She had the shock value. I don't think she would have had an audience if she wasn't always socially edgy, constantly pushing the limits. Never been a fan...
I enjoy Madonna more than I'd like to admit, particularly the early stuff is great, I listened to her True Blue album not too long ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. I may be biased towards 80s pop but she's at least a 7 in my book.
Ok, let me tell ya what Like a Virgin's about. It's all about this cooze who's a regular fuck machine. I'm talking, morning, day, night, afternoon. Dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick.
I give her an 8 and I feel that's being harsh. She's a pop icon with dozens of solid songs. Reinvented herself a bit in the new millennium... I mean there's a lot of "classic" artists that couldn't even hold up as long as she has.