Straight black woman here 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.

Harlepolis said:

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.

TonyVanDam said:

Little Star is the most beautiful thing she ever wrote in her whole career IMO.

I've bought only one CD in her entire career, and it's the "True Blue" one.

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.

& I agree that "Little Star" is awesome

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


THAT'S IT

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.

alphastreet said:

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.

I really liked her early stuff, first 2/3 years... I can't STAND her now!

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.

bboy87 said:

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

you misread the thread title.

i only like her first album.

lots of nice grooves and synthesizer on that one.

TonyVanDam said:

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

Ace said:

Best song ever about freedom of speech.

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.

i'm hetero and i dig a handful of her songs . not about her nor do i own any of her music, but i understand her appeal . if i had to pick a "favorite", it'd prolly be dress you up cuz the beat sounds very prince-y to me
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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.

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.

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

I love the album Erotica and I like some songs here and there, but I ain´t really crazy about her.

Im a straight male and like quite a few Madonna songs

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.

I admire her hustle!

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.

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.

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