Cherish

[Kae-Leah Williamson 222]

What's the dealio with M disliking this song? I admit the lyrics aren't high art, just standard love song stuff, but I still love this song, and I especially love the video and BAT tour performance. I'm biased because I love mermaids/mermen, my profile pic is literally me in a mermaid costume in a kiddie pool haha, and I actually thought that performance would be an easy one for her to re-create today as the mermen have all the challenging choreography, and all she did was sing, pose, strum on a harp, and touch them suggestively. 

She may not be fond of it, but it seems to be one of her most popular songs. I've heard it several times in my local grocery store. Maybe that's why she doesn't like it? Too tame and mainstream for her "artists are here to disturb the peace!" side? 

[BuggedOut 4,122]

5 minutes ago, Kae-Leah Williamson said:

What's the dealio with M disliking this song? I admit the lyrics aren't high art, just standard love song stuff, but I still love this song, and I especially love the video and BAT tour performance. I'm biased because I love mermaids/mermen, my profile pic is literally me in a mermaid costume in a kiddie pool haha, and I actually thought that performance would be an easy one for her to re-create today as the mermen have all the challenging choreography, and all she did was sing, pose, strum on a harp, and touch them suggestively. 

She may not be fond of it, but it seems to be one of her most popular songs. I've heard it several times in my local grocery store. Maybe that's why she doesn't like it? Too tame and mainstream for her "artists are here to disturb the peace!" side? 

It’s a great song, but I think it’s just a fluffy song that might be hard for M to sing these days.

Remember the awful performance we got on the Blond Ambition Tour?

I do think it should be revisited. 

I could see Stuart Price doing an amazing updated remix for the track. 

It was quite a big hit for her, peaking at #2 here in the States.

[Donna 16,494]

5 minutes ago, Kae-Leah Williamson said:

What's the dealio with M disliking this song? I admit the lyrics aren't high art, just standard love song stuff, but I still love this song, and I especially love the video and BAT tour performance. I'm biased because I love mermaids/mermen, my profile pic is literally me in a mermaid costume in a kiddie pool haha, and I actually thought that performance would be an easy one for her to re-create today as the mermen have all the challenging choreography, and all she did was sing, pose, strum on a harp, and touch them suggestively. 

She may not be fond of it, but it seems to be one of her most popular songs. I've heard it several times in my local grocery store. Maybe that's why she doesn't like it? Too tame and mainstream for her "artists are here to disturb the peace!" side? 

I think she got to a point that she feels she's "too cool" for the song. It hardly stands up lyrically to some of her other LAP tracks.  But I agree, it's a fun and cute song.  I think she was quite surprised that it did nicely as a single for her.  I'm sure she prefer some better written and more message driven songs to be more known by her than songs like this.  I do hope she performs it again one day.  I loved her performance of it on the BAT!  She was having so much fun with it and she sounded cute singing it.

[Angelo 5,716]

Because it’s a stupid song and she knows it 

[BuggedOut 4,122]

1 minute ago, Angelo said:

Because it’s a stupid song and she knows it 

That’s how I feel about her cover of, Ray of Light, but that doesn’t make it true. 😂

[Kae-Leah Williamson 222]

As a mermaid cosplayer myself, I was always very impressed by that performance on BAT as the dancers managed to pull off some cute and fun choreography. Mermaid tail costumes are VERY hard to move in, so one has to be very creative with choreography, and BAT did that well. I love seeing two things I like combined, and that performance combines old-school Madonna with merfolk. 

[Voguerista 11,832]

I love Cherish , but, I can understand why she doesn’t like to perform some of her earlier and more youth sounding stuff. 

[BuggedOut 4,122]

12 minutes ago, Kae-Leah Williamson said:

As a mermaid cosplayer myself, I was always very impressed by that performance on BAT as the dancers managed to pull off some cute and fun choreography. Mermaid tail costumes are VERY hard to move in, so one has to be very creative with choreography, and BAT did that well. I love seeing two things I like combined, and that performance combines old-school Madonna with merfolk. 

It’s just too kitsch/Vegas for me.

[DiegoLCL 5,082]

Madonna likes "edgy" stuff over these lovey-dovey songs like Cherish, True Blue, Angel, which are rare in her discography. I don't think there's much more to it. 

[MCL_1993 1,848]

Because it sucks…

[Roy 7,613]

I don't get why she hates the song. :(

 

This is literally me when Cherish comes on:

[deathproof 10,608]

Sean. Sean.

[Kae-Leah Williamson 222]

I wondered about Sean...but I wasn't sure about the timeline if it makes sense for it to be about him. I know True Blue's about him, but at the time the LAP album was written, wasn't the divorce almost final...?

[Roy 7,613]

2 hours ago, Kae-Leah Williamson said:

I wondered about Sean...but I wasn't sure about the timeline if it makes sense for it to be about him. I know True Blue's about him, but at the time the LAP album was written, wasn't the divorce almost final...?

I thought it was around Like a Prayer era?

[Honey Little 3,996]

I think it’s hard to sing. 🎤 it’s one of her best songs ever. It’s my favorite song on the album.

[Anapausis 5,916]

9 hours ago, MCL_1993 said:

Because it sucks…

Former comrade...(just 1 paragraph)

[Anapausis 5,916]

6 hours ago, Roy said:

I don't get why she hates the song. :(

 

This is literally me when Cherish comes on:

 

2 hours ago, Honey Little said:

I think it’s hard to sing. 🎤 it’s one of her best songs ever. It’s my favorite song on the album.

Yes and yes!

[EgoRod 5,455]

In LAP you have ' Cherish and Till Death Do us Part. The both sides of what was going on.

I think with age ( maturity) her love songs are less about the infatuation and more about the aftermath.  And the ones like 'Masterpiece '  tend to be more poetic rather than pop histrionic.

I do believe her vocal style and pitch is not the same.

[EgoRod 5,455]

Personally I find it too syrupy for my taste and the whole doopy doopy chanting in the chorus always grates me.

[Pedro Beltran 4,307]

7 hours ago, Roy said:

I don't get why she hates the song. :(

 

This is literally me when Cherish comes on:

Me too!!!

[BlondAmbition 3,629]

it's one of my favorite songs from LAP I love it but I understand it's difficult to replicate it nowadays. Why didn't you like it in BAT? In my opinion it was also good for breaking up a fairly 'important' script... very Carmen Miranda Style!

[Andymad 10,394]

While fluffy and cute, the lyrics really read into the love and longing someone has for another.  It can go either way, really sad or really fluffy and upbeat.  Frankly I love the fluffiness of it, and the melody and all the instrumentation that comes along with it.  But lyrically it can be quite sad for me. You can cherish the thought of always having someone here by your side... but what if they're gone? It can be quite sad and tragic if you wanted to go that route. She could definitely make it dark. But that would be awfully disappointing LOL

[MCL_1993 1,848]

2 hours ago, Anapausis said:

Former comrade...(just 1 paragraph)

What?

 

[wtg1987 10,169]

She’s done worse songs but I agree it’s pretty mediocre - I do love the vocal over lays at the end though especially on the extended version - I would rather listen to this than BIM or American Life 🤣 

[Steffmad 37,710]

I love the Song and the Video of it. So much fun to watch and listen.