“One” will always be a10 to me. I had a complicated relationship with my mother, and one of the most cathartic acts ever was going alone to her gravesite and singing along to that track.
I worked at a record store when that came out ... I remember mentally replacing “baby” with “Jesus” in those songs as to not experience too much cognitive dissonance when hearing Grant’s voice over the store’s speakers.
That is a great observation. My favorite Madonna tracks are those where she seems to be inhabiting another character - and my least favorite are those where she is reminding the world that she’s Madonna.
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