{"id":40690,"date":"2018-07-27T22:54:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T02:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=40690"},"modified":"2018-07-27T22:54:27","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T02:54:27","slug":"thirty-five-years-of-madonna-fandom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/thirty-five-years-of-madonna-fandom\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-Five Years of Madonna Fandom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 27, 1983 &#8212; 35 years ago today &#8212; Madonna&#8217;s self-titled debut album was released, and I became an instant fan.<\/p>\n<p><center><div id=\"attachment_40694\" style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/popfection.net\/2017\/07\/28\/self-titled-34-difficult-story-behind-madonnas-first-album\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40694\" class=\"wp-image-40694 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/madonna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/madonna.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/madonna-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/madonna-300x301.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/madonna-320x320.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-40694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click to read Popfection&#8217;s 2017 &#8220;behind the scenes&#8221; story about the album.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>I have a big video about Madonna that I&#8217;ll post next month, but to celebrate the album anniversary, here&#8217;s a little teaser in which I talk about choosing a Madonna concert over my senior prom &#8212; and never missing a tour since then.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CYtb_oMD7P4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The really noticeable earring I am wearing in this clip isn&#8217;t one of my designs; it&#8217;s a 35-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/dick-clark-madonna-and-my-1980s-jewelry\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Madonna earring<\/a>. You can see Madonna wearing the same earring in her 1983 &#8220;Borderline&#8221; video.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rSaC-YbSDpo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>If I recall correctly, my best friend Kristi had the star earring from the &#8220;Lucky Star&#8221; video.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ThHz9wlBeLU\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We probably had extensive negotiations about who would get to buy which style. Ah, high school. 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