[MEGARATE: Unreleased (2002-2020) [Results Show - Recap on first page]]

Voted (finally)

[MEGARATE: Rebel Heart era [Results Show - Recap on first page]]

Voted.

Sadly most of my favourite songs from the Rebel Heart sessions aren't actually the officially released ones.

[MEGARATE: MDNA era [Results Show - Recap on first page]]

21 hours ago, Holger said:

I think I'll give it a miss. I hardly know any of the songs and I don't really want to listen to it at the moment.

Same for me. I like precisely one song from this morass of over-produced auto-tuned sludge.

[Three questions for you about Madonna.]

1º) What was your first contact with madonna's music?

Like a Virgin, on its initial release in 1984. It's hard to credit that people in the UK were mildly scandalised by such a song title

2º) When did you start loving Madonna's music without being a fan?

I quite liked Like a Virgin and Material Girl but I absolutely loved Into the Groove. It's still my favourite Madonna song and one of the best singles of the 80s.

3º) What song / remix /  video-clip made you a Madonna's fan? Express Yourself (Video-clip).

Like a Prayer had quite a big impact upon me, both song and video. Following that up with Express Yourself sealed the deal for me

[MEGARATE: Hard Candy era [Results Show - Recap on first page]]

1 hour ago, RUADJAI said:

The first verse is hard to listen to. The words are bad, the vocal delivery is bad, and the beat is bare bones at that point. The song is actually good when the chorus kicks in and everything is working together. But that beginning is rough. 

I agree. It should be super funky - instead it's just tinny and almost entirely unmemorable.

[MEGARATE: Hard Candy era [Results Show - Recap on first page]]

1 hour ago, RUADJAI said:

What the heck is happening in here?

I know right 

[MEGARATE: Hard Candy era [Results Show - Recap on first page]]

19 hours ago, Nowheretohide said:

Spanish lesson?

My lips are sealed 

[MEGARATE: Hard Candy era [Results Show - Recap on first page]]

16 minutes ago, spinningaround said:

Voted!

I hope Broken doesn't come in last place... but who knows...

I can think of at least two better candidates for last place. 

[MEGARATE: Hard Candy era [Results Show - Recap on first page]]

Votes cast.

[Celebration 2009 vs. 2022 - Re-evaluating M's most divisive compilation]

I really liked the non-chronological track-listing for Celebration. When an artist has such a long pop career it's quite effective to mix up the old and the new so that no single era is favoured. Pet Shop Boys did something similar on PopArt and it was a refreshing change from the linear Old to New that is usual for a singles compilation.

The mastering was sodding awful though.