Comments on: Janet Jackson vs Madonna!

By: sami

sami — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:10:37 +0000

pero por favor
no sean ingenuos
nada tiene que ver una foto con la otra
ni madonna fue la primera en usar blanco y negroo ni la primera en taparse las tetas en una fotografia.
mas bien janet lanzo ala fama el blanco y negfro en sus primero videos en los 80’s y su portada en la rolling stone que es hasta la fexha la portada mas emblematica de la revista;
y la verdad amo a las dos divas pero aceptemoslo mientras una es una seximbol la otra es una gran puta y sabes ke st ultimo se lo dedico a madonna

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:44:17 +0000

These pics are totally different…I honestly dont think Janet decided to take this picture that Madonna did. If anything Madonna looks like Janet Jackson from the “Janet” album cover!

By: nathan

nathan — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:08:32 +0000

OK FIRST OFF they are totally different and second JANET DID THE WHOLE HOLDING YOUR BOOBS FIRST HELLO remember 93/94 the JANET albulm??who held there booobs jannet did, then cam ‘donnna. but other than that i dont think its the same, janet has a totaly different stance and presence in her photo

By: jane

jane — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:34:32 +0000

Of course she ripped the look from madonna, its all calculated people, its not just oh let me pick such and such they know exactly what they’re doing. But it’s not such a big deal in my eyes because Madonna pulls that kind of stunt all the time borrowing inspirations from others…

By: elias

elias — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:14:17 +0000

sorry guys anything janet is doing and will do or has done… it was already done by the true Queen years before so.. to all of you say what you like but you know Madonna is the main bitch!

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:49:32 +0000

Perez Hilton fully STOLE this and has this on his site now! Please tell me you are NOT partnered with Perez or anything! Perez thinks he was the first originator of online celeb blogs and so he feels he has the right to just take anything off of it. He pisses me RIGHT off!

By: Tonya

Tonya — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:08:15 +0000

I LoVE Them Both

By: S_Cupcake

S_Cupcake — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:49:04 +0000

BUT, then there’s this album cover too

http://www.djay.ca/Celebrity%20Images%20Web/janet%20jackson.jpg

I mean Janet’s done it all

By: levity

levity — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:34:35 +0000

those aren’t the same pictures

By: KR

KR — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:53 +0000

Let me add that the photos are not the same and there is no swagger jackin here.

By: KR

KR — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:59:26 +0000

Puhleeze stop. I have yet to see one photo that wasn’t done by someone else before. There aren’t many original photos or ideas anymore in entertainment.

By: dee

dee — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:03:46 +0000

art directors, photographers copy… intentionally and not. artist rarely, if EVER, see the inspiration for the photo– merely a mock up for what the photog is going for.

By: ClapYourHands

ClapYourHands — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:00:07 +0000

#16…Madonna was not the first artist to use sexuality..chile please

Josephine Baker danced naked w/ bannanas for pete’s sake.

I could go on but do ur research

By: ClapYourHands

ClapYourHands — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 20:58:05 +0000

Ya’ll gettin’ on my nerves..u to B’Scott.

Janet DOES NOT SWAGGER JACK
Madonna DOES NOT SWAGGER JACK

Geez..why is this even an topic…

U are really gettin on my nerves with this one…talk about monkey doodle foolishness

By: rickyluvsit

rickyluvsit — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:29:52 +0000

I think it could have been an influence. Still, not feeling it though. But, i think they are both GREAT artist and should never stop. It’s really sad how many people attack them for their age! They are much better than any pop artist right now!!

On a side note about the 1993 Janet Rolling Stone. Madonna was the first pop artist to use her sexuality as art way back in 1990 and from her sex book in 1992 (plenty of peeps covering Mo’s boobies in that book LOL)

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:55:54 +0000

Yeah, I think it’s just coincidence. I mean, I’ve never even seen this picture of Madonna, it’s incredibly obscure. And, let’s face it, if there’s an artist ou

By: C.A.

C.A. — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:31:45 +0000

I’m glad other people referenced Janet’s Rolling Stone cover/ janet. album cover from 1993 (http://janet-xone.com/gallery/1993/renehand.jpg)

But this is not the first time that Janet has been seen in some kind of S&M photos. If you look at her promo and album pics from The Velvet Rope in 1997 (http://janet-xone.com/gallery/1997.html), you’ll see what I’m talking about. So did she “steal” the “fetish picture” idea from Madonna? Oh please! Fetishism, S&M, etc. did not start with Madonna… Let it go…

By: mDavis

mDavis — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:31:09 +0000

Sugarfoot beat me too it. If anything, Madonna’s pic look more like the JANET album cover, except Janet’s tetas are being held by rene. Beyond that it’s a very common pose (arms crossed. Thats the pose….styling is SOMEWHAT similar with the hair and the strings around the waist….but I’m sure Janet was not thinking about Madonna when she took that picture.

By: Ave One

Ave One — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:06:27 +0000

I think that Maddonna was inspired by this 1993 cover of Miss Janet. Madge is just cupping her own puppies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Janetjackson_rollingstone.JPG

Both icons as far as I am concerned.

Janet is HOTTT.

By: Kiemie

Kiemie — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:04:46 +0000

What hasn’t been done already? Music, and Pop especially, is meant to be recycled and I’m all for it!

By: thejuanstar

thejuanstar — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:45:44 +0000

Good point sugafoot! I think we all need to realize that humankind has been around forever and an original thought is as rare as intelligent comment from President Bush!

By: sugafoot

sugafoot — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:38:19 +0000

actually, i think madonna’s kinding of biting Janet’s famed photo from her ‘Janet’ album days. Eventhough Madonna is cluthing the breasts on the solo tip with no Rene Elizondo (or Guy Ritchie in her case) behind her..that’s the first thing that came to mindwhen I saw Madonna’s cover

By: jad

jad — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:17:36 +0000

well i am a BIG janet fan and madonnas cool too.. both of these women have taken millions of pictures so of course theres gonna be similarities, you can only take so many different pictures, however janet was covering her boobs in black n white photos back in 96 (?) when the janet album came out so? what can you do?

By: fatblkboy

fatblkboy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:55:32 +0000

Are you serious? I took a picture like that at a party a few months ago. So if I have it developed in black and white, did I copy Madonna too? I am actually a really big fan of Madonna – maybe even more so than Janet but to say that Janet INTENTIONALLY styled this photo from Madonna’s is a stretch. I can think of a lot of unoriginal, swagger jackin’ folks out there today. Janet is not one of them…

By: Muah Gorgeous

Muah Gorgeous — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 14:04:12 +0000

Ok now this is sickening! since Janet’s new material has dropped people have constantly been comparing her shit to others…saying Feedback sounds like a Britney track from Blackout when CLEARLY Darkchild’s SIGNATURE sound was all over it, that song sounded nothing like Gimme More, etc. Now this…Janet is SO NOT thinking about some damn Madonna, let alone copying her damn style…they dont even fucking like each other! NO I do not think its a knock off. Janet has NEVER bitten anyone’s style.

By: FRESHANDFAB

FRESHANDFAB — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:57:05 +0000

IT REALLI DOES LOOK ALIKE, WITH THE BELT THING ON THE STOMACH AND THE SLICK BACK HAIR,THEN THE HAND

JANET JUST TOOK MARGES IDEA AND REMIXED IT GHETTO

By: thejuanstar

thejuanstar — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:24:38 +0000

Sorry guys, but there is more than one similarity between these two shots. For me it’s also the styling. from the hair to the rope around their bodies, the shots are more similar to dissimilar. I love both Janet and Madonna (to be honest, I loves me some Madge way much more), but it would seem logical to me that you would look back at Madonna if you are injecting some S&M into your entertainment project, either for inspiration or to avoid coincidences such as this. I personally think that the art director did look to this picture for inspiration, and didn’t take it to far.

By: mdbadboy

mdbadboy — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:10:08 +0000

I agree with PJW, there’s only 2 similarities but when you look closely there’s truly only 1 (the pic is black and white). Madonna’s holding her boobs, Janet has on gloves with her name and her album title on them………she’s not holding her boobs she advertising.

Like Stacy said either way they’re both hot!!

By: stacey

stacey — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:40:56 +0000

pure coincidence I believe, they’re both too dang up there to have to copy! I love them both to death and am excited about both of their albums. and no matter how folks try hating on their age, they are both still hot as hell!

By: PJW

PJW — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:39:44 +0000

People have the tendency to compare anything and everything these days.
I’m by no means a fan of Janets cover but what’s the similarity? A) it’s black and white and B) their arms are crossed. The similarites end there. I think it’s neither a knock-off nor a coincidence, just a standard picture.
Madonna was neither the first person to be shot in black and white nor the first woman to be shot with her arms folded across her (especially not when compared to Janet!)