Dubai-based fans talk about Madonna’s enduring appeal
Shaleena Kumar Madonna has always been able to reinvent herself according to different timelines in the music scene. Her vivacious, strong and exuberant personality that comes across in her music has always captivated her fans and still manages to do so with the old and young alike. My favourite Madonna song of all time is Frozen.
Reena Chermana
Madonna is iconic and popular for her timeless beauty versatility and contagious energy as a performer Frozen is my all time favourite Maddonna track!
Kritika Mathur Ghosh I started listening to her only in the new millennium. That’s when I discovered her brilliance. When I think of Madonna I think of how strong a woman can be. Also, Madonna’s life is a book of mistakes and experiences that a woman can learn from. She’s had her share of struggles and she has come out strong from them.
Priyanka Dhar
The quintessential female popstar, the first of her kind... who shone like the ‘True Blue’, reached the masses ‘Like a Prayer’, who represented ‘The Material Girl’ telling the papas not to ‘Preach’... larger than life, the true diva..madonna was like a voice to unspoken words residing in the hearts and minds of the 80s youth who were stuck at the crossroad of tradition and rebellion. Back then we were just getting exposed to Western music, and Madonna was a phenomenon. Every song of hers depicted a different message through their videos, powerful enough to influence young minds, be it the power of a single mother in Papa Don’t Preach or the Gypsy Kings inspired La Isla Bonita showing the passionate love of a Latina. The reasons for her enduring popularity is manifold. She has always defied norms whether through her songs or her personal life. She gave expression to the voices of millions who otherwise were reeling under the pressure of adhering to hypocritical norms of society. Happy Birthday Madonna... You continue to be the Ruling Queen.
Brynell Moraes
What separated the widely acclaimed Queen of Pop from the then successful crop of female artists that made waves in the 1980s, legends like Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Annie Lennox and Tina Turner, was that she was able to constantly reinvent her style and her sound to reflect the forever evolving popular music scene. It was what allowed her to maintain a near thirty-year reign over pop culture and music, eventually paving the way for a new generation of female artists like Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift. Borderline happens to be one of my favourite songs of hers.