Mark is pulling away in the blogging stakes but this time getting nostalgic about his vinyl… and especially Madonna…
As I pulled on my black leather gloves this morning, feeling a little more than is healthy like Patrick Bateman, I was transported back to last night and my joy at discovering my 7” copy of “get into the groove” by Madonna, now I didn’t know whether I actually owned this record, I kn
ew I had a couple but I really wanted to hear the song and so had hopefully wandered over to the bookcase which serves as home to my singles to skim through on the off chance that I owned it. I found Madonna nestled between Madness and Magazine, not the most obvious place for the queen of pop and quickly scanned through her singles and to my joy I found it smiling out at me, a little scratched for sure, but there. No sooner was it in my hand than revolving around my turntable.
The crackles burbled expectantly before that synth burst through for a piece of slinky 80s nostalgia, the whole room was transformed and I was taken back to my bedroom when I was ten with robots on the wall, lego on the wall and a Madonna poster benevolently keeping watch, bliss.
It is a bit of a strange thing for an avowed indie kid such as myself to have a soft spot for Madonna but it started when I was a wee lad, and I stand by the fact that some of her stuff is good and the aforementioned song is in my humble her finest, the Sonic Youth cover isn’t bad either. The whole Madonna quest was started by watching Desperately seeking Susan, who was found so don’t worry.
But really, is there anything better than finding a record you don’t know you have and dancing around your living room to some 80s pop, probably yes but I am a very sad man.
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