This performance was, in a way, the genesis of Madonna's career. She was unveiling her new single at Danceteria, the club that was the epicentre of the Dance Music scene in NYC in 1982 and Madonna's stomping ground. Madonna was a fixture at Danceteria for some time before breaking out, and was so well known there that she had a following of copycat girls who dressed and danced like her. This performance was a very important moment for her, finally making the transition from being a dancer in the audience at to the performer on stage at the Danceteria. It's pretty amazing that this milestone was captured so clearly on film.
Very accurate. I was there often around this time and Madonna was also at Danceteria all the time, just hanging out and dancing, sometimes by herself. When it turned out she was actually singing/writing songs AND got a record contract with Sire, a lot other club-goers (myself included) were like "What? How'd that happen?" The rest is history. Amazing.
This was a magical time to be in New York. It was incredibly cheap to live there. Manhattan was filled with artists. Culturally, music, art, fashion, theatre all came together as a life style. We were living it in the East Village. She was expressing that lifestyle. Madonna didn't create it all be herself, she took the best of the iconic styles we were all working on the streets and she was able to show it to the world.
Wow. This was at a time when many of us thought Madonna was Black. This song and then "Lucky Star" were all over R&B radio stations. I like MANY of Madonna's songs but this one is my favorite. Hearing it is always like stepping into a time machine...
It's true! A lot of people don't realize that. This style of music was a black genre. Madonna was inspired by and looked up to Black musicians and singers, growing up in Detroit. She has good knowledge of Black musicians, and gives credit where it's due. Her first singles (this and Holiday, Lucky Star) were only played in Black radio and then Holiday crossed over. I always liked Black dance music, too, and that's where I heard her. I was surprised when I saw the Holiday video on MTV!
I remember it was a bit before anyone really saw what she looked like. I will never forget when the DJ on the radio said she was white. It was all about this new voice that we were hearing on the radio and the music, raw and real.
Her chorus vocal is pre-recorded on the tape along with the music. She’s only singing the intro and verse parts live. You can tell if you listen carefully because a few times the end of her live verse overlaps on the first syllable of her pre-recorded chorus vocal. But I’m a big fan and it’s still a Madonna performance.
@@michaelfba2043 I don't think so man, when she's looking away from the mic she's out of breath and the note actually falls flat, then when she turns back around it's sounds better again
From the very beginning she always gave a full performance, The Hit, The Choreography, The Fashion & Charisma a complete package You really got your moneys worth when it came to Madonna
That lame jerk of a guy who introduced her: WTF! Berating the audience with his low energy c’mon! Again- say’ Everybody’ jeez, that’s all ya got ? WHAT!?! GTFO, fool, I’m on the floor howling and cringing HARD at his repellent impotence. Jesus.
Saw this! She was amazing that night. Didn't clock that it was Madonna until I returned to Dublin from NYC in 1984 and that Christmas and all thru 1985 she was all over MTV. Should have known she was heading for megastardom...
@drago - no doubt but she was definitely influenced by her environment. A lot of her influence came from the black, latino, and gay communities. And I am replying to the other poster's comment 🤡!🐷🐽!
I remember being there at Danceteria when Madonna was performing. Me, my brothers and friends use to hangout there a lot. If you remember, they had a kitchen upstairs where you could buy tasty chicken wings. And they had a room with couches and TVs where people would be high and just watch cartoons or MTV loool! And they had stairs that kept going up to complete darkness where people would make out and more then go back to dancing...
Now that sounds like the perfect night out to me. So much what people want. Dancing, live singers, chatting, drinking, eating. Not so much the drugs and sex though.
This is historical. I rank this up there with Michael Jackson’s audition footage for Motown back in 1968. You just knew there was something Speacial. She’s the last of the big 3 left. Michael and Prince are gone. We still have Madonna thank Goodness.
Sorry I'm going to be controversial, feels like we have Madonna but actually we don't. Now it seems she's just relying on cheap shock tactics to stay relevant, what happened to the wealth of creativity & innovation??
I have respect for Gaga. Think she is a great singer and I love her outspoken love for the gay community. But, Madonna was a trailblazer. She was NOT safe and it was a time when showing support for gays, AIDS victims and strong women was not ok. She was a Neutron Bomb on the musical, cultural and fashion ideas that were acceptable at the time. And it changed everything
Andi Apple No, that isn’t Gaga at all. I love Madonna, possibly more than Gaga (as an artist that is), but Gaga herself is a kind and open-minded-she just cares about different social issues than Madonna does (outside of gay rights).
This is why she became who she is. Who else would choreograph to the last detail their first performance and execute it like that? There's only one queen, and that's Madonna! Happy 35 anniversary, "Everybody"! October 6, 1982-2017
She didn't really have many dance moves back then as she used this same kind of choreography repeatedly. But she did the smart thing and got good people around her. As she said in some interviews, she didn't know what she was doing and wishes she would've had someone to advise her or someone to look to as a guide through her early career, but there was no one doing what she was doing in the way she wanted to back then.
The Queen of Pop had “it” from the very beginning. This performance is remarkable for its clarity and strength. Her entire career can be seen within it. That woman was and is a force of nature! #godbless
Truly iconic. Brilliant. She was singing for her life and she knew exactly who she was. The soul in her voice and pitch is so on point. Legendary. I love all madonna eras, every expression and most of her vocal expressions and technique. But In this video, before she got the Evita voice training, and up through Bedtime Stories, I believe was her best voice. Regardless, this video is absolute gold! Thank you.
Oh, you couldn't PAY me to go back to New York in the 80's. So dangerous, so grimy...plus this was 82, when AIDS was starting and the kids in this video (many of whom are surely LGBT+) had no idea what was coming...
I remember being a teen when she started out! So DIFFERENT from everyone! Edgy Kids today wouldn’t understand her talent at that time was ahead of her time! 🎉❤
If I had a Time Machine I would go to Danceteria, NY in the early 80’s. It’s like some of my friends say, I was born in the wrong decade. Actually I was born in the mid 80’s, but ffs I wish I was an adult in the 80’s! The vibes, the music.. everything. Thank goodness videos like this exist! Amazing! Thank you for uploading!
Great performance!! I’m trying to imagine myself as one of the folks in the audience cause a few years later they must of been like I saw her live at a club and only paid cover.
this is the real Madonna voice in 80's, those time there wasn't too much technology like nowadays, well she is a singer who was reinvented herself but she likes to change, even I think it's a good idea to see the past
Yes, years later when she took vocal lessons, she learned how to sing in a lower register. When her first single came out, they dubbed her "Minnie Mouse on helium." Honestly, while it was a big hit, most people thought she'd be a one hit wonder. She proved everyone wrong and was determined to stay relevant.
We saw her in a Parisian club as she pushed past us through the crowd heading to the stage where she sang Lucky Star. She was just breaking, we had heard of her but she wasn't big yet.
Wow I’ve not seen this before. I wasn’t her biggest fan but this performance was incredible and it is very clear from this performance that she was destined to be a global superstar…
This was one of the best spots I used to hang out in the 80’s along with The Ritz, the Cat Club, Studio 54 and my very favorite The Underground . Great memories
Holiday is not bad. But I first heard " Everybody" coming blasting from a jukebox in Honduras. Years later I would put two and two together when my English speaking and writing skills got better. But Madonna's songs are a great way to learn English. Such an amazing ambassador for Anerican culture world wide :) xoxo Madonna forever :)
That is the real Madonna: dynamic, full of energy, ready to dance her heart out, bringing upon the crowd the joy and excitement she feels when performing. All this had been so clear from her first solo single until her last. She is unique, she has always been a bright star
Madonna had recorded other original songs before striking it with Warner/Sire. She had recorded songs when she was with Camille Barbone but since they owned the demos, Madonna could not use them and would be embroiled in a legal battle for decades to finally get the rights. It is true that "Everybody" was her first true commercial hit, but she had always written and recorded music before.. :).
She wasn't seen as a pure vocalist like Whitney, Mariah, Celine, whose gifted vocals could shatter glasses but couldn't dance for *beep*. Madonna was a trained dancer first then the singing came about.
@@gabbyb7347 Whitney, Celine, and Madonna started their careers at about the same time, but Mariah arrived later in 1990. The media had a love-hate relationship with Madonna since the beginning. They tried to pit her against Cyndi Lauper, who was a talented singer but she too, couldn't dance. Madonna could sing but dancing was what she was first trained and excel at. I don't think she was formally trained in songwriting or singing but those talents just came about... after spending endless hours at NYC's dance clubs and collaborating with the right people.
@@minty5121 Cyndi Lauper couldn't dance??? Bullshit !! To even try to compare the 2 is really stupid. Cyndi from a punk rock/ rock a billy background and being 10 years older than Madonna. Madonna wanted fame and didn't care what type of music she put out. Cyndi, fought for creative control of her music. Madonna was busting out albums yearly, Cyndi was putting out albums much slower. Madonnas look was easier to emulate for all the teenage girls where as Cyndis look was harder to copy.
@@tauras665 See Cyndi's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" to Madonna's "Dress You Up" music video or "She Bop" to "Open Your Heart". Umm no, 80's teenage girls copied Madonna's style cause it was relatable. Most teenage girls preferred to look attractive, sexy, and chic NOT silly and goofy 😁.
![Madonna - Everybody (Official Video) [HD]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cOqr_x_9fMc/mqdefault.jpg)
Can you believe that in 2024, 42 years later, we're still listening to this amazing song?
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She deserved all the success she had ….she worked and took risks like no one else
@@wokeisnonsense …i wish I had the money 💰
This performance was, in a way, the genesis of Madonna's career. She was unveiling her new single at Danceteria, the club that was the epicentre of the Dance Music scene in NYC in 1982 and Madonna's stomping ground. Madonna was a fixture at Danceteria for some time before breaking out, and was so well known there that she had a following of copycat girls who dressed and danced like her. This performance was a very important moment for her, finally making the transition from being a dancer in the audience at to the performer on stage at the Danceteria. It's pretty amazing that this milestone was captured so clearly on film.
Very accurate. I was there often around this time and Madonna was also at Danceteria all the time, just hanging out and dancing, sometimes by herself. When it turned out she was actually singing/writing songs AND got a record contract with Sire, a lot other club-goers (myself included) were like "What? How'd that happen?" The rest is history. Amazing.
Thank you for sharing this interesting story
I’m pretty sure one of my uncles were here.
It is actually video tape not film
Her brother Chris (who also was an early backup dancer) said SHE/MADONNA COPIED other peoples styles and claimed them as her own
40 years ago with her whole life and career ahead of her, wow. It's a miracle to see this footage on RUclips, it's priceless.
I love utube for that reason
This was a magical time to be in New York. It was incredibly cheap to live there. Manhattan was filled with artists. Culturally, music, art, fashion, theatre all came together as a life style. We were living it in the East Village. She was expressing that lifestyle. Madonna didn't create it all be herself, she took the best of the iconic styles we were all working on the streets and she was able to show it to the world.
8th Street Playhouse : Rocky Horror !
@@LannieLord Sal Piro!
Madonna says herself that she misses those days of hanging around music artists. New York was da bomb.
a star is born
Wow. This was at a time when many of us thought Madonna was Black. This song and then "Lucky Star" were all over R&B radio stations. I like MANY of Madonna's songs but this one is my favorite. Hearing it is always like stepping into a time machine...
It's true! A lot of people don't realize that. This style of music was a black genre. Madonna was inspired by and looked up to Black musicians and singers, growing up in Detroit. She has good knowledge of Black musicians, and gives credit where it's due. Her first singles (this and Holiday, Lucky Star) were only played in Black radio and then Holiday crossed over. I always liked Black dance music, too, and that's where I heard her. I was surprised when I saw the Holiday video on MTV!
I remember it was a bit before anyone really saw what she looked like. I will never forget when the DJ on the radio said she was white. It was all about this new voice that we were hearing on the radio and the music, raw and real.
I dont understand why people says negative things about her
She is great!
@@cassaleelee Her style of music started in the dance club circuit. It wasn't disco. Disco had a far more simple beat.
@@brigittedors6217 Because she reportedly is not a nice person. But that is typical of very intelligent people. I do think she's very intelligent.
Privileged to see her perform this gem in 2023! She’s STILL doing her thing 💣🔥🙌🏾
She actually sang the hell out of the song here.
She should do this exact performance and open celebration tour with this
I can't believe this footage even exists. Thank you.
X2
You’re welcome
I’ve always loved her, and this early footage brings tears to my eyes ❤
This is history.
Lol at the guy who said, 'Go on girl'!!!
Everyone in the gay community calls each other girl!
Rumor had it it was Allan Manarelli but it's not confirmed...or Joe Jones one of her early lovers...but again not confirmed..🤫😂😂😂
This is one of the best vocal performances of her that I have seen
Her chorus vocal is pre-recorded on the tape along with the music. She’s only singing the intro and verse parts live. You can tell if you listen carefully because a few times the end of her live verse overlaps on the first syllable of her pre-recorded chorus vocal. But I’m a big fan and it’s still a Madonna performance.
At 5:01 she’s even looking away from the microphone with no change or drop in volume to her vocal. There you go.
@@michaelfba2043 Thanks for letting me know! I'm surprised that such an old performance fooled me lol
@@michaelfba2043 I don't think so man, when she's looking away from the mic she's out of breath and the note actually falls flat, then when she turns back around it's sounds better again
Danceteria was a very cool club. Different rooms all with different music.
She already sounded and behave like a professional, seasoned artist.
How many of us can remember her back then...yep we r all oldies!
Lol
Remember her??? THIS IS WHEN SHE WAS AT HER BEST!
Her true grit, drive, determination, rise to superstardom, staying power and legacy will never be duplicated.
Honored to be fan since the start!❤
👏🤗☺️
Your name 😂
Unlike a Virgin, surely not but 😂😂😂. But yeah exactly, I couldn’t agree more with you 💯!!! 🧐😊
Clearly the best dancer up there
From the very beginning she always gave a full performance, The Hit, The Choreography, The Fashion & Charisma a complete package You really got your moneys worth when it came to Madonna
Works works works works works, 40 years later. Madonna works works works works!
Lady M is a powerhouse & long may she reign ⭐️ ❤⭐️❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️⭐️❤️
My God, to have been in the audience that night without having the slightest idea of how profoundly that girl would go on to affect pop culture....
That lame jerk of a guy who introduced her: WTF! Berating the audience with his low energy c’mon! Again- say’ Everybody’ jeez, that’s all ya got ? WHAT!?! GTFO, fool, I’m on the floor howling and cringing HARD at his repellent impotence. Jesus.
A new artist is a new artist. They were all once nobodies.
This Host is so 😎 cool. Madonna went from punk to pop cuz that's where the money is. People like to dance and her music was played in clubs.
Saw this! She was amazing that night. Didn't clock that it was Madonna until I returned to Dublin from NYC in 1984 and that Christmas and all thru 1985 she was all over MTV. Should have known she was heading for megastardom...
So amazing! Jealousy is a bad thing, but I am jealous of you!
How much did a ticket cost to go to Danceteria back in the day?
Cecily Macnamara it took you 2 years to realize the chick you saw back in 82 was who you were seeing on tv in 84? Was she not popular in Dublin?
Madonna got big in Europe with Like a Virgin. That would be 84
Wow, what a story this is.
people in the audience did not know they were watching a legend in the making...or did they
This is fantastic. Her voice is perfect and strong. I miss this Madonna
Well, she's mostly pushing but yeah, this was great.
Madonna was 24 here and is now 64. Nobody is the same after 40 years.
Gotta admit this is an impressive performance!
She literally created herself. She was fully bought in; every endeavor and every performance. You gotta hand it to her.
She did not create herself, she was herself, her true self. Others copied her, but Madonna was never anything but herself.
@@TheSimmpleTruth Hmm, she copied from everyone around her in NYC.
Anyway she's worth approx $850 million ❤
Bla bla Madonna Is an great artist and smart 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡@@TheFabulousLV
@drago - no doubt but she was definitely influenced by her environment. A lot of her influence came from the black, latino, and gay communities. And I am replying to the other poster's comment 🤡!🐷🐽!
I remember being there at Danceteria when Madonna was performing. Me, my brothers and friends use to hangout there a lot. If you remember, they had a kitchen upstairs where you could buy tasty chicken wings. And they had a room with couches and TVs where people would be high and just watch cartoons or MTV loool! And they had stairs that kept going up to complete darkness where people would make out and more then go back to dancing...
Now that sounds like the perfect night out to me. So much what people want. Dancing, live singers, chatting, drinking, eating. Not so much the drugs and sex though.
Reminds of me Medusa's in Chicago. Our version of Danceteria. The suburbanites ruined it eventually. 😂
Super cool wowwy
To the naysayers saying that her voice on this single was pitched higher, here's the evidence live! She does really used to sound like that.
I remember this. Never though I would be watching this some 4o years there. I was there with a fake ID I got on 42nd st. I was only 15.
This is historical. I rank this up there with Michael Jackson’s audition footage for Motown back in 1968. You just knew there was something Speacial. She’s the last of the big 3 left. Michael and Prince are gone. We still have Madonna thank Goodness.
lol
No way Jose
Sorry I'm going to be controversial, feels like we have Madonna but actually we don't. Now it seems she's just relying on cheap shock tactics to stay relevant, what happened to the wealth of creativity & innovation??
When Madonna looked like Madonna. She sounds really good here.
There will NEVER be another Madonna. So raw and so pure and amazing.
How about Lady Gaga
I have respect for Gaga. Think she is a great singer and I love her outspoken love for the gay community. But, Madonna was a trailblazer. She was NOT safe and it was a time when showing support for gays, AIDS victims and strong women was not ok. She was a Neutron Bomb on the musical, cultural and fashion ideas that were acceptable at the time. And it changed everything
Who cares about Gaga? I respect her but this video is about Madonna, I don’t understand why her fans insist so much in creating feuds
Ugh,Gaga is crap compared to Madonna. She's nothing but an ugly, Lazy, weak, self pitying, hyperchondriac - the complete opposite of Madonna.
Andi Apple No, that isn’t Gaga at all. I love Madonna, possibly more than Gaga (as an artist that is), but Gaga herself is a kind and open-minded-she just cares about different social issues than Madonna does (outside of gay rights).
24 year old Madonna was so cute. Adorable 🥰
These dancers are probably now like “I once danced for Madonna.”
If 41 years later watching this I think it's sensational, imagine the audience seeing it for the very first time live.
Live, good pitch, no Auto-Tune BS. Magical.
She sounds amazing
She Ate the microphone in this performance 💥💥💥💥💥
AutoTune was created in the 90's in 96 to be exact.you moved forward quite a bit in time mate.
she IS the American Dream
This is why she became who she is. Who else would choreograph to the last detail their first performance and execute it like that? There's only one queen, and that's Madonna! Happy 35 anniversary, "Everybody"! October 6, 1982-2017
40th anniversary this October now!
@@EthansTarot Let's hope Warner has great things in store in order to celebrate this incredible anniversary!
She didn't really have many dance moves back then as she used this same kind of choreography repeatedly. But she did the smart thing and got good people around her. As she said in some interviews, she didn't know what she was doing and wishes she would've had someone to advise her or someone to look to as a guide through her early career, but there was no one doing what she was doing in the way she wanted to back then.
She had just gotten a record contract. So why wouldn't she pull all the horns?
The Queen of Pop had “it” from the very beginning. This performance is remarkable for its clarity and strength. Her entire career can be seen within it. That woman was and is a force of nature! #godbless
Truly iconic. Brilliant. She was singing for her life and she knew exactly who she was. The soul in her voice and pitch is so on point. Legendary. I love all madonna eras, every expression and most of her vocal expressions and technique. But In this video, before she got the Evita voice training, and up through Bedtime Stories, I believe was her best voice. Regardless, this video is absolute gold! Thank you.
40 years later and she can still hold you captive, SUPERSTAR ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Except now it's because her face looks monstrous.
@@ukmedicfrcs Like she has a condom over it.
@@ukmedicfrcsAlways better of the your lady Gagga rifact with wig
There's something so amazing about watching the beginning of the making of an icon. Just awesome.
To be in NYC in the 1980's!
TheRabidglow It was a lot of fun, but the city was dirty and dangerous
briva Madonna said in an interview that NYC had such an amazing energy.
I was. It was equal parts exhilarating & terrifying.
She did rule the world
Oh, you couldn't PAY me to go back to New York in the 80's. So dangerous, so grimy...plus this was 82, when AIDS was starting and the kids in this video (many of whom are surely LGBT+) had no idea what was coming...
I remember being a teen when she started out! So DIFFERENT from everyone! Edgy
Kids today wouldn’t understand her talent at that time was ahead of her time!
🎉❤
If I had a Time Machine I would go to Danceteria, NY in the early 80’s.
It’s like some of my friends say, I was born in the wrong decade. Actually I was born in the mid 80’s, but ffs I wish I was an adult in the 80’s! The vibes, the music.. everything.
Thank goodness videos like this exist! Amazing! Thank you for uploading!
Great performance!! I’m trying to imagine myself as one of the folks in the audience cause a few years later they must of been like I saw her live at a club and only paid cover.
The Social Media kids will never relate how good original people were.
Word
@@craigwiggins8287 Dope. Hardly anybody start from the ground up anymore.
I was there that night by coincidence! I went up stairs after 3 minutes and stayed on the third floor till 5AM.
That is wild.
this is the real Madonna voice in 80's, those time there wasn't too much technology like nowadays, well she is a singer who was reinvented herself but she likes to change, even I think it's a good idea to see the past
She was changing her voice a lot
voice masquerading
Her voice is captivating
The beginning of a legend and icon. So glad to see this.
Her voice sounds so youthful!
Yes, years later when she took vocal lessons, she learned how to sing in a lower register. When her first single came out, they dubbed her "Minnie Mouse on helium." Honestly, while it was a big hit, most people thought she'd be a one hit wonder. She proved everyone wrong and was determined to stay relevant.
@@pandapeep1148 IMHO, her natural voice sounded stronger/better BEFORE voice lessons ruined it
Wow!! Going over 40 Years Ago✨🔮✨
She changed pop music forever
We saw her in a Parisian club as she pushed past us through the crowd heading to the stage where she sang Lucky Star. She was just breaking, we had heard of her but she wasn't big yet.
Wow I’ve not seen this before. I wasn’t her biggest fan but this performance was incredible and it is very clear from this performance that she was destined to be a global superstar…
Divina❤
This is beautiful to see. Thank gawd for RUclips! ♥
She sounds good live.
You can see glimpses of the future. Amazing!
This was one of the best spots I used to hang out in the 80’s along with The Ritz, the Cat Club, Studio 54 and my very favorite The Underground . Great memories
Bonds NY. ,,,, Electric Circus , Area. how i miss those days
Fun house, peppermint lounge, Roxy's/10-18, palladium, Starbucks disco, china club, Copacabana, le bar bar, Webster hall,
Holiday is not bad. But I first heard " Everybody" coming blasting from a jukebox in Honduras. Years later I would put two and two together when my English speaking and writing skills got better. But Madonna's songs are a great way to learn English. Such an amazing ambassador for Anerican culture world wide :) xoxo Madonna forever :)
Estoy de acuerdo contigo ♥️
She has a beautiful, distinct voice
***** She is beautiful, distinct voice you can recognize anytime.
❤❤❤thank you for posting this. I remember kids in high school seeing her and I was so jealous because I didn’t have a fake id to get into Danceteria!
41 years ago, such happy times and sadly missed 😢
That is the real Madonna: dynamic, full of energy, ready to dance her heart out, bringing upon the crowd the joy and excitement she feels when performing. All this had been so clear from her first solo single until her last. She is unique, she has always been a bright star
So glad I grew up during this time
It was this very song that got my attention before I ever saw her face. I loved this song from the start. And ,she can sing.
MADONNA OWNED THE 80's
I love so much the way her singing with real voice.
Awesome sneak peek of what it was like.
this is freaking awesome! one of her best tracks ever
Ultimate superstar
I remember going to Danceteria in college... amazing club, so creative and innovative! Go Madonna!❤️❤️❤️
This was Madonna's first song ever and a hit it was. You can tell she was going to be a big star back then. She was so different. Love her.
Madonna had recorded other original songs before striking it with Warner/Sire. She had recorded songs when she was with Camille Barbone but since they owned the demos, Madonna could not use them and would be embroiled in a legal battle for decades to finally get the rights. It is true that "Everybody" was her first true commercial hit, but she had always written and recorded music before.. :).
This is why I love RUclips..
Seen her in concert will say this, it's all or nothing ,she pushes her self to the limit ,shes a hard worker
The legend, icon & inspiration! No one is greater!
its fun to see everything at the beginning, when nobody knew what the future held
I lost it when the gay man in the audience says "GO ON GIRL" freaking loved the 80's.😆
Who knew that 5 years later an updated version of this look would appear in the Who's That Girl single music video?.
From these humble beginnings - later would be a global icon. Great Artist.
I was there this night and she was hanging out afterwards with us. Fun night was had by all. I had no idea was was video from that night.
Wow! I hadn't seen this footage. Danceteria was one of the best clubs in NYC in the early 80s. PURE NOSTALGIA
Amazing Madonna 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟
And the rest is history....
Absolutely❤❤❤
She really didn't have a bad voice at all at the time. Why did music critics gave her such a hard time?
She wasn't seen as a pure vocalist like Whitney, Mariah, Celine, whose gifted vocals could shatter glasses but couldn't dance for *beep*. Madonna was a trained dancer first then the singing came about.
@@minty5121 but Mariah, Celine and Whitney didn't even exist in the music scene at the time.
@@gabbyb7347 Whitney, Celine, and Madonna started their careers at about the same time, but Mariah arrived later in 1990. The media had a love-hate relationship with Madonna since the beginning. They tried to pit her against Cyndi Lauper, who was a talented singer but she too, couldn't dance. Madonna could sing but dancing was what she was first trained and excel at. I don't think she was formally trained in songwriting or singing but those talents just came about... after spending endless hours at NYC's dance clubs and collaborating with the right people.
@@minty5121 Cyndi Lauper couldn't dance??? Bullshit !! To even try to compare the 2 is really stupid. Cyndi from a punk rock/ rock a billy background and being 10 years older than Madonna. Madonna wanted fame and didn't care what type of music she put out. Cyndi, fought for creative control of her music. Madonna was busting out albums yearly, Cyndi was putting out albums much slower. Madonnas look was easier to emulate for all the teenage girls where as Cyndis look was harder to copy.
@@tauras665 See Cyndi's "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" to Madonna's "Dress You Up" music video or "She Bop" to "Open Your Heart". Umm no, 80's teenage girls copied Madonna's style cause it was relatable. Most teenage girls preferred to look attractive, sexy, and chic NOT silly and goofy 😁.
saw her at the Ritz and the newer Studio 54 around this time....fell in love with her for many years to come!!!
So cute! Love it 🎉❤🎉❤❤
A star is born
She has something that makes it difficult for you to take your eyes 👀 off her!
this is so cool 1982 in NYC bar! So cool. Thank you for posting this!
This wasn't just any "bar." The Danceteria was a massive 3 story megaclub that was the epicentre of the NYC Dance Music scene in the early 80's.
Amazing it is to watch this.
God Blessed Madonna.
Madonna is special
Many a moment dancing round the lounge singing with my hairbrush absolute ICON 💯 👌
This is gold. I miss her
wow this is RAW live...co cool