Saturday
Mar162019
'Like A Virgin' -- Motley Crue Cover

It's here! The Motley Crue cover of the Madonna classic "Like A Virgin."
So far I've read that this is both the best and worst cover of all time. That Motley should never record again. That Motley should tour again. Really, it's just something fun the band did for The Dirt soundtrack.
Incidentally, starting Monday, it's Motley Crue week around these parts as we count down to the premiere of The Dirt on Netflix. Holla!
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Let’s not take it seriously. It’s a cover. It’s heavy. It’s fine. AND Alyson is right; this flick is pretty huge release in our BBG world. Can’t wait for the reviews and banter!!!
I remember seeing the Madonna video for this song one too many times on MTV when it was first played which still wasn’t that many as I would usually flick the channel as soon as it came on.
I mean, let’s face it, Madonna can’t sing all that well and that never became more apparent than on this song, not only the studio version, but when I saw her LIVE almost POINT BLANK (10th Row) in 1993 at Madison Square Garden.
So, I guess what I’m saying is, I never really liked this song at all!
That is, until this Mötley Crüe fully Metalized cover came out. SO much better than the original!
I saw Madonna on her Virgin Tour at the Philadelphia Spectrum And, it was anything but family-friendly, despite the crowd of 15,000 moms and tweens dressed in black lace and multiple plastic bracelets, while a raunchy opening act (wait for it), The Beastie Boys launched into a profanity laced punk-rap laden setlist. They were booed the entire time to the point where they just started to yell, "F*ck you, Philly".
Next comes Madonna. More family friendly than the Beasts, until halfway through her set. Madonna brought out a neon boom "box", comparing the box to her vagina. The moms were not thrilled, especially when she proceeded to sit on the box and simulate masturbation; moaning and groaning, writhing and gyrating for a full 20 minutes until culminating into full climatic ecstasy. Personally, I thought it was great, but you could hear a pin drop around me when these tween girls were innocently asking their moms, "What's Madonna doing?"
Perhaps, Tipper might've been onto something....nah, screw her. To think...all those religious organizations protesting Madonna (hell the Catholic Church even ex-communicated her) and now these same groups are the ones supporting 45. I can't make this shit up!
Anyway, I got to see this tour, because a family friend owned a concert promotion company and was sponsoring the East Coast leg of this tour. We were even given tickets to the Spectrum's Ovation club for the after show party where Madonna was supposed to attend. However, we found out that it was only for guests 21yo and over so we couldn't get in. I didn't have a fake ID...yet. That came a few years later....
Ps: Yngwie is amazing at his craft but his playing in general makes me gently weep, he can play anything he wants no matter how crazy and complex, but theres no feeling to it.