Christopher Ciccone interview February 2009 part 02

[Nenuupharr]

He seems really fucked up. really.

[MrTizgo]

I bet they fucked after this !!!!!! Lmao

[StefanDot]

Liar.

[Boddahism]

Kurt Cobain once claimed to have lived under a bridge like Madonna's brother. It was a false claim & more of an artistic metaphor. Sid & Nancy was Kurt's brain-child. I met Kurt while he on the Rock Till You Drop tour w/Def Leppard in '83. Joe Elliott discovered me at age 15 & I wrote songs for Madonna, INXS, Prince, Def Leppard, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Hole, Foo Fighters, Adele, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears, NIN, Motley Crue, Kiss, AIC & many more. I am Amy Lee founder of Evanescence

[unholyimage]

Wow, it doesn't look easy for him. Either way, I'm sure all major characters in this little drama have ample baggage to carry. Given Madonna's evident personality, and that we see from Guy's productions (a pallet of his mind), I'd venture that this man is easily the most decent human of the 3.

[tbebnd]

Fantastic interview. Now, is it just me, or were these two flirting with one another?? Can't say one more so than the other, however, Christophers guest does seem quite anamored with his Ass portrait...

[sheilaboy44]

MADONNA IS JUST A CUNT! SHE APPARENTLY HAS STOLEN TONS OF STUFF FROM OTHER ARTISTS AND BEEN SUED SEVERAL TIMES!! SHES SUCH A SHAM. SHE ALSO LIED ABOUT WRITING RAY OF LIGHT ON THE OPRAH SHOW WHEN IN REALITY SHE STOLE THE SONG FROM A 1970'S GROUP. SO, CHRISTOPHER IS THE WINNER HERE..

[yngguy4u]

@sheilaboy44 actually most artists take from others to influence their work, however with Madonna, she was commenting on a larger scale using pastiche and irony and drag. There was a coherant philosophy that informed her work and still does to this day. In 500 years when people study the 80's, 90's, and 00's, they will no doubt be referred to as the Madonna years. No other artist personifies a period of time in American culture with such saturation.

[sheilaboy44]

@yngguy4u No DUDE...she actually has been sued multiple times for THEFT of material by other artists!!! I am an artist myself with a college degree and know the difference between influence and FLAT OUT THEFT! Im aware of of how people can be influenced to create but in her case there is a long ass list of many artists who have filed suit against here and her management team.

[yngguy4u]

@sheilaboy44 I'm an artist too, a musician in fact, and I get what your saying. I've seen the lists...But most of it is bogus. Recreating the images of Mae West and Marilyn Monroe, and Dietrich is not theft. She is not denying her imitation of them.  In "Vogue", she actually lists them. It's the definition of post-modern. She talks about being influenced by Abba, and Bowie, and Grace Jones and drag queens, and old Hollywood stars and she re-invents the visuals.

[yngguy4u]

@yngguy4u I think she has been the most forthcoming about her influences than that of anyone else. If she pretended that she was just a genius with no outside inspiration, then I would say she was a thief but as far as post-modern art goes, she has mastered it a la Warhol and Keith Haring and Gaultier etc. If it was all just theft, they wouldn't have university courses in Madonna analysis. She changed pop culture more than any other artist or personality. IMHO :)

[sheilaboy44]

@yngguy4u People RE INVENT when they have no original ideas of their own...thats why music does NOT exist anymore.. All we have are talentless dumbfucks who rip off all the 80's and 70's acts and pretend they wrote the shit. The young people eat it up because they dont know any better...

[yngguy4u]

@sheilaboy44 I agree that artists re-invent (Madonna's 2004 tour was called Re-Invention) but its not because they have no original ideas. I would argue that every artist today, in whatever field, "re-invent" the "modern". We are all influenced in some way by the greats of the past. (modern artists) When a painter paints, he isn't changing the way we paint, he is using skills learned by the greats and making them his own. (post-modern) The same thing goes for music

[yngguy4u]

@yngguy4u In some respects there is nothing else to discover, (in mainstream art anyway, just different takes on art forms discovered in the past. What's so interesting about post-modernism is that most people don't even realize we are living through it. Even Elvis was blamed for ripping off black culture. No matter who the artist is, the work is not the result of some divine intervention. It's how they interpret their inspirations. Why is Madonna or MJ less important than Wagner or

[yngguy4u]

Respond to this video... Beethoven. Why is Dan Brown somehow "less than" Shakespeare or Jane Austen? I don't buy that argument. They influence the culture of the day and I'm sure many people did not see Jane Austen as a genius, just some spinster from England that liked to "shock" people with her writings. Sound familiar? But today we can look back and realize that she changed the medium. I believe Madonna did the same. Pop music a la Britney, Christina, Gaga, Kylie, Kesha,

[yngguy4u]

Respond to this video... Beyonce, Spice Girls etc etc have all enjoyed success because Madonna paved a way for woman to be sexually provocative yet in control. If she hadn't come along, I think pop music would inevitably look very different, the same way the screen goddesses changed woman in mid century. I'm sure there will be another artist that changes the trajectory again, but we haven't seen it yet.

[TarantulaCandy]

the interviewer is full of shit, Madonna wasn't cold. she just wasn't very happy after he kept asking her to "regret" something and she kept saying NO, then he purposely tried to make her look stupid because of the lyrics in dutch on her single "Sorry" and he called her a Middle age woman and remarked she was 47 years old. do that to anyone and Im sure whoever you're interviewing would tell you to fuck OFF. and the las thing she said 2 him was "Thank you for the book" Lying DUTCH piece of shit.

[JohanR888]

seems a genuine guy.

[giavannira]

Wow he packed on like 100 pounds..must be from him not using coke ne more...the book wasnt that great it was full of shit we knew..madonna has will and does ne thing 2 get at the top n thats why we love her..

[kendolldamon]

I READ THE BOOK! he does not trash her, he kind of reaffirms things that most of us already may suspect. I am a hge fan of Madonna' still am. but everything he says makes sense. and at no point does he throw her under the bus

[KevinAmatt]

He was given massive opportunities being with his sister. What would he be without her?

[WarRogers]

This was a really interesting little interview, actually. I haven't read the book but want to, and what he says about Guy makes a lot of sense. Even during Madonna's "happy" period of her marriage he always looked miserable. That's the exact word for it.

[nadiaciccone93]

"She would never written a book about me...because her focus is not me ...her focus is herself"...I've always appreciated him...but he must understand that he can not be

The most important person in her life because now she's got a family and then he can't judge her sister

because she has always spoken well of him in public and if she had some problems about his behavior they were arguing for email instead he wrote a book describing her like a bitch...

[remidelino]

delusional. he didn't write a story about "their" life - he wrote a story about HER life. he says very little about himself in the book, but i suppose that's understandable considering there doesn't seem to be much there to tell. madonna gave him every opportunity to be great and he blames her because he didn't have the balls to take it. bitterness is ugly.

[marcomenna]

he wants to make his point and show his role in Madonna's fame, but this doesn't help him ..: he's making money out of his sister, once again !!

naughty boy

[Kien8486]

Love his voice

[free2drm]

I think he is a cutie-pie.

[gogoutube]

He is like a male version of madonna... the speaking style and sense of humor. SO funny!

[Casey90strt]

the book was very interesting, and i felt so sory for Christopher to bé the brother of Madonna...

Now that i see this interview, i notice that he is very insecure and still a bit... uncertain. He just can't say no to the fame that madonna brings him, but he also hates her behaving. but he kept in contact with her because of the famous friends,...

And my god, did he went fat! On the cover of the book, he is múch cuter and slimmer...

[LadyOlivia35]

Madonna is a nut case. Still, she is a magnetic personality; we all can't get enough of her for better or worse. I don't blame Christopher one bit for venting about her mistreatment of him. She's not a nice person, but she can be nice--well put.

[GimmeKitty]

I admire this guy's BALLS!

[magyarwho]

He is such a piece of shit. He needs to quit blaming Queen Madonna for everything and take responsibility for his own actions. Jealous idiot.

[EAB82]

what a joke Christopher is.. a drugged out, poor and insecure person he is.. pathetic

[911insidejo8]

No, I read a part of the book at the bookstore and although there are 2 sides to every story, given what we know about Madonna, she never paid her brother his worth and dangled jobs over him like a carrot and donkey because she always wanted him beneath her, making sure he never drove the kind of car she did. He could have had his own work in Michigan but chose to support his sister BEFORE her fame.

A friend of mine met Christopher yrs ago in Detroit. He said Christopher was incredbily nice

[isabellehebert]

@911insidejo8

I don't think she truly needed his services...I read the book and I believe she artificially made him useful...

[bklynleo887]

Wow, he looks JUST like her.

[lysskog]

He dosnt know what he is talking about

[blondboy16]

you know hes a realy selfish man to use his own sister for fame and money

[EAB82]

agreed!

[DistantCousin]

The interviewer is very Dutch in his manner (I know a lot of Dutch people). Some people might find his honesty quite grating but it's a very Dutch thing!

[joeylondonxo]

I like Madonna =D

[novalis]

This is somehow embarrassing to watch. First, because of the interviewer who did indeed a terrible interview with Madonna in 2005 (it is here on youtube), and Madonna then said very rightly so that he hasn't been nice to her.

Secondly, of course because of her brother. He claims constantly that the book is mostly about him and his "adventure" together with his sister - nobody would be interested in it, if it was so. I've read the book and it is full of self-righteousness and bitterness.

[novalis]

I mean, Madonna is sure not the nicest human being on earth (anyway, I am not interested in her for being nice, I am interested in her work and her persona) - but does not justify her brother to betray her. And this book is a betrayal.

[911insidejo8]

I read it too, I didn't think it was that way at all. It is somewhat bitter, but he feels his sister treated him like crap at times. That's not hard to believe. Not only that, he could have discussed really, really personal topics and he really didn't. He would discuss his observations on her life and his role/relationship in her life.

He could have really thrown her under the bus and he didn't.

[louisewhomackable]

@911insidejo8 Yes I bet he knows way more than he wrote about. I bet he knows really personal stuff and could have buried her. i think his book was a fair portrayal.

[Marke0000]

black and white "bits" are from Truth or Dare... or if your british .. its called Bedtime with madonna.....

[Lisafawcett13]

are the black and white bits a documentary of madonna?

what is it called?

cheers.

[8bittrauma]

I just hate that his book as inaccuracies. I mean, I opened the book up and within ten seconds, I saw a glaring error. ...why does the fan have more knowledge and authority than a man who was there? D<

[thebeautifulpeople77]

They Don't

[nadiaciccone93]

chris is amazing...I'm a madonna's fan...and I think that the book is a good job

[mcqueen12345667]

christopher knows how to have a goodtime too bad he does it with coke and not meth.

[julienmusic]

OH SECOND PART FUCK YOU AGAIN!!!!

[c1catwoman]

the interviewer gets on my nerves.

[Aaathan]

Whaat? I saw the interview. She was just kidding about the guy not being nice to her :D

[lufctom08]

interviewer dident like chris, DID HE

[tinwhiteduke]

dreadfull i dont care how famous you are or how much money you need you never sell your sister out, it just aint right, christopher seems very angry and bitter what a shame

[DEV1L79]

Yeah I seen the book was ull of lies and inaccuracies but it was a great read tho.

[atrocchia]

Truth or Dare is a self-serving documentary. Quite pathetic.

[nateboytwo]

boo hoo, get over it...she's famous and your not...you were on a gravy train for along time and madonna got wise too it..be thankful.....shame on you chris, shame on you

[KoSza77]

Madonna kicked the habit not Chris. Please go and get a job, you are pathetic

[razzigirl]

What a terrible interviewer. Couldn't they get someone who had some experience on asking questions.

[emocrem0]

Are they flirting at the end? :O

[kevinivers]

Christopher was right - his book is intimately about him. The details of this book that are the most raw, the most revealing and the most emotional are all about HIS life. Not hers.

And for the record -- that is a fantastic apartment.

[ballerina444]

I´m reading the book and I know where Chris wants to take the reader. It´s not to paint a bad picture of Madonna, but to reveal

her single minded-ness. you figure what that means ;)