Do you prefer old Madonna or new Madonna?  

Im not a big fan of hers but i will always love her True Blue album...i have lots of childhood memories with that one...i would listen to it with parents in the car when driving down all the way from milan to sicily (1370 kms..13 hours by car) in the summer...i love La isla bonita, and a few other songs on it...whenever i hear one of them I still feel on the back of our Fiat Uno and travelling..

Hi coffeeshot,

I'm like you, I've always been a fan of Madonna's earlier music, but have gone a bit cold on the later stuff.

I think The Immaculate Collection embodies the best of her work, without a doubt.

In her younger days at least, Madonna's singing had a quality at it's best that was comparable to Elvis Presley. So I guess that Madonna was the Queen of Pop there for a while (though apparently that crown has been stolen by Kylie).

On the matter of Madonna vs Kylie, if it came to a talent contest, Madonna would win it hands down. But Kylie has probably got the edge with personal charisma - makes sense, seeing as how the Budgie started out as an actor and moved on to a singing career, whereas Madonna's career was much the reverse, starting out as a dancer, then moving to a singing in a big way and finally dabbling in some acting parts.

I think Madonna would have done well to follow Cindi Lauper's example and bow out of the game at her peak.

Yeah... me too, I like and love to listen to old version of Madonna. More energetic and sounding to my ears. Like these songs;-

Song 1 : Like A Virgin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHrDPD5bFQA

Song 2 : La Isla Bonita
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xl4vl3fZ34

Song 3 : Live To Tell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvRttd5ESx8

But, for Song 2, she has been 'smashed' by her fan that she involved in lesbian group and the related activity. Ha! Ha! Ha! .... I don't know why. More worse, many fans compare her with another singer, Alizee;-

Alizee - La Isla Bonita
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZlgNj-rIxw)

I like this Latin culture song very much, come on Madonna....siesta...siesta...siesta !!!

definitly her old stuff. i loved he music then but don't really like it now. as far as her as a person i really don't pay attion to her.

She has some fantastic songs, I have the immaculate collection, its a cracking album and the songs on it are some of her best. I love listening to that one when Im in a sing a long mood because they are great to sing to and I must know every single word to the songs!

I agree with you, I like the old Madonna over the newer one. She was one of my favorite artist's in that time frame. She had some great dancing songs and videos too. Now a days I think she's gotten to be a bit boring. Maybe motherhood did that to her? We can only guess.

I prefer the old Madonna.I liked her first hits more than any of her other hits.

I am not really a fan of hers. It's a fact that she has a permanent spot for one of music history's very prominent figure. I would say I can't keep myself from going with the beat of her old and not so old songs. I just don't think she still has the magic now like she used to.

I too prefer her old style! Not just the music but also her persona - nowadays she seems very patronising and full of herself! i do admire her talent , her business sense and her ability to stay in fashion and repackage herself constantly - I just don't like HER nowadays! xxx

I definitely prefer the old Madonna, especially from the '80's.
I think she has gone too far off center now. She doesn't seem as fresh and edgy as she was, only appears to be trying harder.
Guess that being a 40 something woman in the music industry and competing with 20 something chicks isn't easy. I certainly don't envy her.