For a good cause?

Live Earth seemed to make a big “huh?” as far as global awareness of anything (including, it seems, Live Earth itself). However, Madonna got a lot of flak for performing, being called “a climate change catastrophe.”

Personally, I wouldn’t even care, except for the fact that I discovered the video below while futzing around on Punknews this morning. Seems Madonna managed to round up some credible backing performers again. This go ’round, it appears she was able to convince Gogol Bordello to back her on “La Isla Bonita.”

Great. Not only is one of my favorite bands backing an aging pop star, it’s not even on a good song. Fuckers.

Man, their new album Super Taranta is kind of weak, too. Yeah, they just got a good deal with Gypsy Punks, but there’s a good two and alf albums’ worth of stuff before that which is just as good. Sophomore slump, this is not.

Don’t believe me about the new album? Download Super Taranta right here.

Madonna – “La Isla Bonita