FUCK YES
― "Bellini." (DJP), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
yes! one of the album cuts i voted for
― balls, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
I always felt that this should have been a single, it's such a fantastic song
― "Bellini." (DJP), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
didn't make my ballot, but YAY!
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
wow – wasn't expecting this!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
THIS IS A BUST.
haha
― balls, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
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
― "Bellini." (DJP), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― So: The Answers (or something), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
xp ha
omg I love this so much. The chorus is so TUFF, huge hook, I love it.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
Madge/Police Academy crossover?
"And we went for it; I went for it. Treated him like a kid brother."
― "Bellini." (DJP), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
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"
― "Bellini." (DJP), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
haha I went back and looked at my ballot and I had "White Heat" at #3
― "Bellini." (DJP), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
A social studies teacher tried to convince my grade 10 class that "Into The Groove" is about masturbation.
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
(Sounds like my ninth-grade English teach who couldn't stop talked about Frankie's "Relax.")
― your fretless ways (Eazy), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
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?
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/lfY33Mj.jpg
(TIE) 44. "SECRET GARDEN" from Erotica (1992) [7 votes, 161 points]
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
YES!
― prolego, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
WOO!
(the highest ranking "deep cut" on my ballot)
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
jesus that pic
― balls, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
brb
YES
― r&b morcilla (lex pretend), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
woah she has a bit of the look of beyonce in that image.
― So: The Answers (or something), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
She had more looks during the Erotica cycle than any other, I believe.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
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)
― Euler, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
okay that's amazing
― "Bellini." (DJP), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
then your parents got you KFC because of the lyrics of "Where Life Begins"
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
Woo! I had both of of White Heat and Secret Garden, it feels good to be making a difference.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― how's life, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
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)
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Euler, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
I keep relistening to "I'll Remember" today. That sequenced synth and the bottom end are so deliciously warm.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
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, 7 March 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
my madonna story is i downloaded a bunch of madonna albums this must be the "cheapening" i've heard so much about
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
first time i was conscious of "oh this is madonna i'm listening to" was definitely "take a bow"
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/Xs5cZaa.jpg
43. "WAITING" from Erotica (1992) [8 votes, 189 points]
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
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
― 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.
― how's life, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
:D
― prolego, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
William Orbit connection (because I've confused him with Orbital) to Ray of Light prompts me to check out that album
love this
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
the only erotica album cut i voted for was "words" but i'm super glad all these other tracks are showing up
― Euler, Thursday, March 7, 2013 1:39 PM
I was already scared of being outed, I realized later.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
i don't remember exactly when i first heard madonna but i do have a memory of being...i guess 8?...and 'erotica' was all over the radio and one day i kept singing "erotic, erotic, put your hands all over my body" until my mom begged me to stop
i didn't vote in this poll because the idea of ranking madonna songs in order of preference gave me low-level anxiety btw
― steaklife (donna rouge), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
i hated "die another day" when it came out too and then loved it when i came back to it for this poll, but in between i listened to bands that were not weezer so that might have helped
― the white queen and her caustic judgments (difficult listening hour), Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:43 (eleven years ago) link