Because It's Tuesday - week of June 12

I used to be one of those folks who would be really excited about an impending Madonna album.  I was not one of those young ladies who dressed up like her but I really liked her music and my record collection has a not insignificant chunk of her music in it.

When I was in high school, I picked up a magazine, Spin, because she was on the cover.  That turned out to be a good call on my part because Spin, back then, was a pretty good magazine if you liked music.  This was pre-internet remember.  Magazines and the "New Music" were basically my sources for new stuff...  I would buy records based strictly on reviews of certain reviewers (from NME, Rolling Stone and eventually, Spin).  Of course, in the mid-80's, Ms Ciccone was on the covers of lots of magazines.

The last time I was really into one of her new albums was when Bedtime Stories came out.  The album had a classic vibe to it, over 20 years have passed since it was released and it doesn't sound dated in my opinion.  One of the singles from it was Take A Bow.  I heard a cover of it a while ago, by Ruby the RabbitFoot.  I can't find a video but here is a clean audio version of it. Give it a listen and if you're feeling so inclined after that, dust off your old copy of Bedtime Stories and see if you think it's aged well too.

enjoy kiddies xo