Another from the Michelle Archives.....and one that was maybe the hardest to write about...
Its a Madonna song....and I will be the first to say I am not a big Madonna fan...but this one....has always been special to me...and its one she is not well known for although it was her longest running #1 hit. Its one I first heard at the end of a previous personal relationship long ago....and I was about to begin another.
Its called...."Take a Bow"......and its from 1995....and its beautiful. I thought about it this weekend when earlier in this thread...Laurie Breeze...announced she had said....."Yes"...to a significant other in her life. I was so happy..as I told her...because I was ending a long relationship in my own life...and to see someone begin one...lessened the pain...especially for someone I have liked and respected from afar.
"Take a Bow" is from Madonna's sixth studio album "Bedtime Stories". Released as the second single from Bedtime Stories in December 6, 1994, the song appears on her compilation albums "Something to Remember" (1995), GHV2 (2001) and Celebration (2009). It was written and produced by Madonna and R&B singer-songwriter Babyface and became her longest-running number-one hit in the United States. It was her first single to reach number-one in the United States after "This Used to Be My Playground" (1992), and it was her last number-one song in the United States in the 1990s.
The music video for "Take a Bow" was directed by Michael Haussman in Ronda and the bullring of Antequera, Spain. The plot sees Madonna as a bullfighter's neglected lover, played by real-life Spanish bullfighter Emilio Muñoz, yearning for his presence. The video won Best Female Video honors at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards. Madonna performed "Take a Bow" live with Babyface at the 1995 American Music Awards and at the 1995 San Remo Festival in Italy.
After Rihanna hit number 1 on the Hot 100 in 2008 with her own unrelated song titled "Take a Bow", the two songs became one of the rare pairs of songs with the same title to both hit number 1.
Lyrics
Take a bow, the night is over
This masquerade is getting older
Light are low, the curtains down
There's no one here
(There's no one here, there's no one in the crowd)
Say your lines but do you feel them
Do you mean what you say when there's no one around (no one around)
Watching you, watching me, one lonely star
(One lonely star you don't know who you are)
I've always been in love with you (always with you)
I guess you've always known it's true (you know it's true)
You took my love for granted, why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye
Say good-bye (bye bye), say good-bye
Make them laugh, it comes so easy
When you get to the part
Where you're breaking my heart (breaking my heart)
Hide behind your smile, all the world loves a clown
(Just make 'em smile the whole world loves a clown)
Wish you well, I cannot stay
You deserve an award for the role that you played (role that you played)
No more masquerade, you're one lonely star
(One lonely star and you don't know who you are)
Say good-bye (bye bye), say good-bye
All the world is a stage (world is a stage)
And everyone has their part (has their part)
But how was I to know which way the story'd go
How was I to know you'd break
(You'd break, you'd break, you'd break)
You'd break my heart
I've always been in love with you
(I've always been in love with you)
Guess you've always known its true
You took my love for granted, why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye
Say good-bye (bye bye), say good-bye
Say good-bye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDeiovnCv1o&list=PLAA99C6653F751C8AThere is an extended version I highly recommend too but the one above is the original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiChwhPbwTcSo here we go....from 1995.....and ...Madonna.....its......."Take A Bow"
Its hard to turn your back on 11 years....but its also fun to see another door open for someone......congratulations again Laurie.....take a Bow...the show is just beginning for you
. As for me.....I can only try and turn a page and keep trying to be that girl I have always wanted to become.....as the song says....."The Show is Over...Take a Bow"........and simply say...."The Show Is Over......Good Bye".........
