The Worst Song on Madonna's 'GHV2'

"American Pie." So bad it's not even on here!

haaaaaaaaaa but only counting the ones on here actu only the ones I know gotta be don't cry for me andrew lloyd webber or whatever the hell

frozen = best

bedtime story would be so much better if she actually tried to sing it like madonna instead of like bjork

Easily "Argentina." Best = "Music"

"American Pie" was released after this comp.

P.S. The Immaculate Collection is far from unimpeachable. A mess, really.

"Erotica". Out of her singles, only "Justify My Love" is worse.

ARgentina, easy. Most of the rest of these are among my favorite songs of hers (Take a Bow and Frozen in particular)

P.S. The Immaculate Collection is far from unimpeachable. A mess, really.

-- Kevin John Bozelka, Saturday, August 2, 2008 11:56 PM (Saturday, August 2, 2008 11:56 PM) Bookmark Link

yeah yeah tru. I don't actually have ghv2 but I got the first one and yeah it is a mess

I actually don't mind 'Human Nature'. For me Music is the worst - the clearest indication of where things were heading (hooklessly thumping dance grooves with comically trite lyrics expressing an ersatz wisdom).

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-- DavidM, Sunday, August 3, 2008 12:26 AM (Sunday, August 3, 2008 12:26 AM) Bookmark Link

naw dude no

I have nothing against "Argentina", but since all the other songs on the comp are great, I gotta choose it.

"Drowned World/Substitute for Love"

lousy filler track from possibly her worst album

also isn't "Human Nature" censored on this?

tempted to vote Beautiful Stranger of only just for the Myers clowning in the video.

"Drowned World/Substitute for Love"

lousy filler track from possibly her worst album

can't recall the last time i've heard an opening track to an album called "filler"...

'what it feels like for a girl' is really oddly boring in every respect, much worse than 'argentina' which is just overly deferential to a standard. everything else is good-to-genius, i count 9 there i'd unhesitatingly give 10/10 to

"The Power of Goodbye" should be awful, yet isn't.

I voted for "Human Nature" -- it sounds apologetic instead of defiant, and no one asked her anyway.

Drowned World- tedious and bland.

Actually, "American Pie" came out between Ray of Light and Music.

I voted for "Human Nature" -- it sounds apologetic instead of defiant, and no one asked her anyway.

-- Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Sunday, August 3, 2008 3:17 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

this is a sin

i'm not your bitch, don't hang your shit on me

anyway, often in life, defiance masks weakness with only a thin veil of vengeance.

Actually, "American Pie" came out between Ray of Light and Music.

Oh shit you're right. Sorry about that.

"American Pie" is better than several of the tracks on this album.

Nothing truly awful on here, I'd probably go with Lex with "What It Feels Like For A Girl" - I assume it's the original version rather than the trance remix that seemed to be what got played round here much more often.

Best track is clearly "Deeper & Deeper" followed by "Take A Bow".

Yeah, "What It Feels Like..." hasn't dated well. I loved it at the time. Maybe it's the chorus, which sounds underdeveloped.

Beautiful Stranger

Best track is clearly "Deeper & Deeper" followed by "Take A Bow".

-- Tim F, Sunday, August 3, 2008 6:35 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

it must be said that i couldn't disagree more on this.

was candy perfume girl a single?

Best track is clearly "Deeper & Deeper" followed by "Take A Bow".

yes, those two are elite madonna for sure. 'beautiful stranger', 'erotica' or 'music' probably next. where is 'bad girl'???

omg. ry and i were just singing that.

"Bad Girl" is the best single not included here.

This album will divide the Erotica haters; I agree with Tim that it's her best.

BTW am I the only one who felt "Don't Tell Me" was kinda overrated at the time? Looking at this list my eyes glide right over it.

i felt it was overrated at the time but i love it now. maybe the last time madge was unselfconsciously fun!

'die another day' i assume wasn't in the time frame - that's my favourite post-erotica single though

Naw, I love it. At the time I overrated "Music."

i voted drowned world--i can't believe anyone doesn't like "human nature"!

deeper and deeper is my favorite, too.

sorry, not drowned world; what it feels like for a girl.

human nature is one of my favorite madonna songs

and bedtime story kicks deeper and deeper's ass to montana and back

i love 'human nature' (radio edit pointless though)

'deeper & deeper' is probably my favourite madonna track. EVER. the flamenco guitar bursting in!

"Deeper & Deeper" is decent when compared to really awful singles from the same album such as "Erotica" and "Fever". The best single on the "Erotica" album was "Rain" though.

digitalspy website is doing a poll for best madonna single to celebrate her turning 50 soon and i hope Deeper And Deeper wins

"Deeper & Deeper" -- to my mind -- might be the best thing she's ever done.

"Erotica" is crap, as is "Beautiful Stranger".

It kind of surprises me that there isn't a single song on that list that I like. Not even a little. I guess "Ray of Light" is the one that irritates me the most.

It seems like cheating how easily "Argentina" deserves the vote here, but there it is.

If not for that, I'd be torn between a few of the blander Ray of Light tracks.

First four tracks are the best, rounded out to five by "Don't Tell Me."

Substitute for Love is perfectly fine as far as songs co-written by Rod McKuen (lol) go. I kid, but actually think it's a decent song. What It Feels Like For a Girl is a little underdeveloped, yes, but I like it fine too and at least it's not a dour torture device like Frozen or The Power of Goodbye. Never mind those, though, Don't Cry for Me Argentina is fundamentally unlistenable. Case closed.

as for the good stuff, Deeper and Deeper has a lot of surface sheen, but Erotica is arguably on par with it when you go below the surface. I like both Take a Bow and Don't Tell Me a lot, but those are basically covers. I'm not gonna evaluate Al's take on Human Nature, only comment that if you want to demand that much from her, you should probably be even more disappointed in the more musically attractive tunes on the album. Beautiful Stranger isn't anything special, but it isn't terrible either.

Best version of "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" was the horrifically brilliantly camp house remix that turned Madonna's fist pounding against her chest into a 4X4 beat (thematically, not literally). It's like Evita is raised from the dead to rule over G.A.Y.

"Frozen" is bad in theory but i think sounds nice enough to get away with it.

Very surprised that "The Power of Goodbye" and "What It Feels Like For A Girl" are on this album but not the David Morales on Valium of "Nothing Really Matters".

i voted "don't tell me" -- i don't know why listening to it makes me feel so violent.

"Drowned World/Substitute for Love"

lousy filler track from possibly her worst album

Have to disagree there, Substitute for Love is wicked. The only Madonna song I find quite affecting. Some nice mixes of it too.

On the other hand, Music sounds quite dated now

I hate "Beautiful Stranger, " especially the "doo doo dada dah dah dah dah dada dah" part.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

"Music" and "Beautiful Stranger" so high?!? u guys mad.

'erotica' second???? it's amazing!

Rocktimists!

soto have you heard 'music' lately? really really hasn't held up (EH?) for me. 'erotica' second is fucking absurd, that shit has held up (EH?) and more. 'beautiful stranger' really shouldn't be anywhere near that high either. kinda amazed/impressed 'take a bow' didn't get any votes, also a little surprised 'human nature' didn't get any votes, always seemed such weak hip-hop to me from maybe the weakest g-funk cop ever to the lyrics which were way protesting to much (and not in an interesting way, instead of madonna actually angry, which it pretends, or madonna actually hurt, which it might've been, we just get madonna doing 'i don't care i don't care' like cartman or something), way closer to 'been there, done that' than 'mama said knock you out'; i remember when this comp (which i'd looked forward to) came out being bummed that this and 'bedtime stories' (and fucking 'substitute for love'???) were on it instead of 'bad girl' or 'i'll remember' or 'rain'.

I dig "Music"; it's loaded with hooks. I have no idea what I voted for here, though; probably "Argentina", but they're all good (and there was no obvious lol candidate).

oto have you heard 'music' lately? really really hasn't held up (EH?) for me. 'erotica' second is fucking absurd, that shit has held up (EH?) and more. 'beautiful stranger' really shouldn't be anywhere near that high either.

I played "Music" a couple of weeks ago and it held up fine. As for "Beautiful Stranger," you're right: the transition from bridge to chorus (from realization to giddiness) is up there with "Over and Over" (does that one have a bridge? I don't remember. But the chorus is still pure giddiness).

lol i am basing my reevaluation from hearing it piped in recently at a tj maxx so i could very well be wrong.

i remember when this comp (which i'd looked forward to) came out being bummed that this and 'bedtime stories' (and fucking 'substitute for love'???) were on it instead of 'bad girl' or 'i'll remember' or 'rain'.

OTM. Swapping "Argentina" and the two anonymous Ray of Light tracks for those three would make this a strong rival for Immaculate Collection, if not better.