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  • Look at Madonna ripping off Michael Jackson. LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Eat it, Caca.

  • The original, the one and only. Madonna.

  • Sounds like Born This Way! HAHA LOL

  • This is better than her recent super bowl performance. She was on top of her game here!

  • i like the younger madonna's songs of the 80's. this house song is very cool.

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  • Common people!

    There is nothing about similarities between BTW and this song.

  • I love her voice!

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  • for some reason this kind of sounds like "Born This Way" 0_o

  • Madonna was the original weird. Gaga was all in it too at first, but now she's just overdone it.

  • Hijola.....I love Gaga and Madonna! I can't choose!!

  • Lady GAGA has the most uneducated fans.. They are too obsessed with her to look further. madonna has been around for years and will continue.. Let's see if in 5 yrs people are still talking about Lady

  • @TREVORDIViNE if you were more educated and less ignorant, you would know that the intro of the song "Stairway to heaven" (Led Zeppelin) is literally stolen from Spirit Taurus. So what? It's still the greatest hit in the history. Moreover, they sued LZ many times, they sued even The Beatles for "Come togheter". Despite this Beatles and LZ are the greatest bands ever. And Gaga is not sued because of BTW and because of any song of hers. And she's great too.

  • @TREVORDIViNE Madonna has also been sued for breaking copyright laws. Gaga hasn't.

  • Give respect to the Elderly? really? she was 31 when she did this..

  • I have never seen this performance before but it really does put gaga to shame!

  • @DominicDiasVevo umm not really, no. madge didn't really do crazy dances like gaga usually does so of course her voice is like magic in this performance. you should listen to gaga when she is barely moving like this... its astounding...

  • PLEASE GIVE A LITTLE RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY...

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  • i adore this performance...oh Madonna i love u <3

  • Madonna was the queen of pop, then it was britney, now Gaga has claimed the crown. Sorry, it's true, lady gaga is the current queen of pop.. and yes she is inspired by madge and thats just fine. i love gaga... i'm proud to say i have both madonna and lady gaga on my ipod (:

  • @isim3000 agreed 100%

  • @isim3000 Yeah, That's why they call Lady Gargara to the Super Bowl

  • @tavo2020 Am I the only one wondering what Gargara means?

  • @cowgirlamy1 you must be having a laugh, you hard of hearing???? Katy perry. rihanna, taylor swift? None of them come even close to the creative genious mind of Lady gaga, only Madonna comes close and she had a head start of about 28 years!!!

  • Dance bitch DANCE!!

  • I miss Donna and Nicky as her back up singers, they were great.....

  • The Queen.

    An amazing free woman!

  • NOW THIS IS GOOD POP, NOT THE SH!T GAGA DOES.

  • @GDrulz By saying how shitty Gaga is will not make Madonna any better. 'cause you voice will not be heard by them anyway. Reductive.

  • @GDrulz i don't think that the problem with Gaga is musical. Her albums are very good, though several copied tracks, but still good. The problem is with her style, too trash and exaggeration orientated.

  • @GDrulz how is gaga shit?? she makes great new music and has exciting performances! yeah madonna made good music and influenced gaga but gaga doesnt copy her and has originality like madonna had at her time!

  • @GDrulz I actually really love GaGa, and Madonna..

    Am I not allowed to like both?

  • i don't know why Madonna fans are so angry why this sounds like born this way.. i mean gaga is inspired by Madonna,WHATS FUCKING WRONG THAT??!?!? Madonna is not the queen of pop for nothing.

  • Even then, Madonna knew how to work a crowd. She just got better as she got older... Yay Madonna!!

  • i dig the bleached hair with black roots and the entrance...well most people cant do it like her ...hands down.

  • Shame on the Superbowl for waiting so long to have the Queen of Pop perform

    SHAME!!!

  • Michael Jackson liked the part of the stairs shining. He thought it was reductive.

  • @AlexiiLee As a fan Michael Jackson, I know he wasnt the first to do that.  It comes from old musical numbers. Lighting up stair when walkinghas nothing to do with plagiarizing a song!

  • There's one ring to rule them all... and apparently one Queen too!! :P

  • she's the queen.

  • i actually hate gaga fans but i agree with them on some things. I love both madonna and gaga but the fact Gaga is compared to Madonna says it all. Gaga made her mark. Sure, the songs are similar and everyone is saying it so it must be true but I don't think she copied it otherwise Madonna would sue her. I hate Madonna fans who can't the stand the fact Lady gaga is an actual threat to her. Madonna was no1 for 28 years until now. Gaga is the future but Madonna is a hall of famer and the queen

  • @badzd MADGE IS BACK,OR HAVENT YOU HEARD?

  • @mojohelmet i know she's back and im loving it but is she no1, is she above everyone else in todays era. I say No!

  • @badzd Hate to break it to you but Gaga isn't even #1 NOW. Adele, Katy Perry, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Nikki Minaj not to mention MADONNA are all more popular now than Gaga.

  • "Born This Way" is the exact same song "Express Yourself". Same structure. Same melody, Same chord progression. Even the vocal melodic line is way obviously too similar. The difference is that Gaga accelerated "Express Yourself" about 5/10%, added a few more electronic noises from her heyboard, wrote another lyric about empowering something (Madonna empowered women with this, Gaga wanted to be more pleaser and empowered LGBT with her song). And voilá: that's how she created "Born This Way".

  • is a millions of ppl that can dance and sing at the same time!

    but only few ppl in the world who can really do a good performance and be an excellent entertainer like she is!!!

  • As much as I love Madonna, I seriously doubt that GaGa consciously imitated 'Express Yourself" when writing BTW. She's far too intelligent of an artist to pull a stunt like that.

  • @lctrump1 Thats the whole point really.She may not have PURPOSELY did it but the fact that she did it "accidentally" is just a testament to how much of Madonna fan Gaga is to the fact that she once emulated her on purpose to know she is emulating her subconsciously.At the end of the day Gaga grew up wanting to BE Madonna or her team is morphing her sound look and music off of Madonna.Either way..Madonna is the blueprint.

  • @lctrump1 Wake the hell up!

  • what exactly is so great about this performance?

  • good

  • wow lady gaga really copied off madonna

  • hmm Gaga is talented but i doubt she will be around for 3 decades. Madonna is newly in her 4th decade. Madonna may not be very popular in the US but she's way more popular and sells overseas from Asia, South America, Europe, etc.

  • @tony82141 she is the #1 @ those continents!

  • love it. the queen

  • Born this way follows the same time signature as this song. A very cleaver way of using Express yourself as a template if you ask me.

  • Gaga or HAHA ?

  • But madonna is very good dancer. Gaga too.

  • @brandonebm gaga good dancer?? lol Is a joke? lol

  • Born this way is better ._.

  • @brandonebm LIAR!!

  • LUV MADONNA

    LUV EXPRESS YOURSELF

  • I'm a real huge fan of Lady GaGa and, sorry for all the Mons†ers (PAWS UP!) but,hey! you have to admit there are similarities between BTW and this song.

  • @kilkilo31 You're not a true gaga fan for sure

  • LADY GAGA played the instrumental/karaoke version of Express Yourself and Gaga started to sing over the top of it, then changed a few notes here and there, re-wrote the lyrics and there you have it.., BORN THIS WAY was made. LOL what a rip off! MADONNA FOREVER!

  • MUSIC HISTORY !!!

  • Lady Who ??? That one who copies THE QUEEN and needs to dress meat to get attention??? Poor little thing...

  • BORING

  • and keep in mind...this is before single ladies...3 women dancing

  • ...and the queen came into her own...that's when i KNEW...

  • epic

  • Singing LIVE and IN TUNE. Well done EMDEENA. I'm wetting myself for the Superbowl thing, if I'm honest.

  • Do any of you actually pay attention to Born This Way and Express Yourself? The only similarities would be the chords. and those chords are used in nearly ALL pop/dance music.

  • @alfredomuro15 No, sing this part to yourself: 'baby I was born this way'. Then sing: 'Lift you to your higher ground'. Do you see now? Gaga lifted that part of the melody directly from Express Yourself. Doesn't bother me either way, I love them both, but I don't understand how others can't hear it.

  • damn youtube has everything

  • For sure, it doesn't sound like Born This Way but it's Born This Way that sounds ALMOST identical to Express Yourself. Those who refuse it better get their ears(of their mind) checked! Most people (even those who are not Madonna fans, people in the music industry for example) they all notice the similarities.

  • Queen Madonna!! M. D. N. A!!!!!!

  • And this was the best of old times? what a flop.

  • It didn't sound like Born this way. Both are great DIFFERENT songs! :)

  • Are you crazy?!! This song is the base of Born this way in all! The lyrics, the sound or the beat and voice and all. I don't get why all Lady Gaga's fans get so angry when people say it! Is not bad to be a follower of Madonna in everything. Lady Gaga is compared to be the next Madonna and if you know about history you will notice that Madonna did a lot more impact worldwide with her gay movement and music so Lady Gaga have much to do!

  • @EDkED2hot Don't want to bash Madonna, but she has a long way to go to be a Queen, i put Gaga in that too! Madonna is a narcissistic woman, she lives her greedy and luxurious life demanding more and to top it all she hasn't even got a talent in voice at all! Madonna can't sing Imagine of John Lennon, Madonna can't sing opera! Lady Gaga embraced what she is and she doesn't care at all! Lady Gaga lives in a simple home (sometimes homeless) and she donates in thousands! And she CAN SING! 

  • -.-

    If your comment is real then you have problems! Madonna can live with all the money she makes because she work hard for it. She can sing and this is a huge example and if you know about history a little more Madonna always makes hits. Lady Gaga homeless?? Please Lady Gaga have a lot of money... do you think her dresses and crazy things are free or something? Do you think that she doesn't have the best of everything on her home?? PLEASE -.-

    The point is tha Lady Gaga wannabe MADONNA!

  • @EDkED2hot Works hard? She works or have ever worked in a restaurant or at a gas station all day? No, she was always the "Queen" on behaving, demanding more and more, she lives with her ego all the time! I know Madonna more than you'll ever think of, i was her fan before! Yeah, Lady Gaga's dresses are synthetic and they don't cost that much as you think! Madonna rarely donates! Lady Gaga everyday! Show me the proof that Gaga actually coppies her, expect the vocal similiarity of this song!

  • @DamnationOfDarkness I cannot understand you at all. But if you're attempting to say Madonna's never donated or was always the Queen and was never poor... well then you weren't as big as fan as you claim haha.

  • @DamnationOfDarkness have you seen the music video for alejandro? and the music videos for vogue and express yourself? have you heard la isla bonita? yeah.

  • @DamnationOfDarkness Actually, M worked at a Dunkin' Donuts and was raped when she live in NYC... yah, I'd say she had it hard when she started out. She is the blueprint for any female artist after her. Deal. Madonna has a charity called Raising Malawi, tried to get a girl's school in Malawi and has performed for AIDS benefits. Niether M or G has cornered the market on charity and political activism. That probably goes to Elton or to John Lennon.

  • @EDkED2hot She can sing with help from 2 more people! And yeah, Gaga is sometimes homeless you know, Gaga can actually sing without help from people, PLUS...she can sing while dancing!

  • WTF!! Don't talk if you don't know.

    Madonna can sing and dance at the same time and she is famous for that way before than Lady Gaga. You need to watch Madonna's Oscar performance of 1911 to still talking shit!

    Lady Gaga's voice is like Madonna's voice... so stop talking shit! I think you are a 10 year old child that doesn't know anything about pop music and about Madonna! Get out of here please!! Madonna was always RATED R!

  • @EDkED2hot 1911? You have absolutely no idea how stupid you sound...

  • I think you sound way more stupid trying to make Lady Gaga looks good over Madonna! HER FANS ARE TRYING TO MUCH TO MAKE HER LOOKS ORIGINAL... BUT THERE IS NOTHING ORIGINAL... MADONNA DID IT FIRST AND DON'T CRY BECAUSE THE TRUTH HURTS... IT CAN BE IN 1991, 1985, 1999, 2001, 2002, IT CAN BE ANY YEAR YOU WANT BUT MADONNA DID IT FIRST AND LADY GAGA WOULD NEVER BE A POP QUEEN OVER NOBODY WITH LIKE 2 OR 3 NUMBER ONE HITS... EVEN RIHANNA HAVE 11 NUMBER ONE HITS AND DON;T CLAIM TO BE THE QUEEN OF POP!

  • @DamnationOfDarkness + gaga doesn't need help writing music and she can sing live WHILE dancing... madonna only lip sings and dances....

  • @isim3000

    Gaga has co-written every song except two - one having bad reviews(speechless). Madonna has written half of her first album by herself. Madonna sings live almost all the time, and she sounds amazing while singing and dancing like in this performance. Gaga sounds like a dying animal when singing and dancing, however, she sounds amazing when not moving.

  • @NotYourAverageTurd When it comes to singing, madonna is average, when it comes to writing, madonna is amazing and breath-taking, when it comes to writing, lady gaga is average, when it comes to singing, gaga is also breath-taking and astounding... therefor they are balanced and all the songs on the fame (except just dance, co-writen) and all the songs on the fame monster (except dance in the dark, co-written) and all the songs on born this way were written by gaga herself.

  • @isim3000 I think Madonna is amazing when it comes to singing - check Madonna's performance of sooner or later in 1990 or any performance in the drowned world tour. No, she wrote the songs with other people, therefore she is co-writing.

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  • no, you'r the crazy here, Express Yourself like Born This Way Lyrics?? Spoke to me when Madonna write song like Born This Way @EDkED2hot

  • @EDkED2hot I agree completely, but I'm a little monster too, so I know why other monsters get so angry, cuz usually people can't appriciate a good homage or the fact that half of creativity is copying, so most people use her copying as a con, which is annoying sometimes. :]

    They're both queens in their own way.

  • I don't hate Lady Gaga. I don't hate artist, to me that is stupid but her fans act like Lady Gaga is all original and want to indroduce her like the first to do some things in music that where done in the past. Lady Gaga not only have Born This Way in common with Madonna... she have done more things tha Madonna did and is like the "little monsters" don't wanna see that Lady Gaga's biggest inspiration to her work is Madonna. History tells itself... =)

  • I wish she would start out her Superbowl performance w/ this song!

  • She is the BEST

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  • This sounds like Born This Way...copycat

  • @moi28 Hahahaha

  • @moi28 How is it possible for her to have copied Lady Gaga's BTW when this song obviously came out when Lady Gaga was 3?

  • @moi28 How does "Express Yourself," which is clearly an older song (1989) copy a song that just came out last year?

  • Come on girls do you believe in madonna?

    

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  • No one beats her when the issue is performance!

  • SHE... IS... PERFECT!

    She can make me fall in love again and again and again. Even when i watch a video like this, in which she appears younger, i feel like i m dancing inside.

    I love her. So so so much!!!

    She saved my life once. I pray to God bless her ev'ry day. I m thankful for my eyes and ears, 'cause i can see her and hear her voice.

    Kisses to my little Nonni. My Emmy. My lil girl from a distant childhood we shared, in a dream of gold, in a different life, in a distant place.. All love.

  • Iconic Performance by Queen Madonna! Express Yourself is a beautiful song.  If there is one Madge song that is Miss Ciccone's life story, that song is Express Yourself! All Still Wet!-that's Madonna! Sexy and brilliant performance!

  • Te Amo Madonna<3

    One of her many iconic performances!!

    Madonna is the definition of the MTV VMA's.

    No doubt a true living legend:)

    iViva la Reina!

  • Gaga created water.

  • 3:34 , Madge's signature kick

  • ONE OF THE MOST CLASSIC MTV PERFORMANCES EVER

    OVER 50 yrs.oL & POPIN YOU ROCK MADONNA

    A LENGEND IN HER OWN TIME. IF MJ IS THE KING OF POP

    THEN MADONNA IS HIS QUEEN.

    MADONNA THE QUEEN OF POP .......

  • lol who is lady gaga?

    madonna&britney forever <3

  • Anyone can do these "dance" moves ^-^

  • @BubbleGumDexter23 she has an amazing voice.

  • @TheArnie125 And so do thousands of people but made doesn't have a perfect groundbreaking voice its just good enough for pop music.

  • @BubbleGumDexter23

    you said anyone can do these dance moves?... maybe... but not anyone can dance like that and sing live for over six minutes at an award show. Madonna has great stamina and a strong powerful voice and her signature dance moves which many have copied are awesome!

  • @dwn1lal3 true but anyone can do so if they wanted to. Stop making it as if it were a competition it NOT. -_-

  • @BubbleGumDexter23

    well, there is no competition... it's pretty clear that we all know who the reigning Queen is and the wannabes are.

  • @dwn1lal3 Thanks for making this into another common stupid "Madonna is queen" thing. no one is better than others, there's things each can't do that the others done. No one wants to be Madonna they get inspired they grew up listening to her so its only obvious, GTFO with your crap. Madonna's time is over. There will be another great star someday that will take the spotlight weather you like it or not.

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  • @dwn1lal3 Theres a difference but that doesn't fucking matter. Its idiots like you thinking that shit which ruins the enjoyment of the music. NO ONE IS BETTER THAN ANYONE. They can't all do the things each can do so shut up. CASE CLOSED. That's all history and a new history is being written. MOVE THE FUCK ON. New and better people come and go. thats it. When this bitch dies we'll all remember her for what she did and the next bitch and the next. BUT they've all done different things.

  • And this is why people love Madonna and not Gaga.

  • @neonlights777 who loves Madonna? Everyone calls her a whore and a sex sellout

  • I  DO! so respect that!!

  • amazing, how she was THIS big at that time and after like 2-3 decades she still is!!

  • @dabeiisalles but she's not nearly as big anymore

  • @Stickmaleboy

    WHAT!! SHE NOT NEARLY AS WHAT !

    LISTEN SWEETY. IF ANY OTHER FEMALE ARTIST CAN BREAK

    THE GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS AS THE BIGGEST SELLING

    FEMALE RECORDING ARTIST IN HISTORY, & THE BIGGEST BOX OFFICE CONCERT TICKET SALES OF ALL TIME (STICK & SWEET TOUR)

    GIVE ME A CALL.

    I REST MY CASE !!

  • @tarus360 It's just the fact.

    Madonna was the biggest pop artist in the 80s and 90s, always getting number 1 hits and number 1 albums.

    Not anymore.

    She had a great run.

  • @Stickmaleboy She is STILL getting #1 albums, and her tours still make more money than any other female artist. Look it up. You seem a BIT upset, please get over it.

  • @codyalaniz88 How am I upset.

    Is that what everyone says when someone disagrees with them?

    Are you honestly fucking contesting that Madonna is as big as she was int he 80s and 90s as she is now?

    Are you insane?

  • @Stickmaleboy

    CORRECTION MISS ...

    OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TO GET YOUR FACTS STAIGHT, YOU NEED TO LOOK UP

    THE TOP BILLBOARD CHART MAGZINE ONLINE HISTORY OF MADONNAS

    ALBUMS FORM THE PAST 10 YRS. ALL OF THEM DEBUTE @ # 1

    AND SOLD AT LEAST 2 MILLION UNITS RESPECTFULLY & THATS JUST IN THE

    UNITED STATES ALONE. OK SWEETY .. SO DONT HATE

    SHE'S STILL A MAJOR CHART TOPPER & STILL A FORCE TO BE RECCOND WITH.

    THATS WHY THE NFL ASK THE QUEEN OF POP TO PERFORM @ THIS YEARS

    SUPERBOWL. TUNE IN 2 WATCH !

  • @tarus360 I'm not dissing Madonna, I love her.

    All I am saying is that she is not s big as she used to be. The 80s and 90s was her best time.

    She's still popular now, but just not as popular as in the 80s and 90s.

    I'll say it again.

    Does anyone here honestly contest that Madonna is bigger now than she used to be in the 80s and 90s?

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  • @dwn1lal3 2000-2012

    Music, 4 Minutes, Hung Up

    1980-1989

    Like a Virgin, Material Girl, Crazy For You, Live To Tell (love it!), Papa Don't Preach (love it even more), Who's That Girl, Express Yourself, Cherish, Like a Prayer (her best song)

    1990-1999

    Vogue, Justify My Love, Erotica, This Used To Be My Playground, Secret, Take A Bow, Frozen, Ray of Light.

    Do you notice anything?

  • @Stickmaleboy

    If you're only referring to the US charts which have been dominated by hip hop songs in the 2000's, yes, she doesn't have as many hits. But you forgot "Don't Tell Me" which peaked at No.4 and Die Another Day which peaked at No.8 on the US billboard hot 100.

  • @Stickmaleboy Yes I am contesting that, LOOK it up. Get over the fact that Flopga is NEVER doing it.

  • @Stickmaleboy

    Obviously, your argument is only basing on the US chart. Madonna is a worldwide sensation... you need to factor in all charts worldwide.

  • @dwn1lal3 No, those songs I listed were also big outside of the US.

    She had more hits and was more popular in the 80s and 90s

    nothing wrong with having a peak

  • @Stickmaleboy

    If you look at all charts worldwide, Madonna has just as many hits in the 80's, 90's and 2000's.

  • @Stickmaleboy Her biggest hit until now is from the 2000's

    Hung up Has sales over 9 millions ;)

  • @Stickmaleboy I am really sorry to burst your bubble, but lets get some facts straight, 8 # 1 albums, she has 12 #1s', the most top ten at #39 singles has sold over 300 million records, and holds the record for highest grossing tour for a solo artist, and thats that she beat her own record, confessions tour is #2. There is NO sign of her slowing down. Sit back and watch her dominate a new era!

  • @cgomez1104 shut up.

    are you seriously trying to say madonna is more popular now than she was in the 80s and 90s?

  • Bravo! Let the Queen show those little princesses how it's done!

  • reductive....

  • God bless you madonna

    I LOVE U

  • Fuck this shit

  • At 4:25 where Madonna dances and smells her own hands... did Gaga copy this move in her "Bad Romance" video? You'll be the judge...

  • its all about madoanna and britney