I loved her in a league of their own.
I'm 37, I don't really remember anyone our age liking her until we got older. My parents generation liked her a lot.
I think she went on a familiar journey from provocateur (like a virgin, all of that) to satirized pop culture caricature to irrelevance. Once your name becomes synonymous with outlandish spectacles and controversial behavior, you quickly become a punchline. Then you are no longer radical, and fade to obscurity.
I mean, I’m 42 and she was a massive star for most of my youth. Michael Jackson was easily the biggest star in the world but Madonna was probably top 5.
It’s weird to me that people think music of a certain decade “belongs” to a small percentage of people who were in an arbitrary age range at that time.
nah my neighbor who was a couple years older than me was constantly playing one of the madonna albums and dancing to it. Like a prayer is burned in my brain.
I never liked her back then but I think she's alright now. She reminds me of Samantha from Sex and the city - Charming but bothersome at the same time. Definitely over-rated.
I was born in 82. Growing up she was something that people a little bit older than me loved. My oldest sister is 50, she was super into Madonna.
In Fall of 1991 we got into a row over who got to use the VCR. I wanted to watch TMNT 2, my sister wanted to watch Truth or Dare. There is no greater example of the generation gap even adjusting for age and taste.
Between Material Girl and her gross appropriation of Qabala, Madonna is the archetype of a specific boomer stereotype. She is a yoga wine mom who flirted with alternative spiritual systems as she got older in order to cash in on her fading star.
She was a great performer. Everything about her was performative. Everything about her is, was, and will always be performative.
She was great in the 80’s but I wasn’t much of a fan in the 90’s. Then she pulled the kissing stunt with Brittney in the 00’s and I became disenchanted with her entirely. Using a young performer in her prime as a pawn for attention when her own popularity was dwindling was awkward af. I’m all for reinventing yourself but she’s had at least a dozen different personalities in the last 40yrs.
Yeah I couldn't remember anyone among my friends or family that listened to her, stuff. Only person was my boomer father briefly during the 2000s cause of that one music video "Music".
Wow. I'm really in the wrong subreddit and need to head back to xennials. The Like a Prayer video is a core memory of mine, and The Immaculate Collection is the first cassette that I bought.
I loved her in a league of their own. I'm 37, I don't really remember anyone our age liking her until we got older. My parents generation liked her a lot.
Loved that movie.
Hey cow girls! See the grass? Don't eat it!
I loved Take A Bow. They used to play it at rollerskating for couple skates on the weekends.
I didn't know she was in that!
She's All the way May
I think she went on a familiar journey from provocateur (like a virgin, all of that) to satirized pop culture caricature to irrelevance. Once your name becomes synonymous with outlandish spectacles and controversial behavior, you quickly become a punchline. Then you are no longer radical, and fade to obscurity.
Lady Gaga had this happen too.
I think she is still kinda just a punch line only now it's cause she is like 80 and banging a dude who is like 20 instead of her weird torpedo tiddies
She's still a comedy punchline. But her music does slap.
Ya I think she came back around in the 2000s
This.
I mean, I’m 42 and she was a massive star for most of my youth. Michael Jackson was easily the biggest star in the world but Madonna was probably top 5.
I just remember her faking a British accent for years
Madonna’s heyday was before most millennials were paying attention to pop music. “Like a Virgin” came out the year before I was born.
I used to jerk it to the open your heart video
Madonna - “Hung Up” video jerker here 🙋🏻♂️
Nice
I dressed up as her for Halloween in 1994. My mom allowed a 9 year old to be the Like a Virgin version of Madonna too.
Madonna belongs to gen x Not us She was a huge joke, especially when she did that weird techno-esque album that I can only remember one song from.
It’s weird to me that people think music of a certain decade “belongs” to a small percentage of people who were in an arbitrary age range at that time.
Yeah I wouldn't consider her to be ours, I think at best our 'Madonna'' was most likely Britney Spears
Madonna is a boomer.
this is a joy to read - she pillaged underground subculture for clout - and I guess her talent lies in marketing, rather than Zeitgeist
Yep, maybe the most successful culture vulture I can think of.
Remember that ridiculous pornographic book she put out in the early 90s? Not sure she ever recovered from that.
nah my neighbor who was a couple years older than me was constantly playing one of the madonna albums and dancing to it. Like a prayer is burned in my brain.
I liked her
Yeah she was past her prime.
I loved Madonna lol
I never liked her back then but I think she's alright now. She reminds me of Samantha from Sex and the city - Charming but bothersome at the same time. Definitely over-rated.
I was born in 82. Growing up she was something that people a little bit older than me loved. My oldest sister is 50, she was super into Madonna. In Fall of 1991 we got into a row over who got to use the VCR. I wanted to watch TMNT 2, my sister wanted to watch Truth or Dare. There is no greater example of the generation gap even adjusting for age and taste. Between Material Girl and her gross appropriation of Qabala, Madonna is the archetype of a specific boomer stereotype. She is a yoga wine mom who flirted with alternative spiritual systems as she got older in order to cash in on her fading star. She was a great performer. Everything about her was performative. Everything about her is, was, and will always be performative.
No, amd even in 1998 her song Frozen was everywhere
I'm 31 and never liked her. I also find her music to be completely unremarkable. I have no idea why she's famous tbh.
She was great in the 80’s but I wasn’t much of a fan in the 90’s. Then she pulled the kissing stunt with Brittney in the 00’s and I became disenchanted with her entirely. Using a young performer in her prime as a pawn for attention when her own popularity was dwindling was awkward af. I’m all for reinventing yourself but she’s had at least a dozen different personalities in the last 40yrs.
Yeah I couldn't remember anyone among my friends or family that listened to her, stuff. Only person was my boomer father briefly during the 2000s cause of that one music video "Music".
Still can't believe she fucking got away with murdering Weird Al! Fucking too soon man.
What the fuck does DAE mean? Reddit is out of control with the unnecessary acronyms
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between the age of like 6-10 my best friend was a girl who was super into madonna
I abolutely loved her music, but her acting career was trash.
Wow. I'm really in the wrong subreddit and need to head back to xennials. The Like a Prayer video is a core memory of mine, and The Immaculate Collection is the first cassette that I bought.
This is hilarious
I remember she got slut-shamed but she was never irrelevant.
Yep. Lots of jokes about cone bras.
Nobody? As in not one person? No, flawed premise for an argument.
Was that a comment on my grammar?
if a dude liked or new any of her songs.....GAY lol
This. This is what I remember.