independent and unofficial
Prince fan community
Welcome! Sign up or enter username and password to remember me
Forum jump
Forums > Music: Non-Prince > How many straight men AND women like Madonna?!?
« Previous topic  Next topic »
Page 1 of 2 12>
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
Author

Tweet     Share

Message
Thread started 12/29/09 11:58am

TonyVanDam

avatar

How many straight men AND women like Madonna?!?

In light of how gay men are always asked to explain their reasons, I would like to use this thread to ask all of the straight orgers if they still like OR used to like Madonna for her music.

THIS very straight black male still namechecks Like A Prayer, Where's The Party, & Spotlight as his primany favorite Madonna tracks.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #1 posted 12/29/09 12:06pm

Harlepolis

Straight black woman here wave Don't care for her as a person,,,but I respect her big time as an artist, I love how she reinvented herself.

Ray Of Light and is one of my fave albums.

She gave birth to magic with producer William Orbit. The album reminds me of something from White Noise.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #2 posted 12/29/09 12:12pm

TonyVanDam

avatar

Harlepolis said:

Straight black woman here wave Don't care for her as a person,,,but I respect her big time as an artist, I love how she reinvented herself.

Ray Of Light and is one of my fave albums.

She gave birth to magic with producer William Orbit. The album reminds me of something from White Noise.


I enjoyed the releases of Ray Of Light & Music back to back. Those are like the only time (counting Bedtime Stories) I ever listen to a Madonna album in its entirely without skipping tracks.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #3 posted 12/29/09 12:23pm

Harlepolis

TonyVanDam said:

Harlepolis said:

Straight black woman here wave Don't care for her as a person,,,but I respect her big time as an artist, I love how she reinvented herself.

Ray Of Light and is one of my fave albums.

She gave birth to magic with producer William Orbit. The album reminds me of something from White Noise.


I enjoyed the releases of Ray Of Light & Music back to back. Those are like the only time (counting Bedtime Stories) I ever listen to a Madonna album in its entirely without skipping tracks.


Little Star is the most beautiful thing she ever wrote in her whole career IMO.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #4 posted 12/29/09 12:33pm

angel345

I've bought only one CD in her entire career, and it's the "True Blue" one.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #5 posted 12/29/09 12:54pm

CalhounSq

avatar

I guess I like her enough. I definitely like a good # of songs from her, I have 3 albums I think (the ballad album, GHV2 & Ray of Light), I still like Truth or Dare, but would never pay to see her live. shrug

& I agree that "Little Star" is awesome nod
heart prince I never met you, but I LOVE you & I will forever!! Thank you for being YOU - my little Princey, the best to EVER do it prince heart
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #6 posted 12/29/09 1:29pm

funkpill

The fave biggrin





Use to jam this mug alot...music
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #7 posted 12/29/09 1:30pm

bboy87

avatar

I like some stuff from the first album and Dress You Up


THAT'S IT lol
"We may deify or demonize them but not ignore them. And we call them genius, because they are the people who change the world."
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #8 posted 12/29/09 2:28pm

alphastreet

For years I wondered if I was the only straight person to like madonna, cause everyone online who did was gay, though I knew tons in toronto who love her, she is still HUGE here and it's not really uncommon to like her. But I've admitted in recent years that I've had been turned on by the same sex at different times in my life, even before I knew that stuff existed when I was under 5, so even though I'm bi, I still prefer the opposite sex and liking the same sex is like an old friend that visits time to time, but that I embrace now.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #9 posted 12/29/09 3:11pm

Glindathegood

alphastreet said:

For years I wondered if I was the only straight person to like madonna, cause everyone online who did was gay, though I knew tons in toronto who love her, she is still HUGE here and it's not really uncommon to like her.


There are definitely a lot of straight men and women who like Madonna, but they tend not to go to forums. They tend to like her songs, but aren't as obsessed with her (or any artist) so they don't go to forums and talk about her like gay men tend to do. So if you are just judging from people you know online who are Madonna fans that's not really a fair sample of her fans.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #10 posted 12/29/09 3:13pm

Jeffiner

I really liked her early stuff, first 2/3 years... I can't STAND her now!
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #11 posted 12/29/09 3:19pm

badujunkie

avatar

I think the mass appeal of Madonna still extends to people who solely identify as straight, but mostly outside the U.S.

If you live in America and were into her in the 80s and 90s, yes, but I feel this decade has not only has she been relegated to mostly the gay community in the U.S. by the media; she has catered to her gay WHITE fan base, by and large, as a WHOLE.

She's no dummy.

I also think that mainstream 'straight' people are the ones who listen most to top 40 radio; with the exception of 'Music,' 'Dont Tell Me,' 'Die Another Day' and '4 Minutes,' she hasn't really been on top 40 radio in the US, this decade, with NEW material.
I'll leave it alone babe...just be me
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #12 posted 12/29/09 3:20pm

CHIC0

avatar

bboy87 said:

I like some stuff from the first album and Dress You Up


THAT'S IT lol


rolleyes

'How many straight men AND women like Madonna?!?'

you misread the thread title. comfort
heart
LOVE
♪♫♪♫

♣¤═══¤۩۞۩ஜ۩ஜ۩۞۩¤═══¤♣
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #13 posted 12/29/09 3:32pm

minneapolisFun
q

avatar

i only like her first album.

lots of nice grooves and synthesizer on that one.
You're so glam, every time I see you I wanna slam!
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #14 posted 12/29/09 4:31pm

Ace

TonyVanDam said:

I would like to use this thread to ask all of the straight orgers if they still like OR used to like Madonna for her music.

Yeah. 'Specially like these (I'm a lyrics dude):

Gone
Nobody Knows Me
Hollywood
American Life
Secret
How High
Like It or Not
Human Nature
The Power of Good-Bye
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #15 posted 12/29/09 4:41pm

TonyVanDam

avatar

Ace said:

TonyVanDam said:

I would like to use this thread to ask all of the straight orgers if they still like OR used to like Madonna for her music.

Yeah. 'Specially like these (I'm a lyrics dude):

Gone
Nobody Knows Me
Hollywood
American Life
Secret
How High
Like It or Not
Human Nature
The Power of Good-Bye


Best song ever about freedom of speech. cool
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #16 posted 12/29/09 4:57pm

JackieBlue

avatar

I still like Madonna quite a bit. I'm only missing about 2-3 albums and go to her concerts whenever I can (afford it). I love her reinvention, longevity and her interest in trying different musical styles.
Been gone for a minute, now I'm back with the jump off
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #17 posted 12/29/09 5:00pm

purplepolitici
an

avatar

i'm hetero and i dig a handful of her songs shrug. not nuts about her nor do i own any of her music, but i understand her appeal cool. if i had to pick a "favorite", it'd prolly be dress you up cuz the beat sounds very prince-y to me stoned
[Edited 12/29/09 17:01pm]
For all time I am with you, you are with me.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #18 posted 12/29/09 6:22pm

COMPUTERBLUE19
84

avatar

I do.

In the 1980s, next to Prince & MJ, I grew up with her music. I stopped listening after Ray of Light, which was her best album of the 1990s. So many memories associated with that one and to echo what was said earlier, her partnership with William Orbit produced magic. cool
"Old man's gotta be the old man. Fish has got to be the fish."
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #19 posted 12/30/09 5:22am

Ellie

avatar

Straight white woman here.

I LOVED her as a child. I think I fell out of love with her and her music when I was about 20 due to her being a spectacularly bad live performer. I still think her 80s and 90s music is brilliant pop music of the highest order though.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #20 posted 12/30/09 5:28am

AlexdeParis

avatar

Straight Black man and I love her. Ray of Light is my favorite album by her with Confessions on a Dance Floor second and her debut third. My top 20 songs:

20. To Have and Not to Hold
19. Music
18. Cherish
17. Nobody's Perfect
16. Vogue
15. Deeper and Deeper
14. Hung Up
13. Drowned World/Substitute for Love
12. Oh Father
11. Frozen

10. Take a Bow
9. Ray of Light
8. Who's That Girl
7. Borderline
6. Secret
5. Bad Girl
4. Live to Tell
3. Into the Groove
2. Sorry
1. The Power of Good-Bye

music
"Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #21 posted 12/30/09 5:40am

dag

avatar

I love the album Erotica and I like some songs here and there, but I ain´t really crazy about her.
"When Michael Jackson is just singing and dancing, you just think this is an astonishing talent. And he has had this astounding talent all his life, but we want him to be floored as well. We really don´t like the idea that he could have it all."
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #22 posted 12/30/09 5:52am

crokey20

avatar

Im a straight male and like quite a few Madonna songs
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #23 posted 12/30/09 6:11am

Dewrede

avatar

feeling ill
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #24 posted 12/30/09 8:26am

MattyJam

avatar

I'm straight and like some her stuff. Bedtime Stories was a quality R&B album, but I'm a complete sucker for those 90s Babyface ballads with those awesome orchestral arrangements and classy production.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #25 posted 12/30/09 12:01pm

carlcranshaw

avatar

I do.

Aside from her casting couch stuff and her marketing which is 50% MJ and 50% Prince. (Meaning great business team matched with attention getting sexinesss.)

When it's time for Madonna to do her job she does it. Her songs have great melodies and you can tell she loves pop music.

And coming through the speakers that is the only thing that matters and is what the public will buy or not buy.

The kewl thing is she isn't the best vocalist but she did take vocal lessons to get better and she takes what she has and tries to improve on it.
‎"The first time I saw the cover of Dirty Mind in the early 80s I thought, 'Is this some drag queen ripping on Freddie Prinze?'" - Some guy on The Gear Page
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #26 posted 12/30/09 12:52pm

BklynBabe

avatar

I admire her hustle! nod
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #27 posted 12/30/09 1:20pm

lowkey

she's ok, i wouldnt call myself a fan but i have liked a few of her songs over the years. im not into her as a performer, she is kinda boring to me.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #28 posted 12/30/09 1:32pm

Moonbeam

avatar

I do! She was a huge part of my youth, and I've enjoyed almost all of her albums along the way. She's been in a big rut lately, but I believe she'll break out of it. smile
Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you!
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #29 posted 12/30/09 2:48pm

joseph8

I liked Madonna PRE 89. All the stuff Jellybean Benitez produced I liked. The rest of her stuff not so much.

Her "Look at me I'm So sexuaL" period was just annoying and seemed liked she was just trying too hard.
When you're sexy people see it, you don't have to shout it from the roof tops.

Later she developed this weird British accent lol
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Page 1 of 2 12>
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
« Previous topic  Next topic »
Forums > Music: Non-Prince > How many straight men AND women like Madonna?!?