Send us a text Today we are stepping straight into four decades of controversy, choreography, and calculated control. Madonna. Not just “the Queen of Pop,” but an artist who has treated her own life as a long, shape-shifting performance about power—who gets it, who’s allowed to keep it, and what happens when a woman refuses to sit down, shut up, or age politely. I’m George Bartley. Let’s begin. Madonna Louise Ciccone was born August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in the Detro...
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Send us a text Today we are stepping straight into four decades of controversy, choreography, and calculated control. Madonna. Not just “the Queen of Pop,” but an artist who has treated her own life as a long, shape-shifting performance about power—who gets it, who’s allowed to keep it, and what happens when a woman refuses to sit down, shut up, or age politely. I’m George Bartley. Let’s begin. Madonna Louise Ciccone was born August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in the Detro...
Send us a text Today we’re stepping into complicated territory. Not a personal hero of mine. Not a composer whose scores I pore over, or a bandleader whose arrangements I quote with delight or a singer I enjoy listening to. We’ve just spent time with artists like Frank Sinatra, who turned phrasing into a method, and Chuck Berry, who wired rock’s circuitry with wit and precision. Both, in their own ways, were architects of how modern music sounds. Today’s subject is someone you simply cann...
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Send us a text Today we are stepping straight into four decades of controversy, choreography, and calculated control. Madonna. Not just “the Queen of Pop,” but an artist who has treated her own life as a long, shape-shifting performance about power—who gets it, who’s allowed to keep it, and what happens when a woman refuses to sit down, shut up, or age politely. I’m George Bartley. Let’s begin. Madonna Louise Ciccone was born August 16, 1958, in Bay City, Michigan, and raised in the Detro...
