Madonna like a Virgin
Track 1. Material Girl
Track 2. Angle
Track3. Like a Virgin
Track 4. Over and Over
Track 5. Love doesn’t hurt here anymore.
Track6. Dress you up
Track7. Shoo-bee-doo
Track8. Pretender
Track 9. Stay
This album consists of 9songs and each one is very different in each way. I feel that these songs are put in the oder of a love life.
I feel that this album took along time to produce and I like how the songs follow each other. Madonna touches alot of people thought her music from everyday lives.
Track 1 on her album Material Girl.
This song was a massive hit in to 1980's due to her image and the new style of music that she created in her second album. This song is enegetic and symolic to the 80's.
Madonna's song is about a lady who has eveything clothes and money but the one thing that her money can not buy is the one thing that she wants in life is Love. She seen to be a Material Girl (from Hollywood) but shes not.
This song is consisted of synth arrangments with a strong backbeat supporting the track. This song has good gutair riffs and create the 80's. This song is a very jump up beat song from the very start. Her voclas are very hight pitched whichmakes her sound very young. She maily sings in her chest voice and slowly moves up to her head voice in the bridge 'Material , material. Madonna uses male backing vocals in this song ansd they are been repeating (almost robotic) the hook for the song 'living in a material world'. The track has a temop of 120 bpm and is in the key of C.
On the other hand this song was also recalled to be stolen from the Jackson 5. The bass line is very simmiler to their song 'Can you feel it' and this called a lot of arguments towards this track.
Madonna had her influces from Marilyin Monroe becuase when I watched the video I saw a big influence from Marilyin. At the start of the video Madonna is wearing a pink dress with Male dancers around her with hearts to repusant Love.
From these picture we can really see the effect Marilyin had on Madonna. when I watched the video I got the feeling that shes pretending to be somone who shes not. Also showing that if you look hard enough you'll find what your looking for. Shes seen to be taken away by a man who will look after her.
Track 2 Angel
This song Angle is about a boy and how he makes her feel and what happends around her. in her first verse shes describes her feelings. Her lryrics make the audiance listern from the very begining. She starts by asking a question - 'Why am i standing on a cloud evey time you are near'. This is very effectvie becuase she had got the listerners attension.
The tempo of this track is around 120bpm it starts off by the gutair playing the main riff and then the syth then joins. This track is driven by the synth riff and the light drum beat in the background. This song has more feel to it becuase she uses a different opproach to her song becuase her count in is when Madonna laughts and this is the start of her song. The harmony of this song is maily between the synths and gutairs becuase they drive the verses have a call and response effect with her.
Her vocals her mainly chest voice which are sung at PP very softly. She usings her head voice and somtimes goes 'breathy'. The dynamics of this song are used well becuase the levles are at the right mix and her vocals are the main lead of the song in the verses becuase it's tuned down to create a groove/relaxed feel. I feel this this song has a big effect on socity becuase as soon as we here the synth we get taken away by the motion of synths. I feel that this is repusent the been lost in heaven and having no care in the world with the angels.
I feel that the album picture relates to the track becuase shes talking about he rover from heaven and hes an Angle. I think its cleaver how they have her looking up as if shes is looking up to him in the clouds.
Track3 Like a virgin
This tack on the album is the most remerable song due to the resopnse that it receved when it was released. Her Sexual ways from her lryics stated that it was a change for Madonna. Ithreferacnes from the Catholic Church and her referances to women. I watched the video and from this their was a lot of sexual referances such as a lion at the start of the video walking at the same pase as her with the romantic setting around. Her lrycis did not come popular with the public such as 'Like a Virgin, touched for the very first time' having a religuous name-Madonna and it had a referance to Mother Mary- a christin concepet.
This tack on the album is the most remerable song due to the resopnse that it receved when it was released. Her Sexual ways from her lryics stated that it was a change for Madonna. Ithreferacnes from the Catholic Church and her referances to women. I watched the video and from this their was a lot of sexual referances such as a lion at the start of the video walking at the same pase as her with the romantic setting around. Her lrycis did not come popular with the public such as 'Like a Virgin, touched for the very first time' having a religuous name-Madonna and it had a referance to Mother Mary- a christin concepet.
The start of the song a bass synth riff plays throught out the song and and synth starts with a tempo of 120bpm drums are been used. Her vocals are the start of the track are been sung in her head voice becuase she wants to create a calm feel to her vocals. her use of dynamics are used well in this song becuase she starts a 'MP' and slowely moves to 'M' and in the choursies she then moves to 'MF' and bring it back down in the bridge and goes back to her MP and moves to her chest voice.
This song has the use of effects, her vocals have a litle bit of reverb and EQ for when she sings her hight notes. after the bridge she has echo on her vocals to creatand endinging.
The video includes evey sexual intake t her song. It starts of with church bells (which would be repusenting her wedding). She a lion walking around looking for her. Thier are scenes of her in a wedding dress and walking throught a church pulling off sheets which i feel it to repusent clothes. Her outfit that shes wearing in the video is showen in a very sexual manner.
Her lryics are about her and how shes feels towars her loosing her viginty. Some of her lyrics say 'didnt know how lost i was untill i found you' from this alot of people in love will feel what shes feeling and wil attact the audiance to listern. In her verses she describes how her love feels, 'feel you heart beat next to mine', gunna save all my love for you.
I feel that this song is the main song to her album becuase the front over of ger album shes is in a wedding dress and this is the next part of her (to loose her vaginty).
This song effected socity because people could not believe their eyes. The church did not agree to the message that she was sending and felt that it was the wrong image to give to the younger genration.
This song has the use of effects, her vocals have a litle bit of reverb and EQ for when she sings her hight notes. after the bridge she has echo on her vocals to creatand endinging.
The video includes evey sexual intake t her song. It starts of with church bells (which would be repusenting her wedding). She a lion walking around looking for her. Thier are scenes of her in a wedding dress and walking throught a church pulling off sheets which i feel it to repusent clothes. Her outfit that shes wearing in the video is showen in a very sexual manner.
Her lryics are about her and how shes feels towars her loosing her viginty. Some of her lyrics say 'didnt know how lost i was untill i found you' from this alot of people in love will feel what shes feeling and wil attact the audiance to listern. In her verses she describes how her love feels, 'feel you heart beat next to mine', gunna save all my love for you.
I feel that this song is the main song to her album becuase the front over of ger album shes is in a wedding dress and this is the next part of her (to loose her vaginty).
This song effected socity because people could not believe their eyes. The church did not agree to the message that she was sending and felt that it was the wrong image to give to the younger genration.
Track4 Over and Over
This track is a very exciting and powerful 80's song that effect alot of people in their ways of life.This song is about Madonna now in her album explaing that she is just like eveyone else making mistakes and that she will simply 'get up again over and over'
Her vocals are been used in chest voice and in the bridge she use's her head voice and echo is been used. The backing voals have a hall reverb on them becuase I feels larger than some of previous tracks on her album.
I think that as track number 4 (which for her album is half way) is a good place to have this track becuase we see how her life moves along her album.
This song starts off with a pure 80's feel that makes you want to feel all cheerful and want to get up and dance. It has a very up lifting sprit about the song. It has a very full sound due the to backing voals. I like how this song roles from verse chours and verse becuase i makes you wanting more. The chours line 'you get up again over and over' is the main hook to this song becuase it said so many times.
Her vocals are been used in chest voice and in the bridge she use's her head voice and echo is been used. The backing voals have a hall reverb on them becuase I feels larger than some of previous tracks on her album.
Track 5 Love dose'nt hurt here anymore
This track on her album is very diffrent compaied to her other songs on her album. This songstaroff with a synth bass line and then stronge vocals and strings. The feeling of this is song is very personal to her becuase its apart of her now that her life maybe turning up side down. Her vocals are the main part of this song becuase shes has so much tension from her expression. I ike how she used strings to contiune this tenson more. Drums play a big part in this song becuase create a differnt side to her music. Its a good turning point in her album.
In tis song their good elements and factours to this track. She use's males backing voals (also this song is to do with men) and was a cleaver idea becuase its as if hes saying that to her aswell. She also has call&reponse method between her and the vocals. We can also hear and feel the texture of the accoustic guatir. Due to all of theses instruments its gives a clear tone her sound and has a tempo of 120bmp.
Her lyrics from this song are a lot different to her previous. 'You abandoned me, just a vacancy love dont live here anymore'. From this we feel feel for Madonna becuase shes now at a braking point and singns it with such meaning and passon. This song effected socity becuase Madonna is sending the message that not eveything ends in a happy endding and that shes not a perfect person and that she will of been though the same love storys as othe people. 'love dont live hear anymore'.
Her lyrics from this song are a lot different to her previous. 'You abandoned me, just a vacancy love dont live here anymore'. From this we feel feel for Madonna becuase shes now at a braking point and singns it with such meaning and passon. This song effected socity becuase Madonna is sending the message that not eveything ends in a happy endding and that shes not a perfect person and that she will of been though the same love storys as othe people. 'love dont live hear anymore'.
Track 6 Dress you up
Dress you up in my love is about her fidning new love and her getting excited again and about been with in love and starting again. The music in this track has a very good pop feel to it andwas very popular in the 80's.
This song is a drum beat driven dance track that uses guatirs and a choir vocals in the chours.The lyrics are an extended metaphor for fashion sex and comparing dressing up with passion.
This track had an effect on socity becuase Madonna was accused to be using seducitve dance music. Dispite her little girl vocals people thought that this song was not for her and that she was setting a bad example and was immature of her.
This song is driven by the synth, 160bpm which is abit faster compaired to her other songs. Gutairs, bass and piano make this song more attactive and dress the song up more with the layers and textures.
Madonnas lyrics in this song 'You've got style, that's what all the girls say Satin sheets and luxuries so fine'. From these lryics we can see that Madonna has imputted words in to girls mouths and some people will think shes setting a bad example. But on the other hand this why some people find Madonna exciting. Madonna had a big impact on people lives form his song, maily young teenaged girl becuaseis eveything to a girl at that age. When Madonna performed live she was also known to dance is many ways people did not agree with and she was hitting influencing the wrong target audiance.
On this album Shoo Bee Doo is very much a love song/musical balled. This song starts with madonna singing with a pino and strings and gives the perfect romantic love song ever.
Its has intrumental brakes in this song that consistes of, piano strings, drums synths and electric gutairs. She aslo has female vocals in the pre-chours and both female and male vocals in the chours's. The bridge section of this song is one of the main areas of the song becuase it uses a saxophone and horns to create a full sound and providing more textures.
The harmonys work very well in this song and almost gives a musical effect providing all the elements backing her vocals- such as call and response between her and the backing voals which feels like a full choir.
The dynamics of this song really grabs the audiance. For me I really think that she had made good use of her lyrics. She starts at P in the intro becuase its the start and she knows this going to build and its very cleaver idea. With just Madonna and the piano at the start really creates the mood and feel to the song and from the first moment we know its going to be a love song.
From the lyrics 'baby heres what i see' touches people becuase it gives off such a soft touch from her vocals. She repeats the intro twice but the second time its used as the first verse but this time at MF and she used more confidance in her vocals.
With the chours's the backing vocals take over becuase its such a big song and very powerful. The backing vocals sing the chours line- Shoo-bee-doo ohh la la and becuase is that big we forget about madonna becuase the choir sounding lovley distracts our ear from her. But on the other hand they have over lapped the vocals so that this dose not happend eveytime the chours is been sung Madonna sings over then on the last line.
This song is made to be a love song and her audiance fell in love with the song.
Track 8 Pretender
Pretender starts with a large drum roll and a synth pinano riff thats very 80's. This gives a pop elcetric vibe before Madonna starts singing.
The first song starts with madonna and the female and male backing vocals and madonna finishing off the line. The instruments in this track consist of Electric bass, drums, synth gutair and backing vocals. This song has a much diffrent arrangment to her other previous songs from her album. This song is more instromental, we think that at the start its going to be very up beat from the big drum beat but after its falls into this 80's pop groove and going into the chours.
The chours in this song in just one line- Hes a pretender which is sung in the pre chours and the chours is -Hes a pretender sung twice with madonna and the backing vocals. The song is about a ladys man-player or a fake man.
Her lrics state this by saying 'hes a pretender you meet them eveyday'. Shes describing this man to be a very smooth charcture and her prefect kind of man and that eveygirl wants. Madonna describes him in many ways such as 'I like the way he moved across the floor, when he danced with me I knew he wanted more'. She aslo says' hes thats fish that got away'.
I can see how some people dose like to listern to some of Madonna songs just from her lryics becuase she always has to refear them to a sexul matter. 'In the dark things happend to fast, I knew I should of stopped him then becuase I knew it would'nt last'.
Track 9 Stay
The last track on this album starts iff with a drum roll ,electric guatir riffs and a synth piano. This track has a feel of a rock/ pop feel to it with the strong beat carring the track. Madonnas vocals in this song change from her using her head voice to her chest voice to using her deeper tones of her range. In the first verse she uses her chest voice at MP then in the pre chours shes uses MF and the same in the second verse. In the bridge she then says the words (talking to the audiance over the instruments) 'dont be affraide its gunna be alright, becuase i can make you love me'.
The song is about her finding love and now wanting him to stay with her. She says that she can make him love her and that he can trust her. Her lryics say 'Leave the passed behind, true love is hard to find'.
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