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Post by God on Jul 7, 2014 14:28:40 GMT -5
Isn't "...the moon with no light of my own" a line from "I'm a Sinner" too?
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Post by Queen of Insomnia. on Jul 7, 2014 15:25:58 GMT -5
Those lyrics give me ROL, THE album tease, more than anything she's done in the 2000s. So hyped for this already.
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Post by August on Jul 7, 2014 16:15:34 GMT -5
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 7, 2014 17:37:05 GMT -5
Those lyrics are a variation of a lyric that was in "I'm a Sinner." Recall that "Hung Up" lifted lyrics from "Love Song." Why link to a fansite, when it's on Rosenberg's Facebook page? :) "Messiah" should be added the the thread title.
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Post by floridagrl on Jul 7, 2014 21:56:59 GMT -5
The Queen has been summoned to jury selection. "Serving my country! Reporting to jury selection! #itshotinhere" -Madonna
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Post by floridagrl on Jul 7, 2014 22:13:40 GMT -5
Madonna Posts 'Messiah' Lyrics On InstagramBy Jason Lipshutz, N.Y. | July 07, 2014 12:39 PM EDT"You are the sun guarding your throne," Madonna (will eventually) sing on the forthcoming track. Madonna is having some fun teasing her new song "Messiah" on Instagram: a week after posting some sheet music from the track and a snippet of an orchestra performing the song, Madge has now unveiled a handful of lyrics from the hopefully-forthcoming track. Based on these lyrics, Madonna's "Messiah" is going to be a mystical affair, with "the angels," "the moon," "the sun," and "the sorceress" all making these verses read especially Bjork-y. The caption for the Instagram post goes, "Salvation through Art! #heart #messiah #livingforlove." Madonna has been working on the follow-up to 2012's "MDNA" with a slew of collaborators, including Natalia Kills, Martin Kierszenbaum, Diplo and Toby Gad. A title and release date for the album have yet to be announced, and "Messiah" does not have a release date either. www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6150325/madonna-messiah-lyrics-instagramThe music industry is paying close attention to The Queen.
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Post by August on Jul 8, 2014 7:01:31 GMT -5
Those lyrics are a variation of a lyric that was in "I'm a Sinner." Recall that "Hung Up" lifted lyrics from "Love Song." Why link to a fansite, when it's on Rosenberg's Facebook page? :) "Messiah" should be added the the thread title. Because that is where I saw it first and then I saw her FB page. I was being lazy :)
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 8, 2014 16:55:37 GMT -5
My local news station reported on M's jury duty- less than 10 minutes into the broadcast. Only the Queen. :'(
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Post by floridagrl on Jul 8, 2014 19:22:59 GMT -5
What can i say??? #repost #revolutionoflove #messiah #iconic #unapologeticbitch #livingforlove #artforfreedom So excited. I cannot wait to hear this. Let the era commence. Queen Ciccone, arriving!
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Jul 8, 2014 20:29:22 GMT -5
I'm getting so excited for this era and Messiah I'm bout to pop.!
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Jul 8, 2014 20:47:44 GMT -5
OK, but, as a stan for a woman who has f**ked Black men and effectively co-opted Black culture but somehow thought it was a good idea to call her White son a ***I'M RACIST***, you should be OK with this no? Welcome, the Michael Jackson Defense League! I don't think of MJ as a Messiah, like you do. ANYONE on this Earth can tell you MJ was extremely talented but also f*cked up due to this fame. What's wrong with a white woman having sex with a black man? It's not the 1960s anymore. I don't really understand why you are going after me. I'm extremely sympathetic towards Michael. But, then there is REALITY. You tried it. However, a few things to note: You conveniently left out the fact that in your original post, you mentioned NOTHING of MJ's talent. Instead, you said erroneously spoke for "most of us" (without naming who these "us" are but later you said you just meant your friends so, that makes sense?) by relegating Michael Jackson to one word: weirdo. Then, you proceed to imply that no one thought he was a genius until AFTER he died, which is deserves to go down in Pulse's funniest quotes of all time. So, there's that. My only messiah is Jesus Christ, so please don't presume anything different, especially based on one post defending the man. At least you decide to mention his talent that ANYONE can see. How charitable! No one is doubted that he was seriously fucked up though... Nothing is wrong with a white woman having sex with a Black man. I've had sex with enough white women to know that. My point was to say if you are going to reduce someone down to their base elements then...your queen shouldn't be exempt. I'm glad you are sympathetic to Michael. He's long dead so save your sympathy for the living. Just a piece of advice. For the record, I am not going after YOU, just your nonsensical post. You're just collateral damage. But yeah, enough of that. This is a Madonna thread after all. Whilst sailing last Saturday, I put on a playlist and Holiday, Celebration, and Borderline were all on it. Everyone loved them, especially those throwback jams. Regardless of how I feel about the woman as a person, she makes some damn good songs and occasionally, stellar albums. I'm definitely in the minority of people who prefer her latter-day (i.e. 2000s onward) output as full bodies of work. As a singles artist though in the 80s and 90s, she was top tier. I am intrigued by her next reinvention.
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Post by floridagrl on Jul 9, 2014 7:19:32 GMT -5
This is the outfit she wore to jury summons. Thanks to UKMix
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Jul 9, 2014 7:23:53 GMT -5
Damn girl! Talk about looking like a million bucks, LOL.
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Post by floridagrl on Jul 9, 2014 7:31:32 GMT -5
Literally, huh? LOL
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Post by Dammn Baby on Jul 9, 2014 9:49:43 GMT -5
I'd love for her to serve jury duty and bring her best Rebecca Carlson.
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Post by floridagrl on Jul 9, 2014 12:53:04 GMT -5
THE 10 MOST FAMOUS WOMEN TO HAVE EVER LIVEDWednesday, July 9, 2014Fame is not necessarily gender specific; men can be famous, women can be famous. But throughout time women have always beguiled the world, whether it was the infamy of Marie Antoinette or the other worldly aura of Maria Callas. Let's face it, fame is women's game. Here are our choices for the 10 most famous women that have ever lived. ELIZABETH I (1533-1603)She may not have been what we consider famous in today’s terms, but in her day every man wanted her and no doubt every woman wanted to be Elizabeth I of England. She was known throughout Europe as the Queen who would not marry, swatting away suitors from across the continent who were sent to woo the “Virgin Queen” but Elizabeth’s ambition had more to do with power and survival and less to do with love and courtship; a revolutionary shocking sentiment in the 17thcentury. Her longevity on the thrown suprised even her most powerful enemies and her influence become the inspiration for six centuries of poets, musicians, playwrights and artists defining an era. LUCILLE BALL as LUCY RICARDO (1911-1989)It is said that the two most recognizable faces the world over are that of Jesus Christ and Lucille Ball as Lucy Ricardo. Lucille’s big doe eyes and fiery red hair have graced the screens of televisions around the globe for more than 60 years and since the I Love Lucy show ended production in 1960 it has never really been off the air. To this day 40 million people still watch reruns of I Love Lucy in America alone. MARILYN MONROE (1926-1962)No Star has ever had a lasting impact like Monroe’s. Her glamorous façade and public appeal became a Studio’s gold standard creating a viable (and most importantly bankable) starlets of the 1950s. 50 years after her death she has managed to become more and more famous with every passing generation with a sense of nostalgic sadness of what could have been and utter joy of what really was. Marilyn’s legend lives on in photos and films from a life gone too soon. ELIZABETH II (1926-)From the very moment she was born she was famous. From her days as the dutiful and responsible young Princess Elizabeth of York to her ascension to the throne, Elizabeth II has literally been the symbol of the old and new House of Windsor. Her coronation pushed England to rearrange it’s attitude towards women in power and at the same time her growing public interested in her family groomed the Windsor dynasty to be figureheads of the monarch and thrust them into the public arena as celebrities in their own right with Elizabeth front and center. In the 60+ years she’s sat at atop the thrown Queen Elizabeth’s popularity ebbed and flowed with the scandals of her children, but in later years she’s seen a restoration of sorts and she has never been more popular. JACQUELINE KENNEDY-ONASSIS (1929-1994)Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis was American’s one and only Queen. She married into one of the country’s most celebrated political families and became fashion icon with her sense of easy 1960’s and 70’s demure style that spoke to masses. She was obsessed over by the paparazzi, especially after the assassination of her husband John and the later marriage to Aristotle Onassis that shocked the world. Like Diana, Princess of Wales, her fame was unwanted but expected and the world absolutely adored her. ELIZABETH TAYLOR (1932-2011)They don’t make movie stars in the vein of Elizabeth Taylor anymore. The one of a kind actress had the world in a trance from the moment she opened her violet eyes in her first film at the age of 10. Her love life notoriously over shadowed her work on film and it made her the topic of gossip all her adult life. Elizabeth’s fame might have even created the Paparazzi; her celebrity jet setting life was so on fire that photographers had to chase her down from global city to global city just to see what she was wearing or who she was with. Her grasp as Hollywood’s most fascinating heroine kept her in the public eye nearly 70 years. HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON (1947-)No other female politician in America has been as polarizing and as interesting (and arguably as accomplished) then the former First Lady, former Senator of New York and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. She’s been in the public eye for a little over two decades but the amount of she has accomplished in those years is impressive such as controversially spearheaded the first attempt at health care reform as first lady. OPRAH WINFREY (1954-)No other woman has taken control of her own life and career like Oprah. She’s a phenomenon that was born in a life of poverty and abuse, and as a child she escape into books, quenching her thirst for knowledge that would give her the strength to usurp the destiny that was laid out for her and create her own by challenging the social rules all around her. From that an empire was built from the ground up. Her influence is far reaching and long lasting. Not a day goes by where Oprah is not on a television. Her face has been seen on TV screen in close to 150 countries. MADONNA (1958-) No other female pop star has been able to revolutionize the way we look at pop music like Madonna has thanks to the millions of photographs & countless music videos that ruled the airwaves in MTV’s heyday. Her ability to morph her music into moving and musical pieces art is legendary and her hold on the public’s unwavering fascination is staggering. Long before the Britneys, Gagas, and Mileys there was Madonna. And although many came before her, the amount of fame Madonna has amassed in 30 years has the Guinness Book of World Records recording her as the greatest female artist in history…TWICE.[/b][/font] DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES (1961-1997)Diana’s fame was the kind that comes once in a life time, mostly because she had no idea what she was getting into when she became the Princess of Wales. Surly she expected that marring the future King of England would come with some public interest but her rise was so huge it over shadowed every single member of the House of Windsor the entire time she was member. Diana’s scandal ridden divorce and later her tragic death cemented her legacy as the most famous and photographed princess to have ever lived. popragtheblog.blogspot.com/
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 9, 2014 14:57:34 GMT -5
Mother Teresa could be up for top 10 contention. But, Madonna would be high up there, no doubt.
Just a note: that blog writer should have rephrased the Guinness Book thing- that book is not for the "greatest," but rather most successful (or something close to it). :)
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Post by floridagrl on Jul 9, 2014 15:13:21 GMT -5
Top-selling. But, it all boils down to the same thing. ;)
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Jul 10, 2014 11:21:24 GMT -5
Courtesy of UKMIX
According to CNN, Madonna is "arguably the most influential female recording artist of all time. Critical theorist Douglas Kellner described her as "a highly influential pop culture icon" and "the most discussed female singer in popular music."Bill Wyman, editor of Chicago Reader, describes Madonna as a "genuinely freakish figure in popular music.Marcel Danesi commented that "perhaps no one has understood the ambiguity of pop culture with regard to womanhood more than Madonna. William Langley from The Daily Telegraph noted that Madonna "remains a permanent fixture on every list of world's most powerful/admired/influential women.She is featured in the book 100 Most Important Women of the 20th Century, published by Ladies' Home Journal. In 2010, Time magazine included Madonna in the elite list of the "25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century", where she became one of the only two singers included, alongside Aretha Franklin. Additionally, Madonna has been as ranked 49th on the "75 Greatest Women of All Time" by Esquire Magazine.
Madonna also topped VH1's countdowns of "100 Greatest Women in Music" and "50 Greatest Women of the Video Era". She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 10, 2008—her first year of eligibility—for "influence and significance on rock and roll music". Madonna has sold more than 300 million records worldwide. Her worldwide commercial accomplishments have given her multiple Guinness World Records citations, including the title for the world's top-selling female recording artist of all time. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), she is the best-selling female rock artist of the 20th century.
In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked Madonna at number two, behind only The Beatles, on the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, making her the most successful solo artist in the history of American singles chart. Billboard editor Keith Caulfield declared in 2012: "She's the Queen of Pop and 'royalty on the Billboard charts'. The magazine also dubbed her as the top-touring female artist of all time. In 2011, Rolling Stone declared her as the all-time Queen of Pop and stated that "Madonna is a musical icon without peer. Rolling Stone wrote that "She became the first viral Master of Pop on history, years before the Internet was massively used." Madonna was everywhere; in the almighty music television channels, 'radio formulas', magazine covers and even in bookshops. A pop dialectic, never seen since The Beatles's reign, which allowed her to keep on the edge of tendency and commerciality. Within this theme, Laura Barcella in her book Madonna and Me: Women Writers on the Queen of Pop (2012) wrote that "really, Madonna changed everything the musical landscape, the '80s look du jour, and most significantly, what a mainstream female pop star could (and couldn't) say, do, or accomplish in the public eye.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 10, 2014 12:48:08 GMT -5
We know she's regarded as one of the greatest female artists/entertainers/cultural forces- that was never in question. :)
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Post by floridagrl on Jul 10, 2014 15:12:42 GMT -5
Can't hurt to repeat it! :)
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 11, 2014 10:06:48 GMT -5
Acclaimed Music will be updating its site soon. Lists that will be added to the site:
Songs 1. NME: 100 Best Songs of the 1980s 33. Like a Prayer
2. NME Best Songs of the 1990s 12. Vogue
3. NME: 100 Best Songs of NME's Lifetime 19. Like a Prayer
4. Slant: 100 Best Singles of the 1980s 43. Open Your Heart 28. Live to Tell 26. Into the Groove 16. Express Yourself 7. Like a Prayer
5. Consequence of Sound: 100 Greatest Songs of All Time 46. Like a Virgin
6. Porcys Best Singles of the 1990s 9. Vogue
7. "Theater van het Sentiment" yearly top 40 songs, 32 years in total. through 2000 (Netherlands) 1992: This Used to Be My Playground: No. 39 1998: No. 6- Frozen
8. Rolling Stone (Spain): The 50 Best Songs of the XXI Century (2013) 46. Hung Up
9. Indiespot - Las 1000 mejores canciones del siglo XXI (2009) 2005: Hung Up 2008: 4 Minutes
10. NME: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time 47. Like a Prayer 438. Material Girl
11. Will Hermes, Details: The 40 Records That Shook the World (1998) Like a Virgin
12. Radio 2's "Canon van de popmuziek" Like a Virgin
13. Steve Sullivan, Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings Live to Tell Like a Prayer Take a Bow
14. Arizona Republic: Madonna's 30 Best Singles
15. Cameron Adams/News Corp. Australia: Best Songs From the 100 Music Albums You Must Have in Your Record Collection Like a Prayer
16. Out: Gayest Songs of the 80s Into the Groove Express Yourself
17. Out: Gayest Songs of the 90s Secret Ray of Light (yes, baffling exclusion of "Vogue")
18. Freaky Trigger: 100 Greatest Songs 4. Like a Prayer 25. Into the Groove 99. Papa Don't Preach
Also- the site is expanding its database to something like 6,000-8,000 songs, and the following songs will be added: Burning Up Angel True Blue Causing a Commotion Deeper and Deeper This Used to Be My Playground Take a Bow Sorry
Albums 1. Slant: 100 Best Albums of the 1980s 20. Like a Prayer 33. Madonna 60. True Blue
2. Slant: 100 Best Albums of the 1990s 28. Erotica 47. Ray of Light 63. Bedtime Stories
3. Zeit (Germany) - 100 Modern Classics (2007) 94. Madonna
5. NME: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time 241. Ray of Light
6. Petridis: Albums of the Century Like a Virgin Like a Prayer
7. Cameron Adams, The 100 Albums You Must Have in Your Record Collection Like a Prayer
8. Entertainment Weekly: The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2013) Madonna 43. Madonna
9. The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock Like a Prayer
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Jul 11, 2014 13:31:15 GMT -5
^ Like a Prayer is everywhere. I would consider LAP has become her signature song.
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Post by Keelzit on Jul 11, 2014 13:40:08 GMT -5
Like A Prayer might be her signature song but for me it's only 3rd as her best song behind La Isla Bonita and Hung Up. I have yet to decide which one is my favorite MDNA tune between the 2 despite listening to them constantly for the last 9 years or so.
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Post by floridagrl on Jul 11, 2014 16:07:11 GMT -5
She has too many fantabulous songs to pick one as her best. At least I can't. :)
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Post by SHOOTER on Jul 11, 2014 16:46:40 GMT -5
For me, personally, it will always be Take a Bow.
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Post by cause_for_celebration on Jul 11, 2014 16:54:08 GMT -5
It's Vogue for me! Then probably Like A Prayer.
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Post by floridagrl on Jul 11, 2014 17:23:30 GMT -5
"Pray for Peace in the Middle East! #revolutionoflove #artforfreedom #humandignity" -Madonna Those are some awesome rings!!! She is the coolest chick alive!
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Jul 11, 2014 17:34:31 GMT -5
Her catalog of singles are so difficult to choose what is the best. Gone is a song that should have been a single from Music. I love her smooth clear vocals and simple combination of guitar and electro melody of Gone m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGxTeSb1VCk
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Post by floridagrl on Jul 12, 2014 5:41:04 GMT -5
I've been listening to Music on repeat lately. I agree, Jump, Gone is amazing. Her voice is so smooth and silky.
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