Don't go for second best, baby. Put your ILM ARTIST POLL #31: MADONNA to the test.

I had a friend whose goal in life was to one day go down on Madonna. That' s all he wanted that was all. To one day go down on Madonna. And when my friend was 31, he got his wish in Rome one night. He got to go down on Madonna in Rome one night in some hotel. And ever since, he's been depressed. His life was shit from there on out. And all our friends just shake their heads and say "too soon, too soon too soon. He went down on Madonna too soon."

NYE party 10+ years ago, wee hours & everyone has gone except me, the host & our v drunk core group of friends, sitting on the floor of the kitchen singing along to La Isla Bonita at the top of our lungs

fun

I had a friend whose goal in life was to one day go down on Madonna. That' s all he wanted that was all. To one day go down on Madonna. And when my friend was 31, he got his wish in Rome one night. He got to go down on Madonna in Rome one night in some hotel. And ever since, he's been depressed. His life was shit from there on out. And all our friends just shake their heads and say "too soon, too soon too soon. He went down on Madonna too soon."

― how's life, Friday, March 8, 2013 7:51 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

where life ends

Madonna is beautiful itt

sb

tbf, that was Kent's car in the "Borderline" video. He's still pissed about it.

lol

Interviewer: "Act of Contrition," the closing track of Like a Prayer, has backwards masking and other mysterious elements. Did he have anything to do with that one as well? The credits only say, "Produced by the powers that be."

Madonna: Yeah, he did. He played guitar on it. He also played guitar on "Keep it Together."

Interviewer: I noticed on "Act of Contrition" that you have the choir from "Like a Prayer" reversed on that.

Madonna: Yeah, we turned the tape and played everything backwards.

Interviewer: Your idea?

Madonna: Yeah. And then, of course, the whole thing, the saying of the prayer (on "Act of Contrition") and everything, that was totally conceived of in the studio, in the control room. Pat put out a microphone, and I just started fooling around; and that was free-form, too. Whatever was on my head. It’s totally unedited.

oh Act of Contrition appearing in the top 10 wd not surprise me at all

i'd be a little shocked if any non-Erotica deep cuts show up from here on out

Ya I was rly hoping "Candy Perfume Girl" and "Future Lovers" would make appearances.

ALBUMS RESULTS!!

http://i.imgur.com/tP6yyeV.jpg

10. THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION (1990) [3 votes, 22 points]
09. YOU CAN DANCE (1987) [5 votes, 28 points]

http://i.imgur.com/5vSo7BS.jpg

08. LIKE A VIRGIN (1984) [9 votes, 50 points]
07. CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR (2005) [13 votes, 54 points]

http://i.imgur.com/wrH6xwF.jpg

06. RAY OF LIGHT (1998) [12 votes, 56 points]
05. BEDTIME STORIES (1994) [17 votes, 86 points]

http://i.imgur.com/IkDsU0b.jpg

04. TRUE BLUE (1986) [18 votes, 100 points]
03. LIKE A PRAYER (1989) [19 votes, 120 points]

http://i.imgur.com/u7t26Ry.jpg

02. EROTICA (1992) [20 votes, 148 points]
01. MADONNA (1983) [24 votes, 188 points]

yay S/T

erotica woz robbed

glad if it lost to anything it was the s/t tho

and yay for the high placing for bedtime stories, considering it's usually forgotten!

Gah! at I'm Breathless missing out.

lol

I'm serious, I gave it two points

so I'm guessing it got 2 points overall

It got 12.

was so expecting Erotica to top this list (though it didn't top mine).

I didn't keep track of how many people voted for albums in addition to their regular ballots, but the s/t was on nearly all of them.

Gah! at I'm Breathless missing out.

― Ismael Klata, Saturday, March 9, 2013 11:35 AM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just noticed this and am kinda heartbroken/kicking myself for not making room for it on my albums ballot.

VIDEOS RESULTS!!

10. "BAD GIRL" [3 votes, 26 points]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUII7DTACf4

TOO LOW

Is Walken her angel or is he death?

her guardian angel. when he leaves her she dies, but then she gets to chill with him in her afterlife so it's all cool

sad guy on roof thinking baout things

lol

(TIE) 08. "BORDERLINE" [4 votes, 28 points]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSaC-YbSDpo

borderline video is seriously everything

it's pretty tight

I love it when she gives the lightpost a little "aw shucks" kick at about 2:20.

<3

yeh, i was just looking for the gif to post of that!

Listened to Miles Davis' Dark Magus yesterday, on which Reggie Lucas is one of the guitarists. Followed it up with Madonna (first ever listen), was reminded of how much I love "Borderline"...which was written and produced by Reggie Lucas. And the Miles Davis poll is next. It's all a rich tapestry.

(TIE) 08. "LIKE A VIRGIN" [4 votes, 28 points]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s__rX_WL100

wow, that's excellent

Madonna dancing on that gondola is all-time for me. Indelible since the first time I saw the video

i LOVE the LAV video. as i stated somewhere else, the lion cracks me up for some reason.

The man with the lion head, not so much

madonna on the lion:

"The lion didn't do anything he was supposed to do, and I ended up leaning against this pillar with his head in my crotch... I thought he was going to take a bite out of me so I lifted the veil I was wearing and had a stare-down with him and he opened his mouth and let out this huge roar. I got so frightened my heart fell in my shoe. When he finally walked away, the director yelled 'Cut' and I had to take a long breather. But I could really relate to the lion. I feel like in a past life I was a lion or a cat or something."

i was pretty alarmed at the high placing of "Bad Girl" in the songs poll, that was the first time she seemed to me like one of the lame old people clogging up the MTV playlist, always assumed the affection for Erotica had nothing to do w/ that song.

i love that Bedtime Stories beat Ray Of Light! didn't expect that at all! was i the only American Life voter?

lol @ that lion story