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Madonna - her most underrated and overrated songs

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    0...00...0 Posts: 21,111
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    Jump is one of my faves off that album, the other one is Forbidden Love.

    Don't judge me but my other COAD favourite apart from Get Together and Jump is I Love New York. :D Good to see you on the forums again! :)
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    RetroMusicFanRetroMusicFan Posts: 6,673
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    Don't judge me but my other COAD favourite apart from Get Together and Jump is I Love New York. :D Good to see you on the forums again! :)

    I quite like I Love NY too, the lyrics are quirky.

    Yes, i'm still on the forums though I do tend to be more of a lurker these days and only post occasionally. I don't tend to frequent the soap forum as much as I used to but once Captain Featherbrain and Mouthy Mare return that may change!
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    nw0307nw0307 Posts: 10,925
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    Underrated - Secret, Angel, Human Nature, Justify My Love
    Overrated - True Blue, La Isla Bonita, Like a Virgin, Material Girl, Vogue
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    TomAceTomAce Posts: 441
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    Overrated: 'Like a Virgin', 'Music', 'Get Together'

    Underrated: 'Oh Father', 'Rain', ''Til Death do us Part'
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    Big GunsBig Guns Posts: 144
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    Over rated - Music, Ray of Light,
    Under rated - Bad Girl, Power of Goodbye, Love Spent, Ghosttown
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    Rae_AmuryRae_Amury Posts: 588
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    Underrated singles: Bedtime Story, American Life, Deeper & Deeper, What It Feels Like For a Girl, Drowned World

    Overrated: Music, Open Your Heart, Material Girl
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    Grabid RanniesGrabid Rannies Posts: 4,588
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    If we just stick to singles to make things simple, surely by definition the móst under-rated Madonna track has to be 'Gambler'. I believe it's still in the top third of her best-selling UK singles, yet no-one knows it today and it's never played anywhere. I much prefer its galvanic electro-rock thrust to the 'nice' but somewhat insipid Crazy For You from the same film soundtrack.

    Over-rated - well I have to agree with others that 'Like A Prayer' never seemed that great as a single. Please don't get me wrong, it's an absolutely fantastic SONG - just not, I ever felt, prime single material. Clearly though plenty enough people thought otherwise at the time! :blush:
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    Miss XYZMiss XYZ Posts: 14,023
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    Overrated - Either Vogue or Like A Prayer
    Underrated - Live To Tell

    My favourite Madonna songs are Like A Virgin, Into The Groove, Papa Don't Preach and True Blue.
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    TomAceTomAce Posts: 441
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    Over-rated - well I have to agree with others that 'Like A Prayer' never seemed that great as a single. Please don't get me wrong, it's an absolutely fantastic SONG - just not, I ever felt, prime single material. Clearly though plenty enough people thought otherwise at the time! :blush:

    I think it would have been a crime to have left Like a Prayer sitting on an album somewhere without a release and video. It's one of Madonna's defining and radio friendly songs. Whether it's overPLAYED or not, that is another thing, and could possibly make one tired of the song.:kitty:
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    Terry HesticlesTerry Hesticles Posts: 267
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    Underrated - Nothing Fails, Over and Over, Spanish Eyes, Oh Father, I Don't Give A, Beautiful Killer, Spotlight,

    Overrated - Open Your Heart, Beautiful Stranger, This Used To Be My Playground
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    Marksw76Marksw76 Posts: 969
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    Overrated: Like a Prayer, Like a Virgin, Ray of Light, Frozen (anything off that album)
    Underrated: Deeper and Deeper, Secret (or anything off Bedtime Stories), Erotica, Justify my Love, Angel

    Roughly I'd say her mid 90s stuff (apart from that bloody Ray of Light album) is largely forgotten but I kind of like the sexy/R&B Madonna stuff in this era. Both Erotica and Bedtime Stories were fantastic albums.
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    mr mugglesmr muggles Posts: 4,601
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    Overrated - Confessions of a dancefloor era.
    Underrated - Bedtime stories era

    this totally. Now i've set myself free of madge. Feels real good.;-)
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    Magic TorchMagic Torch Posts: 658
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    Under rated: Everybody, You'll See, Bad Girl

    Over rated: Ray of Light
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    NoughtiesMusicNoughtiesMusic Posts: 15,914
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    Underrated:

    Take A Bow
    Secret
    The Power of Goodbye
    Nothing Really Matters
    What It Feels Like For A Girl

    If we're talking about non-single tracks, much of the Bedtime Stories album ranks highly as far as underrated Madge stuff goes. Love love love love that album! People (not Madonna fans) sometimes forget that was her first foray into R&B/urban music, not Hard Candy 14 years later.
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