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Američki časopis NY Times je objavio listu najboljih umjetničkih ostvarenja u 1990. Madonnina svjetska turneja 'Blond Ambition' se nalazi na 4. mjestu. 'Blond Ambition' turneja je Madonnina najdraža turneja a i mnogim fanovima, promovirala je tadašnji novi album 'Like A Prayer'. Ovu turneju je kreirala sama Madonna, a također je osmislila većinu koreografija za nastupe koji su prikazivali tri teme: pop glazba, religija i seks. Nastupala je 57 puta u 27 gradova u Japanu, SAD-u i Europi. Svojim nastupima 'Express Yourself', 'Like A Prayer', Live To Tell', 'Into The Groove', 'Keep It Together' je oduševila publiku. 'Blond Ambition' turneja je izazvala kontroverze oko nastupa 'Like A Virgin' u kojemu Madonna okružena plesačima sa duguljastim grudnjacima na krevetu stimulira seks i masturbira. Papa je pozivao ljude na bojkot njenog nastupa u Italiji, jedan od tri nastupa je otkazan. Prije nastupa u Torontu, policija je zaprijetila Madonni da će je uhapsiti zbog prostačkog, nehumanog showa ukoliko ne promijeni nastup. Madonna je ostala pri svojoj odluci, govoreći da neće promijeniti svoj show. Policija je ostala do kraja koncerta, na kraju su izjavili javnosti da nisu vidjeli ništa brutalno u Madonninom nastupu. Ova turneja je Madonni napunila džep od 65,7 milijuna američkih dolara.
THE TOP 10:
1. Sinead O'Connor: "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" (Ensigh/Chrysalis). The Irish songwriter as broken-hearted banshee, with a voice that can change from a lullaby to a cutting laser. In modern settings, she taps the age-old pain of traditional Irish music; she admits to suffering but clearly won't be broken by it.
2. Living Colour: "Time's Up" (Epic). Whiz-bang music that shreds heavy-metal categories, ricocheting from funk to thrash to anthem, behind messages that are earnest but rarely sententious.
3. Youssou N'Dour: "Set" (Virgin). After Westernizing his music, the Senegalese bandleader with the soaring tenor voice has forged an African-style internationalism, where rock and funk take their place behind chattering Senegalese mbalax. Other international albums worth hearing are "Hot Heads" (Shanachie) by Les Tetes Brulees from Cameroon; "The Best of Tom Ze" (Luaka Bop/Sire/Warner Brothers) and "Elegibo" (Mango) by Margareth Menezes, both from Brazil; and "The Rustavi Choir" (Nonesuch) from Soviet Georgia.
4. Madonna's "Blond Ambition" tour.Pop's leading sex symbol was determinedly uningratiating and unseductive but fully in charge as she acted out vignettes about sexuality, patriarchy and power. There were hokey moments, and too much of the music was canned, but the show left people thinking. Her "Justify My Love" video was a bonus; just hinting that a red-blooded man and woman might have polysexual fantasies stirred up a nationwide discussion.
5. Charles Mingus: "Epitaph" (Columbia). Mingus summed up his roots and aspirations in a symphonic-length work he didn't live to hear performed; the reconstructed piece is the best argument yet for the repertory movement in jazz.
6. Sonic Youth: "Goo" (DGC). Amid guitars that ring and crash and jitter, there are cryptic, offhanded ruminations on rock stardom and sexual tension -- too noisy for pop songs, too concise for anarchy. Guitar noise runner-up: Neil Young and Crazy Horse's "Ragged Glory" (Reprise).
7. Robert Cray: "Midnight Stroll" (Mercury). All the unflappable muscle of classic Southern soul anchors songs of romantic remorse. Soul had a modest revival in 1990, with fine albums by Etta James ("Stickin' to My Guns," Island) and the Holmes Brothers ("In the Spirit," Rounder). Reunion concerts by the J.B.'s, the Meters and Booker T. and the M.G.'s reaffirmed that funk lives.
8. Shazzy: "Attitude: A Hip-Hop Rapsody" (Elektra). A New York rapper sets strong-voiced, tough-minded raps in a backup buzzing with unexpected sounds. The other most important rap albums of 1990 are both problematic. Ice Cube's "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" (Priority), a portrait of the inner city as a murderous jungle, is marred by virulent misogyny, while Public Enemy's "Fear of a Black Planet" (Def Jam/Columbia) lacks the sonic momentum of the band's previous album and spends too much time griping about Public Enemy's bad press.
9. Bo Dollis and the Wild Magnolias: "I'm Back . . . at Carnival Time" (Rounder). From New Orleans, a drumming, chanting tribe of Mardi Gras Indians is joined by the Rebirth Brass Band for nontraditional but jubilant versions of carnival standards.
10. Deee-Lite: "World Clique" (Elektra). Music for dance clubs that still sounds like giddy fun at home, with the punching-bag beat of house music and the sly, sunny vocals of Kier Kirby.
Spinner's 20 Rockin' Gay Moments
Spinner.com je objavio listu 20 najboljih gay momenata u svijetu glazbe. Dio performansa 'Like A Virgin/Hollywood', Madonnin poljubac sa pop princezama Britney Spears i Christinom Aguilerom na MTV Video Music Awards 2003. se nalazi na 6. mjestu.
Madonna zatvara koncert 'Live Earth'
Ekološki aktivista i bivši američki potpredsjednik Al Gore je organizirao veliki koncert 'Live Earth' koji će se održati 7.7. u devet zemalja. U intervjuu sa Victoriom Newton za 'The Sun' je rekao kako je otputovao u London samo zbog susreta sa Madonnom. Al Gore i Madonna su razgovarali o koncertu i dogovorili se da ona zatvori ovaj veliki događaj na londonskom Wembley stadionu. "Moja supruga i ja smo je upoznali u Londonu, imali smo ugodan razgovor i odlučila je da pomogne ovog koncertu. Jako je cijenim kao umjetnicu i osobu." - izjavio je Al Gore.
Post je objavljen 18.06.2007. u 17:00 sati.