Queen Bitch
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Is it downloads only? Still, doesn't detract from the fact that it's crap.
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So is this the first Take That single to miss the top 10? The song is really rather crap.
I'm surprised Menly C is doing so well.
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Madonna in *NON-FLUSH* non-shocker.
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EXCELLENT article.
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I'm just aghast that anyone could ever describe Live To Tell as "unecessary".
I agree UNANIMOUSLY.
That said, LIB being churned out (YET AGAIN
) is the song that I'm least looking forward to.I'm pleased I'm seeing her in a stadium this time; she's never quite lived up to the experience in areans, for me.
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well since you ask... yes they do indeed bother and have done for yonks. here's one example for you...
Kylie's Light Fantastic The Times (UK) August 1998
Kylie Minogue
Shepherds Bush Empire, London, W12
She may have spent most of the Nineties pursuing different musical directions with mixed results, but Kylie Minogue can still sell out three nights at a mid-sized London theatre with ease. Ten years into her pop career and at least seven since her teen pin-up heyday, the Australian starlet has proved less than convincing as a raunchy nymphet, moody indie siren and mature soul diva in recent years. But on Wednesday night, at her first London show for three years, she amalgamated all these fragmented identities into a single dazzling pop star persona.
Not that this 90-minute extravaganza was flawless entertainment. There were syrupy ballads and lumpen rockers galore, while the band indulged in rather too much superfluous instrumental bluster. But Kylie has finally arrived at that iconic level where it scarcely matters how good her music or her most recent album may be. She has become a brand name, part prototype Spice Girl and part cut-price Madonna. Having amassed a large enough repertoire for a solid variety show, and enough goodwill to ensure partisan full houses for years to come, she can afford to offer a winning combination of knowing self-parody and accessible pop glamour.
Having just turned 30, Kylie is not yet quite old enough to play the seasoned survivor and seen-it-all cabaret queen that she attempted to be for much of Wednesday's show. But her vocal limitations proved less apparent than they used to be and, like Madonna, she managed to mask her thin, often nondescript voice with musical diversity and brittle charisma. The brooding techno ballad Say Hey and the throaty flamenco serenade Take Me With You could almost have been borrowed from Maddy's recent songbook.
A giant, glittery letter K towered over the stage for most of the set. Half the time, it could equally have stood for kitsch as for Kylie, since the singer seemed to don a different garish outfit for each increasingly outlandish set- piece number. Flanked by two camp male dancers, the diminutive diva milked her status as a gay icon for all its worth with such obvious crowd-pleasers as Abba's Dancing Queen and her own retro disco pastiche Step Back In Time. Far more witty was a reworking of her debut chart-topping hit I Should Be So Lucky as a suave jazz serenade. This was not just an arch reclaiming of the singer's pop-puppet past but an assured, nuanced vocal performance too.
Kylie's tongue has never been so far in its cheek as it was on Wednesday, but she radiated an endearing warmth and good humour throughout. The show climaxed with her vintage hits Shocked and Better The Devil You Know, followed by a sultry encore reading of Confide In Me. These remain genuinely great pop songs by any standard, untainted by kitsch or irony. Having fled from her past for several years, Kylie Minogue seems finally to have accepted that there is no shame in being a pop star.
Funny how your CONVENIENTLY missed out the first part of the quote:
When POOR BRAVE KYLIE does one of her local tours, not only is she not declared the "best" at anything, but Madonna is invariably mentioned in nearly every review. Thankfully Madonna is compared to NO-ONE except herself (past tours) in hers.
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swings and roundabouts isn't it.
when kylie does a tour they herald her as the best too
We're not talking about some MINCING QUEEN who writes for BOYZ.
And never in their wildest dreams could TEAM POOR BRAVE KYLIE convince anyone with a statement like this:
And with regards to the set she "comes up with the basic idea and is involved from square one."
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When POOR BRAVE KYLIE does one of her local tours, not only is she not declared the "best" at anything, but Madonna is invariably mentioned in nearly every review.
Well any review of a POOR BRAVE KYLIE show certainly wouldn't culminate with a statement like this:
I confess I was impressed. No sign that Queen Madonna will be abdicating from her throne just yet.
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Still trying to figure out what Madonna's performance in Cardiff and reviews of said show have anything remotely to do with Kylie Minogue.
Nothing, that is until some CRETINOUS fan of BRAVE KYLIE decides to rear its UGLY head in the thread.
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I wonder if all the C-list celebs will be at the first London show like last time.
Have a good time Suedey.
I'm JEALOUS.
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Calls cost 25p. Mobile charges may vary (NO profits go to Madonna).
The go towards subsidising The Mirror's dwindling sales.
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Your losing a god bit of the pitch and all the seating behind the stage. I'm sure it will be classed as a sellout!
I remember wondering why there was always space at the back of Wembley Stadium when the shows were sold out and one of the security guys told me they had to have a cut off point, lower than the maximum capacity of a venue due to health and safety regulations.
What a AWFUL time it must be for the the fans of Brave Kylie reading all these glowing reviews proclaiming that there's no one close to being in Madonna's league.
I do like to say I TOLD YOU SO.
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GMTV ran a news report that she was booed because she didn't play an encore.
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Although she turns 48 on August 16 - she'll celebrate with thousands of fans at her gig in Earls CourtThe screams were deafening as she closed with Hung Up - and many fans shed a tear at the thought that this could be her last world tour.
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I can see Topaz's point about her borrowing obvious influences (this era has seen a lot of that, to be frank), but her use of the disco ball is in effect so utterly perfect for the opening that I really can't complain. Once again she's making something her own. Plus it's the most ambitious opening I've seen of her live (the last two tours she either came from the back behind fog or ascended from underneath the stage, which now seem like rather bland first appearances in comparison to that ball opening like a Lotus flower and her stepping out of it).
I've yet to see it live but from what I've seen of the clips I think it could even top Blond Ambition for as her most SPECTACULAR opening to date.
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Topaz, do you seriously believe that most fans aren't aware that Madonna pays homage/appropriates things from other acts? For years, she's talked about how she's inspired by art, other artists, etc. etc.
Madonna: We're all plagiarising!
Posted: 11 July 2006 - From contactmusic.com
Pop icon Madonna has no qualms about stealing ideas from other artists because she insists it's an acceptable part of the creative process. Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton have both been criticised recently for releasing songs that are reminiscent of Madonna's early hits, but she claims it's perfectly normal.
Madonna explains, '(Inspiration) is about paying attention. For instance, I saw David LaChapelles movie Rize, and it has incredible dancers in it. I found out who the dancers were and put them in my next video. I have an insatiable hunger and curiosity to find out about new things. Inevitably those things find their way into my work. I think that's what we do as artists and creative people - we're all plagiarising!'
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EXCELLENT PICS
UK Charts Midweeks
in ARCHIVE - Madonna
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I could have SWORN that was a top 10.
It was pointless releasing a third single from an album that's done so well.