[Nancy.]

Even though it reached #2 in the USA and 4 in the UK, One of Madonna's most underrated 80's single's: "Causing A Commotion" is 30 years old today. Wow. 30 YEARS OLD!

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[Nancy.]

Dita (Madonna's alter ego) is back...



Dita in 1992:

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[Nancy.]

1983...

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As most Madonna fans know, "Everybody" was the first single that sent her on an astonishing journey and kickstarted her career into orbit. She is now the most influential female artist in music history! This video incapsulated her youthful looks. So babyfaced and fresh. Wonderful!

[Nancy.]

Originally Posted by Nancy.

1983...

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As most Madonna fans know, "Everybody" was the first single that sent her on an astonishing journey and kickstarted her career into orbit. She is now the most influential female artist in music history! This video incapsulated her youthful looks. So babyfaced and fresh. Wonderful!

So carrying on from this...

"Burning Up" is a song written and recorded for her eponymous debut studio album (1983). It was released as the album's second single on March 9, 1983, in some countries as a double-A side single with "Physical Attraction", another song from the album. The song was presented as an early recorded demo by Madonna to Sire Records who green-lighted the recording of the single after the first single "Everybody" became a dance hit. Madonna collaborated with Reggie Lucas, who produced the single while John Benitez provided the guitar riffs and backing vocals. Musically, the song incorporates instrumentation from bass guitar, synthesizers and drums, and the lyrics talk of the singer's lack of shame in declaring her passion for her lover.

Released with "Physical Attraction" on the B side, the song was given mixed reviews from contemporary critics and authors, who noted the song's darker, urgent composition while praising its dance beats. The single failed to do well commercially anywhere, except the dance chart in the United States, where it peaked at three, and the Australian charts, where it was a top 20 hit. After a number of live appearances in clubs to promote the single, it was added to the set-list of the 1985 Virgin Tour. An electric guitar version was performed on the 2004 Re-Invention World Tour and the 2015–2016 Rebel Heart Tour.

The accompanying music video of the song portrayed Madonna in the classic submissive female positions, while writhing in passion on an empty road, for her lover who appeared to come from her behind on a car. The video ended showing Madonna driving the car instead, thereby concluding that she was always in charge. Many authors noted that the "Burning Up" music video was a beginning of Madonna's depiction of her taking control of a destabilized male sexuality.

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Completely forgot about this, so carrying on....

Sire Records released "Holiday" as the album's third single in September 7, 1983. "Holiday" later appeared remixed on the remix compilation You Can Dance (1987) and the greatest hits compilation The Immaculate Collection (1990), and in its original form on the greatest hits album Celebration (2009).

Madonna worked on the track with John "Jellybean" Benitez and altered its composition by the addition of a piano solo.

"Holiday" features instrumentation from guitars, electronic handclaps, a cowbell, and a synthesized string arrangement, while its lyrics speak about the universal sentiment of taking a holiday. Universally acclaimed by critics, the song became Madonna's first mainstream hit single in the United States, peaking at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the UK charts. It also became her first top-ten single in several countries, including Australia, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. "Holiday" is one of her best known singles and regarded as a classic. She's performed it on most of her tours and it is generally included as a part of the encore.

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[Nancy.]

Madonna rules highest grossing female tour dates of all time



1) Madonna - Sticky & Sweet Tour: Helsinki 85,354/85,354 $12,148,455

2) Madonna - Sticky & Sweet Tour: London 73,349 / 73,349 $11,796,540

3) Madonna - Confessions Tour: Denmark 85,232/85,232 $11,435,199

4) Madonna - Sticky & Sweet Tour: Zurich 70,314/70,314 $11,093,631

5) Madonna - Sticky & Sweet Tour: Athens 75,637/75,637 $9,030,440

6) Madonna - Sticky & Sweet Tour: Vienna 57,002 / 57,002 $8,140,858

7) Madonna - MDNA Tour: Quebec 70,569/70,569 $8,098,292

8) Madonna - Confessions Tour: Wales 55,795/55,795 $7,788,845

9) Barbra Streisand - Streisand: Las Vegas 15,317/15,317 $7,730,162

10) Madonna - MDNA Tour: Porto Alegre 42,524/42,524 $7,578,191

11) Beyonce - Formation World Tour: Ireland 68,575/68,575 $7,449,942

12) Taylor Swift - The 1989 World Tour: Dallas 62,630/62,630 $7,396,733

13) Madonna - MDNA Tour: Paris 62,195/62,195 $7,195,799

14) Madonna - Sticky & Sweet Tour: Belgium 68,434/68,434 $7,190,295

15) Beyonce - Formation World Tour: Pasadena 55,736/55,736 $7,138,685

[Nicky91]

i really feel sad for her daughter Lourdes, who has to deal with a younger guy obsessed mom-diva

[Nancy.]

On august the 29th 1987, Madonna played to what it is still considered one of (if not) the biggest paying concert by a solo artist with a record of 120,000 concert goers.

[Littlegreen]

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- should've been huge.

[Nancy.]

I love Ghosttown. One of the best songs from RH.

[Nancy.]

The GREAT Pat Leonard (producer) being interviewed by Boy Culture talking about Madonna.

Part 1:
http://www.boyculture.com/boy_cultur...k-leonard.html

Part 2:
http://www.boyculture.com/boy_cultur...t-of-view.html

OMG, SPILL THAT TEA, PAT....especially the BIB.

"BC: Madonna is consistently attacked as a non-artist, someone who has somehow skated by for 35 years on sex and hype. How do you react when people scoff at her musicality, who don't see her as an artist?

PL: It pisses me off, to be honest. The people that do get credited as being real artists often times are just “cool” and that gets interpreted as art. And these days, there are way too many talent-show winners, and they get called artists because they have some crazy-good voice. I have issues with these things, but I won’t go into it because I’ll probably have my house burned down by the people that make Auto-Tune. I can assure the world listening and looking at Madonna that they don’t have any reason to ever defend her or feel insecure about it and all I can say is I’ve worked with a lot of people — I’ve worked with a lot of people — and ... hard to be any better or more artistic than her.

There’s people with a more controlled voice — the word “better” is not fair, because how can you have a better voice than the voice that sang “Like a Prayer”? You just go through the list of singer-songwriters through the years — Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, none of these people were “singers” But these are the ones that the most art came from. I think her lyrics were taken for granted all those years ago; you look at the individual lines and this is what people need to think about now, those statements she made all those years ago. I’m certain she’s still doing it.

My knee-jerk is to defend her always, but then I have the demos where she sang a song, having written it 15 minutes before, and it was a #1 record and remains valid 30 years later, who’s gonna tell me that’s not a real artist?"

[Dominic]

Music is her best album

[Nancy.]

Music is a brilliant album and is my second favourite of the 00's.

Love the video's and imagery.

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[Nancy.]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BYizwHnBWkg/

madonna:

The energy of Portugal is so inspiring. I feel very creative and alive here and I look forward to working on my film LOVED and making New Music!!! ❤️🇵🇹. 🎼🎤🎬🎥. This will be the next Chapter in My Book! 📚📕📚📕📚♥️
It's time to conquer the world from a different vantage point!!

[Pete.]

Queen

[reece(:]

We're not ready

[Nicky91]

can't she first try to be a better mom for Lourdes, i feel so bad for her atm

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

can't she first try to be a better mom for Lourdes, i feel so bad for her atm

[Saph]

madge always gives us some bangers

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Saph

madge always gives us some bangers

except the last 3 albums (ignoring Celebration)

[EspeonBB]

Hopefully this is more Rebel Heart and less MDNA

[Saph]

Originally Posted by EspeonBB

Hopefully this is more Rebel Heart and less MDNA

taylor can only be glad she got big after mdna was released because her career would've dissolved had it been released after

[RileyH]

Has she released anything good this decade?

[iRyan]

I wasn't crazy about her last two albums but I'm still perched as I've been stanning for her early stuff lately

[Littlegreen]

I really did think Rebel Heart was her last full studio album, so this is a huge shock/relief!

Ready for whatever she does next.

[Nancy.]

Originally Posted by Littlegreen

I really did think Rebel Heart was her last full studio album, so this is a huge shock/relief!

Ready for whatever she does next.

Yes, while RH isn't my favourite album, some of the lyrics in those tracks sounded like she was ready to quit making music and retire, but i'm glad that's not the case. I can't wait to see what she brings out of the bag for M14.