Reply to "Swept Away, part III"

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HX: What was your connection with her back in the day?

JD: Back in 1982 I was DJing at Danceteria and Madonna was working in the coatcheck. Mark Kamins was a producer who signed (and produced) both of us.

HX: What did you think of her back then?

JD: She was always brilliant at coming up with these demonic hooks that drove you crazy, like "dance and sing get up and do your thing". I thought she must have sold her soul to the devil because I watched as evil hook after evil hook infected the planet. It was interesting to me though that none of her songs ever seemed to stick in a way that say Bob Dylan's or The Beatles' had. Her songs are huge but then they are gone in a way that say Bob Marley's or The Rolling Stones' will be around forever. I'm not trying to be funny either, I think she is as major as they are. She is definitely the "signpost" to her generation. Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and every vacant NYU student on a cell phone, they are all her spawn.

HX: What do you think of her now?

JD: The whole Kabbalah stuff is fascinating. She just gets better and better as we near the end.

HX: What do you think of her new single and album?

JD: When I first heard the new stuff I thought "Damn! The bitch has done it again". It was like I went to bed with Satan whispering in my ear "time goes by, so slowly... time goes by, so slowly". And yes, I'm playing it. Disco is back!