Cruelty 6,172 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 UPDATE! Ceremony will be at 12pm PT / 3pm EST / 8pm GMT today (Saturday 26 February)! Welcome to The Madonna L-Rate! Frankly, Madonna’s discography is too big for its own good. After four decades in the music business, her catalogue sits fat and swollen, groaning under the weight of over 225 released songs in countless genres. How do you even begin to sort the good from the bad? Well, obviously you just pick all the ones that begin with the letter L. But seriously, if we’re going to slice off a piece of that gargantuan discography to examine under the microscope, I think this is an interesting way to do it. We normally rate songs as part of an album, but divorced from the context of a wider artistic project, how will they fare? Choosing something as arbitrary and, to be honest, silly as ‘all the ones that start with an L’ results in a group of songs that have probably never been pitted against each other like this. And I swear to god I just picked the letter L at random, but it couldn’t have worked out better. What we’ve got is a really nice cross-section of the most iconic discography in pop music history, encompassing everything that’s great about the forever Queen of Pop. 11 of Madonna’s 14 studio albums have arrived to play (sorry, Erotica, Music and Hard Candy fans) (actually, are there any Hard Candy fans?) Entering the field of battle are three lead singles, lots of album openers and closers, and musical collaborations with the likes of Prince, Diplo, Nile Rodgers, Rick Nowels and Bloodshy & Avant. There are definitely some heavy hitters and some that I think will flop hard, but everything here is interesting in some way. So, if you’re a casual Madonna fan, get involved! You might be introduced to an exciting deep cut that you’d never heard before. And if you’ve been hung up on this woman since most of us were in diapers, I want to hear from you too! If you’re new to Madonna, dip your toes in the shallow end with this unique selection of tracks, and if you’ve got a favourite, fight for it! You never know what might happen… HOW IT WORKS We’re rating 17 songs. That’s (nearly) everything in Madonna’s discography beginning with an L. I’m including The Look of Love (because of complicated reasons about artistic integrity that I simply don’t have time to explain), but a couple of B-sides and soundtrack songs are out. Listen, if you really want to use 4 minutes of our fleeting lives to listen to the Spanish-language version of a long-forgotten third single from two decades ago, that’s your prerogative - but not on my time. In total, the songs come to 78 minutes, and there’s a very handy Spotify playlist here: Even if you’re familiar with Madonna’s music, I recommend listening through all 17 songs to make sure your scoring is as fair as possible. Remember, these songs are never normally collected together in one place like this! When you’re ready to vote, the Google form is here: https://forms.gle/TMNG2Gvm2SKysZNk9 Score each song out of 10, and then at the end you can choose one song to upgrade to 11. It would absolutely make my day if you gave comments on some or all of the songs (doesn’t have to be a lot!) but no pressure either way. You have… about a month tbh, because in the meantime I apparently need to actually do the uni work that I’m procrastinating right now by writing this post? Take your time, but if I can’t get… let’s say, ten responses, I’m not bothering with the ceremony and you’re all flops. Update: You're not flops! We're definitely doing the ceremony, I think maybe February 26th, so get rating if you haven't already! Ultimately it’s less than 90 minutes of your time spent listening to the best popstar that will ever walk the earth. In the words of Looking for Mercy, ‘please don’t criticize, please, please, sympathise’. Happy listening, don't let this flop, and I can’t wait for your votes! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruelty 6,172 Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 MIGHT BE INTERESTED? (basically, everybody who I can find who's ever mentioned Madonna on this cursed hellsite): (DEEP BREATH): Spoiler @proxy @dojo @Villanelle @AnnaNicoleSmith @Crescent Bloom @Anveeroy @Judas Society @flyaway @vixdean @Ronk @Cello @WheresMy911Alice @HuffsAhoy @Anderson123 @Fresco @Blackout19 @KURUSHITOVSKA @insight @Lucas @Hyoha @Nemanja @Sneaky Oliver @iku iku iku @gumzy3000 @No Way Home @vpez @SCHEISSEMONTRE @BiblicalS3NSE @nickkoko @ARTVENUS @monstertoronto @CooterFritter @Frank Potion @La Rosalia @Red @Blown Away @DelusionalGaga @enissa11 @Aussie @Pennywise @CRUISING @Babylon Dynasty @agentprovocate @Borisapillar @danbekim @NCgaga @MADDONNA @beli8 @RAMROD @Agunimon @HookerOnAChurch @Sexxx @VasilisVas @Brecht @Franz Ferdinand @Jose P @Sugar Baby @Bubblegum Bitch @Cersei Lannister @Galagala @PETTY @mxnster @Musicisfreedom @MyQueen @GregJA @GaGaAst @Bellatrix @memomemome @carsonjoel @LDGA @fraann @bionic @Noir @brizoda @FentyGa @elijahfan @Damon @whoresup @Yxilon @imnotyourbabe10 @Reject False Icons @Mister G @27monster27 @GovernmentHookah @sillynate @ladygagafan1234 @Ziggy @Memento @ssslyboy @DrewPa @Batwings @iamamiwhoami @River @OhGG @Massive Monster @mr.peter @Charmz @JgHaus78 @shoful @dzox @Blackout19 @Rahrahbitchson @Justin Drew Bieber @Francesca Cipriani @user543 @androiduser @Melancholia @HausOfAntonio @CautiousLurker And remember you've got at least 3-4 weeks, so there's no rush. I'd love to hear from as many people as possible! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 27,201 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Sent Do people actually like Love Song? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
androiduser 7,438 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 done!! I love Madonna megarates! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillynate 6,170 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Ok so I noticed L Songs and thought we were gonna be voting for the worst song from each album, and then I saw the pic in the OP and said “Hard Candy’s not there because that whole album is an L” You’re right that this is an odd collection of songs together! Makes it more exciting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Future Lovers 6,965 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronk 14,762 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Oc I'm in. Yikes, the quality of the songs on that list! Omg. I live outside the space time continuum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstertoronto 10,234 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 I will do this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronk 14,762 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Sent. I live outside the space time continuum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chlorine 47,976 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 Very cool concept and great songs. Gonna try and vote today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chlorine 47,976 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 10 hours ago, Lucas said: Sent Do people actually like Love Song? Yes… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 27,201 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, Frank Potion said: Yes… You should change your lil grey sentence to "I wish taste existed, so that people like me cant get away with **** like this." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chlorine 47,976 Posted February 13, 2022 Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Lucas said: You should change your lil grey sentence to "I wish taste existed, so that people like me cant get away with **** like this." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruelty 6,172 Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 10 hours ago, sillynate said: Ok so I noticed L Songs and thought we were gonna be voting for the worst song from each album, and then I saw the pic in the OP and said “Hard Candy’s not there because that whole album is an L” You’re right that this is an odd collection of songs together! Makes it more exciting Hard Candy will win one day (when all the megarates in the entire world have been done and we have to resort to 'Best Madonna Album Starting With H' Megarate ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruelty 6,172 Posted February 13, 2022 Author Share Posted February 13, 2022 10 hours ago, Ronk said: Oc I'm in. Yikes, the quality of the songs on that list! Omg. It's incredible.mp3, just these 17 songs on their own are better than many artists' entire discographies Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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