Madonna was like a raging wild fire in the 80s... you have no ideal how BIG she really was.. and the thing is she could sing, dance, act and Perform Live without special effects.

This woman is the most diverse artist in music history and has has more longevity than any other pop act.

@kristianberg4264

10 ай бұрын

Ain’t that the damn honest truth. Lol

I remember this performance like it was yesterday. Madona is simply a living legend.❤☑️💯

@KennyFame

11 ай бұрын

Yeah me too

A little back story: Madonna is a classically trained dancer who gave up her dance scholarship to the University of Michigan after one semester and moved to NYC with $35 to pursue a career in dance. She danced for a few prestigious dance companies like Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey before scoring a gig as a backup dancer for Patrick Hernandez in Paris. Growing impatient, she returned to NYC and started gigging with several new-wave style bands as a backup singer and played drums. She started writing songs and recording and was known in the city as the girl who would shop her demo tapes to deejays at clubs until finally meeting an executive from Sire records. He heard the demo and set up a meeting with Sire President Seymour Stine who was in the hospital for cardiac issues and he met her and agreed to sign her on the spot……in the hospital.

@richardwalker9038

9 ай бұрын

850 million dollars later……

She started out being a serious student of dance before pop stardom.

Madonna the Biggest female pop star in the world. not only is she a dancer but she also wrote or cowrote most of her hits and in her early music career she also played the drums, currently she also plays the guitar. This performance was a toned down performance from the Blonde Ambition tour in 1990. That tour made history as no one had done a concert like it was theater. She revolutionized how tours were done and to this day her tours are must see spectacles she always delivers. also the video for this song at the time was one of the most expensive videos ever made to a cost of 5 million dollars. you should check it out its stunning. also from the release of the like a prayer album to the release of the erotica album. she was outselling every other artist on the planet. its her peak years. she has so many different sounds you are bound to find one of her albums that you would love and my guess for you would be the album Bedtime Stories. better yet do it Joni Style and start from the beginning and see how she evolved. it still amazes me to this day how may hits she has and how she was able to stay on top for so long. also side note: reacting to Madonna is gonna bring all the fans who'll relive it all with you. count me in lol

Madonna studied modern dance and ballet at the University Of Michigan on a scholarship before dropping out and moving to NYC in very late 70s. She Struggled for a few years before cutting her debut album in 83. The rest is history.

My first concert was Madonna, the Blonde Ambition Tour, I'll never forget it and she remains the best performer I've ever seen on stage. She commits and delivers every time.

Greatest live performer of all time. Check out more live Madonna. Miss Jackson wishes.

@kve1247

11 ай бұрын

Madonna will NEVER be as good as Janet!👀

@gabrielmcdonnell8699

11 ай бұрын

To be fair to Janet, as performers, they have diff sensibilities and priorities. Janet loves her fans and wants to give them almost a carbon copy of her music ie she doesn’t want to deviate too much from the Janet sound that they expect from her. Madonna, on the other hand, wants to challenge her audience and give them reworkings/reimaginings esp of her big hits. As a result, Madonna puts on elaborate, theatrical live shows while Janet’s tours are safe and conventional. They both work, depending on how you like their music. That said, Madonna is light yrs ahead of Janet in terms of creativity. Madonna’s team knows how to stage a show!! 👏🏾👏🏾

@kve1247

11 ай бұрын

@@gabrielmcdonnell8699 duly noted…thank u🫶🏽

@gabrielmcdonnell8699

11 ай бұрын

@@kve1247 Sorry if my post came off as negative (and pompous, even-not my intention). As a long-time Janet fan, I just always saw her for whom she *TRULY* is. Not even a debate between her and Madonna. Janet is my girl! I was just giving Madonna her flowers re: her creativity. One thing Madonna doesn’t know how to do that Janet does is vibe: Madonna is always thinking about pushing some button.

@kve1247

11 ай бұрын

@@gabrielmcdonnell8699 😆it’s ok…I love ur input & vibe👌🏽🙌🏽

She's the Queen of Pop for a reason. The woman is basically a ballerina who sings, her dancing style isn't like any other. You named Janet maybe because of the suit, but they aren't similar at all! She's wearing a suit here because in the video of the song she's wearing it too.

Madonna is the biggest selling female artist of all time for a reason. She's also a great lyricist and producer, which she doesn't get enough credit for.

MADONNA is the GOAT....take a look at all her live performances and you will understand how ICONIC she is.

@JustJammin

10 ай бұрын

I'll watch a few more just so I can have more of an understanding as to why people say she's the greatest live performer of all time.

All people know Michael Jackson can dsnce like he did but people these days seem to be almost clueless about Madonna's abilities - it's shocking, she's the Queen of Pop just like MJ is the King of Pop. Good you're discovering her, you're in for a surprise. Enjoyed your reaction, keep going!!! PLEASE CHECK HER Keep it together LIVE at the Blonde Ambition Tour 1990. YOU,'LL ❤ IT I promise😊

The Queen of Pop

janet and madonna were the biggest female performers of their time along with paula abdul and jody wately

Madonna is the queen!! More Madonna live performances!! You’ll enjoy them all n be inspired! ❤

My favorite Madonna song.

You should watch her live concerts. They are pretty amazing and a lot of people never realized or appreciated her talent Thank you for your reactions.

She was is and will always be a force no one can come close too 🔥🔥🔥

Thanks, JJ. Not a huge Madonna fan but always respected her hustle and creativity. *THIS* is one of my favorite Madonna performances. Yup, dancing was a big component of her music videos and tours. I was in high sch during this VMA perf. She and her back up (Niki & Donna) killed it. Shout out to the 80’s club kids who caught not only ‘The Roger Rabbit’ and ‘The Running Man’ but ‘The Robocop’ (Madonna borrowing from Bobby Brown).😎✌🏽

this performance is fire. Madonna studied dance, and moved to NYC with intent of becoming a professional dancer... as we know the universe had other plans for her, but her choreography is always on point in all of her live performances. There are plenty of half naked people on stage in her tours. Check out Why is it so hard from the girlie show tour in 93 - it's basically an orgie

Great request, and reaction! Thanks JJ and Nosivadbor! ! Very fun! She’s so fascinating, because I’ve never really been a lover of her music, ( except Into the Groove, and Lucky Star) but she’s such a talented entertainer that I can’t take my eyes off of her. That’s magnetism! Very talented woman. 💗🙂

I think you could say all the female artists that came after Madonna would remind you of her… Inc some of her peers at that time, just like Miss Jackson!!

Madonna is the most successful female artist of all-time, the best-selling female artist of all-time, the showstopper, the trendsetter, the one and only Queen of Pop: the icon, the legend.

You should watch her live shows. They are the greatest. She sings and dances and was seriously one great athlete to be able to do it all.

I have watched madonna live shows so many times great request nosavabdor ❤❤❤❤

It always amazes me to hear younger people saying they didn’t know Madonna could dance. When I was a kid in the 80s and teen in the 90s Whitney Huston was all about singing, and Madonna was all about great dance anthems and theatrical productions. Miss Jackson was as well but she was more R&B and had more of a military precision style of dance influenced by her brother where as Madonnas roots were in contemporary dance and the club scene (you can see a hint of her love for Voguing in this performance)

Madonna was all about dance with singing in her Live Shos and many of her videos!

That’s my jawn right there. She’s a legend for a reason

Madonna dance before she arrived in new York since she learn how to dance in a school dance when she was young and she dance since she was little (she always love the dance). Like Michael Jackson or Prince, she was a excellent dancer. Paula Abdul was also a incredible dancer has her own.

That was high energy 🔥

Omg. Madonna is the best

She's an incredible performer ..her life performances are legendary ..love to see you react to some more ..

I also liked the Voguing towards the end of the dance- they did it well 🙂

Some of her music I really like.

80's Madonna❣️❣️❣️ I'm speechless...except for a heartfelt "thank you" to Nosidvabor (sp) for the request, and to JJ for the reaction. I love Madonna's music! ❤❤

@gabrielmcdonnell8699

11 ай бұрын

Nosi *vad* bor 🤙🏾

@dmartin1203

11 ай бұрын

@@gabrielmcdonnell8699 Got it! Thanks! I had the correct letters, just in the wrong place. 😊

@nosivadbor

11 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

catch the live version of the same song on the blonde ambition tour. next level 🔥

Madonna came out the box Dancin' and Singin'. Some of us know just how she "changed" the performing Game! Check out American Bandstand performance of "HOLIDAY".

Madonna with Donna and Nikki - her long term back up singers during this period is peak live performance. It's really difficult now to understand the maganitude of Madonna's fame at the time.

You need to react to more Madonna performance, like « girl gone wild » live during the mdna tour, this is so great

hopefully you can review some of her live stuff from the Like a Virgin and Who's That Girl Tours. Lots more amazing dancing in those too. Madonna was a cut above the rest in the early 80's, her only equal in terms of worldwide #1 hits, dancing, fulling stadiums etc was MJ😁

Madonna wasa dancer before she was a singer, and her younger brother is a choreographer. If you watch "The Blond Ambition" tour you'll see a lot more half-naked people! LOL

Madonna is great!💕I loved this song(one among many) along w/Get into the Groove & Music!🤩🫶🏽🙌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽great request!❤️‍🔥

Queen of queens❤❤❤

I would say Madonna initially inspired Janet, though by the time Janet entered the scene they probably influenced each other, and of course M was influenced by MJ, Bowie, and a lot of female performers like Grace Jones, Debbie Harry and Chrissie Hindes. But Madonna pretty much revolutionized a music concert experience. Most bands touring just performed the music, no dancing, no nothing, just some lights, a stage and their instruments. MJ introduced dance in his shows but Madonna went even further by creating story arcs from song to song that created a theatrical experience. I don’t think any artist was really doing that before her, and now most pop stars create tours based on her blueprint.

Please react to Express Yourself live from the Blond Ambition Tour. It's a bit different, with more dancers, higher energy, and it's one of her most iconic performances ever. If you liked this one you'll love that one 🔥🔥🔥

Dude, get ready. Madonna is THE BEST. She CAN dance haha for SURE. NO ONE ELSE LIKE Madonna. 😃

@kve1247

11 ай бұрын

Janet, hands down🤷🏽‍♀️

This was pretty awesome! Thanks for posting! ✌🏻👍🏻✌🏻

She looks and sounds adorable btw.

This song and performance are a Time Machine for me. It takes me right back to my living room and watching this, in 1989. I loved it and was crushing on Madonna. 😂 I still Love it today because the performance is sick, the athleticism, the singing is damn good considering the workout,and no auto tune. Also that house Base is bumping. Last it validates why Madonna is better than Janet🤫😂😂😂

@gabrielmcdonnell8699

11 ай бұрын

I don’t know if better is the correct word but even though I’m more of a fan of Janet’s music, I give Madonna the overall edge if we’re going to do a comparison. The deciding factor for me is that between the two, Madonna is the more inventive performer. Janet, who is more meek by nature, largely played it safe esp in her live shows. I saw her 4x and it was basically the same show. Madonna, on the other hand, is more versatile esp with her tours. Only saw her once live (The Girlie Show) and that was significantly more memorable (and creative) than anything Janet ever did when she was on the road or on award shows. ✌🏽

@nosivadbor

11 ай бұрын

@@gabrielmcdonnell8699yeah. I’m just stirring up by making that claim.

To be fair, and I think most will agree, you really should just start from the first album, work your way up chronologically, video by video and mix in live performances from each album. This Legend has a 40yr career, that can only truly be appreciated & respected all the way through.

This was awesome.....that mic was on...

You should check out more of her live performances! Try the girlie show 🤩 🔥

LOVED IT!!!!! Thx Zane 👍💙👊

Please react to Madonna express yourself from the blonde ambition tour that performance is so amazing

@JustJammin

10 ай бұрын

You know what I'll check it out.

She's the creator if epic live tour shows, u should watch some of those performances. Nobody does it like her

@JustJammin

10 ай бұрын

The creator of epic live tour shows. Is this sarcasm?

@Vertigotheatre1

10 ай бұрын

@@JustJammin Nope, and I wait for you to try and prove me wrong. Nobody has done concets like this ever, mixing theatrics, cabaret, stadium numbers, multiple costume changes etc. It's very very very well known that this is case. Especially with 1990s blonde ambition tour which every pop artist since has emulated the structure.

@JustJammin

10 ай бұрын

@@Vertigotheatre1 Prince's Lovesexy tour was the same thing two years prior, no?

@Vertigotheatre1

10 ай бұрын

@@JustJammin Not when Madonna had started to do this on her Virgin Tour (85) and Who's That Girl tour (87).

@JustJammin

10 ай бұрын

@@Vertigotheatre1 Oh and not to mention the Purple Rain tour in 84 was doing the same thing minus the cabaret.

SOUND LIKE PRINCE SHOULD SONG BACKG VOCALS ON THIS WITH HER

@JustJammin

10 ай бұрын

Good one!

To sing live and dance at the same time with such quality makes her very especial. Even Michael Jackson, Who is a better singer and dancer, coudn't dance and Sing live with this quality. So he prefered to lipsync when he was executing high energy performances. You need to react to a Madonna lipsync. Vogue at the vmas is a piece of art. I dont think any pop performance has topped that one yet.

@gabrielmcdonnell8699

11 ай бұрын

It’s a bit of a stretch bc I don’t believe Madonna sings 100% LIVE on her tours. 70-75% perhaps but the entire show? Sorry, I don’t buy it. ✌🏽

Pretty entertaining.

There'd be no Lady Gaga without Madonna. Madonna pretty much ruled the 80s Pop music scene only second to Micheal Jackson. I'd say Madonna and Prince were on the same level of fame during that time but Prince was/is obviously the much greater artist. I appreciate a lot of the 80s Pop music but most of it is not part of my playlist.

@gabrielmcdonnell8699

11 ай бұрын

Yup. And I respect LG’s talent and hustle, too. I was CTFU (cracking the f#$! up) @ that LG song that heavily borrows from “Express Yourself”. It was an homage but also shady af. 😂

@taintedlife2618

11 ай бұрын

And Gagas music aged terribly.

You need to understand the historical importance of Madonna at that time. She smashed barriers for women at the time. Do you see how she grabbed her crotch? That was the first time a woman did that on public television. It was a big deal at the time. Politicians wanted her arrested at her concerts for indecent exposure and religious people condemned ger to hell for expressing herself. ANY female artist today owes a debt of grattitude to Madonna. She single-handedly forced open the doors for fenale singers to be able to be free with their bodies just the same as men. Say what you want about her music but she forced music companies and the public to accept that women can be sexual on stage without inviting unwanted advances by men. She DEMANDED that women should be equal to men and her viewpoint is why women today can own their bodies rather than show their bodies only at the pleasures of men. If you research and connect the dots, Madonna is the reason female singers today can own their sexuality rather than be exploited because of their sex. This song came out as the Cold War ended and Regan no longer terrorized the gay community and women. At the time people all over the world felt hopeful simply because the fear of nuclear annihilation was no longer a daily concern. Can someone your age ever be able to imagine to understand how we felt growing up back then? I'm Gen X. I grew up with the daily fear that the USSR could nuke is at any moment. Reagan, added to our nuclear stockpile to counter the USSR (known now as Russia today minus the eastern European countries the USSR used to control) His overall strategy was to outspend the USSR and make the oeople on the communist block suffer so much the Communist idea of government would crumble. At that time all oppressed people ariund the world felt a sense of hope and empowerment. Everyone felt a sense of relief and freedom.

You know Andy Cohen was in the Crowd...LOL

Madonna 100% Janer Jackson??????

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The Jackson reference you might be connecting this performance to is probably because shes wearing pants and jacket. That ends there. The choreography aint nowhere near Ms Jackson's gonna be that sexual and bold at this era in their career. That would come later for Janet. Madonna was far ahead than everyone in the 80s with that attitude.

Janet tho ?

This took alot of inspiration from Billie Jean,especially when the stairs light up when she steps on it.

@ITHINKDAFUCKNOTYOUTRICKASSBITC

6 ай бұрын

Just like JACKO took HEAVY inspiration from JAMES BROWN. BOOM!

I like it better when Madge just lip syncs to her own pre-recorded vocals and focuses on the dance choreography. Sadly, she isn't one of those singers who sounds better live. And speaking of the choreography, this performance was a sneak peak at her Blonde Ambition Tour which would launch just 6 months later in March 1990. You see dance moves from from both "Express Yourself" and "Vogue" in this performance.

Of course Madonna could dance She moved to New York City to become a dancer in the Modern Dance as Art world But she got introduced to NYC’s underground dance club scene the Paradise Garage, Fun House and Danceteria And boom drops Modern dance to become a singer Madonna pretty much started the whole perform and dance through entire songs stage shows for pop music Don’t get me wrong a lot of folks before Madonna danced and performed (sang ) But most were Rock and Roll get down and move these people dancing A little of it might’ve been choreographed but most was just pure bad ass energy Madonna brought a Broadway production type of vibe Where she and her two backup singers would go through a routine for a good portion of the songs in their shows not all of it elaborate but constantly moving What made that different was folks back then were used to singers singing more than they danced at a shows it was yeah girl get it!!! when the singer would jump in with the backup singer’s routine but after a minute it was Yeah Baby that’s cool now get yo ass back to the mic and show us what those Pipes is about!!! 🤣( it was especially the women at the show cuz bad enough she’s up there singing like an Angel in front of my Man now she gonna shake her Hollywood ass in front of him🤣) Then in 83 here comes Madonna with her pop dance music shows with the dance moves as much as a part of the show as the music More of an Extravaganza than a for lack of a better word Rock and Roll show ( if you know anything about music ( and you Do!! J) you know what I mean 🤘🏽😆) And they did it very very well And the rest is pop music history and it’s the standard for music shows today!!!

this was before Jacko's little sister came out with rhymn Nation. GET IT TOGETHER JAMMIN