Madonna's sleepy cover of Elliott Smith's 'Between The Bars' is beyond endearing

By Jerilyn Jordan

Nov 10, 2017 at 10:58 am

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Madonna's sleepy cover of Elliott Smith's 'Between The Bars' is beyond endearing

Screen grab via Twitter

What does the Material Girl have in common with the late Elliott Smith?

Well, nothing, really. Which makes the Bay City native's recent Twitter video so oddly endearing. A black-and-white video surfaced of a casual, late-night Madge armed with black-rimmed glasses and an acoustic guitar as she performed a tender tribute to the late indie idol.

She hash-tagged the vid with #prayer #lullaby #love and punctuated it all with the very evangelical prayer hands emoji. Suddenly Madonna, Queen of Pop, is all of us after watching Good Will Hunting for the first time.

Celebrities, they're just like us.

The charming video of Madonna performing "Between the Bars" from Smith's beloved Either/Or is embedded below for your listening/viewing pleasure.

Between the Bars............🎼🖤strumming my favorite song when everyone else is asleep. ♥️ Eliot Smith 🙏🏻 #prayer #lullaby #love pic.twitter.com/i0JvwvMaPA
— Madonna (@Madonna) November 9, 2017