‘Cause I Got Something To Say About It…
The Madonna Tribe Team is happy to welcome longtime contributor and Community member Cristian Gonzales aka cristian_nyc as the brand new columnist and writer who will be sharing his thoughts, his emotions and his views about the lady we all love in a brand new space.
Here is what Cristian has to say about his new “Cause I Got Something To Say About It…” as well as his first piece, that he called “I had to let it happen / I had to change“.
” First off, I want to thank the webmasters for giving me the opportunity to write this column. It truly is an honor. I want to try and make this an exploration of everything and anything regarding Madonna. Objective at times, subjctive at other times, but ultimately… always… coming from the place of a fan who highly respects her and adores her.
Second, I wanted to thank the Tribe members for always making me feel “like I just got home” via this site. You guys rock! Thanks for always making me laugh, and always making me think about what it means to dissect Madonna.
And last (although certainly not least), to Madonna. A woman who after all these years still makes me want to dance, sing get up, and do my thing. Thank you for inspiring me to wake up every day and become a “better version” of myself.”
Ahhh… Madonna… why is it that after all this time, and after all these years, that I am still a devoted fan? I mean, you certainly aren’t what you used to be. Where’s the fuck-you girl I once loved? Where’s the ballsy, in your face creature that made us all cheer for the kind of woman (or man) we all wish we could be? Did you forget about her? Did you forget about us? Did the Kabbalah simply screw everything up for us? Or, was it Lourdes that took away that rebellious spirit, and mis-directed it into what we now know as The English Roses?
Some fans, and the public, seem to have been asking these questions an awful lot lately. Hell, even I have asked those exact same questions at one time or another. But here I am, still a loyal subject of her “Madgesty”. Madonna once sang in Evita, “I had to let it happen/ I had to change/ Couldn’t stay all my life down at heel.” After all the major changes she’s made in her life, and her career post 1996 (or post Lourdes as some of us may put it)—I remain a die-hard fan. Madonna “had to change”. She couldn’t be the same person she once was. Madonna has always been a creature of metamorphosis and evolvement (or devolvement some may argue), but there was something different about Madonna after October of 1996. Madonna changed in a different sort of way. It was the origins of those changes that made Madonna into the person she is today.
Let’s face it guys and gals, Madonna was unstoppable by the time 1990/1991 rolled around. She was basically the female version of God to pop culture during the beginning of the 90’s. Then came the unfortunate backlash from the public and media in 1992/1993. She became a cultural piñata, and everyone was free to take a swing. Even some fans who never thought they would lose allegiance to her became disenchanted by her (one of those fans was me). Could she become what she once was again? I found it doubtful. Although her Bedtime Stories album and Evita movie project were successful endeavors, and gave her some much needed renewed credibility, it just wasn’t the same. Where was the magic? Where was the brilliance? WHERE WAS OUR BLOND AMBITION QUEEN OF THE UNIVERSE ???
But, then, came something that proved that neither I, nor anyone else, should count Madonna out. That masterpiece of an album (with a couple of crap-tracks thrown in for egotistical purposes), Ray of Light, debuted in March of 1998 and Madonna became a musical force to be reckoned with again. Madonna, who had been labeled “over” in 1993, was relevant once more.
Click here or on the image below to continue reading the first issue of “Cause I Got Something To Say About It…. A very special thank you to Cristian Gonzales aka crystian_nyc.
