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Post by Juanca on Oct 7, 2014 0:04:10 GMT -5
Nice review! There are several songs I like from that album. All the singles, IOM, Survival. I'm general it was an easy to listen album that sounded relaxing, well produced and good vocals from M. I think however that M started changing the sexualized image earlier: Rain was elegant, lush as a song and video. Same for I'll Remember...
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Post by @DjKingBee on Oct 7, 2014 11:10:55 GMT -5
BS WAS my fave album by M up until hard candy came out. Every song I live aside from BEdtime story which I was upset was a single lol survival should have been the single or Don't stop.
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Post by bat1990 on Oct 7, 2014 11:21:37 GMT -5
Good read about Bedtime Stories. I feel it is often forgotten amongst her catalog and not much is discussed about it.
It was the last of her back catalog I listened to, when my aunt found a CD copy in her attic and gave it to me for free, and I found myself enjoying it quite a lot.
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Post by seaguy27 on Oct 7, 2014 14:02:45 GMT -5
Bedtime Stories was a great album….BS the single while not a big hit was important to be released in my opinion. The video is a classic, the sound was forward thinking and showed how Madonna takes chances and I also think it sorta previewed the direction she would go in her next studio album "Ray Of Light".
I would love to also mention the song Sanctuary… I just love that song to this day!
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Post by Agent Yoncé on Oct 7, 2014 15:12:04 GMT -5
That was my favorite album from her from the 90's, & possibly just the ultimate one. That was a very nice review. Sad that some songs ('Survival', 'IRBYL') weren't released as singles.
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Post by bat1990 on Oct 7, 2014 15:24:49 GMT -5
That was my favorite album from her from the 90's, & possibly just the ultimate one. That was a very nice review. Sad that some songs ('Survival', 'IRBYL') weren't released as singles. Goddess, "I'd Rather Be Your Lover" is so great! It's always the first song to pop in my head when this album is mentioned, especially Meshell Ndegeocello's "Tell me what you want, tell me what you need"
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Oct 7, 2014 15:43:01 GMT -5
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Oct 7, 2014 16:13:54 GMT -5
That was my favorite album from her from the 90's, & possibly just the ultimate one. That was a very nice review. Sad that some songs ('Survival', 'IRBYL') weren't released as singles. Goddess, "I'd Rather Be Your Lover" is so great! It's always the first song to pop in my head when this album is mentioned, especially Meshell Ndegeocello's "Tell me what you want, tell me what you need" I loved the album version with Me'Shell, but I prefer the one with 2Pac on it.
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Post by floridagrl on Oct 7, 2014 17:20:50 GMT -5
Oh yeah. This is her primo video! How can you not love it?
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Post by JenkseyArt on Oct 8, 2014 11:41:25 GMT -5
Yes the one with Tupac is perfect. It should have been on the album, then made a single so we could have gotten a hot sexy video.
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Post by @DjKingBee on Oct 8, 2014 12:32:19 GMT -5
Yes the one with Tupac is perfect. It should have been on the album, then made a single so we could have gotten a hot sexy video. Agree 2 pac was in jail tho at the time after he recorded his verse but that collabo would have been smokin
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Post by Ling-Ling on Oct 8, 2014 12:42:24 GMT -5
Bedtime Stories is flawless IMO, I don't skip a single track (yep, I even rock to "Don't Stop," lol). Glad to see so many positive opinions of it on this board. Over the years I've seen so many fans sh*t all over it and call it one of her biggest sellout moments. But if the music is good, it's good, I don't give two sh*ts if she worked with Babyface/Dallas Austin/etc. when they were popular. The songwriting is incredibly strong and it still sounds fresh to me production-wise. I think Erotica and Bedtime Stories are both better than ROL.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Oct 8, 2014 13:01:18 GMT -5
Bedtime Stories is such a mysterious album. It was one of those that I just happened to be in the store and there it was. Totally caught me by surprise. I was like wow! a new Madonna album. The element of surprise like that just does not exist anymore.
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Post by bat1990 on Oct 8, 2014 14:17:11 GMT -5
Bedtime Stories is flawless IMO, I don't skip a single track (yep, I even rock to "Don't Stop," lol). Glad to see so many positive opinions of it on this board. Over the years I've seen so many fans sh*t all over it and call it one of her biggest sellout moments. But if the music is good, it's good, I don't give two sh*ts if she worked with Babyface/Dallas Austin/etc. when they were popular. The songwriting is incredibly strong and it still sounds fresh to me production-wise. I think Erotica and Bedtime Stories are both better than ROL. Madonna is one of the few artists who demands more from her producers, which in effect causes her albums to have her own sound no matter who she works with. e.g. Bedtime Stories, "You'll See," "What It Feels Like for a Girl," Confessions, Hard Candy, William Orbit tracks on MDNA not sounding like they were from 2000 Lesser Other artists instead just put some vocals over the generic sound of whichever producer with whom they are working.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 16:04:46 GMT -5
Bedtime Stories is flawless IMO, I don't skip a single track (yep, I even rock to "Don't Stop," lol). Glad to see so many positive opinions of it on this board. Over the years I've seen so many fans sh*t all over it and call it one of her biggest sellout moments. But if the music is good, it's good, I don't give two sh*ts if she worked with Babyface/Dallas Austin/etc. when they were popular. The songwriting is incredibly strong and it still sounds fresh to me production-wise. I think Erotica and Bedtime Stories are both better than ROL. Bedtime stories is a fav of mine. Erotica is probably my all time favorite. I totally loved when she shed that poppy image for a gritty/raw sound. Erotica the album has held up well with me. LOVE the years 90-95 from her!
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Oct 8, 2014 16:38:05 GMT -5
I actually like her 90's sound the least. Her 80's stuff is clearly #1, but I like her 00's sound a lot too.
80's 00's-present 90's
Tho Beautiful Stranger is probably her best 90's work and certainly steps up the decade a notch or two.
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Post by xxzion72xx on Oct 8, 2014 20:02:52 GMT -5
I loved her 90's voice and miss it even today. It was deeper and powerful and raw and she just belted out her songs with more energy. ...till this day her Oscar performance of " Sooner or Later" sends chills up my spine. The past 10 years she's seems to be singing like every note has to be perfect.
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Post by floridagrl on Oct 8, 2014 20:34:32 GMT -5
"This bird needs to fly! #livingforlove" -Madonna "When life backs you into a corner........,,,,,,,,,,,,,say F**k you corner" -Madonna Look at those arms!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2014 21:00:18 GMT -5
I actually like her 90's sound the least. Her 80's stuff is clearly #1, but I like her 00's sound a lot too. 80's 00's-present 90's Tho Beautiful Stranger is probably her best 90's work and certainly steps up the decade a notch or two. yes her 80s output was unmatchable
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Oct 8, 2014 21:13:28 GMT -5
I loved her 90's voice and miss it even today. It was deeper and powerful and raw and she just belted out her songs with more energy. ...till this day her Oscar performance of " Sooner or Later" sends chills up my spine. The past 10 years she's seems to be singing like every note has to be perfect. Her vocals from ROL and Evita are rich and powerful also, although I love her albums from all decades. COADF and ROL are my favorites.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Oct 8, 2014 21:48:28 GMT -5
Confessions and probably Madonna are my favs. I'm a sucker for that early sound.
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Post by seaguy27 on Oct 9, 2014 0:22:07 GMT -5
90s Madonna made me a fan…she was really interesting in the 90s. Her music was both commercial and not always super mainstream which I loved.
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Post by Juanca on Oct 9, 2014 9:36:38 GMT -5
There was NOTHING like living in the 80s and becoming a Madonna Stan (even when schoolmates would laugh at it and flaunt their Metallica or AC/DC cassettes as proof of real music ). So 80s Madonna is something else. It's not only an artist era, it's a part of history, it's a complex multilayered feeling encompassing surprise, hope, reassurance, Joy, pride, defiance, ecstasy, vengeance, anger, happiness and many more :) 90s Madonna was more of reassurance and pushing the boundaries of what used to be defined as Madonna and I love that aspect of that decade. But it was the expansion of an already large and solid career. Madonna doesn't sang? You heard Like a prayer and still think that? How about the songs from Evita?! Or You'll See? Or Ray of Light?! Ok? Shut up then! Madonna is not that good of a stage performer? Haven't you seen the Like a Virgin performance? Don't believe that? How about Sooner or Later at the oscars? Or the duet with Babyface? Or the emotional performance of You Must Love Me? Madonna is mainstream-y, easy pop music? Let's give some songs that could be sung by Bjork or Lorena McKennit or even Blur! Anyway. Enough rant :)
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Oct 9, 2014 10:39:22 GMT -5
Heartbreak City sounds great! Hopefully there are a lot of dark tracks, cuz "Dark Madonna" is the best.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Oct 9, 2014 11:19:41 GMT -5
Ray of Light is an exquisite album, and is deserving of being one of her most acclaimed works (along with LAP). But, of course, The Immaculate-Collection era reigns supreme.
I like Bedtime Stories- a bit more than Erotica, even though the latter was a braver, more daring release.
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Oct 9, 2014 12:52:21 GMT -5
Heartbreak City sounds great! Hopefully there are a lot of dark tracks, cuz "Dark Madonna" is the best. This sounds very promising. Hope it's true. From DrownedMadonna Exclusive details on Madonna Heartbreak City We are excited to reveal some details on Madonna‘s Heartbreak City, a stunning new track that will blow you away! Heartbreak City has changed during the creative process. It started as a piano ballad, it then had a more dance imprint, and now it is a different kind of ballad. It is very industrial and it sounds like it came from a dark, comic book movie. It is a new Madonna, even if it is very Madonna. You can barely realise that it was co-produced with Avicii. As also The Sun reported, in Heartbreak City, Madonna talks about the end of a relationship, but it is not clear if it is about Brahim Zaibat or Guy Ritchie. “You tore me into pieces, you didn’t have no damn reason,” sings Madonna. "You had a few secrets / I was never told /Now everyone’s talking / And I’m the last to know." Madonna‘s voice is angry and very strong! Definitely, you are going to love it, especially when she sings “I’m in the middle of Heartbreak City.” And most of all, there is no vocal effects! But you will be impressed also by the choir, that is someway used also as an instrument. We can describe it as quite operatic. In Heartbreak City, it’s the first time Madonna sings about regret. "I curse the day we met / Your memory is haunting me / I wish I could forget." Heartbreak City deserves to be included in her upcoming album. We also think that it should be a single. Click here to read what we previously wrote about Heartbreak City. Keep in mind that the song can change again and there is not a tracklist yet.
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Post by floridagrl on Oct 9, 2014 21:48:52 GMT -5
"I applaud my Sons desire to express his outrage by posting footage of ISIS on instagram. Humans are becoming numb to this violent imagery. He is saying our problems are nothing compared to whats going on around the world. Freedom Fighting is in his blood. Lets pray for PEACE! #rebelheart #livingforlove" -Madonna Her kids will carry on her humanitarian legacy.
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Post by August on Oct 10, 2014 7:22:52 GMT -5
This is Madonna last week in NYC. I have to say, whenever she calms down with the plastic surgery / injections and lets her face settle she starts to look like herself again and looks younger. She needs to chill for a bit because I think she looks so good and young here.
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Post by music89 on Oct 10, 2014 10:11:48 GMT -5
Alicia Keys Talks About Working On The New Madonna Album
Alicia Keys, confirmed last month after Madonna posted an Instagram (naturally!) giving the songstress a shout out. And now, Alicia’s starting to speak out about the collaboration.
In a new interview with Vibe, the talented R&B diva spilled on working on Madge’s latest, and how it all came to be: “It was good. I was in here doing a meeting or something and she was working with Diplo. They were like, “Oh, maybe you can play some piano on this thing.” And I was like, “Alright. I’ll try. If you hate it you can take it off.” It was just like that, casual and cool,” she explains. Casual and cool, indeed!
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Post by Carlitoz on Oct 10, 2014 10:21:41 GMT -5
Thanks for the article, jumpb4! I love the part that says "You can barely realise that it was co-produced with Avicii." I'm SO tired of his sound in SO many songs on the radio. That same bouncy electronic thing he puts in all his songs is getting so old. One or two songs is fine, but so many (and so many other clones around doing the same thing) is too much. I would hate for Madonna to release a song like that. She needs to come up with something new for mainstream and not a song like the one Avicii did with coldplay for example.
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