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

the beat for "4 minutes" remains so banging

erotica and bedtime stories were the albums that made me fall in love with madonna - i discovered her '80s stuff in retrospect

the U.S. not otm re "Bedtime Stories."

erotica & bedtime stories def her artistic & creative pinnacle

That may be true, but I've got little use for either of them.

I do like "Rain". And "Bad Girl". And the track "Bedtime Stories". Dunno if I'll vote for any of them with only 20 votes to spend, though.

I think the singles from Bedtime Stories are amazing but the album itself doesn't support them.

Erotica is just okay really, but I do love "Rain".

Madonna released at least one single every year between 1982 and 2003; in that time period, only one of them did not make the top ten of a chart somewhere (and, as far as I can tell, it's the only single of her career that didn't hit the top 10 somewhere)

That means 75 out of 76 singles hit the top ten on the pop and/or dance charts

― Ima R.A.E.D. (DJP), Tuesday, 19 February 2013 15:45 (27 minutes ago) Bookmark

what was the fuck up?

JF, I'm not gonna hurt you. Just close your eyes.

http://www.magia2000.com/images/madonnadolls/erotica/madonna-erotica-fever.jpg

xp: "Love Don't Live Here Anymore"

I much prefer "I'll Remember" to all of Ray of Light.

Open Your Heart definitely one of my all time favorites.

In Grade 6, I put together my own choreographed dance to it. Oddly I don't remember performing it though? I can't exactly remember what I happened but I definitely remember many many nights in front of my bedroom mirror working out my steps :D (Also I recall a lot of time writing out the lyrics.) I remember when I told my teacher that I had chosen Open Your Heart to dance to, he said jokingly, "A song about open heart surgery! Wonderful! Very uplifting."

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8bl6e_wayne-s-world-sketch-1990-featuring_fun

also I am the world's biggest stan for 'True Blue' (single) -- another grade-school dance in front of the mirror favorite, to the point where I recorded the music video off the tv and my friends and I learned the dance she did in the video. I'm right back at 10 years old every time I hear it.

This is a pretty good remix, imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ma3pqYDxO4

Madonna way ahead of the curve on the sampling Aaliyah trend -- the same year "Back & Forth" dropped, it was sampled on "Inside Of Me" from Bedtime Stories

― some dude, Tuesday, 19 February 2013 14:35 (1 hour ago) Bookmark

haha this is a most un-shipsy fanciful stretch re "the curve"

isnt the sample just of kells on the intro, and isnt dave jam hall continuing the jackin 4 beats bad boy steez he invented of no great surprise anyway

soz for the pedantry but yunno

maybe there should be a little thread of difficult albums that inspired popular artists

joi 'pendulum vibe' for madonna, aaliyah loving lewis taylor, that sort of thing

"Vogue" was the life-changer for me. It'll be hard not to give it the #1 slot.

I like "True Blue," too. Sort of whitewashed from her greatest hits.

Agree this has to be a high number vote, because otherwise it will not only just be her hits, but several hits will get the shaft, too.

All of Freaky Trigger's Madonna blurbs are worth reading and boast good comments: http://freakytrigger.co.uk/search/?cx=001133180466749097833%3A3chbiorvjmy&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=madonna

Raise your hand if you're old enough to remember Madonna's pre-"Virgin" breakthrough (raises hand). Have such love for the first album, oddly ambivalent about "Like a Virgin" (the album). "True Blue" is closest to my heart, love that it was preceded by "Into the Groove" and "Crazy For You," both of which are all-time and would have fit on the album.

Best use of Madonna might be the diffusion of "Live to Tell" throughout "At Close Range." Patrick Leonard ftw.

ah Johnny has sent me down the rabbit hole of demos and unreleased tracks, because "Take Me (I Want You)" was an AWESOME find. pleasantly surprised at how long and detailed this list is, good job Madonna stans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unreleased_Madonna_songs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmFe83QiEaI

"Ain't No Big Deal" was apparently at one point supposed to be her first single before "Everybody," and was demoed and recorded several times before finally ending up a True Blue era b-side. one of the demos was produced by Mark Kamins, the boyfriend who produced "Everybody" and got Madonna signed who passed away last week, not sure if this 1981 one is his but it's pretty fun to hear.

I think the singles from Bedtime Stories are amazing but the album itself doesn't support them.

nah the suite from "forbidden love" to the end is so immaculate, and seriously sad as fuck - love how it slowly builds from she singing about rejection ("forbidden love") to absolute loneliness ("love tried to welcome me") to desiring death ("sanctuary") to oblivion itself ("bedtime stories") to then bringing the curtain down completely on "take a bow". and i love how she pillows all the tragedy under such luscious sonics to hide it away.

Patrick Leonard definitely helped her refine her melodic gifts.

haha rtc thanks for illuminating -- i was just following wikipedia's lead, only did a pretty half-assed comparison between the 2 tracks to confirm there was a sample, but obviously i was kinda joking about THE CURVE, still interesting imo

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

A playlist of the 74 Madonna singles available on Spotify; missing are "Gambler" from the "Vision Quest" soundtrack (#3 in Italy, #4 in the UK) and "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" from "Evita" (#4 in Italy, #7 in the UK)

re: "True Blue", I think it's a sweet, underrated song that Madonna loved so much she went back and turned it into "Cherish"

I have been waiting for this!! (duh)

I remember "Bedtime Stories" as landing right in the middle of her, er, overexposure, post "Erotica," "Truth or Dare," "Body of Evidence," etc. It was as if, in that brief window, no one really knew what they wanted from Madonna, so the album sort of floats in this weird purgatory. To my mind, at least. Obviously "Ray of Light" restored her balance, but I agree that "Bedtime Stories" is due some exploration. I do remember the title track's video being one of the first CGI extravaganzas to blow my mind.

"I'll Remember" was the Let's Clean Up My Image single.

also the "soundtrack song with bearded Joe Pesci clips galore in the video" single

an important staple in every megastar's career

"I'll Remember (Theme from With Honors)"

well MJ had his "Joe Pesci in sunglasses" videos from Moonwalker, Pesh was a hot pop accessory

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/60/With_honors_poster.jpg/220px-With_honors_poster.jpg

many xposts to Josh In Chicago: I definitely remember Madge pre-Virgin - the first cassette I ever bought with my own money was 'H'Its Huge 84', which included 'Holiday' that I could.not.stop.dancing.to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H'its_Huge_'84

Pesci should have been in Rihanna's "S&M" video

"This Used To Be My Playground" probably wouldn't make the results even if stretched out to 100, but I love that song a lot for some reason (probably because I like the film it's from so much).

ahh With Honors' director did Truth Or Dare and a couple of her videos, now it all makes sense

I have gone on abt this elsewhere on this borad I'm sure but "Future Lovers" is totally the strongest track on "Confessions..." and it's really bizarre to me that it was never released as a single (esp considering it's the only Mirwais production on the album). Also the fact that "In the evidence of its brilliance" is sung at 7/4 time both on its own and then later mixed over a verse sung at 4/4 makes me super giddy every time I hear it.

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

God, my ballot is going to be so fucking challopy.

important question: can we do a madonna boyfriends poll while this is happening

xxpos JF otm - League of Their Own makes me love playground soooooo much

man it sucks thinking back to how true blue was like the big family car tape of my youth and it was actually all about sean penn

God, my ballot is going to be so fucking challopy.

If it's going to have a chunk of songs from 'Confessions...' on it, then we'll be of like mind.

Also, for your consideration (look there's a fucking ORBITAL remix!!):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0R8MYGREmg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si3GJdpe_ro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_sMHc3Tsx4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h44AGRkobIU

I'm adding another sub-poll for Top 5 Videos. This one wins IT ALL for me (also love the Above & Beyond remix used in the video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYwgG2oyUbA

yes, I love that video to death

I'm strictly a non-voting Immaculate Collection guy, but my #1 would be the time I had to step around her and Sean Penn making out in the aisle of the Metropolitan Opera after Robin Williams' 1986 stand-up show there.

Also love (and will vote for) "This Used to Be My Playground."

yes, I love that video to death

It's the only video I ever bought on a dvd single.

I was listening to Immaculate Collection on my way in to work bcz it's the only Madge I had on my ipod -- they cut off all the songs at least 10-15 seconds early!! All my favorite hummy parts off the early singles are gooooooooone. Jerks.

Yes, the Immaculate Collection mixes are garbage.