Madonna - Welcome to the Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame 2008

It's safe to say back in 1983 no one would have predicted that a strangely adorned pop singer from Michigan would have a fledgling career in American music let alone be an inductee into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame 25 years later. Just goes to prove how wrong everyone collectively can be. All of course with the exception of the artist herself, especially if that person's name is Madonna. In 1983-1984 Madonna was asked in an interview what she wanted to do and her response was 'To rule the world.' Critics scoffed calling her arrogant and talent less. She proved them all wrong. It makes me wonder, if those same critics all these years later still have their jobs.

I do have a confession, I'm sure Madonna wouldn't mind, I didn't care for her back then. I also wasn't a critic then either so yes, I still have my job. I was like everyone else; wrapped up in the musical frenzy of the brand spanking new revelation known as MTV. Of course this was at the very beginning when MTV actually played music and was a groundbreaking phenomenon. It would be unfair for me to say that MTV built Madonna's career, but it certainly helped fuel her fire and got her the attention of an audience that did propel to her superstardom. It wasn't her music that I didn't care for - the whole 'boy toy' thing drove me nuts. Teenage girls dressing like her on the street and at concerts with the lace, rubber wrist bangles, mid-drift shirts, etc. All I saw were a bunch of cloned Madonna wanna-be's. For me all I saw was style, no substance. Like I said previously, how wrong we all can be. I actually liked a few tunes from Madonna's first album (they were called albums back then), simply titled Madonna. I thought the song "Borderline," was rather catchy. "Lucky Star," was pretty good also. The truth of the matter is, you couldn't sneeze without seeing Madge (her friends call her Madge) on MTV. If she wasn't on every single hour, it would be every 65 minutes. And that's no joke. At the time MTV had a limited collection of videos to play. Obviously as it caught on and the music business found it was a viable tool, the channel and the artists it decided to latch on, thus making or breaking music careers.