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Old 28-02-2012, 21:50
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I have said before about how much I love this song, it's actually my favourite ever song, does anyone else like it? Just the meaning to it, emotion, its rawness and presenting Madonna's vulnerable side, in my opinion it's one of the great ever ballads. I also believe it's a very underrated song of Madonna's
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Old 28-02-2012, 21:52
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Beautiful song and beautifully delivered. Underrated if you ask me!
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Old 28-02-2012, 22:01
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It's great. I love the confessions tour performance
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Old 28-02-2012, 22:04
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It's great. I love the confessions tour performance
Me too, the organ used in that version is quite haunting
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Old 28-02-2012, 22:19
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Its a gorgeous song, loved it when I was a little girl, still love it!
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Old 28-02-2012, 22:23
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Its a gorgeous song, loved it when I was a little girl, still love it!
Aw that's really sweet
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Old 28-02-2012, 22:39
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On The Confessions Tour she really did prove that a really emotive song can definitely translate through time. Very impactful and deep...i love listening to the audio CD of the tour and that emotion...incredible.

I love Madonna when she does uptempo anthems, i love her when she experiments with different sounds/styles but damn she can also nail expressive ballads! I also love that on True Blue is really bleeds out on its own legs in an album filled by Dance Pop/Retro Pop vibes of love and expression...it really is the dark horse of the album and proved a lot i think at the time too.
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Old 28-02-2012, 22:41
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I think this is my favourite Madonna song. Certainly proves that you don't need a big diva vocal to pull off an emotive ballad.
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Old 29-02-2012, 06:01
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Gorgeous
Quite underated as well
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Old 29-02-2012, 08:42
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It's never been one of my favourite Madonna Ballads.
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Old 29-02-2012, 09:11
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I really like Madonna's ballads, "Something To Remember" is actually my favourite album of hers... I'm sure there was a poll some years ago (maybe accompanying the release of "The Immaculate Collection"), for people to vote for their favourite Madonna songs, and "Live To Tell" came top...
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Old 29-02-2012, 09:11
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Yes, it's a great song, although just another jewel in the Queen's crown, her back catalogue is mind blowingly amazing. She will leave a legacy and body of work that will surpass everyone in music. That is why I think she has stuck to mostly futuristic sounding music in the last 13 years or so, she wants her music to be listened to in the next millenium. I hope it will be, even i the 2nd decade of the 21st Century 'Ray of Light' STILL sounds fresh and trendy and even futuristic. What an icon.
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Old 29-02-2012, 10:24
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It's never been one of my favourite Madonna Ballads.
Mine neither.

Its ok but I remember when it came out i felt quite deflated as it was the first new song off the next album and I didn't buy it (I subsequently did some month's later-the 12 inch version-as I went from fan to obssessed with the rest of the True Blue material).

It is a good song, but for me in most cases the later ballad's are far superior-especially from Like a Prayer.
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Old 29-02-2012, 11:44
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Mine neither.

Its ok but I remember when it came out i felt quite deflated as it was the first new song off the next album and I didn't buy it (I subsequently did some month's later-the 12 inch version-as I went from fan to obssessed with the rest of the True Blue material).

It is a good song, but for me in most cases the later ballad's are far superior-especially from Like a Prayer.
While I love "Like a Prayer" and "Express Yourself" I do feel that the album is vastly overrated. Some of my least favourite singles are on that album - "Oh Father", "Dear Jessie". I've also never been paticularly fond of "Crazy for You" from 1985 either.

""Rain" and "You'll See" are far superior to any of the ballads she released pre 1992.
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Old 29-02-2012, 12:41
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I really like Madonna's ballads, "Something To Remember" is actually my favourite album of hers... I'm sure there was a poll some years ago (maybe accompanying the release of "The Immaculate Collection"), for people to vote for their favourite Madonna songs, and "Live To Tell" came top...
Something To Remember is the perfect dinner party record. She should release another ballads comp. I'm sure she must have enough songs by now - anyone wanna count?.

Crazy For You is one of my least favourites, I don't know why.
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Old 29-02-2012, 14:14
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My favourite Madonna Song.
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Old 29-02-2012, 15:22
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While I love "Like a Prayer" and "Express Yourself" I do feel that the album is vastly overrated. Some of my least favourite singles are on that album - "Oh Father", "Dear Jessie". I've also never been paticularly fond of "Crazy for You" from 1985 either.

""Rain" and "You'll See" are far superior to any of the ballads she released pre 1992.
I do see what you mean because I've got quite tired over LAP being seen as her ultimate best with no 'real' arguments to back it up. LAP is among her best and one of my favorite albums partly because she took risks on it. It is very personal, introspective, raw and somehow bittersweet with those celebratory moments creeping in towards the end of the album. But It feels nowadays LAP and ROL are seen as these masterpieces only to dismiss other albums which I personally are as good, if not more creatively interesting, than these two. Erotica and American Life are the ones I have in mind.
I'll disagree though about 'Rain' & especially 'You'll see' - some of the ballads she made before 1992 are as strong today as they were when I first heard them. "Oh Father", "Promise to Try", "He's The Man" and of course "Live to Tell" are great ballads. I personally think compared to these ones and those she did afterwards, "Rain", while being very beautiful, is nothing exciting. As for "You'll See", it's her weakest ballad to date for me.
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Old 29-02-2012, 15:26
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one of her very best, i much prefer these classier tracks to her slutty teen image on modern material like 'hung up'.

this is my fav 'open your heart'...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsTmi9N9Gs
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Old 29-02-2012, 19:29
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Superb ballad - really intense....a shame she hasn't done anything like this on recent albums (the "ballads" from Hard Cunty are mediocre to bland. No room for ballads on Confessions. AL was too stripped back to convey that much feeling - the best one was Intervention)
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Old 29-02-2012, 19:36
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When she sang Crazy For You at the RIT it brought tears to my eyes
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Old 29-02-2012, 20:06
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...Certainly proves that you don't need a big diva vocal to pull off an emotive ballad.
Quite right. Live to Tell is one of many Madonna songs I could listen to repeatedly and my love for it has grown over the years. In my opinion she really gave everything she could in performing it and it is a good song to showcase her vocal range.
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Old 29-02-2012, 20:21
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Its a gorgeous song, loved it when I was a little girl, still love it!
Same here although I was a teenager not a little girl. It's one of my favourite songs of all time not just of Madonna's.
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Old 29-02-2012, 20:22
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My first Madonna single and the best.

Still makes my hairs stand on end.

If I ran away...
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Old 29-02-2012, 22:07
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One of her best.
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Old 29-02-2012, 22:13
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IAs for "You'll See", it's her weakest ballad to date for me.
I like it but it's better in the context of the Evita S.T.

Her weakest ballad I think is the fairly tuneless One More Chance, a David Foster song that mystify's me why she recorded it.

Her covers of Love Don't Live Here Anymore and I Want You were mistakes too, whilst we're at it.
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