Auction Date:2013 Feb 21 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Handwritten working lyrics to Madonna’s song ‘In This Life,’ recorded for her 1992 Erotica album, on a 7.5 x 10.5 lined sheet, signed with her initial in the left border, “M.” In blue ballpoint and black ink, Madonna writes out and edits about 27 lines of lyrics for the song, in part (with grammar and spelling retained): “In this life/ I loved you most of all/ What for/ cause now your gone/ and I have to ask myself/ What for…Some say thats lifes not fair/ I say that people just don’t care/ some things in life aren’t fair/ some people just don’t care/ they would rather turn the other way/ Why do we have to pretend/ What could I say to her/ some day I pray it all will end/ I hope it’s in my lifetime/ I hope its in this lifetime.” She has also added a few doodles, seemingly to test her pen, in the margins. A few light creases, and paper loss to the upper left corner (affecting none of the lyrics), otherwise fine condition. Madonna wrote ‘In This Life’ in memory of friends who she had lost to AIDS, becoming track 12 on Erotica, which explored many areas of sexuality. The release of the album and its accompanying book, Sex, caused worldwide backlash due to their explicit nature. However, the controversy has cemented Erotica’s legacy in popular culture—critics today see this album as Madonna at her most socially relevant.
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