My First Music Video

“In the midnight hour, I can feel your power
just like a pray, you know I’ll take you there”

I will admit that I do not remember the first music video I ever saw. However, I do remember watching this video very distinctly. Growing up as an only child I built my cousins up as role models and copied everything they liked, said, and did. My cousin Katherine was, and still is, an avid Madonna fan. When I was, perhaps, no older than 5 or 6 I remember Kat having this particular music video dubed onto a VHS. One weekend the who of us spent an entire weekend watching the images dance upon the television screne. Between the two of us we succeeded in acting out most of the scenes in the video. Katherine, as the oldest and there for dominate member of the cast, naturally was always Madonna and I got the challenging role of assuming the role of all the other video characters. After the weekend was over, and Katherine returned to Denver, I begged my mom to purchase the single for me; after a couple of weeks of hard begging Mom caved and I was the proud owner of my first cassette tape. Now I could be Madonna when I danced to the waves of “Like A Prayer” in my room. Today, when I pulled up this video on youtube I was immediately reminded of my cousin Katherine and that weekend we spent together. Since those days both of our music tastes have changed, however I still notice that after a weekend together I always acquire a new song, or band that I find myself building a special spot for in my music taste. I guess as silly as it sounds you never out grow the admiration and respect for those who you aspire to be like.