Once upon a time, we had a conversation with Ms. Beth Ditto, via MySpace - would you believe it? Hey, it was 2008. We were in a bit of a stan-frenzy having found ourselves actually conversing with (at the time, and still today) a huge hero of ours, and as you do, we asked her what her favourite Madonna song was. "Vogue" was the response, however it came with a caps lock lecture concerning Madge's re-appropriation of a dance developed by poor gay blacks and Latinos in New York and an imploring to watch the documentation of this phenomonen, Paris is Burning. Three years later, we've fallen in love with said documentary and the very same Beth Ditto is performing said Madonna song in live sets supporting her outstanding EP produced by Simian Mobile Disco.
Do you understand what this means?
Beth Ditto + "Vogue" = the stuff dreams are made of.
Aside from her sudden casting off of her annoyances with Queen M, it seems all too clear that Beth Ditto was born to cover "Vogue". We know the above video is taken from the obviously gay day at Lovebox but to hear the entire crowd yelling the rap to a twenty one year song conducted by a truly modern icon sent more than a few shivers down the spine. It all seems too good to be true. Beth's video for "I Wrote the Book", the lead single from the EP, was unashamedly lifted from Madge's videos for "Justify My Love" and "Erotica", while amongst the first rumours to leak from Madge's own recording sessions for the new album were snippets concerning the heavy influence of Beth's EP on the tracks. Our brain feels like it's been put in the microwave on high.
What did we do to deserve this?
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