When Madonna first came onto the music scene I remember the uproar about the stuff she was doing and saying. People were coming out of their skin over her. Last week a large radio conglomerate sent a memo to all of its radio stations saying they shouldn’t play her stuff anymore because she is “old and irrelevant”. It seems in the music industry you get famous by either making good music or making a statement. By statement I mean either good or bad people ruffle the status quo lately it seems it is only in a bad way but they go out and offend beliefs or wear meat suits or no cloths at all just to shock. The problem with the shock and awe fame is exactly what is happening to Ms. Ciccone. The initial shock always becomes the norm. The first person to do it gets the press but after that you have to keep doing new and worsening things to keep our attention, and at this point there isn’t much we haven’t seen. Yes, I do remember one or two of her songs but not for the song themselves but for the moment in time and what they changed about our society. I cannot imagine those who are twenty years younger than me even remember any of it. The bottom line is fame will come and go but memorable music and also art, those are things that last.