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I don't care for Madonna on a personal level. If she just dropped into oblivion and never surfaced again in the news, that would be fine with me. I don't care for her stance on politics and this whole getting an infant from a poor farmer thing really rubs me the wrong way (though I admit I don't know all the details and don't care much either as long as the kid is O.K.). I'm really sick of hearing her spout off about this and that over the years... I just don't care what she has to say about anything.
However, musically, I think she had some of the best producers and musicians work on her albums. That's cheesy, drippy, polished pop at it's finest. "Immaculate Collection" is a must have for any '80's pop music fans. She's actually a pretty good vocalist and puts on a hell of a live show.
"Like A Prayer", "Like a Virgin" and "True Blue" are classic cheesy pop albums and are just plain good stuff if you like this kind of synth pop junk. Her stuff from the '90's was marginal at best... "Confessions on a Dance Floor" sounds terrible from an audio standpoint (mixed WAY too bright), but it's a solid dance album once you get used to it.
Watching Madonna do "Vogue" on the MTV music awards back in '89 while I was in college was a treat. Ignore her specifically and watch the production on that and it's great.
I'm convinced (based on being a [crappy] musician myself that has been working semi-pro since I was a teenager) that most extremely gifted musicians are whacked in the head and exibit some really strange behavior at times...
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