I'm burning up, burning up for your VOTES! — ILM Artist Poll #31 is Madonna

I don't know where I got this impression but I thought more ppl appreciated "Nothing Fails" than "Love Profusion"

btw "Human Nature" still pwns

I don't know where I got this impression but I thought more ppl appreciated "Nothing Fails" than "Love Profusion"

my impression was that very few people appreciated either - both lost in the "embarrassment" (that wasn't really) of the american life era

the only non-singles i'm considering come from erotica, bedtime stories and ray of light - but i actually think i could fill a ballot with deep cuts from those albums and be happy

shipz otm upthread about how some madonna's more under-the-radar singles feel like deep cuts themselves

yeah human nature is amazing, it seems like her version of that's the way love goes though i still prefer the janet one. so much less obvious.

i really hope "american life" gets a few votes everyone btw

I DO YOGA AND PILATES AND THE ROOM IS FULL OF HOTTIES SO I'M CHECKIN OUT THE BODIES never 4get

express yourself don't repress yourself

yeah human nature is amazing, it seems like her version of that's the way love goes though i still prefer the janet one. so much less obvious.

that's kinda otm for most of the songs on bedtime stories EXCEPT "human nature", which is righteously grumpy and sour and full of contempt ie not really sexy or inviting.

i remember being so embarrassed by how sexy the lyrics were when this came out. i would have been like seven.

idk i guess i just like how janet sings about ~love~ instead.

omg human nature is so sexy though.

"Human Nature" is more like Madonna's "Scream."

lol

I'm not surprised it bombed though.

lol plax, have you read the lyrics to "That's The Way Love Goes" recently?

http://www.metrolyrics.com/thats-the-way-love-goes-lyrics-janet-jackson.html

I do like the sinewy sleaziness of "Human Nature" a ton, though

Coming off an acoustic ballad and the biggest hit of her career to date, I suppose fans didn't want a reminder of the Dita error.

A lot of album tracks on Bedtime Stories (which I'm re-listening to right now) would qualify for a ballot strictly out of the pleasure principle, though I'd still be hard-pressed to pick some over others since my favorites ("Inside of Me") are so breezy.

uh, *era

my memory of Bedtime Stories was that I loved the singles and hated everything else

which really, aside from Madonna, True Blue, Ray of Light and American Life, is par for the course with me and Madonna albums

Hey everybody, clemenza just sent me a split ballot. The first five tracks are ranked accordingly, but the remaining points are split evenly by the next fifteen. I hadn't planned on anything like this, but I guess it's okay if you do the math yourself and make sure the entire ballot is 452 points in total. Be absolutely sure to tell me this when submitting, though.

Title track is still my least favorite thing on Bedtime Stories. It was at that point I realized the only person who can sing a Bjork song is Bjork.

"Love Tried To Welcome Me" is so downy-soft.

I also really hate material girl

holy shit how did I forget about "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"

dan i really urge you to hear "inside of me" (lush, murmuring seduction - this if anything is M's "that's the way love goes"), "love tried to welcome me" (lush, murmuring bleakness and cursed solitude) and "sanctuary" (tactile, drifting trip-hop with PAN PIPES) off bedtime stories

Lol at the guy in the velvet to hat in the video for that's the way love goes. Such a pick up artist

"Inside of Me" falls so nicely in line with George Michael's laidback post-jack stuff from the same era.

what do we think of "You'll See"? Talk about a forgotten hit, but notable for the debut of the Opera Snob voice. Worth noting that co-producer David Foster hadn't sounded this restrained in years, so let's give Madge the credit.

Is "Love Tried To Welcome Me" based on George Herbert's "Love Bade Me Welcome" and does it incorporate any bits of Vaughn Williams' setting of it in "Five Mystical Songs"? That's what keeps leaping to mind whenever I see that song title.

i thought "you'll see" was really boring at the time but i kind of love it now

don't forget Carson McCullers.

I can't not laugh anytime I see Tisha in a janet. video.

I'm glad some people are finally thinking outside of the received notion about American Life. To me it sounds like she was doing what she wanted and not caring about commercial succes, just doing it for the music. She wasn't following the current trends at radio at all.
But people wanted hits and called it shit. It may not have worked perfectly as a whole, but a lot of it is pretty good or interesting. You have to give it to her for being so "experimental". I can't think of another singer of her stature that would ever try that.

pump it boo!

Yeah, Hard Candy really put American Life in a new light.

Now let's see...which single should bump "Hung Up" out of my top ten?

just reposting my Spotify playlist of singles for those who missed it upthread:

http://open.spotify.com/user/djperry1973/playlist/4b5pRHtluXpNzZWeQgxNbr

I really want to put Love Don't Live Here on my ballot but holy shit this is getting harder and harder to narrow to 20. Worst game of lifeboat ever

I'm beginning to collect images for the countdown, and I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that Madonna is one of the most photographed human beings on the planet today.

I currently have a list of 41 songs I'm trying to narrow down to 20

this sucks

also man, what the hell was everyone thinking re: "Beautiful Stranger"

there's a good song lurking in there somewhere though

I never cared for Beautiful Stranger.

oh dear god, I'd forgotten exactly how pathetic "American Pie" is

I would really like to sit both Madonna and William Orbit down in front of an automatic slapping machine for doing this cover

hahaha

Down to 29. Five from Erotica still in the mix, and I'm pretty proud of myself for managing to whittle it down to that.

I currently have a list of 41 songs I'm trying to narrow down to 20
this sucks

Same here, give or take. I'm tempted to select by 'most overlooked' and/or 'was on a movie soundtrack album'.

I will report anyone who doesn't mention "Angel" to the IRS.

oh shit, I always forget that the original album version of "What It Feels Like For A Girl" is devastating

goddammit the Just Dance remixes complicate EVERYTHING for me now. I blame you for this Alfred. *cries*