I’m at work having to listen to bloody Kate Thornton on Greatest Hits Radio. Awful state of affairs
loads of chat about it here
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Like a Virgin
onto the second album now, only about 29494 to go. its sometimes weird when you actually sit down and listen to songs you’ve heard countless times before and properly listen because I never clocked how childlike her voice sounds in this. it actually gets a bit weird hearing her sing about virginity with this voice. i actually also don’t think the song has aged too well in the sense that much like Holiday for me, it doesnt really go anywhere. I like the ‘make me feel’ bit before the chorus and there’s a bridge where she does the woahohoh stuff and it feels like its going into interesting territory then it just resumes back. i will say though that my complaints about her earlier songs sounding cheesy due to the instruments, this has the same synthy drive but doesnt sound anywhere near as dated. i think its okay but if it didnt have that title it wouldn’t be anywhere near as remembered
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Borderline
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Lucky Star
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Like A Virgin
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Everybody
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Burning Up/Physical Attraction
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Holiday
just had another listen and instantly regret being a bit nonplussed about it, what am I on about, it is a banger isnt it
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Correct and also this performance 
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Also
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Looking forward to following this thread.
Just put together a very hasty top ten of my own (not in order)
Summary
Vogue
Crazy for You
Into the Groove
Frozen
Live to Tell
Borderline
Ray of Light
Don’t Tell Me
Open Your Heart
Express Yourself
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Fuck, forgot Hung Up
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could do with some Ronaldo
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Probably go for (in no order)
Summary
Borderline
Into the groove
Deeper and deeper
Like a prayer
Get together
La Isla Bonita
Live to tell
Vogue
You’ll see
Power of goodbye
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Material Girl
Old Smoggy didn’t half come out the gates with the hits did she. On a listen I think this might be my favourite so far after Borderline. I can’t really explain why but there’s something just immensely listenable about it. The male vocals work really well and the chorus sounds massive. I really like the little guitar lick that crops up which is expanded on in the solo and its a Christnas miracle I’ve finally found a part Nile Rodgers plays which I don’t hate
- Borderline
- Material Girl
- Like A Virgin
- Lucky Star
- Everybody
- Burning Up/Physical Attraction
- Holiday
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Borderline
Cherish
Drowned world
What it feels like for a girl
Like a prayer
La Isla bonita
You’ll see
Express yourself
Frozen
Vogue
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Like A Prayer
Cherish
Borderline
Vogue
Dear Jessie
Crazy For You
Vogue
Ray Of Light
Hung Up
Into The Groove
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oh god. so many bangers
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Its my favourite of hers tbh
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Like a Prayer
Justify My Love
Beautiful Stranger
Lucky Star
La Isla Bonita
Papa Don’t Breach
Power of Goodbye
Vogue
…not formally ranked, except Like A Prayer is the best piece of pop music by anyone
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I love Dear Jessie! If it had been a US single and on The Immaculate Collection it’d definitely be part of the canon.
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Crazy For You
Its quite weird that just as the Like A Virgin hyoe trains setting off, Marge releases arguably her safest and most pedestrian song yet off the Vision Quest soundtrack. It sounds like the bottom tier weepie nonsense and that oboe sound is just the pits…but I still dont find it hateful. Weirdly, Madonna’s childish tone works more here as it makes the song a bit more playful than the schmaltz it is. It is shite though
- Borderline
- Material Girl
- Like A Virgin
- Lucky Star
- Everybody
- Burning Up/Physical Attraction
- Holiday
- Crazy For You
Shite? 14 year old me, singing in my bedroom is furious right now.
I even bought the Visionquest soundtrack for this and Gambler. Don’t think i ever saw the film.
Grown up me concedes it’s not dated that well though.