acko Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 I wanna c the whole programme! I love 80's featurettes.
acko Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 been watching this series, it's really good What's it called, where can C it? Is it Robe Lowe doing the voice over?
Bill Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 I've been watching this too. I love and miss the 80's sooooo much! I thought the segment about Madonna was impressive. It was farily long, and they gave her the respect and appreciation she deserves. I love to see her recognized for her accomplishments, as opposed to the usual "has-been" shit people love to talk about now. She doesn't usually get acknowledged as the legend she really is. I'm sure that's because she's still so active in the business. Yes, it's Rob Lowe and it's on the National Geographic channel. I think last night was the final night of the miniseries, but I'm sure it'll be running in repeats for ages.
coco Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 wow i never knew they wanted her to do lucky star for the vma's and she insisted on like a virgin all that footage and commentary really showcases how in control, different, and unique madonna was right from the get go something many tend to downplay nowadays in an effort to underestimate her influence it's also interesting that no other female singer was able to create such a worldwide frenzy before or ever since
Guest Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 wow it's also interesting that no other female singer was able to create such a worldwide frenzy before or ever since I know! ;-)
tek75 Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 I wonder what was going through Rob's mind as he was doing the voiceover. He and Madonna were said to be an item for a short time. In one M biography, she supposedly taunted Warren Beatty at a club when he refused to dance, "I should've come here with Rob Lowe; there's a guy who knows how to party hearty."
nick00 Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 I love the shot of what looks like her in the Danceteria nightclub. I was only a kid at the time, but I love the fact that she spent the early eighties hanging around club kids, drag queens, gays, break dancers, punks, and new wavers!
acko Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 The only thing I don't like about these kind of features is how they charge everything in retrospect with a certain intention. Sometimes all things just come together at the right moment in time.
XXL Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 Amazing footage/interviews Thanks for posting Bernhard has aged awfully
Guest Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 The only thing I don't like about these kind of features is how they charge everything in retrospect with a certain intention. I know!!!
Guest bluejean Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 That was brilliant. And so was she. My God. Amazing.
Dr Lecter Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 That video = THAT IS WHY there's no one else bitches
Jazzy Jan Posted April 18, 2013 Posted April 18, 2013 I hope that a lot of people get to see this. I know most people know of Madonna as a superstar but I often wonder if younger people really know just how incredibly popular, famous and copied she was during the 80's. It really amazes me when it has been suggested that other female pop stars are more famous than Madonna was even at her peak. I mean, they have to either be stupid, brain-washed or ignorant to think any other pop girl has remotely matched the kind of hysteria that accompanied Madonna. No one comes even remotely close and I doubt any of them will last for 30 years either. I am not being biased when I say that Madonna is easily the most famous female music star of all time.
Chimera Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 No one comes even remotely close and I doubt any of them will last for 30 years either. I am not being biased when I say that Madonna is easily the most famous female music star of all time. You're not being biased...just plain truthful...not only most famous but most successful as well...plus her discography is inmense... NO COMPARISONS ALLOWED HERE
Chimera Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 That video = THAT IS WHY there's no one else bitches and the Like a Virgin live version in BAT...I dare any other female pop star to do that on stage...lol...
TRVC Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 I watched the whole mini-series. HAD NO CLUE they were going to have a whole (and quite lengthy) segment on our legend. SHE WAS THE ONLY Music ICON they mentioned (Micheael wasn't mentioned ONCE in the entire mini-series). I LOVED this show, they talked about everything from politics, economics, television, fashion, and MADONNA. AMAZING AMAZING SHOW. Well done National Geographic
Kurt420 Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 I DARE ANY OF THE CURRENT CROP OF "NEW MADONNAS" TO EVEN COME CLOSE TO WHAT SHE DID IN THOSE DAYS.... NOBODY HAS NOR WILL!
Barbie Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 I wasn't even alive when Madonna made her legendary rise to superstardom. But watching stuff like this, makes me extremely jealous of EVERYONE who was.
Skin Posted April 19, 2013 Posted April 19, 2013 I watched the whole mini-series. HAD NO CLUE they were going to have a whole (and quite lengthy) segment on our legend. SHE WAS THE ONLY Music ICON they mentioned (Micheael wasn't mentioned ONCE in the entire mini-series). I LOVED this show, they talked about everything from politics, economics, television, fashion, and MADONNA. AMAZING AMAZING SHOW. Well done National Geographic Damn. I am not an MJ fan but even I can say not giving a mention to him in a show about the 80s is a sin. But yes the Madonna bit was cool to watch. She changed everything when it comes to women in music, and blew her own door wide open. Everyone else after her simply walked through that door, and usually tripped and fell flat on their faces soon after.
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