(1 of 7) Madonna Rising Pt. 1 - The Music Building

[calmtides]

I remember running home to catch this on VH1 when it first aired once-upon-a-time. "Ray of Light" was the album that truly turned me onto Madonna; 1998 was such a formative year for me, musically (Tori Amos, "From the Choirgirl Hotel"; Sarah McLachlan, "Surfacing") and thus ignited such a strong reaction when "Ray of Light" hit the shelves. Every time I hear "Drowned World/Substitute For Love" I get the same chills as when I first heard it on my Walkman in Union Square.

[gogoutube]

@LenaDelovely I knew it! Yeah, a lot of her New York story is "mythology", as her brother puts it. The media and her fans love it. :) But she ain't fooling me!

[nobodyknowsme1981]

Non c'è con i sottotitoli in italiano?!

[quickmix21]

Show business is not for sissies. If u want to eat caviar first u got to eat shit.

[calmtides]

@quickmix21 AMEN

[Pinkgirl1012QLHMB]

what is she eating?

[mtqop58]

@LenaDelovely she was a middle-class girl, who went to the big apple to make her dream come true. she never said that she was homeless, but this doesn't mean that she hadn't a difficult life, before she became famous.

[xvampirevictorx]

@ppptpot "Swim" by Madonna, from her Ray of Light album (1998). ;)

[Samadhiatman500]

This is very interesting. Thanks for posting.

[ppptpot]

do you by any chance know the song that is played for the like first three seconds='

love it

[industrialbluelights]

yes, interesting.

[spekkenthelingo]

again cheers for putting this up....amazing to see where she began, perhaps the most interesting part of her career. thanks again.