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Post by HolidayGuy on Aug 11, 2014 14:03:14 GMT -5
Favorite Madonna singles... the top 5 are pretty set, but after that, any number could change positions (even with some outside the top 10)- so, take the 6-10 rankings with a grain of salt. 1. Like a Prayer 2. Live to tell 3. Ray of Light 4. Drowned World/Substitute For Love 5. Holiday 6. Crazy For You 7. Vogue 8. Open Your Heart 9. Borderline 10. Express Yourself
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Post by blahsi on Aug 11, 2014 15:24:30 GMT -5
My top 10... I had to think about this all morning to come up with my set!
1) Ray of Light 2) Like a Prayer 3) Papa Don't Preach 4) Open Your Heart 5) Music 6) Hung Up 7) Express Yourself 8) Beautiful Stranger 9) Frozen 10) Secret
Some of those are preferences right now and could be switched out for others, like Die Another Day or Drowned World.
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Post by Juanca on Aug 11, 2014 15:32:46 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 Oh and I should just add that 'Til Death Do Us Part is in #6 since it was a single in Peruvian radio -but I omitted it given that it was not a single in major markets.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Aug 11, 2014 16:39:56 GMT -5
"Till Death..." is in my top 5 overall Madonna tracks- so good.
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Post by floridagrl on Aug 11, 2014 20:33:58 GMT -5
My top faves: Holiday Dress You Up Get Together Bye Bye Baby Into The Groove Human Nature Like A Prayer It's hard to pick. She has so many!! "What i did for Love! Kissed by a Paintball! #boom #bruisedbitch" -Madonna "Not a baby anymore! OMG where did the time go? Happy Birthday R.R. #livingforlove" -Madonna Happy 14th Birthday, Rocco!
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Post by superbu on Aug 11, 2014 20:58:50 GMT -5
Hard one, but:
Holiday Lucky Star Into the Groove (original single mix) True Blue (especially the Shep Pettibone Remix/Edit) Don't Cry for Me Argentina (Miami Mix Edit)
Hope a favorite album tracks poll will be coming next.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Aug 11, 2014 21:48:42 GMT -5
Hope a favorite album tracks poll will be coming next. We can do that now. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You Easy Ride Falling Free Impressive Instant In This Life Let It Will Be Sanctuary Sky Fits Heaven Til Death Do Us Part White Heat
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Aug 11, 2014 22:56:30 GMT -5
Why did NRM not hit top 10? I think it barely scraped hot 100. A perfect gem from ROL youtu.be/cAVx9RKaLPU
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Post by So Pure on Aug 12, 2014 0:14:47 GMT -5
Hope a favorite album tracks poll will be coming next. We can do that now. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You Easy Ride Falling Free Impressive Instant In This Life Let It Will Be Sanctuary Sky Fits Heaven Til Death Do Us Part White Heat Album tracks! Even better! Falling Free Gone Til Death Do Us Part Promise To Try Skin Devil Wouldn't Recognize You Like It Or Not Waiting Inside Of Me Candy Perfume Girl (Love the DWT Live version!!!)
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Post by Me. I Am Justin... on Aug 12, 2014 2:53:12 GMT -5
My favorite album tracks (It's too hard for me to rank the singles, LOL)
1 "Inside Of Me" 2 "Waiting" 3 "Skin" 4 "Impressive Instant" 5 "Let It Will Be" 6 "Love Tried To Welcome Me" 7 "Think Of Me" 8 "White Heat" 9 "Like It Or Not" 10 "Where Life Begins"
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Post by August on Aug 12, 2014 5:50:09 GMT -5
My Top 10 Favorite Album Tracks:
-Forbidden Love (COAD) -Secret Garden (Erotica) -Sanctuary (Bedtime Stories) -Future Lovers (COAD) -Candy Shop (Hard Candy) -Til Death Do Us Part (Like a Prayer) -Over and Over (Like a Virgin) -I'm Addicted (MDNA) -Love Spent (MDNA) -Sky Fits Heaven (Ray of Light)
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Post by floridagrl on Aug 12, 2014 6:57:44 GMT -5
Madonna in a scene of ''Like a Virgin'' video (1984). I do love this video.....not the song. She has made so many brilliant videos. I guess that is why she was awarded 19 moon men from MTV!
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Post by HolidayGuy on Aug 12, 2014 7:36:37 GMT -5
jump- NRM, arguably the most radio-friendly track on ROL, did the worst at radio. It peaked with around 13 million weekly BDS audience, and bubbled under for some weeks- but WB pushed the commercial single release back from its originally announced date. So, by the time it was released, there was little airplay. Had the single been released around the time of its airplay peak, it still wouldn't have peaked great, but it would have peaked in the vicinity of No. 6 or so on the Hot 100.
florida- she didn't win all of those moon men (as some were technical). But, I do believe she/her videos have accumulated the most nominations to date (the VMAs have gone downhill, though, with letting fans determine nominees and/or winners for major categories).
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Post by floridagrl on Aug 12, 2014 7:36:55 GMT -5
I'm so excited I got my first camera today! Early birthday present for France this week! Thanks @itswillymoon ...can't wait to see you madonna Her birthday is one day before The Queen's. Looks like they are going to celebrate their birthdays together in France. www.facebook.com/NataliaKills
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Post by floridagrl on Aug 12, 2014 8:02:45 GMT -5
florida- she didn't win all of those moon men (as some were technical). But, I do believe she/her videos have accumulated the most nominations to date (the VMAs have gone downhill, though, with letting fans determine nominees and/or winners for major categories). She also won the Video Vanguard Award. That makes 20 MTV awards. Yes, you are correct, some of the awards are for technical work, which were awarded for her videos.
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Post by August on Aug 12, 2014 13:57:50 GMT -5
Oh I forgot two honorable mentions in my favorite singles list: Bad Girl and Oh Father.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Aug 12, 2014 14:49:06 GMT -5
I didn't list my honorable mentions- when there's many that could swap places with 6-10, I figured I shouldn't bother.
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Post by August on Aug 12, 2014 15:01:20 GMT -5
I know! See what happens when you favorite artist has been cranking out music for 30+ years? I end up with a new favorite all the time!
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Post by kmbgs on Aug 12, 2014 15:40:31 GMT -5
1. La Isla Bonita 2. True Blue 3. Like a Prayer 4. Vogue 5. Cherish 6. Express Yourself 7. Open Your Heart 8. 4 Minutes 9. Material Girl 10. Take a Bow
That was not easy
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Post by seaguy27 on Aug 12, 2014 15:46:49 GMT -5
1. Frozen 2. Into The Groove 3. Ray Of Light 4. Express Yourself 5. Hung Up 6. Holiday 7. Justify My Love 8. Open Your Heart 9. Vogue 10. Live To Tell
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Post by seaguy27 on Aug 12, 2014 15:47:26 GMT -5
1. Frozen 2. Into The Groove 3. Ray Of Light 4. Express Yourself 5. Hung Up 6. Holiday 7. Justify My Love 8. Open Your Heart 9. Vogue 10. Live To Tell That was hard….she has so many classics and great singles!
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Post by bokid on Aug 12, 2014 17:00:19 GMT -5
My top 5 tracks:
Into the Groove Get Together Human Nature Hung Up This Used To Be My Playground
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Post by Hussy on Aug 12, 2014 18:52:31 GMT -5
1- Vogue 2- Like A Prayer 3- Frozen 4- Die Another Day (was this a single?) 5- Hung Up 6- Ray Of Light 7- 4 Minutes 8- Express Yourself 9- Erotica 10- Gang Bang (this wasn't a single i know but its among my top 10 Madonna songs)
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Aug 12, 2014 18:57:30 GMT -5
Why did NRM not hit top 10? I think it barely scraped hot 100. A perfect gem from ROL youtu.be/cAVx9RKaLPUWBR messed up the single release. It went to retail after it had peaked at radio. Went to #17 on Radio & Records, I think. Then they totally mssed up the next single release. For Beautiful Stranger. Nothing. If there had been one, easy Top 10. Maybe #1?
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Post by xxzion72xx on Aug 12, 2014 19:06:34 GMT -5
Top 10. 1. Express Yourself. 2. Erotica 3. Open your Heart. 4. Frozen. 5. This Use to be my Playground. 6. Secret 7. Like a Prayer 8. Who's that Girl. 9. Take a Bow. 10. Hung up.
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Post by xxzion72xx on Aug 12, 2014 19:17:10 GMT -5
Bottom 10. 1. Lucky Star. 2. Hollywood. 3. Bad Girl. 4. Vogue 5. Jump. 6. Love profusion 7. GMAYL. 8. Everybody 9. Girls gone Wild. 10. Nothing Really matters.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Aug 12, 2014 20:48:13 GMT -5
Why did NRM not hit top 10? I think it barely scraped hot 100. A perfect gem from ROL youtu.be/cAVx9RKaLPUWBR messed up the single release. It went to retail after it had peaked at radio. Went to #17 on Radio & Records, I think. Then they totally messed up the next single release. For Beautiful Stranger. Nothing. If there had been one, easy Top 10. Maybe #1? It was ridiculous that they didn't do a physical single for "Beautiful Stranger" as it definitely would have gone top 10. #1 was a strong possibility. Their intent was to keep it as an album track so the soundtrack would sell, and it did. I had to buy an import copy of the CD single so I could get the Victor Calderone remixes. A second volume of the soundtrack was released which included the Calderone remix edit.
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Post by August on Aug 13, 2014 5:34:03 GMT -5
With the passing of Lauren Bacall yesterday, all 9 of the Hollywood icons that were still living when "Vogue" was released have now died. R.I.P. Greta Garbo (1990), Marlene Dietrich (1992), Joe DiMaggio (1999), Marlon Brando (2009), Gene Kelly (1996), Ginger Rogers (1995), Lauren Bacall (2014), Katherine Hepburn (2003), Lana Turner (1995)
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Post by floridagrl on Aug 13, 2014 6:18:23 GMT -5
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Post by blahsi on Aug 13, 2014 9:26:46 GMT -5
My album tracks top 10 -
1) Candy Perfume Girl 2) Let It Will Be 3) Impressive Instant 4) Amazing 5) I'm Addicted 6) Sky Fits Heaven 7) Shanti/Ashtangi 8) Incredible 9) True Blue 10) Falling Free/Easy Ride
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