Controversial Figures in Music

One of the figures who’s caused a stir in the music industry is Madonna. Sure, some people like her music, and there’s others who don’t like her music, but it all comes down to what the critics say. Rolling Stone.com says that “Madonna’s many career sidelights often obscure the fact that she remains one of the greatest pop acts of all time"[1]. I personally don’t think that she’s the greatest pop acts, but then again, I haven’t heard a lot of her songs, so I can’t really say that for sure. Sure, she does have some good songs, but there are some artists that have better songs. Another site says that “There is really nothing that Madonna has recorded that has not been worth storing in the “best songs” compartment of our brains”[2] I think that the critics are a bit too easy on her. If there’s something that the critics think that people will listen to, they’ll give it a good review so that people will listen to it, but that’s beside the point. She does do a lot of things that people will have mixed feelings about besides her music, but that doesn’t mean that her music is bad. I actually kind of like some of her songs, like 4 minutes, or Hung Up is another good one, but some people aren’t going to like some of the songs that others do. It’s just a fact of life. So, to conclude, I believe that the critics are a bit too easy on her, and they should give her a better review

[1] Taken from http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/madonna
[2] Taken from http://www.musicomh.com/albums/madonna.htm