Madonna - Isla Bonita / Gambler / Crazy for You
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Artist: MadonnaEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Single
CD Release Date: 1993-12-16
Music Label: Wea Int'l
Soundtracks:
- La Isla Bonita (Extended Remix)
- Open Your Heart (Extended Version)
- Gambler
- Crazy For You
- La Isla Bonita
Music reviews of Isla Bonita / Gambler / Crazy for You
Music Review: Still Fresh After All These Years
Rating: 5 Stars
La Isla Bonita was the fifth and final single to be released from Madonna's multi-million selling No.1 third album True Blue. The song went straight to No.1 in the UK in April 1987 where it spent 11 weeks on the chart. The song is a much-loved Madonna classic, is known throughout the world and was a massive global chart success, making Madonna a more credible artist with a more interesting and mature sound through lyrics and an overall more interesting texture to her work.
La Isla Bonita opens with the tapping of drums to a very Spanish beat. This then breaks out into a heavier, more striking beat complete with some interesting instruments that make the song what it is and give it that distinctive freshness and quality. Madonna begins singing her first verse with the lyrics, "Last night I dreamt of San Pedro. Just like I'd never gone, I knew the song. A young girl with eyes like the desert. It all seems like yesterday, not far away." These lyrics are perhaps the most descriptive and vivid of Madonna's 1980's period. They are very good lyrics as well, considering Madonna was singing songs about virgins and angels but two years ago. Madonna then moves into the excellent chorus. "Tropical the island breeze. All of nature, wild and free. This is where I long to be, la isla bonita. And when the samba played, the sun would set so high, ring through my ears and sting my eyes, your Spanish lullaby," sings Madonna in the chorus, her vocals strong and filled with feelings of a lost lover from way back. The second verse then kicks in, complete with the second chorus. Madonna then sings a great section of the song with the lyrics "I want to be where the sun warms the sky. When it's time for siesta you can watch them go by. Beautiful faces, no cares in this world. Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy loves a girl." This is then followed up with an excellent guitar solo that breaks free shining its radiance upon the song, making it even more enjoyable. Madonna then sings her choruses a few more times as the backing singers gracefully take over bringing the chorus to a close with Madonna whispering Spanish words to the listener.
The video to La Isla Bonita is excellent, and one of Madonna's best of this particular stage in her career. A man plays his Spanish guitar in the street as Madonna watches from her bedroom window. She dances around in her room, too shy to face the man. He then beckons her down and she dances in the street in a colourful red dress with many other people to the beat as she thinks about her long lost lover. Overall, La Isla Bonita is one of my top Madonna songs of the 1980's and will always have a special place within me because of the memories it brings back to me everytime I hear it. Another classic.
Description of Isla Bonita / Gambler / Crazy for You
Australian version of the material girl's 1986 hit single. Tracks, 'La Isla Bonita' (Extended Remix), 'Open Your Heart' (Extended Version), 'Gambler', 'Crazy For You' and 'La Isla Bonita' (Instrumental). Standard jewel case.Dance & DJ CDs
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