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
― prolego, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:16 (thirteen years ago)
sad guy on roof thinking baout things
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:18 (thirteen years ago)
lol
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:18 (thirteen years ago)
(TIE) 08. "BORDERLINE" [4 votes, 28 points]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSaC-YbSDpo
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:19 (thirteen years ago)
borderline video is seriously everything
― prolego, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:22 (thirteen years ago)
it's pretty tight
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:22 (thirteen years ago)
I love it when she gives the lightpost a little "aw shucks" kick at about 2:20.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:23 (thirteen years ago)
<3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:23 (thirteen years ago)
yeh, i was just looking for the gif to post of that!
― prolego, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:23 (thirteen years ago)
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.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:28 (thirteen years ago)
(TIE) 08. "LIKE A VIRGIN" [4 votes, 28 points]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s__rX_WL100
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:32 (thirteen years ago)
wow, that's excellent
― Ismael Klata, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:32 (thirteen years ago)
Madonna dancing on that gondola is all-time for me. Indelible since the first time I saw the video
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:38 (thirteen years ago)
i LOVE the LAV video. as i stated somewhere else, the lion cracks me up for some reason.
― So: The Answers (or something), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:39 (thirteen years ago)
The man with the lion head, not so much
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:39 (thirteen years ago)
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."
― prolego, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:39 (thirteen years ago)
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.
― some dude, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:39 (thirteen years ago)
i love that Bedtime Stories beat Ray Of Light! didn't expect that at all! was i the only American Life voter?
― some dude, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:40 (thirteen years ago)
lol @ that lion story
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:41 (thirteen years ago)
American Life got 3 votes and 16 points.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:41 (thirteen years ago)
too high
;)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:42 (thirteen years ago)
great lion story, i too can relate to that lion.
― So: The Answers (or something), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:42 (thirteen years ago)
I voted for I'm Breathless too.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:42 (thirteen years ago)
07. "VOGUE" [6 votes, 30 points]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJQSAiODqI
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:44 (thirteen years ago)
Sort of odd to me how often that one topped the reader and critic polls I checked before submitting my ballot.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:52 (thirteen years ago)
I don't think I voted for it, but I do think she looked ridiculously beautiful in that vid. So much smiling, so carefree but tuff
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:56 (thirteen years ago)
ugh more male gaze frat boy talk
― some dude, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:56 (thirteen years ago)
The bit right around 4:15, when the music drops out and it's just flashes on Madonna and a couple of dudes with their shirts open accompanied by the just the piano part is truly one of the first things that springs to mind when someone mentions "MTV".
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:58 (thirteen years ago)
yep
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 17:59 (thirteen years ago)
the bit where she nudges the dancer at 3:22 because he's outperforming her is my fav bit
― prolego, Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:00 (thirteen years ago)
omg I was just typing that
YES
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:01 (thirteen years ago)
xxxpost lol some dude
I don't have any stats, but Vogue has to be one of the highest rotation videos MTV ever aired. It seemed like it on 30 times a day for six months.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:06 (thirteen years ago)
it *was
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:07 (thirteen years ago)
06. "LIKE A PRAYER" [4 votes, 34 points]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79fzeNUqQbQ
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:09 (thirteen years ago)
i'm not surprised it tops all the reader polls, it really has become properly iconic (probably more than any other video of the MTV era other than thriller) and captures her right at her imperial peak
― prolego, Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:10 (thirteen years ago)
Like a Prayer makes even less sense narratively/thematically to me now than it did when I was 15. A bunch of cool scenes, but WTH.
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:16 (thirteen years ago)
I swear, if "Who's That Girl" pops in here.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:18 (thirteen years ago)
I doubt it?
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:20 (thirteen years ago)
boy did madge know how to make a controversial video
― prolego, Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:21 (thirteen years ago)
05. "MATERIAL GIRL" [6 votes, 34 points]http://www.myspace.com/video/madonna/material-girl-video/108061746
Not officially on youtube, for whatever reason. lol myspace!
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:25 (thirteen years ago)
I don't think I ever really liked the LAP video. I remember being bummed that she wasn't really dancing in it.She looks cool with brown hair but that's about it for me. The video looks even hokier now than it did then.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:26 (thirteen years ago)
I can see how Material Girl would make the 5, but still not a favorite.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:27 (thirteen years ago)
oh no I forgot the intro
ugggghhh
like the LOOK of that stage with the pink dress and the dudes in the tuxedos is almost as iconic in my mind as the gondola dancing, but it feels kinda cold and flat.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:32 (thirteen years ago)
Yeah, it's iconic.
http://www.judiciaryreport.com/images/madonna_marilyn-6-16-08.jpg
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:33 (thirteen years ago)
Keith Carradine though :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:34 (thirteen years ago)
xpost pfffflllllllltttttt JF yes I know
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:35 (thirteen years ago)
:D
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:36 (thirteen years ago)
p sure that counts as mansplaining :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 9 March 2013 18:38 (thirteen years ago)