Song of the Day: 'Party in My Pants/Vague' by Medusa (aka Julie Brown)

In honor of the Material Mom's 60th birthday, a parody so catchy it doubles as an homage by brilliantly capturing the joy that was Madonna singles heyday!

Vanna White, Ed McMahon. Nic-o-lette Sher-i-dan.
Mary Hart, Chuck Woolery, are as vague as they can be.
Brooke Shields, Dawber, Pam -- personality of Spam.
Christie Brinkley, Brosnan, Pierce -- bland and boring, something fierce!
Wilson Phillips loved to sing, and wreck the cover of a magazine.
Daniel Quayle's brain is gone.
Debbie Gibson gives good yawn!
Kelly LeBrock thinks she's great -- she's just cold boogers on a paper plate.
Why they're famous, we don't know ... but Paula Abdul's gotta go!

If you haven't seen Julie Brown's "Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful," stop what you're doing right now and watch it!

Julie Brown Returns With 'Smell the Glamour'

Just found out the hilarious Julie Brown has a new record out -- "Smell the Glamour" -- only her second release since her infamous "Goddess in Progress" put her on the map back in '85. This time around, Brown takes on Ke$ha's "Tik Tok," as "Another Drunk Chick," see video below, and the even funnier "Big Clown Pants," a poke at Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance," which literally had me in hysterics. The album also ties up some loose ends since "Trapped in the Body of a White Girl" came out in '87, including her classic Madonna parody "Vague" -- updated for 2011 -- as well as some Sarah Palin bits (which, unlike Judy Tenuta's, are quite brilliant at times), plus a remix of "'Cause I'm a Blonde."

  MetroSource NY interviewed Brown recently and asked her if any of the women she parodies have ever gotten in touch with. Lucky for us, one special lady has:

   "Madonna did. When we were rehearsing ... she sent over a half-drunk bottle of warm Champagne with a note: 'You're special. Love, Madonna.' It could have been a sarcastic thing but I don't know. Then, when I did my special, she had her agent call my manager and tell her that she really liked it. Then another mutual friend told me she really didn't like the dog cemetery scene -- remember that? And she didn't like the part where I said, 'I don't want my dancers to sue me,' because it turns out her dancer really did sue her. " 

 Here's hoping the funny lady returns to New York City soon. I saw her loose her (212) virginity at Joe's Pub in '07 and it was a hoot!

 

Julie Brown as Sarah Palin

Like I don't already love Julie Brown enough, now she's taking on everybody's "favorite" hockey mom. And as my pal Dan says, I think she's just getting warmed up: 

 On caribou:

   

 On lawyers:

   

 On international relations:

 

Just Say Said Julie!

So I dragged Michael to Joe's Pub on Saturday night to see everyone's favorite easy Earth Girl, Julie Brown. I was kind of embarrassed to even ask him to go and I was certain we'd be the only people in the audience. We got there about a half-hour before showtime and would you believe the line was stretched out long and far along Lafayette Street? (Naturally, the crowd could have easily doubled for one of Kathy Griffin's audiences.)

We quickly decided a table was in order and sat down to Smell the Glamour. Sure, Julie had simply dusted off those old backing tracks from the '80s and showed a couple of old clips on an occasionally uncooperative video projector above the stage, but that didn't stop the show from being a complete hoot. Looking sexy and fit as ever, Julie came flying out singing "I Like 'Em Big and Stupid" (from her classic 1984 EP, "Goddess in Progress," which is about to be reissued on CD!) and never looked back. Part stand-up, part audience participation (think boys in wigs during "Girl Fight Tonight!" from 1987's "Trapped in the Body of a White Girl") and part storytelling, it was easy to remember why Julie was one of the shining moments of '80s MTV. What's interesting (or perhaps surprising is the word I'm looking for) is that Julie really is a very talented pop songwriter. When I first heard her Madonna parodies from "Medusa: Dare to Be Truthful" (like "Happy Place") I remember thinking they were every bit as good as anything Madonna's ever released. On Saturday night she did the terminally infectious "Party in My Pants" and I still feel the same way. From there she launched into "Vague" -- complete with updated celebrities during the rap portion (who'd have thought Nicolette Sheridan would actually be in vogue again, though?). When she finished her crowd-pleasing encore of "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" she was so excited that she came back out just to wave and announce that she didn't have anymore songs. (Truth be told she hadn't done "Earth Girls Are Easy," which happens to be one of my faves, but ...) Afterward she lapped up the "backstage" attention as she patiently posed for photos and signed CDs and DVDs. A fun night with a really funny lady. (Question: When is "Strip Mall" coming out on DVD???) Visit Julie's funny Web site here. and her Facebook here.