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MADONNA: THE QUEEN OF PLAGIARISM
 7.8 MADONNA PAYS FOR ART PLAGIARISM #1:
Without asking permission or acknowledging his work, Madonna STOLE Guy Bourdin's most famous work for her ugly video.MORE COPY PASTE Madonna was then successfully sued in court by photographer Guy Bourdin's son and reportedly paid out millions. How REDUCTIVE. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/madonna-pays-settle-copyright-lawsuit SuperAmanda's rating:
 
8.8     Express Yourself is considered Madonna's greatest video of the 1980s. It is also a COMPLETE RIP OFF of Fritz Lang's "Metropolis". If Lady Gaga did a similar video using an old Hollywood film the press, Madonna fans and Camille Paglia would flip out. Here are two videos and an essay detailing the plagiarism: http://madonnarevelations.blogspot.com/2008/09/aint-no-big-deal-to-steal-metropolis.html SuperAmanda's rating:
 
7.6    Ken Russell apart from being one of history's greatest film directors and a treasure to Great Britain, was radically challenging the Catholic Church in the 1970s with "The Devils" and "Tommy". Madonna and crud "costume designer" Arianne Phillips blatantly stole Ann-Margaret's white satin room and character Nora Walker from Ken's interpretation of The Who's rock Opera "Tommy" for her Confessions looks. Arianne Phillips is just a vile copycat! The light up life size crosses from Ken Russell's interpretation of the rock opera "Tommy" (as well as the conversion scene in "Mahler") and tons of other imagery. Much of The Confessions era "imagery" was nearly all stolen from Tommy, Mahler, Donna Summer, Amanda Lear and Kylie. As a very vocal advocate of the restoration and reappraisal of Ken Russell's unparalleled 60 year career this makes me very angry. SuperAmanda's rating:
8.7 Madonna's most famous "iconic" (yeah right...) song is a COMPLETE RIP OFF of "Deep In Vogue":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9KDmJQjS_0 For some amazingly convenient reason this song which preceded Madonna's copy cat song, is still unknown in the States. Madonna steals ideas when a cultural trend from poorer artists is brought to fruition, willi ninja and other true dancers worked on Voguing and perfected it, madonna just stole something after it had the final touches. SuperAmanda's rating:
7.5 Worst Steven Meisel cleavage madonna photoshop fake EVER below. Photos of the very small Madonna pathetically trying to be the buxotic hourglass Mansfield would have been more professional if they'd painted in an entire black magic marker against Madonna's bony chest.
(Hint-Retouching a big thick black shadow on a body builder's chest and "smudging the shadows" is not "cleavage" and Jayne was not cut with bicep bulge and lats!)      Madonna is severely lacking in many key Mansfield features. SuperAmanda's rating:
7 Rip off. Total complete RIP OFF. Mr. Williams will most likely not have the money to cover his legal fees against the female MTV equivalent of Wal mart. Madonna has been STEALING from low income artists her entire career.
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/sydney-artist-sues-madonna-over-perfume-logo/story-e6frfn09-1226347916174  SuperAmanda's rating:
9.7 MADONNA PAYS FOR OUT MUSIC PLAGIARISM #1:
The Madonna album version of "Erotica" samples "El Yom 'Ulliqa 'Ala Khashaba" ("Today, He Is Held to a Cross") by Lebanese singer Fairuz from her 1962 album Good Friday - Eastern Sacred Songs. Madonna used that prayer more prominently in her "The Beast Within" track. Fairuz sued Madonna for $2.5 million for plagiarism over the section/sampling. In "Erotica", Madonna repeatedly chants over Fairuz's voice "All over me". An undisclosed settlement was eventually reached between Fairuz and Madonna, but the scandal caused both the single and the album to be banned in Lebanon. SuperAmanda's rating:
9 EXPRESS YOUR CHEAT: MADONNA EXPOSED LEGALLY FOR MUSIC PLAGIARISM:
On November 18, 2005, a Belgian judge seated in Mons ruled that the opening four-bar theme to Madonna's "Frozen" was plagiarized from the song "Ma vie fout le camp", composed by Salvatore Acquaviva of Mouscron. The judge subsequently ordered the withdrawal from sales of all remaining discs, and forbade any further playing of the song on Belgian TV and radio. The judge also ordered Warner, EMI and Sony to publish and spread the decision within fifteen days to various media outlets on pain of a penalty of €125,000 for non-compliance with the court order. The Belgian radio station Donna held a Top 5000 music chart program from 17 November to 12 December 2008. The song "Frozen" reached place 143, but because of the legal status of the song it could not be played. The radio hosts asked their listeners to watch the music video on YouTube, while there was approximately 5 minutes of radio silence. The song is omitted from the tracklisting on the Belgian pressings of Celebration. SuperAmanda's rating:
 
7    Total RIP OFF of The Acid Queen from Tommy. Madonna managed to steal from Ken Russell and Tina The Queen at the same time!! SuperAmanda's rating:
8 MADONNA PAYS OUT FOR MUSIC PLAGIARISM #2:
Mar 18 1998 Madonna's publicist confirms that two lines in the chorus of "Sky Fits Heaven," a song on Madonna's new "Ray of Light" album, are taken from a 1993 TV ad for the Gap starring poet Max Blagg. Blagg's poem included the lines, "Sky fits heaven so fly it, Child fits mother so hold your baby tight." Madonna's song includes both lines, changing the first to "Sky fits heaven so ride it." Representatives for Madonna say Blagg agreed to a deal where he was paid for the use of the lyrics, but gets no credit on the track. Blagg was unavailable for comment. Meanwhile, manufacturers of Magnetic Poetry -- those magnetic word bits usually seen gracing refrigerators and file cabinets -- are claiming that the Material Girl could have used one of its boxed kits to write "Candy Perfume Girl," another song off "Ray of Light." An employee for Magnetic Poetry noticed the similarities between the lyrics for "Girl" and the words included in one of their products, and the company noted in a press release that less than 4% of the song's words are not found in one of their poetry kits. A spokesperson for Madonna said the singer denied ever having heard of Magnetic Poetry. sure.....  SuperAmanda's rating:
 
6   MADONNA STOLE AMANDA LEAR'S LOOK 100% for her 1970s Euro Disco "Confessions Era" THEFT. Madonna lifts entire looks from other icons and then the press and fans marvel at her "innovation and creativity". BS! As one Lear fan wrote: " Madonna is all repackaged purloined hype with no substance. Sure at face value Lear is campy, but if you actually pay attention to the music and the words these are really good songs. Amanda Lear is a fantastic lyricist. The verses and her delivery are brilliant. Meanwhile, Madonna can't write for sh**". SuperAmanda's rating:
7.4     Madonna had always HATED the UK. Then in the mid 90s, her big disco trash scene in Miami got REALLY, sleazy and questionable (even for her) so she suddenly decided to run over to London and pretend she was British- dressing like HRH Diana and eventually exploiting her tragic death with a tacky video and hypocritical speech about the "insatiable need for hype and gossip". Madonna slagged council housing numerous times as well as the NHS, happily insulting the millions of fans who may happen to need both public housing and socialized medicine. SuperAmanda's rating:
8  Madonna and Jonas "Derek Jarman Rip Off" Aukerland copied the work of director Stefano Salvati. "Ray of Light" is exactly like a clip Salvati once submitted to the former Madonna-owned, Maverick Records. The music video he directed featured Italian singer Biagio Antonacci's performing "Non e Mai Stato Subito." The videos feature Antonacci cavorting and dancing at regular speed against a high-speed background. Madonna lifted all that and the clouds and dreamlike quality because she's rip off. See for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZvE6NMIl_E SuperAmanda's rating:
9  Above: the living embodiment of Starbucks poser punk Madonna called one of her Confessions tour segments: "Never Mind The Bollocks"!!!! RIP OFF! In an interview excerpt, Lydon reflects: Yeah, well that’s typical Madonna isn’t it? Let’s face it she gets everything out of someone else’s catalogue. Interviewer: Has she? You’re not a fan of Madonna’s? John Lydon: Who would be? I’ve, you know, I love early 40’s movies, I love those style of clothes, I like what us punks used to wear and then when I see it regurgitated on her, I’m not so happy. Alright. She’s not exactly the voice of originality. This is a woman who, well, a couple of years back um, we approached her hubby, you know with view to um, maybe editing, directing a film of my life story based on my book, “ No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs” The curt reply was they’d never heard of me. Interviewer: They didn’t say that. Madonna? Was it Guy something, what’s his name? JL: Yeah, yeah. Guy, useless guy. Interviewer: He’s never heard of… JL: Well hello, that same week in an English magazine was Madonna wearing a Sex Pistols T-shirt. SuperAmanda's rating:
7.6   A few of just MANY rip offs of the ORIGINAL platinum blond by Madonna. Madonna's entire Bedtime Stories phase was Harlow and Bette Davis rip off. SuperAmanda's rating:
  Actually, madonna did make one very stupid attempt at copying Sophia. Sophia Loren is my most favourite actress so this makes me particularly peeved but thankfully (for Madonna's sake) she wisely gave up. Sophia Loren fans are very protective and love her dearly. We are like no other fans. Back in the 1980s Madonna had "one of Sophia Loren's gowns flown in" for her first Vanity Fair shoots (above right). As one can see there is enough material left in the bust of the dress to house a family of five because Madonna could not/can't fill it. Sophia Loren, an amazing actress with one, if not thee, most beautiful face in history is a mint ORIGINAL goddess that Madonna could not even replicate with high end computer retouching much less swimming in one of her gowns so she backed down from any further copy paste after this.  (Above: Goddess Sophia is the opposite of Mangey Madge in every way imaginable.) SuperAmanda's rating:
7.7 Jean Seberg. Madonna deliberately copied her gamine look (hair, striped shirt) in the Papa Don't Preach video. Why was Madonna pretending to be a pregnant teen with her teddy bear when she was 28 years old?
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7.4     Guess we all know which issue of Vanity Fair Gary Glitter owns. Madonna stole Sue Lyons ENTIRE Kubrick's Lolita look when at the age of 35, Madonna in all her sheer grotesqueness posed as an under age girl looking overtly sexual. Madonna's face was already lined beyond her years so the pics were heavily softened and retouched. In the digital era madonna NEVER would have been able to get away the sexualization of children's imagery-that or she'd be competing with Katy Perry. SuperAmanda's rating:
5.9    THIS IS THE BASIC DESIGN FOR THE "ICONIC CONE CORSET" THAT WAS TOTALLY COPIED BY MADONNA AND JEAN PAUL GAULTIER. In 1989, Lisa Marie, a drop dead beautiful Robert Mappelthorpe and Calvin Klein model travelled in the same NYC circles as Madonna and appeared in widely circulated Details magazine swimsuit spread in a conical bra corset style one piece by Sun Blush. THIS IS CLEARLY THE DESIGN THAT MADONNA RIPPED OFF. Lisa was the hottest, bustiest and the nearest to the 50s bombshells of anyone on the scene in the late 80s, (a million times more than Madonna could ever dream of being) so it is clear from where Madonna and Gautier hijacked Lisa's Ballistic Missile bra look for her Blond Ambition tour a year later. SuperAmanda's rating:
7.7  It is sad to read how pro-Madonna Chrissie was in the 80s. I wonder if after watching madonna shoot ducks dead and wear dead animals that she's changed her mind? SuperAmanda's rating:
7.2         (Above right and directly above right-more magic marker "cleavage" by Meisel) Whatever film was getting buzz in Hollywood Madonna just HAD to become a copy cat parasite of! And BOTH of the hottest films of 1990 (Henry and June and Dangerous Liaisons) just happened to star Uma Thurman! It must have killed Madonna with jealousy when Uma Thurman burst on the scene in the late 80's. She was 18, intelligent, busty, blond, beautiful, six feet tall and most of all one of the cinema's greatest actresses. She was also hot enough to melt down the ratings system into the wonderful NC17 which created a halfway between X rated porn and and R Rated film. The first NC17 film was called "Henry and June" and it was a 1930s erotic tale of Paris loosely based on the book of the same name by the French author Anaïs Nin. With bisexuality, tasteful explicit sex and stunningly beautiful imagery the film was hugely controversial. Madonna stole BLATANTLY from Henry And June to create the pathetic "Justify My Love" video AND her 1991 shoot for Rolling Stone. The setting of the RST shoot is virtually a copy paste of Henry and June down to the satin slips, 30s eyebrows, circular restaurant booths, contortionism, Uma as June's heavy stare and bisexuality. Madonna ALSO ripped off the "Dangerous Liaisons" film costume for her tired lip synch performance of the song "Vogue" at the 1990 MTV VMAs!! Soon after this, Madonna desperately wanted to eclipse Sharon Stone who had shocked and turned on the world as Catherine Tramell in "Basic Instinct". And after seeing Jennifer Jason Leigh in the brilliant Uli Edel's "Last Exit to Brooklyn" she made the widely panned borderline hardcore film "Body of Evidence" with him. SuperAmanda's rating:
7.4    From the UK Telegraph:"Back in the autumn of 2005, Madonna invited Alison Goldfrapp, former convent-school girl, two-million-record-selling singer and extremely reluctant celebrity, to a party. A few months earlier, Madonna had been photographed taking Supernature, Alison's then current album, to a Pilates class; at the party, she clasped Alison's hand, and told her she just loved it. Not long afterwards, Alison was reading a magazine and came across a picture of her recent host wearing a sexy outfit with a jaunty military wedge cap. It was almost identical to one that Alison - who is known for her original stage costumes - had been filmed and photographed in while promoting Supernature. 'I thought, "No - it's Madonna! Why would she…"' Alison says, bemused, when asked about her influence on Madonna and, indeed, several other global superstars. 'I don't quite believe it. It's flattering, you know, but… too weird.' Alison Goldfrapp's speech tends to trail off embarrassedly when you ask her questions like this, but they are justified - at one point Madonna's shift in music and style prompted music industry people to refer to her as 'Oldfrapp'." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3670920/Alison-Goldfrapp-ethereal-girl.html SuperAmanda's rating:
6.6     A copy paste of Henry and June right down to the contortionist! (Above right, Steven Meisel's magic marker "cleavage" actually starts at the neck muscle here...) I could not locate a screen cap of the scene in H&J when Anais and June make out in the bar/brothel but the booth and mirror are identical to what Madonna and Meisel stole. As stated Madonna STOLE the Henry and June imagery for Justify My Love and for her 1991 shoot for Rolling Stone. In Henry and June, Maria de Medeiros played Anaïs Nin who becomes involved in said tormented relationship, having an affair with Henry Miller and also pursuing June. Must have destroyed Madonna that she was not cast in this film. SuperAmanda's rating:
 
7.5  In 1983, Nastassja Kinski wore an astonishing sheer black lace dress for a wickedly sexy and bizarre shoot with the late high class porn/erotic photographer Helmut Newton. As one can see, even with the addition of really obvious and amateurish retouching in the form of a smudged black crescent at her left armpit, madonna is a joke.  SuperAmanda's rating:
7.2   Wore fetish and PVC before madonna did. Nina Hagen was simply far too unique, out there and authentic to make fetish a Wal mart brand like Madonna sadly did. From Madonna Revelations Blogspot: "This time she took the look of a German born punk/rock singer Nina Hagen. You may think she did not know about this woman but just think again: in the 80s, Nina Hagen had moved to U.S... conveniently around the time Madonna landed New York's music scene... Back in those days, Madonna was struggling and learning, her style was also more punkish as she was imitating Chrissie Hynde's style and sound. In addition to (most likely) hanging in the very same clubs Nina Hagen might have, a Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis dated Hagen through 1984-1985...Madonna knew about her, so... when Madonna decided to wear a pink wig while promoting Like A Virgin in Europe, the connection was more than obvious." SuperAmanda's rating:
7.6       ALSO ripped off and stole the cone bra from Bettie Page. Despite Meisel's awful photoshop, they have 100% OPPOSITE FIGURES. Madonna stole most of what she used in the SEX book from her pre-internet when Page was mostly still an underground cult icon (yes Bettie page was not a household name in the 1990s) of pin-up aficionados and not the huge mainstream icon she is today. SuperAmanda's rating:
6.6    As with Amanda Lear and Ken Russell's films Tommy and Mahler, Madonna plundered and STOLE blatantly from Donna Summer for her "Confessions" era 1970s imagery. SuperAmanda's rating:
7   This is a classic example of Meisel and Mange stealing obscure references and giving zero credit. This is one of the most vile and heavily retouched pictures of Madonna there is- more a fabrication than a photograph. Gwen Wong , Playmate of the Month 1967 is 1967 million times hotter! SuperAmanda's rating:
6.9   "I was shocked when I saw Siouxsie at Screen on The Green. This was still before John and I were close. She was walking around wearing some suspenders and a bra with her whole tits out. I was stunned. How could she have the nerve? I think she contributed a lot to the free woman's movement. Madonna got it all from Siouxsie, who was totally on her own then." -Nora Lydon from John Lydon's autobiography "No, Blacks, No Irish , No Dogs" SuperAmanda's rating:
5.5 So Madonna fans.
A question for you all. If Madonna had released "Beat of My Drum" (below link with it's cheerleader chorus of L.O.V.E!) and then Lady Gaga had released "Gimme All Your Luvin" about a seven months later, what would you say? www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_BG3n1q5KU Both songs feature cheerleader-style choruses with Madge's track, which is produced by William Orbit, featuring the lyrics: 'L-U-V Madona'. On Twitter fans rushed to compare the songs with zappomatic saying: 'I like the new Madonna song but a bit of it sounds rather borrowed from Nicola Roberts.' Peet_tweets tweeted: 'The new Madonna single sounds like its been lifted straight off Nicola Roberts album!' THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS. SuperAmanda's rating:
7.3  The late, great and much missed Wendy O Williams, Queen of ShockRock and lead singer of the punk/metal rock group the Plasmatics. The first female singer to ever simulate masturbation on stage, a dubious honour perhaps but Wendy came from true fetish, punk and sex performance/industrial art culture and it was her life NOT a costume or a disposable fad to make money. Wendy was brutally beaten by police officers and harassed during numerous performance yet there were no cultural critics, feminist elites and media surrounding her with the kind of protection that Madonna received. Wendy O was a true hardcore rocker with one of thee most perfect bodies in showbiz history (Google pics I'm not exaggerating) and Madonna stole her open cupped, bare breasted, nudity in public shock value, leather holster 100%. Wendy O did ALL the sex onstage shock first and it was powerful as hell. (Too bad Madonna did not steal some of Wendy O's humanity and animal activism as well.) Out of all the people on this page, this rip off is perhaps the most unjust. Therefore, I cannot on principal allow a comparison picture of Madonna and her sad leather harnessed norks on the Gaultier runway with that "just ate dog excrement" smirk across her face alongside a pic of the beautiful Wendy O Williams. SuperAmanda's rating:
8.3     Vogue is considered Madonna's "finest, iconic video" and is comprised of nearly all STOLEN IMAGES!! Even if you don't think this is stolen, and only a "homage to old Hollywood" there is NOTHING original about ANY of it. SuperAmanda's rating:
7.2    The public enmasse were mostly done with Madge over in the states so she started stealing video concepts from Brits. In between rip offs she issued statements about how "ugly and Soviet like" council housing is and who "antiquated and Victorian" the NHS is. Madonna is truly the lowest form of life to take unneeded nasty jabs at the poor and working classes. SuperAmanda's rating:
7.5  Madonna does a terrible imitation of the Cincetta goddesses and as an Italian myself this does not surprise me- you have to be NATURAL. Madonna lacks the natural lushness of the 1950s Italian Goddesses and is more of a precursor to Jersey Shore. She was at least not stupid enough to attempt Sophia Loren whom, as with La Lollo and Claudia Cardinale, physically and talent wise she is the complete opposite of in every way. SuperAmanda's rating:
7.5       Madonna will never the ability to create the kind of music that Debbie Harry has made-with or without Blondie. Parallel Lines, Eat to The Beat, Auto American and even Hunter are seminal, ground breaking albums that fused all styles and genres of music-more works of art and craftsmanship than Rock music-yet Blondie was an authentic rock band too. Harry's solo disc, "Koo Koo" was authentic and eccentric art rock right down to the awesome H.R. Giger portrait. Madonna just will never measure up to her originality and what Debbie Harrry represents to music history. THERE WOULD BE NO LADY GAGA, NO BRITNEY, NO GWEN STEFANI, NO KATY PAYOLA AND NO MADONNA WITHOUT DEBBIE HARRY! Blondie singer Debbie Harry has RIGHTLY accused Madonna of stealing her look when she rose to fame in the 1980s. Harry was an up-and-coming musician when Madonna became a pop sensation with her self-titled debut album in 1982,she stole the idea for her platinum blonde hairdo from Debbie Harry. 100% RIP OFF! She says, "I came right up against the Madonna thing...she had a lot of my looks. If you look closely, sometimes there's pictures of her and me that completely overlap." ONE DOES NOT HAVE TO LOOK CLOSELY! MADONNA IS A RIP OFF ARTIST! SuperAmanda's rating:
8.2                                             Madonna has NOTHING close to the hourglass figure, face, talent and voice of Marilyn. From Huffington Post member, The Eye Roller: "Besides "Material Girl" video, Madonna copied Marilyn Monroe's appearance at "How To Marry A Millionaire" première when she performed at the 1991 Oscars which was also a rip off of Marilyn from start to finish; copied many MM photos in April 1991 issue of Vanity Fair; copied one of MM's looks in "Bus Stop" on Truth Or Dare posters (aka In Bed With Madonna); copied MM's April 1952 Life Magazine cover in a scene from Who's That Girl; copied MM riding a circus elephant (same exact costume) in a Japanese TV commercial; copied 1960s MM in Hard Candy promotional photos. Copying the same star on and off for 30 years is called a RIP OFF, NOT a tribute, NOT an inspiration." Factor in TWO SNL appearances, the Marilyn COPY PASTE folly that went into major motion picture Dick Tracy, Shanghai Surprise, Who's that Girl etc and the above quote by The Eye Roller says it ALL. Thanks to: Flea Dip Anti-Madonna site, Copydonna/Somebody, Madonna Revelations Blogspot for the pics , The Eye Roller and all the anons who have sent in copy paste tips. http://antimadonna.dark-host.com/gallery_unoriginal/unoriginal1.html SuperAmanda's rating:
7.4    Rip of off Ann as Nora Walker doing "Smash The Mirror" from Tommy right down to the medallions on the maxi dress! The art direction for the "TV Studio" and "Uncle Ernie" sequence is combined and lifted as well. PLAGIARISM and one that few of her fans under 30 would catch as most are familiar with Tommy the stage play not the film. Even the white satin curtains were stolen. The late, great Shirley Russell (the Edith Head of British costumers) created the costumes for Tommy and deserves credit for ALL of this! Madonna assumes that her under 30 fans will never have seen Tommy and any of her older fans who have will not care. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_am82sYFXU SuperAmanda's rating:
6.9     Another costumed film to steal ideas from. Why does Madonna always try to copy film fashions aimed at teenage girls? These were retouched with a sandblaster. SuperAmanda's rating:
6.6   Another huge rip off that went unnoticed was Madonna's theft of the "Little Bird" video concept from the mid 1990s where all of Annie's previous video personas appear and she fights them. Madonna used this EXACT SAME CONCEPT on one of her later tours.   SuperAmanda's rating:
6.6 Dita Parlo was a 1930s German film actress. In more recent times, she has been ripped by Madonna, who said she had been "fascinated" by Parlo, and took her name for the character she created ("created"?)for her Sex book and Erotica album. Its title track commences with the line "My name is Dita, I'll be your mistress tonight... " LEAVE THESE CLASSICS ALONE RIP OFF! SuperAmanda's rating:
7.8         Madonna's ENTIRE "Sooner or Later" number at the 1991 Oscars was a complete rip off of Monroe's number "Specialization" from "Let's Make Love". Rachel Williams was a model who was everywhere in the late 80s- mid 90's and she modelled the silver Bob Mackie Marilyn Monroe gown in a very popular Fall 1990 issue of US Elle. Madonna desperately tried to copy her Bob Mackie gown look, but as usual, Madonna just couldn't measure up to the precedent of the original. Although the dress has built in push up padding, Madonna gave the impression of as square body builder in a yellow wig. She cannot pull off old Hollywood despite what the media has always claimed.   SuperAmanda's rating:
6.7 Stole the Henna tattoo / mehndi body art when she was going through her passée YOGA SOCCER MOM PHASE.
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7.6 100% RIP OFF OF LIZA IN CABARET. Used her imagery often.
Below is a combo rip off of Liza and an obscure semi topless early picture of Marilyn Monroe. Cap, cane and all!   SuperAmanda's rating:
6.9 "Justify My Love" was written by Lenny Kravitz, Ingrid Chavez and Madonna. Kravitz wrote the song for Madonna, based on a poem written by friend and Prince protégé Ingrid Chavez. Kravitz added the title hook and chorus. Madonna contributed a few lines. Chavez was not credited for the song and later sued Kravitz in 1992. She received an out-of-court settlement, and gained a co-writing credit. Madonna sampled the intro found on Public Enemy's instrumental, "Security of the First World", and used it as the basis of the song without permission.
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Again: NOT THAT IT IS A GOOD THING ANYWAY!
And great list.
that see all artists copyng some musical period(punk, glam,
folk..) both in music or in dress code without tryng something new...
The last innovative period in music was the 80's...
Many of the Lilith fair woman were originals as well and there is NO ONE LIKE ANI DIFRANCO!
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/madonna-pays-settle-copyright-lawsuit
HOMAGES DON'T RESULT IN LAWSUITS.
I agree with you.!
Voted.
I recall Jennifer Lopez also did a Lolita like photoshoot in her early 30s. At least when Britney Spears did it (Rolling Stone) she was at the right age (for better or for worse).
Yes, Madonna is a plagiarist hack and there's plenty of evidence that illustrates this. The (early) songs and videos she did that are considered good are due to the talent of the songwriters and producers she hired. She just added her name to the credits and raked in the cash. She has some of the most deluded stans.
However, regarding the paragraphs you posted beginning with the sentence "Madonna has NOTHING close to the hourglass figure, face, talent and voice of Marilyn." and ending with "Copying the same star on and off for 25 years is called a RIP OFF, NOT a tribute, NOT an inspiration.": EXCEPT for that first sentence and the phrase "which was also a rip off of Marilyn from start to finish...", YOU COPIED EXACTLY my comments (as The Eye Roller) about Madonna copying Marilyn on a Huffington Post article. Before that, I wrote the same things on YouTube, under a different screen name.
It would be decent of you to credit my words to ME, as you have given proper credit to the Anti-Madonna Discussion Board. Please note that the Madonna Revelations Blogspot repeatedly copied the hard work of Flea Dip at the Anti-Madonna site, so you shouldn't be giving MRB too much credit.
Let's not become hypocrites by doing the same copy/paste that Madonna has done throughout her entire career.
Anyway, keep up the good work -- fighting the good fight by sharing the truth and calmly answering the attacks of Madonna sheeple, who seem to be imitating her low-class tactics.
Have a lovely evening. Peace!
One can remake the whole "Bedtime Story" music video by cutting and pasting from the 1968 movie "Color of Pomegranates".
Like her or not, the woman is regarded as the most important and greatest performers of all time. With her "rip-off" ideas, she has tackled gender, racial, religious, sexual and social mores in her work, that no one else would dare to do or go nearly as far. That is why she and her music have received the level of acclaim that they have and why she was a first-year-eligible inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (which celebrates more genres than just rock).
But, I'm glad that someone has taken so much time to compile all of this because, like I said, it's great to see where one of the greatest acts draws her inspiration (and, yeah, some are reaching- "Oh, look, she's wearing a towel on her head, so-and-so did that, too!"- but even with less obvious comparisons, there may have been some homage intent).
BTW- she did pay out for the "Hollywood" video- but that's one of her weakest works, so no real concern there. And, if that's the only one of that kind that exists, then clearly the great bulk of her "rip-offs" are more homage than anything else.
"Like her or not, the woman is regarded as the most important and greatest performers of all time. "
Pre programmed dollar store response. madonna cannot sing and she cannot act. Only by the mainstream media who is 100% instrumental in her entire career is she respected and by low lifes and right wing pop culture figures like Camille Paglia and Ann Coulter.
"With her "rip-off" ideas, she has tackled gender, racial, religious, sexual and social mores in her work, that no one else would dare to do or go nearly as far"
Utter bold faced lies. Mick Jagger and David Bowie laid all that ground work ages before she did as did Debbie Harry, Wendy O Williams and SS and the Banshees. Her comments in Spin magazine during the 1990s about Black men are some of the most manipulative and racist utterances a performer who stole from black culture has ever spewed. Her new film white washes anti-Semitic Nazi sympathizers...Jimmy you are seeing what you want to see. If Madonna was a true radical ground breaking maverick she would have tackled the unabashed Nazi connections but Madonna is simply too chicken shit and too poorly read to understand what those complexities entail in writing a script and creating a decent film. Madonna is just a stupid person-that's why she has failed at film for over a quarter of a century-the film screen does not lie or hide superficiality.
"And, no, no mainstream act ever went as far as she has, in terms of what she did in her videos, stage shows, etc. Other acts may have laid ground work- as all acts do in some form or another- but she took what she did and ran with it."
No she made it Wal-martified and took away the soul and the Leftism. But yes, as stated previously, Madonna is the cultural break point where hardcore pornography and BDSNM went into the commercial mainstream. Prior to Madonna,NO super star public figure had ever been remotely and graphically as sexually explicit and gross (certainly no star with a global fan base of millions of very small children). Fans of Madonna like to think her early 1990's hardcore porn persona "paved the way for third wave feminism" and pro-female acts such as Ani DeFranco, Beyonce, Hole and Lilith Fair when in reality Madonna has contributed nothing of discernible merit to feminism and female empowerment in music. By paving the way for Britney Spears, Pussycat Dolls, Katy Perry, Paris Hilton, The Hills, Ke$ha, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna and other low level franchises who are based around sleazy raunchy images/PR not raw, creative talent, Madonna severely "dumbed down" women's popular entertainment.
Asianboy: cheers! I have no been updating this lately but eventually will.
Thanks again asianBoy, i've jut been too busy to update!! may have time over the holidays.
That being said, I don't see her as any different from many mainstream artists out there. They all seem to mirror/copy other artists. Michael Jackson has left a whole legacy of popstars like Usher and Justin Timberlake. Then, those guys are open about their admiration for him. Heck, even if we look at classical music Brahms was heavily influenced by Bach, in fact some people call him 'imitation Bach', which I don't agree with. The point is that people pick a muse and go with that and it is not always copying. Not sure about Madonna's case though.
But even if Madonna is a thief then Lady Gaga is a second hand thief because her whole 'controversial act' reaks of Madonna. The fact that Madonna copied first doesn't change that.
During the early star-making period of her career, Madonna was emulating Harry's same style and persona. And the connections are very particular. Madonna's stylist in the early 80s was a designer named Maripol, who before that was friends with and had worked with Debbie Harry. (They even appeared on the show TV Party together). The famous wedding dress style that Maripol developed for Madonna that was so prominently featured on MTV was directly and knowingly lifted from Harry. (That Harry had used the same style idea was something that had been reported in the music press and Maripol certainly knew of it).
Early Madonna was really a commercialized version of Debbie Harry. The differences were timing (the music environment in the mid-70s was much more stifling than the post-MTV, post punk/new wave 80s where artists were happily placed to reap the benefits of earlier inroads) and of course motivation. (Harry came out of the NYC underground scene and became uncomfortable with mainstream success while Madonna was solely interested in mainstream success).
Personally I don't find anything wrong with artists being influenced so long as they acknowledge them. Madonna though has always had a hardness to her personality that isn't very charitable. She always takes credit as opposed to giving it. And with a general ignorance about the pre-MTV era stars of the late 70s/early 80s, it's relatively easy to get away with it. With all the recent talk about rip offs, however, some perspective is in order. Madonna is just as influenced as anyone. With her bank account you would think it wouldn't bother her. Debbie Harry in comparison came too early and was left with virtually nothing.
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I am not trying to attack you, but I don't think you understand how your argument is weakened when you use bad examples - it falls over flat. Imagine how more powerful your argument would be if none of your examples could be challenged? You can't just explain dodgy choices away with "well, all of Madonna's other looks are rip-offs". I just find it odd you don't make your argument water tight.
I had never thought about it before
Madonna's a good businesswoman, and either her, or her 'team', decided what was good for various other stars, would also be good for her, so she pinched all these ideas
This is an amazing list....must have took ages of researching, and is a fantastic body of work
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Madonna's not creative she's a reel copycat, she has'nt talent.
Also they're are wrong, the 20's, 40's and especially 50's was HUGE in the 70s the difference was that singers and fashion photgraphers were not COPY PASTING all of it! The only reason anyone cared about ratty little madonna was because she copied Monroe ALL THE TIME and copied other greats ALL THE TIME. No one cared about her dollar store "burning up" video which is such utter garbage like her other bubblegum songs. It was ripping off MM for "Material Girl" that got all the attention and the media shoving her down the throats of everyone for ten years with a break. She should be slammed for the hypocritical crap she's pulling on Lady Gaga and others now that she actually has to compete with other white female singers. I don't like seeing MY ICONS ripped off and resold by Madonna the parasite. Also that's BS about her "turning the blond image upside down". monroe is a mythic goddess with a huge film career not some MTV joke with 15 failed film flops. Mankdonna also stupidly said "Marilyn Monroe was a victim, I'm not" which is a complete lie. Monroe was a causality of a brutal childhood in foster care not a "victim" but idiots like justifymyconfession and mankdonna who are pop cultural illiterates try to put some pathetic lame spin on her life to try and latch on to Monroe's legacy.
The real one is "LOVE banana" by Joao Brasil. If his lawyers weren't going to prepare a lawsuit against Copydonna few months ago, I wouldn't have known about this song. It's great, funny, the text may not only be about bananas and it's ORIGINAL. Unfortunately the author is M's fan and he doesn't want to fight with her. Shame, he might have had a chance. "l.o.v.e. banana" in a cheerleader chorus sounds very familiar with "l.u.v. madona" and rhymes with "you wanna". She even asked M.I.A. to star in the song, which has a similar voice to Lovefoxxx.
Yes, women do owe a debt to Madonna, for countless reasons. For one, she showed that women could be powerful, famous, and unbelievably rich all through their own efforts, and not by leaching off men. She told women to "express yourself" and not settle for "second best" in her lyrics and music. Her words and message became an anthem to ladies through the 80's and 90's. Even in the new millennium she continues to break ground by fighting the ageist standards women are often held to, which men are not. At 53 Madonna still dresses, dances, dates and acts how she wants (as she sings in one of her singles "don't stop me now, no need to catch my breath, I can go on and on and on.") Her work-ethic and determination alone is an inspiration to countless millions of women. Before Madonna, the men at the top of the music industry would have never believed in, or funded a worldwide tour for a sexually expressive pop-star over 50... but with Madonna's last two world tours grossing nearly half a billion dollars each, there is at least some balance to the music industry's disturbing exploitation and sexualization of underage girls who have no idea what they are getting into. I would much rather see a 35 year old Madonna playing Lolita in Vanity Fair, than a real life 16 year old Britney Spears on the cover of Rolling Stone with stuffed animals in her underwear. (Britney has since stated that she innocently had no idea what the photographer was really doing until she looked back at the photos years later and was shocked by their tone.)
As a business woman, Madonna broke ground in the male-dominated music industry by selling more records than any other female artist in history, and creating her own profitable record label, Maverick Records. Last but not least, after traditional feminists insisted that women put away the makeup, get angry at porn and refuse to be treated as "sexual objects for men" by dressing up, Madonna de-stigmatized a woman using her own beauty, body, and sexual expression (as well as her own personal sexual fantasies) for profit and career gain, instead of leaving the men to exploit the beauty and sexual appeal of young women without sharing the wealth. Traditional feminists seemed to operate on the assumption that women have no sexual desires or needs of their own, that only men are interested in erotica, and good "liberated" women didn't get near anything "trashy". Madonna broke through those ridiculous notions by making it very clear she enjoyed sex, had sexual desires, and by expressing herself freely in public took away the shame from other women doing the same.
As one of the countless young women exploited in New York when she was a starving dancer trying to make ends meet, Madonna posed for nude art photos for less than $100 which were then sold to Playboy and Penthouse for hundreds of thousands a few years later, and made the magazines millions. Madonna, who at that time was not sexually provocative in her career, was publicly labeled "a slut" for doing the photos, and was also the only one involved with the pictures who didn't get rich from them - all while the men (of course) faced no public scorn at all for trying to destroy her career, or making use of the photos taken in desperation and never intended for such distribution. But Madonna was strong enough to not only weather the storm, but to turn the tables a few years later with the publication of her Sex book. This time, she would collect the millions from curious onlookers, not the men who robbed her of both privacy and adequate compensation for her image.
On countless fronts for women, there is no one who has ever achieved what Madonna has, in the time that she has, and no one ever will. Simply by existing and showing such self-confidence, empowerment and courage in the public eye, she has inspired countless millions of female fans.
Anyone who complains, as you do, that Madonna is "vulgar" either hates her for personal reasons, has an issue with sexual expression, or is being hypocritical. You claim that Madonna "brought pornography to 7 year olds" (completely untrue - The Girlie Show tour was 18+ and Madonna fully agreed with MTVs decision to show the Justify My Love video only after midnight... though those erotic performances can hardly be called "pornography" in any sense of the word) and then claim that Wendy O Williams is a "beautiful" example with her on stage masturbation and public nudity. Madonna always looked angelic even in her most sexually explicit photos, with large almond eyes, soft blonde curls and slender figure. Her S&M poses were humorous, ironic, erotic art... never the frightening, incendiary, anger-filled, piss-on-society antics of Wendy Williams. And don't kid yourself if you think Wendy wouldn't have done the same show on tour to millions of fans if she ever had the chance. The difference is Madonna was the one who had the spotlight, she cultivated that spotlight, and she used it as any performer would.
What I did find unbearably offensive in this list, is the continual attacks and various nasty insults regarding Madonna's figure, specifically her bust size, implying over and over again that a woman with C-cup breasts was "flat chested" and "boyish" and that somehow huge boobs and a gigantic ass is the only acceptable figure for a woman, or that only a woman built like Jessica Rabbit could possibly be sexy. The idea that Madonna has no bust is so utterly ridiculous, but whatever you say about her, you should really be ashamed of the words you use because of the many women reading this who have slender figures along with A or B cup breasts. You are degrading and insulting all of them (Madonna, who will never read this and couldn't give two shits what anyone thinks of her iconic, sex-symbol status, doesn't matter.)
I personally think it's disgusting when any criticism of a female celebrity descends into the realm of hyper-analyzing her body and breasts like a piece of meat, and then a moment later being shocked at how many young ladies are plagued with eating disorders and mutilating themselves with fake body parts. While I simply disagreed on the career/image/cut&paste comments, the countless insults and speculation about her figure & measurements were way out of line. Though you claim not to denigrate women's bodies, that is exactly what you are doing, in nearly every example that you give... rather than making a statement like "Madonna doesn't have the talent of Marilyn Monroe" it's always "Madonna doesn't have the boobs of Marilyn Monroe" or "Madonna could never fill out Marilyn Monroe's top, and that's why she's better!" It's disgusting.
For the record, there have been countless female sex symbols in human history, of many shapes and sizes. From completely flat chested icons like Audrey Hepburn, Michelle Pfeiffer and Twiggy, to obese ancient mother goddess sculptures, there is NO "right" size for a woman to be gorgeous!!! And there is nothing wrong with a woman dressing up like one of her favorite movie stars or role models, as Madonna has countless times, without having the exact same measurements! Thank God for nature's variety, and Madonna refreshing the styles of a bygone era for today's world, today's fashion, and today's leaner figures.
In closing, while the intention of the list was clearly to trash her for "stealing" images and ideas from others, every artist knows that there is nothing new under the sun. Madonna is a great artist, and after reading this list, I admire her all the more for being so well versed in pop culture and history. As the great Picasso himself remarked, "Good artists borrow, great artists steal."
This list is one of dozens proves that Material Thief has zero originality and lacks creativity. Everything she does someone else did before. Many lawsuits she lost say everything.
"The talent she has does not involve music, but theft. If you are a talented thief, your career can last a lifetime"-Josemagus.
Madonna doesn't teach culture. She appropriates rights for other artists works. If it wasn't for us- antimadonnas people you would have never heard about art made by real artists. If you need to learn about art by seeing photos showing that Copydonna only copies others, then I really pity you.
"However, Madonna and her team do what some unscrupulous executives in the music industry do - scour the clubs, internet and other venues for new music, dance and clothing trends and take full credit for them as their own in the mainstream", "Yea, sure she co-wrote it. Nice diplomatic save (LOL). Judging by her past behavior with Chavez and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s songwriting partner, I know what her idea of songwriting is. As Chavez said, changing “one line of the song.”"-Aisha. This is not a way of hard working and example of determination.
You should know that "her" sex book consists ideas ripped off from a publishing executive named Judith Regan and photos stolen from an old French book by a well known French photographer.
Saying that a normal women is a "bitch" or "whore" is very offensive, however when you call a prostitue like that it is not insulting. Same is with girls with A or B cup breasts. It is not said that they're ugly, but have little busts which is true. If they can't face the truth that is their problem.
Important case, unfortunately known by very few people.
The first one who made a song about physicality and put gay motives in a video was great Olivia Newton-John with her "physical". She's a singer from who Plagiatonna copied some looks and borrowed music for "physical attraction".
In my opinion plagiarists borrow, good artists are inspired by others, best artists do by him/herself and have own style.
To Fox1112:
"Madonna has changed the world for women"
Due to international child trafficking, lying to impoverished countries and never building the girl's schools she promised, exploiting/ripping off/mass branding Black culture, directing failed films that glorify nazi collaborators and putting the finishing touches on another season of her made in Chinese sweatshops clothing line (much of it sewn by women and girls) Madonna could not be reached for comment about 'how much she's done for women".
You are a man, correct? So you should not speak about changing the world for women, should you?
"brilliantly using" Yes, she's a USER.
"Anyone who complains, as you do, that Madonna is "vulgar" either hates her for personal reasons, has an issue with sexual expression, or is being hypocritical."
THAT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN JERRY FALWELL SAYING: "IF YOU DO NOT LIVE BY MY VERSION OF THE BIBLE THEN YOU ARE GOING HELL". Don't you get that people who think freely do not buy into media manipulation which is what created Madonna entire career? The MEDIA has given/is giving her the massive platform which makes her fame misbegotten. 100% of what she's known for was created by the MEDIA. From the term "blond ambition" to "Queen of Pop" to the term "reinvention"; those are ALL MEDIA coined terms not Madonna's. She's far more than just someone the media is fascinated with, she is actually PART OF THE MEDIA. It has been a mutual, corporate agreement. That's why her cultural effect has been so dire and foul-it represents money, mass corporate branding and to most people that equals success. She cannot sing AT ALL, she's perhaps the most unfunny bad actress that ever lived and her directing skills are nil. The media created a massive madonna brand and now after her the "stars" that followed have all become massive brands as well that's why the past years of music have mostly stunk as her progeny take over. Notice how the two top female singers (Amy and Adele) have ZERO connections to Madonna and do NOT sight her a influence. Notice how Madonna who has made many nasty comments about overweight people magically to "came to Adele's defence" when Karl Hasbeenfield made his nasty comments? Madonna was trying to USE her because Adele is outselling her by over 10 million albums. Madonna is a manipulative media tool and vice versa.
There is sexy, sensual and then there is mass marketing the distribution of photos of yourself tossing some guy's salad, simulation of gang rape and walking around and flashing for press. Mass marketing hardcore porn, tit and bush flashing IS VULGAR and madonna is GROSS. And NO, she did not "hide it from children"! She was the first to bring porn to little kids as the most famous MAINSTREAM POP star in the world with a huge following of children AND their parents.
"Madonna always looked angelic even in her most sexually explicit photos"
Maybe if they are airbrushed with an AK-47 but I can see the ripped muscles, worn out skin, square body and zero vulnerability. She wants to be seen for being "beautiful and fit" and I think she looks like a junkie. To most she has always looked hard, cheap and used up so why you are surprised is baffling. True, it WAS much easier for the media to pass madonna off as "normal" via her heavily retouched photo layouts in the days before the internet. Those days are no more.
"never the frightening, incendiary, anger-filled, piss-on-society antics of Wendy Williams. "
BECAUSE WENDY WAS PUNK AND HARD PERFORMANCE ART ROCK AND MADONNA IS NOT. Wendy was 9 million times more radical. some people are brave for art not money. Do not kid yourself and think W.O.W. wanted some madonna bubblegum madonna paying for toy boys life. You don't speak for her.
"Madonna's figure, specifically her bust size, implying over and over again that a woman with C-cup breasts was "flat chested" and "boyish"
Madonna is not a C cup (old school OR new school sizing) she is/was barely a B. That's clear from her recent stripping and all her pics. No crime of course and in my blogging I've always maintained that small is in many ways superior but Madonna was regularly sold as ''having Monroe's body" and being "the next Monroe" which is about as real as tit's on a lizard.
"I personally think it's disgusting when any criticism of a female celebrity descends into the realm of hyper-analyzing her body and breasts like a piece of meat, and then a moment later being shocked at how many young ladies are plagued with eating disorders and mutilating themselves with fake body parts."
Really? then why are you a Madonna fan!!?? seeing as she's trashed women countless times for weight, bust size, and appearance!!!? Madonna FOUNDED FEMALE MISOGYNY culture and female hater culture like The Hills and catty dumb like Katy perry and Kesha. All the catty low life raunch culture figureheads like Paris Hilton all worship Madonna. I'm just applying the ONLY cure which is REVERSE female misogyny. If you can champion your icon as "so strong" for dishing it out then you need to take it. It was madonna who banned Monica Lewinsky from opening the 1996 MTV awards out of jealously and who slagged off Sinead o Connor (siding with the Right wing media) after she tore up the Poop's pic on SNL and showed how a TRULY brave person challenges the Church. I could go and on about how ageist, racist and catty she's been. Bottom line is that I don't need to because the masses are waking up from the Madonna media manipulation and are no longer putting her songs at number one and are able to, via the power of the internet, see that Madonna has stolen all her work. Without the very hard work of others which was lifted and as you mentioned used, we would not be discussing her.
hahahhaha lol!
However a lot of them make me laugh. You know what one said me today? "Madonna didn't copy anything. The only one she copied was Marylin Monroe, but it wasn't a big copy cause Marylin wasn't a singer" Buahahahahahaha
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Please include that
jhony: Thanks for your input!
What do you think about that?
P.O.P.-People's Orginality Plagiarised.
That's why Gaga told 'Please, don't call me your queen. I'm you, I'm just one of you.."
BTW. Did you know they are related? Gaga and Madonna had common ancestors living 9 generations ago.
Hi Super Amanda. I don't know if you received my mail about September. Please check also spam box, cause I don't know why, but some of your mails to me also land in spam.
Backing to Dietrich. Which photo did you mean saying it's a Dietrich copy? The one titled 'who' or titled 'goldfrapp'?
I think that on photo named 'goldfrapp' it's hers and even Aisha on her site told it's Alison.
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She was one of the first female performers (if not the first) to do the whole concert as theatrics thing for which Madonna often (and erroneously) gets credited. The wireless microphone was invented for Kate back in 1979 so she that she could sing and dance at the same time. Funny enough, people are bashing Madonna for the use of gun props in her shows. Kate Bush was doing the same exact thing more than 30 years ago, and she didn't to have release some pretentious essay to the public explaining her art.
Someone on here wrote, "if being a super star was simply as easy as "copying" a bunch of famous people in order to sell hundreds of millions of records, every singer in the world would be doing it." Um...I guess that would be true assuming that everyone in the music biz wanted to be as famous and successful as Madonna. There's a lot of artists out there who don't, and who aren't willing to sell their souls for the sake of commercialism.
And finally, you should compare MDNA's she's not me performance with Gwen's Hollaback Girl video.
@Chuchupak86: Thanks! Someone who is responsible for many of these comparisons has also pointed those out. GREAT INSIGHTS! Thanks!
Many updates have to be added but I'm on vacation!
also, another thing to add. I dont know if it is on the list, but that Candyshop song by Madonna is a straight rip off from 50 cents Candyshop song that came before.
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Close up on the legs when she walks, running from paparazzis, leaving the building in the same way, dancing on the driven car and at the end everything turns out to be a daydreaming!
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Its still pretty rusty, I gotta figure out how to set it up like Superamanda has it. I have nothing against Britney, but we do get Britney trolls, so we need a list to use against them. But as far as Madonna trolls, we are so shielded lol.
There is no issue with you speaking French you simple left an empty comment. I think we all know that Madonna has zero originality. Merci
Many people argued Marilyn was just a copy cat, hybrid version of former blonde stars in Hollywood (Garbo, Dietrich).
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She was really 'influenced' by Maria Górska!
And theres been plenty of discussion, research and opinion on just how much the Beatles were a product of the artists before them. I watched a very informative documentary that even showed how some tracks used parts from some old r and b tracks. I will see if I can find a link to this. It was a bbc4 documentary.
Please go away to your Gaga hating friends(I know you detest her from your comment under 'Lady Gaga is a copy paste' disaster list)
and never come back here you hypocrite.
How on earth can you know what's the real purpose of this list if you don't even speak English?
BTW Don't you dare to write anymore that music video 4 'Alejandro' is a copy of 'express yourself'.
As you can see at number 10 'express your copy' is a blatant rip off of Fritz Lang. Copionna said herself that she was "inspired" by him.
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You have written under another list that video 4 'Alejandro' is a copy of 'Express Yourself'.
If you also don't think that Lana's video is a copy why did you tell us to watch both videos?
BTW. You're right. "Hollywood" isn't a copy. It's a plagiarism of photos by Guy Bourdin. Madonna lost a lawsuit with his son.
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I thought that you're giving some tips for the author of this website, cause there isn't a comparison of both videos yet.
In my opinion if there are 3 or more similarities in music videos it can be called a copy.
Ps. Talking on a different subjects with native speakers is the best way to learn language fluently :)
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I figured you might be interested in this and would want to add these images to your list.
It seems to me that Japanese singer Sandii wore a similar cone bra on the cover of her "Mercy" album shortly before Madonna wore one. I noticed this when I was looking through Sandii's discography the other day and your list immediately popped into my head.
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Kind of strange, isn't it?
I can't seem to find an exact date for the Sandii cover, only the year it was released. The cover could have designed shortly before the costumes for Madonna's tour have been sketched, but who knows.
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Wow, how original Madonna
Then, I saw Debbie Harry, so I was relieved that you gave the great Blondie singer credit. It just took A LONG time to get to her, sadly to say.
Look, I'm not really what you consider a "hater". In fact, I'll admit that I find a couple of Madonna's 80's songs quite catchy (I still get Lucky Star playing in my head from time to time) and I do tend to focus on a LOT of other artist, but I talk about them on more music-based websites. I don't go on Listal all that much. I'm a frequent lurker of both Discogs and Rate Your Music even though I don't have any accounts on those two sites and I post a lot on Amplicate. I have focused on a lot of other artists' music and images along with Madonna's and I've noticed that it was more than a coincidence that she was copying so many other acts. The images in this list so far can actually be proven and backed up.
I wasn't even thinking of Madonna before I even found the images, but when I saw like, say that Sandii cover (I'm a huge Sandii fan and I was on Discogs looking to see which albums I haven't heard yet and that's where I saw it) or that Nina Hagen poster (I was on eBay that day looking for NINA HAGEN items, not MADONNA and I just stumbled across that poster.) I thought to myself "Hmmmm... now where have I seen that before?" so I added them to the list.
So you're a huge Madonna fan? That's fine with me. It's okay to like anything she's done, but stop and think, "Why are there so many parallels?"
And on a somewhat related subject, you mentioned something about Gaga copying others. Well, I happen to be a huge lover of obscure 80's music and I couldn't but notice how there were so many female singers at the time that looked an awful lot like Gaga. Remember, I wasn't EVEN looking for Gaga at all when I found these, but just couldn't help but notice the similarites.
Wanna see what I mean have a look:
Poeme Electronique: great synthpop band from the very early 1980's The videos below are for The Echoes Fade and Voice
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Yoko Oginome: Idol singer from the late 80's. Video is for the song Dancing Hero.
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Although they're not even obscure at all, Missing Persons definitly seem to have had some type of influence on Gaga. I've been a fan of this band LONG before I have even heard of Lady Gaga.
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And of course there's also the talented Jayne Casey who fronted Big In Japan, Pink Military, and Pink Industry.
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Not music related but have you even seen the movie Liquid Sky? For years, I never really thought of it, but until I first heard of Lady Gaga I couldn't help but notice someone who looks like her during the fashion show scene.
0:36 to 0:39, please.
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Conicidence? I think not. Also, there would have been no way in hell I would have even known who these people were (except Missing Persons) if I didn't focus on other artist.
Your argument is invalid.
Madonna also copied Italian actress Virna Lisi. Her Truth or Dare look is lifted directly from Virna Lisi. Just search Virna Lisi on Youtube.
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And lastly Madonna was massively "influenced" by Dalida. Her leotard look for Hung up is identical to Dalida during her dance period.
It's sad though that most of the pictures have been removed as I would have liked to have been able to really get the full effect.
Great job though! Must have taken a while to compile all of this. I would most definitely vote again if I could.
@ Juli. If You wanna see more of her rip offs visit my facebook profile:
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There's also one album describing her music plagiarisms. Currently I've gathered almost 60 plagiarisms but there can be a few more!!
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HER ART"
the funny thing of all is the time you took to post all this work (that most fans like myself knew about!), with a bad intention lol totally funny.
You just don't get it!
I didn't know the question was to SuperAmanda. You didn't write it.