xpost lex otm
― balls, Thursday, 7 March 2013 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
yeah. and "4 Minutes," i guess? obviously Madonna had a lot of singles that topped the dance charts even if they weren't pop radio hits, i'm curious if any of those 'minor' later singles have had a long shelf life in clubs or if they just came and went. xp
― some dude, Thursday, 7 March 2013 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
this conversation just makes me wish that britney had released "before the goodbye" in 2001 ;_;
― prolego, Thursday, 7 March 2013 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
she's still a force on the dance chart but I dunno who cares.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 March 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
haha i hear 'sorry' and 'hung up' in the club alot but the club i go to is ran by an old gay couple i probably spend an hour a week talking about madonna w/ so might not be an unbiased sample (very very heated couple of weeks debating beyonce's superbowl performance vs madonna's). i have met youngun's whose fave madonna is 'four minutes', which always manages to provoke the same horror i had in the nineties meeting ppl whose fave bowie was outside: 'WAIT - THAT SHIT WORKED???'
― balls, Thursday, 7 March 2013 17:41 (eleven years ago) link
a better lol Bowie nineties example is "I'm Afraid of Americans."
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 7 March 2013 17:43 (eleven years ago) link
I cannot conceive of how "4 Minutes" could be anyone's favourite Madonna song, unless it and MDNA are the only Madonna records they've ever heard (and even then...)
― Public Brooding Closet (cryptosicko), Thursday, 7 March 2013 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
I would be more appalled if it was "Give It 2 Me"
― "Bellini." (DJP), Thursday, 7 March 2013 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
i wonder if madonna actually thought "give me all your luvin'" would actually appeal to young ppl
― prolego, Thursday, 7 March 2013 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
actually
― prolego, Thursday, 7 March 2013 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
of course it would - it had m.i.a. (who some older young ppl might be familiar w/) and nicki minaj on it. it's the rubio gambit. plus her daughter's a ting tings fan which explained alot about that single to me.
― balls, Thursday, 7 March 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
i literally never knew "i'll remember" was by madonna
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 7 March 2013 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/SSSLEOy.jpg
(TIE) 44. "WHITE HEAT" from True Blue (1986) [7 votes, 161 points]
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 7 March 2013 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
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