One of my favorite Madonna memories....

I remember in early 1990,there was so much Madonna hype.She was everywhere,you couldn't escape her! She had just announced her upcoming 'Blond Ambition' tour,the movie 'Dick Tracy' was being prepared for summer release,and her newly released single "Vogue" was climbing the charts.I was watching MTV one night and they were having some sort of Madonna special.Downtown Julie Brown (remember her?) was the host and she announced "Tomorrow we will have the world premiere of Madonna's new "Vogue" video,but right now,we have a special treat for you.This is Madonna and her dancers rehearsing the song for the upcoming tour!".

At that moment,I remember thinking that Madonna is a sheer genuis at planning and promoting her projects.She was getting ready to take over the world,lol.

More than 25 years. Similar to Prince and MJ.

Geez, you say it like that...

SoulAlive said:

One of my favorite Madonna memories....

I remember in early 1990,there was so much Madonna hype.She was everywhere,you couldn't escape her! She had just announced her upcoming 'Blond Ambition' tour,the movie 'Dick Tracy' was being prepared for summer release,and her newly released single "Vogue" was climbing the charts.I was watching MTV one night and they were having some sort of Madonna special.Downtown Julie Brown (remember her?) was the host and she announced "Tomorrow we will have the world premiere of Madonna's new "Vogue" video,but right now,we have a special treat for you.This is Madonna and her dancers rehearsing the song for the upcoming tour!".

At that moment,I remember thinking that Madonna is a sheer genuis at planning and promoting her projects.She was getting ready to take over the world,lol.

that sounds so exciting! I didn't know this was happening though I knew madonna through the music videos of her first three albums on a videotape, but I did eventually see vogue a little later in the year

tell me, was madonna hype bigger or janet hype bigger at the time since they were both to go on tour and janet sold out quickly and broke a record with her tickets?

52 Things You Didn’t Know About Madonna

Today is Madonna’s 52nd birthday, and while she has decided to celebrate it with a guitar-shaped birthday cake and an intimate party at London’s Shoreditch House, we’re rounding up some of our favorite facts about the pop star after the jump. Feel free to add anything that we’ve missed in the comments!



1. Madonna was born Madonna Louise Ciccone on August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan, which she once referred to as “a stinky, little town in Northern Michigan,” on national television.

2. She was raised in Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

3. Her mother, Madonna Louise, died of breast cancer in 1963.

4. Madonna was referred to as “Little Nonni” to distinguish her from her mother.

5. Her father, Silvio Anthony Ciccone, was a first-generation Italian American from Pacentro, Italy. He worked as a an engineer for Chrysler and General Motors.

6. Madonna was the third of six children: Martin, Anthony, Paula, Christopher, and Melanie. She was the eldest daughter.

7. Madonna once described her childhood self to Vanity Fair as a “lonely girl who was searching for something. I wasn’t rebellious in a certain way. I cared about being good at something. I didn’t shave my underarms and I didn’t wear make-up like normal girls do. But I studied and I got good grades…. I wanted to be somebody.”

8. In middle school, Madonna was known for doing cartwheels and handstands in the hallway and flashing boys her underwear.

9. Eventually her father got remarried to the family’s housekeeper. They had two additional children, and moved to a larger house in Rochester Hills.



10. Madonna was on the cheerleading squad at Rochester Adams High School.

11. After having to convince her dad to let her take ballet lessons, she received a dance scholarship to the University of Michigan.

12. She dropped out of college in 1977 and moved to New York City with only $35 in her pocket.

13. Madonna worked several minimum wage jobs to make ends meet, including one at a Dunkin’ Donuts.

14. She performed with several modern dance troupes, and studied dance with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

15. In 1979, Madonna was a backup dancer for a French disco artist named Patrick Hernandez. While in Europe, she became involved with a musician named Dan Gilroy and they formed a band called the Breakfast Club.

16. Madonna left Breakfast Club in 1980 to form another band, Emmy. Their music got the attention of a producer who landed her a meeting with Sire Records founder Seymour Stein, and in turn, a singles deal.

17. Madonna’s debut single, “Everybody,” came out on October 6, 1982.

18. Unhappy with the completed tracks tracks on her debut album, Madonna, she asked her boyfriend John “Jellybean” Benitez to help with the additional production work.

19. Madonna had her first Top 10 hit in 1984 with “Borderline.”



20. Madonna’s often-copied signature ’80s look was created by stylist and jewelry designer Maripol.

21. With 1984′s Like a Virgin, Madonna became an international star. It was her first number one album on the Billboard 200.

22. Family organizations tried to get the video for “Like a Virgin” banned for promoting premarital sex. They were even more upset after Madonna’s now infamous performance of the song at MTV’s Video Music Awards. As she recalls it:” I remember my manager Freddy shouting to me, ‘Oh my God! What were you doing? You were wearing a wedding dress. Oh my God! You were rolling around on the floor!’ It was the bravest, most blatant sexual thing I had ever done on television.”

23. Madonna had her film debut in 1985, first with a cameo as a club singer in Vision Quest, then with a much larger role in Desperately Seeking Susan.

24. She started dating Sean Penn while working on the video for “Material Girl,” and they were married on her 27th birthday in 1985.

25. Madonna’s first North American arena tour — The Virgin Tour — featured the Beastie Boys as the opening act.

26. In July of 1985, both Penthouse and Playboy published a number of nude photos of Madonna, which were taken when she first moved to New York. The media went nuts.

27. Madonna’s third album, True Blue, topped the charts in over 28 countries worldwide in 1986, and spawned three number one singles, “Live to Tell”, “Papa Don’t Preach” and “Open Your Heart.”

28. Madonna and Sean Penn filed for divorce in December 1987. While her lawyers blamed it on Penn’s drinking at the time, Madonna has explained, “I was completely obsessed with my career and not ready to be generous in any shape or form.”

29. In 1989 Madonna signed an endorsement deal with Pepsi. Her song “Like a Prayer” debuted in one of the TV spots that followed.


30. The Vatican spoke out against Madonna’s music video for “Like a Prayer” which features burning crosses, statues crying blood, and Madonna seducing a black Jesus.

31. In 1990, Madonna starred as “Breathless” Mahoney in Dick Tracy opposite of Warren Beatty. They dated while filming, but things fizzled out by the end of the year.

32. The Pope asked people not to attend Madonna’s Blond Ambition World Tour, which involved Madonna simulating masturbation on stage while caressing two male dancers. Her response: “I am Italian American and proud of it. [...] The tour in no way hurts anybody’s sentiments. It’s for open minds and gets them to see sexuality in a different way. Their own and others.”

33. Madonna released her first greatest hits compilation, The Immaculate Collection, in November 1990. At the time, it was the best-selling compilation album by a solo artist in history.

34. The video for “Justify My Love,” one of the two new songs on Immaculate, was banned by MTV. It featured bondage and two girls kissing.

35. Madonna dated Vanilla Ice for eight months.

36. Truth or Dare, an intimate behind-the-scenes look at the Blond Ambition World Tour, came out in 1991.

37. The following year Madonna landed the role of Mae Mordabito in A League of Their Own. She also recorded the film’s theme song, “This Used to Be My Playground.”

38. Madonna founded her own entertainment company, Maverick, which included her own record label, Maverick Records, in 1992. The first release was Madonna’s controversial book, Sex, which featured photos by Steven Meisel.

39. After a series of sexual escapades (including handing David Letterman a pair of her underwear during an interview and asking him to smell it) many critics wondered if Madonna’s career was over.

40. Madonna toned things down in 1994 by releasing “I’ll Remember,” the theme song to With Honors.

41. Around this time she became involved with her personal trainer Carlos Leon.

42. After writing a letter to director Alan Parker, Madonna secured the title role of Eva Perón in Evita. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress. She also earned a Guinness World Record for the most costume changes in a film.

43. On October 14, 1996, Madonna gave birth to Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon. It was around this time that Sandra Bernhard introduced her to Kabbalah.

44. Ray of Light, the album that followed Lourdes’ birth, revealed a different side of the pop star, and earned her four Grammy awards. As she explains it: “This record, more than any other records, covers all the areas of life. I had recently joined Kabbalah and I had left off partying — but I had just had a baby, so my mood was complete, and I was incredibly thoughtful, retrospective and intrigued by the mystical aspects of life.”

45. “Frozen” was Madonna’s sixth number two single, giving her the records as the artist with the most number two hits. The song was banned in Belgium over accusations that it was plagiarized from Belgian songwriter Salvatore Acquaviva’s 1993 song “Ma Vie Fout L’camp.”

46. In 1999, Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, introduced Madonna to Guy Ritchie. On August 11, 2000, she gave birth to their son, Rocco Ritchie, and they were married at Skibo Castle in Scotland that December.

47. Her September 2000 release Music was Madonna’s first number one album since Like a Prayer.

48. The album that followed, 2003′s American Life, was the lowest selling album of her career.

49. Madonna’s first children’s book, The English Roses, debuted at the top of The New York Times Best Seller list and became the fastest-selling children’s picture book of all time.

50. Madonna’s tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, won her a Grammy for Best Electronic/Dance Album. The first single, “Hung Up,” set a record by reaching number one in 45 countries.

51. In 2007, Madonna left Warner Bros. Records and became the founding artist for Live Nation Artists.

52. “4 Minutes” off of 2008′s Hard Candy pushed Madonna past Elvis Presley as the artist with the most top-ten hits.

Source: http://flavorwire.co...w-about-madonna

" /> Just some fun little M facts. As fans we probably knew a whole lot of these they didn't think we'd know.
But still a little bit of fun on her birthday!

SoulAlive said:

52 Things You Didn’t Know About Madonna

Today is Madonna’s 52nd birthday, and while she has decided to celebrate it with a guitar-shaped birthday cake and an intimate party at London’s Shoreditch House, we’re rounding up some of our favorite facts about the pop star after the jump. Feel free to add anything that we’ve missed in the comments!



1. Madonna was born Madonna Louise Ciccone on August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan, which she once referred to as “a stinky, little town in Northern Michigan,” on national television.

2. She was raised in Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

3. Her mother, Madonna Louise, died of breast cancer in 1963.

4. Madonna was referred to as “Little Nonni” to distinguish her from her mother.

5. Her father, Silvio Anthony Ciccone, was a first-generation Italian American from Pacentro, Italy. He worked as a an engineer for Chrysler and General Motors.

6. Madonna was the third of six children: Martin, Anthony, Paula, Christopher, and Melanie. She was the eldest daughter.

7. Madonna once described her childhood self to Vanity Fair as a “lonely girl who was searching for something. I wasn’t rebellious in a certain way. I cared about being good at something. I didn’t shave my underarms and I didn’t wear make-up like normal girls do. But I studied and I got good grades…. I wanted to be somebody.”

8. In middle school, Madonna was known for doing cartwheels and handstands in the hallway and flashing boys her underwear.

9. Eventually her father got remarried to the family’s housekeeper. They had two additional children, and moved to a larger house in Rochester Hills.



10. Madonna was on the cheerleading squad at Rochester Adams High School.

11. After having to convince her dad to let her take ballet lessons, she received a dance scholarship to the University of Michigan.

12. She dropped out of college in 1977 and moved to New York City with only $35 in her pocket.

13. Madonna worked several minimum wage jobs to make ends meet, including one at a Dunkin’ Donuts.

14. She performed with several modern dance troupes, and studied dance with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

15. In 1979, Madonna was a backup dancer for a French disco artist named Patrick Hernandez. While in Europe, she became involved with a musician named Dan Gilroy and they formed a band called the Breakfast Club.

16. Madonna left Breakfast Club in 1980 to form another band, Emmy. Their music got the attention of a producer who landed her a meeting with Sire Records founder Seymour Stein, and in turn, a singles deal.

17. Madonna’s debut single, “Everybody,” came out on October 6, 1982.

18. Unhappy with the completed tracks tracks on her debut album, Madonna, she asked her boyfriend John “Jellybean” Benitez to help with the additional production work.

19. Madonna had her first Top 10 hit in 1984 with “Borderline.”



20. Madonna’s often-copied signature ’80s look was created by stylist and jewelry designer Maripol.

21. With 1984′s Like a Virgin, Madonna became an international star. It was her first number one album on the Billboard 200.

22. Family organizations tried to get the video for “Like a Virgin” banned for promoting premarital sex. They were even more upset after Madonna’s now infamous performance of the song at MTV’s Video Music Awards. As she recalls it:” I remember my manager Freddy shouting to me, ‘Oh my God! What were you doing? You were wearing a wedding dress. Oh my God! You were rolling around on the floor!’ It was the bravest, most blatant sexual thing I had ever done on television.”

23. Madonna had her film debut in 1985, first with a cameo as a club singer in Vision Quest, then with a much larger role in Desperately Seeking Susan.

24. She started dating Sean Penn while working on the video for “Material Girl,” and they were married on her 27th birthday in 1985.

25. Madonna’s first North American arena tour — The Virgin Tour — featured the Beastie Boys as the opening act.

26. In July of 1985, both Penthouse and Playboy published a number of nude photos of Madonna, which were taken when she first moved to New York. The media went nuts.

27. Madonna’s third album, True Blue, topped the charts in over 28 countries worldwide in 1986, and spawned three number one singles, “Live to Tell”, “Papa Don’t Preach” and “Open Your Heart.”

28. Madonna and Sean Penn filed for divorce in December 1987. While her lawyers blamed it on Penn’s drinking at the time, Madonna has explained, “I was completely obsessed with my career and not ready to be generous in any shape or form.”

29. In 1989 Madonna signed an endorsement deal with Pepsi. Her song “Like a Prayer” debuted in one of the TV spots that followed.


30. The Vatican spoke out against Madonna’s music video for “Like a Prayer” which features burning crosses, statues crying blood, and Madonna seducing a black Jesus.

31. In 1990, Madonna starred as “Breathless” Mahoney in Dick Tracy opposite of Warren Beatty. They dated while filming, but things fizzled out by the end of the year.

32. The Pope asked people not to attend Madonna’s Blond Ambition World Tour, which involved Madonna simulating masturbation on stage while caressing two male dancers. Her response: “I am Italian American and proud of it. [...] The tour in no way hurts anybody’s sentiments. It’s for open minds and gets them to see sexuality in a different way. Their own and others.”

33. Madonna released her first greatest hits compilation, The Immaculate Collection, in November 1990. At the time, it was the best-selling compilation album by a solo artist in history.

34. The video for “Justify My Love,” one of the two new songs on Immaculate, was banned by MTV. It featured bondage and two girls kissing.

35. Madonna dated Vanilla Ice for eight months.

36. Truth or Dare, an intimate behind-the-scenes look at the Blond Ambition World Tour, came out in 1991.

37. The following year Madonna landed the role of Mae Mordabito in A League of Their Own. She also recorded the film’s theme song, “This Used to Be My Playground.”

38. Madonna founded her own entertainment company, Maverick, which included her own record label, Maverick Records, in 1992. The first release was Madonna’s controversial book, Sex, which featured photos by Steven Meisel.

39. After a series of sexual escapades (including handing David Letterman a pair of her underwear during an interview and asking him to smell it) many critics wondered if Madonna’s career was over.

40. Madonna toned things down in 1994 by releasing “I’ll Remember,” the theme song to With Honors.

41. Around this time she became involved with her personal trainer Carlos Leon.

42. After writing a letter to director Alan Parker, Madonna secured the title role of Eva Perón in Evita. Her performance earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress. She also earned a Guinness World Record for the most costume changes in a film.

43. On October 14, 1996, Madonna gave birth to Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon. It was around this time that Sandra Bernhard introduced her to Kabbalah.

44. Ray of Light, the album that followed Lourdes’ birth, revealed a different side of the pop star, and earned her four Grammy awards. As she explains it: “This record, more than any other records, covers all the areas of life. I had recently joined Kabbalah and I had left off partying — but I had just had a baby, so my mood was complete, and I was incredibly thoughtful, retrospective and intrigued by the mystical aspects of life.”

45. “Frozen” was Madonna’s sixth number two single, giving her the records as the artist with the most number two hits. The song was banned in Belgium over accusations that it was plagiarized from Belgian songwriter Salvatore Acquaviva’s 1993 song “Ma Vie Fout L’camp.”

46. In 1999, Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, introduced Madonna to Guy Ritchie. On August 11, 2000, she gave birth to their son, Rocco Ritchie, and they were married at Skibo Castle in Scotland that December.

47. Her September 2000 release Music was Madonna’s first number one album since Like a Prayer.

48. The album that followed, 2003′s American Life, was the lowest selling album of her career.

49. Madonna’s first children’s book, The English Roses, debuted at the top of The New York Times Best Seller list and became the fastest-selling children’s picture book of all time.

50. Madonna’s tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, won her a Grammy for Best Electronic/Dance Album. The first single, “Hung Up,” set a record by reaching number one in 45 countries.

51. In 2007, Madonna left Warner Bros. Records and became the founding artist for Live Nation Artists.

52. “4 Minutes” off of 2008′s Hard Candy pushed Madonna past Elvis Presley as the artist with the most top-ten hits.

Source: http://flavorwire.co...w-about-madonna

" /> Just some fun little M facts. As fans we probably knew a whole lot of these they didn't think we'd know.
But still a little bit of fun on her birthday!

Thank you! Many of her fans do not know "everything" about her. However, they should.

alphastreet said:

SoulAlive said:

One of my favorite Madonna memories....

I remember in early 1990,there was so much Madonna hype.She was everywhere,you couldn't escape her! She had just announced her upcoming 'Blond Ambition' tour,the movie 'Dick Tracy' was being prepared for summer release,and her newly released single "Vogue" was climbing the charts.I was watching MTV one night and they were having some sort of Madonna special.Downtown Julie Brown (remember her?) was the host and she announced "Tomorrow we will have the world premiere of Madonna's new "Vogue" video,but right now,we have a special treat for you.This is Madonna and her dancers rehearsing the song for the upcoming tour!".

At that moment,I remember thinking that Madonna is a sheer genuis at planning and promoting her projects.She was getting ready to take over the world,lol.

that sounds so exciting! I didn't know this was happening though I knew madonna through the music videos of her first three albums on a videotape, but I did eventually see vogue a little later in the year

tell me, was madonna hype bigger or janet hype bigger at the time since they were both to go on tour and janet sold out quickly and broke a record with her tickets?

Around 1990? I don't know about the USA (it is always the exception in such thing) but I remember that Madonna was everywhere in 1989 and even more in 1990 (and again in 1992 but for all the wrong reasons) in my small country in the southeast end of Europe and I honestly haven't seen anything like it before or since with a foreign artist (except of course Michael Jackson). She was inescapable. She was in magazines, her music videos were sold in stores, she was on radio, played in clubs (which generally didn't happen from 1992-2000), everywhere. Janet was just another major american artist, Madonna was so much more at the time.

ernestsewell said:

I remember "Holiday" making its early rounds on radio and it made it to Oklahoma. I was in high school. One day, I was at a beauty college getting a rather awesome haircut. Some flaming 'mo that looked like Jm J. Bullcock was hot ironing his hair, and was dancing around and singing "Holiday" which was on the radio PA system.

I remember thinking it was a black girl singing. I had heard the song some, but never knew who sang it - no name or anything. I knew I loved that song, and I still do. I was pretty much an instant fan.

When HOLIDAY first came on the radio here in the Bay Area, I became a instant fan. I thought it was a black singer also. I have bought every cd she has put out and seen every movie she has been in. Been very lucky to seen all her tours that she has done here in the Bay Area. For some reason, she did not bring the GIRLIE TOUR here to the Bay Area. Had to watch the dvd on that one. The best show for me was her 1st, THE VIRGIN TOUR in San Francisco. It was general admission and I was in the front row with a friend. Beastie Boys was the opener and was booed off the stage. This was in 1985 a few months after I just saw Prince in the Purple Rain tour. Great memories.

I was exposed to her music as a baby (True Blue-Who's That Girl, early singles), and my big sister loved the Like a Prayer album and so did I Then came the Immaculate Collection and the Dick Tracy film and I was completely hooked, I was only 5 years old but those tits were killing me... and those singles...Express Yourself, Dear Jessie, Vogue...man oh man...

I didn't like the Erotica-Bedtime Stories-Evita era (I still dislike Erotica but now Bedtime Stories has grown on me, I still think is not that great though), but I loved-loved-loved Rain and I still do...

But I became a real hardcore fan with Ray of Light in 1998, I was 13 years old, and boy, that album was a blast Man, it's been 12 years, I can't believe it... I perfectly remember the day I bought the album in a Virgin megastore shop, there were a lot of Madonna fans everywhere buying the album at the very same time...ah good times...

felixcat67 said:

ernestsewell said:

I remember "Holiday" making its early rounds on radio and it made it to Oklahoma. I was in high school. One day, I was at a beauty college getting a rather awesome haircut. Some flaming 'mo that looked like Jm J. Bullcock was hot ironing his hair, and was dancing around and singing "Holiday" which was on the radio PA system.

I remember thinking it was a black girl singing. I had heard the song some, but never knew who sang it - no name or anything. I knew I loved that song, and I still do. I was pretty much an instant fan.

When HOLIDAY first came on the radio here in the Bay Area, I became a instant fan. I thought it was a black singer also. I have bought every cd she has put out and seen every movie she has been in. Been very lucky to seen all her tours that she has done here in the Bay Area. For some reason, she did not bring the GIRLIE TOUR here to the Bay Area. Had to watch the dvd on that one. The best show for me was her 1st, THE VIRGIN TOUR in San Francisco. It was general admission and I was in the front row with a friend. Beastie Boys was the opener and was booed off the stage. This was in 1985 a few months after I just saw Prince in the Purple Rain tour. Great memories.

Yep,I remember hearing "Holiday" on KSOL in the Bay Area,and I thought it was a black lady singing Her first album got alot of airplay on R&B stations.The first Madonna concert I attended was The Blonde Ambition tour at the Oakland Coliseum on Saturday May 19,1990 ("Vogue" was the Number One song on the charts at this time).She soldout three nights there.1990 was an exciting time to be a Madonna fan.So much was going on!

ernestsewell said:

Today is her birthday. Happy Birthday, ya old crow. hehe

I don't think she looks 35, but she does look great. I think she looks better for her age than Prince does at the same age.

And we know why Prince is suddenly wrinkle free in the forehead and isn't sweating like he used to.

U wish Prince had work done on his face. So U can have an excuse on how he always looks younger & better than U ever could @ 52.......................

since '83.

and then my mom took her away from me when Like a Virgin came out. I stole her back in '92, although I had a keen eye on her in the intervening years.

Since I saw the LAV video in 1985 when i was 3 or 4.

I love the latest news! Supposedly she's gonna go back on the road next year and then a new album in 2012! So that means the next tour will purely be catalog. Yay!

Arthur Fogel just let the bag out of the cat (he's the Live Nation main dude) in an interview with some Italian newspaper.

badujunkie said:

I love the latest news! Supposedly she's gonna go back on the road next year and then a new album in 2012! So that means the next tour will purely be catalog. Yay!

Arthur Fogel just let the bag out of the cat (he's the Live Nation main dude) in an interview with some Italian newspaper.

I have mixed feelings about this.I've gotten used to her doing tours that are focused on whatever new album she has out.I'm not sure if "greatest hits tours" are her thing.She doesn't even really like performing many of her old songs.I have a feeling that she will change her mind next year,go back into the studio and create a new album before touring again.

JoeTyler said:

I became a real hardcore fan with Ray of Light in 1998, I was 13 years old, and boy, that album was a blast Man, it's been 12 years, I can't believe it... I perfectly remember the day I bought the album in a Virgin megastore shop, there were a lot of Madonna fans everywhere buying the album at the very same time...ah good times...

I bought 'Ray Of Light' the day it was released,went home and played it and I was mesmerized! I couldn't believe that this was Madonna.That was a totally new sound/style for her.I was hooked on that album for months.It remains my second favorite Madonna album (after Erotica).

SoulAlive said:

JoeTyler said:

I became a real hardcore fan with Ray of Light in 1998, I was 13 years old, and boy, that album was a blast Man, it's been 12 years, I can't believe it... I perfectly remember the day I bought the album in a Virgin megastore shop, there were a lot of Madonna fans everywhere buying the album at the very same time...ah good times...

I bought 'Ray Of Light' the day it was released,went home and played it and I was mesmerized! I couldn't believe that this was Madonna.That was a totally new sound/style for her.I was hooked on that album for months.It remains my second favorite Madonna album (after Erotica).

That album was released in my senior year in high school, and I have great, great memories of it! It was the soundtrack to the first road trip I ever took that summer, and it was just perfect in that setting!

To answer the original question, I became a real Madonna fan in 1989 with Like a Prayer- what an album to initiate my fandom! The videos were amazing, and the whole era was just charged with a special feeling. "Oh Father" secured my lifelong fandom.

I liked her when "Borderline" and "Lucky Star" came out. I was a fan of hers for about 3 or 4 albums after that, but then lost interest.

But one of the best things I ever saw was at a Madonna concert. It was the "Like a Virgin" tour in Houston, and the Beastie Boys were the opening act.

We booed them off the stage. It was freaking AWESOME.

SoulAlive said:

badujunkie said:

I love the latest news! Supposedly she's gonna go back on the road next year and then a new album in 2012! So that means the next tour will purely be catalog. Yay!

Arthur Fogel just let the bag out of the cat (he's the Live Nation main dude) in an interview with some Italian newspaper.

I have mixed feelings about this.I've gotten used to her doing tours that are focused on whatever new album she has out.I'm not sure if "greatest hits tours" are her thing.She doesn't even really like performing many of her old songs.I have a feeling that she will change her mind next year,go back into the studio and create a new album before touring again.

Oh c'mon. You know you and many others on here would FAM OUT over a GH/catalog only tour. She's never done it! The Eagles do it all year every year. Just once?! C'mon I wanna see everyone's dream catalog set lists. mine would go something like (where Moonbeam at?)

Everybody

Angel

Keep it Together

Oh Father

Promise to Try

Love Tried to Welcome Me

I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You (i know, i know)

Who's That Girl

Deeper & Deeper

Bedtime Story

Secret

Swim

Rain

Sky Fits Heaven

Get Together

Jump

Impressive Instant

Hung Up

Beat Goes On

She's Not Me

I Want You

Veras

Bad Girl

Like A Prayer

Express Yourself

Back In Business

Fever (big band / Arsenio Hall style)

Erotica / You Thrill Me (Confessions mix)

Physical Attraction

Burning Up

Gambler

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[Edited 8/18/10 14:35pm]

I'm a huge Madonna fan and I think it would be amazing if she did a GH/catalogue tour as a one time only thing. Sometimes, GH tours get a bad reputation because there are artists who do it ever single year and rarely if ever bother to record new stuff. But as a one time thing they are a lot of fun. I wouldn't want her to keep doing them, but to do it once would be great.

If she did it, I wouldn't want her to do just the obvious huge radio hits though. I would like her to fit in a few of her more obscure fan favorites like Bad Girl, I want You, Skin and Nothing Really Matters.

Glindathegood said:

I'm a huge Madonna fan and I think it would be amazing if she did a GH/catalogue tour as a one time only thing. Sometimes, GH tours get a bad reputation because there are artists who do it ever single year and rarely if ever bother to record new stuff. But as a one time thing they are a lot of fun. I wouldn't want her to keep doing them, but to do it once would be great.

If she did it, I wouldn't want her to do just the obvious huge radio hits though. I would like her to fit in a few of her more obscure fan favorites like Bad Girl, I want You, Skin and Nothing Really Matters.

ooooh SKIN! I always forget about that Gem...i can't believe she hasn't ever done it. but she HAS done Mer Girl, and I deserve it live. SMH

What is she doin under that blanket? This is the Madonna I miss......

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

What is she doin under that blanket? This is the Madonna I miss......

You just want her to be a slut again

SoulAlive said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

What is she doin under that blanket? This is the Madonna I miss......

You just want her to be a slut again

LMAO!

Madonna has always been on my radar. But I was never really a fan like I was a Prince fan. And even though I liked most of her singles and loved the videos and loved all the malarkey and controversy I was too much of a music snob to really give her any credit. It was not until I saw her live about 5 years ago that my opinion changed. Yes, I know. She lip syncs some songs and (god bless) attempts to sing the rest. What captivated me was the ENERGY. The woman can put on a show and give it 100% and it seems like she's having a blast doing it too. I like her willingness to take chances (American Life and most of her movies) and not be afraid of the failure. She just picks herself up and does something else. And I'm sure she's a bitch when she needs to be but the image I perceive through the media is of a really cool hardworking person. The relationship with her four kids seems healthy. Considering the kiddies have MADONNA to call mom. That's gotta be weird. Anywho. I'm now a convert and will gladly join my fellow cohorts and proudly bow to THE QUEEN!!!

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I like when even she said it herself. In the movie Truth or Dare. That she knows people look at her and say who she think she is? She know she not the best singer,dancer or whatever. But she is a hard worker. I guess that's all that really matters. She is still here. So that means something.

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Tony Ward =

Zero. I do like Angel and Into the Groove though.

I actually remembered the video to "Justify My Love" like it was yesterday though I was just six. I can remember this was the same time Madonna had done her world tour, then did that documentary ("Truth or Dare"), "Dick Tracy" had her and "Vogue" was the leading track (that video I actually do remember doing the "strike a pose" choreography and I actually hummed the song lol). When JML was talked about, I saw it on Nightline and saw her discussing it. Then when I saw the video, my mind thought "what the fuck's the big deal? It's just Madonna and some hot people." I was six and I didn't even think it was no big deal. I didn't get shocked when Madonna did the whole sex kitten thing with the "Erotica" video as it (and "Deeper and Deeper") were my favorite Madonna videos until that time. What can I say? I was a weird child...then again, her shit is real tame compared to what we got now.