Madonna - Vogue | REACTION | So, What Is Voguing?

[@peterdennis4394]

The DJ at the local gay bar I frequented had a sign hung up on his door saying "Yes, I will be playing Vogue tonight. Stop fucking asking. "

[@giuseppeavolino74]

What Legend!

[@frankiebowie6174]

😝

[@santiagohardy2728]

👏😂💀Hey Mister DJaaaaayy

[@colinmackillop]

I love that

[@sarasotarebel2445]

@@santiagohardy2728 🤣😂

[@Marcus-Oh-really-yes]

On your own, check out Madonna's performance of "Vogue from the MTV Music Awards show. The costumes are reminiscent of 18th-century France and Queen Marie Antoinette with white wigs and hoop skirts and the choreography is so creative and killer, too!

[@anthonygeurtsen7143]

EPIC!!!

[@ohfour-seven6228]

Honestly a must see!!!

[@drewchase6577]

That performance was EVERYTHING

[@joshuayeager3686]

Her actual dress was one of the same dresses that Glenn Close wore in Dangerous Liaisons.

[@ct6852]

I actually thought that was the official music video for sooo long. Fairly perfect performance.

[@randallpetersen9164]

Without question this is the most gracefully stylish music video ever made.

[@blainw1976]

Yesterday this became madonnas most successful single becoming 3x platinum

[@tateurdina]

i think it s like a prayer.

[@blainw1976]

@@tateurdina google it

[@tateurdina]

@@blainw1976 Music On Charts @MusicOnCharts · 26 juin Madonna's “Like a Prayer” (song) is now eligible for a 5x Platinum certification in the US (5,000,000 units). - It's her first song to reach this milestone in the country.

[@lonetardigrade]

​@@tateurdina because the new Wolverine and Deadpool movie trailer uses it.

[@IENetworkTV]

QOP

[@ricotrujillo2842]

I love it, that you don't pause every 3 seconds like most..... You let it run .... You rock !!! Madonna moved the entire world with VOGUE !

[@MeganSmith-xx2ih]

my favourite Madonna song, uplifting and really makes you wanna move!!!

[@anthonyblakely399]

The dancers including Madonna were doing the dance! Everyone at that time was doing the dance and break dancing!!! The song was everywhere on the airwaves!!! I huge hit for Madonna establishing her as a "Diva!"

[@FranklySpeaking.]

Vogue just earned the official title as Madonna's biggest single, 3X platinum. thats saying something with her catalogue! & vogue was literally an 'add on' at the last minute, & was not intended or expected to become THE song of 1990. it was released as a b-side 🤦‍♂ such a HUGE smash worldwide coupled with the equally huge Blonde Ambition World Tour '90 ... it was the summer of Madonna & it shot her past every other star on the planet. she was at her most powerful here. the most famous woman in the world bar none she told dick clark on american bandstand 6 years earlier that she wanted' "to rule the world" by this point, shed achieved that (& you might be surprised with the im breathless soundtrack. there are some brilliant cuts on there! she pulls off 40s jazz pop as only Madonna could! she can literally handle almost EVERY musical style. thats why shes the Queen.)

[@oscardelapena7376]

It was GOING to be released as a B-side part of the Keep It Together single in Jan 1990, but when Warner execs heard the song immediately told Madonna to wait and release it as an official single for the summer release of the Dick Tracy Album.

[@DylanMadd]

It was wild because Janet had just finished the Rhythm Nation tour and established herself as The One. Then this dropped (& the tour you mentioned). I still haven’t seen a tour as good as Blonde Ambition. Taylor is great and all, but it seems so simple compared to Madonna.

[@milescumminski8077]

@@DylanMadd I still think The Blonds Ambition Tour was the best touring production by a female pop artist ever. The costumes, sets, music, story were all amazing. I went and saw it in Oakland, CA. Too bad my seats were so far away I could really only see by watching the video screens. Oh well, I was very young and extremely poor at the time.

[@jeffreycaldwell8579]

VOGUE Was Huge!!! When the song came on there would be people dancing on the sides of the dance floor because there would be nowhere to go!!!

[@Lemarcus03]

I remember the Dance Floor being dangerous when this song started.

[@shaunbailey9272]

fun fact. this video was directed by David Fincher. he did several videos for her and other artists around that time, before he became the director that he is today.

[@ct6852]

He did a few for MJ too I think. And that super famous George Michael vid with the supermodels.

[@shaunbailey9272]

@@ct6852 and Jody Watley's most of all, among others.

[@ct6852]

@@shaunbailey9272 I don't think I know who that is. But was just looking up his list and holy crap he directed 55 music videos. And then did Alien 3 for some reason.

[@planetbetter]

This song was everywhere when it came out. Great song. Never knew the video director was the same as Fight Club and Gone Girl.

[@santiagohardy2728]

Voguing is striking poses. Some of it can be exaggerated posing to simple subtle ones. It's an attitude. The documentary "Paris Is Burning"(1990) highlights the late 1980s early 1990s voguing dance seen like no other. When the song Vogue came out, it introduced the masses to that form of expressive dance style and it's housey music. It played on prime time MTV a LOT. Madonna has performed the song on her concert tours in many different ways. Each version is completely unique and shows how the song can be remixed to fit new eras. Definitely worth checking out.

[@MiguelMikeLopez]

We need more Madonna on the channel 🤗 ❤. You're amazing ❤

[@mattleppard1964]

Absolutely. So many gems to find 😊

[@NocturneSoul]

This song still is in every dancefloor to this day. It never stopped being played.

[@troysimpkins4528]

Probably Madonna's signature hit and definitely one of the most defining songs of the 1990s. Yes, this song was EVERYWHERE in the early 90s.

[@user-or1ye3iz6d]

The paintings you see in this video were painted by Tamara DeLempicka. My brother's wife is her Great Granddaughter. Madonna and a bunch of other celebs own her paintings and really respect her as a powerful trailblazer woman from years ago.

[@zivo24]

I remember reading many years ago that Madonna’s brother, who was art director for some of her early tours as well as interior designer for some of her homes said she is an avid art collector who had by that time (early 2000s) amassed a collection worth well over $100 million. She’s a tremendous advocate for young artists.

[@MsHEDONIST]

@@zivo24she does have a huge and rare collection.

[@joantrigilio9990]

I love Madonna's work. Say what you will, she's creative and never boring.

[@talltulip]

As a classic movie buff, I have to wonder how many of the stars referenced in the song are familiar to young people like yourself: Greta Garbo and Monroe, Dietrich and DiMaggio, Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean on the cover of a magazine. Grace Kelly, Harlow Jean, Picture of a beauty queen. Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers dance on air. They had style, they had grace. Rita Hayworth gave good face. Lauren, Katherine, Lana too, Bette Davis. We love you. FYI, their full names are: Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Joe DiMaggio (but he was an athlete, not an actor; AND he was married to Marilyn Monroe), Marlon Brando, James Dean, Grace Kelly, Jean Harlow, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Rita Hayworth, Lauren Bacall, Katherine Hepburn, Lana Turner, Bette Davis. Would love to know which ones you don't know.

[@randallpetersen9164]

Well, I'm not young, but I was when this song came out. It was the era of VCRs and video stores, and movie buffs could gorge themselves on films that they never had a chance to see in theaters. Got familiar with all those Hollywood stars, and so many more.

[@mayabairey]

@@talltulip SalvoG has a Patreon where he watches movies and musicals and more. He definitely knows Bette Davis, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Marilyn Monroe, more I'm forgetting. Check his profile for the link, it's amazing.

[@davidlionheart2438]

Isn't that precious? You think he knows any of them.

[@davidlionheart2438]

@@mayabairey He has never watched a movie with ANY of them and I absolutely guarantee he has never even heard any of their names before.

[@mayabairey]

@@davidlionheart2438 he has on patreon

[@nvsteveg]

One of my all-time Madonna favorite tracks. Also... LIKE A PRAYER and my all-time favorite: EXPRESS YOURSELF (dance mix). The videos for both songs are INCREDIBLE!

[@WonderMommaOG]

Madonna is one of my all time favorites. She came on the scene during my most formative years and I have followed her music ever since. Probably the most evolutionary musical artist I've ever seen. Please, PLEASE, please! Keep going on this journey. I want to recommend you start earlier in her career but I always recommend "Get Into the Groove" & "Human Nature" first. lol There is simply far too much to listen to with Madonna... but some great early songs are Holiday, Lucky Star, Borderline, Material Girl, Like a Virgin. But the MTV live performance of Vogue is also a must see. I would probably watch the live version of "Like a Virgin" before that one though (also MTV performance)... it was the first of its kind and when she put the world on notice, officially, she'd be breaking many barriers.

[@mdj-ie7rj]

@@WonderMommaOG my favorite songs by madonna, were those made at the beginning of her career.

[@davehelms1398]

She preformed it live at the MTV Awards with her and 20 dancers all dressed in white, 17th century Frech attire, with Madonna as 'Marie Antoinette", its a classic preformance just think lace fans!!!!

[@Historian212]

18th century (1700s).

[@spawn4582]

Madonna the Queen, looks like Marilyn Monroe.

[@3DJapan]

She designed her look based on Marilyn.

[@Mistmantle88]

Dangerous Liaisons was wildly popular when it came out in 1988 and when the MTV Music Awards in 1990 asked Madonna to perform Vogue she choreographed it all in the style of Marie Antoinette’s France in the late 1700s. Check it out on You Tube if you haven’t seen it.

[@hutnerbaekUBS]

YESSSSSSS. One of the best performances ever!

[@aubreycrawley]

Incredible song and brings back so many amazing memories ❤

[@leocesar9662]

The Queen of Pop 👑👑👑

[@bryanCJC2105]

Moving their hands a lot IS part of the dance. "Vogue" refers to the high fashion magazine (which still exists) and "voguing" involves striking poses that you might've seen in the magazine in the 80s.

[@thebeardedseeker5633]

Oh yes, this was indeed everywhere! Looking back, it's amazing how Madonna took a form of dance most people had never heard of and made it the theme of one of the most popular songs of her entire career. But this was Madonna at the height of her powers. She was unstoppable.

[@theKarstenR]

Absolute pop perfection along with probably the best music video ever made.

[@TheOGJLaw]

The freaking Queen! #GOAT

[@mdj-ie7rj]

my favorite Madonna memories are from when she first entered the scene with Material Girl. the world was highly influenced by her unique music AND attire -especially the clothing industry. the style and accessories were duplicated and available E V E R Y W H E R E. A total blast!!!

[@kirkhall2099]

You should do her video FROZEN. In full screen.

[@gregyear201]

Yes enchanting song

[@oceanbluebandflorida]

This was HUGE!

[@Transitcat]

Loved hearing this in the Club! Pure nostalgia!!! Thank you!!

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

It was a MONSTER!! It was everywhere. It filled the floor for years. Only problem is that voguing was meant for one or two dancers on the floor just voguing their patooties off (in a competition) When you have 200 people with their arms swinging around it can cause a lot of injuries. When someone came out and you could tell they knew what they were doing you stayed out of the way. Many people were happy that she made this song and many of the people in the video were queer people of color who were among the first to vogue in the ballroom scene. I remember seeing her in her Blonde Ambition tour perform it and for probably 10 years I had her VOGUE performance from the MTV awards on VHS tape that I would watch from time to time. If you want to learn more about the ballroom scene watch "Paris is Burning".

[@First-q6l]

The radio played this hourly for fuqin months back in the day

[@zivo24]

I remember Salt n Pepe commenting on this video in a VH1 series on greatest video artists of all time - of which Madonna was the obvious #1. “That video was ART”.

[@MsHEDONIST]

Vogue was the first song that brought the then underground music house to the top of the mainstream global charts. Vogueing which was originally created by queer people of ballroom scene in NYC Harlem, imitating and improvised by the poses from fashion magazines, like Vogue, in dance stand offs. Madonna also brought this unseen, underground art into the mainstream in the middle of the AIDS pandemic when queer people were literally accused and blamed for the spread of the disease. Her MTV performance was an homage to the ballroom scene where she was the mother of her house and with her children, they performing Marie Antoinette realness. The costume Madonna wears for that performance was the exact one Glenn Close wore in Dangerous Liasons that won the best Oscar for costume that year; designer Phlipps has been Madonnas show designer ever since. Most recently for the Celebration Tour which was absolutely spectacular. This song still is the blueprint. Arianna Grandes Yes, And is just a rework of Vogue. Beyoncé s Break My Soul is heavily inspired by it. Just two recent examples from the last 3,5 decades. Madonna is the one and only. ❤

[@dg-nz2rc]

I’m here early for once! House music was such an incredible genre and to finally hear it on mainstream radio was incredible. Finally out of the underground clubs to the forefront! The late 80’s / early 90’s were a magical time in the clubs! Well done!

[@ct6852]

Hard to believe there was a time when this wasn't mainstream. So radio friendly.

[@mayabairey]

Next, you need to watch Paris is Burning 🔥

[@FBodStudios]

I came here to say this!

[@dcg4mn]

@@FBodStudios Me too. Both Vogue and Paris Is Burning released same year. This track came out after she’d taken voice lessons: compare to an early track and her voice in the beginning was very thin, tinny, and bubble-gummy … On Vogue she’s much more mature and sophisticated as it approaches her career best: Ray of Light.

[@juniorsantos4453]

This is literaly a legendary song!!!!! ❤

[@ImpossibleCaseEdits]

To this day, it's mindboggling this song was initially going to be a throwaway B-side!

[@EAB82]

What a way to usher in the 90's with this classic banger

[@ladyvader139]

I LOVE that album, it has a very Broadway feel. Aside from this one, my favorites are More and Sooner or Later.

[@scotmax8426]

what a massive track this was at the time! groundbreaking in it's own way. and yes, here was madonna again championing and trailblazing right through her industry that which they'd rather have ignored lol. no one outside a small group knew what the ballrooms were or were all about. If you want to catch the feels of that time i'd suggest you watch the series "pose". This really was from a completely different time.

[@dranet47]

The gentleman named Warren is Warren Beatty. He's an actor, and you really should check out his movie Bonnie and Clyde.

[@milescumminski8077]

Bonnie and Clyde was so well done. Faye Dunaway and Warren Beaty sure were 2 beautiful humans at the time.

[@Transitcat]

Still slaps

[@ZamAraiza]

More Madonna!!! ♥

[@coltaine503]

One of Madonna's best videos, when she was at the top of her game. One that I think is as good is the "Express Yourself" video, inspired by the Fritz Lang silent-era sci-fi move Metropolis.

[@iznone]

Salvo bro you are the best here! ... Hats down!

[@ohfour-seven6228]

For the second house song, I'd recommend Big Fun by Inner City. It too was a massive club hit!

[@lucianovitoromanelli9824]

Madonna number one ❤

[@andyman58]

Madonna had some great songs. Thanks for doing this one.

[@savage_skirt5386]

have always loved this song and Madonna looks stunning in this video

[@courtneywallace871]

One of the few Madonna songs I love. Great video too.

[@lawrenade]

This song is just perfection ❤

[@roger1296]

Likely, her most famous and well known song in Madonna’s complete catalog…this song was a cultural phenomenon.

[@kellypickle]

Madonnas best

[@daniellaplume3840]

You should react to the I'm Breathless album as a whole, or Sooner or Later, or another song from the album like What can you lose, He's a man, More, Back in Business, as well. ❤

[@angusmichael2323]

When you like something it’s the cutest reaction ❤️ Monster Anthemic call to the dance floor.

[@alexdm4868]

this song hit me like a bomb and entered my bloodstream like a virus 34 years ago. yeah they are all definitely vogueing. two of her dancers are from the House of Xtravaganza, which is one of the most legendary houses in the NYC vogue/ballroom scene.

[@SuperQueenMadonna]

Leave your ‘inhibitions’ behind❤ I think that’s the word you’re searching for . Btw the album is fierce, should be a broadway show in itself. A modern Jazz pop album 💃 🪩 🕺

[@3DJapan]

I had no idea this was related to the film. It was a really good movie that nobody talks about anymore.

[@Metalphysicalpodcast]

I bet you would like her video for "Music".

[@jaquettajones]

Yes - they are indeed Voguing :-D EXPRESS YOURSELF by Madonna would be the natural follow up to this reaction

[@tescherman3048]

I had no idea that the Vogue video was directed by none other than David Fincher! Zodiac, Fight Club, The Social Network, Se7en, Alien 3, Gone Girl...the list goes on.

[@sean_b_drummer]

The album title, I'm Breathless refers to her character, Breathless Mahony in the movie, Dick Tracy.

[@celine4evauk]

This is the iconic Madonna song!

[@helgafever768]

React to Madonna's Take a Bow video ❤

[@Historian212]

Featured in the movie “The Devil Wears Prada,” about people working at a fashion magazine called Runway, which was a thinly-disguised stand-in for Vogue.

[@elleortizluis7713]

the song is madonna's tribute to hollywood movie legends,i guess, talking about those iconic stars from the 20's to 50s, whom she was influenced.

[@NoCreamedCorn]

There’s a live version from the MTV video music awards that is absolutely brilliant. If you wanted to check that out, I think that would be a good addition to the channel. Also, then you can see the dancing better than you can in the video.

[@First-q6l]

She lip synched that performance

[@joelscottarnold3262]

This was nothing short of a tsunami in the clubs of 1990. One of my best friends ( of 40 years now ) did a fantastic mix leading into Vogue with Keep It Together- which Vogue was supposed to be a B side for!!

[@davidgiles5912]

"Paris is Burning" s a great movie as an introduction to vogueing as well as the FX show "Pose".

[@ginalashley1265]

Loved dancing to this at the nightclubs when it first came out.

[@greendude1973]

this song was originally going to be released as a side B and not a featured single....it's gone on to be her biggest hit!

[@daniellaplume3840]

You should react to the I'm Breathless album as a whole, or Sooner or Later, or another song from the album like What can you lose, He's a man, More, Back in Business, as well. ❤

[@cosmocassidy420]

Easily in the top 3 videos ever played on VH1. Played every 20 minutes for 10 years lol . That, take on me and sledge hammer

[@IENetworkTV]

It brings tears to my eyes whenever i hear this or see the video i have saw Madge live 4 times in my life I thank God i got to live and see Michael Prince WHITNEY AND mADONNA and the fact the wa all of te legends she mentioned the ones that were still alive were so moved by the fact that this woman mentioned them and paid homage to them that is why she is the queen of pop

[@Xfile1947]

Update: it’s been certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 🇺🇸

[@QueensLadyDay]

The dancers were featured in her film 'Truth or Dare' (1991). 😊

[@geoffreyprince]

There are at least a dozen famous photos referenced in this video - one of which, the view of her back in the corset, she got in trouble for using. This is a great song accompanied by a stunning video.

[@michaelbaucom4019]

About the only Madonna song I enjoy( and " This Used To Be My Playground ")

[@mattschiavone3383]

Vogue originally appeared on the movie soundtrack I’m Breathless from the movie Dick Tracy . Once it was released as a single it exploded. The song was inspired by Love is the message from the group MFSB . More specifically the paradise garage remix of the song .

[@jayo.7086]

This was the Madonna Line for me. I liked Vogue and most of her music prior to it. I have not really liked much of her post-Vogue music, with a random exception here or there. I remember wondering what people were thinking when Justify My Love went No. 1. Horrendous.

[@g.e.5723]

Hate to admit it, but I LOVED me some Madonna!

[@RoamingRobinToronto]

OMG, memories. The bar that I went to in university used to have a Vogue contest each weekend. I won once---ahh, to be young again. If I tried to vogue now it would probably end up with a visit to ER:)))

[@cyrilmauras4247]

STRIKE A POSE!

[@DylanMadd]

Maybe this is crazy maybe not. I was about 10 or something when this came out. I was a fan of the Dick Tracy movie and Madonna was basically the hottest woman alive…. Just as I was figuring that out. Anyway, this song was so dope. And I found out later that really enjoying the freedom and moves made scared folks assume things about me. But for me, it opened a lot of doors as far as there being no reason to fear people who were (in the 80s & 90s) seen as ‘different’ - though I had to let go of some friends, I got better ones and had a great time living. Some things don’t change but once you see how scared haters are, you can’t unsee it. For my part, this song’s still got it.

[@machpodfan]

Probably her best. Yeah.

[@PishProductions1]

Best video of the 90s

[@am74343]

And every pop/dance song since then has used that same "backwards hi-hat" drum machine disco beat!

[@dalee72]

It's called house music.

[@oskarobit]

In short... House was something underground that was born to be enjoyed in alternative clubs and improvised venues as a devotion to dance, as a group communion to enjoy the moment. The origins are usually placed in Chicago and Detroit, but soon its expansive wave reached New York, London, Europe and the rest of the world. The major record companies saw the business opportunity, of course, and their biggest artists released songs with the most commercial side of the style. Soon variants emerged, such as Latin house, vocal house, tribal house, funky, minimal, tech, hard, dark, etc. Moreover, "voguing", especially adopted by the LGTBI+ collective, was a kind of staging of fashion magazine poses, taking its name from the famous Vogue.

[@matthewdrake4385]

The song is pretty much about moving to the music, no matter what you look like. Madonna was about as important in the 80's and 90's just like Lady Gaga has been over the past 20 years.

[@carlitosgo9]

Madonna is the best selling female artist of all time, the one and only Queen of Pop, the original trendsetter. God save the Queen!

[@bluedragon4]

Vogue was a form of dance that started with the black and Latino kids. The movie Paris Is Burning shows the roots of voguing. It’s important to say Madonna spoke out for the gay community. The dancers, except one, in this video are all gay and toured with her in 1990. They were all in her truth or dare documentary. If you were a gay kid in the 80’s and 90’s, madonna was your god. Your only god. No other artist championed gays or empowered them. Now all artists do it but she was the first. The gay community owes her a lot. She also spoke out about AIDS but that a different story for a different time.

[@terrykemp1876]

For my money, her last absolute killer song. She had a great run there.

[@brewswillis9783]

So for Ken it's beach, for Madonna it's Vogue.

[@victimvan974]

That house beat is soooo timeless and so dated at the same time. I wish I was in the clubs at this time not a tiny baby 😂

[@guillermoorozco9648]

Now that you’ve started some Glee reactions, I suggest reacting to their version of this song!

[@jareds2273]

Welcome to House!