cosmic_system Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBJMy7nfu_s I know, the ROL vocal performance is her WORST EVER LIVE VOCALS PERFORMANCE ON TV EVER but I LOVE the set and the look and the dancing!Good times!I don't actually remember bad press for it (I'm surprised..I mean she was REALLY BAD ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip The Switch Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I really enjoyed this performance, the vocals were awful, she noticed later that she needed backup singers for the chorus but I think it was the first time that I was watching her performing the song LIVE. I was a bit surprised she didn't sing Frozen. Love her energy, the dancers, her outfit (you could see her nipples ) and of course, Lenny Kravitz. She stole the night. What a great year in music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrapple Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 horrifying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pud Whacker Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 http://www.youtube.c...h?v=yBJMy7nfu_s I know, the ROL vocal performance is her WORST EVER LIVE VOCALS PERFORMANCE ON TV EVER but I LOVE the set and the look and the dancing!Good times! I don't actually remember bad press for it (I'm surprised..I mean she was REALLY BAD ) love it. i remember her talking to the press afterward (in some mag), they were trying to let her have it and she said, "who cares? it was only the MTV music awards" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnox Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I listened to the full Ray of Light album for the first time in ages at the weekend and forgot how much I loved it. Even Shanti sounded great after so long. And I loved this performance - such great fun with old Lenny as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I love the outfit and the Henna. It's gorgeous. I love it when she wears formal clothing and a slim fitting top. She has like perfect body proportions. The vocals are actually great where they are great, the badness come from her inexperience singing ROL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ursaminorjim Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 She's never looked or felt as middle-aged before or since. Or as totally unsexy. It's...uncomfortable. That said, the vocals aren't as awful as everyone insists (although they're far from great). And still - what songs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonluvsmaddy Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 She also said of it "I could sing or I could dance: I chose to dance." The best quote about it (which made me pee a little) was Michael Musto writing in the Village Voice and referring to "The Ray of Light death yodel." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic_system Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 She's never looked or felt as middle-aged before or since. Or as totally unsexy. It's...uncomfortable. That said, the vocals aren't as awful as everyone insists (although they're far from great). And still - what songs! I'm sorry but how can you say they weren't awful.She's just out of tune most of the time and god she sounds like a cat dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnox Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 She's not quite that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveBoxx Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 love it. i remember her talking to the press afterward (in some mag), they were trying to let her have it and she said, "who cares? it was only the MTV music awards" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic_system Posted February 10, 2010 Author Share Posted February 10, 2010 Ok, she has deaf fans.Now I know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnox Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Pardon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neutrocks Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 The bad singing is simply over shadowed by the production, energy and performance. I'm sure most people that night thought at the show... "WTF is this Shanti/Ashtangi shit" when first singing. And she sounded pretty good singing at this point. If she left the show with just that song, I'd expect she'd probably been ridiculed for performing such a eccentric song. Then with Lenny coming on stage, rockin' it out. Madonna wearing a tight white wife beater where she was shaking her tits all over the place where she INDEED came off very sexy, blew people away. It was like one huge party by the end. Anyway, aside to the vocals, it was one hell of a performance on her part. I loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnox Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I'm with you, Neutrocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen Bitch Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I remember wondering how this would have evolved into a full blown performance for the tour she was planning for 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip The Switch Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I remember wondering how this would have evolved into a full blown performance for the tour she was planning for 1999. If you think the ROL performance of the DWT its almost the same. The dancers, the screens with the video and of course her energy (with better vocals tho ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acko Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I remember right after the show all the attendees were citing the great performances of the evening & no one mentioned Madonna...EXCEPT Kurt Loder anyway an alternate edit with the Oprah vocals : http://www.danoramaproductions.com/danorama.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 Don't forget the CONTROVERSY afterward. A Hindu group was protesting that she was using their religious imagery and wearing religious symbols on her head and hands when she then was bumping and grinding with Lenny and wearing that kind of shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIRTY PIG Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 yes she sounded (in parts) FUCKING AWFUL...but she was so cool that night, she was weird with a pure rock n roll attitude and i remember the press the next day were blown away with the performance saying how amazing it was. and it was. she looked so cool with her nips out and black hair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 HER BEST PERFORMANCE EVER!!!!! And her vocals are not that bad!!! She looked so sexy during this performance, and was having alot of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ursaminorjim Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I'm sorry but how can you say they weren't awful.She's just out of tune most of the time and god she sounds like a cat dying. Granted - the song's just out of her range, and she can't control her voice that high so it sounds pinched. And overall she's sharp. But it's not unlistenable. Sure, there are some moments that are totally cringe-inducing, but it doesn't sound like the Linda McCartney tape or anything. Of course, it's no coincidence that she lowered the key for her live shows after this. As for the performance...no comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Coffin Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 LOVE this performance with every fibre of my being. THAT is how "Ray of Light" should be performed, fuck the guitar really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 One of the all time worst. Sorry. Only Madonna could have gotten away with a performance like this. Anyone else it would have been a near career ending performance for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 love it. i remember her talking to the press afterward (in some mag), they were trying to let her have it and she said, "who cares? it was only the MTV music awards" Find this! Thats classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Coffin Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 "Ray of Light" at the MTV VMAs = Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genevieve Vavance Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 I too remember watching it live on TV, how time flies lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcutter Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 but it doesn't sound like the Linda McCartney tape or anything. Oh my. That was BAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingvirtue Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 vocals are fine enough. The only thing I don't like about the performance is the lack of choreography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples388 Posted February 10, 2010 Share Posted February 10, 2010 As she once said herself, Definitely one of the all time worst! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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