Ghost of a flea: Im nin'alu

November 07, 2005

Im nin'alu

Flattery is not always intended by the sincerest imitation. Alison Goldfrapp is the latest to dive into a diva bun fight instigated by long-time crumpet in a hurry, Madonna.

"She's always got her eye on what everyone's doing and she's always nabbing people, the latest DJ or whatever, to get them to put their thing on her thing, you know."

I must say I have never heard it described in quite those terms before. It would seem the Immaterial Girl has her own accusations of copying to make. Word has it Madonna is disgruntled with "net pirates" and is on a witch-hunt for the culprit who leaked her album to "the internet" in advance of its release date. In related news, the Flea is informed by an impeccable authority that the controversial tune "Isaac" turns out to include large sung quotations from an Hebrew traditional, Im nin'alu.* Furthermore, that it is gorgeous. Though I am not certain to whom Madonna has decided the appropriate royalties should be paid.

If the doors of the wealthy are locked, the doors of Heaven will never be locked.

*Possibly familiar to Flea-readers through its interpretation by stunning songstress Ofra Haza.

Posted by Ghost of a flea at November 7, 2005 08:17 AM

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flea, you must stop this maddonna obsession. it will destroy your career as surely as jeffie's Saadi Ghaddafi obession has destroyed his.

Posted by: matoko kusanagi at November 7, 2005 03:33 PM

I have not even begun with the Madonna coverage. Also, the other day when I emailed that the only good album released in the 1990s was Mary J. Blige's "What's the 411?" I was forgetting "Ray of Light", obviously.

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at November 8, 2005 09:38 AM

;-)

Posted by: matoko kusanagi at November 9, 2005 08:09 PM