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Camille's Street Cred...
I am not a huge fan of Madonna's musical output. Her music has always seemed at least 6 months behind the curve. I have always envisioned her walking into a club, liking some tracks, meeting the producers, throwing money at them and saying "make me sound like that". On the other hand, her marketing and attitude have always been cutting edge. Camille Paglia's disco playlist puts anything Madonna has ever done to shame. The pop titans on that list, particularly at the beginning, make Madonna seem like the fortunate mall rat that she is. Ms. Paglia's precise pinpointing of how soul begat funk which begat disco and so forth is a great starting point for any serious scholarship of the history of modern club music.