Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...songs stand out on Ray of Light as Madonna's best work in the last decade. "Frozen," now dominating the singles chart, is an exotic paean that best represents her new sound. In fact, the best part of the song has Madonna barely singing at all. Her subtle hums add breathtaking texture to Patrick Leonard's haunting melody. Even more impressive is the opening track of Ray of Light, "Drowned World" (aka Substitute for Love). As the founder of Maverick Records, Madonna certainly has learned something from Alanis Morissette, her label's recent mega-discovery. "Drowned World" is a colorful...
Motherhood, then, also plays a crucial role in Madonna's growth. While "Mer Girl" dredges up the aching memories of her own mother's premature death, "Little Star" embraces her future with baby Lourdes. "God gave a present to me," she sings in the album's most bare song, "Never forget how to dream / Butterfly / Never forget where you come from / From love / You are a treasure to me." Finally, her lyrics seem inspired and more than the giggly rhymes of the past...
...Butter," a song that intertwines the classic motifs of food and sex is by far one of the more daring songs on the album. "I'm salty you're creamy/let's get us some/strawberry jam/to spread on your biscuits/my sweet country ham..." croons Lord, while McGhee repeats the chorus, "Ooh, ooh, my butter" over and over. Whether the butter she is singing of is metaphorical or literal is hard to decipher from this song, as it moves between the raunchy and the mundane quite freely. Some of its lyrics are downright sappy, such as "If love needs a reason/then mine...
However, not all of the songs on Connected are quite as shallow as "Butter" or "Keepin' You Satisfied," the album's energetic opener, one of the better songs. Though not a profound theme, the first track is driven by a great beat. Some of the songs on Connected deal with contemporary social issues. A song that addresses the problem of racism as well as the humane spirit of the black community, "What Must I do Now?" stands out because it is a plea against racism and injustice. It is a song with a social conscience, and not empty sensuality...
Part two of "What must I do now?," the story of Tupac Shakur, is equally moving, opening with the day that Shakur was born to a motherwho was just released from prison. The song goeson to speak about Shakur's growing up fast,because of the absence of his father and hismother's drug addiction. This part of "What must Ido now" has a haunting bridge, sung by McGhee,which really makes it stand out. However, thesecond half of the song does not completelycanonize Shakur, but rather shows his dual nature,as both a hero and a criminal...