Young Chiara Iezzi, (of the Italian duo Paola e Chiara) not only sounding like Madonna but looking at times remarkably like her too in this clip! Seems also, the poor wee girl has been infected with the fashionable spores ov bluddy Kabbalah' to the extent ov following Madge’s footsteps to Africa! Malawi to be precise (and where the profits of this single are going) thankfully she hasn't adopted a child yet

Quite a catchy tune! “Inspired by Madonna’s Confessions Tour rendition of Erotica”

Video location: Seems to be cruise up Oxford Street, cross the ‘Dilly’, roun’ the Strand, n’ down t’Embankment! wmv here

or u2b

interview wiv t’ ‘Madonnatribe’ Yes well I guess we should count ourselves lucky it ain't scientology n Madge hasn’t been beatified – Yet!

         

I do despair ov pop stars and their pompous saving mankind crusades, brought on no doubt by the guilt and self loathing of the overabundance of wealth they have created?

Its sumwot rather like the way Victorian crinolined ladies, (who’s husbands had made a pile in manufacturing) swept tru "The stony heart of Oxford Street" up and down the ‘Dilly’ n’ London’s East End slums in a Messianic fervour, descending upon the hapless waifs, strays, child prostitutes n street Arabs o’ such Manors, with their soup tickets, delousing kits! And most importantly! Salvation! Soliciting the children’s Sunday School acquiesce, by the promise a new pair ov boots as a prize for a specific period unbroken attendance, but woz more likely as not, a book ov moralistic tales written by one such lady, rather handsomely n affordably printed at her own expense – Oh the technological marvels of the age! Wonderful, shame about the literacy levels tho’

No doubt the shabby wee mites were entertained by wonderful educational and useful lectures, by such ‘Worthy’s’ as the splendidly portly n rotund overfed Rev (soon to be lord) Belcher, on the delights ov a docile miserable life of dumb servitude whilst clearly impressin’ upon his charge's minds where they woz bound in the afterlife, if they disdained to offer undying gratitude to their ‘Better’s’ for such effortless crumbs

Back in the modern world, the corporate plunder of Africa continues unabated As Pop Star blokes collect knighthoods for arrogant n postulating arsine lecturing, the Pop Star ladies busy themselves by collecting and saving individual babies!

Ironical innit, that Chiara has been knocked from the Italian Charts No1 spot by U2 this week!

         

By the way u have to scroll down to the two paragraph above and below 'Part II' on the 'Stony heart'~De Quincy link to get the picture!

         

erm... i puzzle to fathom what the f*ck you get out of stuff like this, robo. the tune? well, title sez it all, no?

apart from the kabbamalawi madgeimpersonation, is there even anything remotely worth it in this? give me back the 3.5 minutes wasted! (and hang y'r head low, maki, for stooping to such slush...)

         

Attractive gal. :)

         

Prog You miss the point It’s a pop tune that has a interesting edifice of sudo-religion in the process of being built around the musical project, with the deity like presence in the making of Madonna at its centre

I could whine too, about time wasted watching horey ol’ hackneyed jaded clips that are served up as sum fresh fascinating social insight or world changing artistic statement or jus’ plain brilliant!

Be assured most artists will at some point in their careers obtain a professional proficiency that is pointless in dismissing as drivel, slush, crap etc

It is legitimate tho’ to question n’ shed light on an artists motivation for using their professional position so gained, to influence public opinion

N’ by the way I don’t recall u givin such a forthright n’ personal chastisement to the poster ov the Freddy Mercury Impersonator – Mika, clip An impersonation which has not generated the same amount of pop personality insight documentation, and trivia that the Chiara one has The links weren't for decoration u know!

So why should I hang my head anyways?

And to make a further point! Pop music Its all jus’ ephemera, no matter how much u bull it up You’ll be listening to summit else tomorrow

         

1. maki = either sushi rolls (don't 'ave heads) or directors named maki. ergo: not u.
2. is the simulacra side o' this really worth't?
3. mika = cynical interplanetary pop (with an attempt at a video worth watching) - this seems positively plastic-cast&precooked by comparison, and the video isn't even trying. tho you do challenge my assumptions about all kinds o' pop, the vapidity here is unprecedented even by your standards.
4. nuthin personal - 't's all good science.

         

Isn't this some sort of French cinema reference? I don't know sh*t about that kinda stuff, but it feels very French, for some reason.

         

All that hair twiddling, cheek stroking, and breast brushing should make Africa a much happier place.

         

1. sorry thought it woz sum Austrian spelling for 'mate' Using a capital might have avoided confusion
2. I'm not suggesting there’s anything u can or should do about it but such ‘simulacra’ that might interest me, seemed a trifle absent in prior postings for a while
3. Ah 'ere now, that sounds suspiciously like a politician’s answer. I’d be interested to know how you extracted such incredible detail from "song & video too annoying to comment on" which u originally posted on the Mika story?
4. U mus’ know by now my skins as thick as an elephants hide, n' don't give a f'kin' toss, still I'd like to see dat science degree ov yorn !

'sides clearly the Taxi route is not etched in ur brain like it is in mine, and would not strike the same friendly cord ov familiarity I could walk dat route wiv my eyes closed, n' have many times. Well! more probably staggered, stoned after being slung outta Pasha’s or Opium’s at 4am

         

i get mika blaring from every boombox&cellphone in the neighborhood, as was correctly predicted by hass, and it's annoying me up a wall (as predicted by m'self). however, at least it's musically annoying. chiara, rather than simulacra, strikes me as altogether ersatz.

         

Your confusing me here mate 'simulacra’ don't exist in the English n' clearly it don't mean wot I thought, n' as used in '2'

As it stands from the sentence in your post above you probably mean 'simulacrum'

         

cra is to crum as pi is to pus (as in octo).

         

'cra is to crum' OK! Thought as I first read it, that it woz summit to do wiv the verbal pronunciations I had to go through 3 dictionary's to find its the 'plural'

Concepts ov pretence vs faux alternatives is wot ur sayin' or summit! Sorry I just misread the meaning of two words in your post n got 'five' (2+2=5 is wot I mean, tho' it woz actually two words in the literal)

Very good prog - a cult image representing a deity,

Its probably got more to do wiv 'Italian neorealism' than the 'French New Wave' Kev

but to me the vid is is a view ov a location familiar and friendly to me The tunes vapidity matters not a jot to me either 'Cos I see no high art in Pop ov whateva genre Yes sum stuff sticks on the tramlines ov time but most don't, So why should I work myself in to an apoplexy 'bout any ov it

There was a more serious point to the post, where I attempted to delve into the question ov the Pop Afrosaviours, n the trivia it generates

         

I like the vid, anyway, robo :) Annie "Heartbeat" and Madonna "Music"

         

I wonder. kev, what do you like about the vid? there is nothing in it - just a mutant. a perfect clone: the lady and the vid.

         

Chiara's likeness to Madonna is really weird, but I like the city, the back-of-cab thing, and the music too, despite the weird Madonna thing.

It reminds me of Mariah Carey's Say Somethin' (AOL flv - AOL link), and even Annie Lennox's DIVA videos, which are some of Sophie Muller's best vids..