Talented?
A co-worker and I were debating the relative merits of Madonna as an artist yesterday. His take: she has no talent and produces nothing but pop drival. My take: sure, most of her stuff is drival, but she has a talent for marketing herself and for producing music the public eats up. Besdies, she has done three songs that are examples of good, fun pop: Holiday, Borderline, and Get Into the Groove. She may not be on the level of The Beatles, but then again, who is?