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

i literally never knew "i'll remember" was by madonna

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

(TIE) 44. "WHITE HEAT" from True Blue (1986) [7 votes, 161 points]

FUCK YES

yes! one of the album cuts i voted for

I always felt that this should have been a single, it's such a fantastic song

didn't make my ballot, but YAY!

wow – wasn't expecting this!

THIS IS A BUST.

haha

I should have put that higher on my ballot, it's really one of my favorite songs by her

although then again so is everything else on my ballot

and yes, I did sing along with the song and hold up the True Blue album cover while shouting "THIS IS MY BUST"

glad this made it. literally hadn't listened to it since i was 12 and always thought 'this is a bust' was referring to the pointy bra. well it did in my head anyway.

xp ha

omg I love this so much. The chorus is so TUFF, huge hook, I love it.

Madge/Police Academy crossover?

"And we went for it; I went for it. Treated him like a kid brother."

I never did my Madonna fandom origin story on the other thread, so here's a short version: my sister and I's frequent babysitter at the time was always playing TB and "White Heat" seemed to be a fave of hers. She even choreographed a dance to it which my sister definitely participated in. I can't remember if actually did, but I certainly hope so.

here's my Madonna fandom origin story:

- young DJP sees the video for "Borderline", thinks "oh this is catchy, I like this"
- young DJP sees the video for "Burnin' Up", thinks "holy shit, this must be puberty"
- young DJP sees the video for "Lucky Star", thinks "yup, this is definitely puberty"

Do remember hearing "Papa Don't Preach" before the babysitter thing (since I remember recognizing the song when she played it), but that was definitely my first Madonna song.

Mine:

Family took a vacation to Cocoa Beach to see a shuttle launch in 1985 and I had a boombox and ridiculously oversized headphones with me in the back seat, and I must have heard "Into the Groove" 50 times during that trip. That made a fan of that song, of her, and the art of catching a song on the radio WHILE you have a blank tape in the tape deck.

haha I went back and looked at my ballot and I had "White Heat" at #3

A social studies teacher tried to convince my grade 10 class that "Into The Groove" is about masturbation.

(Sounds like my ninth-grade English teach who couldn't stop talked about Frankie's "Relax.")

Mine:

Memorial Day weekend 1985: in the back seat while Mom and little sister sang "Into The Groove," me resisting the temptation to join them because - I"m not sure! I was embarrassed to be a boy who liked Madonna?

http://i.imgur.com/lfY33Mj.jpg

(TIE) 44. "SECRET GARDEN" from Erotica (1992) [7 votes, 161 points]

YES!

WOO!

(the highest ranking "deep cut" on my ballot)

jesus that pic

brb

YES

woah she has a bit of the look of beyonce in that image.

She had more looks during the Erotica cycle than any other, I believe.

I was "into" Madonna from the first singles, but I didn't realize my fandom until I insisted that my parents get me satin sheets for my new waterbed because of the lyrics of "Dress You Up" (lol Florida in 1985)

okay that's amazing

then your parents got you KFC because of the lyrics of "Where Life Begins"

Woo! I had both of of White Heat and Secret Garden, it feels good to be making a difference.

1. Sometime in the mid-80s, I heard either Lucky Star or Holiday in a Wisconsin roller rink owned by one of my mom’s friends from high school.
2. In 1987 or so, I was in our local Sam Goody. I was looking a hair metal cassettes, probably Motley Crue. Two teenage boys stop near me and start having a conversation about the new Madonna album, I can’t remember if it was True Blue or You Can Dance. I leave without any Madonna, because she’s a girl, but I am intrigued.
3. The Like a Prayer-era. Watch an hour of MTV every morning. Title track completely inescapable. Dislike Express Yourself though, which wears me down. Eventually she comes back with Cherish, which I really like. Still secretly though, because I am afraid of girls.
4. Dick Tracy: Vogue and Hanky Panky put me completely off of Madonna for a long time.
5. 1999: William Orbit connection (because I've confused him with Orbital) to Ray of Light prompts me to check out that album as well as her classic 80s stuff.
6. 2000: someone tries to awkwardly seduce me with a mix CD compiled from Erotica and Bedtime Stories. Sold.

i don't even know the first madonna song i heard (maybe "rain" or even "i'll remember"? they played the shit out of those on the adult alternative stations my mom listened to)

I guess I was one of the late votes for "Die Another Day". I'd never really given it a try until lex went on about it on some thread a while back, & I fell for it right way. great vid too.

I keep relistening to "I'll Remember" today. That sequenced synth and the bottom end are so deliciously warm.

her being a girl never occurred to me as a reason not to be a fan, but girls dressing like her circa Like a Virgin definitely solidified my fandom

my madonna story is i downloaded a bunch of madonna albums this must be the "cheapening" i've heard so much about

first time i was conscious of "oh this is madonna i'm listening to" was definitely "take a bow"

http://i.imgur.com/Xs5cZaa.jpg

43. "WAITING" from Erotica (1992) [8 votes, 189 points]

her being a girl never occurred to me as a reason not to be a fan, but girls dressing like her circa Like a Virgin definitely solidified my fandom

― Euler, Thursday, March 7, 2013 1:39 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I started a thread once about my early-life issues surrounding female musicians.

:D

William Orbit connection (because I've confused him with Orbital) to Ray of Light prompts me to check out that album

love this

oh i also hated "die another day" when it came out, and a few years ago when i read lex and tom going on about it i was like "how the hell do they get this much out of the hookless glitchy madonna bond theme"

then i listened again and i was like "ohhhh." like hearing it with new ears. could be a personal development but i mostly blame it on lex and tom, good critwork there. relistening to american life for this poll it jumped out at me as the liveliest thing on there.

the only erotica album cut i voted for was "words" but i'm super glad all these other tracks are showing up

her being a girl never occurred to me as a reason not to be a fan, but girls dressing like her circa Like a Virgin definitely solidified my fandom

― Euler, Thursday, March 7, 2013 1:39 PM

I was already scared of being outed, I realized later.