No, actually a film critic at the New York Times actually already responded to criticism that she can't act by saying she's always been a great actress except her films are 4 minutes long
This is why she was so good in Evita because it was essentially a two hour long music video! Haha 😂😂 Seriously though she was outstanding in the movie because she can demonstrate emotions through music. Anyone who says that she can't act only need to see "Lament" from Evita which is sung live as Eva delivers her last words while lying on her death bed. I swear a few people in the cinema started sobbing. She should have at least been nominated for an Academy award, especially after winning the Golden Globe. ❤️❤️
@Pink Panther Actually she’s a great actress in the right directing hands. One of M’s biggest issues is that she’s a control freak and acting in movies is giving up control which she has admitted is one of the hardest things for her to do. But she’s done very well in certain roles like “A League Of Their Own”, “Dangerous Game”, “Dick Tracy” and “Evita”. Quentin Tarantino has even said he wants to put her in a movie of his when he has the right vehicle for her. He loves her as an actress
Her videos are always amazing. About her vocals - hats off to Whitney, Mariah, Celine, etc. But there's a certain vulnerability in Madonna's voice that makes her unique and grounded. I'll take her style over other singers' vocal aerobics, anytime.
A masterpiece! It's so sad that this song couldn't be a real single due to some copyright issues. It would've been a huge hit with a properly release. Anyway, this is still a gem.
I remember in the UK BBC radio one used to play this as a promo for the album. The fact it was Massive Attack meant that Pete Tong played it on his Friday night dance show. One Friday at the start of the show he played MA, Protection, Safe from harm and then this. I remember he said that he was starting the show with three from Massive Attack. ❤️❤️
Madonna+Massive Attack+Marvin Gaye=pure gold, what else?! I dont know if Madonna has ever explain anything about the video, but for me is inspired in Jean Cocteau theater play: "La voix humaine", a monologue of a women in love, sinking in pain and despair because she is waiting the last call of her lover, the good bye call...and well, at the end, maybe she doesn't answer because she prefer to avoid the reality, that is over...or maybe because after to go through all the pain and suffering she got over the relation and the call arrive too late...
@@bridgethegapreactions there is a cover version of her singing ABBA’s “Like An Angel Passing Through My Room” which you might also like! Produced by William Orbit
In this era I was obsessed with all that came out if England like Massive, Tricky, Bjork, William Orbit, Portishead….When Madonna picked up on it, these bands were already ‘known’ in Europe and defined their sounds. I always thought this song is the essence of this ‘genre’ and then turned pop
Ahhhh, Portishead. I like a lot of what was called Trip-hop, but for me Portishead were head and shoulders above them all. I'm now imagining Beth Gibbons singing this!
She said she wants him the right way. The dude was playing with her and she decided to free herself by taking the phone off the hook. He can come to her door to prove he loves her.
Madonna’s saying “I want you, the right way”… and it seems to me that she’s talking about she wants REAL LOVE that is “two ways love”, because she said “one way love, it’s just a fantasy”
Less than a decade difference between "Like a Prayer" and "I Want You". They are songs from different planets. It's a bizarre evolution. What a reinvention.
a small thing and maybe it's just a crazy thought, but this was the first time I watched the video and noticed she held her belly in the bathroom... could she be pregnant by the man she's broken up with? Might have just been a small moment where she feels a physical pain from the emotional turmoil she's in, but it adds another dimension to her desperation if she's also pregnant. Agree she's a good actress in her videos... I think it's because she has final creative control over them with the director, so she can make sure the final version is excellent, and she probably feels freer to act with abandon and naturalness. Didn't always translate in films, but to a degree you have to blame the directors for that as well. Great song, elegant video in its simplicity. Definitely deserved more airplay and acclaim.
i do like how much this contrasts the original. It goes from quite an optimistic song, like someone at the start of a relationship, new love if you will, trying to tell her how much he loves her and hoping she loves him as much as he loves her. Whereas the Madonna version comes across more like a breakup. It's full of heartbreak and turmoil. She's very much still in love with someone who doesn't seem to be in love with her anymore (if ever), and she's trying to process that.
I love this cover and video!!! This video shows she can be an awesome actress but the problem with her as an actress is no one, her, the director of any film, any co-stars no the audience can divorce Madonna the persona from her so unless she's doing herself no one believes the acting. Nelle Hooper asked her to do this cover and the Marvin Gaye estate was against issuing it as a single to promote the Marvin Gaye tribute that had come out so she put on Something to Remember as well so she could release it. This song and the album something to remember made me realize something, non of Madonna's ballads are love songs, they are all about loss or some sort of trauma or a breakup. She emotes pathos and loss like no other artist. Also I think that's part of why the critics dont like her. Aside from the dance songs and the self empowerment anthems the sense of sadness and melancholy of her songs is too much for most. But I think this sense of loss comes from the loss of her mother at the age of 5. I hope one day she gets the recognition for superb presentation of such feelings. And like I've said before every video and four needs to be seen, she is a performance artist
Absolutely! I call it "the Madonna sadness" for short. She deals with melancholy in such an effective way. I actually think it may have put me off her in the 90s. I liked some of her upbeat classic singles, but I remember thinking This Used To Be My Playground and Don't Cry For Me Argentina were interminable (saw those two movies, didn't like then either). That was then - I'm sure I'll be more ready to deal with that now.
I recommend Robert Palmer's Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You which was a great medley of two Marvin Gaye songs... he puts so much emotion and vocal power into I Want You especially. It was a top 10 hit in the UK & Canada.
Oh man, thank you for this reaction! Please, please, please react on Madonnas ballads Something to remember, The Look of Love, Love don't live here anymore (album version), Spanish Eyes, Love tried to welcome me, Gone, Paradise not for me.... Madonna is one of greatest ever!!!
Yes - She is pregnant and that was the real anguish she had rather than just in love with a man - obviously, she chose not to tell him and we were left to decide - Did she abort the fetus and never told him? or did she have that child without him around? But that belly touch was very much "I am pregnant"
Just passing by, watching your videos, i know you like lana too, and i thought you could really really enjoy The Weeknd's early albums very much, since you appreciate good strong voices, concept albums and things like that,.
I adore this song and video. Not much to say that you didn't already say (great visual actress, beautiful arrangement and video). I love Massive Attack but feel you on how it can feel like a bit too much - I'm sure you've heard their first album, BLUE LINES, but I think it's my favorite because it's not as heavy/dark. So while I prefer the music/beats of the later albums, their first two albums have more of a lighter R&B feel. Check them out if you haven't already... Oh, and side note, after she did this song she really wanted to sing on an instrumental Massive Attack track that would become "Teardrop." Apparently not everyone in the group agreed so she didn't end up doing it but I think it inspired some of the sound/beats on Ray Of Light.
Yessssss!!! Finally someone gets it! Madonna is the BEST video actor!! Its actually amazing how powerful her acting is!!🙌🏽
No, actually a film critic at the New York Times actually already responded to criticism that she can't act by saying she's always been a great actress except her films are 4 minutes long
This is why she was so good in Evita because it was essentially a two hour long music video! Haha 😂😂 Seriously though she was outstanding in the movie because she can demonstrate emotions through music. Anyone who says that she can't act only need to see "Lament" from Evita which is sung live as Eva delivers her last words while lying on her death bed. I swear a few people in the cinema started sobbing. She should have at least been nominated for an Academy award, especially after winning the Golden Globe. ❤️❤️
@Pink Panther Actually she’s a great actress in the right directing hands. One of M’s biggest issues is that she’s a control freak and acting in movies is giving up control which she has admitted is one of the hardest things for her to do. But she’s done very well in certain roles like “A League Of Their Own”, “Dangerous Game”, “Dick Tracy” and “Evita”. Quentin Tarantino has even said he wants to put her in a movie of his when he has the right vehicle for her. He loves her as an actress
Her videos are always amazing. About her vocals - hats off to Whitney, Mariah, Celine, etc. But there's a certain vulnerability in Madonna's voice that makes her unique and grounded. I'll take her style over other singers' vocal aerobics, anytime.
No Other artist was/is as Versatile as Madonna. She's so talented.
A masterpiece! It's so sad that this song couldn't be a real single due to some copyright issues. It would've been a huge hit with a properly release. Anyway, this is still a gem.
I remember in the UK BBC radio one used to play this as a promo for the album. The fact it was Massive Attack meant that Pete Tong played it on his Friday night dance show. One Friday at the start of the show he played MA, Protection, Safe from harm and then this. I remember he said that he was starting the show with three from Massive Attack. ❤️❤️
She's such a great song interpreter. Her balads are always amazing. Great reaction
Madonna+Massive Attack+Marvin Gaye=pure gold, what else?!
I dont know if Madonna has ever explain anything about the video, but for me is inspired in Jean Cocteau theater play: "La voix humaine", a monologue of a women in love, sinking in pain and despair because she is waiting the last call of her lover, the good bye call...and well, at the end, maybe she doesn't answer because she prefer to avoid the reality, that is over...or maybe because after to go through all the pain and suffering she got over the relation and the call arrive too late...
Great observation! Sophia Loren also does a version of the play: "Voce Humana". I think you're spot on.
@@truthsayer77 Sophia Loren? I didn't know...Anna Magnani did it in Rossellini's film "L' amore"
She got inspired by Anna Magnani. There are interviews where she said so.
Told ya! She has on e of the most emotive voices in the business. Unparalleled!
Yep. So understated on this one, no need to belt it out. She does exactly what the song needs
@@bridgethegapreactions there is a cover version of her singing ABBA’s “Like An Angel Passing Through My Room” which you might also like! Produced by William Orbit
This video was filmed in her New York apartment where she was living at that time. ❤️❤️
In this era I was obsessed with all that came out if England like Massive, Tricky, Bjork, William Orbit, Portishead….When Madonna picked up on it, these bands were already ‘known’ in Europe and defined their sounds. I always thought this song is the essence of this ‘genre’ and then turned pop
Ahhhh, Portishead. I like a lot of what was called Trip-hop, but for me Portishead were head and shoulders above them all. I'm now imagining Beth Gibbons singing this!
@@bridgethegapreactions agreed a 100%. The strings on I Want You remind me so much of Portishead.
She said she wants him the right way. The dude was playing with her and she decided to free herself by taking the phone off the hook. He can come to her door to prove he loves her.
Madonna’s saying “I want you, the right way”… and it seems to me that she’s talking about she wants REAL LOVE that is “two ways love”, because she said “one way love, it’s just a fantasy”
work of art, this song takes you to heaven
So much emotions into her Voice...
I love this song AND vídeo❤️
Less than a decade difference between "Like a Prayer" and "I Want You". They are songs from different planets. It's a bizarre evolution. What a reinvention.
a small thing and maybe it's just a crazy thought, but this was the first time I watched the video and noticed she held her belly in the bathroom... could she be pregnant by the man she's broken up with? Might have just been a small moment where she feels a physical pain from the emotional turmoil she's in, but it adds another dimension to her desperation if she's also pregnant. Agree she's a good actress in her videos... I think it's because she has final creative control over them with the director, so she can make sure the final version is excellent, and she probably feels freer to act with abandon and naturalness. Didn't always translate in films, but to a degree you have to blame the directors for that as well. Great song, elegant video in its simplicity. Definitely deserved more airplay and acclaim.
I remember thinking that when I saw it too, but I forgot to say it! It's a cool detail
I would think it was more of a reference to how you get sick in the stomach from anxiety or sorrow.
Still gives me chills
Another fave of mine. I love the emotions she's invoking.
This song's so seductive. Totally underrated.
In my Top 5 Madonna songs - always come back to this track! Never grows old ❤
i do like how much this contrasts the original. It goes from quite an optimistic song, like someone at the start of a relationship, new love if you will, trying to tell her how much he loves her and hoping she loves him as much as he loves her. Whereas the Madonna version comes across more like a breakup. It's full of heartbreak and turmoil. She's very much still in love with someone who doesn't seem to be in love with her anymore (if ever), and she's trying to process that.
Omg this is BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Thank u so much!!
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This is everything ❤
My two favourite artists are Madonna and Marvin....love this cover 🔥🔥🔥 so dark and yearning
only madonna do ballads like this!
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A masterpiece ❤️🇧🇷
This is Brilliant!
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Please do a reaction for Massive Attack - Inertia Creeps :)
She was going to be the vocalist on Teardrop, and much as I love Madonna, I'm glad they didn't do it as it's perfect as is.
Madonna has the most incredible music💜
I love this cover and video!!! This video shows she can be an awesome actress but the problem with her as an actress is no one, her, the director of any film, any co-stars no the audience can divorce Madonna the persona from her so unless she's doing herself no one believes the acting. Nelle Hooper asked her to do this cover and the Marvin Gaye estate was against issuing it as a single to promote the Marvin Gaye tribute that had come out so she put on Something to Remember as well so she could release it. This song and the album something to remember made me realize something, non of Madonna's ballads are love songs, they are all about loss or some sort of trauma or a breakup. She emotes pathos and loss like no other artist. Also I think that's part of why the critics dont like her. Aside from the dance songs and the self empowerment anthems the sense of sadness and melancholy of her songs is too much for most. But I think this sense of loss comes from the loss of her mother at the age of 5. I hope one day she gets the recognition for superb presentation of such feelings. And like I've said before every video and four needs to be seen, she is a performance artist
Absolutely! I call it "the Madonna sadness" for short. She deals with melancholy in such an effective way. I actually think it may have put me off her in the 90s. I liked some of her upbeat classic singles, but I remember thinking This Used To Be My Playground and Don't Cry For Me Argentina were interminable (saw those two movies, didn't like then either). That was then - I'm sure I'll be more ready to deal with that now.
@@bridgethegapreactions and her eldest brother just died
Great reaction - also this track is one of Madonna's best ever from one of her best era.
Your reaction is gold!
Thank you!
This masterpiece it's my favorite track from Something to remember 😍
One of my favorite song from her
masterpiece ❤️
It really is. Quite unlikely collaborators covering a song where the original doesn't sound like either of their work, and it's a triumph!
I recommend Robert Palmer's Mercy Mercy Me/I Want You which was a great medley of two Marvin Gaye songs... he puts so much emotion and vocal power into I Want You especially. It was a top 10 hit in the UK & Canada.
If you want Madonna at her MOST stunning, do TPOG from ROL.
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Oh man, thank you for this reaction! Please, please, please react on Madonnas ballads Something to remember, The Look of Love, Love don't live here anymore (album version), Spanish Eyes, Love tried to welcome me, Gone, Paradise not for me.... Madonna is one of greatest ever!!!
I'll get to them all! I've done Love Tried To Welcome Me on Patreon and Paradise Not For Me on youtube (maybe 5 or 6 months ago)
Yes - She is pregnant and that was the real anguish she had rather than just in love with a man - obviously, she chose not to tell him and we were left to decide - Did she abort the fetus and never told him? or did she have that child without him around? But that belly touch was very much "I am pregnant"
I believe the video is inspired by the short story The Telephone Call by Dorothy Parker
Just passing by, watching your videos, i know you like lana too, and i thought you could really really enjoy The Weeknd's early albums very much, since you appreciate good strong voices, concept albums and things like that,.
That sounds like a great suggestion, thank you
Actually it's a Marvin Gate song. But love your reactions❤️
I adore this song and video. Not much to say that you didn't already say (great visual actress, beautiful arrangement and video). I love Massive Attack but feel you on how it can feel like a bit too much - I'm sure you've heard their first album, BLUE LINES, but I think it's my favorite because it's not as heavy/dark. So while I prefer the music/beats of the later albums, their first two albums have more of a lighter R&B feel. Check them out if you haven't already... Oh, and side note, after she did this song she really wanted to sing on an instrumental Massive Attack track that would become "Teardrop." Apparently not everyone in the group agreed so she didn't end up doing it but I think it inspired some of the sound/beats on Ray Of Light.
Protection is the sweet spot.
@@taintedlife2618 Yeah I agree but I think Blue Lines and Mezzanine are better albums.
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I definitely want to request some songs by Tamia. She BELONGS on this channel. Into You, You Put A Move on my Heart, Stranger In My House
I'm interested, I'll do what I can! I'd love to be doing more than I currently am, but literally don't have any more time
@@bridgethegapreactions no need to feel pressured or rushed. Just a suggestion to vary things up. She’s a hugely underrated Canadian singer.
Am I missing something?
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