somethingscomingover

This is my current ranking as of this moment: 
1. Erotica 
2. Ray of Light
3. Bedtime Stories
4. True Blue
5. Confessions
6. Music
7. Madame X
8. Debut
9. American Life
10. Like A Prayer
11. Hard Candy
12. Like A Virgin
13. Rebelheart 
14. MDNA

Said so well! Along with all of her iconic looks, music, and art, she's helped people to believe in themselves and not let anyone stifle us and put us into a corner. 

She definitely deserves it! She was so influential in the 80's. Even now, she will always be remembered for her lace, messy hair and boy toy belt. She's helped so many people find the strength to be themselves.

When I listen to Bedtime Stories on vinyl and I get to Take A Bow, I honestly get shivers. The last lyric "Say goodbye" gets me every time because it's like the perfect way to end "the story" she's telling me through the album. It's just so beautiful. Not to mention that the instrumental used for it is so melancholy and amazing. There is no better ending to an album.

I recall reading the album cover, as well as the Express Yourself zipper sleeve, being a humourous response to the 1971 sleeve for Sticky Fingers by the Rolling Stones, shot by Andy Warhol. Something along the lines of "if a man can do it, why can't I?"
 
P.S. - notice where the "O" in Madonna is placed on the Express Yourself sleeve :O 

I’m not a big ballads person, but Take A Bow is an exceptional song. In fact, Madonna is one of the few acts I like who have recorded ballads I also like. I love Diana Ross but her back catalogue is completely overloaded with them, and a lot of them are pap. 
I re-visited some of the album tracks again recently off this thread and my opinion of the album has slightly improved. 

Never heard of that but I love it if it's true 

Lola attended a Burberry show and a Love Magazine party in London. You can view photos of her at the link below. I love her Lolita necklace and fur coat:
https://pagesix.com/2020/02/18/madonnas-daughter-lourdes-hits-the-town-and-more-star-snaps/

I would say that the SEX book controversy has been the most impactful on M's career. Now, it seems that people still find ways to use it against her, whether it's in jokes or whatever else. I don't think the general public ever really got over her releasing the SEX book, which still annoys me.
The Justify My Love video controversy is also another one that is really important for me. The way she handled herself during all of the controversy was so commendable. She was eloquent and intelligent, which was the last thing they wanted her to be, and I love her for it!
I think the controversy that surrounded Like A Virgin at the time also helped M reach her status in the industry. It was really groundbreaking for a woman, especially a young woman to sing what she sang and to perform the way she did in front of a conservative America.
 

Another great Madonna decade!
-Sorry
-Don't Tell Me
-Love Profusion
-Hung Up
-Music

What are your top five favorite Madonna Singles from 2000-2010? If you need a reminder on them, see this link. As said,....In a couple of weeks, I'll be putting a top five together from your selections for each decade. So stay tuned. If you've missed posting in the first two decade posts, go here (80's)and here (90's). I'll be posting a 2010-2020 post soon. Thanks for your fun participation in this series of posts these last few weeks.
Here are mine (my fave decade):
Music
Don't Tell Me
Die Another Day
Jump
Celebration

He posted another one! So cool....
 

I love when other acts talk highly of Madonna and their work together. I imagine this actor helped Madonna a lot in this period of her career....
Joe Mantegna says working with Madonna is like 'working with Godzilla' (in a good way!) (VIDEO AT LINK)
A 400-foot-tall radioactive lizard is probably not what comes to most people’s minds when thinking of Madonna. Yet Joe Mantegna, who costarred with her in the 1993 film Body of Evidence, insists that comparing the iconic musician to Godzilla is meant in the best possible way.
“It’s not because of her acting ability, and not about her personally. It’s like working with Godzilla because she was so huge in the whole world,” Mantegna explains in the latest episode of PeopleTV’s Couch Surfing. He adds that the two of them “got along really well,” both while working on the infamous film and, earlier, on the original Broadway production of David Mamet’s play Speed-the-Plow in 1988.
“Some of the things about Broadway, I think, confused her a bit, because it was new territory for her,” the Criminal Minds star says. “So a lot of times, she’d call me at night, after rehearsal… because sometimes the director would say things to her that she didn’t quite [understand]. And I’d tell, her, ‘Honey, relax, don’t worry about it. Just do what you do, you’ll be fine.’”
Asked if he worried that Madonna’s star power and “notoriety” would “overshadow either of the projects,” Mantegna notes, “I think producers love that, because it’s like, ‘Well, we’re selling a lot of tickets.’” (Not exactly, in the case of Body of Evidence: The critically derided film grossed just over $13 million, on a $30 million budget.)
You can watch the Couch Surfing clip above, or head over to PeopleTV to check out the full episode.

Happy Valentines Day!
 

Happy Valentines Day!
 

Happy Love Day, Everyone! In honor of Valentines Day, post Madonna "love" things whether it be greetings, photos, or videos for her, this forum, and each other as we need more love in this world to make it better, more peaceful, more forgiving, and a brighter place! I love this forum so much. Thanks for everything.
Ok, I'll start with this mash up...
And this remix...
 

There are so many great ones, but here's my top 5:
-Secret
-Erotica
-Frozen
-Nothing Really Matters
-Take A Bow
The 90's are my fave Madonna decade. She put out some of her best work.

There are so many great ones, but here's my top 5:
-Secret
-Erotica
-Frozen
-Nothing Really Matters
-Take A Bow
The 90's are my fave Madonna decade. She put out some of her best work.

There are so many great ones, but here's my top 5:
-Secret
-Erotica
-Frozen
-Nothing Really Matters
-Take A Bow
The 90's are my fave Madonna decade. She put out some of her best work.

So true. They are all such feel good songs for the most part. 

I think, as a lot of other people who have posted have said, that Madonna has just changed. She's always changing. I think that's what makes her so fascinating.
After she married Sean, a lot of people began to come out and call her obnoxious and many other celebrities said in interviews that she did come off as mean. That would go on for years. But, she slowly evolved into ROL Madonna, who was very wise, spiritual and self-aware, and part of that was because of Lola's birth. Then, after Guy, she became English Madonna, and part of that was, I think, to make him happy. Once the marriage ended, it obviously became clear to her that she didn't have to try to please him anymore because things were over and she was probably also angry, so she rebelled against that image, which in turn, gave us MDNA Madonna and current Madonna.
I think she's still rebelling against that image of the perfect wife, of the prim, proper woman. A lot of people want women of her age to settle down, be married and be quiet. She doesn't want to do any of that and she wants to be loud about it. She wants to keep up with the trends, make new music and just have a good time like a young person would. I think she's compensating for all those years of being married to Guy, where she was obviously very different. Divorces are hard, break ups are hard. We all have events that shape us and change us.
Obviously, I could be wrong about everything I just wrote because I don't actually know her, but that's what I think. She always changes.

Why should she change just to please you? If you don't like the direction she has taken in recent years then step away. Simple. Madonna has always pissed people off. Imagine the meltdowns if forums had been around when she released Sex. And I hate to be presumptuous, but all I see here is a few men telling a woman what she should and shouldn't be doing with a touch of ageism thrown in. Exactly what she is fighting against.

I think, as a lot of other people who have posted have said, that Madonna has just changed. She's always changing. I think that's what makes her so fascinating.
After she married Sean, a lot of people began to come out and call her obnoxious and many other celebrities said in interviews that she did come off as mean. That would go on for years. But, she slowly evolved into ROL Madonna, who was very wise, spiritual and self-aware, and part of that was because of Lola's birth. Then, after Guy, she became English Madonna, and part of that was, I think, to make him happy. Once the marriage ended, it obviously became clear to her that she didn't have to try to please him anymore because things were over and she was probably also angry, so she rebelled against that image, which in turn, gave us MDNA Madonna and current Madonna.
I think she's still rebelling against that image of the perfect wife, of the prim, proper woman. A lot of people want women of her age to settle down, be married and be quiet. She doesn't want to do any of that and she wants to be loud about it. She wants to keep up with the trends, make new music and just have a good time like a young person would. I think she's compensating for all those years of being married to Guy, where she was obviously very different. Divorces are hard, break ups are hard. We all have events that shape us and change us.
Obviously, I could be wrong about everything I just wrote because I don't actually know her, but that's what I think. She always changes.

Immaculate Collection because it's just amazing. I feel like her 80's hits are very vacation-y.

I think, as a lot of other people who have posted have said, that Madonna has just changed. She's always changing. I think that's what makes her so fascinating.
After she married Sean, a lot of people began to come out and call her obnoxious and many other celebrities said in interviews that she did come off as mean. That would go on for years. But, she slowly evolved into ROL Madonna, who was very wise, spiritual and self-aware, and part of that was because of Lola's birth. Then, after Guy, she became English Madonna, and part of that was, I think, to make him happy. Once the marriage ended, it obviously became clear to her that she didn't have to try to please him anymore because things were over and she was probably also angry, so she rebelled against that image, which in turn, gave us MDNA Madonna and current Madonna.
I think she's still rebelling against that image of the perfect wife, of the prim, proper woman. A lot of people want women of her age to settle down, be married and be quiet. She doesn't want to do any of that and she wants to be loud about it. She wants to keep up with the trends, make new music and just have a good time like a young person would. I think she's compensating for all those years of being married to Guy, where she was obviously very different. Divorces are hard, break ups are hard. We all have events that shape us and change us.
Obviously, I could be wrong about everything I just wrote because I don't actually know her, but that's what I think. She always changes.