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Post by Leigh on Jul 7, 2016 17:17:28 GMT -5
Any thoughts on whether we're going to get a live Rebel Hearts Tour dvd/album?
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Post by So Pure on Jul 7, 2016 21:39:34 GMT -5
A DVD is sure to come...just when who knows? Feels like the MDNA Tour DVD took forever. Hopefully we'll have something by the holidays.
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Post by norbpeti on Jul 9, 2016 17:46:46 GMT -5
Its coming in August
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Post by So Pure on Jul 13, 2016 12:38:24 GMT -5
Snippet of Candy Shop from the RH tour DVD! It's coming!
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Jul 13, 2016 12:57:20 GMT -5
^ the editing looks so much better than the frantic MDNA tour DVD. Looking forward to this.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Jul 13, 2016 13:31:06 GMT -5
of course Candy Shop is the teaser, lol.
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Post by seaguy27 on Jul 13, 2016 21:17:58 GMT -5
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 14, 2016 14:19:59 GMT -5
^Yep. Not too shabby. She was 14 on Billboard's Top Moneymakers list of 2015.
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Post by August on Jul 15, 2016 7:13:42 GMT -5
Boston Gay Men's Chorus covers Ghosttown.
They also cover Living for Love.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 15, 2016 8:34:28 GMT -5
www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7438922/madonna-human-nature-unapologetic-anthemMadonna's 'Human Nature': Saluting the Unapologetic Anthem That Should Have Been a Smash HitFrom "Vogue" to "Take a Bow" to "Ray of Light," Madonna scored some of her signature hits in the '90s. While most of her '80s pop compatriots struggled to stay on the radio, Madonna more-or-less maintained the same level of stardom throughout the decade, earning just two fewer Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hits in the '90s than she did in the '80s. But between Bedtime Stories and Evita, Madonna experienced her first real career dip. After several years of hypersexual imagery and songwriting (from the "Justify My Love" video to the Sex book) and some family-unfriendly public appearances (her 1994 Letterman interview in particular), a portion of the American public was exhausted with her by 1995. Puritanical pop listeners might be OK with a heartfelt plea for keeping a baby, but leather and whips is just too much. While she soon got back on track with a prestige motion picture (Evita) and an elegant ballad collection (Something to Remember), there was one unfortunate musical casualty of her brief lull: "Human Nature." One of the few hip-hop-inflected singles in her discography (it samples a song from Main Source, the same rap group that gave Nas his first on-wax appearance), "Human Nature" has a deeply funk foundation while maintaining the spacious, thin production common to many '90s R&B hits. While "Take a Bow" -- released just a year earlier from the same album, Bedtime Stories -- was a smash No. 1 for Madge, "Human Nature" stalled at No. 46 despite a killer video and a defiant, empowering message. Lyrically, Madonna brushes off the prudes who faulted her for fixating on sex, pointing out that the "taboo" subject is simply human nature -- the most basic element of human nature at that. She also correctly points out that she'd have gotten less flak for exploring sexuality so bluntly if she were a man ("Would it sound better if I were a man?" is one of her whispered rhetorical questions throughout). And it's hard to argue with that -- have any of the male directors behind sexually explicit hit movies been put through the wringer like she has? Furthermore, the "Express yourself, don't repress yourself" refrain is classic -- the kind of line built to be repeated decades later. So why didn't "Human Nature" at least knick the top 10? Part of the reason may have been the fact that previous single "Bedtime Story" isolated too many radio programmers and casual fans. The Bjork co-write, while adventurous and exhilarating, didn't make sense on radio in the mid-'90s, and it was just too weird for most of her younger fans (and in 1995, she still had plenty of those). Ultimately, though, it's the content of the song itself that prevented it from penetrating mass culture like previous dancefloor-ready singles. "Human Nature" is crafted as a challenge to those who thought she went too far by releasing an entire book devoted to erotic photos, and those are the people who don't want to discuss sexuality -- they just want to chastise you for talking about it. Even though the "I'm not your bitch/ Don't hang your shit on me" line was excised for radio, the message of "Human Nature" was still too much for those who hated her Dita Parlo persona. "Human Nature" is the original "Unapologetic Bitch," but it came at a time when the idea of an unapologetic woman was far too threatening for most -- not just radio programmers and parents, but even many of her fans. To a Puritan, the only thing worse than a woman wearing a scarlet A is a woman proudly wearing a scarlet A. Regardless, "Human Nature" holds up as one of her finest '90s singles, and today we're saluting this anthem to not apologizing when you know you were right in the first place.
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Post by chartfreak on Jul 15, 2016 8:37:35 GMT -5
^^^I was just going to post that....good read. I remember being shocked at her missing the Top 10, let alone the Top 40 back then. It was depressing as a chart fanatic...and now were happy if she gets a few spins on the radio! :)
How times change.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 15, 2016 9:11:26 GMT -5
^At times, M didn't shy from releasing tracks that weren't necessarily the most radio-friendly, or in line with her usual fare- it started with "Oh Father" (well, "Live to Tell" kinda fits that mold, too). While HN wasn't as sonically perplexing to radio as HN, the theme, as mentioned, didn't help matters. HN did crack the top 40 at pop radio, and the video was a top 5 hit on MTV. Meanwhile, The Immaculate Collection is No. 12 on the UK's all-time best sellers list, and No. 4 among compilations (the way this is written, though, makes it sound like the whole album was chock full of mixes a la LAP and EY): www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-greatest-of-the-greatest-the-uks-official-top-10-biggest-hits-collections-revealed__15397/Madonna – The Immaculate CollectionThe most successful greatest hits by a solo artist in our countdown – did you imagine it would be Madonna? Course you did! The Material Girl's 1990 hits retrospective came, in hindsight, very early in her career, but it certainly wasn't short on hits. Out of 17 songs featured, only one missed the Top 10 (Lucky Star) and Madonna used the canny trick of driving up demand by taking the then-unusual step of featuring all-new remixes of some of her classics. Fans are still divided over whether this was a travesty or a revelation (justice for Into The Groove and Like A Prayer plz). The Immaculate Collection was Number 1 for nine straight weeks and has sold 3.7 million copies. |
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Jul 15, 2016 15:45:40 GMT -5
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Post by seaguy27 on Jul 15, 2016 17:47:25 GMT -5
^At times, M didn't shy from releasing tracks that weren't necessarily the most radio-friendly, or in line with her usual fare- it started with "Oh Father" (well, "Live to Tell" kinda fits that mold, too). While HN wasn't as sonically perplexing to radio as HN, the theme, as mentioned, didn't help matters. HN did crack the top 40 at pop radio, and the video was a top 5 hit on MTV. Meanwhile, The Immaculate Collection is No. 12 on the UK's all-time best sellers list, and No. 4 among compilations (the way this is written, though, makes it sound like the whole album was chock full of mixes a la LAP and EY): www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-greatest-of-the-greatest-the-uks-official-top-10-biggest-hits-collections-revealed__15397/Madonna – The Immaculate CollectionThe most successful greatest hits by a solo artist in our countdown – did you imagine it would be Madonna? Course you did! The Material Girl's 1990 hits retrospective came, in hindsight, very early in her career, but it certainly wasn't short on hits. Out of 17 songs featured, only one missed the Top 10 (Lucky Star) and Madonna used the canny trick of driving up demand by taking the then-unusual step of featuring all-new remixes of some of her classics. Fans are still divided over whether this was a travesty or a revelation (justice for Into The Groove and Like A Prayer plz). The Immaculate Collection was Number 1 for nine straight weeks and has sold 3.7 million copies. It's funny because in some ways it and Bedtime Stories felt like bigger hits and I think it was because of them getting so much play on MTV and other video channels. |
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 16, 2016 12:26:40 GMT -5
^Surely. "Bedtime Story" was a top 10 hit on MTV. And that's back when the channel was still a very relevant outlet for music videos.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 20, 2016 10:49:47 GMT -5
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 20, 2016 11:24:13 GMT -5
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Jul 20, 2016 13:24:00 GMT -5
i would include Live to Tell, You'll See, Secret.... The list can go on and on. |
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Post by Mirago on Jul 20, 2016 14:10:24 GMT -5
^Indeed! Nothing Really Matters is striking as well and often gets overlooked.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 20, 2016 15:11:41 GMT -5
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Post by @DjKingBee on Jul 20, 2016 17:08:35 GMT -5
yasssss bring on Candy shop as 1st single from Rebel Heart Tour !!!
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Post by August on Aug 4, 2016 8:31:19 GMT -5
A very early live performance of one of my favorite Madonna songs, "Physical Attraction." Her vocals are shaky at best, but so fun to see her do this song. It is often overlooked as it is overshadowed by the bigger hits from her first album and she has never performed this song in any major setting. This song was released as a Double A side with the 12" single of "Burning Up."
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Post by August on Aug 4, 2016 8:45:29 GMT -5
This picture has always cracked me up. In the mid-90s, Courtney Love was pretty obsessed with Madonna and would try to crash interviews, would always mention her when she was being interviewed, and who could forget a strung out Courtney crashing Madonna's post MTV VMA interview. Apparently, Madonna was interested at one point in signing Hole to Maverick Records, but Courtney wasn't interested (fool that she was). The caption of this photo totally reads, "Fine Courtney, I will take a picture with you...if I must."  |
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Aug 8, 2016 11:13:00 GMT -5
This Week in Billboard Chart History: In 1992, Madonna Won Gold Atop the Hot 100 8/8/2016 by Gary Trust Attachment Deletedwww.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7446700/this-week-in-billboard-chart-history-in-1992-madonna-won-goldThe sports-themed "This Used to Be My Playground" bested all competitors for No. 1. Your weekly recap celebrating significant milestones from more than seven decades of Billboard chart history. Aug. 8, 1992 Twenty-four years before the Games in Rio ... Olympic memories: Madonna's "This Used to Be My Playground," from the Olympics-themed 1992 album Barcelona Gold, finished first on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also served as the theme to the baseball movie A League of Their Own, starring Madonna, among others (although it was first released as a stand-alone single, and not on the film's soundtrack, prior to its Barcelona Gold inclusion). |
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Aug 11, 2016 11:11:52 GMT -5
Revisiting this album...
Wow, it really is a great album. Joan of Arc brings me to tears almost.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2016 19:36:27 GMT -5
A very early live performance of one of my favorite Madonna songs, "Physical Attraction." Her vocals are shaky at best, but so fun to see her do this song. It is often overlooked as it is overshadowed by the bigger hits from her first album and she has never performed this song in any major setting. This song was released as a Double A side with the 12" single of "Burning Up." Wow, nothing short of magnificent. She was (is) an innately musical being, evidenced by those improvised key variations. With her voice, what's always been so remarkable, is that she conveys so much with so little, reconfiguring limitations into assets. And besides, she was sex on a stick. |
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Post by HolidayGuy on Aug 14, 2016 8:32:04 GMT -5
Yes- she's always conveyed emotion and gave it her all vocally. That, along with everything else that encompassed her total package, made her an incomparable artist and icon.
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Post by bat1990 on Aug 15, 2016 10:18:35 GMT -5
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Aug 15, 2016 10:44:59 GMT -5
not Xtina being above Beyoncé. :kii: |
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Aug 15, 2016 11:48:00 GMT -5
Some guy Madonna dated in the late 70s is releasing personal letters and "bedroom recordings" the two of them made. Does this mean new music is on its way?
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