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| + | The roots of [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] are the early eighties [[New York dance music|New York club scene]]. Especially influential were DJs and producers [[Arthur Baker]], [[Shep Pettibone]], [[Junior Vasquez]] and [[Jellybean]] and vocalists [[Loleatta Holloway]], [[Rochelle Fleming]], [[Jocelyn Brown]] and [[Taana Gardner]]. --Sholem Stein | ||
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| + | "[[Madonna]] is a dancer. She thinks and expresses herself through [[dance]], which exists in the eternal [[Apollonian and Dionysian|Dionysian]] realm of [[music]]. […]. Madonna consolidates and fuses several traditions of [[pop music]], but the major one she typifies is [[disco]] […] I view disco, at its serious best, as a dark, grand Dionysian music with roots in African earth-cult." — "Madonna II: Venus of the Radio Waves" in ''[[Sex, Art, and American Culture]]'' by [[Camille Paglia]] | ||
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| + | "Indeed , time may show that [[Madonna]] has been as much the [[Social climber|ladder as the climber]]. Association with her did not hurt [[Stephen Bray|Steve Bray]], [[John Benitez]] and [[Nick Kamen]] one bit."--''[[Sex & Sensibility]]'' (1992) by Julie Burchill | ||
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| - | :"Madonna is a dancer. She thinks and expresses herself through [[dance]], which exists in the eternal [[Dionysian]] realm of [[music]]. […]. Madonna consolidates and fuses several traditions of [[pop music]], but the major one she typifies is [[disco]] […] I view disco, at its serious best, as a dark, grand Dionysian music with roots in African earth-cult."<small> —- [[Camille Paglia]], ‘Madonna II: Venus of the Radio Waves’, in ''[[Sex, Art, and American Culture]]''</small> | ||
| - | :The roots of [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] are the early eighties [[New York dance music|New York club scene]]. Especially influential were DJs and producers [[Arthur Baker]], [[Shep Pettibone]], [[Junior Vasquez]] and [[Jellybean]] and vocalists [[Loleatta Holloway]], [[Rochelle Fleming]], [[Jocelyn Brown]] and [[Taana Gardner]]. --[[Sholem Stein]] | + | '''Madonna''' (born August 16 1958) is an [[American singer-songwriter]]. She is one of many artists who have borrowed from [[sexual minority]] cultures, including her appropriation of [[Vogue (dance)|vogue]]ing. |
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| + | Her song "[[Into the Groove]]" (1985) was covered as "[[Into the Groove(y)]]" (1986). | ||
| - | '''Madonna Louise Ciccone''' (born [[August 16]] [[1958]]), better known as '''Madonna''', is an [[United States|American]] [[dance-pop]] [[singer-songwriter]], [[dancer]], [[record producer|record]], [[film producer]], and [[actress]]. Her place in modern pop culture remains fixed, with her ambitious [[music video]]s, stage performances and use of [[political]], [[Human sexual behavior|sexual]], and [[religious]] themes in her work. She is one of many artists who have borrowed from [[sexual minority]] cultures, including her appropriation of [[Vogue (dance)|vogue]]ing. Her latest album is [[Hard Candy (Madonna album)]]. | ||
| - | ==Discography== | ||
| - | * 1983: ''[[Madonna (Madonna album)|Madonna]]'' | ||
| - | * 1984: ''[[Like a Virgin]]'' | ||
| - | * 1986: ''[[True Blue (album)|True Blue]]'' | ||
| - | * 1989: ''[[Like a Prayer]]'' | ||
| - | * 1992: ''[[Erotica (album)|Erotica]]'' | ||
| - | * 1994: ''[[Bedtime Stories (Madonna album)|Bedtime Stories]]'' | ||
| - | * 1998: ''[[Ray of Light (Madonna album)|Ray of Light]]'' | ||
| - | * 2000: ''[[Music (Madonna album)|Music]]'' | ||
| - | * 2003: ''[[American Life]]'' | ||
| - | * 2005: ''[[Confessions on a Dance Floor]]'' | ||
| - | * 2008: ''[[Hard Candy (Madonna album)|Hard Candy]]'' | ||
| == See also == | == See also == | ||
| *[[Paglia on Madonna]] | *[[Paglia on Madonna]] | ||
| - | + | *[[Madonna (art)]] | |
| + | *"[[If You Forget Me]]" by Pablo Neruda read by Madonna | ||
| + | *[[Madonna]] (1985) by [[Lee Friedlander]] | ||
| + | *[[Black-eyed Madonna ]] | ||
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The roots of Madonna are the early eighties New York club scene. Especially influential were DJs and producers Arthur Baker, Shep Pettibone, Junior Vasquez and Jellybean and vocalists Loleatta Holloway, Rochelle Fleming, Jocelyn Brown and Taana Gardner. --Sholem Stein "Madonna is a dancer. She thinks and expresses herself through dance, which exists in the eternal Dionysian realm of music. […]. Madonna consolidates and fuses several traditions of pop music, but the major one she typifies is disco […] I view disco, at its serious best, as a dark, grand Dionysian music with roots in African earth-cult." — "Madonna II: Venus of the Radio Waves" in Sex, Art, and American Culture by Camille Paglia "Indeed , time may show that Madonna has been as much the ladder as the climber. Association with her did not hurt Steve Bray, John Benitez and Nick Kamen one bit."--Sex & Sensibility (1992) by Julie Burchill |
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Madonna (born August 16 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. She is one of many artists who have borrowed from sexual minority cultures, including her appropriation of vogueing.
Her song "Into the Groove" (1985) was covered as "Into the Groove(y)" (1986).
See also
- Paglia on Madonna
- Madonna (art)
- "If You Forget Me" by Pablo Neruda read by Madonna
- Madonna (1985) by Lee Friedlander
- Black-eyed Madonna
