November 25, 2005

You're The Top, Madonna

I was already working on these when Nat posted his, so I'm not actually copying him on this front!

Top 30 Madonna tunes
1. Vogue (I'm Breathless, 1990)
2. Live To Tell (True Blue, 1986)
3. Into The Groove (You Can Dance, 1985)
4. Crazy For You (Like A Virgin, 1984)
5. Ray of Light (Ray of Light, 1998)
6. Oh, Father (Like A Prayer, 1989)
7. I'll Remember (OST With Honours, 1994)
8. Bedtime Story (Bedtime Stories, 1994)
9. Express Yourself (Like A Prayer, 1989)
10. Rain (Erotica, 1993)
11. Borderline (Madonna, 1983)
12. Sorry (Confessions on a Dance Floor, 2005)
13. The Power of Goodbye (Ray of Light, 1998)
14. Open Your Heart (True Blue, 1986)
15. Like A Prayer (Like A Prayer, 1989)
16. This Used To Be My Playground (OST A League of Their Own, 1992)
17. Music (Music, 2000)
18. Get Together (Confessions on a Dance Floor, 2005)
19. Cherish (Like A Prayer, 1989)
20. Deeper & Deeper (Erotica, 1993)
21. Frozen (Ray Of Light, 2000)
22. You'll See (Something To Remember, 1996)
23. Hollywood (American Life, 2002)
24. Secret (Bedtime Stories, 1994)
25. Hanky Panky (I'm Breathless, 1990)
26. What It Feels Like For A Girl (Music, 2000)
27. Nothing Fails (American Life, 2002)
28. Holiday (Madonna, 1983)
29. Take A Bow (Bedtime Stories, 1994)
30. He's A Man (I'm Breathless, 1990)

It's very scientific, okay!

Top 10 "Moments" In A Madonna Song (what bits make me smile or give me shivers)
-Timecode refers to first time we hear it in the song, or the main one that gets me-
1. 3:00 - "I've Heard It All Before/Sorry" ("Sorry", Confessions on a Dance Floor)
2. 3:16 - "You've GOT to" ("Into The Groove", You Can Dance)
3. 1:08 - "And I Feel/Like I Just Got Home/And I Feel" ("Ray of Light", Ray of Light)
4. 3:44 - Finale ("Die Another Day", American Life)
5. 4:54 - "That every word... is true" ("Don't Cry For Me Argentina", OST Evita)
6. 3:00 - "Makes Me Wanna Pray", Choir ("Nothing Fails", American Life)
7. 1:40 - "Through the arms of unconsciousness" ("Bedtime Story", Bedtime Stories)
8. 2:21 - "Can we get together/I really, I really wanna be with you" ("Get Together", Confessions on a Dance Floor)
9. 4:46 - "More" x9 ("More", I'm Breathless)
10. 3:20 "You Didn't Mean To Be Cruel/Somebody Hurt You To" ("Oh, Father", Like A Prayer)

Top 5 Songs Lyrically
1. "Ray of Light" (Ray of Light)
2. "Live To Tell" (True Blue)
3. "Oh, Father" (Like A Prayer)
4. "Nothing Fails" (American Life)
5. "Into The Groove" (You Can Dance)

Top 11 Song Intros
1. Vogue - "What You Lookin' At?" + those classic finger snaps
2. Borderline - Pure innocent pop intro. Intro's the great beat and then kicks up it's heels
3. Into The Groove - "You Can Dance. For Inspiration" Has their ever been a greater opening lyric?
4. Live To Tell/Crazy For You - Those classic synth intros are irresistable
5. Ray of Light - From 2 to 11 in a microsecond. Up loud it just blasts outta the speakers
6. Papa Don't Preach - Those strings make a perfectly melodramatic entry to a perfectly melodramatic song!
7. Like A Prayer - "God?" She practically screams "Are you interested yet?"
8. I'll Remember - One of my favourite tunes of a Maddy song, starts brilliant and doesn't stop
9. Hung Up - "Time Goes By. So Slowly", That beat getting ever louder and then BOOM
10. Frozen - Strings again, and again, perfectly sets up the song
11. Sorry - "Sorry" in multiple languages with that increasing beat again with "I've Heard It All Before" on a continuous loop. Brilliance.

That's all I can be bothered doing now...

1 comment:

Calum Reed said...

Glennnnn!

You must have the bit from Live To Tell in there somewhere. You know the "If I ran away, I'd never have the strength to go very far, how would they hear the beating of my heart?"

That's a classic!