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A 6 page paper which examines how this musical collection brought Madonna to the forefront of popular music as well as the forefront of national controversy; the artificial and self-gaining/motivating lyrical messages found in songs like “Material Girl,” “Like a Virgin,” and “Vogue;” how Madonna became a household name and fixture on MTV; and how controversial messages are being developed through the new mass media of MTV and its imitators. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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6 pages (~225 words per page)
File: TG15_TGmadonna.rtf
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ignite music videos that practically leap off the screen with rapid-fire imagery; fuel interest in commercial products ranging from sneakers to pickup trucks; and generate billions of dollars in CD,
concert and merchandise sales. The lyrical prophets who deliver the messages contained within these popular songs instantly achieve international fame and recognition and clearly seem to revel in their
celebrity status. There is no artist who conveys the power of popular music more completely than Madonna. Ever since she was propelled into the superstar stratosphere in the
early 1980s with a combination of catchy dance ditties, highly suggestive music videos, and a brilliantly marketed public image that is ever changing, Madonna is clearly a pop music phenomenon.
The 1991 release of her greatest hits compilation, The Immaculate Collection, catapulted Madonna not only to the forefront of the music genre, but it placed her in the center
of a controversial firestorm that continues to burn brightly today. In Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp from Mae West to Madonna, Pamela Robertson remarked, "Beginning with the appearance of her
first singles and music videos over a decade ago, Madonna has been a more consistent subject of public debate than virtually any other entertainer in history" (117). Her face
has adorned the covers of everything from Rolling Stone to the National Review, and her sexually explicit lyrics and videos had made her a favorite target of conservative editorials and
right-wing pundits (Robertson 117). She revels in controversy and gleefully fans its flames while laughing all the way to the bank. Madonnas songs are frozen moments in time,
and the controversies of teen pregnancies, masturbation, sexual taboos, and urban violence that are captured in her videos reflect the increasingly fast-paced world inhabited by the MTV generation. Madonnas talent
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