American Life or Madonna's Life?
...past, her family, her feelings, her celebrity, but these are very much detached from the America that most of us know and love. I propose that the title of the CD should be 'Madonna's life'; if it were so called I suspect that sales figures would double since it would capture the interest a giant audience who are endlessly enticed and intrigued by Madonna as a person and as a commodity. Madonna's music is incredibly appealing not because of the music itself, but because of the message it projects. The message does not come solely from the lyrics but it manifests itself from her image, her demeanour, her outlook, her values and, most of all, her adaptability. Madonna never ceases to amaze, just when you think you have sussed her as a confident, rebellious and provocative artist, she does an interview and appears timid, sensitive and rule abiding. ‘Ame...