
"Material Girl", "Holiday" and "Papa Don't Preach" may make you think of 80'ies bubblegum nonsense pop songs, but if you scratch on the surface it's possible to interpret them in a far more political way!!! Back in 2003 Andrew Chuter wrote this extremely intriguing article Consciense Pop in Cyclic, about how political activism in so called mainstream music often is overlooked(!). On Madonna:
"Working class, Marxist, and feminist themes abound in Madonna's music. "Papa Don't Preach" is an anti-patriarchal song about teenage pregnancy. "Holiday" campaigns for better working conditions "all across the world, in every nation". More philosophically "Material Girl", enthuses "we are living in a material world": this is Marx's basic contention, contrary to Hegel's Idealism, that it is the material and economic circumstances of people that determine their quality of life. "Express Yourself" brought feminism right into the bedroom, exhorting both men and women to escape the chains on their love lives, through open and honest discussion of our innermost thoughts and desires. This is truly liberatory, Dionysian music, as feminist author Camille Paglia has noted in several essays...
"Music" a meta-song and homage to her craft, claims "music makes the people come together" music makes the bourgeoisie wanna rebel" - clearly indicating that music has the power to unite the masses against the ruling class."
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