Madonna Live To Tell (Original 1986 Demo)

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  • Опубликовано: 5 дек 2024

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  • @dianariverjackson5123
    @dianariverjackson5123 4 года назад +22

    Something about this song and her voice completely captivates you

  • @bleish.
    @bleish. 2 месяца назад +2

    A legendary classic,,,, definitely one of her finest songs ❤.

  • @Riverwide76
    @Riverwide76 8 лет назад +52

    Best pop ballad of all time. Lyrics, synth, melody, keyboard, everything. So timeless. If it would be released today it would still be relevant and unique

    • @bignalgas1
      @bignalgas1 8 лет назад +2

      I think you're being a lil to harsh.. it's clear Mr. Leonard hasn't ( maybe )received all the recognition and fame he deserves.. but surely the Madonna and the Leonard team gave us some of the best music of all time and they both made a shit load of money.. I guess what i'm trying to say is: gut lets me they're both happy where they stand..

  • @DanCrowleyNYC
    @DanCrowleyNYC 4 года назад +24

    Love this version. Patrick Leonard has often stated that while he wrote the main chords/melody, and she wrote the lyrics quickly, that Madonna wrote the "if I ran away" bridge all by herself in a separate room. It's the best part of the song. He's often given her credit for melodies and chord changes even though she was primarily the lyricist (see: Like A Prayer intro, "I hear you call MY name", he said it was her idea to take the chord up from the 3-chord intro he'd written).

    • @Patrick3183
      @Patrick3183 7 месяцев назад +2

      The if I ran away bridge is the best/ most important part of this song and prob of any Madonna song ever

  • @georgepascual1
    @georgepascual1 9 лет назад +70

    What a great era of music. Everything well thought out down to the smallest, faintest note.

    • @jethroty8328
      @jethroty8328 7 лет назад +4

      Jet Ty ..I love the raw version and the Instrumental tells a story :)

    • @johnmorris2170
      @johnmorris2170 7 лет назад +1

      blastercombo audio No argument there.

  • @vinilla901
    @vinilla901 9 лет назад +57

    her voice is stunning and so captivating

  • @sharon9270
    @sharon9270 9 лет назад +34

    Madonna unpolished, raw and what a beautiful ending, I love how her voice falters for a split second, it makes is all more real

  • @barbaraadams5440
    @barbaraadams5440 4 года назад +6

    Still love this and listening to here in 2020

  • @trapperjohnson261
    @trapperjohnson261 9 лет назад +114

    The ending on this version is EVERYTHING

    • @trapperjohnson261
      @trapperjohnson261 9 лет назад +5

      G. Noah K. Nah... its obvious u know shit.

    • @bugoobiga
      @bugoobiga 7 лет назад +1

      it gives a sense of building, even though it's just repeating

    • @migue4793
      @migue4793 5 лет назад +2

      I agree it's beautiful the ending

    • @Sergio-ko3lm
      @Sergio-ko3lm 5 месяцев назад +1

      They should have kept it that way instead of the fade out.

  • @Keldaminks
    @Keldaminks 11 лет назад +22

    I haven't heard this in a while. I feel like I just went through a time machine ...this song took me back to when I was a little sister forreal.

  • @Abbee63
    @Abbee63 7 лет назад +19

    This is also the theme song on the soundtrack for the movie At Close Range with Sean Penn, Chis Penn, Christopher Walken, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Crispin Glover. The movie, based on a true story, was released in 1986. It is one of my all time favorite movies. It's hard to watch, a real soul shaker of a drama. I have a select few that I love more than others and this is one of them. Definitely one to rent or find on the internet. It is the movie that brought me here once again...I was longing to here the haunting sound of Madonna's voice on this song.

    • @barkboingfloom
      @barkboingfloom 4 года назад +1

      Another one of those times in the 80's when a song's popularity far eclipsed that of the film it was released with.

    • @larrybaker9924
      @larrybaker9924 4 года назад +1

      Loretta Harden Madonna should have played the female lead in the movie.

    • @pimpsplayashustlersnetwork953
      @pimpsplayashustlersnetwork953 3 года назад

      Yupp I still own it on VHS

  • @ginasousabranco5637
    @ginasousabranco5637 11 лет назад +24

    Beautiful, beautiful!!
    Madonna´s ballads are amazing.. all in the Something to Remember album:
    - Love Don't Live Here Anymore
    - Crazy for You
    - Live to Tell
    - This Used to Be My Playground
    - Oh, Father
    - You'll See
    - Rain

  • @gpshaggin77
    @gpshaggin77 10 лет назад +7

    still gives me chills every time I listen to this song,love it

  • @mattdillon7977
    @mattdillon7977 10 лет назад +24

    this woman is just divine. AN OUTSTANDING DIVA! God bless her always.

  • @chrisroberts3793
    @chrisroberts3793 11 лет назад +27

    In my opinion reached the top with this song. You can hear the crispness in her voice, no hesitation where she is taking the lyrics. I don't know if I can play it loud enough to ever satisfy me.

  • @snezanastankovicogallarmar5516
    @snezanastankovicogallarmar5516 8 лет назад +81

    If I ran away
    I'd never have the strength to go very far
    How would they hear the beating of my heart...?
    Will it grow cold?
    The secret that I hide
    Will I grow old?
    How will they hear?
    When will they learn?
    How will they know...?

    • @docsmithdc
      @docsmithdc 8 лет назад +8

      Her best shit!

    • @williamjacobs455
      @williamjacobs455 8 лет назад +8

      This tells us that people can keep a secret no matter what. I wish more songs were sung from the heart instead of making shit up. I'M up listening to my song because I can really relax and think about the best times in my life in the past. Now my life consists of working all the time and there's nothing to do to have fun with out getting in trouble.

    • @seanlovi8798
      @seanlovi8798 8 лет назад +11

      Wow... that exact bridge part, those exact words. Its what got me hooked to this song since i was a kid many many years ago. THANKS.

    • @sharkyroman
      @sharkyroman 7 лет назад

      Snežana Ogayar Martín A

    • @MoneyKateOlsen
      @MoneyKateOlsen 7 лет назад +13

      According to Patrick Leonard, that bridge was all her, because, according to him, he wouldn't have written those lyrics or melody. She wrote almost all the lyrics of the song herself.

  • @cosmo411
    @cosmo411 11 лет назад +6

    I love this version! I can't stop playing this

  • @MoregooderXM
    @MoregooderXM 9 лет назад +11

    Her vioce is so honest! I love this version.

  • @Bodyknowledge77
    @Bodyknowledge77 10 лет назад +56

    Such a moving track. Will and have always loved this song. It sounds basically like the final version except for the guitar parts and some keyboard licks

    • @sarge9733
      @sarge9733 6 лет назад +3

      Except the full first verse.
      Great to hear the alternative take though.

  • @enriquesanchez9016
    @enriquesanchez9016 5 лет назад +20

    3:52 - 4:28 is BY FAR the best part of the song. Just incredibly moving.

    • @jlouis4407
      @jlouis4407 6 месяцев назад +1

      They used her vocals from that in the final song

  • @SirJono212
    @SirJono212 10 лет назад +5

    Madonna is a great singer. Right note at the right time. Great "turn of phrase". Love her forever.

  • @MaxiZamac
    @MaxiZamac 6 лет назад +11

    One of the the best songs ever made.

  • @MKBullock
    @MKBullock 9 лет назад +6

    I've always been in love with this version.

  • @kimmerkakes3593
    @kimmerkakes3593 8 лет назад +22

    Most excellent opportunity to be able to hear this, thank you so much!! :))

  • @adriansanders1026
    @adriansanders1026 3 года назад +3

    One of most favorites of maddona! Peace my friend!

  • @jolbrias
    @jolbrias 7 лет назад +2

    This is 1 of my fav songs from Madonna & I've been lucky enough to have seen her perform it the 3 times she's performed it live in concert at The Who's That Girl Tour & The Blonde Ambition Tour & The Confessions Tour. All 3 times she just sounded beautiful & amazing & this song is so haunting. It truly is in my top 5 fav Madonna songs.

  • @rosacastaneda4433
    @rosacastaneda4433 8 лет назад +13

    I love your music Madonna!

  • @hds1699
    @hds1699 3 года назад +1

    One of if not my Favorite Song. Love this version.. can't believe it's a Demo! I truly miss the music of my youth... Not because I'm old but because of the raw talent!

  • @romariorodrigues6387
    @romariorodrigues6387 7 лет назад +15

    Engraçado que não sou fã da madonna, mas essa música me faz lembrar um momento bom e marcante na minha vida, to sempre escutando!!

  • @GoddessStone
    @GoddessStone 9 лет назад +3

    I was not ready for the fall...I think I was 16 when this came out...and it was so beautifully haunting. Thank you for this version.

  • @carlogambino1979
    @carlogambino1979 2 года назад +2

    When I think of the 80s, I think of Madonna. She owned that decade. I was born in 1979 I remember her exploding onto the scene. Loved her movie Who's that girl as well. The 80s was a special decade.

  • @chadlovell-marnoch1840
    @chadlovell-marnoch1840 8 лет назад +2

    Simply beautiful. Gorgeous arrangement.

  • @YouraWildManGeorge
    @YouraWildManGeorge 6 лет назад +1

    So awesome a song, and the creative artistry behind it...Leonard's music, with Madonna's lyrics... beautiful!

  • @mireaux5150
    @mireaux5150 10 лет назад +34

    I really wish synthizers would return to modern music foray. The 80s overexploited synth to the point the music industry abandoned it. There was some good songs that use synth that came out around the time of this song: Cry Little Sister & Toy Soldiers somehow seem stylistically the same to me with this song.

    • @Islanddude83
      @Islanddude83 4 года назад +2

      June 2020, and looks like you called this one! Synth is back!

  • @rappensol
    @rappensol 8 лет назад +7

    thank god for madonna

  • @hoprabbitbunny
    @hoprabbitbunny 10 лет назад +15

    Her Best Art Song-Live to Tell. How do you solve Madonna's sadness? By exploring it inside her soul!!

  • @SirJono212
    @SirJono212 10 лет назад +43

    She did live to tell.

  • @sheliene12
    @sheliene12 10 лет назад +2

    Another song I will always love! Modonna has been in the music game since like forever! So many hits that I have lost count.

  • @edvaldomoura6122
    @edvaldomoura6122 8 лет назад +9

    Musica muito linda e marcante!

  • @adrianojamess87
    @adrianojamess87 8 лет назад +6

    Amo essa música!

  • @Praetor_Fenix420
    @Praetor_Fenix420 11 лет назад +3

    It's not like I'm the biggest Madonna fan in the world, but this is a great song.

  • @TitoFMarques
    @TitoFMarques 11 лет назад +11

    Loveeeee it !!!!

  • @umapessoaqualquerumapessoa5379
    @umapessoaqualquerumapessoa5379 7 лет назад +14

    Melhor música EVER , alguém é BR

  • @BolsaChicaRadio
    @BolsaChicaRadio 7 лет назад +18

    I understand Patrick Leonard wanted to produce an LP with Madonna, and show the record company (Sire/Warner Bros.) that it didn't need to take FOUR MILLION DOLLARS to do so, like the beforehand "Like A Virgin" album did. Darn tootin', he was right, I think he said he & she did it for something like $450,000 and it turned that over quite a number of times, but to date, I don't think it nearly brought back in the revenue as "Virgin" did here in the USA...close, but not quite.
    Here we find "Live To Tell" in it's full demo mix form, although from the same sessions as the final mix, except this version does not include the "vamp" electric guitar in the second verse (probably performed by Bruce Gaitsch) and not the extra synth pads in the interim musical bridge. Also noted, the separately tracked "distorted-fuzz-box" electric guitar is heightened in this mix...and the most different element indeed is the end (as another reviewer stated) as this one ends with a natural "cliff-hanger" type end, opposed to the "fade" end, in the final mix. Also, mysteriously, the vocal refrain is edited (for some oddball reason) here at the end...for in the final mix, as the song begins to fade, one can hear Madonna clearly ramp up and modulate her refrain on the line, "I've Learned My Lesson Well!!!", but in this here "demo version", which seems to be the full version, it is gone! (Stranger things have happened in this world...) - BCRadio

    • @jaumefrigola22
      @jaumefrigola22 5 лет назад +1

      Well... "Like a virgin" had a great impact in the USA, but I would say that here, in Europe, "True blue" had a greater impact both economic and socially... This album established her as 80s pop culture... In my opinion, all her 80s albums are great, and I think "Like a virgin" was maturer than what people would think... At last she was a grown woman, more than 25, I dont think that a teenager, like Britney in her beginings, could attracted a public as diverse as Madonna did

    • @jaumefrigola22
      @jaumefrigola22 5 лет назад

      By the way both versions, demo and commerciar realese, are excellent. This version is, for me, more rough and raw, and I like it. Why do you think the changed it for the final version? And... "Like a virgin" costed so much money???

    • @erregi4946
      @erregi4946 5 лет назад +1

      @@jaumefrigola22 Nile Rogers, who produced Like a Virgin, said that because of the perfection they both reached together he thought they would make pair forever, but nobody can take over Madonna, good or not. L.A.V. is beyond a mature work of art, I wish they,'ll come back together one day, such as Pat Leonard.

    • @joshuahoward6845
      @joshuahoward6845 5 лет назад +3

      The True Blue album is her best selling album worldwide and Like a Virgin is best in US sales only

  • @raezrad86
    @raezrad86 12 лет назад +1

    I have always loved this song so much...especially the "If I ran away" (etc) interlude. such a classic

  • @EithelPetronilia20041703
    @EithelPetronilia20041703 10 лет назад +2

    Owsom, very beautiful song!

  • @wobu5361
    @wobu5361 6 лет назад

    Twin Madonnas embracing. So lovely. Beautiful demo.

  • @mmoonnchildd
    @mmoonnchildd 8 лет назад +4

    That ending is brilliant.

  • @misterashley
    @misterashley 11 лет назад +2

    "I know where beauty lives. I've seen it once; I know the warmth she gives."

  • @cristianedamas302
    @cristianedamas302 11 лет назад +5

    Perfect!!!!!

  • @gordonfreeman1839
    @gordonfreeman1839 10 лет назад +5

    Masterpiece...

  • @scottmacallister5961
    @scottmacallister5961 12 лет назад +1

    Pat Leonard has said in interviews...the first was we used. We built the song around the vocals.
    You can even hear Madonna crumpling up a piece of paper toward the end of the record. She
    was spot on with the vocal, and that first take the last.

  • @hoprabbitbunny
    @hoprabbitbunny 11 лет назад

    Madonna-Live to Tell. Pure Raw Emotion. Madonna Can Really Cry in Her Songs!

  • @frankkelly8749
    @frankkelly8749 9 лет назад +6

    best version

  • @WCD199317
    @WCD199317 4 года назад +2

    According to Patrick Leonard, the producer of this song, the final song used her vocals in the demo. After she writes the song, she singing a demo to present to the realisators of At Close Range. Because this song talk about the wiew of a man, he searche many singers mans to sing this song (like Michael Jackson). All refused this song. After all mans singers refused this song, Leonard finally used the Madonna vocals in the demo and produced this song and the rest was the history. She only recording one time and never re-recorded again in the studio. This song help Madonna to conquers a more mature public, after she was the idols of the more younger public and was n.1 in United States.

  • @Beneaththeglitterball
    @Beneaththeglitterball 6 лет назад +9

    exquisite. Madonna is such an underrated vocalist, particularly with tracks like this. In my opinion, talent shows have skewed what is understood as 'good singing'. Vocal acrobatics are fine and have a place, but where is the emotion and respect for the listener's ear as demonstrated here?

  • @fritzmuller3757
    @fritzmuller3757 7 лет назад

    was 16 and so in love..... Never vorget this feeling, thanks Madonna

  • @enricolecca3600
    @enricolecca3600 8 лет назад +6

    grande cantante

  • @BETOANDJESSE
    @BETOANDJESSE 13 лет назад

    N I C E !! one of my fav. songs from Madonna.

  • @tickedoffnow
    @tickedoffnow 5 лет назад +2

    This is just fascinating

  • @LEOBOI31
    @LEOBOI31 13 лет назад

    favorite madonna song and i like it even more this way so raw .she can sing!

  • @hoprabbitbunny
    @hoprabbitbunny 13 лет назад +1

    Live to Tell-demo version-even sadder than I thought! That's why Madonna is brilliant! Cry On My Detroit Lady Friend!

  • @1212matt
    @1212matt 9 лет назад +2

    WOW love it.

  • @carlosalbertoraimundo3710
    @carlosalbertoraimundo3710 6 лет назад +1

    I love you,Madona

  • @stevenphelan2406
    @stevenphelan2406 12 лет назад

    madonna is simply amazing,from her early stuff to now she remains the queen of pop long live madonna,

  • @ruthholmes2736
    @ruthholmes2736 7 лет назад

    Love always love Madonna awsome voice

  • @vinilla901
    @vinilla901 13 лет назад +1

    her voice is beautiful

  • @kanondegeminis11
    @kanondegeminis11 12 лет назад +1

    muy buen demo gracias por compartirlo tanks.gracias

  • @WaterAndNightshade
    @WaterAndNightshade 12 лет назад

    That vocal! Pure Love! Long may the Queen Reign!

  • @dukenukenful
    @dukenukenful 10 лет назад +3

    de los mejores temas de madonna

  • @madgemaiden8014
    @madgemaiden8014 5 лет назад

    Hauntingly beautiful song

  • @adriancarter5317
    @adriancarter5317 8 лет назад

    Takes me back to when i lived at Chapel Street New Haven and i heard this on KC101 Fm. Radio

  • @marcobellagamba6616
    @marcobellagamba6616 5 месяцев назад

    Complete masterpiece.

  • @ayesheaprice4481
    @ayesheaprice4481 9 лет назад

    you still rock, Madonna! !

  • @SymonSaysTV
    @SymonSaysTV 13 лет назад +1

    Madonna's best years...

  • @nano411
    @nano411 10 лет назад +9

    I like the ending of this version better than the fade out.

  • @giuseppemambogalante
    @giuseppemambogalante Год назад

    I love this version

  • @beatrizmarinho339
    @beatrizmarinho339 4 года назад +1

    Melhor música da Madonna

  • @djmscott1977
    @djmscott1977 5 лет назад +1

    That ending ❤️

  • @michaeldjy2k
    @michaeldjy2k 12 лет назад

    The very song that made me fall forever...

  • @discodivo9045
    @discodivo9045 9 лет назад

    thanks for sharing

  • @MrTaurus81
    @MrTaurus81 13 лет назад +1

    true madonna sound.. fantastico!

  • @SamuraiKike
    @SamuraiKike 8 лет назад +5

    Love how the keyboards and guitars are heavily featured here. Her vocals were polished and overproduced a lot for the final output though.

  • @MrRonen777
    @MrRonen777 13 лет назад

    i love this song

  • @hoprabbitbunny
    @hoprabbitbunny 12 лет назад

    Madonna, my beautiful Lady Evita-You can cry on my shoulder anytime! I Love You! Live to Tell-Best Detroit Concerto Ever! Madonna-Love in my heart, always!

  • @stevewaugh2
    @stevewaugh2 10 лет назад +1

    Fabulous

  • @ХристинаЧупрей-б4ч

    Love this song

  • @MaryBlanche
    @MaryBlanche 5 лет назад +2

    One take Madonna 🎶🎤❤️

  • @isaacboots
    @isaacboots 11 лет назад +1

    brilliant

  • @thedovercc5339
    @thedovercc5339 3 года назад

    That classic Madonna voice. Like velvet 😍

  • @frank7928
    @frank7928 9 лет назад +1

    the goddess!!!

  • @darwinplus010
    @darwinplus010 11 лет назад

    nice melody very deep and touching....song

  • @cata12vas
    @cata12vas 4 года назад

    Superb❤❤👍👍

  • @UNITEWAD
    @UNITEWAD 12 лет назад +1

    Wonderful ~ 86 God.

  • @herbwag6456
    @herbwag6456 5 лет назад

    Madonna's best song!

  • @andreidiaz8016
    @andreidiaz8016 5 лет назад +1

    eternamente rainha

  • @jgallardoo
    @jgallardoo 7 лет назад

    I have a tale to tell
    Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well
    I was not ready for the fall
    Too blind to see the writing on the wall
    [Chorus:]
    A man can tell a thousand lies
    I've learned my lesson well
    Hope I live to tell
    The secret I have learned, 'till then
    It will burn inside of me
    I know where beauty lives
    I've seen it once, I know the warm she gives
    The light that you could never see
    It shines inside, you can't take that from me
    [chorus]
    [2nd Chorus:]
    The truth is never far behind
    You kept it hidden well
    If I live to tell
    The secret I knew then
    Will I ever have the chance again
    If I ran away, I'd never have the strength
    To go very far
    How would they hear the beating of my heart
    Will it grow cold
    The secret that I hide, will I grow old
    How will they hear
    When will they learn
    How will they know

  • @grahamferry7154
    @grahamferry7154 6 лет назад

    Great song..

  • @juveneuaraujo3252
    @juveneuaraujo3252 5 лет назад +1

    Essa é a música da minha vida

  • @GaGaBjork1996
    @GaGaBjork1996 11 лет назад +1

    even though there's not much of a difference from the official version, I'm glad they tweaked it, because the official version is a masterpiece in its own, one of the top 5 songs from the 80s