Season 1 · Episode 34 · Nov 20, 2019 · 39 min
Lady Gaga
“Born This Way”
vs. Madonna "Express Yourself"
Originally titled “Born to Express Yourself”
From the Riffs archive First aired Nov 20, 2019. The show was music-first back then — it has grown into a conversation about everything else since.
Listen now
Back long before Stefani Germanotta became Lady Gaga, Madonna was, well, Madonna. Joe and Toby examine how the Madonna song “Express Yourself” was inspiration — and some might argue more than that — for Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way”. Both artists have made an enormous impact on the pop culture landscape, extending their reach far beyond music. Madonna has done it for decades, and time will tell if Lady Gaga has the same staying power.
Like this one? Joe and Toby speak at events — the same conversation, on a stage.