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Post by Albie on May 28, 2018 11:48:49 GMT -5
Aww man we're at the point where every loss kinda sucks. "Lucky Star" could have just as easily been my top 10.
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Post by Unhinged on May 28, 2018 12:12:27 GMT -5
The video for “Rain” has held up incredibly well for being 25 years old. I never tire of watching its brilliance.
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Post by Leo ✔ on May 28, 2018 13:57:02 GMT -5
"Sorry" is still a bop and a half.
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Post by Rose "Payola" Nylund on May 28, 2018 15:39:56 GMT -5
Rain kind of kicks of my favourite run of Madonna hits. After Rain is I'll Remember, then the Bedtime Stories era, then You'll See. After that is Evita which I'm neither here nor there on.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 28, 2018 17:49:19 GMT -5
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02 01 Shaggy f/ Rikrok - It Wasn’t Me 01 02 Destiny’s Child- Independent Women Pt. 1 07 03 Outkast - Ms. Jackson 16 04 Madonna - Don’t Tell Me 04 05 Jennifer Lopez - Love Don’t Cost A Thing 06 06 Lenny Kravitz - Again 03 07 Dream - He Loves U Not 05 08 Matchbox Twenty - If You're Gone 13 09 Joe f/ Mystical - Stutter 10 10 Faith Hill - They Way you Love Me
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01 02 Lenny Kravitz - Again 01 02 Jennifer Lopez - Love Don’t Cost A Thing 04 03 Shaggy - Angel 05 04 Madonna - Don’t Tell Me 03 05 Dream - He Loves U Not 08 06K-Ci & Jojo - Crazy 09 07 Crazy Town - Butterfly 08 07 Matchbox Twenty - If You’re Gone 06 09 Destiny’s Child - Independent Women Pt.1 11 10 Ricky Martin f/ Christina Aguilera - Nobody Wants To Be Lonely
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Post by Albie on May 28, 2018 18:02:17 GMT -5
@antigonerising what?
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Post by Glove Slap on May 28, 2018 18:04:32 GMT -5
To note some of the margins, three points separate 21 and 20, four points separate 11 and 10, and one point separates 6 and 5. The air is getting thin fast at the heights we're at, and it's just begun throwing out classics.
With Lucky Star out, the main tracklist of The Immaculate Collection has finally lost a track. Will it lose another one next?
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2018 19:31:29 GMT -5
Sorry, mayne. I definitely recall liking it when it was released, but this song aged like milk for me.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 28, 2018 22:19:31 GMT -5
{Hot 100 run}
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47 - 35 - 28 - 27 - 25 - 22 - 23 - 22 - 22 - 21 - 17 - 18 - 22 - 26 - 36 - 44 - 46
Peak: 11/20/1998
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6 - 17 - 25 - 32 - 30 - 36 - 41 - 52 - 61
Re: 92 - 92
Peak: 12/05/1998
01 01 Cher - Believe NE 02 Boyzone - I Love The Way You Love Me NE 03 Will Smith - Miami 04 04 Vengaboys - Up And Down 05 05 Steps - Heartbeat/Tragedy NE 06 Madonna - The Power Of Good-Bye/Little Star NE 07 All Saints - War Of Nerves 03 08 Céline Dion & R. Kelly - I’m Your Angel 02 09 Five - Until The Time Is Through NE 10 Vonda Shepard - Searchin’ My Soul
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2018 22:25:46 GMT -5
I ranked this that low? I could have sworn I ranked it higher
I love The Power Of Good Bye
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Post by Glove Slap on May 28, 2018 22:39:56 GMT -5
Madonna Moment -Jonathan Ross 1992-
British journalist/host Jonathan Ross and Madonna have done three in depth interviews with over a decade between each of them. This was the first one, the only UK TV interview that Madonna did for Erotica and Sex, which was then shown in the USA on MTV. They manage to cover a lot of ground over forty minutes though, including the origins of the book, Where Life Begins, the importance of gay role models, anal sex, the book getting used for masturbation purposes, ageism, and so on. This is one of my absolute favorite interviews she's ever done.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 28, 2018 22:58:33 GMT -5
Current Decade Distribution
80s - 13/27 90s - 5/30 00s - 2/20 10s - 0/8 Another brutal set for the 90s, which lost over half of the representatives from that decade. The 80s and 00s lost two each, leaving the latter with just two left, while the former increases its share of the remainder from the half it had last time, to now having thirteen of the twenty remaining songs.
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Post by Albie on May 29, 2018 7:01:31 GMT -5
^ rightfully so. Go on early Madonna!
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Post by bat1990 on May 29, 2018 7:02:31 GMT -5
Nooooooo!!!!! :'(
"Don't Tell Me" was the song that introduced me to Madonna and made me love her! It always makes me stop and pay attention to this day.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 29, 2018 11:52:03 GMT -5
Top 20
Holiday Borderline Like A Virgin Material Girl Crazy For You Into The Groove Live To Tell Papa Don't Preach Open Your Heart La Isla Bonita Like A Prayer Express Yourself Cherish Vogue Secret Take A Bow Frozen Ray Of Light Music Hung Up
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Post by Glove Slap on May 29, 2018 11:57:17 GMT -5
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Post by Butterflies & Hurricanes on May 29, 2018 12:45:16 GMT -5
i have to think that Take A Bow & Borderline will exit soon...both good songs, but they just can't compete with the all-out classics
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Post by bat1990 on May 29, 2018 13:04:26 GMT -5
"Borderline" isn't an all-out classic when it's one of her top played recurrents?!?
And wow @ only 5 people with bottom 20s left.
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Post by †ealsünset on May 29, 2018 13:22:45 GMT -5
I only lost Lucky Star from my top 10 (it amused me to place it at number 7)!
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Post by Glove Slap on May 29, 2018 13:34:57 GMT -5
Madonna Moment -Girlie Talk 1993-
Out of all the stretches, I'd have to say that the quintet coming up next was probably the most surprising for me. Aside from #20, the rest of them placed lower than I thought they would, and below songs I thought would go beforehand. To prepare you for these surprises, the first Madonna moment will be from the promotion of The Girlie Show World Tour, where the major backlash from that year is one of the subjects brought up, along with how she put the tour together with some help from Gene Kelly, and why she decided to cut her hair really short. Jean Paul Gautier (who designed the famous cone shaped bra from the previous tour) and the French Rugby team also make appearances.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 29, 2018 14:31:28 GMT -5
"Where's The Party" True Blue (1986)
"Slow down, you move too fast Gonna make the good times last Gonna let my hair hang down"| Points: 10 |This fun 80s party track is probably the biggest fan favorite on True Blue from the album tracks. Though not brimming with the ambition that most of the singles had, it's still classic 80s Madonna, so it's pretty much great by definition. It got a great remix from Shep Pettibone for You Can Dance, and although it was never a single, it was brought back out for the Blond Ambition Tour. Doc Indie Party Rock - 1
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Post by Glove Slap on May 29, 2018 14:58:41 GMT -5
"Love Won't Wait" Non-album song (1994)
"But I have come to the end of the line And you've wasted up all of my precious time"| Points: 10 |This was written in the early stages of the album that would become Bedtime Stories. At that time, Madonna was still planning on making Shep Pettibone the primary collaborator again. She later started the album fresh with the four producers who would make it, but Love Won't Wait did see the light of day into becoming a UK #1 hit in 1997 when it was covered by ex-Take That member Gary Barlow. There's a definite Motown influence running through the song, despite it ultimately sounding like 90s pop. mamooshka - 1
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Post by Glove Slap on May 29, 2018 15:28:49 GMT -5
"Sanctuary" Bedtime Stories (1994)
"Who needs a smile, when a tear's so full of love Who needs a home, with the stars up above It's here in your heart I want to be carried"| Points: 10 |This one just missed out on my list as well, so I'm glad it got mentioned. Sampling Herbie Hancock's Watermelon Man and incorporating words from Walt Whitman's Vocalism, this is another lush R&B-flavored offering from the album, and appropriately segues into the title track. I think this whole album is quite underrated in terms of how delicately she sang a good amount of the songs, which includes this. Ginger Spice - 6 God - 6
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Post by Football on May 29, 2018 15:49:14 GMT -5
Every one of my top tens made the top 20, and all but one of the remaining songs are in my loaded top half...and yet, there's still one lingering bottom 20 that I haven't been able to shake. I think it goes out before the top ten, but my main worry is that my #2 will go out before it. Guess I'm crossing my fingers on this one.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 29, 2018 17:05:04 GMT -5
"Secret Garden" Erotica (1992)
"I still believe, I still believe Because after all is said and done I'm still alive And the boots have come and trampled on me And I'm still alive"| Points: 11 |The final track on Erotica and the top rank of yours truly, this is one of Madonna's most singular and special songs. Riding a low-key hiphop vibe in the style of A Tribe Called Quest, this was co-produced by Andre Betts, and finds Madonna in a state of longing for motherhood and looking at her life at the time. In some ways, it's a precursor thematically to the introspective material she would pen after becoming a parent. In an interview during the promotion for Something To Remember, Madonna also stated that this was one of her favorites of the songs she'd done. Glove Slap - 1 God - 10
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Post by Glove Slap on May 29, 2018 17:52:58 GMT -5
"Swim" Ray Of Light (1998)
"I can't carry these sins on my back Don't wanna carry any more I'm gonna carry this train off the track I'm gonna swim to the ocean floor"| Points: 12 |The second track on Ray Of Light is a haunting song about trying to shed your burdens and trying not to collapse under pressure. She recorded the vocals for this at night after the day when Gianni Versace was murdered and she went to comfort Donatella because she happened to be staying at her house in Miami at the time. Glove Slap - 6 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 7 Sambalada - 8
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Post by Az Paynter on May 29, 2018 20:03:12 GMT -5
Sorry, mayne. I definitely recall liking it when it was released, but this song aged like milk for me. I bet you wouldn't say this if you bumped the Thunderpuss remix. :sip2: The 'Hands In The Air' Anthem mix slays.
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Post by bat1990 on May 30, 2018 6:13:21 GMT -5
"Swim" and "Secret Garden" are divine. Some of her best cuts.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 30, 2018 9:31:02 GMT -5
05. “Music” | Points: 130 | | Average: 6.33 | | Median: 6 | | Std. dev: 3.33|
The first of the top 5 albums is Music, the proper followup to the Ray Of Light comeback. Like other albums, it was initially started with the collaborator from the previous one, in this case William Orbit. But Madonna found their work to be too similar to what they had done in the past, so she set out to find a new collaborator to make most of the album with, eventually landing on french producer Mirwais. Half of the album pushes further into the elecronic features of the previous album, adding vocal distortion to the mix. The other half is mostly acoustic with Madonna's vocals completely untouched. Madonna was pregnant with her song Rocco as the album was finishing up and gave birth a month before Music was released. She'd shot the video for the lead single when she was five months pregnant to have it ready to go in advance. Music became Madonna's fourth US #1 album with first-week sales of over 400k copies, which came after an eleven year period during which she had charted five sets that peaked at #2. Rose "Payola" Nylund - 1 ry4n - 2 God - 3 .indulgecountry - 4 Ginger Spice - 5 mamooshka - 5 Sambalada - 6 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 6 summers - 6 Albie - 6 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 8 Mirago - 9 Juanca - 10 Glove Slap - 12 bat1990 - 12 {Billboard 200 run and peak week}
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Peak: 10/07/2000
NE: 01 Madonna - Music 02 02 Nelly - Country Grammar 03 03 Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 06 04 Creed - Human Clay 01 05 LL Cool J - G.O.A.T. 07 06 Britney Spears - Oops...I Did It Again! NE 07 George Strait - George Strait 08 08 'N Sync - No Strings Attached 09 09 3 Doors Down - The Better Life 14 10 Baha Men - Who Let The Dogs Out
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Post by Unhinged on May 30, 2018 12:37:28 GMT -5
Yes! My entire Top 10 remains going into the Top 20...
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