I always remember the scene where the father's mouth is sewn up...

I always remember the scene where the father's mouth is sewn up...

Her mother actually.

I love that video:

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I was going to say mother but then I thought "Well father, so it might be about her dead father." I hadn't seen that in a while

MTV didn't want to air the video because of that scene originally, but they later relented.

Madonna said the song was mainly about her troubled childhood relationship with her father, and then later with men in general in her life. I think it's also about feeling alone and introverted as a child.

I never knew she did another video with the Take a Bow matador with the incredibly pert bottom. I do remember this song. I think Madonna's look fit in well in period settings, perhaps because the sharpness of her features is very 1940s (not sure when this is set though...).

Edited August 22, 201015 yr by CarlD2

She was filming Evita at the time that video was shot, so that's possibly why it reflected a more retro look. Most of that video was done on a London soundstage.

I've never been a huge Take A Bow fan, but that video is exquisitely beautiful.

Edited August 22, 201015 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

I think I remember the song mostly for the video. This video is also gorgeous. I guess in some ways when Madonna became more homogenized she depended more on the video (her 80s stuff was obviously video-heavy but I think the music holds up on its own and I think of the song first, then the images) -- I like "Secret" but that video never did a lot for me, mostly because, while she is very sensual, you just keep focusing on her boobs and wondering why they're hanging out the whole time.

What did you think of the Bad Girl song or video?

Edited August 22, 201015 yr by CarlD2

Bad Girl is one of her best video moments. It was also directed by David Fincher (who directed Express Yourself, Oh Father, and Vogue).

That song was not radio friendly or commercial (like most of the Erotica album), but I think it was another case where she knew it wasn't going to perform well commercially, but she had a great video concept for it.

I don't care that much about the video (although it's very creative) but this is one of my favorite songs of hers.

That video is regarded as one of her worst. She was obsessed with Memoirs of a Geisha at the time.

I think the song is OK, but there were some better club mixes of it.

Edited August 22, 201015 yr by Y&RWorldTurner

I had forgotten she was interested in that project (I still wonder if that Dusty project will go anywhere, whoever is attached to it -- Kristen Chenoweth or whoever).

What would you say are the best and worst Madonna songs or videos?

What would you say are the best and worst Madonna songs or videos?

Like A Prayer and Ray of Light are her most well-regarded albums, and set of videos as well from the singles off those albums.

Her recent videos, primarily from 2003 onwards, are regarded as some of her worst. I think she probably stopped caring as music videos don't have the same type of impact as they used to have.

Her singles catalog is quite massive and diverse, I guess it would depend of which "Madonna era" is your favourite.

Yeah, I meant, what would your favorites be, whether that's considered her best or not by common opinion.

Videos I don't notice as much but I did enjoy the Take a Bow and Like a Prayer videos. The quaintness of some of her early videos, especially Material Girl and Borderline with the stories about her true love who is a bit of an outsider, also hold up. I liked the Music video too and the one with the men in the cowboy shirts.

Songs, I enjoy her early club stuff, and the Ray of Light album, and then some other scattered songs.

I never cared a lot for the video where she was a peep show dancer (or the song for that matter - I think it was "Open Your Heart")...aside from the fun moment where the hot twin sailors are watching.

Edited August 22, 201015 yr by CarlD2

Yeah, I meant, what would your favorites be, whether that's considered her best or not by common opinion.

I think the videos off the Like A Prayer album are her strongest as a bunch. The album is also her most critically acclaimed work, and many fans fight over it and Ray of Light as her best album.

Ray of Light and Bedtime Story also had very strong videos attached to their singles.

Her best and most memorable singles album is definitely the singles off True Blue, though. I think it's the album that produced the most classic and commercially successful singles for her as a bunch.

Was Dear Jessie from True Blue (I know that was Europe only)?

I think True Blue is an underrated song, and she let a fan come up with the concept for the video didn't she? Here's Debi Mazar...can't remember if she and Madonna are still friends. It's too bad she always looked so scared on Dancing with the Stars, she has had more personality elsewhere.