So true - her self belief was astounding. She had zero fear of failure or any doubt in her abilities. She wasn’t worried her voice wasn’t strong enough, or that she wasn’t a trained musician or anything. She really believed she had a special magic & she was right 😀🙌
I have to say Dress You Up is a masterpiece but very underrated. The emotion in the song is phenomenal. It was during the summer of 1985 after Live Aid, Into the Grove was number 1, Holiday was back in the charts and sitting at number 2, and Crazy For You was still in the top 20. She was the first female singer ever to have the number 1 and 2 singles and it was featured on Channel 4 News at the time because it was such a momentous achievement , only achieved previously by the likes of The Beatles and John Lennon.
Yes 1985 was the year of Madonna mania - and Desperately Seeking Susan came out & was a box office smash. I should do a video on Madonna’s 1985 at some point 😀
I agree that Dress you up is totally underrated. The Beatles and John Lennon, that's pretty good company to be in especially for a woman during that time.
Another great video. I’m a huge fan of Madonna music mostly 1995-2005, so it was really interesting to hear more detail about this phase of her career.
@@jonnyharvey so many, and you’ve covered so much already! I know it was touched on in your Confessions video but I’d love something more in-depth on the American Life album and how polarising and damaging it was to her career, especially compared to how the album is now considered ahead of its time in terms of its experimental ‘folktronica’ sound and themes.
What I'm always amazed by how quickly she is able to put out albums. Even today. She released 3 albums in the 2010's which from what I know is not something very common for an artist in their 3rd decade of making music. Her hunger to keep making music and challenge herself artistically is really inspiring
No matter how many videos I watch about her origins, no matter how many new details I learn about, I will never be able to fathom how one human being, coming from literally the ground up, was able to put the whole world in the palm of her hand. There is no story like hers. I just don’t understand how she did it and I never will, but her trajectory does make me believe that some people are just truly one of a kind.
She had talent, smarts, creativity, courage, hunger, drive, commitment, and belief. In the entertainment industry particularly during that time, an aspiring artist needed to have great social skills and plenty of luck too. I think her most important talent was her dancing. Without that, she wouldn't have moved to NYC to further her dancing education, then after her arrival there, she broaden her interest to acting and singing.
@@jonnyharveyShe can be mean AF; I dealt with her Once-she was gregarious-and as soon as she got what she wanted from Me-she was nastily cold as ice 🧊. I never signed and NDA so I can say what I want. I watched her treat fans like dirt-it’s her M.O.-she can’t deal with ANYONE being “real” and she’ll fuck You into oblivion.
I love Madonna! Huge fan since 1983. She will always remain the queen of pop. Her first album is one of my favourites. This was a great video. Look forward to watching more by you.
Madonna's drive and ruthlessness when it comes to her career and gaining success is incredible, She's the only artist I know who has maintained just as much hunger for success even after achieving unparalleled levels of fame, so many popstars start out strong, but lose their nerve after a few albums, but 40 years on and Madonna is still just as vigorous with her career as she was back in 1984 💖💖
@@wes9061 stop your nonsense, nobody is GREATER than MJ and you know that! MJ the greatest selling album of all time, Madonna in the 80s even immitated him and even add his songs to her performance at stage shows, MJ way more artistic and take more risk than madanna that's why he did thriller video,he sold 750million records while Madonna sold 300mill, no comparison 🤦
I never liked the song material girl - at all. However I'm a big fan of Madonna, at least from the first half of her career. thank you very much for all the work done on these videos!
Madonna will definitely come up at least three times when you think of the most memorable and iconic VMA moments. How many VMA interviews with artists do you remember? The first to come to my mind is Madonna being interrupted by Courtney Love throwing her compact to get Madonna's attention.
Long live the Queen of Pop! Great video, thanks for the background research about Nile Rogers and Like a Virgin. Madonna went through things, ugly and beautiful, but those were necessary and here we are, decades later. Her ascension to the top is so fascinating!
I think Madonna is a musical genious. She always took control of her career from the very beggining, for me thats the key of her success. Well done Jonny. Greetings from Buenos Aires
Yep I agree - Madonna is a musical genius. She has the best ‘ears’ in the business, the way she came with all those great melodies & hits. Thank you 😀😀
Always pushing boundaries. Keeping herself on the top without loosing her key musical style and staying up with the trends. That is why she is the Queen of Pop. 💚
Excellent video on Madonna’s rise beginning to take shape. I was 10 in 1983, so I was right there at the age where you couldn’t not be aware of her rise in pop culture.
Her star was so bright we could see it in after revolution Iran! I was a 10 year old gay boy living where western music was forbidden ... All of us were dancing to Madonna!
Like a Virgin is my favorite Madonna album of all time. I really love it. It´s also the first album ever I got. In Summer of 1986, I was 11 years old and Papa don`t preach was her smash hit at this summer. I wanted the True Blue album so badly. When we were on vacation in Switzerland me and my relatives were at a shopping mall and I was looking for True Blue. But it wasn`t there. I only could find Like a Virgin on tape with Into the Groove. So, my aunt bought me Like a Virgin, because it was also a Madonna album and I was so crazy about her. This is the story how I got my first ever album in life. And until this day, Like a Virgin is a blast for me.
That's lovely to hear- thanks for sharing. It used to be so exciting going to record stores to get your favourite artist's album. Totally lost on this generation
The picture of the caption of your video says it all how she became a superstar she reinvented herself, and showed the world she was a multifaceted person!!! Look at the difference between Debut and Like A Virgin the ambition’s off the charts, but her image became more free, sexual, and the public digged that The Queen Of Pop everybody 👏👏👏👏
I don't know why Madonna always says she accidentally lost her shoe at the VMAs during Like a Virgin. If you watch it you can clearly see her kick them off.
Omg, I’ve been saying this since she first came out with that story and continues to repeat it. Drives me insane, and makes me very dubious to her ability to accurately write her own bio pic. Lmao
I’ve been following Madonna for some years already (I’m quite young, I was born even after Britney Spears debuted), and just last year I gave this album a full listen and I immediately loved it. I knew of Like A Virgin’s impact, but now I understand it better. I still have many Madonna albums to revisit, but I like to enjoy them for a couple of months before revisiting another one (like a short album cycle hahaha). Love Madonna so much 🥰
I’m old enough to remember when this album came out and the impact it had. It’s hard to explain to people who weren’t there. What’s interesting about it to me, and is briefly touched on in the video, is how in 1984 and 1985 she and her songs were EVERYWHERE. Radio and MTV couldn’t get enough of her. Vision Quest (with “Crazy For You”) and Desperately Seeking Susan came out. Then there was the Virgin Tour. Even THE GOLDEN GIRLS tv show made reference to it. She married Sean Penn, appeared at Live Aid, weathered a “scandal” of Playboy releasing nudes (which actually seems tame now) and she was constantly talked about in the media. But by the end of 1985 people were calling her a fad and a flash in the pan, that she’d never have a major song or hit album again and she’d quickly be a has-been in her career after just a year or two of riding high. So what wound up happening? Quite the opposite. She released so many subsequent hit albums that most fans and even she and Nile Rogers themselves, as quoted in this video, don’t consider the iconic second album to be her best.
I was born around that time so I wasn't aware of what was happening but 1985 was the year of Madonna mania. It's amazing hearing from people who were there and experienced it firsthand.
I'm going to Like a Prayer soon - already collecting research. I haven't really properly done Erotica. I did the how Madonna rescued her career after Erotica video though - th-cam.com/video/-kgggQHbjVc/w-d-xo.html
A chronological deep dive starting with “Madonna” would be incredible. Each album is so incredible, multi-layered and infamous they deserve their own own video. Keep up the great work!
Can you please do an in-depth video of one of her most iconic music videos? There are countless music videos with so many layers, history, anecdotes, etc. And I’d love to hear your analysis, insight and commentary.
It has to be Like a Prayer. However, a more left-field choice down the line would be American Life. Vogue and Material Girl are also iconic. Honestly, she has dozens of videos with so many layers, such eclectic imagery and influences, the choices are endless.
Thank you for this video. I'm a huge Madonna fan but didn't know a lot of these details. The woman has always been a force to be reckoned with but I can't even imagine how intense she was at the beginning of her career, when she was so, so hungry for success.
She dominated and showed them how serious she was and how she refused to give up. She amused them like she does everyone. She had that energy you can't turn away with dance and pop music, style and handling fame.
Cyndi Lauper tried to take on her look and sound but it didn't work. Madonna is queen, guiness book of world records- biggest and best selling artist of all time. As far as sales, fame and success, she's put down as #1 of all time. When she was put the Guiness Book of World Records, I smiled. She deserves it.
I picked up the cd at a pet store last year for a few dollars. It still holds up well as cd’s have great sound quality. Also, I discovered songs that I had not heard before. I think it is the reason that I bought the 3 cd dance compilation last year. Also, Madonna was my number one streamed artist on Spotify for 2022.
Another great video, watched it from beginning to end, I was born in 1980, so I grew up with this history . Therefore, listening to these videos, is reminding me what was happening in the music industry whilst I was a child
Great post Jonny! So much detailed information. Thank you! I got the chance to meet Nile a few times and he seems really friendly and down to earth. At a music industry event in the early 90's here in NYC, he spoke about working with Madonna, admitting he did something in hindsight that was not 'proper etiquette.' Apparently, he was working with Madonna and Dianna Ross at the same time in the same building. He told Diana he wanted to introduce her to a new artist named Madonna, then brought her down to Madonna's studio room instead of vice versa. This must have weight heavily on him as this indecent happened ten years prior. Like I say, great guy!
I spent ages doing this video - it is a video about that era, not about her team so much. Anyway I think they started working on the first album. I can’t include everything or I would never get the video finished also. And everyone already knows that she was Madonna’s publicist.
Is "Material Girl" really outside of Madonna's normal vocal range? She doesn't go higher than a C5, and it's not any higher than her song "Everybody" which is full of C5s
I'm 45 years old and I have yet to ever see another female Superstar at the magnitude Madonna had achieved in her pivotal years in her career. I'm not talking about 1 specific component, but world-wide Superstardom. I mean if you can remember 1985 to 1990, you know. I highly doubt I'll ever see another person achieve that level of fame and stardom again. She's the last of the Mega Superstars.
@@jonnyharvey well singers like Mariah Carey/Whitney/Celine in the 90s or Rihanna in the first half the 2010’s were kinda huge, same goes for Britney in the early 2000s. Even Taylor Swift has been pretty massive imo. Who knows maybe in the long run some of them will match the magnitude of Madonna’s career (Celine and Mariah are already very close)
You won't, because the stardom you mention was amplified by the scarcity of media we had back in the 80s, 90s. Very limited TV reach, barely no Internet, people actually bought vinyls and CDs. Today the music industry is much more volatile, arguably more competitive, and music stars burnout much quicker, I think. Madonna catered entertainment in a very different time.
Not the greatest voice or talent but has a knack for creating catchy simple pop tunes. Narcissistic obsessive drive, doing whatever it takes in life. Freaky
Love your analysis videos. Madonna is such a transcending icon of a human, there is so much to dive into. Can’t wait for you to dive more into her. 🖤👏🏻
Thank you for sharing this video you hit the mail on the head I was a tween maybe? When she came out. Loved her from burning up thru confessions on a dance floor. You told me information that I would’ve never known this as I was a huge fan but so young you think that it’s just overnight success. Nile is amazing. Duran Duran the reflex was one of the first songs/videos I ever saw knew how talented Nile was still is love Pressure Off colab with Duran Duran and had no clue he was behind Bowies let’s dance. Flipping amazing Kudos
Very interesting and I think she didn’t reach pop iconic status until Like A Prayer album and later on Ray of Light and Confessions albums kept her at the legend status.
thanks for another great video. The additional aspect I do feel is hoe much LAV sounded like Billie Jean and how the baseline of MG was like can you feel it. I feel she did take a leaf out of the Jacksons book which gave a subtle familiarity. Just my opinion but like the LAV tour BJ segment, both songs could be mashed ❤️
Thanks 😀 If you look up Steinberg and Kelly here on TH-cam there is a video of them talking about how they wrote the song & its music (I used some of the footage from that video in my video) & if I remember correctly I think they do mention Billie Jean. Or maybe it was Golden Brown or sth like that.
The music was good, but it was the birth of "The Video" & MTV started the legend. Plus the audacious fortune of actually being called Madonna, a song about "..a Virgin" and trashy bride image that got folks attention.
“Still” widely recognized as the Queen of Pop? She IS the Queen of Pop. …”ambitious “Brunette” from Detroit 😉 Madonna was the blueprint for all future pop megastars. She’s Pops leading First Lady. Michael Jackson - king Madonna - Queen That’s it 👍
@@jonnyharvey To me, levels are Star, Superstar, then Mega Star. Mega to me is Global, universally known and popular like being able to sell over 600,000 tickets in less than 24 hrs and those tixs aren't cheap, so..
I remember how controversial Like A Virgin was when it came out. Now it seems rather tame with everything else out there now. Many people say Madonna has one of the best work ethics of anyone they have ever worked with. She also doesn't get the respect she deserves as a song writer. Long Live The Queen :)
Long live the Queen!! This year will be amazing!! 1- The announcement of a Greatest Hits World Tour "Celebration Tour" 2- A collaboration with a female singer that it will blow our minds if it happens. 3- Sales Re-certifications of all her albums and singles And many more things...
Another great video, Jonny! I've always loved Madonna. But as I've grown-up I've become turned-off by her ruthlessness. In stark contrast to Kylie Minogue. Who is renown for her lovely personality. Takes plenty of drive to get from suburban Melbourne to be a Euro star, too!
Wow, I didn't know she was THAT rude to people working around her. The poor tech guys in the studio would have felt so bullied - that's not queen behaviour, yikes
@@jonnyharvey I feel like we're just making excuses for her toxic behaviour now. My mind too went straight to several excuses: maybe she was having a bad day, maybe the sound guy was a prick, maybe something something... Butt, speaking for myself largely, I think we need to wake up and smell the Soya Latté 🍵...Motherdonna is the greatest pop star ever, AND she also treats people very poorly... [[and if she didn't want people discussing it then she should have behaved like the queen we thought she was.]]
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The hustle and drive must be respected. She wanted to be a singer and she became a singer. Queen behaviour.
So true - her self belief was astounding. She had zero fear of failure or any doubt in her abilities. She wasn’t worried her voice wasn’t strong enough, or that she wasn’t a trained musician or anything. She really believed she had a special magic & she was right 😀🙌
Thank you for making these Madonna video essays! I hope there's more to come.
Yeah I have endless Madonna video ideas. But she has covered so much ground, so the videos are hard to do.
What about Angel?
I'm currently exploring Madonna's discography, and I'm glad I've got your videos about her to give me some context on her rise to superstardom
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I have to say Dress You Up is a masterpiece but very underrated. The emotion in the song is phenomenal.
It was during the summer of 1985 after Live Aid, Into the Grove was number 1, Holiday was back in the charts and sitting at number 2, and Crazy For You was still in the top 20. She was the first female singer ever to have the number 1 and 2 singles and it was featured on Channel 4 News at the time because it was such a momentous achievement , only achieved previously by the likes of The Beatles and John Lennon.
Yes 1985 was the year of Madonna mania - and Desperately Seeking Susan came out & was a box office smash. I should do a video on Madonna’s 1985 at some point 😀
I agree that Dress you up is totally underrated. The Beatles and John Lennon, that's pretty good company to be in especially for a woman during that time.
I loved over and over and stay. Such memories.
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I remember seeing her 1981-82 & all of my friends knew that she was already a superstar
Another great video. I’m a huge fan of Madonna music mostly 1995-2005, so it was really interesting to hear more detail about this phase of her career.
Thanks 😀There is so much to do cover, there are so many videos I could do on her
@@jonnyharvey so many, and you’ve covered so much already! I know it was touched on in your Confessions video but I’d love something more in-depth on the American Life album and how polarising and damaging it was to her career, especially compared to how the album is now considered ahead of its time in terms of its experimental ‘folktronica’ sound and themes.
95-05 was her GOLDEN PERIOD. Ray of light, music, American life and Confessions are my fav albums from her
What I'm always amazed by how quickly she is able to put out albums. Even today. She released 3 albums in the 2010's which from what I know is not something very common for an artist in their 3rd decade of making music. Her hunger to keep making music and challenge herself artistically is really inspiring
She’s like a machine - she always keeps going
No matter how many videos I watch about her origins, no matter how many new details I learn about, I will never be able to fathom how one human being, coming from literally the ground up, was able to put the whole world in the palm of her hand. There is no story like hers. I just don’t understand how she did it and I never will, but her trajectory does make me believe that some people are just truly one of a kind.
She had super-human self belief. A force of nature. Yes you’re right - an extraordinary story.
Can you talk a bit about her story and how she was from the ground up? I’m curious myself to know how she managed to become this successful
She had talent, smarts, creativity, courage, hunger, drive, commitment, and belief. In the entertainment industry particularly during that time, an aspiring artist needed to have great social skills and plenty of luck too. I think her most important talent was her dancing. Without that, she wouldn't have moved to NYC to further her dancing education, then after her arrival there, she broaden her interest to acting and singing.
@@jonnyharveyShe can be mean AF; I dealt with her Once-she was gregarious-and as soon as she got what she wanted from Me-she was nastily cold as ice 🧊. I never signed and NDA so I can say what I want. I watched her treat fans like dirt-it’s her M.O.-she can’t deal with ANYONE being “real” and she’ll fuck You into oblivion.
I just CHERISH your Madonna uploads!! Keep ‘em coming xoxo
Thank you 😀🙏
I love Madonna! Huge fan since 1983. She will always remain the queen of pop. Her first album is one of my favourites.
This was a great video. Look forward to watching more by you.
cheers- thanks. Yes she is still my Queen of pop.
people dont understand how smart Madonna!
She is super intelligent.
Madonna's drive and ruthlessness when it comes to her career and gaining success is incredible, She's the only artist I know who has maintained just as much hunger for success even after achieving unparalleled levels of fame, so many popstars start out strong, but lose their nerve after a few albums, but 40 years on and Madonna is still just as vigorous with her career as she was back in 1984 💖💖
So true - really good insight.
She's horrible and mean, a narcissist
Exactly. I feel some people just have some talent. Madonna has vision and drive. Nothing can stop her.
Love your Madonna videos - so well researched and the aesthetic of your videos is great too
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The greatest pop star ever...the blueprint for all to follow
Agreed 😀
No! Michael Jackson is
@@ramirezwilliam8983Michael wasn’t half as artistic. He doesn’t take risks when it comes to his art unlike Madonna.
@@wes9061 stop your nonsense, nobody is GREATER than MJ and you know that! MJ the greatest selling album of all time, Madonna in the 80s even immitated him and even add his songs to her performance at stage shows, MJ way more artistic and take more risk than madanna that's why he did thriller video,he sold 750million records while Madonna sold 300mill, no comparison 🤦
I think Donna Summer, was definitely the most influential even before Madonna and Janet. But she’s so often overlooked
her career is so iconic and influential! we can talk about it for weeks
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Queen of female singer pop in world. We are going to have better
She always knew what she was doing. Her strength for her career was controlling it.
yes she was smarter than everyone around her. So shrewd
This was so well done! Kudos! So interesting to look back at how the hits were made.
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I never liked the song material girl - at all. However I'm a big fan of Madonna, at least from the first half of her career. thank you very much for all the work done on these videos!
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what i enjoy about Madonna is she didnt peak early she kept getting better and better and more interesting.
yes it's amazing how she kept things interesting. She had plenty more tricks up her sleeve.
Madonna will definitely come up at least three times when you think of the most memorable and iconic VMA moments. How many VMA interviews with artists do you remember? The first to come to my mind is Madonna being interrupted by Courtney Love throwing her compact to get Madonna's attention.
I really enjoyed this! Thanks for posting!
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Long live the Queen of Pop! Great video, thanks for the background research about Nile Rogers and Like a Virgin. Madonna went through things, ugly and beautiful, but those were necessary and here we are, decades later. Her ascension to the top is so fascinating!
Isn't it? I never get bored hearing stories about it.
I think Madonna is a musical genious. She always took control of her career from the very beggining, for me thats the key of her success.
Well done Jonny.
Greetings from Buenos Aires
Yep I agree - Madonna is a musical genius. She has the best ‘ears’ in the business, the way she came with all those great melodies & hits. Thank you 😀😀
She had a way of involving herself with the right people and ignoring those who were not.
Always pushing boundaries. Keeping herself on the top without loosing her key musical style and staying up with the trends. That is why she is the Queen of Pop. 💚
Amen 😀
we need more videos on 80s madonna!! true blue is my favourite album😍
Yes I’m doing True Blue in the next 2-3 months 😀
Their are plenty out there. This isn't a new story.
Excellent video on Madonna’s rise beginning to take shape. I was 10 in 1983, so I was right there at the age where you couldn’t not be aware of her rise in pop culture.
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Her star was so bright we could see it in after revolution Iran!
I was a 10 year old gay boy living where western music was forbidden ...
All of us were dancing to Madonna!
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Your Madonna essays are my favourite from you
Thanks Ben 😀
your videos are so good, a lot of work on it, hope you keep doing it, thank you
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Like a Virgin is my favorite Madonna album of all time. I really love it. It´s also the first album ever I got. In Summer of 1986, I was 11 years old and Papa don`t preach was her smash hit at this summer. I wanted the True Blue album so badly. When we were on vacation in Switzerland me and my relatives were at a shopping mall and I was looking for True Blue. But it wasn`t there. I only could find Like a Virgin on tape with Into the Groove. So, my aunt bought me Like a Virgin, because it was also a Madonna album and I was so crazy about her. This is the story how I got my first ever album in life. And until this day, Like a Virgin is a blast for me.
That's lovely to hear- thanks for sharing. It used to be so exciting going to record stores to get your favourite artist's album. Totally lost on this generation
great video… thank you for your craft
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The picture of the caption of your video says it all how she became a superstar she reinvented herself, and showed the world she was a multifaceted person!!! Look at the difference between Debut and Like A Virgin the ambition’s off the charts, but her image became more free, sexual, and the public digged that The Queen Of Pop everybody 👏👏👏👏
I love this , your Madonna videos are amazing , can you do a making or debut please
Thank you so much 😀 I have so many ideas for Madonna videos I don’t know where to begin but I will do the debut at some point.
You should do a video on Barbra Streisand, she has the most number 1 albums among the female artists and is a legend in her own life time
Yes I was thinking of doing something on ababa toward the end of the year when she releases her autobiography
This doc is amazing. More of Madonna please 🙏
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I don't know why Madonna always says she accidentally lost her shoe at the VMAs during Like a Virgin. If you watch it you can clearly see her kick them off.
I know- you’re right!!! I watched it the other day - you can clearly see her kicking both shoes off
Because she couldn't risk falling down while attempting to step down the cake
Omg, I’ve been saying this since she first came out with that story and continues to repeat it. Drives me insane, and makes me very dubious to her ability to accurately write her own bio pic. Lmao
I’ve been following Madonna for some years already (I’m quite young, I was born even after Britney Spears debuted), and just last year I gave this album a full listen and I immediately loved it. I knew of Like A Virgin’s impact, but now I understand it better. I still have many Madonna albums to revisit, but I like to enjoy them for a couple of months before revisiting another one (like a short album cycle hahaha). Love Madonna so much 🥰
She's an absolute legend - such brilliant pop songs 😀
Another fantastic video! I learned so much! Thank you!
Thanks Adam 😀🙏
I’m old enough to remember when this album came out and the impact it had. It’s hard to explain to people who weren’t there. What’s interesting about it to me, and is briefly touched on in the video, is how in 1984 and 1985 she and her songs were EVERYWHERE. Radio and MTV couldn’t get enough of her. Vision Quest (with “Crazy For You”) and Desperately Seeking Susan came out. Then there was the Virgin Tour. Even THE GOLDEN GIRLS tv show made reference to it. She married Sean Penn, appeared at Live Aid, weathered a “scandal” of Playboy releasing nudes (which actually seems tame now) and she was constantly talked about in the media.
But by the end of 1985 people were calling her a fad and a flash in the pan, that she’d never have a major song or hit album again and she’d quickly be a has-been in her career after just a year or two of riding high. So what wound up happening? Quite the opposite. She released so many subsequent hit albums that most fans and even she and Nile Rogers themselves, as quoted in this video, don’t consider the iconic second album to be her best.
I was born around that time so I wasn't aware of what was happening but 1985 was the year of Madonna mania. It's amazing hearing from people who were there and experienced it firsthand.
do the LIKE A PRAYER era next! also EROTICA is very interesting
I'm going to Like a Prayer soon - already collecting research. I haven't really properly done Erotica. I did the how Madonna rescued her career after Erotica video though - th-cam.com/video/-kgggQHbjVc/w-d-xo.html
@@jonnyharvey I find all her eras interesting- how she takes a collection of songs and packages them as a commercial product
Can you please do a Madonna album deep dive? I’d love your take on / a whole video covering Madonna (debut), Erotica, Ray of Light? Etc.
I did one on
th-cam.com/video/sJvxiND3WB0/w-d-xo.html. But yes I’d love to do one on all her albums
A chronological deep dive starting with “Madonna” would be incredible. Each album is so incredible, multi-layered and infamous they deserve their own own video. Keep up the great work!
Can you please do an in-depth video of one of her most iconic music videos? There are countless music videos with so many layers, history, anecdotes, etc. And I’d love to hear your analysis, insight and commentary.
Oh that would be a great idea - a video series. Which do you think are the most important ones to analyse?
It has to be Like a Prayer. However, a more left-field choice down the line would be American Life. Vogue and Material Girl are also iconic.
Honestly, she has dozens of videos with so many layers, such eclectic imagery and influences, the choices are endless.
@@jackiesmith7845 yes I'll definitely look into it- have to cover the albums though first.
This is great and I love it!
Now I'm waiting for a video about Madonna's True Blue
Thank you. I’m doing True Blue soon. The video will take a while to do - there is so much to cover 😀
Wow. Loved it. Well researched and well presented. Keep those Madge videos coming please
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Thank you for this video. I'm a huge Madonna fan but didn't know a lot of these details. The woman has always been a force to be reckoned with but I can't even imagine how intense she was at the beginning of her career, when she was so, so hungry for success.
and when you factor in that she was a woman in a male-dominated industry in the 80s - mind blown.
She dominated and showed them how serious she was and how she refused to give up. She amused them like she does everyone. She had that energy you can't turn away with dance and pop music, style and handling fame.
Cyndi Lauper tried to take on her look and sound but it didn't work. Madonna is queen, guiness book of world records- biggest and best selling artist of all time. As far as sales, fame and success, she's put down as #1 of all time. When she was put the Guiness Book of World Records, I smiled. She deserves it.
She was tough and brutal and determined. It's amazing honestly. She's brilliant and the Queen for a reason.
She really is a force of nature
I love the video. Thank u so much.
Madonna is the music queen.
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I picked up the cd at a pet store last year for a few dollars. It still holds up well as cd’s have great sound quality. Also, I discovered songs that I had not heard before. I think it is the reason that I bought the 3 cd dance compilation last year. Also, Madonna was my number one streamed artist on Spotify for 2022.
Yeah I bought it a few years ago at a HMV closing down sale. I really enjoyed but it wouldn’t rank among my favourite Madonna albums
Pet stores sell CDs?
@@EastSide-qc5oy It was a charity event. Selling old cds to help a local non profit.
@@bradc304 Oh i see. Just wondering.
@@EastSide-qc5oy I didn't know people still had CD players anymore, let alone buy them.
Another great video, watched it from beginning to end, I was born in 1980, so I grew up with this history . Therefore, listening to these videos, is reminding me what was happening in the music industry whilst I was a child
It's pure 80s nostalgia😀
This was really good!
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Madonna is such an amazing artist! I hope i can be as successful of a popstar as she is one day ✨🤞✨
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You never will be. Stop being delusional honey. No one today is even that much of a superstar and you think you will be?
@@mol9133 And I’m here to prove you wrong, just like Madonna did ✨😁✨
This video was so good. Keep goin 👌✅💗
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Great post Jonny! So much detailed information. Thank you! I got the chance to meet Nile a few times and he seems really friendly and down to earth. At a music industry event in the early 90's here in NYC, he spoke about working with Madonna, admitting he did something in hindsight that was not 'proper etiquette.' Apparently, he was working with Madonna and Dianna Ross at the same time in the same building. He told Diana he wanted to introduce her to a new artist named Madonna, then brought her down to Madonna's studio room instead of vice versa. This must have weight heavily on him as this indecent happened ten years prior. Like I say, great guy!
Oh my God I'm so jealous- reading his book & watching interviews with him- he genuinely seems like such a good guy😀
@@jonnyharvey Sorry for the late reply. Yes, he presents like he does on the interviews, which is always good!
The kind of work and vision and chance that came together to launch Madonna is just absolutely astounding.
Yes she really believed in her magic.
U cannot not mention M’s THE publicist Liz Rosenberg on her team too. 😊
I spent ages doing this video - it is a video about that era, not about her team so much. Anyway I think they started working on the first album. I can’t include everything or I would never get the video finished also. And everyone already knows that she was Madonna’s publicist.
Thanks!!
Awesome! Please make more Madonna videos
Thanks. I will definitely will be making lots more Madge videos - they just take a long time 😩
Is "Material Girl" really outside of Madonna's normal vocal range? She doesn't go higher than a C5, and it's not any higher than her song "Everybody" which is full of C5s
Great video btw, I just like discussing minor details like this lmaoo
Thank you. I took the info from Nile Rodger’s autobiography. I wouldn’t include it if I didn’t have a solid source for the info.
Love this! Subscribing!
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I'm 45 years old and I have yet to ever see another female Superstar at the magnitude Madonna had achieved in her pivotal years in her career. I'm not talking about 1 specific component, but world-wide Superstardom.
I mean if you can remember 1985 to 1990, you know.
I highly doubt I'll ever see another person achieve that level of fame and stardom again.
She's the last of the Mega Superstars.
Yes it’s sad but true - I can’t imagine anyone reaching those heights ever again
@@jonnyharvey well singers like Mariah Carey/Whitney/Celine in the 90s or Rihanna in the first half the 2010’s were kinda huge, same goes for Britney in the early 2000s. Even Taylor Swift has been pretty massive imo. Who knows maybe in the long run some of them will match the magnitude of Madonna’s career (Celine and Mariah are already very close)
You won't, because the stardom you mention was amplified by the scarcity of media we had back in the 80s, 90s. Very limited TV reach, barely no Internet, people actually bought vinyls and CDs. Today the music industry is much more volatile, arguably more competitive, and music stars burnout much quicker, I think. Madonna catered entertainment in a very different time.
Thank you for this! Madonna early days. Nile Rogers helped Diana Ross & David Bowie huge hits in early 1980s. She was so smart Madonna.
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Thank you for this video of my hero Madonna...more power to you
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Not the greatest voice or talent but has a knack for creating catchy simple pop tunes. Narcissistic obsessive drive, doing whatever it takes in life. Freaky
Yes I would love to read a book on the psychology of Madonna - that would be fascinating.
Love your analysis videos. Madonna is such a transcending icon of a human, there is so much to dive into. Can’t wait for you to dive more into her. 🖤👏🏻
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i just bought tickets YEAH!!!!!
Thank you for sharing this video you hit the mail on the head I was a tween maybe? When she came out. Loved her from burning up thru confessions on a dance floor. You told me information that I would’ve never known this as I was a huge fan but so young you think that it’s just overnight success. Nile is amazing. Duran Duran the reflex was one of the first songs/videos I ever saw knew how talented Nile was still is love Pressure Off colab with Duran Duran and had no clue he was behind Bowies let’s dance. Flipping amazing
Kudos
Thanks so much 🙏😀
Very interesting and I think she didn’t reach pop iconic status until Like A Prayer album and later on Ray of Light and Confessions albums kept her at the legend status.
Yeah a few other people said that - LAP was when she became an icon
thanks for another great video. The additional aspect I do feel is hoe much LAV sounded like Billie Jean and how the baseline of MG was like can you feel it. I feel she did take a leaf out of the Jacksons book which gave a subtle familiarity. Just my opinion but like the LAV tour BJ segment, both songs could be mashed ❤️
Thanks 😀 If you look up Steinberg and Kelly here on TH-cam there is a video of them talking about how they wrote the song & its music (I used some of the footage from that video in my video) & if I remember correctly I think they do mention Billie Jean. Or maybe it was Golden Brown or sth like that.
@@jonnyharvey thanks. I'll check that out 👌😎
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Saw on the news shes on tour for the 40th anniversary of her career. She’ll be forever an icon.
yes she's amazing - where does she find the energy?
Superstar is an understatement. Madonna is one of a very few megastars that ever walk the earth along with Elvis, The Beatles and Michael Jackson.
What should I call her then? Isn't superstar better than megastar?
Madonna rules the world just like she said she would
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The music was good, but it was the birth of "The Video" & MTV started the legend. Plus the audacious fortune of actually being called Madonna, a song about "..a Virgin" and trashy bride image that got folks attention.
It was the perfect storm. The stars aligned
update: wow what a diva i hope shes not late at her upcoming tour!!!!
After spending all that money I hope so too!!!
“Still” widely recognized as the Queen of Pop?
She IS the Queen of Pop.
…”ambitious “Brunette” from Detroit 😉
Madonna was the blueprint for all future pop megastars. She’s Pops leading First Lady.
Michael Jackson - king
Madonna - Queen
That’s it 👍
Madge was so shady towards Steinberg.
Wasn’t she?
Can you do one on goddess and gay icon Cyndi Lauper please?
I love Cyndi Lauder - what angle should I take?
Madonna changed music history, especially for Women.
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I trained her I am the master Mind
I can’t wait to see her the celebration tour btw couldn’t get ticket in London gonna attend in Sweden x
I’m so jealous. She’s not coming to Dublin ☹️
She passed Super Stardom in 1990. She is now Mega Star, Icon.
I thought superstar was higher than megastar
@@jonnyharvey To me, levels are Star, Superstar, then Mega Star. Mega to me is Global, universally known and popular like being able to sell over 600,000 tickets in less than 24 hrs and those tixs aren't cheap, so..
Madonna is simply a legend. Learn it kids.
Agreed 😀
I remember how controversial Like A Virgin was when it came out. Now it seems rather tame with everything else out there now. Many people say Madonna has one of the best work ethics of anyone they have ever worked with. She also doesn't get the respect she deserves as a song writer. Long Live The Queen :)
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Long live the Queen!! This year will be amazing!!
1- The announcement of a Greatest Hits World Tour "Celebration Tour"
2- A collaboration with a female singer that it will blow our minds if it happens.
3- Sales Re-certifications of all her albums and singles
And many more things...
Who is Madonna doing a duet with? Janet Jackson?
Is she?
yes lots to look forward to as a Madonna fan
you should do one of these videos on True Blue
Yes I will do True Blue soon - it will take ages as there’s so much to cover 😩
Amazing ❤
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So how much money did Niles Rodger make, from Like a Virgin? Was it so much that the record companies don't want to pay him or something?
Long Live Madonna!!! Gawd this was just the perfect Madonna 101 lesson every Millenial should be aware of. As for her bashers...who cares!!!
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Long live the Queen.
Another great video, Jonny! I've always loved Madonna. But as I've grown-up I've become turned-off by her ruthlessness. In stark contrast to Kylie Minogue. Who is renown for her lovely personality. Takes plenty of drive to get from suburban Melbourne to be a Euro star, too!
Thank you
Madonna is Latin…Italians are the original Latin people…Nile needs to open up a book smh
Yup
Like A Virgin was certainly massive but to me Madonna cemented herself as a superstar with True Blue. Then sealed the icon deal with Like A Prayer.
Yeah that’s cool - yes she solidified her superstar status with True Blue - I agree 😀
I got my tickets!!
I'm so jealous - she's not coming to Ireland. I'd have to go to London if I'm going to see her.
Madonna helped me through depression ❤
I love how she had a strategic comeback after her struggles in 1992-1995.
Yes ROL was a great comeback.
@@jonnyharvey Evita was also a comeback and an era on its own.
Call her by her name Madonna.
It's just a harmless nickname. It's actually short for 'majesty.'
Wow, I didn't know she was THAT rude to people working around her. The poor tech guys in the studio would have felt so bullied - that's not queen behaviour, yikes
Yeah there are a lot of stories like that unfortunately. Maybe she was feeling insecure about men taking advantage of her?
@@jonnyharvey I feel like we're just making excuses for her toxic behaviour now. My mind too went straight to several excuses: maybe she was having a bad day, maybe the sound guy was a prick, maybe something something...
Butt, speaking for myself largely, I think we need to wake up and smell the Soya Latté 🍵...Motherdonna is the greatest pop star ever, AND she also treats people very poorly...
[[and if she didn't want people discussing it then she should have behaved like the queen we thought she was.]]