Madonna: The First Album (Poll)

[angelamanda623 327]

I had tried to start out this topic before but in a different (perhaps more boring format), and if someone else had done this previously--apologies go out but, then again, choices always change.  

 

Vote for your favorite cut from her first album (in standard form).  You only get to vote for one cut and votes are public.  The only rule is that you have to justify your choice by responding below why this song is such a favorite for you.

 

Mine is "Everybody".  I love the way that this cut sounds, especially the bass.  I also love the history of this song, including the fact that everyone who had heard the song had assumed that Madonna was African-American (her pic was not allowed on the single's sleeve, but you all know that).  I never understood why many assumed this because I truly believe that, had I been listening to her at the time and not have known who she was beforehand, I would have just given her credit for being a soulful white woman.

[kurushitovska 1,398]

Why u do this to me I can't choose between Holiday and Burning Up!

[Future Lover 1,010]

how do you make a poll??

[angelamanda623 327]

how do you make a poll??

Go under make a new topic and it give you the option (on the top right-hand side) whether you want to make it into a poll or not.  

[leo 628]

it's hard... i love the whole album... but Borderline or I Know It!

[Breathless 5,286]

Burning Up

[daniel10456 16]

So tough!! My favs are Holiday, Borderline, and Burning Up tbh 

[Rebel 915]

Burning up 3:42 version

[madbella 596]

Burning up

[Fighter 28,798]

Holiday - Its iconic and defines everything she represents, bringing people together!

[Stevo 6,436]

I voted Borderline (but if there was a second option i'd of voted I Know It). I think Borderline is a fantastic pop song, with a real nice melody. It's always been a favourite but since the stems leaked years ago I think I love it more as on the released versions i could barely hear a piano, but the piano track from the stems is great. With all tracks played together in the mixing software i use, the song sounds even better as the piano and guitars are at a higher volume so more recognisable, enhancing the overall sound of the song, which i thought was pretty great at first anyway.

[Stevo 6,436]

Mine is "Everybody". I love the history of this song, including the fact that everyone who had heard the song had assumed that Madonna was African-American (her pic was not allowed on the single's sleeve, but you all know that).

Interesting fact. I never knew that people thought she was African-American, and although i knew her face wasn't on the cover, i didn't know it wasn't allowed to be on the cover. Why wasn't it allowed? Does anyone know....?

[madenis 915]

So hard. So much great songs on this album. But I think Borderline is my favourite

[Dazedmadonna 16,423]

Everybody, so so so good

[PlayPause 2,684]

I love them all. No filler. All killers.

[patrice1711 2,084]

TOUGH!!!!I'm so into "PHYSICAL ATTRACTION",and "BURNING UP"!!!!!

[Candy Perfume Boy 6,074]

It's a chemical reaction! Love the opening synths reverb ing around. Burning up would be my vote if it was the ordinal uk lp version still not on cd....Borderline great too, but the best mix is the 1987 It's that girl remix edit

[angelamanda623 327]

I love reading all of your responses, especially yours Stevo.

 

Keep 'em coming.  Let's continue the conversation of this superb album.  

[NowRadiate 3,331]

tough choice!

i am absolutely in love with holiday and lucky star, obvious choices, i guess.

think of me is also one of my favorites, of the non-singles.

but i guess, i will have to go with physical attraction.

there is something feverish about the song and production i could never resist. fond memories of hot summer nights, as a kid in the 80s, listening to my older brother's records.

[Pretender1978 996]

It's kinda impossible to choose between everybody and physical attraction. tbh I probably think everybody is the better track (especially the extended version) but there is something soooo intoxicating about physical I chose that one. The opening synths, the great middle 8, the way she breaks the sentence "you're touch is driving meeeeee - crazy, and when you smile" and then there's the spoken part, which is almost JML avant la lettre, no PA it is!

[Pretender1978 996]

P.S. Also for me it's the first of three non single tracks that showcase a vocally rougher M that's always present on her albums and that I have somehow always favored over the more slick singles (the others being Stay and White Heat)

[Stevo 6,436]

I love reading all of your responses, especially yours Stevo.Keep 'em coming. Let's continue the conversation of this superb album.

Are you going to do a poll for all the albums? ;-)

[Stevo 6,436]

I love reading all of your responses, especially yours Stevo.

Why thank you @@angelamanda623. Thanks for your topic. I like these kind of topics/polls.

[geert 3,072]

Borderline

[angelamanda623 327]

P.S. Also for me it's the first of three non single tracks that showcase a vocally rougher M that's always present on her albums and that I have somehow always favored over the more slick singles (the others being Stay and White Heat)

OMG, Pretender, our thinking is totally in sync.  I am also a big fan of all three of those songs; they show a side of Madonna that a fan rarely sees.