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

Interesting tho that "Deeper and Deeper," presumably, scored higher than "Vogue."

ah that's the song I was forgetting

Motown, then Stax. Will be a super fun time on ilm, imo. xp

"Burning Up" is not better than "Vogue," "Express Yourself," "Justify My Love," etc.

except for that it is

yes it is

xp

I'm seriously burning up, you guys.

motown poll needs some tight definition of terms, parameters, imo. i'd make that thing strictly up thru early jackson five, whitfield/strong, etc. having 'motownphilly' and mary jane girls pop up in between mary wells and martha reeves is gonna be off imo.

http://i.imgur.com/7qu1sbS.jpg

09. "HOLIDAY" from Madonna (1983) [30 votes, 753 points, 3 first place votes]

this is the pure quality section of the poll IMO

I'm not even annoyed by the inevitable placement of "Borderline" over the other s/t singles

Was hoping that would be #1.

something i had no idea had an official video a week ago:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rswx2Z7SDw

I don't have a constant favorite from the s/t, but most of the time it's Holiday.

got them arms up lol

I was going to trash some of the other songs that placed above Vogue but I voted for Deeper and Deeper...and Borderline...and Holiday...etc

This poll is starting to remind me of the 45y.o.-ish women I saw traveling in packs at Madonna's MDMA concert, all dressed in their Desperately Seeking Susan finery, all invariably displaying looks of disappointment on their faces with each three-story blood spatter gunshot during "Gang Bang," all trying to turn their frowns upside down at her sad cabaret ballad version of "Like a Virgin."

this is the pure quality section of the poll IMO

B- trolling

"This poll is starting to remind me of the 45y.o.-ish women I saw traveling in packs at Madonna's MDMA concert, all dressed in their Desperately Seeking Susan finery, all invariably displaying looks of disappointment on their faces with each three-story blood spatter gunshot during "Gang Bang," all trying to turn their frowns upside down at her sad cabaret ballad version of "Like a Virgin.""

LOL

alternate version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBHpasMBHS8

That "Holiday" video is like looking at Plan 9 from Outer Space or something.

Seriously, those women were all singing to themselves "It would be so nice ... if the last 20 years didn't happen at all here tonight plz thx."

i didn't vote for 'holiday' as it's one of those like 'vogue' where you almost forget it's a song as well as a piece of pop iconography but i probably should have. tho it's done well enough without my endorsement i suppose.

just a few years later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUDgLMmHKY0

"holiday" is nice and all but it didn't even cross my mind to vote for it. it's not a madonna song that makes me ~feel things~

I hate "Vogue", top ten is way too high, glad to see that "Where Life Begins" will place higher than it

fuck it, Holiday is TOO LOW!

That Truth or Dare "Holiday" made the whole film worthwhile for me.

I have never seen "Truth or Dare"

It r good.

it's really really fun. i think reality tv has made alot of what was novel about it at the time routine but that tour was fantastic and it's a great portrait of her at peak cultural importance.

Lex otm. Love the T&D version though.

Watching Warren Beatty squirm--"What have gotten myself into here?...Lee Strasberg, help!"--is fun.

xp Thanks for the company Euler. Vogue annoyed me then and it annoys me now.

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

08. "BURNING UP" from Madonna (1983) [29 votes, 756 points, 3 first place votes]

warren & madonna seems like total checking off boxes on a list somewhere on both party's parts, such an obv couple in the public sense, such an unlikely one in terms of the actual personalities.

Oh wow. I love that song!

TOO LOW

lex OTM

(I was one of the #1 votes)

it was my #2 and nearly #1; considering what my #1 is, that's pretty amazing

The guitars are fierce!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaQ4bQmTILA

possibly delusional but always credit madonna for that final push getting the stooges into the rrhof

The disco-metal of somebody's dreams...not mine--but I like the chorus.

The Stooges-Madonna thing was a two-way gift, probably--they made her induction almost okay for those who were appalled. (Will resist the temptation to characterize such people.)

I'm right back to being 10 and playing "Burning Up" on repeat

Didn't vote because I don't Madonna enough (unfortunately) but my favorite has been Into the Groove. cue laughs*

Amazing thread, superb primer and thank you all.

does anyone even hear "burning up" as a love song to an individual rather than a mission statement to the world? it's awe-inspiring

no one with any sense is going to laugh at someone picking "Into The Groove" as their favorite Madonna song

'into the groove' was clear favorite for #1 going in and still i think

into the groove and live to tell are the #1 and #2 in this poll.

probably right