MADONNA - EROTICA ALBUM REACTION

[@felix.finesse]

Time Stamps: 1- Erotica - 2:09 2- Fever - 5:25 3- Bye Bye Baby - 7:29 4- Deeper and Deeper - 9:30 5- Where Life Begins - 12:57 6- Bad Girl - 16:32 7- Waiting - 19:52 8- Thief of Hearts - 21:28 9- Words - 23:57 10- Rain - 25:58 11- Why’s It So Hard - 27:54 12- In This Life - 30:11 13- Did You Do It? - 33:07 14- Secret Garden - 34:42

[@bennshouts]

💦💦💦

[@jonevan580]

I think one of the most important things for context is to remember that this album was released at the height of the AIDS epidemic. For many of us who lived through that time, this album was something of a lifeline when the vast majority of celebrities/pop stars/actors turned their back or were distancing themselves from anything associated with gay men. The lyrical content and that deep house and R&B sound mixed with jazz influences was such a brave move and really proved her willingness to take artistic risks. Great reaction it’s always interesting to see what songs resonate with you. I was surprised you enjoyed Deeper and Deeper so much as it’s the one disco themed song and I have to say for me the title track is an absolute work of art. I also wasn’t a huge fan of Fever until I saw it performed in concert and that kinda changed everything.

[@bennshouts]

Yeah, it's so hard to even comprehend it tbh. Haha, I also love when everyone connects with different songs!

[@robertfraser9873]

@@bennshouts Hi Benn, first of all I wanted to say how much I'm enjoying your videos and joining you on your M journey. I wanted to know if you will be watching and reacting to the Girlie Show as this is the tour that supported Erotica and even better for you it was her first tour to visit Australia and that's where the HBO/DVD was recorded. The show was broadcast from Australia live to America. I hope you do do a reaction vid since you covered the Blond Ambition Tour. ❤️❤️

[@THRIFTY]

Fever (Edit One) is the superior version.

[@richardherdman2121]

Very true. It really can't be understated how important Madonna was to the male gay community during the epidemic. Even from her earliest days on the club scene in New York - and throughout the worst days of the epidemic - it was clear she was a committed ally. The reason it was clear is that she didn't just care about us and speak out on our behalf, but actually experienced a lot of what we were going through. Her deep immersion in gay culture from the minute she hit NYC meant that she understood and cared about us in a way that no other famous person - pop icon or otherwise - ever had before. With this sensational album (her best imo), she documented for posterity that commitment to and understanding of our community. Throughout those dark days and beyond, it hasn't just been that she's spotlighted and supported our fight, but most importantly, she's celebrated us through her music (and some damned good music at that!). It's the primary reason why some (cough cough) older gay male fans like myself will never turn our back on her. (But please M, don't turn out to be a serial killer...we do draw the line :).

[@Pfink]

Not her easiest album, and definitely not as commercial as her previous work. She was going for a gritty, dirty kind of sound that combined the heavy bottom of house music and elements of hip hop and new jack swing. To achieve that, she and her collaborators Shep Pettibone and André Betts decided not to overproduce the songs, because she wanted them to sound raw. Her vocals are mostly the original demo vocals, that's why they sound kind of unpolished and muffled, which was a very deliberate decision. To me it's one of her most atmospheric albums, and definitely a grower. It's about sex, yes, but not sexy pretty sex. It's about scary weird sex, fear, loneliness, betrayal, loss, self-destruction and self-discovery. It's a shame the music was completely overlooked at the time because of the book hysteria, but it was an album ahead of its time in a lot of ways. Gladly we can now appreciate it for the masterpiece it really is.

[@bennshouts]

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!!!

[@lucabrozzi8867]

Period.

[@blainw1976]

As a young gay 16 year old boy in 92, this album spoke to me in so many different ways. the album cover is tattooed on my arm. Has always been my favorite madonna album. It's a whole vibe for me

[@bennshouts]

YESSSS Love this!

[@mattvarnish100]

In This Life - she is literally saying she hopes there will be a cure for AIDS/that it won't be a death sentence "in this lifetime". She got her wish. And it's so interesting to me that people of your age (about 15 years younger than me) can already be so oblivious to the impact of HIV/AIDS as to not know what she is singing about on this song. It's a good thing! But know that you are lucky

[@bennshouts]

Yeah, honestly, it's insane how quickly we've forgotten about it all, I mean I never really experienced it at all... it's wild, but also like you said, such an amazing thing.

[@taintedlife2618]

@@bennshoutsshe is specifically talking about two men she lost to AIDS. Keith Haring being one the two.

[@taintedlife2618]

@@bennshouts I was barely young enough to not be in the generation that was hit by AIDS the hardest. Think of losing the majority of your gay friends. It’s fking so sad. We must never forget what that generation of lgbt people went through.

[@alexgiron8148]

@@bennshouts I was 12/13 when the album was released in the peak of the HIV pandemic, I was young enough not to be directly impacted but back then, as a guy who knew was gay without even knowing it, I thought my future was doomed by a virus and that I’d probably die of it. It was a terrible mindset to grow with. My exploration was so limited by this. Nowadays, young fellas don’t get the impact and trauma of it. And this album is such a sign of its times (but in the best way: Madonna encouraged everyone to live and enjoy life, sex, no prejudices… just be yourself while taking care of yourself against a deadly virus)

[@robertfraser9873]

@@taintedlife2618 she is talking about her dance teacher who she took classes with when she was a teenager. He took her to gay clubs and she said he was the first person to tell her she was beautiful. He was also instrumental in her moving to New York to study dance. He basically saw something incredible in her and told her she had grown out of Detroit and needed to make something of her self. His name was Christopher Flynn. The song also references Martin Burgoyne who she was best friends with in the early NYC days and also when she was signed. He found out he had AIDS and checked himself into hospital but told no one, he just disappeared. Eventually one of his friends found him and he had days to live. The friend called Christopher Ciccone and he called M. She made sure he got moved to a private hospital with everything they could give him to make him comfortable including a dedicated 24 hour nurse and doctor. She camped out at the hospital sleeping with him in his bed until he passed. It only came out recently that after she spent time in the hospital and saw that these poor dying men had been abandoned their families that she would turn up with no entourage and speak to them and hold their hands and try and give them some comfort. That is why apparently she was so dedicated to raising money and awareness about HIV and AIDS.

[@dinholondres]

This album had her gays fans sooo excited and connected to her, not only because of the album itself, but with what came with it ( the interviews, the videos, the SEX book and the Girlie Show Tour). The rest of the world hated it at the time, but this album is ahead of its time in my opinion, and it would never be loved by everyone like some of her previous works. It is now more appreciated than when it was released. It’ll grow on you for sure, and might become one of your favourites… 🙂 Ps: Deeper and deeper is on my top 5 Madonna’s single and I want to see your reaction to its video… 😂😂

[@bennshouts]

I've listened to it so many more times and love it way more now

[@dinholondres]

@@bennshouts ❤️

[@carlosdavidefreitas3977]

Erotica it's a masterpiece, it's an album to hear when you have time and will apreciate music, it's super refined. It talks about sex in a different way, sexuality, sexual health(and death), self-discovery, it's really amazing. I prefer Erotica over Like a Prayer, i'm suspect. Note 1: Watch the music videos: Erotica(uncensored, have in YT), Bad Girl, Deeper and Deeper and Rain, they talk more deeply about the album. Fever video we hide in the fanbase. Note 2: Did You Do It? It's a nuclear bomb.

[@jarrods1193]

I can't wait to see you react to The Girlie Show tour. I think it'll make you like the songs even more seeing them performed live on stage! Merry Christmas!

[@bennshouts]

Same, so excited!!!

[@throwawaytaylor]

OMG BENN IS IN HIS EROTICA ERA! YAAAAASSSSS

[@bennshouts]

💦💦💦

[@highheartwellness]

11:30 - FINALLY a reaction giving Deeper and Deeper the due credit it deserves. One of her best songs. It likely would've topped the charts like Vogue did but apparently the controversy of the album (and her Sex book) interfered. Deeper and Deeper is still a banger. And yes, the self-referential "Let your body move to the music... Let your body go with the flow" was perfection.

[@highheartwellness]

Another subtle self-referential moment is at the beginning of Track 3: Bye Bye Baby, she says. "This is not a love song" On the Like a Prayer album Love Song was Track 3 :)

[@bennshouts]

Still gets me every time I listen to it haha! Absolutely one of the best songs of her discography so far for me!

[@taintedlife2618]

@@highheartwellnessand over a decade later refers to Love Song again in Hung Up.

[@chrismartinez5711]

OMG How did I miss this? I knew these two albums by heart as a teenager haha.@@highheartwellness

[@Grav3yardguy01]

Sometimes watching these reactions when our opinions are so different is so difficult but I persevere!!! Can’t wait for later albums when our opinions differ even more!!

[@bennshouts]

HAHAHAHAHA, thank you for sticking wth me :P

[@got2bjosh]

First Madonna album I bought. All five music videos are great. "Not very mainstream" meanwhile Erotica hit #3 on the BBH100. Did You Do It should've been swapped out for Shame, You Thrill Me, Dear Father or any of the other unreleased demo tracks. Secret Garden is gorgeous and unexpected jazz moment with poetic lyrics. ALL of the House remixes for the singles hit the mark (Up Down Suite is epic) and are finally on iTunes. Girlie Show > Blond Ambition Tour. Yeah, I said it.

[@bennshouts]

Can't wait to see Girlie show!

[@taintedlife2618]

@@bennshoutsyou should check out the Rain Tapes which was like a set of leaked songs from the Erotica sessions.

[@Anthony-pm2tb]

The erotica mv is insane!! Can’t wait for that reaction 😭

[@bennshouts]

ME TOO!!!

[@kristianberg4264]

@@bennshouts - I posted about this particular video, please watch the in-edited version, you’ll blush, I promise. Especially, when you think this was 30yrs ago. Lol

[@jiihoo8324]

Secret Garden is THE song in my opinion. The best Madonna song ever. Perfect closing track for the album, jazzy, trippy and smooth. Absolutely love the whole album.

[@taintedlife2618]

Madonna in trip hop mode has always done it for me. She was so sophisticated.

[@Madefied]

This was my first Madonna Album. I was 13 years old. I was obsessed with Erotica. I still love it so much! The Videos are so cool! ❤

[@DiegoAngarita85]

Erotica is also a reaction to rap albums like 2 live crew that were hyper sexual and hyper masculine. Madonna said why can’t women be sexual and powerful and talk about this from a female pov. This whole era was so steeped in AIDS. You have to keep that in mind as you listen.

[@waterpistolaaron]

Are you ever going to do her American life or Confessions on the Dancefloor? I mean American life, in my opinion, was a very... "Rough" era for her,making Confessions almost a comeback era. Would love to see your sexy face reacting to these eras...

[@bennshouts]

Of course haha, I'm going in chronological or of her work x

[@TrevorPalmatiershow]

Rain, is a masterpiece. It will grow on you. WAIT until you see the tour. Her first of two career peaks (Confessions being the other). Can't wait for you to react to it. Why's It So Hard is a tour highlight. Also, Bad Girl video is a masterclass.

[@bennshouts]

CANNOT WAIT honestly

[@jacobdahdah4554]

I felt personally attacked when you shamed the “i don’t wanna feel blue” line in bad girl. ARE YOU JOKIMG ITS LIKE THE BEST PART ?!?!? that momentary dip in the music 🔥🔥🔥

[@bennshouts]

HAHAHHA I'm sorry :P

[@luisgab707]

Deeper And Deeper its the masterpiece of this album. So good

[@itsalexney]

Bye Bye Baby was supposed to sound like a voicemail. That’s why the vocals sound a little suppressed.

[@soaribb32]

I think they could've compensated it putting the lead vocals more to the front, maybe more doubles without the effect to...But again, thealbum wasn't meant to be polished.

[@santosbiotech]

I can´t believe you did this video shirtless, that was PERFECT hahaha really incorporated Erotica´s spirit

[@bennshouts]

haha HAD to be done

[@todddepue681]

For those of us who literally grew up with Madonna (I was about 12 when she debuted, 21 with Erotica) what she was doing artistically at any given moment felt very in sync with what we were feeling. This album was for sure overshadowed by her book and I'm glad it's since gotten some retroactive respect. It's a great album with a few songs (and videos) I still really love and I def appreciate it for the moment in time that it marked.

[@bennshouts]

Love this!

[@georgedominguez255]

Yes. Same here except age 26 in October 1992.Every album release was an EVENT! Every morning on Tuesdays in the US before I went to work, I had to go to Target and get my Madonna’s new album on CD. Erotica was so on repeat for me- especially the title track track!!!! 🏳️‍🌈🇲🇽🇺🇸♓️☮️

[@NocturneSoul]

My favs from this album are Waiting, Where Life Begins, Bad Girl, Words and Erotica. Madonna said once that Secret Garden was her favorite song out of her entire catalog.

[@bennshouts]

Oh wow haha

[@idkidkidklol683]

super excited for this, in my opinion with her self titled, like a prayer, ray of light & confessions this is her masterpiece thematically this album was so ahead of the curve and a big controversy along with the sex book, just wait till u see the erotica mv (def make sure it’s the uncensored version lol)

[@bennshouts]

CANNOT WAIT!!!!!

[@lucabrozzi8867]

It's difficult to understand now what Erotica was when came out ( with the SEX Book ). There are so many things to say about it. Beautiful reaction.... Let's continue the trip in the Erotica Era ( the videos, live TV performance and Girlie Show are absolutly stunning)!

[@bennshouts]

SO KEEN!!!!

[@connortroyt]

I don’t get the hate on Secret Garden, it’s actually one of my favorites. Musically, it just has that very street and jazzy energy about it, which was precisely the energy of this era. Not all of her catalogue has to focus on dance music.

[@bennshouts]

I think for me it just didn't fit the album

[@lucabrozzi8867]

It took me years to love. At the beginning I skipped it.... Actually "Erotica" became my favorite Madonna album only about ten years ago 😉

[@taintedlife2618]

It’s very sophisticated. That’s what makes it art and not another mere pop album. Britney, Gaga, or Beyoncé could NEVER.

[@connortroyt]

@@taintedlife2618Madonna is a true artist. She’s sexy, silly, free spirited, but also an intellect.

[@chriskat2457]

Hi Benn, Your reaction to Deeper and Deeper is great. I loved your surprise when you realized she was singing Vogue lines. Deeper and Deeper is my favorite M song of so many songs. On Waiting she samples Justify My Love ,if you like when artists self reference themselves. She does it again there. Every time she sings Waiting the background is a sample of her singing waiting from Justify. Erotica is my all time favorite M album. Take care. I’m glad you are up to it on your journey. There’s lots more fun to come.

[@taintedlife2618]

I think what people fail to understand is that this album is not about merely sex. It is about INTIMACY in all its forms. People neglect the sense of sadness or loss on this album. That is what always makes Madonna so special to me. How she sticks the knife in you and then turns in…

[@kristianberg4264]

Ok, the videos you must react to from this album are: 1)Erotica ( un-edited) 2)Rain 3)Bad Girl 4)Deeper & Deeper If you have time, react to Fever, just a beautiful video. The song in this life, was in memory of the gay men in her life that have did of AIDS.

[@taintedlife2618]

She must have been scared to lose her brother Chris too. Just a dangerous time to be a gay man.

[@jeffk.9075]

This is one of my top five albums of all time and my favorite album of hers. Thank you.

[@bronaghisgay]

To be fair, I personally wish she would've kept "Goodbye to Innocence" instead of "Fever"

[@softshallow7435]

Can not wait! And on Christmas Day! My Christmas will be awesome!

[@bennshouts]

HEHE MERRY XXXMAS 😈

[@softshallow7435]

@@bennshouts same to you my friend! 😃

[@IndieBoi01]

Deeper and Deeper... Yes, I love your Enthusiasm!!!! Great Song probably my favorite on that record.

[@bennshouts]

Its sooooo good!

[@grantvaleska]

PHEWWW, this is my second favorite Madonna album of all time (Confessions takes the win for me)... the rest of this album could be garbage tracks with just 'Thief of Hearts' and 'Deeper & Deeper' remaining on the tracklist and it would still be my second fave from those tracks alone. She's teased experimenting with house music again (like most of this album), so lets hope that's true!

[@Neo.Altair]

Hi and welcome to the beginning of the end. This was an exit stage left for Madonna and one of her most daring - I would say to this day - she went against expert advice that had influenced her before - Madonna had just fulfilled her obligations with her first signature in 1982. Madonna was unshackled from the institutions she has been rebelling against since day dot. For the first time in her career life she was free to do as she pleased because previously her record company kept her under control (so they thought - as her first ever MTV appearance in a wedding dress humping her veil as well as the stage - Manager told her this is the end of her career and Madonna shrugged it off but as usual she was right as it catapulted her to international rather than American Star lol -, being the brilliant woman she is - Madonna started her own record label called 'Maverick' when she signed herself on lol Love it - she also singed on Alanis Morissette and The Prodigy! (she also owns the label BOY TOY and Material Girl) - This was a record Madonna envisioned alone and obviously brought in the artists who she needed. She released the record alongside her first-ever attempt at publishing. It was titled SEX (SOLD as a coffee table book lol imagine that? back in 92 and even now it's a risky business)- Her SEX book sold over 150,000 copies on its first day in the United States and topped the New York Times Best Seller list for three weeks. In a matter of days, Sex sold more than 1.5 million copies worldwide and remained the best and fastest-selling coffee table book to this day. It also remains one of the most in-demand out-of-print publications of all time (number 2 is Stephen King 'RAGE' - haha). It was released - on five continents and in five languages - the day after Madonna’s Erotica album in a blaze of controversy with the Vatican calling for Catholics to boycott it and Japan banning it from sale shortly after its release. Quote: “I don’t think sex is bad. I don’t think nudity is bad. I don’t think that being in touch with your sexuality and being able to talk about it is bad. I think the problem is that everyone is so uptight about it and has turned it into a bad thing when it’s not. If people could speak freely, we would have more people practising safe sex, and we wouldn’t have people being sexually abused,” said Madonna, who is playing concerts in Australia in March, said in response to the outcry towards her book. That's the tip of the iceberg - I did sleep overnight at the city store for the SEX book and yes I have a cool metallic-covered sex original... This was Madonna's most GAY moment of her career and we sucked her up and made her our queen long ago but for her to bring us onto the front and centre of the global pop world was a master stroke that saved many young and old gay people who were stigmatised with AIDS rampant amongst our friends - one day you're chatting with an acquaintance at the local gay bar you see every week and the next day he disappears and the word is out he died due to complications HIV and nobody knew he was infected - also the drag queens disappearing - that's how horribly stigmatising it was that even the gay community rejected them so they hid it... Madonna changed the whole view of HIV and the irony of what was happening in the Gay world - I remember men eating as much as they can so not to lose weight or if someone is thin he must be HIV +; This is when the gay community became obsessed with fitness and the bodybuilding scene ( known as 'MUSCLE MARY') - So yes after HIV all men started to gain weight and build muscle with the vanity that is still existing today..... I've gone off the track so I shall make one last comment and that's Madonna's "Bad Girl" song and video clip - She was inspired by the film "Looking for Mr Goodbar" with Diane Keaton and Richard Gere, "Bad Girl" showcases where Madonna was in her personal life at that moment in time. While Louise becomes a metaphor for Madonna's failed romantic relationships (up until that point), she also demonstrates Madonna's own fear of death.

[@catschorus4684]

Interesting note on Fever: Originally there was another track recoreded called Goodbye to Innocence. During the final phase of production on the song Madonna started to sing the song Fever over the top of the track and liked how it sounded. She then decided to record Fever and include it rather than the original track. Goodbye to Innocence later appeared in a sampled version on the track Up Down Suite, which was a b-side of Rain and was later included on a Sire records promotion sampler. Goodbye to Innocence kzbin.info/www/bejne/maW7aoGNgbyhmpI Up Down Suite kzbin.info/www/bejne/f5XXg5KAf8ibpsU

[@taintedlife2618]

Goodbye to Innocence was also included on the Just Say Roe charity compilation.

[@gozzywozzy485]

the Orbit mix of Erotica is so good it's almost a completely different song

[@felixmeow660]

He used the verses from the sex book version in his remix

[@taintedlife2618]

The erotica maxi single is a must listen.

[@maxxandaux]

this album was ahead of its time and very different for the time. this is one of my favorite albums from the 90s and Madonna eras

[@TheGamerClubber]

One of the best Madonna albuns (although I love them ALL)

[@sebastiaurrea3765]

man you are super fun!!!!!!! i love people reacting madonna. I suscribe all people i see reacting madonna cause she's everything for me....recently i saw a few people reacting to 'Lament' from re-invection tour... Madonna bad live-voice???? test it!!!!!!!. its a song from evita with Antonio banderas... react that... you're gonna love it!!!!! by the way Erotica its the most iconic album from madonna... sound and concept... muaks!!!!

[@Mark-ku9bn]

Been waiting for this reaction. One of her best I think ❤

[@aynosekeponer]

😍 merry christmas!! Never thought this reaction would be released today. I think this album made me a fan of her, even when i listened to it around 2018. It introduced me to these microworlds that she construct with every album (and that ultinately leaded to the macroworlds of artist like Björk). Erotica song is THE song...

[@bennshouts]

Merry Christmas!

[@rusteeoficial]

Seeing your reaction I realized that I haven't heard this album for quite some time but it's a record that ages so well. I love it.

[@bennshouts]

Yessss, so glad I could bring it back for you x

[@MarcosVieiraShowreel]

Loved that you liked Bad Girl , is my favorite song fron this album , Deeper and Deeper the number two 😊

[@nikolanikolic1366]

What a trip! :D I like it when you do a less recent album like this (still hoping for more Kate Bush from you :P).

[@bennshouts]

HAHA maybe ;)

[@WCD199317]

For the info, the singles of this album was ''Erotica'', ''Deeper and Deeper'', ''Bad Girl'' and ''Rain''. ''Fever'' was only a European released an ''Bye Bye Baby'' was only a Australia released (to promote her first tour in Australia with the Girlie Show).

[@bennshouts]

Thank you!!!

[@teralmiles]

Just rewatched when you realised it was Vogue. Your gorgeous Aussie accent really kicked in.

[@bennshouts]

HAHAHA

[@remingtongraves]

Excellent reaction video. And I love that you did it shirtless, too. Ha. I love the Erotica album. Not one of my top-3 favorites of hers but I really respect it. I do think the album title is misleading because so few of the songs are even about sex. I think Bad Girl would have been a better title. I love her being confrontational and frank about controversial subjects. And yes you’re right… the songs are too long. I think shaving off 30 seconds to a minute from the longer songs would have been incredibly beneficial. But that’s just the kind of musician she is.

[@bennshouts]

Yesss, thank you!!!

[@taintedlife2618]

Bad Girl would not have been an exciting title. Erotica is the bait that lures you in and then you get hit with songs about all sorts of intimacy including songs about losing friends.

[@bedtimestorynyc]

Its her #1 for me and for a lot of people and decades on, it's in top 3 or at least top 5 critics choice of her best albums

[@davidkay7176]

Absolutely loved you reaction to the Vogue reference in "Deeper and deeper" made me smile and chuckle so much, your reactions are too sweet! So... as its been mentioned in the comments, "In this life" was written about a friend of hers who had died of Aids, so it was a tribute to him, and to all those who had passed from it, and the whole album is about exploring your hidden desires and all the hurt and pain that comes from love, "Secret garden" is about her heart and how she feels about what people have said about her in the media, that she has been trampled on and seen as a tart, to put it mildly, but she has a soft heart and is a human being which seemed to get lost with all the media reports, hope this explains a little more, I'm not claiming to be a Madonna expert, as I'm sure everyone will have an opinion on what that song means ☺️ Much love and keep smiling 😉🤗❤️

[@bennshouts]

Thank you so much!!! 🥰 And I love that insight to Secret Garden, makes total sense! Especially when you see her interviews, she’s just like all of us, only not afraid to talk about these things!

[@davidkay7176]

@@bennshouts Aww, you are very welcome, I'm just watching your Ray of light reaction vid, it a very ethereal album, muchly influenced by her daughter and her new "Mother earth" persona, Anyhoo big hugs sweetheart 🤗😘

[@denisdeniscriniere]

Dear Benn! Finally! Best Christmas Present!

[@JB-pl1iu]

Rain is a gorgeous masterpiece. The video is stunning also

[@openyourchakras918]

One of her most underrated & brilliant albums, one of my favorites 💎

[@soaribb32]

My fave Madonna album, along with Ray of Light.

[@zaneatkins1908]

90s Madonna went so hard, it's not often a very mainstream artist makes such impressive music

[@taintedlife2618]

@@zaneatkins1908 Madonna was always the art girl. No other pop musician took the career risks she took. Michael couldn’t even hang to work with her.

[@stevenalexander403]

G'day it's Steven here again Thank you for the trip down memory lane, this album reminds me of the first years of my marriage. Lots of controversy at the time of the release of this album, of course. Thank you also for your reaction and it's great to see younger generations enjoying the art of Madonna. All hail the Queen of Pop! kzbin.infojeBC5swgPtU?si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE

[@BBenjamin79]

Bad Girl video is ICONIC

[@zanealberto]

My man!!! I’ve been listening to you while I’m running and you’ve been so awesome on these reactions 👍💙👊🙏thank u!!!!!!! Zane

[@soaribb32]

Secret Garden could be about different things. Some lines could be about wishing to be a mom, some existential questions...

[@leonardocustodio2219]

can't wait 🔥

[@bennshouts]

😘😘😘

[@mattvarnish100]

secret garden forever! Seriously an all time fave! ;p

[@bennshouts]

HAHA

[@tatymonroe4]

BAD GIRL is my favorite Madonna song! The video is amazing!!, es toda una joya!! the great actor Christopher Walken is part of the video, he played the role of her guardian angel.

[@bennshouts]

YESSSSS!

[@cristiandario]

Top 3 favorite Madonna's albums

[@wagnercorrea_]

This album is a masterpiece!!! amazing!!!

[@anthonmessing3353]

First line of Bye Bye Baby refferences Love Song from Like a Prayer. In this Life is about HIV.

[@gozzywozzy485]

Bennyboi you gotta watch the video for Bad Girl, it's a cinematic masterpiece

[@bennshouts]

I think I'll be seeing them all ;)

[@tinkler4]

Waiting for ‘Bedtime Stories’ lol. That’s my Madonna jam album. With this album ‘Deeper And Deeper’ is my fav.👍🏼

[@bennshouts]

Cannot wait!!

[@mikeparez]

I can't wait for Bedtime Story and Music

[@bennshouts]

Me tooooo!

[@lyonelgomez9930]

she referrance a line that she used in Vogue for thsi song Deeper Deeper is 1993 year ❤❤❤❤

[@paulgrande1090]

The title track sounds like a dub with the repetive stark verses. I hope you get to react to the erotica WO remix. It actually has alot more of the type of lyrics you’re looking for (dirtier too) !

[@bennshouts]

Ohhh okay!

[@FindingMadonna]

Some random thoughts: I love her version of "Fever." It was released as a single but the video used a remix called "Edit One," which many think is superior to the album mix. It is a little odd for a cover song to come so early in the album, but I think it works. "Bye Bye Baby" is the weakest song on the album (aside from "Did You Do It," which I pretend doesn't exist). "Rain" was also a single and is gorgeous. I'm sure it will become a favorite after you hear it a few more times (and see the video). "Secret Garden" is the best song on the album IMO. A spoken word song about how she wants to have a baby set to jazz and drum n' bass (which wasn't even a thing yet) - how could you not love it? It totally fits the album, sonically and thematically. It's a brilliant way to end the album!

[@taintedlife2618]

Did You Do it? DIDNT exist on my cassette as a kid! Thank goodness for that!!! It is so unnecessary. I much prefer the remix of Waiting with Everlast. I think it was on a Rain maxi single. Did you do it should have been on that. But it probably would have not done it.

[@taintedlife2618]

Bye Bye Baby is much more interesting live.

[@lyonelgomez9930]

this album was considered a flop because it only sold 6 Million copies yet it had so many great songs ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ms.b9093]

Its crazy! I remember music critics complaining about the song non traditional song structures at the time. Ironically its the way most of today's modern music is written!

[@ЛеонидВоробьев-д2к]

Именно на этом альбоме начинается Мадонна, предыдущие с очень приторным звучанием 80-х, этот альбом такой искусный, такой красивый. Один из лучших альбомов 90-х, жаль, что не получил заслуженного признания, как и bedtime stories, она первопроходец, именно она ломала стереотипы. Очень надеюсь, что она захочет и сможет выпустить, что-то очень концептуальное, красивое и легендарное напоследок

[@HipsterBlood]

“Deeper and Deeper” is heavily inspired by Philly club music.

[@ivanpatriciovillanueva4500]

You should definitely react to the Bad Girl official music video. My all time fave from Madonna and a master piece in my opinion.

[@axelmelcher6676]

No reaction to the best line of the album 😅 „…and the next time you want p*ssy, just look in the mirror baby“ (Waiting) I would’ve definitely expected you to vibe much more with the jazz feeling of Waiting and Secret Garden. Definitely my two favorites of the album.

[@bennshouts]

I like Waiting a lot more now, but Secret Garden I just can't get into haha

[@aldo34]

Words is SO underrated - brilliant song

[@aldo34]

Also Rain...

[@robertfraser9873]

A little known facts about the recording of the Erotica album is this: The vocals that they recorded for this album was the first time that Shep and M recorded the vocals in a proper recording studio. What a lot of people people don't know is that M vocals were recorded in Shep's home basement in a converted old wooden wardrobe. The two front doors were ripped off and a duvet cover was hung over the front to act as sound proofing. Cool huh!?! 😅😅❤❤

[@bennshouts]

Omg that is VERY cool!!!

[@alexgiron8148]

17:30 Whattttt? Such a great line, she’s rejecting the sadness of being a lonely girl

[@NocturneSoul]

Wait! You missed 3 interviews that are truly essential to the journey: 🔥Dinner With Madonna 1991 interview 🔥60 Minutes Australia 1991 interview 🔥1990 Omnibus Documentary You really must watch those before moving on to the Erotica era.

[@bennshouts]

We’re already at Erotica, but I may get to these over time ❤️

[@softshallow7435]

@@bennshouts good on you Ben for standing your ground. I’d rather listen to your erotica review, these interviews must not of been that much of a big deal as I don’t remember them.

[@bluedragon4]

Thief of hearts was speculated to be either about Warren or Sean. Both had children with the women they were with at this time.

[@bennshouts]

Oooo, scandal!

[@wagnercorrea_]

"RAIN" BEST SONG!!!

[@gopies1456]

I do agree that some of the songs are too long. The fever video edit one remix is much better then the album version. My favourite songs are Erotica is brilliant especially the chorus so catchy Deeper and deeper Where life begins Bad girl Thief of heart Rain Why it’s so hard and In this life. But a true reinvention for Madonna. Actually in 2017 the erotica album as inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. Madonna has 2 albums in the hall of fame like a prayer and erotica.

[@bennshouts]

LOVE that it was inducted, well deserved!

[@taintedlife2618]

You must see her performances on SNL from this time: Bad Girl and Fever

[@CBEEBLE]

Shouldn’t matter who you choose to love 💛♥️🧡💙❤️🧡💚💜

[@moopsoupers6519]

PLEASE listen to deathconsciousness by have a nice life, it is such a heartbreaking but AMAZING ALBUM.

[@dariorodrigues5396]

omg yessssss

[@bennshouts]

😈😈😈

[@graphiquejack]

Erotica was such a departure from her previous albums so it took her fans and the press by surprise and for that reason I think you need to keep listening to it to appreciate the artistry of this album. This is GROWN Madonna not the pop diva singing Holiday and Into the Groove (which are still bops, but now she’s on a mission) She was angry and sad after a bitter divorce, and all the apathy and lack of compassion towards the gay community during the height of the AIDS crisis. Don’t get M mad or she will come for you. Lol. I think once you get over the seismic shift in her sound and past the overt sexuality of some of the songs, you see the profound messages she was trying to talk about that she never really got into in past albums. Like a Prayer was the start of this but while it has some of her best singles ever, for me it’s not as cohesive and well written as Erotica. A career peak.

[@bennshouts]

I would say this is my favourite album of hers so far, while there are some epic songs before, this is the most cohesive and I love that sm. It's the album I've listened to the most since reacting to any of hers. I'm so excited for more from this era!

[@felixmeow660]

@@bennshouts there are so many good demos from this era.."Shame", "You Are The One", "Dear Father", and the iconic "Goodbye To Innocence ", which ended up being replaced by Fever on the album but it did make it to the charity benefit album "Just Say Roe" and "You Thrill Me" which ended up becoming Erotica and she ended up performing it on the Confessions tour

[@graphiquejack]

@@felixmeow660 not to mention, You Thrill Me which eventually morphed into the title track.

[@graphiquejack]

@@bennshouts sweet! Yah, although there are many great albums to come, Erotica is my personal favourite.

[@felixmeow660]

@@graphiquejack yeah I mentioned that and her performance of it in the confessions tour

[@gozzywozzy485]

the album version of Fever is so bland and listless, the video mix is much better

[@graphiquejack]

Yah the video version is better as is the live version from The Girlie Show

[@duke56299]

Best Xmas present! 😘😘

[@davidlynton9930]

Deeper and Deeper and Rain ❤️

[@florendc1476]

I need the eror*ic era videos reatión!!!

[@bennshouts]

YES!

[@TheRedkilt]

Listen to the Edit One version of Fever aka the Video Version...much much better version

[@walterhigo7658]

BEST REACTION MOMENT RIGHT here: 11:28

[@bennshouts]

HAHAHAHA

[@zanealberto]

Controversy and intelligence 👏zane

[@blueeyes4910]

goodbye to innocence is the next song from erotica

[@lyonelgomez9930]

her mentor passed away from A and so shes been a activist ever since Love ❤ M

[@gopies1456]

One of my most favourite albums. Criticised at the time. Released in 1992 and at the time was her lowest selling studio album selling 7 million albums world wide. The album peaked at No.2 in the states and no.1 In Australia 🇦🇺 The singles; Erotica peaked at No.3 in the states and no.4 In Australia Deeper and deeper no.7 in the states and 11 in Australia Bad girl peaked at No.36 in the states and no.32 in Australia Fever released In Australia peaked at only at 51 Rain peaked at no.14 in the states and no.5 in Australia Bye bye was released in Australia and peaked at no.15

[@bennshouts]

Love reading these stats, thank you! x

[@eduardoorozcoortiz5430]

Love the reaction as always 💕 but... REACT👏TO👏CONFESSIONS👏ON👏A👏DANCEFLOOR I think you're gonna love it 😀

[@scottsaunders5087]

I’d say the context for this album is society still wasn’t used to women taking control of there sexuality then and Madonna said fuck that 😂