All I can see is Sean Penn driving around the town staring at Mary Stuart. This opening scene was haunting but beautiful. Great movie, even better song.
The winter of 86-87 I was dellivering morning papers. Blasting Madonnas new True Blue album on my car stereo, more exensive than the car. In the middle of the night all alone, no one outside, drifting around with my Volvo 240 on the newly fallen snow. When that old music plays the memories returns.
listen to this before bed. headphones only...turn it up ..feel and be the music remember things in life that made you the happiest and the saddest. put them together and you'll see the person you are right now in that bed and accept that all that's happened and will happen..is infinite
Please hang in there honey, I lost my Jared 7 years ago, He went down south with a woman old enough to be his mother. And I thought that he was gay but he wanted me but only when I helped him out. I was devastated and even had Suicidal ideation for a whole year. But I made it and I am so much stronger. I still haven’t found the right man but I know he’s out there somewhere that will love me and treat me good.
ramiro time does heal all wounds !! You can’t see it when you are living in darkness. But it happens when you loose all hope. The despair will ease up first, then after that phase , comes healing and hope comes back also. Then you move on slow !! And then it’s a lesson learned !! And you feel so much better !! And the sun can shine on my face again !!
There's alot of 80's songs that "bring me back" but there is something about this one that just hits my emotions hard. I can't stop listening to it. The composition of this song is like no other. Very emotional even without words. 😢
I had the original song on cassette tape back in the 80's. I miss the 80's so very much. The music, fashion, cars, and movies were pure magic. If you were lucky enough to be young in the 80's, you know exactly what I'm talking about. This brings back so many memories, bolth good and bad. Thank you.
Definitely her most beautiful song, I agree. Her song "Don't cry for me, Argentina" was a close second. Then her song "Express Yourself" is her third best. Of course, just my own personal opinion. Greetings, everyone, sending you all of my well-wishes for you, and I hope you have a good & prosperous life. Peace to you all, for always. ❤
How frigging glad am I that I was not only around in 1986......but at the perfect age to appreciate - and, thus, 37 years later shiver with the beauty of - what I consider to be Madonna's most stunning track. Yep, this one still gives me goosepimples.....and rightly so.
George Michael said that he, Madonna & Prince were the last stand alone, iconic performers & you won't see the likes again. he was right & Madonna is now the last !! Although Kylie Minogue is a legend but I don't think she was massive in the US?
One of my fondest childhood memories is of washing the dishes when this song would come on...and my productivity would grind to a halt. Her song would completely engage me and not let me go until it was finished. Ah, the 80's. :)
Whoa me too haha, I thought I wrote this and forgot I commented. Little kids everywhere stopped dead while washing dishes when live to tell came on. Right on:)
@@Tigerxrx Writers are not writing cause the Artists don't want to be called fake cause he or she doesn't write their music which is stopping the real writers from writing for them.. That's why we have lackluster songs cause people let pride get in the way of making hits..
This isn't epic......... Its a majestic masterpiece!!! Brilliantly done. Amazing song and definitely Madonnas best and the film At Close Range is fantastic too.
I think this is the most beautiful piece Patrick has ever composed. And thank God it was given to Madonna who made it into a masterpiece... I still feel the scent of that summer when the disc and the video came out. The 80s that beautiful! I will never stop loving them and listening to this song that reminds me of everything. I am grateful to have lived them with Madonna and with Live to Tell... I really love you all.
This extended version is magical. There is a story within, each note is important as the last, to move the story onwards until the tale to tell will be revealed. And when it is, the karma will not be forgiving.
The 80s were the best for music that spoke directly to the soul. 1986 was a very bad year for me too. I almost committed sucide on July 6, 1986. Turing 45 this year. The 1980s was a power decade for the best music in all of musice history from Whitney to Madonna to Hall and Oates to The Police to all of them...too many to count and unforgettable. If I had to do it all over again, I'd pick the same year to be born to have been a teenager during this time, for the good and not so good!
I'm happy for you that you spared your own life in 1986... you are such a good example for others that even a bad YEAR can be overcome if you have the courage to ride it out.
I was born in 1977, I went through one hell of a lot in the eighties, Anorexia Nervosa from 18 months old, at the age of six I was put into a Child Physiatrics Unit for six months, that was tough, really tough! Missing six months of regular junior school played absolute hell with my mind & being reintroduced was a trauma in itself! But the music & the films of the eighties helped me through! It’s a battle I will never fully win! I have accepted that now, but then being diagnosed as having a degenerative Neurological Disease at the age of around twenty really put me into a dark place, but the music from the eighties helps. I was told by my Neurologist that it would be a miracle if I saw the age of forty, well I am now 44, so miracles do happen. On my second marriage (4 years today) so if you do make a few blunders at first it is possible to still meet “the one”. Take good care, good things do happen to good people eventually…
My childhood. Me and my friends in catholic school changing from our uniforms after school in the restroom into our lace and florescent clothes ...all those bracelets and Madonna banned halter tops we wore good times. Back then life was simple. Life was normal.
Wow, this sing still touches me. "Live to Tell" relates me to very painful experiences in my life through which I endured. I'm BLESSED to be alive to tell--& learned lessons a long the way. Wonderful song with a deep meaning.
amazing words, in some way, not being ridiculous, maodnna touched a lot fans lifes, because we grew with her, her stories and lyrics, i can find a song for every moment of my life, that's what idols do. we love you maodnna, i know there's no more 40 years of you, but your legacy is all
The movie At Close Range and this song Live To Tell has very special meaning to me. I knew and grew up around the Johnston Brothers and their associates for whom the movie was about. They were also my neighbors. I just wish they could have made the movie longer. Also, people can say and think what they want about the Johnston Brothers, but they were some of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet. Just don't cross them.
I was never a Madonna fan, but there's just something about this song that hits me emotional chord in my heart and at @9:58 is just a beautiful segment that is a tear jerker.
I never heard an extended version of this tune previously, and frankly was always curious how they would work this song in an extended track. When I saw the length of this version - 13.00 minutes I thought it is probably going to be some crazy remix and most likely will be another ruined version of a good song. To my joy I was very wrong and pleasantly surprised. This track is amazing, and really enhanced the original. It is saved into my playlist and the author has my gratitude for posting.
I have a tale to tell Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well I was not ready for the fall Too blind to see the writing on the wall A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell The secret I have learned, 'till then It will burn inside of me I know where beauty lives I've seen it once, I know the warm she gives The light that you could never see It shines inside, you can't take that from me A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell The secret I have learned, 'till then It will burn inside of me The truth is never far behind You kept it hidden well If I live to tell The secret I knew then Will I ever have the chance again If I ran away, I'd never have the strength To go very far How would they hear the beating of my heart Will it grow cold The secret that I hide, will I grow old How will they hear When will they learn How will they know A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell The secret I have learned, 'till then It will burn inside of me The truth is never far behind You kept it hidden well If I live to tell The secret I knew then Will I ever have the chance again A man can tell a thousand lies I've learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell The secret I have learned, 'till then It will burn inside of me
Yes! My favourite Madonna songs are from this album, with la Isla Bonita top. Wish they'd Collab again though. The songs always had beautiful lyrics, gorgeous production & Madonna's ethereal vocals! Yearn for those days💯♥️
A hauntingly beautiful song that lends itself to the life lived hard, fast, young and free, dangerous, on the edge, yet, innocent, beautiful, pure, mysterious, moment to moment and fleetingly…….❤ Madonna sang this beautifully.
This song gives me an ominous feeling...Gives me chills like something deep is happening and I can't do anything to stop it.. it brings tears to my eyes knowing I can't stop fate from happening..
it's a Soundtrack song to a Sean Penn / Christopher Walken movie ... " At Close Range " (1986) a very moody thriller about a sketchy Father that does robberies with his Sons
This was always a favourite track of mine...but this is something else altogether different. Not all extended versions work that well, but this is just brilliantly done.
Who’s listening to this in 2019 and having a moment? If I could go back there’s not much I would change...the only thing would be I wish I would have known my power.
I remember this showing up on MTV as I was getting ready for work in the middle of her bad girl era. It was such a shock to see her softer side. It was almost as if she was apologizing.
Was in High school when this came out, great memories, the only Madonna album I've bought (on cassette). 😄...best part: ... if I ran away...🎶💯....."At close range" movie with her husband Sean penn.
I loved everything Madonna that came out in the 80s I fell in love with the song crazy 4 you besides her take on Love don't live here anymore and when this song came out along with a very simple new look that she was going through at the time just pulled it all together...4 ever the one an only Madonna
This kind of music brings us back in times where Madonna and other singers of her level hadn't yet crossed the limits of decency. It was good music. Really. Nothing was agressive and provocative in their songs. They had something to say, to share and we could rely to it. Then arrived the provocative 'Justify my love' era.. and her need to shock and insult the good sense by selling her body as a sexual object 😔 Such a shame, such a beautiful and talented woman. I've stopped listening to her songs ever since.
I liked her earliest hits, but she was 'provocative' as far back as 'Like A Virgin' and 'Material Girl', both of which I got tired of quickly. I overlooked this song at the time, but now see it as one of her all too rare great songs.
@@brianoneill7186 Well, like a virgin and material girl have never been my faves at that time, in terms of lyrical content nor in its music arrangements. I think her best songs started in '86 with papa don't preach and live to tell. She had more wise things to say. There are also a few good ones in the Like a prayer album but she then soon got back into her provocative instinct, sadly. I don't judge her. I know something went wrong ever since she lost her mom at an early age but yet I couldn't follow her in this kind of vulgar and offensive way to fight for what she thought was a progress.
Exactly . In other words a total slut. Madonna laid the groundwork for the crass way women behave today. No morals, no values, no responsibility. She personifies everything that's wrong with femininity today. They just don't give 2 *** about men. They're so vindictive that if they see a man dying in the street with nobody to help they won't do anything about it. Madonna empowered women to behave like harlots. She basically said " go out take what you want and use your body to get what you want". Ok sure there are good women around but what maybe like 5% of the population. The rest are money hungry, sex hungry sluts. I have lost all respect for this generation of women. Total total disgrace to humanity.
@@calogerofanara837 That's not "progress". That's an agenda of feminist hatred toward men. Madonna succeeded by manipulating men. Let's not forget it was Patrick Leonard who wrote all her hit songs. Without him she'd be nothing.
Actually she was never that beautiful she had a charisma if you want to say that. She was just an average Italian-American female from Michigan. She moved to New York *** a few cocks and made it to the big time.
Powerful, majestic, timeless and genius writing and delivery. What a song, and perfect music to accent the powerful and tragic story acted by Sean Penn & Mary Stuart Masterson. If you like this you would probably like the piece by Bill Conti for the Sean Penn film “ Bad Boys.” I consider this film to be one of Penn’s best performances which will leave you haunted by the characters and film music.
Riveting and soul stirring. Can never turn this song off until it finishes. One of my favorite tunes from the 80s. It's a representative of when music seemed to really have a place in the very fabric of life events. I'm 59 now and can honestly say the 80s were a time when I seemed to reach a point in life when preparation began to meet potential. The music of that time period served as a scaffold or skeleton for the attachment of many life events, both major and minor. I had much less then in the form of money, possessions and most importantly responsibilities. I also had many more anxieties about what the future held but the "music" always had a way of providing relief and escape. I know you've heard it before but wish I could go back and do it again.I really miss it.
Glen, you said it all. It feels like, even in these days, these kind of songs still reach out as some sort of "scaffold" for what we want to accomplish and for where we want to be. Agreed.
I remember the 80s. Yes, the music was an escape into another realm. Back then it wasn't all crazy/happy/funny hair styles, etc. It was the cold war then and always some fear of atom bombs/war. That's entirely forgotten, almost, about the 80s. There was always the good music that took one away from all of that. Miss those days though, sniff!
I bought the movie through Amazon and I never get tired of watching it; that era was very similar to how we grew up and how people were..families and communities...Senn Penn was so very good in this film.
Another achievement in POP music - one of the best songs of the 80's - sweeping, enthralling, engrossing and controlled - and the vocals came from the original demo which she never re-recorded - a career defining song that is still relevant almost 30 years later!
Her best song, in my opinion. 👍🏼
Easily.
Не уверенна...😏
Hands down
For sure, the BEST
@@0812charles 👌🏼
It's amazing how music can transport you. If I close my eyes, it's 1986 again.
♥️
Agreed
Yes
🙏👌
That's what it did to me and I shed a tear listening to it
All I can see is Sean Penn driving around the town staring at Mary Stuart. This opening scene was haunting but beautiful. Great movie, even better song.
The winter of 86-87 I was dellivering morning papers. Blasting Madonnas new True Blue album on my car stereo, more exensive than the car. In the middle of the night all alone, no one outside, drifting around with my Volvo 240 on the newly fallen snow. When that old music plays the memories returns.
Priceless
Cool stuff man,only people who were teens in the 80s will ever understand it
Brilliant how music drags good memories!
Dude, when you said epic, you weren’t lying. Headphones mandatory for the full experience.
Exactly my thoughts.
If you want to make it even more epic - headphones on while walking in the woods alone.
listen to this before bed. headphones only...turn it up ..feel and be the music remember things in life that made you the happiest and the saddest. put them together and you'll see the person you are right now in that bed and accept that all that's happened and will happen..is infinite
Jennifer Taylor thanks for this. I really needed to see your post at such a horrible time in my life
Please hang in there honey, I lost my Jared 7 years ago, He went down south with a woman old enough to be his mother. And I thought that he was gay but he wanted me but only when I helped him out. I was devastated and even had Suicidal ideation for a whole year. But I made it and I am so much stronger. I still haven’t found the right man but I know he’s out there somewhere that will love me and treat me good.
Thank you for those words..
ramiro time does heal all wounds !! You can’t see it when you are living in darkness. But it happens when you loose all hope. The despair will ease up first, then after that phase , comes healing and hope comes back also. Then you move on slow !! And then it’s a lesson learned !! And you feel so much better !! And the sun can shine on my face again !!
Once the despair is gone, you have made it !!!! Nothing but uphill after that.
At Close Range. 'Like' if you know what I'm talking about..
prozie286 Great film!
prozie286 ...yes I do remember her husband at that time and lead role in the Sean Penn
Comme un chien enragé
❤the movie
@@bluejeans1773 very sad movie
There's alot of 80's songs that "bring me back" but there is something about this one that just hits my emotions hard. I can't stop listening to it. The composition of this song is like no other. Very emotional even without words. 😢
Likewise, and you couldn't have summarized it better!
👌
Absolutely
The movie with Sean Penn and Christopher Walken was as equally spectacular!
it makes me cry when i hear it something bittersweet about it
I had the original song on cassette tape back in the 80's. I miss the 80's so very much. The music, fashion, cars, and movies were pure magic. If you were lucky enough to be young in the 80's, you know exactly what I'm talking about. This brings back so many memories, bolth good and bad. Thank you.
Yes we were very lucky 👍❤
It's really one of the nice things (redeeming things) about turning 50
I was the ages of 10-19 in the 80s. Not a days goes by without me thinking of that time period at least 10x a day. Just awesomeness it was
@@ur_favone Yep I'm 50 and you are so right
Being a teenager in the 80's was THE BEST!! That decade cant be beat for the music, its mainly what I still listen to!
Her most beautiful song....
This and "Inside of Me" from BS
And Take a Bow
By far
"You'll See" 😁♥️
Definitely her most beautiful song, I agree. Her song "Don't cry for me, Argentina" was a close second. Then her song "Express Yourself" is her third best. Of course, just my own personal opinion. Greetings, everyone, sending you all of my well-wishes for you, and I hope you have a good & prosperous life. Peace to you all, for always. ❤
There are certain 80's songs that give me an overwhelmingly painful and bittersweet sense of nostalgia. This is definitely one of them :(..
This song is simply a masterpiece. Period. ""Live to tell" will last forever......
Listening to this feels like you're going to Heaven while an angel sings to you alone.
This song takes me back to my childhood! The 80's and 90's were the best times of my life!! Life was simple and golden... the best music and car's! ❤️
I would like to see madonna in a tour with an orchestra only performing this kind of enigmatic songs.
the world would bow to that!!
imagine if you had enough money to get her and a philharmonic together in your back yard...with a few friends
Word
@@moss8448 i like that idea she had some epic songs
Do you feel it? It is enigmatic as you said.
How frigging glad am I that I was not only around in 1986......but at the perfect age to appreciate - and, thus, 37 years later shiver with the beauty of - what I consider to be Madonna's most stunning track. Yep, this one still gives me goosepimples.....and rightly so.
I'm so lucky to be alive during the Madonna Era. I'm afraid that I'll never see another Icon like her rise again.
You won't.
In summer of 1990, I was 5 months pregnant and saw Madonna in Wembley, UK. This plus all her classics of that era, truly unforgettable 💚
George Michael said that he, Madonna & Prince were the last stand alone, iconic performers & you won't see the likes again. he was right & Madonna is now the last !! Although Kylie Minogue is a legend but I don't think she was massive in the US?
Hear that
😢👍👍
This song has meaning for those of us who carry a secret that has not yet been discovered.
I've always felt that way too
Christine Leary A childhood trauma
@@jackfairy666 Yes like words a child could not say for themself
it does haunt one
right and madonna’s secret was she is part kf the illuminati
1986 My soul was torn apart ...just by the words of two doctors !
2013 I am still healing
Words can cut as a knive
when she said : IF I RAN AWAY... part , tears come to my eyes, reminds me the strengh i have in my life, and i continue going on.
M Cobos don't run away
One of my fondest childhood memories is of washing the dishes when this song would come on...and my productivity would grind to a halt. Her song would completely engage me and not let me go until it was finished. Ah, the 80's. :)
Ain't it the truth!
it does make one stop in a lot of ways
I have fond childhood memories of washing the dishes too! :-)
Haha 😀
Whoa me too haha, I thought I wrote this and forgot I commented. Little kids everywhere stopped dead while washing dishes when live to tell came on. Right on:)
"...The light that YOU could NEVER SEE...
It shines inside you CAN'T take that from ME...!"
She Saw The Light
Best Madonna remixed song EVER!!
BEST ballad in music history ❤️ period! 🥰
Agreed ❤
Brilliant - wish the charts were still like this. This was when music was exciting. You could live in the whole experience like a dream
This is when song writers wrote music that we could relate to. 👍🏼
True
I still do 🖤
@@Tigerxrx Writers are not writing cause the Artists don't want to be called fake cause he or she doesn't write their music which is stopping the real writers from writing for them.. That's why we have lackluster songs cause people let pride get in the way of making hits..
Wish..I was in the 80s ...I love the 80s music..culture..and songs too..all of them had a meaning in their songs..but now a days
This song makes me think of all the memories I had with my favorites
I was fifteen years old in 1986 when Madonna launched this great song..... Now on 2019, i still love to hear it
1971 💪🏼💪🏼🖤
Bless Up Earthling
I Was 16 Back Then
1971, 16 ALL DAY!
snap !!
I was a year old in 1986.. didn’t become Madonna fan till 1994 Bedtime Stories ❤️
If you haven't cried to this before you haven't listened to the lyrics
This isn't epic......... Its a majestic masterpiece!!! Brilliantly done. Amazing song and definitely Madonnas best and the film At Close Range is fantastic too.
Right on !!
I thought this song was from the movie “Shanghai Surprise.“ Wasn’t it?
At close range
🧡MADONNA💚
RULED THE WORLD
IN THE 80s & 90s
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MASTERPIECE OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE MADONNA SONGS!!!
I need a copy of this. What is it called and who did the mix?
One of the GREATEST extended versions I've EVER heard!! Mesmerizing
I think this is the most beautiful piece Patrick has ever composed. And thank God it was given to Madonna who made it into a masterpiece...
I still feel the scent of that summer when the disc and the video came out.
The 80s that beautiful!
I will never stop loving them and listening to this song that reminds me of everything.
I am grateful to have lived them with Madonna and with Live to Tell...
I really love you all.
This extended version is magical. There is a story within, each note is important as the last, to move the story onwards until the tale to tell will be revealed. And when it is, the karma will not be forgiving.
How True
there are so many ppl's insights on here; i love your karma part.
My god what a beautiful song
Where is the time machine?. Lord I wanna go back!
Buckle up !!
Save me a seat
The 80s were the best for music that spoke directly to the soul. 1986 was a very bad year for me too. I almost committed sucide on July 6, 1986. Turing 45 this year. The 1980s was a power decade for the best music in all of musice history from Whitney to Madonna to Hall and Oates to The Police to all of them...too many to count and unforgettable. If I had to do it all over again, I'd pick the same year to be born to have been a teenager during this time, for the good and not so good!
Hugs.
❤☺
I'm happy for you that you spared your own life in 1986... you are such a good example for others that even a bad YEAR can be overcome if you have the courage to ride it out.
Amen
I was born in 1977, I went through one hell of a lot in the eighties, Anorexia Nervosa from 18 months old, at the age of six I was put into a Child Physiatrics Unit for six months, that was tough, really tough! Missing six months of regular junior school played absolute hell with my mind & being reintroduced was a trauma in itself! But the music & the films of the eighties helped me through! It’s a battle I will never fully win! I have accepted that now, but then being diagnosed as having a degenerative Neurological Disease at the age of around twenty really put me into a dark place, but the music from the eighties helps. I was told by my Neurologist that it would be a miracle if I saw the age of forty, well I am now 44, so miracles do happen. On my second marriage (4 years today) so if you do make a few blunders at first it is possible to still meet “the one”. Take good care, good things do happen to good people eventually…
The intro is beautiful and because its
my favourite Madonna song it can go on forever.
I will never get tired of this song.
My childhood. Me and my friends in catholic school changing from our uniforms after school in the restroom into our lace and florescent clothes ...all those bracelets and Madonna banned halter tops we wore good times. Back then life was simple. Life was normal.
To imply this is an epic version is a gross understatement
Truly a masterpiece
8:42 till 10:41 is the moment I can't help myself from getting emotional.
Congrats you are a real human ....
My mother used to cry everytime she hears this masterpiece.
Madonna is a truly interpreter of ART.
I always cry too 😢🙏🏼🙏🏼💖
Patrick Leonard deserves the credit too :)
This song brings me a lot of memories......stunning
Jesus this is Incredible 🙏💕💕🙏
best song she ever did.
Such a beautiful song! Music of today will never compare.
NEVER!
Haunting...
Yes... very
I was blasting this in my car last week great song
SO GLAD I FOUND
THIS EXTENDED
VERSION. LOVE LOVE
THIS SONG. NOW HAVE
TWO WAYS TO SHARE
FEELINGS. HEART FELT
AWESOME MOVIE!!!
"Headphones are key here
Jen Taylor
Jen Taylor I totally agree with you on this!!!!! 😎👍🏻
Yes
Epic is one way to describe it. This mix is INCREDIBLE!!!
Especially loving this at 6:07...this extended remix of this classic song is fabulous...✨
She gave me the strength to save my life ❤️ Love Madonna always ❤️
Wow, this sing still touches me. "Live to Tell" relates me to very painful experiences in my life through which I endured. I'm BLESSED to be alive to tell--& learned lessons a long the way. Wonderful song with a deep meaning.
i like your words too :)
The song is sad enough expression just makes it even more emotional
Hello everyone, I’m still blasting this masterpiece in 2023!!! 80s rule.
The acoustic guitar breakdown is the best!
Never heard this version before. Stunningly beautiful.
amazing words, in some way, not being ridiculous, maodnna touched a lot fans lifes, because we grew with her, her stories and lyrics, i can find a song for every moment of my life, that's what idols do. we love you maodnna, i know there's no more 40 years of you, but your legacy is all
Still sounds majestic in 2018,,,and for many many more years it will
The movie At Close Range and this song Live To Tell has very special meaning to me. I knew and grew up around the Johnston Brothers and their associates for whom the movie was about. They were also my neighbors. I just wish they could have made the movie longer. Also, people can say and think what they want about the Johnston Brothers, but they were some of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet. Just don't cross them.
What was the ol man like? Hes a real piece of shit but interesting at the same time.
really??? How interesting. I've become a bit obsessed with this film again. Such a haunting, heart-breaking story.
Liar
I was never a Madonna fan, but there's just something about this song that hits me emotional chord in my heart and at @9:58 is just a beautiful segment that is a tear jerker.
What are you talking about? Just a regular part of the song.
@@walterwidmaieriii7776 Apparently you don’t have a soul for good music when you hear it 😉
Yes this song has meaning for all of us who have carried secrets and kept them
I never heard an extended version of this tune previously, and frankly was always curious how they would work this song in an extended track. When I saw the length of this version - 13.00 minutes I thought it is probably going to be some crazy remix and most likely will be another ruined version of a good song. To my joy I was very wrong and pleasantly surprised. This track is amazing, and really enhanced the original. It is saved into my playlist and the author has my gratitude for posting.
Probably 3 mins too long. But still great.
I pretty much figured it would be exactly this. Keyboard intro and out, nothing more.
I have a tale to tell
Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well
I was not ready for the fall
Too blind to see the writing on the wall
A man can tell a thousand lies
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to tell
The secret I have learned, 'till then
It will burn inside of me
I know where beauty lives
I've seen it once, I know the warm she gives
The light that you could never see
It shines inside, you can't take that from me
A man can tell a thousand lies
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to tell
The secret I have learned, 'till then
It will burn inside of me
The truth is never far behind
You kept it hidden well
If I live to tell
The secret I knew then
Will I ever have the chance again
If I ran away, I'd never have the strength
To go very far
How would they hear the beating of my heart
Will it grow cold
The secret that I hide, will I grow old
How will they hear
When will they learn
How will they know
A man can tell a thousand lies
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to tell
The secret I have learned, 'till then
It will burn inside of me
The truth is never far behind
You kept it hidden well
If I live to tell
The secret I knew then
Will I ever have the chance again
A man can tell a thousand lies
I've learned my lesson well
Hope I live to tell
The secret I have learned, 'till then
It will burn inside of me
When the world finally realised Madonna could sing. Beautiful song.
Patrick Leonard is a Musical Genius
Of course Patrick Leonard
Absolutely.
I wish Madonna and Patrick Leonard would work together again(Steven Bray too)!
He and Madonna made the best music!!
Yes! My favourite Madonna songs are from this album, with la Isla Bonita top. Wish they'd Collab again though. The songs always had beautiful lyrics, gorgeous production & Madonna's ethereal vocals! Yearn for those days💯♥️
God I love this version of "Live to Tell". Thank you for bringing it back, Mija....
A hauntingly beautiful song that lends itself to the life lived hard, fast, young and free, dangerous, on the edge, yet, innocent, beautiful, pure, mysterious, moment to moment and fleetingly…….❤ Madonna sang this beautifully.
Papa don't preach...because of anti abortion.
The quality of the sound is exceptional
Pure nostalgia here. This version made me cry cause i have a secret that i hide. Even i i ran away i wouldn't have the strength to go very far.
I have a tale too. Would you like to hear mine?
Me too man, me too.
This powerful song I've listened to over and over the years and never tire of it love this extended version amazing by far 💯❤️👌
This song gives me an ominous feeling...Gives me chills like something deep is happening and I can't do anything to stop it.. it brings tears to my eyes knowing I can't stop fate from happening..
Vyvolává to v tobě staré pocity a situace když jsi tu píseň slyšel poprvé. Podvědomí.
Nothing ominous, only Light…✨⚡️🌹
it's a Soundtrack song
to a Sean Penn / Christopher Walken
movie ... " At Close Range " (1986)
a very moody thriller
about a sketchy Father
that does robberies with his Sons
@@kavika121
it's a Soundtrack song
from a very ominous movie
( " At Close Range " , 1986 )
Beautiful arrangement and talented musicians. I especially like the acoustic portion.
This song catchted me in the middle of 1986... and this version did it again.
Marcelo Arroyo - L. 1986 I remember it well...actually I don't because I was born in 1986! but 80s are better than now. Nowadays suck.
Always loved this song. This is the first time I heard the full version. The full version is brilliant and perfect.
Amazing track. They don't make songs like this anymore, such a shame. Great film too.
This was always a favourite track of mine...but this is something else altogether different. Not all extended versions work that well, but this is just brilliantly done.
Who’s listening to this in 2019 and having a moment? If I could go back there’s not much I would change...the only thing would be I wish I would have known my power.
👍
I remember this showing up on MTV as I was getting ready for work in the middle of her bad girl era. It was such a shock to see her softer side. It was almost as if she was apologizing.
Interesting analysis
This song has been
Upon my heart since the early 80's..
Always hoped I would live
2 TELL, and some "one"
Could *W A N T* ..
2 LISTEN. 🖤💣🖤
Fantastic extended version of Madonna Live To Tell
Songbird, my soul is getting ripped to shreds right now. I know It'll pass like tears in a swimming pool but my song keeps playing.♥️😎
Was in High school when this came out, great memories, the only Madonna album I've bought (on cassette). 😄...best part: ... if I ran away...🎶💯....."At close range" movie with her husband Sean penn.
This version is soooo amazing. I always tend to prefer the extended version to the original. But this is so incredible!!! Love it!!! 💜💜
Masterpiece. Really heart felt music & song.. I hope to live to tell how good this really is to all I know in life !
Still sounds great in 2019👌👌👌
And in 2020
@@rushanegayle5703 And in 2021
And even in 2022.
i love this song absolut ever one of my favorite, never tire aboit it.
Has to be my favourite Madonna song ever. I remember when the original version was first released
Words cannot describe how beautiful and powerful this is
I loved everything Madonna that came out in the 80s I fell in love with the song crazy 4 you besides her take on Love don't live here anymore and when this song came out along with a very simple new look that she was going through at the time just pulled it all together...4 ever the one an only Madonna
Very beautiful in 2021!
Probably my favorite song by Madonna it's hits me right in the heart. And I love this mix
It affects your soul and stays embedded in your heart ❤
@@donnamariedavidson5065 for sure
Carlitos, Essa música causa uma sensação inexplicável!
@@PHlophe si
This kind of music brings us back in times where Madonna and other singers of her level hadn't yet crossed the limits of decency. It was good music. Really. Nothing was agressive and provocative in their songs. They had something to say, to share and we could rely to it. Then arrived the provocative 'Justify my love' era.. and her need to shock and insult the good sense by selling her body as a sexual object 😔 Such a shame, such a beautiful and talented woman. I've stopped listening to her songs ever since.
I liked her earliest hits, but she was 'provocative' as far back as 'Like A Virgin' and 'Material Girl', both of which I got tired of quickly. I overlooked this song at the time, but now see it as one of her all too rare great songs.
@@brianoneill7186 Well, like a virgin and material girl have never been my faves at that time, in terms of lyrical content nor in its music arrangements. I think her best songs started in '86 with papa don't preach and live to tell. She had more wise things to say. There are also a few good ones in the Like a prayer album but she then soon got back into her provocative instinct, sadly. I don't judge her. I know something went wrong ever since she lost her mom at an early age but yet I couldn't follow her in this kind of vulgar and offensive way to fight for what she thought was a progress.
Exactly . In other words a total slut. Madonna laid the groundwork for the crass way women behave today. No morals, no values, no responsibility. She personifies everything that's wrong with femininity today. They just don't give 2 *** about men. They're so vindictive that if they see a man dying in the street with nobody to help they won't do anything about it. Madonna empowered women to behave like harlots. She basically said " go out take what you want and use your body to get what you want". Ok sure there are good women around but what maybe like 5% of the population. The rest are money hungry, sex hungry sluts. I have lost all respect for this generation of women. Total total disgrace to humanity.
@@calogerofanara837 That's not "progress". That's an agenda of feminist hatred toward men. Madonna succeeded by manipulating men. Let's not forget it was Patrick Leonard who wrote all her hit songs. Without him she'd be nothing.
Actually she was never that beautiful she had a charisma if you want to say that. She was just an average Italian-American female from Michigan. She moved to New York *** a few cocks and made it to the big time.
Powerful, majestic, timeless and genius writing and delivery. What a song, and perfect music to accent the powerful and tragic story acted by Sean Penn & Mary Stuart Masterson. If you like this you would probably like the piece by Bill Conti for the Sean Penn film “ Bad Boys.” I consider this film to be one of Penn’s best performances which will leave you haunted by the characters and film music.
Let's not forget " State of Grace " unforgettable performance
I just watched it for the first time. It was intense.
Bad Boys...great movie.
Riveting and soul stirring. Can never turn this song off until it finishes. One of my favorite tunes from the 80s. It's a representative of when music seemed to really have a place in the very fabric of life events. I'm 59 now and can honestly say the 80s were a time when I seemed to reach a point in life when preparation began to meet potential. The music of that time period served as a scaffold or skeleton for the attachment of many life events, both major and minor. I had much less then in the form of money, possessions and most importantly responsibilities. I also had many more anxieties about what the future held but the "music" always had a way of providing relief and escape. I know you've heard it before but wish I could go back and do it again.I really miss it.
That was very beautifully put, I heartily agree
Glen, you said it all. It feels like, even in these days, these kind of songs still reach out as some sort of "scaffold" for what we want to accomplish and for where we want to be. Agreed.
I remember the 80s.
Yes, the music was an escape into another realm.
Back then it wasn't all crazy/happy/funny hair styles, etc.
It was the cold war then and always some fear of atom bombs/war.
That's entirely forgotten, almost, about the 80s.
There was always the good music that took one away from all of that.
Miss those days though, sniff!
Absolutely 💕
Holy crap I was expecting some butchering of one of my favorite Madonna songs, but this is simply divine! Thank you so much for this!
Please, Mija, don't ever take this down again....
I bought the movie through Amazon and I never get tired of watching it; that era was very similar to how we grew up and how people were..families and communities...Senn Penn was so very good in this film.
Another achievement in POP music - one of the best songs of the 80's - sweeping, enthralling, engrossing and controlled - and the vocals came from the original demo which she never re-recorded - a career defining song that is still relevant almost 30 years later!