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Post by Juanca on Aug 10, 2014 17:18:30 GMT -5
So here is a switch...I am a hardcore Madonna-stan..but I can admit she has a handful of songs that I just cannot get into and tend to skip when they come on in the shuffle. So I ask you guys, what are your bottom 5 Madonna singles? Mine are, in no particular order: -True Blue -Cherish -Material Girl -Love Profusion -Dress You Up These just have not stood the test of time for me. A few, I never got into (MG, Cherish, True Blue). There are others, but these are the ones I tend to skip immediately. Interesting question. From less bad (5) to worst (1), I think: 5. Gimme all your luvin' / Hollywood (I was also thinking of Hanky but that one was more fun at least :) ) 4. Burning up 3. Everybody (never got into this one) 2. What it feels like for a girl (original version) 1. Love don't live here anymore 97
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Post by HolidayGuy on Aug 10, 2014 17:28:58 GMT -5
LDLHA 97? Did I miss something? :) I myself prefer the updated STR mix, as it takes away some of the dated sound of the 1984 recording.
These probably would be in my bottom five Madonna singles: Human Nature (I love the message/video more than the track itself) American Pie (Fine enough, but not essential Madonna) Hollywood (I prefer a couple of the mixes to the original) Love Profusion (same as above) 4 Minutes (Suitable radio fare, but missing the Madonna oomph)
I don't hate them or anything, I just don't enjoy them like I do most of the others.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Aug 10, 2014 18:17:37 GMT -5
Probably:
1. Love Don't Live Here Anymore 2. Turn Up the Radio (the worst) 3. Love Profusion 4. Nothing Fails 5. What It Feels Like For a Girl
6. American Life (which destroyed her mainstream solo career)
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Post by Ginger Spice on Aug 10, 2014 18:29:01 GMT -5
My least favorite Madonna singles: 1. You'll See 2. Angel 3. Gambler 4. Nothing Fails 5. I Want You I could just never get into those. I can't even remember what the first three sound like. I love most of her singles. If we were doing least favorite album tracks, that'd be a lot easier.
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Post by August on Aug 10, 2014 18:34:03 GMT -5
Well album tracks would be easier..but I wanted to stick with The singles. I love You'll a See and I Want You. There are some awesome bootleg mixes out there of these two.
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Aug 10, 2014 18:47:14 GMT -5
Five least favorite US only - this is way too easy (I'm going pre-2008 because the list would be dominated by post-2008):
1. True Blue 2. You Must Love Me 3. Hanky Panky 4. Bedtime Stories 5 *=(tie). American Life/Nothing Fails
I'm really excited about this era. Clearly M wants to be commercially successful again or she wouldn't both with all the Instagram, etc. She knows she can put out music and it would sell decently and her tours are a sure thing. She's not ready for the "oldies" circuit, yet or probably ever.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Aug 10, 2014 19:15:04 GMT -5
Were Gambler and I Want You serviced to radio tho?
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Post by superbu on Aug 10, 2014 19:58:45 GMT -5
Oh, singles? First off the top of my head:
- Turn Up the Radio (dumbed-down lyrics; she's way too old to be singing that drivel) - Fever (awful cover song; bland and passionless) - Keep It Together (corny and not particularly catchy) - Die Another Day (Elton John is right... it's the worst James Bond theme ever) - American Pie (amother awful cover, as bland and emotionless as her cover of "Fever")
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Aug 10, 2014 20:08:56 GMT -5
Oh, singles? First off the top of my head: - Turn Up the Radio (dumbed-down lyrics; she's way too old to be singing that drivel) - Fever (awful cover song; bland and passionless) - Keep It Together (corny and not particularly catchy) - Die Another Day (Elton John is right... it's the worst James Bond theme ever) - American Pie (amother awful cover, as bland and emotionless as her cover of "Fever") i agree with you on Keep it Together and American Pie as weak singles but Die Another Day is one of my favorites.
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Post by superbu on Aug 10, 2014 20:13:08 GMT -5
Oh, singles? First off the top of my head: - Turn Up the Radio (dumbed-down lyrics; she's way too old to be singing that drivel) - Fever (awful cover song; bland and passionless) - Keep It Together (corny and not particularly catchy) - Die Another Day (Elton John is right... it's the worst James Bond theme ever) - American Pie (amother awful cover, as bland and emotionless as her cover of "Fever") i agree with you on Keep it Together and American Pie as weak singles but Die Another Day is one of my favorites. I should probably have said "Love Profusion" or "Nothing Fails" instead of "Die Another Day" because, honestly, I've listened to them so seldom that I can't even think of how they go.
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Post by So Pure on Aug 10, 2014 20:19:22 GMT -5
American Life is one chapter I would prefer to just forget.
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Post by seaguy27 on Aug 10, 2014 20:35:31 GMT -5
Well album tracks would be easier..but I wanted to stick with The singles. I love You'll a See and I Want You. There are some awesome bootleg mixes out there of these two. You'll See and I Want You are some of my faces!!!
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Post by seaguy27 on Aug 10, 2014 20:43:48 GMT -5
My Bottom 5 Madonna Singles:
1. Gimme All Your Lovin (so blah and feels stale and seems a few years late) 2. 4 Minutes(same as 1) 3. What It Feels Like For A Girl (I feel bad including this song, as it is strong lyrically and the video is so good, however the song sonically just is not my favorite) 4. Cherish (too syrupy and bubblegum for me) 5. Who's That Girl (UGGH, just not good for me)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 20:44:41 GMT -5
13 Albums :o
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Post by seaguy27 on Aug 10, 2014 20:46:31 GMT -5
Were Gambler and I Want You serviced to radio tho? I Want You was intended to be a single…however their were some behind the scenes issues so they went with You'll See. Gamble im not sure about, their was a video played in MTV at the time. Mostly just scenes from the movie Vision Quest.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Aug 10, 2014 20:57:20 GMT -5
They weren't singles, so they don't count.
Tho "Turn Up the Radio" HAS to be the ultimate worst.
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Post by Zeebz on Aug 10, 2014 22:56:34 GMT -5
American Life was actually a decent album and it is underrated. Nowhere near her worst.
Bottom five Madonna:
01. Give Me All Your Luvin' 02. Causing A Commotion 03. Who's That Girl? 04. Turn Up The Radio 05. Angel
I'm going by American singles only.
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Post by Me. I Am Justin... on Aug 10, 2014 23:17:28 GMT -5
My least fave singles -
1 "Turn Up The Radio" 2 "Gimme All Your Luvin" 3 "Hanky Panky" 4 "Love Don't Here Anymore" 5 "You Must Love Me"
Lately, I've been shopping on Amazon trying to complete my Madonna maxi-single collection. I already have a lot of them but still missing quite a few. Just purchased the Remixed Prayers EP and the maxi-singles for "Justify My Love" & "Rescue Me". Love all of them!
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Aug 10, 2014 23:24:32 GMT -5
LOL. Turn Up The Radio has been on all my party mixes since MDNA came out and everyone jams to it. *shrugs* I'll accept the hate for that song but NOT for Nothing Fails. It's the best song on AL, hands down.
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Post by floridagrl on Aug 11, 2014 7:50:19 GMT -5
Man! What is with all the American Life dislike? I think that is one of her best albums. It doesn't even sound dated like all her first four albums. My list: Like A Virgin True Blue Who's That Girl Everybody Hung Up
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Aug 11, 2014 8:02:30 GMT -5
TUTR is so catchy, but Madonna couldn't write a proper chorus for it??
The chorus is just "Turn up the radio..." #lazy
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Post by HolidayGuy on Aug 11, 2014 8:35:51 GMT -5
^What about, "Don’t ask me where I wanna go" and "There’s somethings you don’t need to know" :) There are some singles I'm indifferent to- TUTR probably would be one of them.
"Give Me All You Luvin'" also had a rather lazy chorus. She could have expanded more on the quasi wannabe theme of the verses.
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Post by bat1990 on Aug 11, 2014 8:37:09 GMT -5
Hmmmm.... In random order, Bad Girl Don't Cry For Me Argentina Oh Father This Used to be My Playground You'll See LOL, they're all ballads! I do love "Live to Tell" "I Want You" "Take a Bow" "I'll Remember" "One More Chance" though. My least favorite Madonna singles: 1. You'll See 2. Angel 3. Gambler 4. Nothing Fails 5. I Want You I could just never get into those. I can't even remember what the first three sound like. I love most of her singles. If we were doing least favorite album tracks, that'd be a lot easier. What???? "Angel"??? The "I believe that dreams come true/cause you came when I wished for you" breakdown is timeless!
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Post by HolidayGuy on Aug 11, 2014 8:47:37 GMT -5
^Do you like DCFMA in Miami Mix form? ;)
"Gambler" was not serviced/promoted to U.S. radio; neither was "Into the Groove," but radio just latched onto that one, initially recording he video off MTV and playing it from that, until the 12-iunch single was released.
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Post by August on Aug 11, 2014 9:40:05 GMT -5
Ok, I think we got a good flavor of your least favorite Madonna singles. How about favorite 5 - 10 singles? If you do not live in the US and there were singles that were specific to your market, feel free to include. My top favorites, and this is a very hard one, are:
-Express Yourself (the mixes are amazing) -Like a Prayer -Justify My Love -Open Your Heart -Physical Attraction (double A side with Burning Up) -Erotica -Bedtime Story -Frozen -Music -Vogue
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Post by So Pure on Aug 11, 2014 9:42:50 GMT -5
Man! What is with all the American Life dislike? I think that is one of her best albums. It doesn't even sound dated like all her first four albums. My list: Like A Virgin True Blue Who's That Girl Everybody Hung Up 'American Life' the song/single for me. Not the album. The rap was just embarrassing.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Aug 11, 2014 11:42:58 GMT -5
I think Madge may have meant for the rap to be somewhat of a parody, but, yeah, it's not one of her shining moments, regardless of the intent.
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Post by Juanca on Aug 11, 2014 12:18:48 GMT -5
LDLHA 97? Did I miss something? :) I myself prefer the updated STR mix, as it takes away some of the dated sound of the 1984 recording. These probably would be in my bottom five Madonna singles: Human Nature (I love the message/video more than the track itself) American Pie (Fine enough, but not essential Madonna) Hollywood (I prefer a couple of the mixes to the original) Love Profusion (same as above) 4 Minutes (Suitable radio fare, but missing the Madonna oomph) I don't hate them or anything, I just don't enjoy them like I do most of the others. Oops. That should've been LDLHA 96 ;) I like it more than her first version, but still don't like it (even the male version doesn't do anything to me). Btw, I didn't care for Human Nature at first but then appreciated it more for its lyrics and fun vibe. Same -or worse- with Bad Girl. That was the first M song that didn't enter my personal chart. The video was superb tho, and I've grown to like it more. I didn't know whether Fever was a single. That would be in my bottom 5 if it were. I remember really disliking it the first time I heard it at the time of the album release. I thought about DCFMA, but the Miami mix redeemed it :)
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Post by Juanca on Aug 11, 2014 12:30:32 GMT -5
Ok, I think we got a good flavor of your least favorite Madonna singles. How about favorite 5 - 10 singles? If you do not live in the US and there were singles that were specific to your market, feel free to include. My top favorites, and this is a very hard one, are: -Express Yourself (the mixes are amazing) -Like a Prayer -Justify My Love -Open Your Heart -Physical Attraction (double A side with Burning Up) -Erotica -Bedtime Story -Frozen -Music -Vogue My favorite singles: 1) Like a Prayer 2) Like a Virgin (I may not like it as much as few others, but it was just so iconic and relevant in 1985 that I have to put it at #2) 3) Vogue 4) Into the Groove 5) Ray of Light (the only one in my top 5 that I didn't love as much on first listen.,, that quickly changed tho) 6) Papa don't Preach 7) Hung Up 8) You'll See 9) La Isla Bonita 10) Holiday
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Post by So Pure on Aug 11, 2014 12:49:26 GMT -5
Like A Prayer Frozen Hung Up Vogue Secret Express Yourself Don't Tell Me La Isla Bonita Open Your Heart The Power of Goodbye
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