Is Madonna aging gracefully? You be the judge:

[elehhhhna]

[miss_american_pie]

1. I was afraid this was going to be a leotard picture.

She looks incredibly fit. But I cannot fathom her clothing choices.

To each his own, I guess. :shrug:

[Left Is Write]

14. I was thinking the same thing.

She IS very fit and strong and looks amazing. But I think I've seen her in a leotard once too often. I saw clips from the Grammys and she looked like she should have been at a gymnastics meet.

[applegrove]

22. I'm not a fan of the leotard. I did like her corset & shorts during her

last tour. Female Power suit!

[Squatch]

2. That's a horrible picture...You should check out her new video.

Holy crap...big time MILFage going on there

[Deep13]

5. Yuppers.

Totally MILFeriffic.

[Squatch]

10. She's aging very well

http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,1658,5107842,00.jpg

[patcox2]

20. "Horrible" as in "not edited, lit, and airbrushed."

Of course the video looks good, she controls it, she has perfect makeup, its lit perfectly, shot perfectly, retouched and edited professionally.

This photo is certainly more like what she really looks like.

[Left Is Write]

44. Not really. "Horrible" as in one eye is closed, her mouth looks

like she was maybe in the middle of saying something or starting to say something, and the pose is odd, as if she were snapped while she was moving from one pose to another.

[patcox2]

51. That doesn't excuse the eye surgery, makeup, and boots.

Aging gracefully, to me, means looking like a beautiful 48 year old woman, not looking like a woman who is desperately and unsuccessfully trying to cling to looking like an idealized version of a 20 year old woman when that look itself is unreasonable and artificial.

Women desperately clinging to youth are NEVER graceful, they are sad.

Look at Charlotte Rampling at 50 and 60, thats graceful.

[Left Is Write]

54. I didn't say a word about aging gracefully.

I'm just acknowledging that the picture is an awful one, everything else notwithstanding.

I have no idea if she's had surgery or not.

[genie_weenie]

26. Yikes, Like throwing a hot dog down a hallway...

[tigereye]

3. she has nice arm definition< I suppose

I never know what to think of her. If I had to pick a favorite artist who is able to endlessly reinvent him or herself, and actually have something to say in the process, it would probably be Bowie, not Madonna.

:shrug:

[kay1864]

4. Yeah, that's a lousy picture....

But watch her video (free on Yahoo music) and tell me that this 47-year-old doesn't look good. She does splits and then bends forward at the waist, lying flat on the floor. The woman is in amazing shape, I have to take my hat off to her.

(and you can bet she doesn't carry her infant child in her lap when she's driving...)

[bigwillq]

6. I think she still looks good.

That's not a very flattering pic.

[philosophie_en_rose]

7. She looks like an elderly Sim in a bathing suit.

The waist is too high. She looks like a goth Urkel in drag.

[Brewman_Jax]

8. Very nice, but...

like the above posters, the outfit is not one of her better choices.

She gets the high sign.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. Goldie Hawn is much better looking at 60!

:hi:

[Squatch]

11. Are you kidding?!? She is downright scary.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. She is downright gorgeous....even in tweed, Madonna is a skank.

:hi:

[Deep13]

16. You say "skank" like it's a bad thing.

:evilgrin:

[In_The_Wind]

12. She Is Aging Well!

[Mizmoon]

15. I think she should eat a Twinkie and chill out

she's so freaking hard on herself.

[Bridget Burke]

17. Let's call the "What's Not To Wear" ladies....

Madonna's in fine shape, but that outfit does NOTHING for her.

"Mutton dressed as lamb."

[LynneSin]

18. Madonna looks great for her age but NOT in that picture

First, she's wearing clothes that are waaaay to young for her and even young people wouldn't wear those clothings.

And second - the Farrah-do went out in the 70s, let's not bring it back.

I actually like her new album and the purple leotard is just part of her image, something she changes with every album.

[Susang]

27. I could only hope to look that good when I'm pushing 50

I totally agree with you, she looks great for her age. And since I've never liked the way she's dressed, her latest Karen Lynn Gorney-style outfits only moderately annoy me.

[Misunderestimator]

29. Exactly what I was thinking.

:thumbsup: The hair is the worst part of that pic to me.

[Left Is Write]

45. I don't like the Farrah hair on her either.

Some people can pull it off - Jenny McCarthy, maybe - but it's not flattering on Madonna. I don't think she has the right hair type for it (I know I don't).

[jpgray]

19. The Peter Gabriel riff she stole for her latest single has aged better.

:D

[nytemare]

31. I am trying to figure what PG song it is from.

Was it something of the Security LP? Driving me nuts.

[jpgray]

33. Think "Sledgehammer" and dancing chickens

It's all I can think of when I hear that thing.

[nytemare]

34. Are you talking about "Hung Up", or is there another one out.

I guess it does sound somewhat similar.

[jpgray]

35. Hung Up

It's a -wee- bit different, but the dynamics and general sound are entirely the same. It doesn't piss me off anywhere near as much as Pink ripping off Spirit's "Fresh Garbage." THAT was a fucking travesty.

[formerrepuke]

21. looks like a transvestitite prostie.. and check out the man-hands.

[Misunderestimator]

23. How on earth are those man hands?

Not a great picture, but please... "transvestitite prostie" and "man-hands" Huh?

[patcox2]

52. What about the gorilla arms?

They reach to her knees. Does she have callouses on her knuckles from knuckle-walking? Oh my god, she's a quadraped!

And the eyes, the horror of looking into those eyes.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

53. your comment is icky

[MsUSA]

24. Sorry, she's to skinny......LOL if there IS such a thing.

I think Sheryl Crowe it too. When your clothes just hang on you, I think you're to skinny. Can anyone find that picture of Sheryl Crowe giving out the award at the grammy's please?? Thanks, and then tell me she looks great. NOT. I'm probably just jealous because I've gained 20 pounds from quitting smoking. :cry: :cry: :cry:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

25. why pick the worst picture of her possible?

and yes i think shes aging much better than most of us will.

[Shine]

28. Crappy pix, but yes, ultimately, she's aging VERY well, indeed.

although I think she's letting herself get a bit TOO skinny, imo.

[DS1]

30. Yes

[ernstbass]

32. A female Mick Jagger/ Steven Tyler

[Blue_Tires]

36. two words: high mileage

[Maddy McCall]

37. She's prettier now than she was in the '80s, when I couldn't stand her.

I actually like her. Yes, I think she's aged beautifully. She's got a gorgeous body, a very elegant face--and, best of all, she keeps her children's lives private and doesn't use them as stage props.

I didn't care for Madonna in the 80s, but I guess I kinda like her now days. Yeah, I think she's aged quite gracefully.

[jpgray]

38. I'm the opposite--I think she was cute in the eighties

But she's anything but graceful these days. Did you see her cringe-worthy appearance at the Kabbalah Conference and elsewhere in Israel? When your argyled-out wardrobe is the least tacky thing about your presence, you know there is a problem.

:scared:

Her music was better in the eighties too. :D

[Maddy McCall]

39. I liked "Like a Prayer" and "Papa don't Preach"

but I couldn't stand the boppy tunes like "Like a Virgin" and "Material Girl."

At any rate, she's a brilliant businesswoman, as she's adapted her image many times and still hits the top of the charts.

(I'll add a disclaimer that I was into a much different genre in the 80s. I listened to Black Flag, the Butthole Surfers, the DKs, etc.--I was in my late-teens and early 20s during that decade. :-) )

[jpgray]

40. You were way cooler than me

The eighties for me were about NIN and various metal bands that started with "M." My closest thing to hipster cred as far as my fandom in those days was my appreciation for "Faith No More." :P Granted I was in grade school at the time...

[Maddy McCall]

41. LOL! I have Faith No More in my car's CD player right now.

Listened to it on my commute to work yesterday. My favorite song on that CD is Zombie Eaters, the song from the baby's point of view:

Hey look at me lady,
I'm just a little baby,
Your lucky to have me,
I'm cute and sweet as candy.
As charming as a fable,
I'm innocent and disabled.
So hug me and kiss me,
Then wipe my butt and piss me.


Epic is an AWESOME album. Yeah, I listened to NIN too, and to the Red Hot Chili Peppers...but I just didn't like the songs on the pop charts in the 80s. :D

[Left Is Write]

47. My favorite 80s songs by Madonna were...

"Get Into The Groove" and "Holiday." They remind me of being young and going to dance clubs.

[Maddy McCall]

55. Those songs remind me of the same thing...

the first time I heard "like a virgin" was in a dance club in Baton Rouge.

Other dance club songs I remember--

Caribbean Queen
Me So Horny
Billie Jean
What I Like About You
Let the Music Play
Vacation
Roam

So many more...those were fun times, weren't they?

[Left Is Write]

56. Yes, they were!

Roam and Vacation remain favorites of mine to this day.

[Maddy McCall]

59. I've got my son hooked on the B52s.

He's 12, and he just loves them. Yes, I love Roam.

And remember Bananarama and the Bangles? Pop music in the 80s was pointless, but FUN.
:hi:

[Left Is Write]

60. September Gurls is my favorite Bangles song...

but I enjoy the hits too, like Manic Monday and even Walk Like An Egyptian.

[martymar64]

62. We were at the Beach

Everbody had matching towels
Somebody went under a dock
And there they saw a rock
But it wasn't a rock
IT WAS A ROCK LOBSTER!

[Maddy McCall]

65. Has anybody seen a dog dyed dark green?

:D

[Ellen Forradalom]

42. She needs a wardrobe consultant and a makeover

but with proper attire she'd look great.

[no name no slogan]

43. She looks like a crack ho-- same now as she did then

[graywarrior]

46. Dyan Cannon looks better than all of them and she's 68

[Left Is Write]

48. Goodness knows, we can't all be Dyan Cannon.

Her daughter Jennifer Grant is a little older than I am (she's turning 40 this month), and just as gorgeous as her famous parents...




What the heck. I'd better put in a picture of Cary Grant for good measure. ;)

[graywarrior]

49. Lucky girl to have them as parents.

Course, you know LIW, you are not so bad looking yourself!

[Left Is Write]

57. Aw, thanks graywarrior...

what a nice thing to say. :hug:

[graywarrior]

61. Well, I'm right. So, there.

[Justpat]

50. She hasn't aged as well as Tina Turner n/t

[jane_pippin]

58. Eh. I'm tired of her outfits accentuating her

"assets." (Madonna, honey, I know you have boobies. You don't have to keep bedazzling outlines around them, ok? Thanks.)

And I'm not a fan of her music, but sure. She's aging gracefully enough, other than when she prances about in that pink leotard.

[martymar64]

63. My vote for aging gracefully

is for the wonderful incomperable Bernadette Peters

[Sugarcoated]

64. She looks like she's had plastic surgery in this pic

But in others, I don't think so

[TheBaldyMan]

66. she shouldn't let her daughter's stylist dress them both

IMHO I think she still looks sexy

[bridgit]

67. she is getting a little 'stringy', must be all that bumping & grinding...

:shrug:

[skypilot]

68. Baby Jane Hudson.

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