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“Lady Madonna”
medium: acrylic on canvas
Size: 24″X36″
Story: Lady Madonna is one of those songs that resonates with my
childhood. When I read the book, Angela’s Ashes, I related to the kind
of poverty depicted in that story. We moved all the time. My parents
worked hard and did their best but they were always struggling to pay
the rent. That’s why we had to move so many times.
When I saw the music for this song, I saw the basic lines of the sheet
music as a calendar and so I marked “Rent” on the first day of the month.
I also liked the idea of including a round fertile shape in the design of the work because
children are born and getting under the feet of mothers all the time.
3 minute video “Changing our world one corner at a time” https://youtu.be/Bm5DIIpYmAE
Lyrics
http://www.lyricsfreak.com/b/beatles/lady+madonna_20014569.html
Youtubes of the song:
Portion of the original from 1968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-6JUJFFYJI
Paul McCartney performs it live with his band Wings (1970s band)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fsp-bsOfllQ
Excellent cover by Fats Domino, whose style was an inspiration for the song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1OdbPpvFYg
http://musiccourtblog.com/2011/09/22/lady-madonna-from-fats-to-mccartney-to-fats/
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