Hey,

I always read: She was nothing special, there were so many other singers who sounded like her. Can you recommend me some songs (on youtube) in the "Madonna" vein. You know, songs a la Physical Attraction, Lucky Star, Angel...

Check out the other stuff Reggie Lucas did(with James Mtume). Its better I think Madge's debut was Reggie's SAFEST sound.

They produced:

Phyllis Hyman
Stephanie Mills
Marc Sadane
Donny Hathaway & Roberta Flack

Among other talents, I'm sure.

graecophilos said:

off the dome, there was Stacey Q... anyone remember a girl group called Seduction? they had remake of "it takes two" .... kylie minogue.... Banannarama....
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graecophilos said:

you should seriously check out Alisha. she was 14 when she came out with her debut album and it sounds almost identical to Madonna's fist LP. songs like all night passion, too turned on and baby talk are the bomb. you will love it. i listen to it a lot.

wow, thank you, I'm gonna listen to them tomorrow.

anyone else has some recommendations??

you know, like when I feel in a Thriller mood but don't want to listen to it again I take some Heatwave records...

It's the same with this now. I like Madonna's first album and search for songs that sound pretty much like those songs.
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OMG...I"m breaking out Baby Talk right now....I thought this was Madonna for sure. The 12" Vinyl is what I have and I wore the grooves out! All Night Passion was ridiculous...Pure Pop Dance MAGIC!!!!!

dancerella said:

DAV123 said:

glad to see someone is hip to Alisha. All night passion is a bloody materpiece pop track. that whole album is slamming. love it! by the way, isn't funny how she was singing about all night passion gets her through the day when she was 14?

Aretha Franklin-"Who's Zoomin' Who"
Tina Turner-"Typical Male"

Both always struck me as very Madonna sounding tracks musically. You can't deny the dance pop sound of those two tracks. I love both those tracks but the best of the Madonna sounding tracks has to be Regina's "Baby Love". Madonna was a fool not to pick that one up!

I don't know about YouTube but Gwen Stefani did a song called "Serious" that sounds like it could have been a Madonna - Jellybean Benetiz joint.

I thought of Serious by Gwen as well

also:

I Never Knew a Love Like This Before-Stephanie Mills
Genius of Love-Tom Tom Club
Upside Down-Diana Ross
Square Biz-Teena Marie
Don't You Want Me Baby-Human League
Let's Hear It For the Boy-Deneice Williams
Outta My Head-Ashlee Simpson
Rhythm of the Night-El Debarge
Everything She Wants-Wham

Anything by Jody Watley from her first solo album

alphastreet said:

It rips off the beat from Burning Up.



No way in hell could Madonna get funky like Jody did on that album. Still a Thrill and a lot of other stuff on there could NEVER have been Madonna songs.

However, Most of All sounds like a True Blue reject - no surprise as Pat Leonard wrote and produced it.

VoicesCarry said:

I know Jody's funkier, but they did have similar writers and some people have called her the black madonna, though I totally disagree with that. I heard Madonna stole voguing from her.

And aw I love Most of All, it does remind me of something off True Blue or Who's That Girl, but it also reminds me of Pleasure Principle or something off the Diana album at the same time.
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get "Regina" also. Her producer did a track called Baby Love. I think he might have produced her whole album

graecophilos said:

oh and "Sidewalk Talk" by Jellybean. Features chorus by Madonna.

paisleypark4 said:

The Regina album is called "Curiousity". Not sure if it is rare, but I will be looking for it next time I'm on a vinyl dig.

bobsteezy said:

I was among the people that loved that one and thought it should have been a single over all the hip=hop stuff....not that it would have helped sales. I think they were going to make it a single and a part of the video was made without Gwen (just the H girls?).

VinnyM27 said:

the hip hop stuff on that album was shit! I preferred the electro pop songs on there! I don't know why whatchu waiting for wasn't a bigger hit, I thought rich girl and luxurious were total garbage that kept me from buying the album.

Danger Xone, now that's an underrated track!

I remember "Baby Love" by Regina! It's from 1986 and it sounds just like a Madonna track from that period!! Wasn't it produced by Patrick Leonard?

SoulAlive said:

Steve Bray. There was recently some discussion about why they feel apart. It was well after this, of course.

i think Madonna sings in the chorus. It sounds EXACTLY like her, you know that nasal singing.

graecophilos said:

SoulAlive said:

yeah, I even think it's her. It was around the same time "Each Time You Break My Heart" was released.

Bumping this thread because I was always curious about this. Madonna's first album was always named as her most influential. Thanks a lot for the suggestions!

Under Your Spell-Candy

Krystol's "Talk Of The Town"

I did soem research as well.

Of all the Mtume songs "Would You Like (To Fool Around)" comes next to her. Also "Never Knew Love Like This Before" is the older sister of Borderline. (Intro?)

Now I'm listening to Evelyn King. I like her voice, I believe she would have handled the Madonna-album songs better than Madonna.

graecophilos said:

For sure!

graecophilos said:

It could be her.I heard that Madonna did alot of uncredited vocal work around this time,appearing on other projects that her producer(s) worked on.One of the Duran Duran guys said that Madonna sings backup on a few of their songs that were produced by Niles Rodgers and she also appears on Jellybean's remix of Naked Eye's 1983 hit "Promises,Promises".

SoulAlive said:

yes, and have you allready heard her background vocals for Was Not Was' song "Shake Your Head"??

One that just came to mind was Cher's "Skin Deep" from her 1987 self titled album (the faux metal one with "We All Sleep Alone" and "I Found Someone"). It was a single but charted low. Something tells me if this single was the biggest hit, Cher would have gone dance again sooner than 1998's "Believe" (although the hint that Cher and dance music were a good mix in the post disco era came when Jr. Vasquez mixed "One By One" and it was so big, it appeared on VH1 for a while).