Letters to the Editor
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saintzak
Her next paparazzi stunt probably will be to tongue Miley Cyrus on stage. The material girl is now the Kabbala queen, she brings such rich spirituality, to the disco scene.
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Madonna is an ageing brand
Pop music is primarily a producer's medium. Songwriters, arrangers, studio wizards need an easily recognizable brand a la Britney or Madonna to model their merchanise.
Madonna has been supremely good at promoting herself as a brand, always willing to stoop to any kind of stunt to get her name in the news, and thus to sell her records, many of which have been manufactured by the best in the business.
However it is just business. Her credentials as a musician are very, very slight.
Now in the twilight of her career, she is hooked up with some well known names in the business like Timbaland and Kanye West in the hope of cross-selling her latest CD to younger audiences.
I am quite sure that this venture will turn a profit, since Madonna is still very much a recognizable global brand, and the CD is bound to get radio play--which almost guarantees sales.
So from the point of view of the music business I think she still matters (i.e. makes money for Warner Brothers, the owners of the Reprise record label ). Whether her music matters musically or to musicians--or has ever mattered--is another question. I suspect not.
Ageing brands may no longer have explosive growth in sales, but they can still return a steady dividend to shareholders.
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Here's an option for her.
Maybe she should pull an Elvis... turn to drugs, get fat and die. That would probably make all of you old farts happy.
Obviously, for a music legend, that's the only way to go.
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Sounds like a graceful exit
For the queen of poop.
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Madge Rocks!
I am about as far on the other side of life as one can get when it comes to Madonna, but I love her and she blazed a path in music that allows for all these non-talented teeny-boppers to experience the success they enjoy. They are hollow and shallow imitations of what Madonna pulled off 20 years ago during far less "liberal" and tolerant times. So let's give Ma a little credit.
She was never the best singer, but the woman worked the assets she had. She gave some of the best concerts to date and raised the bar on what a live stage performance should look like. She appreciated her audience enough to demand near perfection when it came to her concerts. How do you not appreciate a woman, a performer like that?
There will never be another Madonna....and please do not even bring up Britney (the comparison is ridiculous). Madge has managed to re-invent herself yet again and remain relevant.
As a 30-something who grew up on her music, I can tell you that to this day, a Madonna jam never fails to have me turning up the volume and dancing in my living room.
Madge matters.
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Madge
"Madge" I like that. It has a nice senior citizen sound to it.