Artist: MadonnaAlbum: Like A Virgin
Video: One of the all-time classics.
This song was, um, slightly influential.
Madonna is the top selling female recording artist of all-time. "Like A Virgin" was her first #1 single, and it spent six weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100. Yet, MTV would like us to believe that in 1985 alone, there were 90 videos better than this one. Okaaaayyyyyyy. I guess they didn't factor in the live performance at the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards, which is still one of the most famous in MTV history.
In 1985, Madonna was everywhere. She started her first North American concert tour, broke into feature films, and generally acted as the object of young boys' fantasies everywhere. What else can be said about her? It's hard to think of a female entertainer who had a more significant impact on pop culture.
The video is classic. Venice. The gondolas. That LION. The way she gazes into the camera, the way she MOVES. So sensual and seductive.
This was one of the first albums I ever bought, on a cassette tape. I've always been a big fan of female musicians. In 1985? Me likey very much.
Today's Birthday: Martha Quinn is 53 years old today. Now that, my friends, makes me feel very old.
I was 12 years old when "Like a Virgin" was #1 and needless to say, Madonna was not unnoticed by me.
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