Madonna First Album Turns 40 Today!
Do you feel old yet? If you were alive when Madonna's first LP dropped on July 27th, 1983, then there's a good chance you've had a colonoscopy. Maybe you're on dolls for high cholesterol. Or maybe you're just cranky as fuque. Oh, you lucky star! Can crutch tips be far behind? But really, who doesn't remember sashaying past their school lockers with their Walkman blasting "Everybody" and feeling like you were the shit? It was on your Walkman, 'cause you bought the cassingle! And the cover art for the single? It was so "ghetto," as the kids said back then, or at least Sire, her label, wanted you to think so. Me and my friends thought the singer was either A) a cute Black girl who'd sucked on helium given her Minnie Mouse voice, or B), that little chihuahua with the Frisbee who was obviously ready to do a breakdancing backspin - with the frisbee in her mouth, yo, 'cause she stylin'. Yet in time, as more singles and a few music vi...