When I first saw the 15 second clip of Madonna’s upcoming single “Celebration” I was sort of impressed. Jesus Luz. Without a shirt. Not bad. Naturally I assumed her record label leaked the clip because they’d get a lot of free Jesus hype. Now I’m thinking they did it because that’s just the only semi-interesting part of the video. I mean it’s all fine. Certainly Madonna doesn’t release sub-par stuff – at least not without someone losing their testicles for it. But it’s just… there. It won’t go down in the books. There are people dancing. Oooh, they’re sped up! Ohhhh, now they’re slowed down. How novel. We’ve already covered Jesus with his shirt off. Lots of jerky dance movements. Little hint of Lourdes near the end. And I think that just about covers it.
Here’s the video of Madonna’s new single ‘Celebration,’ the title track of her upcoming greatest hits album. The material girl shows off her dance moves in thigh-high Louboutin boots and a dress short enough to allow for plenty of gyration and crotch-touching shots.
Around 2:20, Madonna’s boy toy Jesus Luz enters. He is playing a DJ, which is his real-life dream. Madge touches herself some more, realizes she must remove Jesus’ clothes to recognize him, then makes out with him.
Lourdes, Madonna’s 12-year-old daughter, also makes a cameo as a dancer towards the end of the video.
Madonna is currently on her ‘Sticky & Sweet’ tour in Europe, and has made time for visiting Jewish Holy sites with Jesus and speaking out on behalf of the Gypsies.
[From the Huffington Post]
So… yeah, I’m not sure what to say. The video is just so-so to me. There’s no Madonna-esq controversy. There’s nothing fabulous about it. It’s fine. My great grandma has it on her iPod. She’s cool with it. As am I. Couldn’t really offend or interest anyone. I’m sure it’ll occasionally get played in clubs because it has that beat that just screams “I blend well into other songs for 15 second mashups!” And that’s about it.
Maybe I’m off. What do you all think?
