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Madonna
1958年8月16日出生于密歇根的罗切斯特，她成为80年代最成功的女性流行歌手。 她最成功的一点是她如何通过她自己的音乐，她的影碟，她的公开的新闻，她的性感来操纵媒体和公众。
Madonna在1977年带着成为一名芭蕾舞演员的梦想从她自己的家乡密歇根州移居纽约，跟舞蹈教练 Alvin Ailey 和 Modelled 学习跳舞。 1979 年，她成为 The Patrick Hernandez Revue 乐队的一员，后来她又和 Hernandez 去了巴黎。在那里，她遇见了Dan Gilroy，不久就成了她的男朋友。在返回纽约前，组建了 The Breakfast Club--一个流行／舞蹈乐队，Madonna最初只为乐队打鼓，但不久就成为了乐队的领唱。
Madonna 的个人同名专辑《Madonna》在 1983 年首次发行，“Holiday”成为她在以后几个月的第 1 首前 40 名的流行单曲。“Borderline”在1984 年 3 月成为她的第 1 首前 10 名的流行单曲，并开始了她不平凡的连续 17 次的前10 名。
Madonna 的第 2 张专辑 Niles Rodgers 制作的《Like A Virgin》，在 1984 年底发行。主打歌成为了 12 月的第 1 名，并在榜首停留了 6 个星期， 从此开始了这位歌手旋风般的一年。在 1985 年时， Madonna 成为了国际性的名人，在她的时髦，性感录像和有影响力的个性的有力推动下，她卖了数百万的唱片。在“Material Girl”成为 3 月份的第 2 名之后，Madonna开始了她的第一次巡回演出。 在 The Beastie Boys 的支持下，“Crazy for You”在5月份成为她的第2首冠军单曲。
Madonna 在 1986 年开始和 Patrick Leonard 合作，Leonard 大概合作了她 80 年代里的大部份最流行的歌.包括“Live to Tell”，1986年6月排行榜第1。 一张比她前两张专辑更具野地心和才华的唱片《True Blue》在随后的几个月发行，因为商业上的区大成功（它同时是美国和英国的第一， 单在美国就卖了超过 500万张唱片）和评论界的一致好评， “Papa Don't Preach”成为她在美国的第4首单曲冠军。
在 1989 年春天的发行的《Like A Prayer》，是她最有雄心和涉及最广的专辑，混合了流行、摇滚和舞蹈的元素。在1990年4月，她开始了盛大的巡回演出，这一演出贯穿了这一年的全年。
从 1995 年开始，Madonna 不再走《Erotica》和《Bedtime Stories》的性感路子，要将自己重塑成一个高品味的人物。《Something To Remember》的出版与她的这个计划很配合得很好，发行于1995 年秋天， 与此同时她赢得了令人垂涎的 Evita Peron 的角色。
在沉寂了几年后，在2000年她终于又推出了新的专辑《Music》， 这是一张电子音乐成分很多的大碟， 也让我们领略到了她的一种新的唱风。
虽然 Madonna已经是流行乐界的元老级人物了， 但是她的魅力依然入初...
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A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to
make me smile
And I knew that if I had my chance
I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so
Now do you believe in Rock 'n' roll
And can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance real slow
Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cos I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pick-up truck
But I knew that I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singing
Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
Well now, in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
Tho church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire the most
The Father, Son and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
We started singin'
Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
Bye, bye, Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee
But the levee was dry
And good old boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singing this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
We started singin'
We started singin'
We started singin'
We started singin'
I haven't got much time to waste
It's time to make my way
I'm not afraid I'll face
But I'm afraid to stay
I'm going down my own road
And I can make it alone
All work and no fighting
I'll find a place of my own
Are you ready to jump?
Get ready to jump
Don't ever look back, oh baby
Yes, I'm ready to jump
Just take my hands
Get ready to jump
We learned our lesson from the start, my sisters and me
The only thing you can depend on is your family
And life's gonna drop you down like the limbs of a tree
It sways and it swings and it bends until it makes you see
Are you ready to jump?
Get ready to jump
Don't ever look back, oh baby
Yes, I'm ready to jump
Just take my hands
Get ready to, are you ready?
There's only so much you can learn in one place
The more that you wait, the more time that you waste
All work and no fighting, I'll find a place of my own
It sways and it swings and it bends until you make it your own
I can make alone (7x)
Are you ready to jump?
Get ready to jump
Don't ever look back, oh baby
Yes, I'm ready to jump
Just take my hands
Get ready to jump
Are you ready to jump?
Get ready to jump
Don't ever look back, oh baby
Yes, I'm ready to jump
Just take my hands
Get ready to, are you ready?
I made it through the wilderness
Somehow I made it through
Didnt know how lost I was
Until I found you
I was beat incomplete
Id been had, I was sad and blue
But you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
Shiny and new
Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats (after first time, with your heartbeat)
Next to mine
Gonna give you all my love, boy
My fear is fading fast
Been saving it all for you
cause only love can last
Youre so fine and youre mine
Make me strong, yeah you make me bold
Oh your love thawed out
Yeah, your love thawed out
What was scared and cold
Oooh, oooh, oooh
Youre so fine and youre mine
Ill be yours till the end of time
cause you made me feel
Yeah, you made me feel
Ive nothing to hide
Like a virgin, ooh, ooh
Like a virgin
Feels so good inside
When you hold me, and your heart beats, and you love me
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Ooh, baby
Cant you hear my heart beat
For the very first time?
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