[PenguinHead]

Though I've never been a Madonna fan. I still respect her and wish her no ill will. I remember seeing her make one of her first TV appearances on David Letterman. When he asked her what she wanted to do, she replied "I want to rule the world." To a certain extent she achieved that, but she wasn't part of my world. My only familiarity to her is through happenstance media transmits like her recent Grammy performance.

Now I'm obsessed with the brief clip of her taking a big tumble off the stage during her recent appearance on the televised Brit Awards show. She came out on a platform and sang the intro, wearing a lengthy cape. She approached a set of stairs that led to the front stage, where one of her dancers was situated to pull off the cape, in quick breakaway. Things didn't go as planned. The cape was too tightly attached, and when he pulled the cape Madonna went with it, flying off the platform and falling down onto the stage, losing her mike.

I always assumed that she lip-synched at these kind of events. It would have been very embarrassing if her voice was still heard while she was laying on the ground with her mike several feet away. The band played on, and the instant she fell, her voice went silent. But this proves she actually does sing live, but it does sound like it's being processed through something like auto-tune. I've played the clip dozens of time, and it elicits laughter every time. It was such an instant disaster. She could have been seriously injured. To her credit, she just brushed it off. What a pro! Good thing she keeps herself in good shape. But I bet she was feeling a little sore later on. I would like to see the entire performance, as well as the whole awards show. I have yet to find it online.