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

into the groovvvvvve has to be top five cuz everyone loves that one. its universally loved.

"Into the Groove" has a very good chance of winning IMO, because it's likely to be in a lot of people's top 5

there are so many defining songs that i really have no idea if they'll be in the top 10 or way outside it -- "Express Yourself," "Holiday," "Like A Virgin," etc

given the expressed "Material Girl" backlash itt, I am expecting a top 10 something like (unordered):

Into the Groove
Express Yourself
Like a Virgin
Holiday
Borderline
Frozen
Like a Prayer
Deeper and Deeper
Open Your Heart
(some other Erotica song, not sure which one)

"Lucky Star" and/or "Hung Up" have a shot as well

Do we have to submit 5 albums in our ballots for the subpoll? I obv have a very specific pony in that derby and don't want to dilute my vote.

any song included on Immaculate Collection is not a "forgotten hit". Dress You Up and Angel on the other hand...

I hope Burning Up makes the top 10

I remember "Borderline" suddenly appearing on my local "Top 10" video show in NJ that I used to rush home from school to watch. I think it was called "Hot" or something like that. Had no idea who "Madonna" was. Probably have to vote for that, just as Beatles fans often have to vote for the first Beatles song they ever heard. It's funny to recall that, at the time, the name "Madonna" sounded very strange, just as "The Beatles" must have sounded strange to a lot of people at one point.

i'm finishing my deep cuts Spotify playlist soon!

― D4y0 (some dude), Friday, February 22, 2013 10:35 AM (8 minutes ago)

Looking forward to this! I've been doing my Miles Davis homework early, and jumping from him to DJP's Madonna singles playlist was like moving from a cold spring into a hot tub.

do ppl like "like a virgin" that much? i always thought for the signature hit (if she has one) of someone of her stature it's pretty weaksauce

(i do love it tho)

Though as I think about it, Like A Prayer seemed awfully revolutionary the first time I saw the video. My college had a professor from Yale come to talk about her, and I attended. My first encounter with the word "Bricolage."

how do we feel about "Rescue Me"? I like her vocal impersonation of a drag queen on the chorus.

I realized the other day that the thing I love most about Lucky Star is the contrast between the sweet, innocent sounding verses and the punch of the SHINE YOUR HEAVENLY BODY TONIGHT. I love the way she flips between the two, the way her voice changes totally for the delivery of each of the 'roles'

It's pretty rad

I remember thinking the first time I saw the "Like A Prayer" video that Madonna was vanishing up her own ass; I particularly thought her stigmata flash and her magic black Jesus were incredibly stupid and corny.

I was also 16, listening to a shit-ton of Ministry and Skinny Puppy, and super defensive about race at the time. Also I still liked the song a lot, although I ended up liking "Express Yourself" more (at least until I heard the Shep Pettibone remix).

10 ballots in now. 2 tracks are still unanimous (they in the #1 and #2 slots). Hung Up surprisingly NOT the highest ranking track thus far from Confessions, but I won't say what it is (not even sure it's been mentioned in the thread yet). Still only 57 tracks voted for in total, so there are actual singles she's released that have zero votes as of now.

I expect any singles catalog that includes "American Pie" to have a few entries that remain unvoted-for

haha

(see also: "Give It 2 Me")

i love "rescue me" so much partly because it's the last time she used that throaty lower register of hers

when she goes from the husky sexxxy spoken word bit into the second chorus, where she sounds totally overawed - "love is understanding, it's hard to believe life can be so demanding" - is so incredible

definitely gets underrated sitting on an album where everything else is an all time classic

The stigmata and burning crosses didn't bother my grandmother so much as Madonna kissing a black man.

Man I like Like A Prayer but unless something MAJOR happens between now and me casting my ballot it's not gonna make my 20

this is fucking impossible. what kind of monster would create such a poll

― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, February 22, 2013 11:28 AM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

gospel choir enters the room, singing JUST LIKE A PRAYER, I'LL TAKE YOU THERE to VegemiteGrrl

"Rescue Me" had interesting chart stats for nerds like me: one of the highest pre-Soundscan debuts, but only peaked at #9 and fell off quickly because its performance was all sales-based.

after looking at the tracklist i kinda want to find a double disc Celebration set for our new (used) car.

actually just looked up the stats: its performance was based on airplay, not sales.

it's 4 am and i'm listening to "Live to Tell". at various points in my life this song has affected me in strange ways and apparently i'm feeling the full effect again tonight... aw shucks

that is such a great, great song

That chord change auguring "If I ran away..." still kills me.

it really is an incredible song. every time i listen to it i'm reminded of the first time i heard it, but it also somehow ties into very current thoughts that i'm feeling at a given moment. x-post

all timer

i think like a prayer is like a girl thing

It's also a "like anyone who's seen it played out" thing.

"like a prayer" would probably win by a larger margin in a poll of guys' favorite madonna songs imo

A poll in which "Express Yourself" would get zero votes.

i can't speak to seeing it live but i got over it pretty fast

maybe it's because i don't pray

okay FINE jeez Like A Prayer is going in my ballot somehow

I've been hearing it in my head all morning and I think that means that some dude's choir is going to beat me to death with they hymn books if I don't vote for it

their, not they

for the record, i couldn't make it through the wilderness of that bedtime story 12 inch last night. oof. 40 minutes of tedium kinda. no offense to junior vasquez.

maybe it's because i don't pray

Psst, the song's about giving a blowjob.

hahah

oh yea

I mean, don't get me wrong. I actually think I enjoy praying more.

"I don't know how to pray"
"It's easy. It's like a blowjob."

"you just put your lips together and suck a dick"

the dick of god

Oh I've never seen it live, I just mean the record played to a crowd of fun-seekers.

life is a mystery

I'm listening to it now... Fucking hell what was I thinking leaving it out!! It's a jam.

I love the buried guitar riff in there

life is a mystery
everyone must stand alone
except when they aren't standing but are on their knees giving a blowjob
and it feels like.... home

easily the last song i wd listen to on that album tho

the prince collabo is the jam

You have sinned

Two our fathers and five blowjobs