“I see myself in Lady Gaga. Her show’s a mess and she has holes in her fishnets, but she has that ‘IT’ factor.”

I think Gaga would be a more huge artist in the next years.. Now I really believe she's gonna have an epic career..

http://www.madonna-online.ch/m-onlin...omo-photos.htm

Was used for the True Blue album. Photographed in 1986 by Herb Ritts.

Nice seeing the thick eyebrows again.

True Blue and Like a Prayer were one of her best photo-shoots <3 Love them!

Ooookay, Madonna. If you say so.

And Lady Gaga…
“I see myself in Lady Gaga. Her show’s a mess and she has holes in her fishnets, but she has that ‘IT’ factor.”

PS. I LOVE THE COVER. Classic.

She looks so beautiful in the furst 1989 cover.

The 2005 one is also amazing. She kinda looks like a vampire.

I love almost all of her covers. I can't believe she's had that many.

I loooooooove Herb Ritts.

The 2000 cover is amazing. I love Music.

lmao at Madonna recycling an old photo

cool Gaga comment though, still relying on the younger artists for relevancy I see

i agree with the lady gaga comment. but we have to wait and see how her second albun will sell.

Flawless cover... she looks so beautiful. Classic.

Herb Ritts.

I want the full interview... Rolling Stone = the BEST interviews.

I see A LOT of Madonna on Lady Gaga.
Both are smart, great performers, with a great vision and AMBITION... love them both.

This RS issue is a career retrospective, of course they're using an older photo.

And whoever was interviewing her probably brought Lady GaGa up.

Part of the interview:


Any ideas you've had that you haven't gone through with because they seemed too extreme?
I did a photo shoot with Steven Klein for my last album cover, and i painted my face black, expect for red lips and white eyes. It was a play on words. Have you ever heard of the Black Madonna?
It has layers of meaning, and for a minute, i thought it would be a fun title for my record. Then i thought "Twenty-five percent of the world might get this, probably less. It's not worth it." It happens all the time, because my references are usually of the Richter scale. That's why i have people like Guy Oseary (manager) in my life who look at me and go, "No, you are not doing that".

You didn't write "Material Girl" or "Like a Virgin". What were your first impressions after you heard those demos?
I liked them both because they were ironic and provocative at the same time but also unlike me. I am not a materialistic person, and i certainly wasn't a virgin, and, by the way, how can you be like a virgin? i liked the play on words, i thought they were clever. They're so geeky, they're cool.

Not materialistic?
I feel lucky to be able to afford a Frida Kahlo or live in a nice house, but i know that i can live without it. I'm resourceful, and if i ended up in a log cabin in the middle of the forest, that would work too. These things are not mandatory for my happiness. That's what i meant by "I'm not a materialistic person".

Did you have the sense that those two songs would become such huge hits?
No. They just resonated with me. I've neve been a good judge of what things are going to be huge or not. The songs that i think are the most retarded songs i've written, like "Cherish" and "Sorry", a pretty big hit off my Confessions on a Dance Floor album, end up being the biggest hits. "Into the Groove" is another song i feel retarded singing, but everybody seems to like it.

Has anyone ever turned down an offer to work with you?
Sure. Or it's "i don't have time". I wanted to work with Eminem. I don't think he wanted to work with me [smiles] Maybe he's shy.


ON LADY GAGA.

You and Lourdes, who is now 12, went to a Lady Gaga show together in New York. Do the two of you go to a lot of shows?
We've just started. We like the same music. I think Lady Gaga is great. When we saw her, I actually felt a kind of recognition. I thought "She's got something." There's something quirky about her. She's fearless and funny, and when she spoke to the audience, she sounded intelligent and clever. She's unique.

Can you sense an artist's ambition?
Yes. There's people like Justin Timberlake, who's really good-looking and laid back. He's sort of a Cary Grant. I love him, i love working with him, but i don't recognize myself in him. But i can see myself in Lady Gaga. In the early part of my career, for sure. When I saw her, she didn't have a lot of money for her production. She's got holes in her fishnets, and there's mistakes everywhere. It was kind of a mess, but i can see that she's got that IT factor. It's nice to see that at a raw stage.

LMFAO. :heart::heart::heart::heart::heart:

I really enjoy her interviews... she's such a intelligent woman.

LOL @ the black Madonna thing... she's a freak.

I'm glad somebody said it.... Lady GaGa performances are pure ****.