In the video below, the pop singer Madonna performs her February 1989 hit single “Like a Prayer” during last week’s live Hope for Haiti broadcast. But given her extensive library of work, much of it of the inspirational variety (“Cherish,” “Don’t Tell Me,” and “Sorry,” among many others), Ms. Ciccone had much to choose from in deciding which song to perform to help raise the $57 million the telethon took in. For instance, at the January 2005 telethon Tsunami Aid, for victims of 2004’s Indian tsunami, she chose to cover John Lennon’s “Imagine.” But for Haiti, the footage above reveals, she almost went with one of her most recent singles, the very upbeat “4 Minutes.” Which would have made sense in one respect, because the lyrics “Time is waiting / We only got 4 minutes to save the world” is apropos for the tick-tocking of aid yet to reach Haiti. But also wholly inappropriate, because the song, which isn’t exactly about anything, really, is about picking someone up.
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Madonna Almost Performed ‘4 Minutes’ at Hope For Haiti. Whew, Crisis Averted
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JoeB
wholly, not holy inappropriate.
FakeName
Holy inappropriate, Batman!
FakeName
Although how “Like a Prayer” is any more about Haitian relief than “Four Minutes” is beyond me.
hyhybt
Holy, holy, holy,
Madonna is in Haiti,
He-lping out the earth-quake vic-tims raising mo-oney…
(sorry, I couldn’t resist but am exceptionally bad at this.)
http://www.hymnsite.com/midifiles/umh064.mid
Seth
The woman is a genious and knows what to do and when to do it. Her use of Live to Tell was PERFECT during the Confessions Tour in 2006. At Live 8 she did Ray of Light, Like A Prayer and Music which also worked. I think she knows when the time is right for a somber song and not only is Like a Prayer a Madonna classic it’s also one of the greatest songs of all time.
Seth
And I meant genius and not genious…makes me sound like I’m far from one.
Michael
Damn! I much rather would have prefered 4 minutes. Like a prayer was too safe. pretty, but safe
MissGluteusMaximus
What’s wrong with her cheeks? She’s turning into a radioactive chipmunk!
dontblamemeivotedforhillary
Madonna needs to join AARP and leave it up to Lady Gaga – you had a nice run, Madge. Go find a Boy Toy to make you feel young. Didn’t watch Hatey Relief or that loop of the same child being rescued – I saw it the first Fifty times and I can’t afford the therapy bills!
BTW – De-centralize Port-Au-Prince and rebuild low level buildings only!
pugnut97
I remember 1990. I remember the bullying. I also remember seeing the “Vogue” video clip for the first time. I was a gay country boy trapped in the Christian outskirts of Australia and these fleeting glimpses of Madonna really meant all the world to me. Please don’t throw our lady Madonna in the trash. She means a hell of a lot to some of us.
JonathanHasHasIt
@no. 10
U need to get a life and stop living in the past. Madonna is yesterday’s news.
Tommy
@JonathanHasHasIt:
Madonna had one of the highest grossing tours ever last year. So she’s hardly yesterday’s news.
Why do people have to set women against one another? I like both Madonna and Lady Gaga. There’s room for both of them in the music business and gay men’s hearts and record collection.
Here’s a news flash, one day Lady Gaga will be Madonna’s age. Will you all then start slamming her for being old? Age is just a number. I like Gaga and hope she is still performing when she’s Madonna’s age.
sebastien
I hope she didn’t shove a kid from the choir in her handbag and forgot to put it back….
she made 200 million with her last tour and gave 250 000 dollars to Haiti relief. I mean….wow!
It’s like at my level I was spending 25 dollars on haiti relief and claimed I was doing the best I can.
As Judge judy would say: That’s a lot of baloney , Madge!
AOG93
#13 – Meanwhile she was raising $10 million in Brazil for social projects before the disaster in Haiti happened.
Mike
I’m 25 but I’m SICK of the other 20 sometimes like JonathanHasHasIt that think music begins and ends with GaGa. Don’t get me wrong I like Lady GaGa but she wouldn’t be shit if it wasn’t for Madonna doing everything she’s doing now but 20 years ago and better. Her Madgesty’s catolog is uncomparable, she’s an icon of the highest degree and people like you are too stupid to realize how great and special she really is. GaGa will be lucky to last a decade despite her talent let alone 30 years like Madonna. Learn to show some respect for the past and those that paved the way.
Sebizzar
I’m 19 & will always consider Madonna the queen of Pop. I mostly like Lady GaGa because of her LGBT activism, i mean her songs are fun & catchy too but i still bump more Madonna tunes than GaGa đ