madonnapics: Whip out your notepad and take notes, Christina.

Take your Lady Gaga's, Britney's, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce's, and Rihanna's. I prefer the original. The woman who those girls watched on their TV's and said they want to grow up to be like her. MADONNA.

Before Christina Aguilera ripped off Gaga and Madonna, she was ripping off Marilyn Monroe. And that was her being "original". Well, I think people are forgetting that Madonna already did Marilyn in 1991. And unlike Christina, she actually served Marilyn some justice while adding in some of her own sex-pot pop-starlette attitude.

At the 1991 Oscars, Madonna preformed the Oscar winning song "Sooner or Later". And she PREFORMS. She preforms the shit out of that song. That performance is 19 years old, and I still haven't seen any of today's pop-starlettes outdo it. They all have outrageous costumes, tons of dancers, pyrotechnics, and crazy set designs. But they don't make you go "holy shit, son" like Madonna did.

While we are on the topic of Madonna at the 1991 Oscars, and especially since it is June there is no way I am going to finish the post without mentioning that this was the night that Michael Jackson was her date. My head wants to explode just thinking about what would have happened if they actually liked each other (MJ apparently thought she was a pushy bitch, she thought he was too shy and said she wanted to shave his head). But damn, they were a good looking couple, even if their relationship only lasted a few weeks. At the Oscars, they literally SHINED. They weren't even nominated for anything. They weren't even actors! They were there only because Madonna was preforming, yet they were the only couple that people couldn't take their eyes off of. Like, they glow. See for yourself.