Sloane Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 The whole song are different loops playing backwards. The drums, the guitar...everything.....the loops are continuously being played backwards. My husband showed me how to do it on his keyboards. Everything is backwards except Madonna's singing and Charlotte Gainsbourg's speaking part. I didn't know this but makes sense. I've always thought it was one of her more interesting songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Yes, the song is great. And has anybody ever played it correctly? how does it sound???? It wouldn't sound right if you played it "forward", so to speak. It would only sound like the same repeating loops over and over again, because that's all the song is. ....only backwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pud Whacker Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 yes, i believe music is completely underrated. great from beginning to end and highly influential. 13 years later, i still hear those sounds in todays music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phineaspoe Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Bedtime Stories ---> Music ---> 13th Album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacHarris Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 Wow i forgot how amazing Runaway Lover is! Please that tune is sick ! Why on earth wasn't it released as a single? It's fuckin AMAZING!!! I need to listen to it again when i'm high on drugs !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 yes, i believe music is completely underrated. great from beginning to end and highly influential. 13 years later, i still hear those sounds in todays music. It hasn't aged! Especially the title track. It's so fresh. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I love her records! I'll put one on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwiggz Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I think it's underrated by the public but a little overrated among fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sambassile Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 (edited) Any official sales figures for Music? Did it reach the 12 million mark? I know that ROL sold few million copies more, but what is the actual gap between them ? 2 to 3 million ? I always believed that Music sold 12 million+ and ROL 15 million+ Edited November 5, 2013 by sambassile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugbyguy Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I believe Music was up around 13-15 million copies and Ray of Light closer to 16-17 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madonnasuperfan01 Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Now now, Runaway Lover and Amazing ARE underrated. YES!! It's probably my second favorite song on Music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horn Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 ROL 20m worldwide: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/150058.stm Music 15m worldwide: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1497113/Madonna-uses-secret-nightclub-focus-groups-to-pick-songs-for-new-album.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocalism Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I remember at the time not liking RL or Amazing very much bc they sounded like ROL outtakes and Mirwais' tracks were so much fresher and new. However, I did grow to like Amazing quite a bit and recently even rediscovered RL. I think I've grown to appreciate WO more as time goes on. I NEVER wanted her to work with him again, but his tracks are some of my favorites on MDNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Coffin Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 I listen to the "Music" demo all the time: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted November 24, 2013 Share Posted November 24, 2013 I'm really really really starting to like that "Do you like to tango?" bit. It's very cerebral, very worldly. Like no matter what dance you do or what culture you're from, we're all equal. It's the music that brings us together. It's very..., SPICE UP YO LYFE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madonnasuperfan01 Posted November 24, 2013 Author Share Posted November 24, 2013 I listen to the "Music" demo all the time: I love it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimos Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Inspired by the Miley Cyrus duet, I've just listened to the Music album for the first time in a long while. What a great album, still very fresh sounding! I've definitely underrated it in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sambassile Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I am also listenin to it now. Thanks Miley ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb19 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 I listened to it yesterday, and then went on to have a bit of a fieldday and listened to AL, COADF, HC and MDNA. I've never been a huge fan of Music... the production is quirky and solid, her vocals are beautiful, the mixing is good, the songwriting is lovely... but it doesn't work for me I can never get behind it. Though that said, I couldn't tell you why for the life of me. American Life on the other hand That album has aged magnificently. The flow is wonderful, the tracks beautiful at best, and jarring at worst: but I think the key difference is AL seeks to be jarring in every way, therefore even when the tracks jarring is unpleasant it's hardly unsuccessful. When Music is soppy and clichéd I think it's a failure because while she may have been trying for simple/classic she probably wasn't going for wet fish. *apologises for derailing thread* I think Music is rare in M's canon in that it is neither under nor overrated and is actually recognised solidly as what it is. The only other one of her works I can think that is viewed quite as fairly is Like a Virgin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulaAbdul Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 To be honest, it's my favorite album of hers. I don't know why! It's so random! But I just adore it! I think it's one of her most consistent albums thematically, sonically and quality-wise. I loooove it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryan Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 My 2nd fav album. Never gets old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crux Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 ADORE most of the album but I can't say i'm a fan of "Impressive Instant". I just don't understand the love for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 To be honest, it's my favorite album of hers. I don't know why! It's so random! But I just adore it! I think it's one of her most consistent albums thematically, sonically and quality-wise. I loooove it! what is the theme? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luluthecat Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I never even knew it was underrated until I came on to this forum. For me Like A Preyer, Ray of Light and Music are her only album that I love every single song on. Music is just perfect, I especially love how it's just 10 tracks each with it's own personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulaAbdul Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 what is the theme? Clearly her new and budding love affair with Guy Ritchie was a major theme on this album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 It's my favorite: absolute perfection. From the vocal bridge of Runaway Lover to the lyric imagery of WIFLFAG to the heartbreak of Gone, this album is flawless. Two of the biggest singles of her career, plus a third mid-sized hit. I suppose it might get overshadowed by LAP and ROL now, but in all honesty the back to back eras of ROL-Music constituted one of the largest chunks of Goodwill toward M. in her career. She was officially a legend, but also vital and current, holding court on the radio with the new acts of the day. The Music era was just as big for her as the ROL era. The album was Number One, the title track was HUGE, she had the best first week sales of her career, another slew of Grammy nods, uber successful appearance on MTV Europe Awards, Letterman performance, great reviews, made year-end lists in RS, Spin, and probably others I am forgetting. Lots of mag covers and general sense that she was amazing. Won some awards in the 2000 RS Readers Poll. The goodwill toward this album carried over for a few years, it made RS's Top 500 albums of all time and took position alongside ROL and LAP in the 1001 Albums You Must Listen to Before You Die book. I also remember Spin putting her on their list of the forty most vital artists in music during that period, and choosing DTM as the second best single of 2001, saying that no artist had ever released a song so great so many years after his/her first masterpiece, so really she was riding high all of 2000 and 2001, plus the Drowned World Tour! It may seem underrated by fans on here (?), but in the grand scheme of her career, I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluejean Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 It's not. Most people love it. Especially the lead single. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pabl0114 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 !!! I met a guy that told me than when music came out he would go home everyday get high and listen to the whole album lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaacHarris Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 he would go home everyday get high and listen to the whole album lol Thats me, now! Talk about foreshadowing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pabl0114 Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Thats me, now! Talk about foreshadowing the Music album, for real? I'm gonna have to see what is sounds like high. I used to do that with Hard Candy and Bedtime Stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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