I have been waiting for this!! (duh)
― ICANN Tina Turner (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
I remember "Bedtime Stories" as landing right in the middle of her, er, overexposure, post "Erotica," "Truth or Dare," "Body of Evidence," etc. It was as if, in that brief window, no one really knew what they wanted from Madonna, so the album sort of floats in this weird purgatory. To my mind, at least. Obviously "Ray of Light" restored her balance, but I agree that "Bedtime Stories" is due some exploration. I do remember the title track's video being one of the first CGI extravaganzas to blow my mind.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:35 (eleven years ago) link
"I'll Remember" was the Let's Clean Up My Image single.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
also the "soundtrack song with bearded Joe Pesci clips galore in the video" single
― some dude, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
an important staple in every megastar's career
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
"I'll Remember (Theme from With Honors)"
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
well MJ had his "Joe Pesci in sunglasses" videos from Moonwalker, Pesh was a hot pop accessory
― some dude, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/With_honors_poster.jpg/220px-With_honors_poster.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
many xposts to Josh In Chicago: I definitely remember Madge pre-Virgin - the first cassette I ever bought with my own money was 'H'Its Huge 84', which included 'Holiday' that I could.not.stop.dancing.to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H'its_Huge_'84
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
Pesci should have been in Rihanna's "S&M" video
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
"This Used To Be My Playground" probably wouldn't make the results even if stretched out to 100, but I love that song a lot for some reason (probably because I like the film it's from so much).
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
ahh With Honors' director did Truth Or Dare and a couple of her videos, now it all makes sense
― some dude, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
I have gone on abt this elsewhere on this borad I'm sure but "Future Lovers" is totally the strongest track on "Confessions..." and it's really bizarre to me that it was never released as a single (esp considering it's the only Mirwais production on the album). Also the fact that "In the evidence of its brilliance" is sung at 7/4 time both on its own and then later mixed over a verse sung at 4/4 makes me super giddy every time I hear it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGSZKjTEaTs
― ICANN Tina Turner (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
God, my ballot is going to be so fucking challopy.
― ICANN Tina Turner (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
important question: can we do a madonna boyfriends poll while this is happening
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
xxpos JF otm - League of Their Own makes me love playground soooooo much
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:44 (eleven years ago) link
man it sucks thinking back to how true blue was like the big family car tape of my youth and it was actually all about sean penn
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
If it's going to have a chunk of songs from 'Confessions...' on it, then we'll be of like mind.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:45 (eleven years ago) link
Also, for your consideration (look there's a fucking ORBITAL remix!!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0R8MYGREmg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si3GJdpe_ro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_sMHc3Tsx4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h44AGRkobIU
― ICANN Tina Turner (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:46 (eleven years ago) link
I'm adding another sub-poll for Top 5 Videos. This one wins IT ALL for me (also love the Above & Beyond remix used in the video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYwgG2oyUbA
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:50 (eleven years ago) link
yes, I love that video to death
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:51 (eleven years ago) link
I'm strictly a non-voting Immaculate Collection guy, but my #1 would be the time I had to step around her and Sean Penn making out in the aisle of the Metropolitan Opera after Robin Williams' 1986 stand-up show there.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
Also love (and will vote for) "This Used to Be My Playground."
― clemenza, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
It's the only video I ever bought on a dvd single.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:55 (eleven years ago) link
I was listening to Immaculate Collection on my way in to work bcz it's the only Madge I had on my ipod -- they cut off all the songs at least 10-15 seconds early!! All my favorite hummy parts off the early singles are gooooooooone. Jerks.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 16:57 (eleven years ago) link
Yes, the Immaculate Collection mixes are garbage.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:00 (eleven years ago) link
Plus the remixes of the LAP songs = ehhh
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
I was already voting for at least 2 tracks off Erotica but Tim F and Eric otm --- relistening to it this morning goddamn it's a gorgeous album
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
love the lyrics of "Bad Girl" and she straining at the limits of her pre-opera-snob voice.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
"Bad Girl" = her greatest video and ballad
― prolego, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah Bad Girl is awesome.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
oh man if we're gonna talk about best videos maybe there should have been a video sub-poll
― some dude, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
I'm adding another sub-poll for Top 5 Videos.
Already did.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
ahhh you should get that added to the top of the thread, i missed it
― some dude, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
Who here is a mod? Can I get a mod to add that to the op, plz?
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
try asking on MRF, you will probably get a faster answer
signed, an ex-mod who would have been all over that request back in the day
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
done.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
i only got into madonna about three years ago. i think its because of how much i hate contemporary madonna. not just the music although the last time she released a single i could stand was maybe don't tell me. a big thing that stopped me hearing the back catalogue properly was my projections of her current gay icon golden statue media presence, that is there is something beyond iconic about her, she's kindof hardened into a set of signifiers. its really boring to me. this is her curse and her blessing i think, the thing that makes her textually convoluted and judith butler and paris is burning and all that but on the other hand makes her kindof static and monolithic and so overcoded. its the very earliest stuff i like most, Borderline, the shiny scruffiness of it. arriving in new york with $35 in her pocket. something so sly and canny about it. a whiff of the street, the warm air out of subway stations. i think of her first album as being such a great new york album in tradition of like vu&nico or parallel lines. i just love this ballsy girl in these songs. and its a shame that her media persona has congealed around her. ray of light is her only good album after the first three i think, though obviously there's highlights out of most things along the way. remembering that thing she used to do, a hint of the underground. the blissed out bubbling of a rave on another beach down the coast, parts of it almost wild but so soft and distant and so clear and liquid. i also like her singing on that album, how she was suddenly a grown up. Also don't vote for vogue because of cultural imperialism guys.
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
i have to vote for "Vogue." it's an amazing song. kind of feel like ~principles~ have no place in a Madonna poll. my top video picks are going to be largely dictated by male gaze.
― some dude, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
must resist terrible pun
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
Don't like "Vogue," never have, for some reason.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
great post, plax
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
yeah vogue also kindof sucks and the video is gross
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
VG OTM, that was a great plax post
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man, just cued up "Oh Father" for the first time in far too long. Those strings still give me the goosebumps.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
it has been far too long since I've listened to the singles from her first album
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
my best friend met her in the Danceteria days when she was dating Basquiat.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
also I want to make sure no one forgets about "White Heat" from True Blue
http://youtu.be/w-MtJ9Pgslk
― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
lovely post, plax
For me her boringness now isn't how she's a set of hardened signifiers so much as an artist who's lost considerable songwriting talent AND, to be expected, isn't as interested in keeping her ear on the ground listening for distant rumblings.
Still, I don't have a problem admitting that she's responsible for the greatest collective body of singles since Washington became president.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
White Heat is fantastic. Last night, I developed a new affection for Where's The Party? as well.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link