瑪丹娜(Madonna)《拜金女孩》(Material Girl)
「娜姊」瑪丹娜(Madonna)一出道就不諱言地說她的偶像是已故「性感尤物」瑪麗蓮夢露(Marilyn Monroe),她繼《宛如處女》(Like A Virgin)單曲後,第二支單曲《拜金女孩》(Material Girl),立刻搬出夢露在一九五三年電影《紳士愛美人》(Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)中,演唱《鑽石是女孩最好的朋友》(Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend)的標準造型,加以致敬一番。
一九八四年她順利以《宛如處女》征服歌壇,立刻向她的偶像瑪麗蓮夢露看齊,不僅在單曲MV《拜金女郎》模仿夢露的造型,還順勢進軍影壇,先在《奪標27秒》客串,並演唱主題曲《為你瘋狂》(Crazy for You)小試身手獲得矚目。在《拜》曲MV中,她身穿粉紅色小禮服,配戴著百萬鑽飾,周旋在眾多獻殷勤的男人面前,活脫脫就是夢露當年模樣再現。但此曲MV推出後,娜姊卻說她從不想跟夢露相提並論,令人有種「佔了便宜還賣乖」的感覺。
該曲推出後,很快地躍升至美國告示牌第四十三名,並以飛天速度進佔第五名,最後連霸兩周亞軍。不過,因為拜金形象太過招搖,有很長一段時間,媒體總愛以「拜金女孩」稱呼她,使得她直呼這是她最後悔錄過的歌曲,「早知道會怎樣,我當年就不唱了」。
這首歌對她還有另一層重要意義──她在片場遇見了她首任老公西恩潘(Sean Penn)。西恩潘經過她拍攝片場的後台時,兩人相遇,他倆一時天雷勾動地火,很快便互訴好感,甚至西恩潘知道她崇拜夢露,還特地帶她參觀夢露的墓園。很快地,他倆受不了因工作關係,長時間的分隔兩地,終於決定在同年娜姊生日當天,互訂終身。我還記得那時新聞媒體竭盡所能地拍到他倆結婚的畫面,出動直升機前往拍攝,此舉終於把她惹火,她在沙灘上寫上大大的「Fuck」一字,並順勢比起「問候你娘」的手勢。
《Material Girl》
Some boys kiss me, some boys hug me
I think theyre o.k.
If they dont give me proper credit
I just walk away
They can beg and they can plead
But they cant see the light, thats right
cause the boy with the cold hard cash
Is always mister right, cause we are
Living in a material world
And I am a material girl
You know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl
Some boys romance, some boys slow dance
Thats all right with me
If they cant raise my interest then i
Have to let them be
Some boys try and some boys lie but
I dont let them play
Only boys who save their pennies
Make my rainy day, cause they are
Living in a material world [material]
Living in a material world
Boys may come and boys may go
And thats all right you see
Experience has made me rich
And now theyre after me, cause everybodys
A material, a material, a material, a material world
Living in a material world [material]
Living in a material world