Madonna Reaction The Virgin Tour (INTRO, DRESS YOU UP, HOLIDAY) | Empress Reacts Part One

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  • @Israelforever14388
    @Israelforever14388 2 роки тому +2

    HOW MUCH I LOVE MADONNA

  • @bufordt.justice6741
    @bufordt.justice6741 4 роки тому +3

    Madonna Like a Boss

  • @FindingMadonna
    @FindingMadonna 4 роки тому +40

    She did put on a little weight after LAV came out - my best theory is that when she finally had some success she was able to finally EAT. She really starved in the early days, living in hostels and eating popcorn and yogurt. She was also a professional dancer so when she gave that up, she probably put on some weight. That said, she started training hard and really transformed into the Madonna we came to know after this tour. Like others have said, wait until you see the "Papa Don't Preach" and "Open Your Heart" videos as well as the Blond Ambition Tour, which was groundbreaking in so many ways.

    • @kristianberg4264
      @kristianberg4264 4 роки тому +11

      Plus, she used to be a professional dancer and gained healthy weight, I just think she looked so beautiful here.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +4

      Ah interesting ‼️More 💲 more carbs 🤑🤣

    • @josen1223
      @josen1223 4 роки тому +3

      I like this thick madonna. Lol

    • @FindingMadonna
      @FindingMadonna 4 роки тому +2

      @@josen1223 Thick Madonna returned for the Bedtime Stories era! And of course MX.

    • @FindingMadonna
      @FindingMadonna 3 роки тому

      @First Last Same. She isn't hurting anyone so whatever but it's a little disappointing how wacky she's gotten. I guess if she's happy....

  • @jaimecorona9430
    @jaimecorona9430 4 роки тому +29

    I've watched this concert a billionth times and it's still my all time favorite, the Queen on the verge of becoming an Icon!!!!!

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      🔥🔥🔥

    • @raysurx2010
      @raysurx2010 2 роки тому

      @@EmpressReacts No one like her! I'm a hard rocker, but Loved Madonna! Dayum she was just so hot! What a performer!

  • @mattvarnish100
    @mattvarnish100 4 роки тому +29

    In terms of her voice, worth noting she is literally jumping around almost every second of the performance - especially holiday. Singing full out while basically doing aerobics.

    • @tomrobinsondc
      @tomrobinsondc 4 роки тому +8

      Agree 💯. And I live for the dancing! So does the crowd, because you can hear them when she starts. But the vocals are surprisingly good for all that moving around. In fact, as a dancer, I think Madonna would find it difficult to just stand and sing.

    • @Marc-zi5cq
      @Marc-zi5cq 4 роки тому +9

      And she's live 100%, no pre recorded things for the chorus, she's singing and dancing the whole time 100%. What you see is what you get.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      True 💯

    • @PsychicMedium4747
      @PsychicMedium4747 4 роки тому +2

      Exactly... you are going to sound out of breath if you are dancing 💃

  • @Honey-bh2jh
    @Honey-bh2jh 4 роки тому +23

    omg this was fantastic! i never got to see her live so this is all new to me too! thank you Empress! i love this madonna journey ❤️❤️❤️

  • @danielhennessey4282
    @danielhennessey4282 4 роки тому +32

    Girl wait until you hit confessions tour. Best tour of all time.

    • @BJcatq
      @BJcatq 4 роки тому +6

      agreed! My favorite concert, The Confession Tour. She looked and sounded her best. A masterpiece from start to finish! 💛

    • @Gholden1972
      @Gholden1972 4 роки тому +7

      The night is young, and the show has just begun...

    • @motiv8torcrew
      @motiv8torcrew 4 роки тому +2

      I cant wait for her to see that.

    • @jhoang861
      @jhoang861 4 роки тому +3

      not arguing with you one bit but i’ve been to Confession and Blonde Ambition tour and hands down for me, Blonde Ambition was AMAZING!! Second was Confession ✌️

    • @JUSAGUYNKY
      @JUSAGUYNKY 4 роки тому +3

      ALL THE TOURS!!

  • @Truthteller58-z3c
    @Truthteller58-z3c 4 роки тому +7

    This is one of her best concerts because she is really singing live no autotune nor backing song no lip lynched and u hear the live instruments and she still knows how to dance and sing which is very difficult to do in her later concerts she uses backing vocals and music while she dance she started to do this after the drowned world tour my favorite are her 80's and 90's concerts and early 2000 Rebel Hart tour is her is her worst she lack energy also in madame X tour she has slowed down on her dancing .

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      Interesting i mean she's older now, so i can understand her not having the ability to dance like she used to

  • @Vertigotheatre1
    @Vertigotheatre1 4 роки тому +8

    Her professional dance training comes out more and more with each tour. Her movements and lines are always beautiful

  • @solarflaresoftruth
    @solarflaresoftruth 4 роки тому +14

    The opening sequence was recorded for the VHS release. It came out in late 1985, and so Madonna was already in Gloria Tatlock mode for Shanghai Surprise. It’s the same hair she’d also reveal and showcase more widely with the video for Live To Tell a few months later.
    Madonna’s makeup is unusual. I think they just did heavy makeup because they wanted her to pop on stage. She’s very small and so I imagine they were trying to highlight her features. It clearly didn’t translate to film, and I guess you have to consider that waterproofing wasn’t as mainstream in those days! Another strange move on the part of WB was that they cut Angel, Borderline, and Burning Up. The concert should have been 85 minutes in length from start to finish; the VHS clocks in at under an hour! 😳 It was never reissued on DVD, Blu-Ray or digitally! 🤷🏻 I didn’t get my own copy of the tour until it came on tv and I recorded it on the VCR. Amazing how outdated that technology is now! We thought we were ballers! 😂💛 So funny you think Madonna’s style is Full House! Everyone wanted to be Madonna! Her image became ubiquitous, and then she cut all her hair off, get ultra lean and fit, and never looked back! People still thought of Madonna as she was here four years later, long after she’d reinvented herself a good few times. The old skool Madonna look had legs!

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +3

      🤣🤣its the color of it all and the wannabes that remind me of full house. And wow im surprised WB didn't release this on DVD back in the day, sounds like the fandom would've bought this up. Also what is Shanghai Surprise?

    • @solarflaresoftruth
      @solarflaresoftruth 4 роки тому +2

      @@EmpressReacts SS was the film she made with her then husband Sean Penn. As for WB, there are endless questions regarding their marketing strategy that you’ll encounter on the journey!

    • @aleben6009
      @aleben6009 3 роки тому

      Virgin tour was recorded in laser disc. If you see the quality is very good.

  • @ickvf
    @ickvf 4 роки тому +4

    Btw her grandma was indeed in the audience that night ! She gave her a shout out:)

  • @blakey2408
    @blakey2408 4 роки тому +8

    🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 yayyyyyyy!!! The opening was recorded in the 80’s for the VHS release but you’re right, she does look very “Vogue”.... She went blonde just before she started filming the movie “Shanghai Surprise” with then husband Sean Penn and executive producer George Harrison.
    Brings back memories of learning all the dance routines aged 4 😂 Still makes me laugh “Holiday, get up out of your seats, Celebrate, that goes for you too grandma”!! You’ll notice that Holiday suddenly ends... or has it!? 😉
    Madonna wasn’t pregnant she was just content and eating well for a change. Critics were saying that she was chubby and she soon went on to a gruelling running/workouts... madness... she looked 🔥🔥🔥This tour you just can’t help but smile and dance and it was so lovely to see it having the same effect on you ❤️ I just know that you’re going to fall in love with “Into The Groove” & “Everybody” even more after watching them on this tour.

    • @Honey-bh2jh
      @Honey-bh2jh 4 роки тому +9

      makes me sad that people were criticizing her weight at that time. she looks awesome as is.

    • @blakey2408
      @blakey2408 4 роки тому +7

      @@Honey-bh2jh me too... what makes me even more sad is that 35 years on, young girls are still constantly being criticised about their weight and looks and not just in the industry... luckily Madonna didn’t have to deal with social media on top of the media! ☹️

    • @alfaduko
      @alfaduko 4 роки тому +4

      Hahaha I remember going to see Shanghai Surprise at the cinema and they showed Dress You Up live before the movie 🍿

    • @tomrobinsondc
      @tomrobinsondc 4 роки тому +7

      I ❤️❤️❤️ that Holiday literally gets frozen in time while M talks up the crowd. And then the choreo literally jumps back to life. The redux revs up the whole performance to another level. I noticed that Empress stopped the video and I was screaming 😱 at my phone “Wait, there’s more! Don’t stop!” 😂

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +2

      So you just answered my question i had for someone else 🤣 so this shanghai is a movie - okay dang she was making movies 🤣 and i think this was a good weight her clothes fit her well

  • @bonsai4joe
    @bonsai4joe 4 роки тому +16

    It's so common now, but you have to know having a performer both sing and dance on stage for an entire concert was so rare at this time. Most singers either stood, pranced or flailed around on stage because singers weren't dancers. Only Michael Jackson could compare. Madonna set the mold for all future female singers

  • @sirex02
    @sirex02 4 роки тому +8

    Awww Shit! Madonna feelin herself full and fed after them checks started coming in. Seriously though she mentioned during interviews later on that at this very point she knew she had made it. Playing Detroit her home town. She truly felt like the home coming queen. Thick, all singing all dancing. Her tours will get more complex and she would become a leaner and more focus performer...with a message. But baby phat Madonna will always be my favorite. Turn up!

  • @duane_313
    @duane_313 4 роки тому +6

    And yeah, the intro was filmed towards end of 85. The concert was in May. This VHS came out in November. She getting ready to change looks to True Blue era. More polished, refined and platinum blonde. 🙄 Less kool imo lol but yeah 😌

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      🤣🤣dang im prolly gonna feel the same way

  • @timothyertz
    @timothyertz 4 роки тому +15

    Hi Empress, I don't expect you to remember, but I detailed my Virgin Tour experience for you in another video. I was 13 and it was amazing. But I want to point out the audience. No cell phones! Notice that everyone was in the moment and enjoying the performance. I miss that. But you are right about her appearance. From the VMAs in 1984 to the Virgin Tour in 1985, Madonna had a fuller figure. I thought she looked beautiful and glamorous. After this era, she started her fitness regimen, and by the time the second video (Open Your Heart) for the next album (True Blue) came out, she had transformed into the thin, muscular Madonna that we've known for decades. It wasn't until after the birth of her first daughter in 1996, that we would see a voluptuous Madonna. She appeared at the 54th Golden Globe Awards in January 1997 in a Dolce & Gabbana gown that highlighted her post-partum body. She looked spectacular!

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      Yep i remember the night of the concert experience 🥰 And wow true, everyone was paying attention 🤯 crazy 🤣🤣.

  • @rickjansson4391
    @rickjansson4391 4 роки тому +8

    Saw this concert in college. Lol!

  • @tomrobinsondc
    @tomrobinsondc 4 роки тому +7

    Moment #1: Madonna does the dab 3x for her entrance... 30 years before the dab goes viral. Epic!

    • @graphiquejack
      @graphiquejack 4 роки тому +2

      that's true... she did the first dabs and the first selfie in DSS

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣 wow that was a slick dab

  • @joshuas8258
    @joshuas8258 4 роки тому +14

    You’re still watching Madonna the pop star. With her next album True Blue she started becoming Madonna the artist. Never been a huge fan of the LAV era or tour. Stay with your journey bc Madonna ups her game and art and gets MUCH better.

  • @kristianberg4264
    @kristianberg4264 4 роки тому +16

    So happy you’re on this tour. No, actually back then the tabloids used to make fun of her weight, and call her chubby, they were ruthless, hence her life long devotion to exercise. Fun facts: the paisley outfits were designed by Prince and this was filmed in her hometown of Detroit with her father in the audience. ;)

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      Oh wow? Prince designed for Madonna? Madonna was fat shamed? 🤣What? This is the only time I've noticed her looking different? Is it during this tour it happened or before?

    • @duane_313
      @duane_313 4 роки тому +2

      Her whole families in the audience. When she said "That goes for you too Geandma!" At the start of holiday she wasn't kidding lol

    • @duane_313
      @duane_313 4 роки тому +2

      They must've had a really diffrent idea of what was considered chubby back then. Cuz I don't see it 🤷🏿‍♂️ lol but yeah she definitely toned up her body after this tour. I'd never consider her thic tho

    • @graphiquejack
      @graphiquejack 4 роки тому +3

      @@EmpressReacts yup... I remember everyone commenting on her round belly and her showing off her belly button was such a news item like it was so scandalous. Some were saying it was great to show a not perfect body for young girls so they didn't think you had to be model thin to be pretty... others in the media were just really nasty. But Madonna has always been given a rough time in the press. What male artist would ever get so much criticism for what they wore? Not David Bowie, not Elton, not Mick Jagger, not Prince... no one. The sexism she faced all her career was brutal.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +2

      @@graphiquejack ppl were just hating on madonna str8t up💯

  • @dakstarky
    @dakstarky 4 роки тому +5

    I use to wake up at 6am when my parents went to work and watch this concert over and over again .I learned all the dances and still can recite the spoken word parts 'that goes for you too grandma" lol made me laugh cause I say that all the time 🤣... looking back knowing what's coming for your journey is exciting...

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      🤣 that's so 🆒️. Was she talking to her real grandma since she was in Detroit?

    • @dakstarky
      @dakstarky 4 роки тому +1

      @@EmpressReacts i think she was, her family always comes to her shows.. you'll see some of them when you watch her documentary 'Truth or dare' but that came out after like a prayer the album so you have a while for that one if you wait to watch it in order which I recommend because its better to see them in order to see the progression as an artist and performer.

  • @duane_313
    @duane_313 4 роки тому +4

    Lol Empress gave us a Holiday cliff hanger y'all 🤣

  • @darnell49
    @darnell49 4 роки тому +3

    This was the last of THICKDONNA. Yes the epitome of the 80's. Those dancer's hips were not lying on Dress You Up. You can peep the future Madonna in this first tour.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      🤣🤣🤣 yaaaas boys and THICKDONNA had a booty go awf ‼️🤣

  • @oceanlover3530
    @oceanlover3530 4 роки тому +12

    Front row seats! Lol. This was fun high energy. It always amazes me that these artists can jump around on stage to that extent and still have breath left to pump out some lyrics. It’s seriously not easy to do. I never really paid attention to the weight thing, but I guess you’re right. I kinda like her a little thick. She got a little too toned up at times in her career. It was fun to hear these songs live with you Empress! And, yeah, I’ve always liked that jacket too!
    ✌🏻🙂✌🏻

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      Right! That jacket is 🔥🔥🔥 and i like the weight too

  • @JohnJohn-xw8kj
    @JohnJohn-xw8kj 4 роки тому +5

    Wait to you see the transformation for the Papa Dont Preach video.

  • @jasonstrader3942
    @jasonstrader3942 4 роки тому +5

    You are witnessing the moments of an explosion, this outfit , the fingerless gloves caused a craze in the 80s. Girls who loved Madonna, copied her look it was crazy, the plastic brackets, earrings, necklaces, etc. This tour was so simplistic, but I still watch it from time to time and still love it. Classic Madonna! I agree with a comment below, I think the girl was thinking "FINALLY" some real food. I am so enjoying watching you take this journey and sharing it with us all. It truly has been a lot of fun and I can't wait for you to discover more of her catalog. One thing I will say about Madonna is that she always takes you on a journey with her tours, not only are you getting a different sound at times to her songs, but you have to watch her, those dance moves etc. The girl is singing and dancing at the same time. I have totally respect for her, to have a career in a cut throat industry for as long as she has is pretty amazing!

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      Yep, i only have respect💯💯 can't wait to continue the journey

  • @raysurx2010
    @raysurx2010 2 роки тому +2

    OMG! Thank you for doing this great video combo! I get chills watching this! This was my favorite video of her tour, it just captures the essence of Madonna! The musicians are awesome and dancers as well, and the beat is spot on! And like someone mentioned Madonna's dance moves are landmarks in History! She was a culture changer, how many young teens, older teens and mid 20's girls became Madonna clones! I'm more of a rock fan, but hell Madonna just knew how to capture an audience and I loved her her songs and her moves! Can't say enough! I've played this back like 5 times in a row, using my digital surround sound so the whole neighborhood can hear it! Damn those were some great times back then!

  • @edwardhannah
    @edwardhannah 4 роки тому +10

    Her first major American tour and she kills it. I loved the guy dancers and you should really react to when she performed at Live Aid with Michael and Lyndon to back her up.

    • @tomrobinsondc
      @tomrobinsondc 4 роки тому +3

      Yes! Obsessed with her backup dancers 🕺💃🕺They complement her energy, not just physically, but also in a feminine/masculine sort of dynamic as M really benefits when she is surrounded and supported by men (male energy) to play off her femininity (female energy). I’m always amazed at how in sync they are with the choreo. It’s not difficult, but it just flows so naturally with the music. Have always ❤️watching that staggered side slide in the middle of Holiday... that move must have a name because it is just so ICONIC to Madonna.
      Empress, don’t forget to react to the Live Aid performance of this as well (please?).

    • @Gholden1972
      @Gholden1972 4 роки тому +2

      Michael was in the Material Girl vid

    • @tomrobinsondc
      @tomrobinsondc 4 роки тому +3

      @@Gholden1972 Yup, Michael Perea. Looks for days and totally Madonna’s type (though I’m “guessing” he was gay). He started off as Cher’s backup dancer for many years and can also be seen in MJ’s Smooth Criminal and Lionel Richie’s Dancing on the Ceiling. Passed away in 1989 much too soon. 🥲

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      Michael and Lyndon? The two dancers? I'm def gonna check it out🥰

  • @Jacob-nl2ct
    @Jacob-nl2ct 4 роки тому +1

    LOOKS SO GORGEOUS,
    THE ONE & ONLY,
    QUEEN OF POP,
    MEGARTIST,
    M.A.D.O.N.N.A 🔝🥇🔝

  • @onedogloko
    @onedogloko 4 роки тому +6

    She just looked so beautiful when she was young 💙

  • @sashabertold3731
    @sashabertold3731 4 роки тому +3

    I still have the Virgin Tour somewhere on a VHS tape....
    Fond memories!!!

  • @alfaduko
    @alfaduko 4 роки тому +13

    ‘Oh yeah’ 80’s carbs...sexy as. Geez I’m partial to a tambourine. Madonna and a live band is a pure treat, she sounds great, holding her own. Her choreography draws me in every time. It’s a joy watching her image evolve. One thing with Madonna.....she never chased her phenomenon, she did what she did then moved on to something else.....like a brand new artist, logo or collection...but I digress.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      Interesting...sounds like she knew when to stop riding a wave

  • @HaydenYouTube
    @HaydenYouTube 4 роки тому +4

    I've never watched this tour. Excited to watch it with you for the first time!

  • @Joelsellers29
    @Joelsellers29 4 роки тому +11

    She wasn't pregnant, that I know of, but I do know that she started working out more around this time. And, she becomes a working out fanatic.
    And, it's definitely an 80s concert, but it's the first step in that evolution of her career as well. Her third one set the standard for tours even years later.

  • @andreww3225
    @andreww3225 4 роки тому +3

    Oh no you cut holiday to early! 😉 Great reaction as usual!! 😍 one of my fav tours... raw 80s pop.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      🤣yeah checkout pt 2 🤣 i didn't know

  • @themindfulwitch996
    @themindfulwitch996 4 роки тому +4

    So happy that the tour reactions have started! Yes Madonna is a little larger than we are used to her looking in the years that follow which contributes to her looking a bit different here. I wouldn't consider her overweight by any means but not as lean and athletic looking as she becomes later. I think also the exaggerated eye makeup and the thicker brows also add to her different aesthetic in this era. Madonna has naturally thick bushy eyebrows and this was before she really went for a thinner and at times lighter brow based on what hair color she was rocking at the time. I'm loving going along on this journey with you and your other subscribers! Thanks for adding some lighthearted fun to my days. Take care.

  • @francoisn
    @francoisn 4 роки тому +2

    A big round of applause...👏👏👏👏

  • @MissAngie25
    @MissAngie25 4 роки тому +3

    Oh my god, I can’t wait for you to see her Blond Ambition Tour, the evolution is unreal.

  • @leonardcruz6390
    @leonardcruz6390 3 роки тому

    MADONNA IS ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT STAGE PERFORMERS OF ALL TIME. She brought a lot of fun soul and life to her music. I went to see her live performance in S.F. and she blew it up. You wanted to jump up and start dancing. Back in those days going to the clubs, girls dressing up, and dancing all night long was it. The 70s,80s, 90s were the best club days. All I can say is different times, eras, genres that will never happen again. Oh well, that's life.

  • @Icon4life2
    @Icon4life2 4 роки тому +5

    LOVE IT! I love this tour so much! It's still one of my favorites of hers. The look, the songs, the energy, and she sounded great too. So early in her career and we didn't know what we were in store for. She will go on to become one of the GREATEST live performers we have seen. Period. Her tours are an extravaganza. An event. Many other concerts pale in comparison, and I have been to many. This woman works her ass off and doesn't get the credit she deserves for her singing and musical abilities. I love Into the Groove, Dress You Up, Crazy For You, Holiday and Angel off this tour. Sadly Angel, Boderline, and Burning Up were left off the home video release. Never knew why. I hope it gets released in full one day on Blu Ray!

    • @Icon4life2
      @Icon4life2 4 роки тому

      @Pray ForMe amen. Preach. Lol

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +2

      Wow surprised it hasn't! Seems like something that would make 💰

    • @Icon4life2
      @Icon4life2 4 роки тому +1

      @@EmpressReacts exactly! Hardcore fans like me have been wanting it for years. Lol

  • @adambensouda5886
    @adambensouda5886 4 роки тому +6

    Did you notice her dabbing!

    • @Gholden1972
      @Gholden1972 4 роки тому +2

      Haha. I guess technically she created it?! Never thought of it that way.

    • @terrystorey
      @terrystorey 4 роки тому

      She was also the first one to twerk when she sang Sooner or Later at the Oscars. She does it as she's walking of stage.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      🤣🤣 not til yall mentioned it. Madonna - the dabbing pioneer 🤣

  • @arveycito1
    @arveycito1 4 роки тому +12

    "She can't sing" the critics after attending one of her concerts,"We love her" the fans!!!

    • @graphiquejack
      @graphiquejack 4 роки тому +4

      I remember in the famous Time magazine cover article "Madonna: Why She's Hot" one of her band members said that when she stops Holiday and then starts it again a capella, she was always on key and he marveled at how difficult that is. I think she's always been underrated as a singer. She doesn't have the range or power of someone like Mariah, Whitney or Celine, however she's still a good singer and is just as good as any other mainstream pop singer. Again, why is she compared to singers like Mariah when male rock/pop stars are never compared to 'great' singers like a classic tenor, for example? Is Paul McCartney on the same level vocally as Pavarotti? No. I remember Janet mocking Madonna at one point and I was like, bitch, step down. Janet is a great dancer and I like a lot of her music, but as a singer, her voice is thin and reedy with absolutely zero range. Madonna has a lot more emotive quality to her voice and more range.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣 madonna isn't the best singer and that's part of her appeal

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      @@graphiquejack 🤣🤣🤣they both have their strength and weaknesses.

    • @tomrobinsondc
      @tomrobinsondc 4 роки тому +1

      @@graphiquejack I have been to both Madonna and Janet concerts. They both have great songs. But the visual spectacle of a Madonna concert is unmatched in my opinion. It’s not just the singing, it’s the visuals, the dancing, the backup dancers, the talking to her fans, the MESSAGE and inspiration that separates a Madonna concert from all others.

    • @tomrobinsondc
      @tomrobinsondc 4 роки тому +1

      @@graphiquejack I ❤️ hearing the part about how she restarts Holiday totally in tune. And the choreo is also in sync as well!

  • @rebelheartcr8599
    @rebelheartcr8599 4 роки тому +3

    I'm being spoiled. First Kate Bush and now Madonna's Virgin Tour. This is so cool!!! I can't wait for Part 2!!

  • @MyMadonna12
    @MyMadonna12 4 роки тому +2

    The queen!!

  • @TheMike_I
    @TheMike_I 4 роки тому +5

    I haven’t watched this concert in a long time, but I still have my copy on VHS 😎

    • @duane_313
      @duane_313 4 роки тому +1

      I got the vhs too! My favorite concert! I'll never get tired of it!

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      🆒️😎

  • @Truthteller58-z3c
    @Truthteller58-z3c 4 роки тому +2

    This is one of her concerts where she dances a lot more I mean street dancing than she did on her other tours this tour is more about her dance abilities than her just showing off and having a great stage production that is why this is my favorite tour of hers it was very RAW and in your face .

  • @duane_313
    @duane_313 4 роки тому +5

    This is so exciting! I've seen this concert a billion times but watching on this journey with you just makes it feel so LIVE!!!! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      TURN UP‼️ Madonna girl we in the building 🤣🤣

  • @alexandreferraz8812
    @alexandreferraz8812 4 роки тому +4

    I’m loving your Madonna journey !!!!!

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      Glad you're enjoying ‼️ its 🔥🔥🔥

  • @jonchields561
    @jonchields561 4 роки тому +4

    Would love to go to a concert with you Empress!!!

  • @peterroberts7684
    @peterroberts7684 2 роки тому +2

    I believe the intro,was Madonna doing an impersonation of a Hollywood golden era actress from the 30’s 40’s era,you know like from those old black and white movies.....I believe they call it performance Art...Good Observation...Always an Excellent reaction,because you see the little nuances of an Artist..Madonna is still very influential,you see that in artists as varied as Lady Gaga and Doja Cat👍👍👍👍👍Empress!!!

  • @blueeyes4910
    @blueeyes4910 4 роки тому +2

    yeah finally this reaction

  • @mizwilsontoyou1046
    @mizwilsontoyou1046 4 роки тому +5

    This brings back so many memories!!!

  • @tapanim6576
    @tapanim6576 4 роки тому +3

    This is soooo good. Madonna looks beautiful. Love it.

  • @tomrobinsondc
    @tomrobinsondc 4 роки тому +6

    I thought M’s eye makeup was too heavy at first. But I’ve actually grown to like it. I think it might be because it’s a huge concert arena and it all had to be “extra” due to the setting? That heavy mascara was an 80s thing though...

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      Nah im not feeling 🤣 it took away from her looks imo

    • @tomrobinsondc
      @tomrobinsondc 4 роки тому +2

      @@EmpressReacts LOL. It’s a bit of a raccoon look, right? But I knew plenty of girls in college at that time that applied tons of mascara just like that.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      @@tomrobinsondc 🤣🤣😂 no girls

  • @oscardelgado1075
    @oscardelgado1075 4 місяці тому +1

    ❤that jacket so iconic

  • @briandubois-gilbert8182
    @briandubois-gilbert8182 3 роки тому +1

    Great to see your reaction to her first concert tour-and it was a tour de force. She dazzled with her hit songs, her charisma, sensuous appeal, her dance moves, her energy and her fashion look that set a trend among girls then (the Madonna Wannabes). Appreciate you sharing your journey through Madonna’s iconic artistry.

  • @alxmrjr288
    @alxmrjr288 7 місяців тому +1

    This is the more Madonna Madonna

  • @amoh5
    @amoh5 3 роки тому

    She's got some catchy tunes, some clever music writing

  • @rogerrs18
    @rogerrs18 4 роки тому +3

    Yasss more more Virgin tour !!!

  • @DiogenesDecibel
    @DiogenesDecibel 3 роки тому +1

    I'm so glad you caught this. ;) Also, fun fact: Beastie Boys were the opening act for this tour. 😘

  • @PNWOlygurl66
    @PNWOlygurl66 Рік тому +1

    I love her!❤️

  • @TeeJay8080
    @TeeJay8080 Рік тому +1

    This still is 🔥🔥🔥🔥 to this day

  • @oscardelgado1075
    @oscardelgado1075 4 роки тому +3

    I love how this concert sounds, I mean in the 80s the music concerts in general sounds so live so real, you can perceive all the instruments for separate, vocals, etc.. not how nowadays because all the music is recorded and plays program music, I do not how explain but you all know what I mean

  • @ernestgutierrez6428
    @ernestgutierrez6428 4 роки тому +9

    The press called her fat at this period ( which she was not IMO) and it affected her so much she lost so much weight and probably went to far in the years after

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      Oh wow! Crazy. But its still like that. Some ppl think a certain weight is fat while others think its normal 😔 everybody still has their own standards but the "curvy" body is more accepted in mainstream media today

    • @ernestgutierrez6428
      @ernestgutierrez6428 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah. I thought she looked perfectly healthy in 85. U should see how she looks in 87. Major changes. Keep up the good work 🙏🏻

  • @maiph05
    @maiph05 4 роки тому +6

    Madonna’s once favorite brother Chris (later enemy) detailed this in his tell-all book (he was her backstage costume change). He said after 3 songs she would fly backstage totally winded from the big vocal demands coupled with non stop dancing. She trimmed off the extra lbs to give an even more streamlined look and cleaner performance going forward. And it glammed up her image too.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      🤣🤣 dang enemy - what Christopher did? 🤣 Was it you who sent me the link to his audiobook?🤣🤣 I gotta listen cause he's not lying Madonna was winded 🤣

  • @AppleCinnamon1
    @AppleCinnamon1 3 місяці тому

    When Queen of Universe firmly landed on earth. This and Nothing Really matters in Celebration tour are the best tour openings ever. This one was like a thunderstorm. Nothing really matters was reflective and biblical.

  • @Gholden1972
    @Gholden1972 4 роки тому +9

    I saw this concert on video tape so many times as a kid. Haha. I loved the extra lyrics on dress you up, the choreography and just check out that crowd!!! All those kids and teens. I love how her crowd became more diverse after this tour - white, Latino, black, straight, LGTBQ. Nothing fancy here - just raw giving to the crowd.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      🤣 yeah all i see is DJ and Kimmy ib the crowd aaaand yaaaas to those extra lyrics 🔥🔥🔥

  • @JoeyGarcia.
    @JoeyGarcia. 4 роки тому +3

    Glad your enjoying it😀 amazing she can still carry a tune and all of that dancing!!

  • @4_to_the_floor
    @4_to_the_floor 3 роки тому +1

    I adore your authentic reactions to Madonna. You can see the pride and appreciation in your facial expressions and commentary for another woman making her own decisions, money, and art! Kudos! Another Madonna fan on board I suspect? Keep them reactions coming - entertaining, great job!

  • @theKarstenR
    @theKarstenR 4 роки тому +5

    Once you're finished with this concert you should move on to her full Live Aid performance, which took place before the release of her next album True Blue.

  • @JUSAGUYNKY
    @JUSAGUYNKY 4 роки тому +3

    4:44 LOVE THAT PAUSE!! May go to the tour and make that my FB wallpaper

  • @Mercury6_
    @Mercury6_ 3 роки тому +1

    I know you’ve heard this before but your awareness of pop culture history is so refreshing. “Dropped off at the mall” lol too funny and too accurate

  • @jackvornberg8076
    @jackvornberg8076 4 роки тому +5

    Empress, I knew you would get to this! I had this concert on VHS tape, that's how old I am. This video is taped in Detroit (May, 1985). I saw the show in Chicago one week earlier...It was the bomb! Do they still say that? Oh, well. Another video from this is Into The Groove.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      Gotta take the "the" out. Just say 💣🤣

    • @jackvornberg8076
      @jackvornberg8076 4 роки тому +1

      @@EmpressReacts I said I was old! HAHA. Part two is my favorite Into The Groove.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      @@jackvornberg8076 🤣🤣🤣😘

  • @jevonica
    @jevonica 4 роки тому +3

    I’m excited for you! This is it! The beginning, and she slayed it! She set the bar!

  • @lamarbrown619
    @lamarbrown619 3 роки тому

    Born in 79 Madonna was Dabbin before Dabbing was in style👀✅She was Trend setter for reals❤️

  • @TBossK
    @TBossK 4 роки тому +2

    Loved your review! Can’t wait for part two! The guy on the guitar was so damn cute! 😍

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      😇🥰 thanx and yeah he was slick cute 😎

  • @markr.devereux3385
    @markr.devereux3385 2 роки тому +1

    My friends a couple attended said concert tour in SAN DIEGO. Much anticipated I imagine. They reviewed the 1985 madonna for me . I remember them remarking she wasn't much of a dancer pretty stiff. Rick said she only has room for improvement and he expected her to get much bigger. She forgot to wear her corset on the outside of her dress.

  • @jeremympage5016
    @jeremympage5016 Рік тому +1

    Dress you up, this version the concert became the official music video in July 1985 on MTV , Vh1, and B.E.T, that's when these networks had Music videos. LoL🤣

  • @jareds2273
    @jareds2273 4 роки тому +2

    Looks like our Empress GOT TO IT!!! And yes Madonna was a little bit thicker on this tour.

  • @Vertigotheatre1
    @Vertigotheatre1 4 роки тому +8

    I think her vocals are great considering she just doesn't stop moving.

  • @walterhigo7658
    @walterhigo7658 4 роки тому +4

    Yes she was a little bit "chubby" here, but this the ONLY concert tour where you get to see "Chubby Madonna". This tour made her a GLOBAL SUPERSTAR (Not the Queen yet, that came later) but a world wide success, and after this her career simply EXPLODED and I guess she decided then to start working even harder in order to maintain that level of success and that included her fitness as well.

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      She looked good at this weight imo

    • @walterhigo7658
      @walterhigo7658 4 роки тому +2

      @@EmpressReacts
      Yes, she looked good to me too. It was the press at the time (as I remember it) that said she was a bit over weight. Never the less, after this Madonna transformed her career, her looks and her fitness. From this point on she acquired an athletic look.

  • @waynesardana5329
    @waynesardana5329 4 роки тому +3

    This is what I have been waiting for. And another here on the virgin tour is Everybody and crazy for you are also my favorite. thank you very very much Miss Empress.

  • @alfaduko
    @alfaduko 4 роки тому +1

    Interesting to hear you talk about her vocals and breath control

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому +1

      🤣im always gonna talk about them vocaaals 🤣

  • @tizianotorcasio6046
    @tizianotorcasio6046 4 роки тому +3

    Dear Empress,
    Here we are with the first tour. Yesss so glad to live It with you. Nice reactions as always.
    But...ehm... holiday wasn't finished there 😅 just an interruption eheh
    Please don't cut the end of the song 🥺
    Love you Empress ❤️

  • @magliceldasturgess4023
    @magliceldasturgess4023 2 роки тому +1

    Madonna and her emoji

  • @muse9050
    @muse9050 4 роки тому +1

    Haha.. I have waited for this moment.. am actually excited to see you watch this concert and I'm experiencing it again with/through you this is fantastic. The intro is the original intro from 1985.. xx
    Loved your reaction...when u start it again start it in the exact same spot you stopped she breaks down and tells the audience why xx it's her home town(ish)

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      🤣🤣yeah i didn't know. Checkout Pt 2

  • @jonevan580
    @jonevan580 4 роки тому +2

    ‘Dress you up’ was the first single I ever bought when I was like 9 yrs old. I still have it in my old vinyl collection.....lol

  • @ms.b9093
    @ms.b9093 Рік тому +1

    No one was doing anything like this at the time except Michael Jackson! All other female singers just walked out onto the stage and stood in front of a microphone and sang. As far as her weight, Madonna gained weight on this tour due to the traveling and eating nothing but room service and eating at odd hours. She got serious about losing the weight once the filming of Shanghai Surprise was finished and the True Blue album was complete. She was chunky/curvy up until the True Blue video. By the time Open Your Heart video was filmed, she was very thin due to a better diet, weight training, running and a vegetarian diet regime. She was totally ripped by 1990 and the Vogue era. Her intense workout schedule would continue in this manner until she gave birth in 1996. Afterword she would adopt an even stricter macrobiotic diet, yoga and pilates regime. She was never heavy again except for a brief period in late 1994 during the Bedtime Stories era when the press speculated she was pregnant (see the Versace ad campaign of late 1994/early 1995 shot at the Versace mansion for reference) It actually had more to do with 1994 fashion as the 1940's silhouette was in vogue at the time and the ultra thin waif movement (think Kate Moss) of the Grunge Era had come to an end.

  • @elgabriel2983
    @elgabriel2983 4 роки тому +4

    From here on she started fitness to the extremes later. This concert registration misses a few tracks, Borderline, Burning up and Angel, because they thought her vocals were not good enough for the VHS. Her live voice has always been criticized, especially with all the dancing going on. This is only the beginning, she will get better and better at performing. You should watch Live Aid after this, it was in the same year. That's when I saw her live on television first.

  • @vixen20000
    @vixen20000 3 роки тому +1

    So for some reason they cut the performance of angel from the footage. I remember reading something about it at one point. Also there is a balloon drop so thats where the balloons come from.

  • @charlesr63
    @charlesr63 4 роки тому +4

    Her look defined the eighties. Notice all the wannabes in the audience. I’ve been obsessed with this performance since the first time I saw it. Her dancers were awesome too. Her handlers were worried she would not be a big draw but then they had to move her to larger venues. Her star power was continually underestimated.

  • @scottmurray3490
    @scottmurray3490 2 роки тому

    The magic man on drums Jonathan Moffet. He worked with Michael Jackson. Elton - a master time keeper with Flare💪

  • @jhoang861
    @jhoang861 4 роки тому +2

    when you get to Blonde Ambition Tour, you got to play “Like a Virgin”!!! It was so controversial that she nearly got arrested and banned for that performance alone 😂.

  • @salvadordehyrule7261
    @salvadordehyrule7261 4 роки тому +3

    Well, I guess holiday will continue in part 2 😅

    • @EmpressReacts
      @EmpressReacts  4 роки тому

      Yeah 🤣 check it out...i didn't know 🤣

  • @geli-anton
    @geli-anton 2 місяці тому +1

    Dress up an composition of the legend

  • @magliceldasturgess4023
    @magliceldasturgess4023 2 роки тому +1

    Madonna and farewell olivia newton travolta

  • @Truthteller58-z3c
    @Truthteller58-z3c 4 роки тому +1

    I was committed on what people were saying about her wait back then not about what u said

  • @Dreamtime-Walker
    @Dreamtime-Walker 2 роки тому +2

    💜

  • @Александр-к2я5г
    @Александр-к2я5г 4 роки тому +1

    Кeep it up girl 😉😍

  • @terrystorey
    @terrystorey 4 роки тому +1

    To me this is kindergarten Madonna. Lol. She was good but was not really doing anything dif from anybody else in her first two concerts. I still love the way she looked back then. Her hair was everything and that outfit is iconic. I know we got a ways to go but, I CAN NOT WAIT until we get to the Blond Ambition Tour. That tour changed everything. As usual thanks for the smile today. ❤🙂