Kate Bush vs Madonna

Kate Bush or Madonna, simple as


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luka

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'80s Madonna has some bright breezy cheerful pop songs that I always find I like more than I thought I did each time I bump into them but nothing that can measure up to running up that hill.
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
I am kinda worried it'll just be a KB landslide

I'd love some hardcore Madonna polemicists to turn up

they definitely won't sway me even a little bit, but I'd love to hear their reasoning
 

luka

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I've seen that big bi thing before funnnily enough. Running up that hill was on poisonous darts list of (might get the title a bit wrong) white songs that were a hit in the hood
 

version

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'80s Madonna has some bright breezy cheerful pop songs that I always find I like more than I thought I did each time I bump into them but nothing that can measure up to running up that hill.

This is my favourite. Fucking love it.

 
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padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
that makes perfect sense

she and Peter Gabriel are the artier end of that 80s rock Phil Collins thing

and "Running Up That Hill" is about as banging/non-fey as she gets
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
Madonna took the David Bowie cultural vampire model and ran with it, for better and worse

definitely 100% respect as an auteur of her own brand, performance, curation, etc, even it's long descended into grim Rolling Stones-style territory

she also paved the way - not alone, but by far most prominently I have to think - for Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, etc
 

thirdform

pass the sick bucket
Madonna took the David Bowie cultural vampire model and ran with it, for better and worse

definitely 100% respect as an auteur of her own brand, performance, curation, etc, even it's long descended into grim Rolling Stones-style territory

she also paved the way - not alone, but by far most prominently I have to think - for Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, etc

noone knows about Kate Bush outside of England, France and US. Madonna is superstar. on that metric alone she wins. who cares if the music is good or not. that's the aim of all pop.
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
I mean this is a fucking banger no doubt

again, mainly cos that ABBA is undeniable, but still

probably her last (most recent, anyway) moment of true cultural relevance

sidenote: she's 48 in that video. Enough respect.
 

thirdform

pass the sick bucket
I hate this song so so much, viscerally loathe it that it's become one of my favourite guilty pleasures when I'm feeling masochistic. Kate Bush doesn't trigger the same amount of revulsion in me, I'm just left nonplussed.

 

version

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Lucky Star, Papa Don't Preach, Into the Groove, Like a Prayer are my favourite Madonna tunes. I like Beautiful Stranger, Hung Up, Music and stuff too though.
 

padraig (u.s.)

a monkey that will go ape
but I'm still glad someone is arguing Madonna's corner, otherwise it'd just be a dull coronation

gwan with it, buddy
 
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