiest rock stars. He has that bad boy thing going on and that devilish smirk. In 1990 Idol decided to amp up the hotness with the song and video for his smash (#2) hit Cradle of Love. One of the most memorable videos of all time -- a young girl seducing a nerdy neighbor -- unfolds in a stylish, classic MTV clip directed by none other than David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). I mean, how hot is this video, y'all? The song is, obviously, about cradle robbing, so the idea for the video wasn't too hard to come by, I'm sure. By the way, the reason Billy is only shown from the waist up is because he was still recovering from a horrible motorcycle accident and was unable to walk. Poor Billy. Anyhoo, get your day started right and watch this sexy, sassy video. Happy Humpday!