The Look of Madonna

Welcome back on Blogger! Can you believe the 2010's are almost over? A very singular decade musically, it started off with the energetic and colorful "club boom" which sadly vanished sometime in 2013. After that it came the time for bubblegum pop, tropical house, mumble rap and reggaeton, right in this order. But there's one genre that has been slowly increasing its popularity since the start of the decade. That genre is synthwave.  In this article I'll do my best to introduce you to this curious musical genre. Let's go! What is synthwave? It is a genre of electronic music, inspired by movies and video games from the 1980's. It is also called outrun or retrowave. The first synthwave artists appeared in the mid 2000's but the genre became an underground sensation only in the early 2010's. Where can we find synthwave music? On YouTube there is a channel exclusively dedicated to synthwave. The channel is called "NewRetr...

( photo by Francesco Scavullo) Welcome back on Blogger! We are nearing the end of our journey through Madonna's 80's catalog but we still need to celebrate her iconic music videos. Here are my ten favorite 80's videos by our Diva. Let's get into this article! 10.   "Live to Tell"  Madonna was coming off of the " Like a Virgin " era. Her iconic street-punk look was the one people identified her with, along with her girlie voice and the big dance tunes. She came back in 1986 not only with one of the best ballads (and songs in general) of her career but with a new image as well.  Susan was gone. Instead, a young woman with beautiful, wavy, golden hair, a simple floral dress and a subtle make-up took over.  This video, in all its simplicity, was the first major reinvention of Madonna's career.  9. "Papa Don't Preach" A reinvention after the reinvention. That's what this video was. After taking...