I’ve known Majella Lewis and admired her sassy creative talent for practically all my working life. I saw Madge (as she’s known) for caffeine last week and she mentioned that her daughter was part of a dance troupe performing at the Arts Depot in North London. They’d be dancing to this underrated but hugely influential track. Very influential as far as Madonna was concerned. It hit the charts three years before she did and is so obviously the template for all her early hits. Stacy Lattisaw was just 13 when she made it but Madonna, rather embarrassingly, is still hawking herself about at 58. That particular Madge is well past her creative peak. Whereas the Madge I saw last week is only just hitting hers.
It was my friend Majella who drew my attention to it.

- Why this song...1st Jul 2016
- Hart Beat.28th Jun 2016
- Britain votes...24th Jun 2016
- Oh God, this ...23rd Jun 2016
- Going undergr...22nd Jun 2016
- I think I mig...19th Jun 2016
- When I'm Seve...18th Jun 2016
- From priceles...17th Jun 2016
- I didn't stay...14th Jun 2016
- We have to st...12th Jun 2016
- Arise, Sir Ro...11th Jun 2016
- The (sort of)...9th Jun 2016
- It's all gone...8th Jun 2016
- No, I'd never...7th Jun 2016
- A man, two de...6th Jun 2016 prev next