From Mxyzptlk Sent Mon, Mar 2nd 1998, 22:14
Christopher Fahey wrote: > Madonna Ciccone. It's her real name. Her Italian American Catholic > parents > thought it was a good name. It's the real birth name of millions of > catholics around the world, as is Jesus and Mary and Peter and Paul > and lots > of other mythical/biblical characters. > > - Cf Okay...personally I don't care where she got the name and I'm tired of the thread - so keeping in the spirit of what I just said, I'll patch this in which came across the ambient list...... > To: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > From: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx > Subject: (amb) More Madonna Material > Actually, 'Madonna' IS some kind of attention-grabbing stage name, not her > real name, which is 'Mary Louise Ciccone'. She chose Madonna, and has gone > to great lengths to make it appear that she was born 'Madonna Louise > Ciccone'. I didn't write it, can't verify it, don't care. And, btw, I think Zenon's point was that he thought whoever she really is uses imagery that some people hold dear in a way which is a bit insensitive - a point which would be a little silly to argue against, IMHO. Now, let's all slip on that secreted copy of "Bedtime Stories" and put this thread to sleep....maybe? ;-p jeff