swap 1 and 3 and i'm fully on board. borderline is so definitively her best song tho, one of my favourite songs of all time, kindof a meaningful song for me for so many reasons. i remember pissing off my ex so bad singing it at the top of my lungs cycling around Ghent at night when we were on student exchange together. Everything on like a virgin just seems a little paler than everything on s/t, the undercurrent of longing so much more present in that first album. Something in the way you love me won't let me
― plax (ico), Monday, 11 March 2013 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
Fantastic rollout, and a well-deserved #1; "Live To Tell" is the only top ten track I'm blanking. I know there's another track-I-love-that-Dan-hates to go alongside "Domino Dancing"/"Deeper & Deeper" - are there any Depeche Mode/New Order tracks titled "D____ D____"?
Tracks
01 Deeper And Deeper 4002 Open Your Heart (Extended Version) 3603 Everybody 3304 Beautiful Stranger 3005 Waiting 2806 Borderline 2607 Hung Up (SDP Extended Vocal) 2508 Thief Of Hearts 2409 Into The Groove 2310 Like A Virgin 2211 Erotica 2112 Where's The Party (Dub Version) 2013 Holiday 1914 Sky Fits Heaven 1815 Like A Prayer 1716 Die Another Day 1617 Bad Girl 1518 Hollywood (Stuart Price Mix) 1419 Spotlight 1320 Gang Bang 12
Remixes
(redacted till rollout)
Albums
1 Erotica2 Madonna3 You Can Dance4 Something To Remember5 Like A Virgin
― etc, Monday, 11 March 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
horseshoe so otm about everything upthread re madonnas ownership of the vectors of desire that criss cross early madonna, the way she exits the equation.
― plax (ico), Monday, 11 March 2013 21:26 (eleven years ago) link
― plax (ico), Monday, March 11, 2013 9:25 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^
definitely the song that makes me feel the most things
― surm, Monday, 11 March 2013 21:27 (eleven years ago) link
My ballot -- no albums/videos/remixes.
Borderline - 40Ray of Light - 36Into the Groove - 33Lucky Star - 30Material Girl - 28Candy Perfume Girl - 26Holiday -25Crazy for You - 24Vogue - 23Who's That Girl - 22Shanti/Ashtangi - 21Like a Virgin - 20Dress You Up - 19Live To Tell -18 Burning Up - 17Express Yourself - 16The Power of Good-Bye - 15Drowned World/Substitute for Love - 14Justify My Love - 13 Open Your Heart - 12
― I Don't Wanna Be Dissed (By Anyone But You) (WilliamC), Monday, 11 March 2013 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
i love how much you love borderline also, its a thing i consider in my love for it!!!
― plax (ico), Monday, 11 March 2013 21:28 (eleven years ago) link
everything though, that pause: Borderline.... feels like i'm going to lose my mind.
― plax (ico), Monday, 11 March 2013 21:29 (eleven years ago) link
me too Plax!
but actually regarding Like a Virgin The Album, i think it's tough to compare. i wouldn't say "paler", myself, just different - and i love them both a lot. but in terms of pure feeling, yeah, i would prob give it to debut
― surm, Monday, 11 March 2013 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
its partially projection i mean, that gutsy girl with just enough steeliness. not just some knockout, a real firecracker. maybe im just imagining it but i feel it, that extra push it needed. she was always going to be a star.
― plax (ico), Monday, 11 March 2013 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
and gave Confessions a lot of listening time which I really enjoyed
Poll served its purpose imo.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 March 2013 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
and this is some corny shit but usually if ppl ask me who my favorite band is (somehow the question is always preloaded for rockism w/ 'band') i say roxy music or the rolling stones depending on how i feel (or if i think i'm gonna have to explain who roxy music were) and if you were to total up who i've listened to the most in my life it's probably prince and according to last.fm the acts i've listened to the most over the past whatever years are eno and miles davis but in reality in my heart i know that my fave, the one i'm a biggest fan of, the one whose music has been the best closest friend to me over the years the artist i'd most want to hug if i met them and tell them thank you for being a part of my life is madonna. now and forever girl.
― balls, Monday, 11 March 2013 21:36 (eleven years ago) link
1. Hung Up - 402. Human Nature - 363. Borderline - 334. Beautiful Stranger - 305. Justify My Love - 286. Secret - 267. Ray of Light - 258. Where Life Begins - 249. Deeper and Deeper - 2310. Like A Prayer - 2211. Erotica - 2112. Lucky Star 2013. Holiday 1914. Music 1815. Rescue Me 1716. Dress You Up 1617. Crazy for You 1518. Rain 1419. Like A Virgin 1320. Papa Don't Preach 12
Videos:1. Hung Up2. Justify My Love3. Like A Virgin4. Papa Don't Preach5. Crazy for You
― your fretless ways (Eazy), Monday, 11 March 2013 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
but in reality in my heart i know that my fave, the one i'm a biggest fan of, the one whose music has been the best closest friend to me over the years the artist i'd most want to hug if i met them and tell them thank you for being a part of my life is madonna. now and forever girl.
otfm
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 March 2013 21:38 (eleven years ago) link
Great work as always Johnny Fever!
Delighted to see Burning Up so high. Had no idea Deeper & Deeeper would be so high.
1. Burning Up 402. Secret 363. Till Death Do Us Part 334. Oh Father 305. Everybody 286. Material Girl 267. What It Feels Like For a Girl 258. Take a Bow 249. The Power of Goodbye 2310. Borderline 2211. Lucky Star 2112. Little Star 2013. Into The Groove 1914. Frozen 1815. Deeper & Deeper 1716. Live To Tell 1617. Think of Me 1518. Sanctuary 1419. True Blue 1320. Love Song 12
1. Madonna/First album2. Like a Prayer3. Bedtime Stories4. Ray of Light5. True Blue
I would already make a few changes to my list, I'd bump Oh Father up to number two and Take a Bow should have been in my top five.
― Kitchen Person, Monday, 11 March 2013 21:45 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't vote open your heart as high as i should have
― plax (ico), Monday, 11 March 2013 21:48 (eleven years ago) link
same
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 11 March 2013 21:50 (eleven years ago) link
tracks:BorderlineLike A PrayerCherishExpress YourselfVogueTill Death Do Us PartDon’t Tell MeSecretWhat It Feels Like For A GirlWhite HeatInto The GroovePhysical AttractionWaitingMaterial GirlEverybodyLove SongHuman NatureOpen Your HeartDrowned World/Substitute For LoveDie Another Day
remixes:Express Yourself (Shep Pettibone video mix)
albums:Like A PrayerMadonnaBedtime StoryAmerican LifeTrue Blue
videos:Express YourselfCherishMaterial GirlSecretVogue
― some dude, Monday, 11 March 2013 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
Great poll/great rollout/great images, JF!
― g simmel, Monday, 11 March 2013 21:57 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i thought drowned world would place, i think it was my #2!!
― plax (ico), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
After yelling TOO LOW at "Dress You Up," I went back realized I didn't even vote for it. Can't believe it. Anyway, great poll, great pix!
Into the Groove - 40Like a Prayer - 36Take a Bow - 33Express Yourself - 30Open Your Heart - 28Crazy for You - 26Borderline - 25Ray of Light - 24Material Girl - 23Cherish - 22Deeper and Deeper - 21Secret - 20Frozen -19What It Feels Like for a Girl - 18Don't Tell Me - 17Lucky Star - 16Bedtime Story - 15Angel -14Live to Tell - 13Who's That Girl - 12
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
1. Borderline: 402. Live to Tell: 363. Deeper and Deeper: 334. Secret Garden: 305. Till Death Do Us Part: 286. Papa Don't Preach: 267. Crazy For You: 258. Cherish: 249. Erotica: 2310. Express Yourself: 2211. The Power of Good-bye: 2112. Open Your Heart: 2013. Oh Father: 1914. Like a Prayer: 1815. Ray of Light: 1716. Rescue Me: 1617. Love Song: 1518. Jimmy Jimmy: 1419. Waiting: 1320. I Love New York: 12
1. Like a Prayer2. True Blue3. Madonna4. Erotica5. Ray of Light
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
Great poll, fine with 'Into the Groove' as #1.
Lucky Star - 40Live to Tell - 36Oh Father - 33Into the Groove - 30What It Feels Like for a Girl - 28Cherish - 26Secret - 25Take a Bow - 24Swim - 23Crazy for You - 22Deeper and Deeper - 21Borderline - 20Angel - 19Sanctuary - 18Think of Me - 17Material Girl - 16Till Death Do Us Part - 15Burning Up - 14Human Nature - 13Open Your Heart - 12 Albums:1. Bedtime Stories2. Madonna3. Like a Prayer4. Ray of Light5. Music
After listening to it again I think Erotica should have been #5 on my albums ballot.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 11 March 2013 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
I'm giving "Love Tried to Welcome Me" a critical listen right now because of the stanning earlier today and it's nice and all, but it's pretty stock as far as Babyface tunes go. Perhaps part of it's generational, because "Live to Tell" still falls on me like a ton of bricks where this seems like a feather carried on the wind, but I was 12 when "Live to Tell" came out and 20 when "Love Tried to Welcome Me" did and I'd already pretty much made up my mind about Babyface's lameness. If you were 12 and hadn't reached that conclusion, I guess you could reasonably favor this. Still, I have questions.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 March 2013 22:42 (eleven years ago) link
balls reminded me: were Madonna to die suddenly in the next year I'd weep as if my mother died.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
xp lol it's not even Babyface! It's fake Babyface!
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 March 2013 22:44 (eleven years ago) link
disingenuous to suggest dave "jam" hall is fake babyface imo
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Monday, 11 March 2013 22:49 (eleven years ago) link
Perhaps he isn't, but that song is.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 11 March 2013 22:50 (eleven years ago) link
madonna can't die perish the thought
― horseshoe, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:31 (eleven years ago) link
she fucking better not
it was bad enough when Michael Jackson died, fuuuuuuuuuuck Madonna would wreck me
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
you know, i haven't listened to ray of light since college, when i wore it out. i had kind of developed a retroactive embarrassment about that album because of all the dumb stuff that was written at the time about how madonna had finally turned demure and classy and learned how to sing, but i listened to it this afternoon because of this poll, and it's really lovely. it's a good thing i didn't have time to vote in this because i have no idea how i would have done it.
― horseshoe, Monday, 11 March 2013 23:34 (eleven years ago) link
yeah Ray Of Light has aged really nicely, I was afraid it would feel strange and dated
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
she's gonna die another day guys, you heard her
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
lol
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
yr username makes me happy, lex
$10 check is in the mail :)
My ballot
Tracks1 Love Song 402 Bad Girl 36 3 White Heat 334 Angel 305 Til Death 286 Over and Over 267 True Blue 258 Open Your Heart 249 Burning Up 2310 Express Yourself 2211 Papa Don't Preach 2112 Crazy For You 2013 Lucky Star 1914 Like A Prayer 1815 Into The Groove 1716 La Isla Bonita 1617 Holiday 1518 Deeper And Deeper 1419 Like A Virgin 1320 Hung Up 12
Albums1 Erotica2 Like A Virgin3 True Blue4 Madonna5 Like A Prayer
Videos
1 Express Yourself2 Frozen3 Like a Virgin4 Deeper & Deeper5 Justify My Love
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 11 March 2013 23:49 (eleven years ago) link
Top 20 songs:
Deeper And Deeper - 40Borderline - 36Vogue - 33Music - 30Get Together - 28Crazy For You - 26Holiday - 25Bedtime Story - 24Like A Prayer - 23Into The Groove - 22Lucky Star - 21Sky Fits Heaven - 20Forbidden Love (from Confessions) - 19Angel - 18Secret - 17La Isla Bonita - 16Hung Up - 15Cherish - 14Ray Of Light - 13Skin - 12 Top 5 Albums:
Madonna - 10Ray Of Light - 8Confessions On A Dancefloor - 6Erotica - 4Like A Prayer - 2
Top 5 Videos:
Bedtime Story - 10Human Nature - 8Bad Girl - 6Vogue - 4Papa Don’t Preach - 2
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
Hey, the album version of "Express Yourself" is different than the video version! This totally fucking rules!
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 00:14 (eleven years ago) link
(sorry, first listen)
haha!
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 00:17 (eleven years ago) link
I always forget about the album version, but I like it.
"Boy, this sure is a skillful Prince rip...HOLY SHIT, IT IS PRINCE!"
How did a Prince/Madonna collaboration not make the front page of every publication at the time? I don't ever remember hearing that this existed.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 00:22 (eleven years ago) link
i think it was maybe underwhelming at the time but listening to it recently i found it MUCH better than i remembered, certainly closer to matching the sum of its parts than say chuck d + sonic youth.
― balls, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 00:51 (eleven years ago) link
yeah Love Song is like the perfect musical venn diagram of Madge + Prince (at least for me, I adoooooore that song)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 01:19 (eleven years ago) link
Tracks:1. Borderline2. Like a Prayer3. Vogue4. Open Your Heart5. Ray of Light6. Into the Groove7. Live To Tell8. Deeper and Deeper9. Oh Father10. Burning Up11. Beautiful Stranger12. Material Girl13. Swim14. Express Yourself15. Music16. Till Death Do Us Part17. Candy Perfume Girl18. Secret19. Sorry20. Papa Don't Preach Albums:1. Like a Prayer2. The Immaculate Collection3. Ray of Light4. Erotica5. Confessions On A Dancefloor Videos:1. Ray of Light2. Vogue3. Like a Prayer4. Material Girl5. Open Your Heart
― chris_coolidge, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 02:01 (eleven years ago) link
Amazing graphics, can't wait to read this thread in detail. My only comment I wanted to add now is that I still imagine Sleater-Kinney doing an amazing "Ray of Light" cover. Also, I've made the argument for "Borderline" as the best video ever, so if I'd voted in that category, I'd have chosen that. First West Coast breakdancers in a video? East L.A. locations? Madonna casually creating an icon before our eyes? Story and texture? Oh, and I'd choose the one that won for album. My ballot:
Into the Groove - 40Get Together - 36Hung Up - 33Borderline - 30Ray of Light - 28Deeper and Deeper - 26 (Glad this placed higher though, so maybe I should have bumped it up a notch.)Like a Prayer - 25Holiday - 24What It Feels Like for a Girl - 23Human Nature - 22Take a Bow - 21Beautiful Stranger - 20Love Profusion - 194 Minutes - 18I'm Addicted - 17Don't Tell Me - 16Material Girl - 15Secret Garden - 14Lucky Star - 13Papa Don't Preach - 12
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
this is the punk rock "Ray Of Light" that almost makes me like the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaQ4bQmTILA
― some dude, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 02:19 (eleven years ago) link
I blame Tim F: his assertion that all ballots shd have two tracks from Erotica vs a number of ppl who have only heard two tracks from Erotica xxp
― Josh and D.A.M. (Drugs A. Money), Monday, 11 March 2013 16:12 (Yesterday) Permalink
Given "Justify My Love" isn't an Erotica track (and precedes it by two years) it appears that in fact you only know one track from that album. But blame me for whatever you like if it makes you feel better.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 02:33 (eleven years ago) link
If and when Madonna actually dies, I hope her headstone just says "And you can dance."
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 02:38 (eleven years ago) link
o man carrie on verses, corin on chorus - man that would work.
― balls, Tuesday, 12 March 2013 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
So, by my count:
7Erotica
6MadonnaTrue BlueLike a Prayer
5None
4Like a VirginBedtime Stories
3Ray of LightMusic
2Who's That GirlConfessions on a Dance Floor
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 02:59 (eleven years ago) link