Like is this song really *that good* when you isolate it?
― ferreira rocher (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 8 March 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
Okay, now I'm shocked. LAV was something shiny & new, it deserved higher than that.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 March 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
It isn't. xp
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 March 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
xp I ranked "Ray of Light" higher than "Music" but I still think the latter is more ott/explosive/big and loud and etc
― ferreira rocher (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 8 March 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
You missed a trick not starting the countdown at no.30; imagine getting to the top five and we're all trying to cram eight or nine songs in there.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 March 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BLDrh-5HZU
― your fretless ways (Eazy), Friday, 8 March 2013 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
Haha, that would've been fun. xp
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 March 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
aw i should probably have thrown a vote to LAV, sad to see it miss the 30. the lion in the video always cracks me up.
― So: The Answers (or something), Friday, 8 March 2013 17:06 (eleven years ago) link
didn't vote for it but i'm still glad to see "music"! acid rock
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 8 March 2013 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
"Music" sadly her last American #1.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 March 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
The US being just about the only country in the world where "Hung Up" didn't go #1
― prolego, Friday, 8 March 2013 17:15 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't realize the hook from "Hung Up" was an ABBA sample until two weeks ago :-(
― ferreira rocher (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 8 March 2013 17:21 (eleven years ago) link
The drums on Like A Virgin are amazing. It's not just the production, he's hitting them so hard. It's almost comical in effect.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 March 2013 17:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/VXhO6Od.jpg
30. "TILL DEATH DO US PART" from Like a Prayer (1989) [16 votes, 337 points]
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 March 2013 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
hey here's something i voted for
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 8 March 2013 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
I'm on a train facing backwards, looking out the window, with Sorry on my headphones, and all the overhead lines, signals, passing trains and buildings were synching past like in the Chemical Brothers' Star Guitar video. They've dropped out of synch now, but that was a strangely thrilling twenty seconds.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 March 2013 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
great song, dunno if it'll be her highest album cut but it's her best imo xp
― some dude, Friday, 8 March 2013 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
hoping and praying probs futilely that "love tried to welcome me" will still place
― prolego, Friday, 8 March 2013 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/ha1ksje.jpg
29. "EVERYBODY" from Everybody 12"/Madonna (1982,83) [15 votes, 344 points]
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
agh all of this has been going full steam ahead while i've been offline
hurrah to many, many tracks so far - bit worried that all the erotica tracks showing up in the 30-50 section will mean less of the right at the top, where they belong...
"everybody" is amazing
― r&b morcilla (lex pretend), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
It is. How come I had it at no.25? Idiot.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
bit worried that all the erotica tracks showing up in the 30-50 section will mean less of the right at the top, where they belong...
It's had 5 of the last 22, better than any other album she's released. Did you want to see the whole thing place?
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
yes
(apart from a couple)
― r&b morcilla (lex pretend), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
wow #30
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
In trying to figure out why I always align Everybody with Genius of Love, I decided it's like Tina Weymouth and Madonna had the exact same dream and each of them channeled it into the songs we currently know.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
wow things happening! great rollout so far, is making the upcomers v interesting
DANCE AND SING GET UP AND DO YOUR THING
*dances*
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I can see the link -- kinda spare but uber-groovy
I'd be OK with "Did You Do It?" missing the top 50.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/b30MXtC.jpg
28. "SECRET" from Bedtime Stories (1994) [16 votes, 349 points]
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
given the voting block, the overrepresentation of Erotica was pretty much a given but I'm glad that it's playing itself out in the lower end of the rollout
― "Bellini." (DJP), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
wow i like "secret" but this seems way high for it
― r&b morcilla (lex pretend), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
idk, placing seems kinda right to me. I'm humming it in my head right now.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
for some reason I always combine this and Deeper and Deeper in my head and start thinking about udo kier and get confused
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
It's definitely one of the most earwormy Madonna singles.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
Secret was my no.4; weeping salt tears right now.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
"Secret" would have been #21 on my ballot so I am happy to see it here
― "Bellini." (DJP), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
this is my "secret" story. this occurred right around when i was getting into madonna albums, not just singles:
when i was 12, my maths teacher got pregnant. the supply teacher they'd got in to cover for her was dreadful at both teaching and controlling the class, but she was kind of bitchy as well. "secret" had just come out, so me and my then bff rewrote the lyrics as a hate paean to her. the chorus went "mmm-mmm, we hate mrs buckn4ll". the verses were ruder but they escape my memory right now. not only did we rewrite the song, but - as an instrumental was included on the cd single - we recorded it, brought the tape into school along with print-outs of the lyrics, and played it to selected members of the class in the school library one lunchtime. unfortunately, also present in the library was mrs buckn4ll's son, who was a little twat iirc. he grabbed one of the lyric sheets and told on us. mrs b had to have therapy apparently :(
epilogue: a few months ago my mother went to a church in a village she doesn't normally go to. she vaguely recognised one of the women in the congregation and advanced on her after the service, asking where they possibly could have met, and then something rung a bell, and she said - oh, is it through [my school]? do you know my son alex?
that woman was mrs buckn4ll :(
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:34 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― r&b morcilla (lex pretend), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
humming that version in my head right now, it works v well Lex :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
that "till death do us part" image!
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
Oh yes! I'm reading on phone and keep forgetting to open these :(
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/EoPJ0Ol.jpg
27. "LA ISLA BONITA" from True Blue (1986) [18 votes, 367 points, 1 first place vote]
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Meh.
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
every time i listen to "la isla bonita" i'm like I LOVE THIS and then the chorus is so boring
but that's all relative; still kinda neat to see it place so high
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
oh and "secret" was definitely high on my ballot and it's basically the best song ever so woooo
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
YAY
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
love the !2" though.
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
A funny one this - it's kind of simultaneously Madonna-by-numbers and not-like anything else in her catalogue. I voted for it (all mine are showing up atm) but a lot lower than I'd thought I might - it was a big record for me as a young 'un.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:49 (eleven years ago) link
BEAUTIFUL FACES NO CARES IN THIS WORLD
WHERE A GIRL LOVES A BOY
AND A BOY
...
LOVES
A GIRL
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 8 March 2013 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
Ol' long-haired Pedro and his spanish guitar
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
There's absolutely nothing wrong with this song imo, but there are just so many Madonna songs one can say that about. I'm not gonna say TOO LOW, but I might be thinking it.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 March 2013 18:51 (eleven years ago) link