{Note: The Madonna Timeline is an ongoing feature, where I put the iPod on shuffle, and write a little anecdote on whatever was going on in my life when that Madonna song was released and/or came to prominence in my mind.}
If it seems like we’ve just had a Madonna Timeline entry, it’s because we have. For songs such as this 2003 album cut, however, it’s not worth the hype or build-up. Despite my lifelong standom, I do not love absolutely each and every Madonna song. That would be crazy. Almost every album has at least one clunker in the bunch, and ‘I’m So Stupid’ is the weakest link of 2003’s ‘American Life’ opus. In fact, much of the malignment of that otherwise-promising album should be sourced to ‘Stupid’ – it really is that bad. At the time it was released, I was just so happy for new Madonna music that I found some redeeming bits in ‘ISS’, but time has not proven them worthy of redemption. Anyway, here’s a filler moment, and a filler post, to tide us over until the next moment of greatness.
‘CAUSE I USED TO LIVE
IN A FUZZY DREAM
AND I WANTED TO BE
LIKE ALL THE PRETTY PEOPLE
I’M SO STUPID
‘CAUSE I USED TO LIVE
IN A FUZZY DREAM
AND I USED TO BELIEVE
IN A PRETTY PICTURES
THAT WERE ALL AROUND ME
BUT NOW I KNOW FOR SURE
THAT I WAS STUPID
SONG #138: ‘I’m So Stupid’ – Spring 2003
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