Having just listened to this incredible woman on my way home, I thought I'd tap out a little ode to one of my all time style icons.That's right, it is the queen of pop Madonna, and this powerful lady has been a consistent feature in my life since the day it started. My mother used to play her albums to me in the womb. I swear, I actually came out all gooed up and singing "Lucky Star"!
I'm more than happy to admit that I often take to the stage on karaoke nights, and belt out the good old "Like A Prayer". Not well, I might add, but somehow it always goes down a storm - and my best friend Ray has been known to join me in an even more eccentric version of "Like A Virgin". This is always even worse than the previous, if I'm honest - but seeing two, happy-through-the-wine ladies up on stage, giggling their way through that song never fails to entertain.
I have adored nearly every record she has ever released, and have always admired her fantastic attire - especially in her younger years. Whilst I accept that the leotard-wearing Madonna of 2005 was not necessarily a triumph, her Vogue phase was a total hit and I would like to meet a girl these days who doesn't wish she could wear an all-in-one, lace body suit, whilst pulling off a white-blonde perm. And let's face it, at one point we have all dreamed of waltzing into our local bar in THAT cone-shaped bra and declaring : "What, this old thing? Well thank you, it's just something I threw on."
Permed hair, gap-toothed smile and a beauty spot. On paper, it sounds like something out of a horror movie, but the reality for Madonna is that she is so damn beautiful with it. So beautiful, in fact, that I even have a dress with her in her vogue pose splashed across the front of it.
Yes, it was a shame when she got all veiny and hyper-religious, but she will - forever more - be remembered in my mind as the only woman in history who can make frizzy hair, lace gloves and a string vest sexy.
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