To understand Erotica/You Thrill Me one needs to get the very heart of Madonna's existence. In this sad and heartbreaking concerto Ciccone/Peron/Simpson, good ol' Madge is achingly crying out for Love not lusting after Sex. In Tears of Wet Sadness, Lady Madonna cries out "I Love You and I would change a thing in spite of all the pain love can bring/What can I do/I'm so in love with you!/You Thrill Me!/Erotic, erotic/Put your hands all over my body!" Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie are two men who irrevocably changed her life. Not only that, all of us who unconditionally love Madonna-myself included-have changed her life. The good thing about the erotic/spiritual/romance balance act is that Madonna is blending all three Detroit qualities as an Act of Love and a work of Art with a Capital A. In that sense, Erotica/You Thrill Me could as well be Madonna's most important song of her American Life. Reviled then, Revered now-Erotica/You Thrill Me. What a difference 20 years make!
To understand Erotica/You Thrill Me one needs to get the very heart of Madonna's existence. In this sad and heartbreaking concerto Ciccone/Peron/Simpson, good ol' Madge is achingly crying out for Love not lusting after Sex. In Tears of Wet Sadness, Lady Madonna cries out "I Love You and I would change a thing in spite of all the pain love can bring/What can I do/I'm so in love with you!/You Thrill Me!/Erotic, erotic/Put your hands all over my body!" Sean Penn and Guy Ritchie are two men who irrevocably changed her life. Not only that, all of us who unconditionally love Madonna-myself included-have changed her life. The good thing about the erotic/spiritual/romance balance act is that Madonna is blending all three Detroit qualities as an Act of Love and a work of Art with a Capital A. In that sense, Erotica/You Thrill Me could as well be Madonna's most important song of her American Life. Reviled then, Revered now-Erotica/You Thrill Me. What a difference 20 years make!