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Originally posted by BAYAR
i grew up with 80s madonna cuz my mom used to have lots of greatest 80s hits compilations and i would always skip every song till i was hearing one of her 80s hits... i used to jump to into the groove and play the floor is lava game 
then i also remember seeing her 'weird outlandish' frozen video many times on the telly which got me so intrigued and loved her beautiful stranger song the next year... it was a summer hit here in the netherlands
in middle and high school i used to listen to american life, coadf and hc a lot before graduating
and now i only listen to 80s and 90s madonna cuz i cant stand 00s and 10s madonna  erotica is my fav and evita ruined her voice imo... i was born in 91 btw |
She sounded good with Evita thanks to her training, but I have my suspicions that she didn't maintain proper technique forever and started to damage her voice exploring her more full range and voice.
I have to agree that she was at her most enjoyable earlier on - 80's Madonna is clearly distinct from the rest and she had a different spirit about her then. She grew as an artist and a person in the 90's and then more in the 2000's, but not really in ways everyone could (or should!) like.
It seems to me like she's more two artists than one, on a large scale: pre-American Life, and post-American Life. Some people like one, some like both, and of course some neither. She can be broken down further but most people who I talk to who refer to "old Madonna" mean either Music and before or RoL and before.
