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steve2470

(37,457 posts) Sat Feb 28, 2015, 01:31 AM Feb 2015

I have to hand it to Madonna...

She is my age, and I don't think I could have gotten up from the fall and head-smack-on-floor she took, and kept performing. That's what I call a real TROUPER!

You may not like her music (if you ever did, I liked it), her personality, or her latest statement about "Nazi Germany", but you have to give the lady a lot of credit for being a trouper. I have a newfound respect for her.

This article about her and Yoko Ono (who's 82 and still performing) made me think of her: http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/feb/27/yoko-ono-and-madonna-both-fight-ageism-in-radically-different-ways

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I have to hand it to Madonna... (Original Post) steve2470 Feb 2015 OP

I agree, and I like her music and agree with her statements about France, Europe. (nt) NYC_SKP Feb 2015 #1

hey SKP, good to see you, hope you are well! nt steve2470 Feb 2015 #2

and with those spike heels! hopemountain Feb 2015 #3

Falling like that... ReRe Feb 2015 #4

I was impressed by the way she handled her fall. In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #5

ow! yes, hopemountain Feb 2015 #6

Have you seen her newest video Living For Love? In_The_Wind Feb 2015 #7

thanks for the links inthewind! hopemountain Feb 2015 #9

Ha! She said she's fallen off her horse many times. So she knew how to fall! magical thyme Feb 2015 #8

"I have to hand it to Madonna," said Sean PENN. UTUSN Mar 2015 #10

wow, I looked up what he did to Madonna, horrible! steve2470 Mar 2015 #11

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

1. I agree, and I like her music and agree with her statements about France, Europe. (nt)

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 01:37 AM

Feb 2015

steve2470

(37,457 posts)

2. hey SKP, good to see you, hope you are well! nt

Reply to NYC_SKP (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 01:46 AM

Feb 2015

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)

3. and with those spike heels!

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 03:40 AM

Feb 2015

i have fallen in the same manner - and though it was a few years ago, even then, about 3 days later i could not get up from my bed i was so very, very sore and bruised.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)

4. Falling like that...

Reply to hopemountain (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 04:16 AM

Feb 2015

... unexpectedly, especially in those stilettos, is like the impact ones body takes in a car accident. I imagine she did have to have some old fashioned TLC after that performance. If she's on a world tour right now, she may have to cancel a concert or two.

She has the performance stamina of a football player. Get hurt? Just get back up and finish the game. Bet she's in physical therapy right now.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

5. I was impressed by the way she handled her fall.

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 04:22 AM

Feb 2015

She's worked hard throughout her career to stay physically fit.

That probably was beneficial when she fell.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)

6. ow! yes,

Reply to In_The_Wind (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 04:32 AM

Feb 2015

also, when you are fit & hyped for a performance, the adrenaline kicks in and you get up because the show must go on.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

7. Have you seen her newest video Living For Love?

Reply to hopemountain (Reply #6)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 04:48 AM

Feb 2015

It is awesome.

And now there is this:

'The universe was trying to teach me a lesson': Madonna speaks to Jonathan Ross about BRIT Awards fall... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2972937/The-universe-trying-teach-lesson-Madonna-speaks-Jonathan-Ross-BRIT-Awards-fall-claims-created-horror-show.html