My lovely friend Marvin Ortiz has been selecting his favorite Madonna moments (you know, back from when she was still a performance pioneer, not a copycat or overreaching to lost yoth) and this has got to be one of my all-time favorites (which he of course posted last, as he should). It reminds me of when I used dance like a drug, an escape and a respite from the terrors no 7 year old should have to endure. And it also takes me back to a black&white dress, to a cabin on a lake, and to laughing with a childhood friend. So much memory can be wrapped up in one little song.

(Source: youtube.com)