I love when you call out her lower register. She so rarely gets any credit for her vocal range. The production put into this one segment is phenomenal. Madonna singing live while performing these amazing dance moves is amazing.

Where have you been? if you have never heard this song, Like A Player??? Nicki Harris is the other singer featured in this song. That spot was designed to be as sung as delivered. Also just so you know, this whole show was choreographed in just over 3 weeks. There was less than a month to go before they left to Japan to kick off the world tour. The choreographer was the amazing Vincent Patterson. He also choreographed many of Michael Jackson moves.

Madonna’s concerts are epic shows. The amount of time and energy that goes into these shows is mind blowing.

3:30 Yes, the lyrics are suggestive 😂💯 Madonna knew exactly what she was doing!

Yes!! This is how a MADONNA video should be felt! Yes!! She is the QUEEN 👸

The back of Madonna’s outfit has a large M and a crown. The crews tour jackets had the same logo on them too. And were very expensive to buy if you were lucky enough to find one. Then when her Celebration Tour started last year, they released the bomber jackets as part of the official merchandise.

as a huge Madonna fan you won me over with this video lol . ..her back up singers are niki and donna they been with her since her second tour till about 2005..

Madonna's most famous song. You should react to the music video .

What a powerhouse performance!!!!!

It's the best live performance of this song. It's even a sin to find fault with this performance. The backing vocals are great. And I love her voice at that time. So much so that on this last Celebration tour, she returns to this church performance formula and using the same remix from that 89 performance.

Nikki was too high up in the mix for some reason but ive heard so many diffent versions of this it was really nice to hear her harmony line so clearly. Like a Prayer is unquestionably one of the greatest pop songs ever written

the music video for this it's sooo wonderful, I love this song a looot

its about her mother. her mother was named Madonna and died at the age of 30 when Madonna was 5. she used to offeee prayers of intercession to her mother as a child. when she heard her name shes closer to her mother

The whole segment of this concert could only be conceived by a genius ! I think she debuted this LAP dance version on this tour so it was actually new to the audiences and they were blown away! It was included in The Immaculate Collection later that year.

Nicky and donna were her backing singers and were huge fan favourites.. Nicky really brought the gospel to the tour and song.. the logo on the back is her initials MLVC..

The music video's debut was one of those events where other shows scheduled were delayed for its release on "regular" (non-mtv) television. And quickly broke the media. Absolutely massive scandal. It dealt with religion and racism and was majorly problematic in its day. Wonderful message and lovely artistic.

che bei ricordi..che bei momenti.....piangooo....dio fammi tornare indietro nel tempo. chiedo solo questo.

I'm sure someone already commented but .. those two ladies are legendary. Niki Harris and Donna delory.. they were more than just backup singers .. most Madonna fans love niki n Donna and we're very involved especially in this tour right by her side almost every song.. the following tour the girlie show as well .. they were featured in her documentary Truth or Dare heavily... They were even friends in real life Niki Harris threw a baby shower for Madonna when she had her daughter.. Donna work with her up until 2006 2001 was there a last tour all three together :( If you want to see them now singing check out my page I have Nikki and Donna performances from a few months ago from New York City there's still amazing

All your questioning is so right on,

O cara não conhece nem Like a Virgin e nem Like a Prayer!!! Imagina o choque dele hahahahah!!! ❤❤

She’s just an element to song, she actually takes it to another level. Her voice is the one on the track as well, her name is Niki Haris, amazing. She can over power Madonna vocally, but not on stage, no one can… for sure not at that time!

Don't you dare call Ms. Niki Haris "Mrs. No Name". 😉

They had allot of sound technical difficulties on this tour that meant on some of the shows during the tour, the microphones were not regulated correctly. Madonna does talk about some of the sound technical issues in her fly on the wall documentary that was filmed during this tour.

If you dont going for her entire discography like others, at least do one of her career-picks for me " confessions tour"

I loved your reaction ❤ 😊

It's dirty. And holy. That's the genius.

No shade, but one has to wonder what planet you are from if you have not heard Like a Prayer by Madonna. Easily regarded as one of her best and most Iconic. Worth checking out the video and original version as this is a (great) remix.

The lyrics are intentionally ambiguous, pointing out that sexual and religious ecstasy are not that different. The Blond Ambition tour is an emotional journey and the order of the songs definitely meant to tell a story of sorts. This is kind of the confessional/repentance part of the story. Madonna's back up singers are famous...for being her backup singers. These two ladies recorded, toured., and performed with Madonna from 1987 to about 2000. They are always a big part of the show.

This is my favourite Madonna song. I love the recorded version and the official video. Madonna in Concert isn`t my cup of tea. I like many of her official videos. I have never been to any of her concerts, and therefore, I appreciate the videos far more than the footage of her concerts. I loved her very much when she came out. With time, in my personal opinion, she has changed from weird to weirder. She began mocking and insulting other artists and their work, and I started having difficulty liking and respecting her.

Its gosple inspired . Less so pop. Maybe that's what threw you. Its a journey of spiritual and sexual exploration . Its actually a masterpiece

😂😂😂 yuo are too funny!!🤗

The next song that follows is 2 songs mixed together Live To Tell And OH father

For some background, this followed the "Like A Virgin" "masturbation" scene of the tour, at the end of which, Madonna's voice comes out over the arena saying "God" then it transitions into "Like A Prayer", which is why they're putting the black cloak on her, over the gold corset. It's choreographed so as to allow her about 30 seconds to get her breath back after a very energetic "Like A Virgin" performance. You can hear she's still shaky at the beginning of this. The music in the intro is from "Act of Contrition" the last track on the LAP album, which is basically the track "Like A Prayer" played backwards with Madonna singing the Lord's payer over it. Anyway, this was the first time the song "Like A Prayer" had been performed like this and she's done it this way on every show since. Yes, the song conflates praying with oral sex, leading to a climax "let the choir sing". This is deliberate and all the more astonishing when you know that this song was conceived, written, arranged, and the demo recorded in about 3 hours from start to finish. Also, the demo vocal is the album version, as is the case with many of the LAP tracks. Niki Harris's voice isn't registering well on this recording but I saw this show live and it didn't sound like that. Something must have been off that night. Niki is singing the gospel and choir parts of the song and Donna De Lory (who sounds a lot like Madonna and who "mirrors" her voice often) is signing the harmony. If you like Madonna's lower register, listen to the "Borderline" performance on Jimmy Fallon. Lastly, this was all sung live. The was no backing track or autotune in those days and when the mics would fail and the audio would cut out, you can hear it. It wasn't until much later that she started using mixed vocals on tour.

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A quick comment about reviewing this concert: Instead of reviewing it one song at a time, it should at least be reviewed in the five different "themes" in which it was performed - This second section is the "Religious" section - Seph is picking up on it a bit - but the five songs in this section are designed to be viewed together and not "chopped up" - (especially when Like A Virgin morphs into Like A Prayer) - just as the first section of the concert with the independent, dominating Madonna has its four songs performed in their own similar theme and are designed to go together.

You’re hearing the Niki Haris her backing vocalist for many years. There’s a story that Madonna would tell her engineers to turn down Niki’s mic for this reason - as her voice is a lot more powerful. Niki traditionally would sing Madonna’s lead vocal and lower harmonies and Donna De Lory the higher harmonies. Contrary to what you say, Niki has an amazing voice and noted in the gospel bridge in this song. I believe this mix in this is a little off, hence why the prominence of Niki’s vocals.

You should have done the video...its amazing and a thinker, and controversial

It's one of the few reasons Nikki was gonna be fired for overpowering Madonna's vocals. She later did after the Drowned World tour and when Siedah Garret got her part, Madonna pulled Siedah beside her in front of the stage which really left Nikki infuriated coz Madonna never does that to any back up singer before. Siedah told this story here on KZfaq check it out.

Please man this song is pop perfection, just listen to the original once and without interrupting it.

03:55 oh dear seph you are so sweet. i love watching you. you know madonna was a spokesperson against the discrimination of lgbtq+ and women by religions, especially Catholicism. at first if you are oblivious to the silent suffering of people next to you, like i was for many years, you just don't understand it fully and might think she is blasphemous, which she is to a certain extent. but she is doing it on purpose. her performance of like a virgin was condemned by the pope and she was demonized called doing satanic worship. and she was becoming even more a rebel when she felt like women are not allowed to have sexsual desires and be so open as her and not to fell misogony . i would appreciate if you and everyone who doesn't understand much this topic to watch some lgbtq+ documentaries or movies and get more insights. please take no offense :)loove you

"There's another woman singing with her... I'm gonna be criticized, but I don't like her voice, the other woman's voice. I mean, Madonna's voice is lush, but this other woman... I don't know, man. I don't think that it's needed. In fact, I think that it's overpowering Madonna. That's not good! You don't overpower Madonna! You don't do that! You turn up her mic! You turn hers down! It's that easy! Why don't you just do that?! I'd rather listen to Madonna." (6:05) I completely agree. At first I thought it might have been unintentional, but given that her backing vocalist's mic was also louder at the end of the song where she then performs a solo vocal, I'm pretty sure that her volume is intended to be louder and featured here as well. "I'm on my knees in the midnight hour. I can feel your power. I wanna take you there. Is that what she said? Is that quite suggestive? Or have I got suggestive lyrics in me since the last song? Everything I'm reading into her, I'm thinking is dirty, but it might not be dirty." (3:17) I had never thought of that as sexually suggestive, but it could be. I always assumed this was a conversation with God. But now I too am unsure if this could be about a lover. This is easily one of my favorites of hers. The dance mixes, which this performance emulates, are fantastic. I featured the song on Mix 3 of my hot mix tapes posted on my Mixcloud page.

Who is this guy??? UGH!

Cause you're musically challenged. Just responding to your thumbnail chief! :)

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This is the only Madonna song I own, I prefer the studio version, the music video is also fantastic. Too bad she has lost her voice, nowadays she's an embarrassment when she "sings". This was during her wanna look like Marilyn Monroe period.