The album was dedicated to her mother "who thought me how to pray" (quote from the album cover), and she died when Madonna was 5 "Promise to try". "Love song" is feat. Prince. "Till death do us part" talks about her marriage with Sean Penn that was done on Christmas Eve 1988. "Oh father" talks about her frustrations with her father. "Keep it together" says that family is most important thing in the world. And "Act of contrition" as a closure of the album is actually "Like a prayer" played backwards.
Tracklist 1- Like A Prayer (0:36) 2- Express Yourself (2:54) 3- Love Song (5:05) 4- Till Death Do Us Part (7:37) 5- Promise To Try (10:42) 6- Cherish (11:49) 7- Dear Jessie (13:32) 8- Oh Father (15:14) 9- Keep It Together (17:22) 10- Pray For Spanish Eyes (19:13) 11- Act Of Contrition (21:39) Ajayll's analysis (23:19) Have A Great Day
Act of Contrition is a Christian prayer, a penitence asking for forgiveness for the sins that one has done. I’ve always thought that in the end when Madonna said “I have a reservation” it was actually Madonna being in the gates of heaven being assured of a place there, but she being sinful person was not allowed to enter paradise, hence the end line “what do you mean it’s not in the computer?”
She certainly did, and it sounds really good! But she used to scream to get that raspy sound. I have the original isolated vocals from vogue and express yourself, and she screams all the way through.
I think when madonna worked on the first two songs, she knew they are going to be hits! It's like the story that cyndi lauper once said when she wrote time after time, she knew it's going to be a hit, and she was right!
the express yourself music video is my favorite music video of all time and, i believe like a prayer is one of the most perfectly-constructed pop songs of all time
one of my favorites of her. thanks for the review and for pointing out the rasp in her voice! I never realized /reflect on the fact there used to be one. might be her losing confidence in her voice over time due to her vocals being ruthlessly criticised?
@@thevoid2660 no it says ajayii took them down when i viewed playlists of her reacting to madonna, but those playlists are gone and i can’t find them anymore
i actually think ajayii took them down herself because i remember it said it was removed by the uploader, and i feel she did that to remove videos that had low views, cuz her least viewed video on her channel currently was over 160k views and many of her madonna reactions were only 70k-90k views so she took those down. the remaining madonna reactions on her channel have over 200k channels
At the end of the last track, "what do you mean its not in the computer!" was a joke about her then recently divorced ex husband Sean Penn's notorious temper and volitility in public with paparrazzi. She had à réservation, the joke being like à réservation for seating at à restaurant which would have at the time been looked up and verified on a simpler version of a restaurant computer back in '89. It was an example of self-deprecation on her part and the refusal to take her status and superstardom too seriously.
If I am not mistaken, as I lived in the era when this album was a hit, and soaked it all up like a sponge, Keep It Together (and Express Yourself) were inspired by Sly & the Family Stone...
ajayii’s possible ranking of the madonna albums she’s viewed BASED on ratios: 13. hard candy 12. mdna 11. american life 10. madame x 9. confessions on a dance floor 8. like a prayer 7. erotica 6. music 5. ray of light 4. bedtime stories 3. true blue 2. like a virgin 1. rebel heart ajayii’s possible ranking of the madonna albums she’s viewed based on her reaction 13. mdna 12. hard candy 11. american life 10. madame x 9. music 8. bedtime stories 7. erotica 6. true blue 5. like a virgin 4. confessions on a dance floor 3. like a prayer 2. rebel heart 1. ray of light
@@eddv6090 i did this based on the ratios on favorites to not favorites and confessions was shockingly low like if she put a mark on let it will be and forbidden love for example
My favorite songs form Like a Prayer is; Like A Prayer, Love Song, Express Yourself, Cherish, Oh Father, Promise to Try, Spanish Eye and Keep it Together.
@@luanhylario5882 Madonna this used to be my playground should have got the Oscar everyone knows it and so much better song than gaga also sooner or later and you must move me !!!!
@@luanhylario5882 You Must Love Me won an Oscar in 1997. Either way, Gaga won an Oscar for music, it's an award known for acting not music , she did not get that so i don't know why Gaga fans act like an Oscar for music is anything better or bigger than a Grammy. Madonna has sung songs that won Oscars too. And if you want to do movie awards, she won a Golden Globe for Best Leading actress in 1997 too beating out Glenn Close and Frances McDormand, so it's not she's not been recognized at the movie front either.
@@Marc-zi5cq Grammy is literally the Oscar of music. And Lady Gaga has both, Oscar and 12 grammys. Just making it clear, without belittling Queen Madonna
Madonna best album of all time and featuring her best conceptually tour ever: the blond ambition. Iconic. Instant classic. A visionary artist at her peak. The one we got now is a mere shadow of what it once was the most cohesive, bravest and successful female career from 80’s to 00’s, with her last decent contribution in 2006 with COADF. The rest was and is unforgettable TRASH. Thank god I witnessed the prime of her career and attended to her best concert tours cause what we got now is hmmm, IRRELEVANT AND REDUCTIVE
But she got to keep all the money, already aired the video, and she reigned on top of the charts without Pepsi’s help or the approval of the outdated religious beliefs. It’s her 2nd best album. But in 89 it was like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé’s popularity, great videos, fantastic songs, excitement was everywhere, she touched on important topics, and sales were great. Ultimately it left us with the beginning of her cementing her legacy as an artist, performer, songwriter, producer, singer, and overall great album especially at the time it was released.
And don't even try to come for Love Song! That is a slinky, smoky, sensual, funky, groovy duet w/ Prince where they BOTH play to their strengths! Criminally underrated! One of THE standout tracks on an album that, unfortunately, hasn't aged too well on a cohesive level! PERIOD!
@@EthansTarot i enjoy the music video version much more than the album version (idk if that's the "remix"?) - the video also gives it that extra push, it's one of the best videos of all time (in my opinion!)
@@EthansTarotI don’t think it ‘sucks’ but yah, it’s inferior to the Shep remix. I see them as two separate songs almost. Both are good but one is better. And younglings who have only ever heard the album version are not going to be as blown away by the impact that song has when you see the video
I’m disappointed we never got Ajay’s reaction to M’s debut album. I would have liked to see her ranking of the albums.
I'm still super upset about this
I think abt this everyday
Me too. Would love to see her react to Burning Up and Holiday.
The album was dedicated to her mother "who thought me how to pray" (quote from the album cover), and she died when Madonna was 5 "Promise to try". "Love song" is feat. Prince. "Till death do us part" talks about her marriage with Sean Penn that was done on Christmas Eve 1988. "Oh father" talks about her frustrations with her father. "Keep it together" says that family is most important thing in the world. And "Act of contrition" as a closure of the album is actually "Like a prayer" played backwards.
Tracklist
1- Like A Prayer (0:36)
2- Express Yourself (2:54)
3- Love Song (5:05)
4- Till Death Do Us Part (7:37)
5- Promise To Try (10:42)
6- Cherish (11:49)
7- Dear Jessie (13:32)
8- Oh Father (15:14)
9- Keep It Together (17:22)
10- Pray For Spanish Eyes (19:13)
11- Act Of Contrition (21:39)
Ajayll's analysis (23:19)
Have A Great Day
Thanks daddy
@@mpkuttc Sorry, but I'm nobody's daddy. Keep looking man, you'll find him
@@martinquiroga5489 chill, I was joking 😂
@@mpkuttc Me 2
thank you
Like a prayer is pure art!
“WHAT DO U MEAN ITS NOT IN THE COMPUTER!?!?”
Ajayll: 👁👄👁
Act of Contrition is a Christian prayer, a penitence asking for forgiveness for the sins that one has done. I’ve always thought that in the end when Madonna said “I have a reservation” it was actually Madonna being in the gates of heaven being assured of a place there, but she being sinful person was not allowed to enter paradise, hence the end line “what do you mean it’s not in the computer?”
All makes sense to me now... After years 😲❤️
I think the double meaning is there. And also, Prince's unacredited guitar riffs are spectacular!!
I actually love the idea. Always imagined a Tom & Jerry type of scene of her getting banned out of heaven
Madonna did know how to add some rasp, I love it.
She certainly did, and it sounds really good! But she used to scream to get that raspy sound. I have the original isolated vocals from vogue and express yourself, and she screams all the way through.
@@GM1988 she needed a vocal coach
When she heard Madonna’s rasp, she didn’t even finish the song, automatically put a mark to it lol
I think when madonna worked on the first two songs, she knew they are going to be hits!
It's like the story that cyndi lauper once said when she wrote time after time, she knew it's going to be a hit, and she was right!
Act of Contrition is Like a Prayer looped in reverse with a laid down Prince guitar solo and a giant beat.
the express yourself music video is my favorite music video of all time
and, i believe like a prayer is one of the most perfectly-constructed pop songs of all time
After recording their song together, Prince and Madonna toyed around with making a Broadway musical
She invented PERIOD! thank you for the re upload
Like a prayer is a legendary album 🤩
it´s absolute perfection!
Spanish eyes is a very underrated masterpiece song
Agreed
ABSOLUTELY
I wish she had done reactions to Madonna's videos because she would see her in a whole new light
one of my favorites of her. thanks for the review and for pointing out the rasp in her voice! I never realized /reflect on the fact there used to be one. might be her losing confidence in her voice over time due to her vocals being ruthlessly criticised?
was waiting for this! God bless you!
A PURE CLASSIC ALBUM
I was so mad that they deleted the original video but I’m soooo grateful for u to put it again ❤️❤️❤️ and with sound lmaooo
@Christian Hito i guess Ajayll didn't delete her reactions RUclips did. Her other reactions for Madonna's album are still on her channel.
@@thevoid2660 no it says ajayii took them down when i viewed playlists of her reacting to madonna, but those playlists are gone and i can’t find them anymore
i actually think ajayii took them down herself because i remember it said it was removed by the uploader, and i feel she did that to remove videos that had low views, cuz her least viewed video on her channel currently was over 160k views and many of her madonna reactions were only 70k-90k views so she took those down. the remaining madonna reactions on her channel have over 200k channels
She was singing about Sean Penn on Til Death Do Us Part.
1:43 so true, thanks 'Deadpool & Wolverine'
it was way more iconic before that
Thanks for uploading all the Madonna reactions of ajayll I was pretty sad I couldn’t find them anymore before but you got this :)
THANK YOU OMG
Thanks for re-upload❤️
At the end of the last track, "what do you mean its not in the computer!" was a joke about her then recently divorced ex husband Sean Penn's notorious temper and volitility in public with paparrazzi. She had à réservation, the joke being like à réservation for seating at à restaurant which would have at the time been looked up and verified on a simpler version of a restaurant computer back in '89. It was an example of self-deprecation on her part and the refusal to take her status and superstardom too seriously.
If I am not mistaken, as I lived in the era when this album was a hit, and soaked it all up like a sponge, Keep It Together (and Express Yourself) were inspired by Sly & the Family Stone...
true. on the Blond Ambition Tour she also started Keep it Together with Family Affair by Sly & the Family Stone. it’s one of my fav mashups
ajayii’s possible ranking of the madonna albums she’s viewed BASED on ratios:
13. hard candy
12. mdna
11. american life
10. madame x
9. confessions on a dance floor
8. like a prayer
7. erotica
6. music
5. ray of light
4. bedtime stories
3. true blue
2. like a virgin
1. rebel heart
ajayii’s possible ranking of the madonna albums she’s viewed based on her reaction
13. mdna
12. hard candy
11. american life
10. madame x
9. music
8. bedtime stories
7. erotica
6. true blue
5. like a virgin
4. confessions on a dance floor
3. like a prayer
2. rebel heart
1. ray of light
I think confessions go upper
Also, mdna the last one lmao
@@eddv6090 i did this based on the ratios on favorites to not favorites and confessions was shockingly low like if she put a mark on let it will be and forbidden love for example
@@eddv6090 i think confessions would #3-4 and mdna would be dead last
You know she’d put any album with Frozen on it as #1. It’s the hmmmm’s 🤣
My favorite songs form Like a Prayer is; Like A Prayer, Love Song, Express Yourself, Cherish, Oh Father, Promise to Try, Spanish Eye and Keep it Together.
Saying she sounds like Gaga in Oh Father.... my god, Madonna was there to create this!
She means gaga sounded like Madonna em as usual
@@davidmadden447 except that fact that only one is still relevant with a Oscar. :)
@@luanhylario5882 Madonna this used to be my playground should have got the Oscar everyone knows it and so much better song than gaga also sooner or later and you must move me !!!!
@@luanhylario5882 You Must Love Me won an Oscar in 1997. Either way, Gaga won an Oscar for music, it's an award known for acting not music , she did not get that so i don't know why Gaga fans act like an Oscar for music is anything better or bigger than a Grammy. Madonna has sung songs that won Oscars too. And if you want to do movie awards, she won a Golden Globe for Best Leading actress in 1997 too beating out Glenn Close and Frances McDormand, so it's not she's not been recognized at the movie front either.
@@Marc-zi5cq Grammy is literally the Oscar of music. And Lady Gaga has both, Oscar and 12 grammys. Just making it clear, without belittling Queen Madonna
Masterpiece hands down.
Just found out about u and I like ur Energy thank u 🙏 for the M Review
Promise to try 💜💜💜
Yes Madonna and Prince
15:39 when Ajay got enlightened with a discovery
do you have any clips of some copyrighted reactions in some of her madonna reactions that still exist? like future lovers for example
one of the great pop album
Madonna best album of all time and featuring her best conceptually tour ever: the blond ambition. Iconic. Instant classic. A visionary artist at her peak. The one we got now is a mere shadow of what it once was the most cohesive, bravest and successful female career from 80’s to 00’s, with her last decent contribution in 2006 with COADF. The rest was and is unforgettable TRASH. Thank god I witnessed the prime of her career and attended to her best concert tours cause what we got now is hmmm, IRRELEVANT AND REDUCTIVE
Thank you‼︎
Masterpiece!!!
Promise to try about her mom passing away
Like a Prayer is the greatest song of all time
Like A Prayer was muted when Ajayll uploaded this 🥲
22:12..."What do you mean it's not in the computer"..." you know what"?!?(HER FACE)...🤣🤣🤣
Did she erase her reactions? why?
Dear Jessie was writen for he god dauhter
I know you only reupload madonna reactions but... THIS IS AN EMERGENCY. HER 'IN A HEARTBEAT' REACTION IS GONE 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Why she deleted albums Review ?
She needs to read to I’m Breathless
Madonnas comment on Born this way Song by Lady Gaga, "Reductive"😂
Oh father she wrote about priests about who molested kids some of her close friends not about her father. AJ
What city do you live?
She lost her multi million $ contract with Pepsi over the video to like a prayer
But she got to keep all the money, already aired the video, and she reigned on top of the charts without Pepsi’s help or the approval of the outdated religious beliefs. It’s her 2nd best album. But in 89 it was like Taylor Swift or Beyoncé’s popularity, great videos, fantastic songs, excitement was everywhere, she touched on important topics, and sales were great. Ultimately it left us with the beginning of her cementing her legacy as an artist, performer, songwriter, producer, singer, and overall great album especially at the time it was released.
Spanish Eyes is a song about people in the 80's died for AIDS. This girls is funny, but isnt informed about the albums processes.
re-upload nemesis pleaseeee
This video deserved to be taken down when she gave a 'mark' to Love Song and not Express Yourself
Period.
And don't even try to come for Love Song! That is a slinky, smoky, sensual, funky, groovy duet w/ Prince where they BOTH play to their strengths! Criminally underrated! One of THE standout tracks on an album that, unfortunately, hasn't aged too well on a cohesive level! PERIOD!
Express yourself album version sucks, the remix is the iconic version
@@EthansTarot i enjoy the music video version much more than the album version (idk if that's the "remix"?) - the video also gives it that extra push, it's one of the best videos of all time (in my opinion!)
@@EthansTarotI don’t think it ‘sucks’ but yah, it’s inferior to the Shep remix. I see them as two separate songs almost. Both are good but one is better. And younglings who have only ever heard the album version are not going to be as blown away by the impact that song has when you see the video
Hang on why did she take down Madonna’s reaction videos? Wtf
I think she got copyrighted
WTH
Judge yo self……