You never know, babies! HAPPY NEW YEAR, angels."īebe Buell is a singer & actress Liv Tyler's mother with Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler. She perhaps sees herself as an Irish Nationalist? I have ZERO issue w/ Madonna also using this title 14 yrs. it truly is recyclable and done over and over again. She made it her own and much like "grunge" it was soon available at Macy's and JC Penny.
Got to hand it to her- she took all the downtown street style that gals like Debbie, Tish (Patrice Tish Bellomo)& Snookie, Cyrinda Foxe, etc., invented and turned it into something commercial and before we could bat an eyelash, she was creating a style revolution. I directed her to my spot on 14th Street. I've told this story before- she was there dancing and she asked me where I got my "lace gloves and all the lace accessories". I remember the first time I met her at Danceteria after a show with my band The B-Sides. that she only steals from the best- the true innovators. I've been told that it's a compliment to be stolen from by Madge. Not just anyone could do an album of duets with Tony Bennett and do it with such class and ease. Gaga is so over the top talented that I get chills just hearing her sing. Lord knows who she's talking about- some say Lady Gaga. But you'll always be two steps behind me." You can walk the walk, even talk the talk. Like a sister all messed-up, who's gonna help you out? In your fantasy, you can try it all. "Did you study me hard enough? You're never gonna be, you're just a wannabe me. But stealing my recipe, it's an ugly look." "You're a copycat, Where is my royalty? You're a pretty girl, I'll give you that. pot calling kettle black? Perhaps even projecting some? Here's some of the lyrics to one of M's leaked songs- it's called "Two Steps Behind Me"~ ironic that she feels stolen from. and I'm reinventing myself yet again here in my beloved Nashville. Moving past the physical to the metaphysical~ Madonna is welcome to Rebel Heart- I'm moving on to SOUL. That said, Debbie does what I do when someone steals or "borrows" an idea. My personal Goddess has always been Debbie Harry who truly was/is original and has never, in my opinion, been given enough props from Madonna. That in itself is an art per se so if that's how we measure "talent" or "success", then she's been hugely successful. She's always been good at taking an idea, a concept that someone else did first and taking it, making it mainstream. And boy oh boy, did everyone talk about that performance. Not so much because she was "great" or the "best" but because she was not afraid to roll around and make everyone talk. I was in the audience that night in '84 and it was clear she was going to be a superstar.
She's been doing this since the inception of her career~ as far back as 1984 appearing on the MTV video awards dressed as a bride- Debbie Harry, Marianne Faithfull, etc., did it first and with more originality and flair. This should not come as a surprise to anyone. "I've gotten so many DMs, PMs and Emails asking me how I feel about Madonna so blatantly using the title of my memoir REBEL HEART from 2001 as the title of her new album.