Something I love to do in my head is try to translate songs into Spanish. I never get past a few simple lines because that's about the level of my Spanish speaking ability: a few simple lines. Still, it's something I do with a lot of songs, but I tend to especially try to do it to Madonna songs. Maybe because she has released a couple of her ballads in Spanish versions? I don't know. At any rate, today I somehow stumbled onto an assload of youtube clips of Madonna videos with Spanish subtitles (or subtitulado)!!! Now I can learn the actual lyrics! A few seem to be done to accommodate singing along, and others are straight up translations with no attempt to fit the tune.
La vida en un misterio
todos deben estar solos
te escucho llamar mi nombre
y me siento como en casa
damelo a mi! si!
podemos estar juntos?
realmente quiero estar contigo
ven, mirarlo conmigo
espero, espero que tu sientas lo mismo
queriendo, necesitando, esperando
por ti
para que justifiques mi amor
deseando, orando,
por ti
para que justifiques mi amor
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
remember my name!
For the past couple of weeks, Los Angeles has been sucking up all of that Hope that led me to tears back at Mile High with Barack Obama on 08/28/08. Work is going at full-crazy speed, landlords are fucking with me and my dog, the man just turned me down for another job-that-I-don't-really-want-but-it-comes-with-a-big-fat-paycheck-and-juicy-benefits, I just realized the cold I thought I've had for the last four days is my biennial bout with tonsillitis, and I live in the 4th most stressful city in the nation. It all makes me want to go scream "F-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-U-C-K!!!!!!!!!" at the top of my lungs in the face of anyone stupid enough to support Sarah Palin. But I come from the obedient Latino side of the fence, not the loud crazy one, so I swallow it (along with the high blood pressure, acid reflux and depression pills that make the swallowing possible).
Then tonight, I go to a screening of Fame at the cult theater as part of an AFI program. Somehow I have managed to be the only music loving homo who grew up in the 80's and never saw the movie. What? I KNOW! Anyway, it was a field trip for the commune that S found. (YAY S! YAY COMMUNE!) Unbeknownst to me, Debbie Allen was there to introduce the movie. Following the immediate standing ovation at her presence, she told us about the power of the movie, and how many performing arts schools were opened all around the world because of it. And she reminded/asked us to be a part of that circle of creativity and positivity that makes the world a better place to be in. Then the lights went down and I saw a movie I wish I would have seen 28-years-ago. I wonder if my life would have been any different if I had seen a gay teenager on screen before I was one myself. Or if I thought that following the arts was a real way to lead a life. Who knows, right? And my favorite Madonna line remains, "Absolutely no regrets." So fuck what I didn't see, know, or think then. I know what I know now, I know who I am and what I want to be when I grow up. Or at least some semblance of it -- enough to keep on keeping on! Thanks to Fame, my life feels about 1000 times better than it did when I walked through those theater doors.
...there but for the grace of God go i
i'll pretend i'm not afraid to die
if there's a heaven i will apply
I'M NOT CRAZY!
but i believe in butterflies,
dreams that die should be a big surprise
life is my favorite nursery rhyme
i'm not afraid of the big bad wolf!
from Staring at the Sun by Wendy and Lisa
Oh yeah, there's always this to be thankful for...
Then tonight, I go to a screening of Fame at the cult theater as part of an AFI program. Somehow I have managed to be the only music loving homo who grew up in the 80's and never saw the movie. What? I KNOW! Anyway, it was a field trip for the commune that S found. (YAY S! YAY COMMUNE!) Unbeknownst to me, Debbie Allen was there to introduce the movie. Following the immediate standing ovation at her presence, she told us about the power of the movie, and how many performing arts schools were opened all around the world because of it. And she reminded/asked us to be a part of that circle of creativity and positivity that makes the world a better place to be in. Then the lights went down and I saw a movie I wish I would have seen 28-years-ago. I wonder if my life would have been any different if I had seen a gay teenager on screen before I was one myself. Or if I thought that following the arts was a real way to lead a life. Who knows, right? And my favorite Madonna line remains, "Absolutely no regrets." So fuck what I didn't see, know, or think then. I know what I know now, I know who I am and what I want to be when I grow up. Or at least some semblance of it -- enough to keep on keeping on! Thanks to Fame, my life feels about 1000 times better than it did when I walked through those theater doors.
...there but for the grace of God go i
i'll pretend i'm not afraid to die
if there's a heaven i will apply
I'M NOT CRAZY!
but i believe in butterflies,
dreams that die should be a big surprise
life is my favorite nursery rhyme
i'm not afraid of the big bad wolf!
from Staring at the Sun by Wendy and Lisa
Oh yeah, there's always this to be thankful for...
Sunday, September 14, 2008
when the deep purple falls
my first love of purple...
oh, i loved me some Donny Osmond. My cousin Michelle and I would play Donny and Marie albums and perform along with them. I -- shock here -- always wanted to sing the Marie part. That hair of his sure does remind me of my favorite gay mormon. And the cut-out that opens this clip could easily double for bden: Another Deep Purple.
Loved this song, it was also one of the albums we had. The cover was pictures of them dressed in white, in little charm frames like in the start of the video.
oh, i loved me some Donny Osmond. My cousin Michelle and I would play Donny and Marie albums and perform along with them. I -- shock here -- always wanted to sing the Marie part. That hair of his sure does remind me of my favorite gay mormon. And the cut-out that opens this clip could easily double for bden: Another Deep Purple.
Loved this song, it was also one of the albums we had. The cover was pictures of them dressed in white, in little charm frames like in the start of the video.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
i'm going to Mile High!
My dad woke me up a couple of hours ago to tell me tickets came through for us to go the speech! I'm sooooo excited!!!! Planned my trip here in hopes of this and tickets hadn't worked out yet.
It's been a great week here in Denver just hanging out downtown, watching a lot of the MSNBC tapings and being around like-minded people. If Denver always felt this vibrant I'd totally move back here -- except for the the 6 months of winter. Anyway... Ill be twittering away!!!
OBAMA 2008!!!
It's been a great week here in Denver just hanging out downtown, watching a lot of the MSNBC tapings and being around like-minded people. If Denver always felt this vibrant I'd totally move back here -- except for the the 6 months of winter. Anyway... Ill be twittering away!!!
OBAMA 2008!!!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
music can be such a revelation... this is my religion
High Holy Day Alert: Our Lady of Perpetual Indulgent Perfection today reaches the half-century mark of her worldly existence. I honor the woman who put the mad in madartista with some favorite pics and text exchanges with a long time friend and my mom.
el madartista: Life is a mystery... With love, honor & respect on this Holy Day of Obligation: Happy 50th, Madonna
Rhonda: For the love of Pete*! I'm not celebrating that crazy woman's birthday! :)
m: You mock my religion!
R: I mock - I scorn - I laugh out loud!!!
m: Your intolerance is appalling and hurtful, not to mention blasphemous!
R: What happens when she gets divorced? Fasting and gnashing of the teeth? Wailing in the streets?
m: Adherents only concern ourselves with her divine nature, not the earthly fallible side. Fasting, gnashing & wailing is reserved for her passing (and the release of "Hard Candy").
R: Hah! Yeah well - Like A Virgin To You.
m: See, you get it! Amen.
* Note: No, she's not referring to Little Lord Wentz.
el madartista: Life is a mystery... With love, honor & respect on this Holy Day of Obligation: Happy 50th, Madonna
Mom: Yesterday was a holy day of obligation. Did you go to mass?
m: Really? For Madonna?
Mom: Shame on you! If u were here i would spank u, that is sacrilegious. Ur never to old to spank.
m: What? It was the Assumption, right? That's Madonna.
el madartista: Life is a mystery... With love, honor & respect on this Holy Day of Obligation: Happy 50th, Madonna
Rhonda: For the love of Pete*! I'm not celebrating that crazy woman's birthday! :)
m: You mock my religion!
R: I mock - I scorn - I laugh out loud!!!
m: Your intolerance is appalling and hurtful, not to mention blasphemous!
R: What happens when she gets divorced? Fasting and gnashing of the teeth? Wailing in the streets?
m: Adherents only concern ourselves with her divine nature, not the earthly fallible side. Fasting, gnashing & wailing is reserved for her passing (and the release of "Hard Candy").
R: Hah! Yeah well - Like A Virgin To You.
m: See, you get it! Amen.
* Note: No, she's not referring to Little Lord Wentz.
el madartista: Life is a mystery... With love, honor & respect on this Holy Day of Obligation: Happy 50th, Madonna
Mom: Yesterday was a holy day of obligation. Did you go to mass?
m: Really? For Madonna?
Mom: Shame on you! If u were here i would spank u, that is sacrilegious. Ur never to old to spank.
m: What? It was the Assumption, right? That's Madonna.
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
take another line, you'll feel fine
the problem with not writing on a regular basis is that it makes really hard to dive in. i've been trying to write a post about Streets of Fire for like three weeks now. Sheesh. Anyway, I figure a couple more pointless posts like this and the below are good warm ups. And that, in turn, makes them not so pointless.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
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