One of my most vivid memories as a child was constantly watching Madonna's Immaculate Collection video and prancing around the living room in an attempt to 'be Madonna'. My favourite was Material Girl and I loved the bit where the guys picked her up (I would lie on the sofa and pretend that I too was being picked up).
I also vividly remember using my own pair of colourful sunglasses and copying Madonna in the 'Lucky Star' video as she slowly removed her sunglasses at the start of the video and then put them back on at the end. The anticipation to put my glasses back on at the same time as Madonna was fierce. Vintage Madonna will always be my favourite Madonna and I still regularly listen to the classics whilst I'm getting ready as inspiration.
Then the little Material Girl in me grew up and Madonna kinda faded into the background for a while. Not having cable TV and being a nerd in school made me miss the awesome 2003 MTV VMAs performance with Madonna, Britney, Christina and Missy Elliot. It's also great to see some of the stars in the audience nearly ten years ago in questionable outfits! One of my favourite performances ever - I'm such a 90's child!
Of course I loved the 'new and improved' Madonna when she decided to compete with acts half of her age! The catchiness of Hung Up, Sorry and I Love New York kept the 'Confessions On A Dancefloor' album playing for many months through my dancing phase and the even more catchy ' 4 Minutes' made me wonder what sort of moves I could do on a moving conveyor belt.
Today as I was drowning in sales journals, the new Madonna music video for 'Give Me All Your Luvin'' went live and I really had to ditch the highlighters to take a look. The verdict? I'm going to be chanting 'L, U, V, MADONNA!' in my sleep tonight! I love the song and some of the video but I couldn't help but feel like there were too many theatrics which made her look a little weak and confused.. I also couldn't stop thinking about poor Britney videos where she knows what's going on but has little control..
Overall I think that little girl that dreamed of being the Material Girl will always make me love and listen to Madonna and I hope the critics won't slate her too much because we've all had a Madonna moment, right?
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