Like a Prayer, 1989
Madonna has been a huge influence on music since her debut
in the 80s. MTV helped launch her career as well as the controversy that always
seems to surround her. Madonna grew up Catholic and drew from that experience
for this album Like a Prayer, in the album,
Madonna keeps her tradition of stirring up controversy especially with relation
to religion. In the song Like a Prayer,
she gives a gospel feel to it by adding a choir in at the end. It is very
sacrilegious considering she is singing about sexual desire. ..it is Madonna.
Even in Promise to Try, it reminds me
of a hymn. It is very simple with a piano and strings. Except that song, the
album has an electronic dance feel to it, even in some of the slower tempo
songs like Love Song. In that song,
it almost makes you want to crump with the distorted beats in parts of it. Madonna message throughout the album is about
empowering women to stand up and take charge of their lives and getting the
best from it instead of bowing to the demands of men.
