September 10, 201410 yr Best Music single, but still not exactly amazing for me (though I do like it).
September 11, 201410 yr Best Music single, but still not exactly amazing for me (though I do like it). Same opinion. My Core3 remain. Papa Don't Preach, Express Yourself and Frozen (I think?)
September 11, 201410 yr If I had to pick my core top 5 (basically impossible). 1.Hung Up 2.Vogue 3.Like A Prayer 4.Hollywood 5.Frozen
September 11, 201410 yr I love Don't Tell Me, it's probably in my top 10 Madonna songs but I wouldn't like to even try and order it so maybe not!
September 11, 201410 yr this is my madge top 5 1 Frozen 2 True Blue 3 Crazy For You 4 Sorry 5 La Isla Bonita Edited September 11, 201410 yr by jsilv
September 11, 201410 yr Author You make me wanna hang my head down and cry snsTmi9N9Gs | 16 // Open Your Heart // True Blue // 8.10 (2: jakewild, 4: omie // 11: fgiboy, riser, 10: mr_aly, johnkm, luciano, randomfurlong, niallminogue, dandy, haus, mikemyers, joe.) With that explosive "watch out!" to open the song, and glorious synthing drums, you know you're in for a delight. 'Open Your Heart' demands you do just that. Released as the fourth single from 'True Blue' and originally written for Cyndi Lauper, Madonna swept it up, changed it slightly and gave it her magical touch. A simple love song, but all the more special for this reason, it is undeniably care free and so warm and passionate. One of her most accessable and relatable songs ever, the song explores relationship innocence and naivety and is something we've all experienced whether it be the inability to open up to another, or the agonising pain of not having an open heart returned. Because of this, the song was a commercial success, reaching the top 10 around the world and securing a 5th US #1 as the world opened their hearts. The music video is another complex one, as Madonna plays an exotic dancer, watched on by glaring men and what must be a ~10(?) year old boy. The video demonstrates Madonna's prowess over her sexuality as opposed to subverting it like some might initially think, and it's a genius exploration of femininity and control. The song is an absolute delight and i can't even begin to fathom it receiving the (sparse) low scores that it did. Open your EARS, detractors. An ALBUM next. Whatsitgonbe?
September 11, 201410 yr Author Turn to stone, lose my faith, and I'll be gone Yg9B1ZGCc7g | 05 // Music // 2000 // 8.03 (4: jakewild, 6: johnkm, joe. // 11: jay, 10: niallminogue, leww, cassandra, oliver, robswift, sweetcandy) Your 5th favourite Madonna album is her eighth studio one, and the first of the 21st century. Coming off the back of 'Ray Of Light', she had a lot to live up to. An album so deep and complex, followed by one called 'Music' almost suggests she lost all identity, but thankfully the album maintained a lot of magic and continued to cement her legacy as the biggest female pop star the world had ever seen. It began with a triumphant lead single that shot to #1 across the world, and was followed by a string of other hits. The album became a commercial force too rocketing to #1 across the globe, as well as being critically praised for its consistency and creativity and it went on to garner 5 Grammy nominations, winning one of them. To help spread the album further, Madonna performed at the MTV VMAs and took the album on the road with her wondrous 'Drowned World' tour in conjunction with her previous album. A theme that continued through some of the album's visuals, the album cover saw Madonna donning her best cowgirl outfit, but doesn't quite rank as one her best for me. Madonna explains how the album is made up of different parts (much like many of her albums). Primarily it is about music and all the positives it brings, the ability to dance and enjoy and love yourself through it but there is also a deep rooted sense of love and loss in life. The sounds are largely hypnotic shown especially in the killer duo of 'Impressive Instant' and which keep the energy up for the opening of the album and also merge its central concerns together. brings the pace down considerably but the runaway lover seems to still be on the loose and the album's exploration of loss and travelling on lonely roads (as the visuals also express) are brought about wonderfully here. This is brought out again in the album's closing as draws the album to a shuddering halt. Elsewhere on the album, the bewitching sounds of show yet another experimental side to the album and once again harks back to earlier times in the artist's life. All in all a deeply personal yet at the same time universal album. Not quite as punchy as some of the dance that was to follow, not quite as damning as some of her darker stuff and not quite as fluid as the one that came before it, but it's a highly accomplished collection and deserves a top 5 place here. -x- 16 | Open Your Heart 17 | Don't Tell Me 18 | Get Together 19 | Borderline 20 | Like A Virgin 21 | Music 22 | Holiday 23 | Live To Tell 24 | Die Another Day 25 | Justify My Love 26 | Cherish 27 | Nothing Really Matters 28 | Lucky Star 29 | You'll See 30 | Crazy For You 31 | Drowned World/Substitute For Love 32 | 4 Minutes 33 | Hollywood 34 | True Blue 35 | Give It 2 Me 36 | Burning Up 37 | Secret 38 | Rain 39 | Who's That Girl 40 | What It Feels Like For A Girl 41 | Human Nature 42 | Miles Away 43 | Nothing Fails 44 | Dress You Up 45 | American Life 46 | Erotica 47 | Deeper and Deeper 48 | Take A Bow 49 | I'll Remember 50 | Girl Gone Wild 51 | Oh Father 52 | Bedtime Story 53 | Masterpiece 54 | American Pie 55 | Don't Cry For Me Argentina 56 | Causing A Commotion 57 | Angel 58 | This Used To Be My Playground 59 | Love Profusion 60 | You Must Love Me 61 | Give Me All Your Lovin' 62 | Bad Girl 63 | Everybody 64 | Keep It Together 65 | Dear Jessie 66 | Turn Up The Radio 67 | Hanky Panky 68 | Fever -x- 05 | Music 06 | Like A Virgin 07 | American Life 08 | Erotica 09 | Madonna 10 | Bedtime Stories 11 | Hard Candy 12 | MDNA
September 11, 201410 yr I own that album, but because someone lent it to me at the time and I never got round to giving it back (nor did they ask for it back) :lol: 'Impressive Instant' and 'Runaway Lover' are the two absolute best on here for me, the former is one of her finest works. Totally batshit crazy, I want to know what she had taken when she came up with it.
September 11, 201410 yr A SCANT few highlights aside, it GALLS ME to see that album so high. It's just so blah and lacking in substance, especially as a follow up to Ray Of Light.
September 11, 201410 yr I love Open Your Heart and definately my fave from the True Blue era, glad it's done so well here. I guessed Music would be #5, great album Music (song) and Don't Tell Me, such classics Impressive Instant and Runaway Lover, such great tracks and Amazing and Gone such beautifulness, I even liked the addition of American Pie on there, which was quite random, but still loved it
September 11, 201410 yr Author A SCANT few highlights aside, it GALLS ME to see that album so high. It's just so blah and lacking in substance, especially as a follow up to Ray Of Light. I am struggling to find songs that AREN'T highlights in some way or another. I feel you were going through a breakdown or something when it dropped because i can't understand the hate. You can't deny the Impressive/Lover duo surely!? I mean the highs are nowhere near the highs she gets in almost every other album, but there also aren't any damning lows and so for consitency's sake this is definitely in the top half for me.
September 11, 201410 yr The only tracks I'd ever listen to these days out of choice are Paradise and Impressive Instant. Nobody's Perfect and Runaway Lover are solid too, but very much 'good album track' solid, rather than f*** ME where did this come from good like Paradise and II. I'll give you consistent though, it just happens to be consistently BLAH. For me, it sounds like the album of someone who has lost the passion for what they are doing. I know that is absolutely the case post 2008, but when it's sandwiched between two albums which have such a strong singular vision and purpose, even if it was slightly derailed with American Life it suffers immensely. I know it's probably not fair or right to judge it based on how good it is relative to everything else she's done, but surely that's the way everyone conducts every rate (I know I do), so on that basis it is very much my least favourite of all her albums. Solid, but uninteresting, which means I have virtually no desire to ever return to it.
September 12, 201410 yr ... and it's quite possibly my favourite of her albums, ha. It contains two of her very best album tracks for me, and the singles were solid. Pleased that it's Top 5 at least! Maybe I have a bit of sentimentality towards this album because it's the first of hers I ever owned. I've admitted this to Bal on more than one occasion, and he's told me off about it... 🐒 but I'm so surprised that 'Jump' is still in the running. I've never quite understood the love for it; I find it "ok" at best. Nowhere near Top 20 for me.
September 12, 201410 yr Agreed Jay. It's time for "Jump" to make a leap out of here before the top ten, it's already way too high. ( :kink: )
September 12, 201410 yr Author I've admitted this to Bal on more than one occasion, and he's told me off about it... but I'm so surprised that 'Jump' is still in the running. I've never quite understood the love for it; I find it "ok" at best. Nowhere near Top 20 for me. No one likes a bitter old man betty. I see your 'Rain' and 'Turn Up The Radio' down there and feel for you~
September 12, 201410 yr No one likes a bitter old man betty. I see your 'Rain' and 'Turn Up The Radio' down there and feel for you~ Gurl I'll accept 'Rain' (which should be SO much higher!), but don't you be making me out to be some sort of 'Turn Up The Radio' lover. I gave that the same score as Jump! http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y243/Azzara/skype/skype-makeup.gif Tyler knows where it's at!
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