Does anyone else remember the first time they saw Madonna?

i bought the record Like a Virgin
i loved Desperately Seeking Susan
its hard to believe now as i am not sure her voice is that good

I remember first seeing her singing either Holiday or Lucky Star and thinking she looked a bit manky. I never understood her outfit in the studio bits of the Papa Don't Preach video (the black boob tube, pedal pushers and pumps) made her look really wee and dumpy.

Maybe I'm not her target audience but she never made any sort of impression on me.

Much prefer Debbie Harry and Blondie although Madonna's gone through so many reincarnations there is some of her later stuff I like.

She was in it to shock originally and it was all a bit 🥱

I seem to think it was something where she was cavorting on a bed but don't know what. I've never liked her that much. When she first came out I thought she was awful and trashy and cheap and everything I didn't aspire be. It seemed like she was sex and self obsessed and I found it incredibly dull. I was a good girl I was!😂

But needless to say, she and M Jackson were overly popular all over soviet world

No but I definitely remember her maturation pillow concert lol. They beamed it right across our national communist TV on the very same day, live

I used to get Cindi Lauper (singing Girls just want to have fun) and Madonna (singing Holiday) mixed up when they were first in the charts.

'True Blue was the first album I ever bought (on cassette) and listened to over'

Me too! 😁

I think the first time I ever saw her was a poster on the wall of my friend's older sister. I thought she looked stunning, like no one I had ever seen before

She's a challenging personality to love, and looks truly shocking these days, but by Christ she has always been her own women and has reinvented herself again and again. She has a ton of fantastic tunes and has certainly made the most of what she's got. I really admire her

Me too!

I was 17 and a practicing Christian at the time I saw ‘Like a Virgin’ on the shelves and was a bit shocked by the way she was dressed and the word ‘virgin’ being spoken/sung out loud and generally bandied about🤣 OK, I know there’s the Virgin Mary, but that’s different! I thought Madonna was a terrible singer, but did go to see Desperately Seeking Susan and thought her image and whole persona were incredibly cool. Terrible actress too though, to be fair. I like some of her music, but definitely not a diehard fan.

I remember in my school lunch hour in 1984 going to buy the lucky star record.

I saw her on TV possibly with holiday. My friends and I could do the dance with hands behind our back and leg stuck out. I had seen her in teen magazine posters I think before that though. I liked her look and copied it as a young teen. I had lace fingerless gloves and tried to do my hair similar. Hoop earrings, crosses. My favs are crazy for you and lucky star.

That remains my favourite Madonna song, though I acknowledge that ‘Into the Groove’ is probably better. I also have an unreasonable liking of ‘Live to Tell’.

I also remember reading about her mother dying when she was very young, five I think, and feeling so sorry for her.

I remember my best friend’s older sister was obsessed with her and looked a lot like her, she was very cool. True Blue was the first album I ever bought (on cassette) and listened to over. I always liked her music even though I got more into Goth and Indie. Especially liked her “Hung Up” era in the mid 90’s.

I remember Madonna and thinking she was a bit weird for shouting about being a virgin (I didn't quite get the lyrics at the time) but I remember being very young and seeing Debbie Harry/Blondie and thinking Debbie Harry was the greatest thing ever.
I still really like Blondie/Debbie Harry.

I remember hearing her first hit off her just released first album on the radio while I was living in the USA. I knew immediately that she was going to be hugely famous. It was just instantly obvious. That moment is engraved in my mind. The place I was in. Where I was sitting. A real riding the zeitgeist experience.

Same as OP for me. I was completely mesmerised. I have loved her reinventions (some more than most) saw her Blonde Ambition tour at Wembley and was so blown away, but mostly I did and do admire her resilience, I find that so inspiring even now.

Exactly your experience. Unique at the time. I remember thinking DSS was odd and quirky and actually quite a hard watch, but loved the track from it Crazy for You.

I saw a piece about her in Smash Hits. I couldn’t decide whether I liked her look or not. I liked ‘Into the Groove’ but not ‘Like a Virgin’.

Never been that impressed, if I'm honest. I like some of her songs. Some of her antics were weird. She doesn't inspire me. I like pictures of M with her sisters when she seems more natural, actually charasmatic. She hasn't got 'good' plastic surgery possibly, although with AI, you don't know if any images are real nowadays. I first heard of M when I saw Desperately Seeking Susan. and in that I couldn't understand the Rosanna Arquette's fascination with wanting to BE this other person. I mean... why? Susan seemed a bit of a mess, tbh. Maybe the wanting was all about problems RA's character had, not something special in Susan, and we audience were supposed to figure that out. it was an 'enjoyable' movie otherwise.

She was dancing on a Channel 4 programme (possibly The Tube) to 'Holiday' with two dancers. She couldn't sing and looked like a bag of washing. I really didnt understand the appeal.