Madonna - Get Up (Final Gotham Demo 1981)

Madonna - Get Up (Final Gotham Demo 1981). One of four songs on the Gotham demo tape that was sent to record labels in hopes of securing a deal for Madonna in late 1981. This is the "Final Studio Demo" of the track that was included on the tape. Shortly after this was recorded, Madonna (unhappy with the direction manager Camille Barbone was taking her career) severed ties with Gotham and began shopping her own demo of dance music to labels, which eventually resulted in a singles deal with Sire Records. Subsequently, a legal battle would ensue over the ownership of these master tapes with Madonna, Camille and Media Sound, the studio where they were recorded, all staking a claim on the songs. These complications have kept them unreleased twenty years on.
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[whiteglenn69]

I really love Madonna's early rock/New Wave stuff ... I sincerely hope, before this new contract of hers is done in ten years from now, that we get at least one rock album from her ... after all, she's the queen of reinvention, right? I can see it happening, with all this onstage guitar she's doing the past decade ... anyone else hopeful for this musical development from Her Madgesty? Rock out, Maddy!!!

[GentlyBlipMe]

@whiteglenn69 - Amen!  We need some more full-on rock Madonna.

[TheNouveauxdecadence]

I absolutely adore this track. This should have been released! I think the lyrics are so inspirational and I really feel what she is saying when i listen to it. So powerful, makes me emotional +

[utubearenazis]

madonna ciccone > madonna

stefani germanotta > lady gaga

[Samadhiatman500]

I've never heard her early tracks. Amazing! I think this song is so life-telling for her, makes me sad.

[xandyx21]

@whiteglenn69 i wud kill for Madonna to do an all rock album love wen she gets on the guitar at her concerts as a side note do bits of this song sound a bit like David Bowies Ashes to Ashes to anyone else???

[saltwatercb]

Of all the "Gotham Sound' demos this song--an interesting meld of pop, rock, dance and new wave--is the one that seems most consistent with the songs from the eventual eponymous debut album. A very winning track. And the lyric, with it's self-preservation ethic, is "very Madonna." She's always about empowerment. What a delight to find this here. YouTube really is changing the way we live!

[disneyhollywoodfamou]

awesome

[watked]

This should be the sound madonna should go for on her next album 

[FrankR1981]

I dunno, but the chorus of the song reminds me somehow of her song 'Hung up', maybe she drew some inspiration from this track.

MADONNA ROCKS!!!

[mhartemusic]

@whiteglenn69 she could've been an epic rocker! I'd rather see her do rock and acoustic then the dance... although she basically defined a decade of music. ... I just want rock, Madge!

[luvezacharias]

@hrbr1990 AGRREEE! THAT WOULD BE SO MUCH FUN!

[lifeforce1986]

What A Gem!