Madonna Performs "Don't Tell Me" | Letterman 

U r a good person! :)

i used to do that back in my early 20s, actually singing along to your own tune is way easier, you have full control with your instrument and vocals

@@jmsessn Yeah, we used to strum our guitars like she's doing, and sing folk and pop songs at Campfire Girls Summer camp in the 1960s. As I recall, once you get the guitar chords going, the singing along is a natural progression.

Didn't she say she started out with a guitar before getting famous?

​@@FayenaticShe did.

@@zombiethieves3736 so I don't understand how she could play live with a guitar before she got famous and here claiming that she just learned it...

Why did you have to put the stupid "I'm not a fan" preface to start the comment - is that something to be proud of? I'm certainly not interested to know which stupid artists whom you are a fan of, so?

Dont worry about Madonnas guitar playing, Im sure shes good at... other things......

Not a brilliant chord progression.

She played guitar for years before she became famous....Where have you been?

@@dr.miguelitoloveless9478 , nope. She never did. She played the drums before she was famous.

​@dr.miguelitoloveless9478 it was more like she learned a few chords from a boyfriend in the 80s & could "jam" along. She stopped for years and didn't start taking actual lessons until the early 2000s. I wouldn't say she played for decades prior to this performance.

I love the natural sound of her voice, which is different than being a great singer. I agree, her voice is beautiful, and I do think that's the key to her success.

well beyond bloody BRILLANT !!!

Beautiful voice. Anyone who say’s she can’t sing has obviously never recorded themselves singing.

Love her singing, so soulful

Interesting she says “a song i wrote” when its one of the few she hasn’t

I wish She didn't continue after the superbowl performance and ended her career with it So people would remember her at her best instead of what she does now

She always go back and forth with controversies. Just hush

That’s what i call « the Ritchie era ». She was so down to earth until her divorce.. i loved it

I'm curious: What makes you think that we care whether you are a fan of Madonna or not? Like, is that information really necessary? Why do idiots ALWAYS feel the need to announce they are not fans of Madonna, as if it's something to be proud of?

The reason people might mention they are not fans; is that most people on youtube comments about relatively obscure big artist performances on a talk show..are going to be fans (fan is short for fanatic) and thus say positive things about everything that star does. Someone might mention that they are not particularly a fan to emphasize that their praise for her is based on objective skill in some area of the performance from the perspective of someone who does not fawn over everything she does. In this way it is actually complimentary. @@CrystalCoffin

​@@kateluvshugzwhat a gracious and thoughtful explanation you have composed. 100 agree.

The reason I'm not interested in her 4 Decades Of Product tour is I don't think she's going to do acoustic versions of Ray of Light, Music and American Life tunes.

@@gregbiker3127she does an acoustic version of “I Will Survive” and “La Isla Bonita” for this tour and they’re great. Plus the studio version of Don’t Tell Me that fits the original video.

you now respect her for knowing the three chords you learn on the first day of guitar lessons?

I mean her next album after this was acoustic guitar ballads so like

Madonna was the best student at “Debbie Harry” school, she is very proud of that. Debbie said she is very happy with the path Madonna has chosen. An example for everyone

yes, very well said. I feel the same as you. I’m not a fan, but this was really quite lovely and impressive to see.

she looks like a beginner though, on guitar.

No doubt, maybe she was fond of him personally.

Ahmmm, she had an infamous appearance in the show in the early 90s where they tried to make each othe uncomfortable and madonna didnt want to leave. Makes this appearance great.

You can say what you want but my feeling tells me that her song take a bow is about Dave Letterman. My feeling tells me this. The words in the lyrics just fit totally to letterman. . . . one lonely star and you don't know who you are . . . make them laugh it comes so easy . . . hide behind your smile . . . all the world loves a clown . . . you deserve an award for the role you played . . . the show is over say goodbye -> doesn't it fit totally to the ending of each letterman show where he's shouting good night everybody Madonna was always weak when she was was near to Dave. Love makes you weak is a saying. She was always happy when she was with Dave. I always had that feeling that she had a crush on Dave. From the first interview on when she appeared with Sandra Bernhard I had that feeling that she had a crush on Dave and that feeling stayed with me always when she appeared on the show.

Rhinestone Cowgirl Madonna

What ??

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@@johanneskreller1134 thank you so much

​@@johanneskreller1134yes and those four chords just repeat in the verse and the chorus both yes? So she wrote songs prior to this by ear or did she play piano?

buy a ticket

She is still amazing. Go see her this year

That was then. Not today.

@@christopherrobinson972 That's a shame.

when people become very wealthy at a young age most lose perspective - when everyone tells you that you are the greatest , smartest person in the history of the world people start to believe it

_"Seems like"_ being the operative words...

@@cosmefulanitoo2625 still a child aren’t you?

Yes...she was beautiful then...in that period of time, but time pass, everyone change, you change, we change....so, appreciate her now before it's to late

Or she could just do as she pleases. If it affects her value in your eyes that’s your issue, not hers.

@@remingtongraves I said I wish. It's my wish, not reality. Of course the amazing Madonna will do as she pleases! I just wish young people could see her greatness, but don't because they are too busy mocking what's she become. It makes me sad.

@@glowycloey Who caresif young people can or can't see her greatness. Young people are too busy playing on their $600 phones and worried about pronouns. Worry about yourself, not what Madonna does or what the lame youth are doing.

Agreed!

I’ve been disappointed in Al Jourgensen in the past couple of years

So true! It seems as though she was concentrating so hard on playing her guitar that it distracted her from keeping up a public persona; she let her genuine personality and musical talent shine through.

I know. This is the Madonna that I really loved. What happened? I'm afraid of a Michael Jackson downward spiral.

We can only hope so!