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59 minutes ago, lasky said:
Would be great to have it permanently but financially, who would keep it running?
The same company that runs the other stations: Sirius XM. They get paid subscribers, and I assume they also have limited advertising revenue (but I don’t know, because I’m not a subscriber).
As pointed out earlier in the thread, there are other stations dedicated to one artist. Madonna’s certainly worthy of it, and her repertoire is varied and eclectic enough that it really wouldn’t be a monotonous listening experience.
I’ve never wanted to pay for radio — but a dedicated Madonna channel with rarities would make me consider it, I’ll say that.
If your original question, lasky, was getting at whether Madonna’s catalogue is more expensive to broadcast — which is entirely possible — I apologize that I can’t really speak to that. Might be why this is a limited-time thing — for the cross promo factor, perhaps Madonna is allowing more of her catalogue to be played for a reduced amount or something. But the royalties go to the writers, so she’s not the only party to be paid...
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Why is there a bar code in the bottom left corner of the artwork on that T shirt?
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19 minutes ago, Je5u5 said:
Maybe it's a case of serendipity and @ITG's friend has to find the person that has the matching 2 discs 2 edition as he/she will be the one.
"You complete me my album".
Madame X is a match maker.
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5 hours ago, ITG said:
My mate got the clear vinyl and it has 2 disc 1's! No disc 2.
I haven't opened mine to check.
3 minutes ago, Je5u5 said:Megarare special edition
Queen of Double A-sides!!
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Maybe I Rise was remixed specifically because of Pride — she wanted it to be a Pride anthem, she said ... and it got a video (from TIME) ... so, yes, the approach has been very unusual. That means of the five promo/preview tracks, Future is the only one that didn’t get a video! (Medellín, I Rise, Crave, and Dark Ballet all received a video treatment.) And yet we know Future even had a remix, yes? Because she posted it to her IG with a visual recycled from a Klein-helmed MDNA Skin commercial. So ... super weird this era has been in terms of “singles” and what gets a video, what gets remixes, etc.
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2 minutes ago, bardo said:
the fact that m herself didn't mention it on instagram is very strange. even nuno hasn't mentioned it. maybe there's a reason? should we ask him?
Yes, very strange indeed. Maybe Nuno would answer! He was on here when that unfortunate leak happened with the unfinished Crave video...
M did make reference to it in different interviews, so it seems even more mysterious/curious that she wouldn’t be mentioning it now when it’s “out there” for fans (not only media as an exclusive access thing)
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Agreed @I Don’t Search I Find and @smirnoff_ice ... This is a real head scratcher. Something seems really strange about that to me ... like there’s more to the story somehow.
I keep wondering every now and then what the “surprise” is that has been rumored a couple times. How M herself told people “it’s just the beginning” when there was some negative feedback about the limited nature of the MX theatre tour ... just makes me wonder. This lovely doc feels short — yet also too long to just be a teaser for a full-length feature. So I don’t know. Quite bewildering.
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1 hour ago, Nonoka said:
You guys remember this small clip from the Apple Music Interview back in April?
We never got to see more of it, and I was wondering if they're ever going to show sth more...well, I checked on Apple Music now and they have put up two more clips. One she's talking about Dark Ballet and in the other one she gets asked which previous era was Madame X inspired by the most (hint, she doesn't give a clear answer haha) I can't link but just check it out for yourself if you've subscribed there
Thanks, Nonoka! If anyone goes and participates in the “Today at Apple” Music Lab where you can remix Crave, there was a brief intro which was taken from this interview, too. It doesn’t sound like it’s the same as the two clips you mentioned, either.
So odd how this has been segmented and cut into very short clips without sharing more widely...
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18 minutes ago, Ai Papi Si. said:
American Life (from the clips) wasn’t a total awkward failure as it usually tends to be, but I still wish she went with a better song.
OTHER THAN THAT, TOTALLY BRILLIANT.
Puts the era back on solid footing. She needs to put this on YouTube. NEEDS TO.
That was my private reaction to AL, as well — and I really liked the song when it came out. The rap never felt as awkward to me as I know it was to others... except for the last couplet, which always haunted me a bit. (Part of me wondered if it was *all* semi-autobiographical, or if there was also a bit of a disembodied voice of modern American life, which was de-spiritualized. I’m getting too off topic, but I know someone else recently said that line in the rap was the only cringe-inducing part for them.)
I know there could be a lot of second-guessing. I might have picked “Express Yourself” for the message ... but clearly M wants to amplify other messages at the moment, and that’s her right and I don’t question it. I happily receive what she is sharing. That was just my own thought — but it’s always a good thing Madonna goes her own way.
Also, I echo others — the typewriter percussion for Vogue was great. From the moment I heard her choreographer say things about the typewriter and Vogue, I started hearing those typewriter sounds in the intro — they worked in just like I imagined! Love it!
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6 minutes ago, karbatal said:
The instrumental has the speech too.
About the instrumental I wish it had kept the backing vocals like the GLORIOUS instrumental of TUTBMP.
Thanks, karb!
That is too bad about the speech on the instrumental... But that also means a version without the intro speech has to exist. I remember hearing the opening chords of I Rise during the GLAAD Awards and, for a second, thinking it was Ghosttown. (Anyone else notice a similarity in the chord progression there? And the muted instrumentation even sounds similar — it’s just that it’s under the speech, so it’s harder to hear.)
I agree with you, karb, that it’s lovely to hear the background vocals in an instrumental sometimes! Esp. TUTBMP!! A fave for me. It’s just lovely to hear her voice (and others sometimes), which are buried in the mix a bit, brought out of thr shadows and allowed to shine. The harmonies are often exquisite. A cappella tracks are good for that, too. (I think of the outro/coda on Secret when I think of lovely M harmonies in background vox.)
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2 hours ago, Je5u5 said:
What we need is an Emma Gonza-less version of the album version.
I believe it may exist ... when she was introduced at the GLAAD Awards, “I Rise” began to play, and I don’t recall hearing the quote at the beginning.
Of course, now that we know there is an instrumental on the B side of the 7” in the box set, I suppose it could be the instrumental version. Maybe someone who has been able to listen to the box set 7” can confirm...
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I think I’m subconsciously trying to save some things to enjoy when the era slows down. I feel like we got so much quickly once the album was announced. An embarrassment of riches! I don’t deserve her!
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12 minutes ago, Shaun said:
@peter all three album booklets are different and the original (non-darkened) spy pic appears in one of them.
Ah, thanks. I didn’t open a standard one yet — I must have forgotten the deluxe one... Just saw the darkened one on her IG today and was reminded about it.
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3 minutes ago, Mooncrown11 said:
That was one of my favorite parts! I already loved that song and this made it even more powerful for me.
Absolutely! Agree!
Loved your previous post, too. Agree it went by so quickly — hope there is more somehow.
I do wonder about the “handmaid” look as some have called it — and the “spy” look (blonde wig, sunglasses, trench) — and the blue dress look where we only see her back...
The others it seems we have seen in videos and have been used more ... accordion and sax were featured heavily in this doc and were even used for tour promo images. But I’m curious about the under-used ones. (The “spy” look popped up as a hologram at the BBMAs, of course, but I am really shocked it hasn’t been used more, seeing as that is pretty core to the Madame X title and purpose. Was even more shocked how her face is darkened in shadow and not visible in the 2CD 32-page booklet. Like ... I get it. Mystery — you don’t really know her identity. But she is so gorgeous in that photo. Really — the only place to get it is on a T shirt or a hoodie? Come on!)
Sorry ... I realize I am sounding really whiney lately! You’d think she hadn’t been feeding us or something!
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So ... my only disappointment here is that we had heard rumors that all of the footage being shot this year was for something “long form” ... so, this was it. I thought “long form” might be longer (think ToD or IGTTYAS) ... or else a full visual album.
Not saying in any way that I am disappointed in this result ... I am just trying to come to a point of peace in accepting this may have been the last of the visuals ... unless we do get the “batukadeiras by the ocean” video and Faz Gastoso is filmed. (However, the latter is still rumor and the former could very well be for tour backdrop visuals at this point — we really don’t know.)
We have been SO spoiled this era already. It is just going to be difficult to accept when the goodies stop being delivered, you know? Hope I am not sounding ungrateful — I am SO SO grateful. But it’s just my brain’s way of trying to prepare for famine as it appears the feast may be winding down. (Think of the opening of ToD when she is speaking about the end of the BAT. “I just hope I’m in a safe place when it happens.”)
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1 minute ago, Candyperfumeboy said:
Really great. Most excited for the possible Come Alive video, if it exists. Based on the documentary, this is the look from that video if it exists.
That was her birthday celebration in Morocco. I think they used those images as B roll when she spoke about Come Alive because the percussion instrumentation is from northern Africa (where Morocco is). So the images relate to the percussion used on the track. I doubt there is a standalone video for it, though — as much as I would love a video for Come Alive!
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I enjoyed this so much — thanks to fans here for bringing it to our attention! Yes, it’s odd no one is officially announcing this, but perhaps they will in time. I, too, wish there were more, but I think it was fascinating nonetheless. Loved it.
I wrote a five-star review on Amazon. There were only 15 reviews before me, and they, too, were five-star reviews. I marked the others as “helpful,” as well.
I wonder if this was part of any EPK (electronic press kit)...? Didn’t she ask several journalists if they’d already seen this work by Nuno? Makes me think this was available to the media in advance. Perhaps not, though.
Yes, I want this on a DVD with the music videos as part of (yet another) special edition. (Really, a DVD should have been in the box set!)
I like that she addressed appropriation and said “art belongs to everyone,” and called it an homage.
I also liked her explaining the percussion instrument in Come Alive was created by emancipated slaves — turning the very thing that formerly imprisoned them into an instrument of music. And how this was important to her, and she wanted to use that sound on the record because of that. So beautiful — and so appropriate for her as an artist, no? That has been a theme of her entire career — celebrating freedom and liberation.
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26 minutes ago, Flip The Switch said:
That’s I Don’t Search I Find.
“Yeah I found you..”
Good ear. I keep hearing Mirwais say, “I knew she wouldn’t wait...”
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On 6/26/2019 at 11:42 PM, peter said:
I don’t remember if it had it’s own thread, but that “Today at Apple” Music Lab: Remix Madonna thing is going on now ... There were five sessions at different Apple stores in the Pittsburgh area when I checked. I can only make one of them work, but I signed up for it! If they’re doing it in Pittsburgh, I am sure other cities are doing it, too.
I think it’s a little weird this isn’t a bigger “thing” getting pushed by Apple. She tagged Apple Music, but if you go to their IG account, there’s no post about this. I had to Google “Today at Apple” and scroll way down to find this.
Glad I was able to enroll/make a reservation. Hope this mention encourages other fans to check out this opportunity. (I hope there’s a way to keep what we make — and I hope the visuals are a part of the finished remix!)
Well, I did this tonight. They do play a clip from that Beats One Apple interview where Madonna speaks.
Just like they promoted, you get to remix Crave in their app, GarageBand. It is a little complex if you’ve never used the app before (and I hadn’t).
There was only one other person registered for this, and he was there because he’d participated in another “Today at Apple” event, then learned of this one.
I’d say it was worth it for the opportunity to put on some headphones and basically listen to Madonna’s isolated vocals — like an a cappella version of Crave. So lovely.
Eveything is broken down that way — her vocals, his vocals, guitar, synth drums, and synth bass. The song structure is sort of like this:
Intro
Chorus A
Chorus B
Verse
Chorus A
Chorus B
Verse (Swae feature)
Breakdown
Chorus A
Chorus B
Outro
All in all interesting.
Down side? The instructor told me most labs like this send you home with something — but, he said, because Madonna’s Madonna, they couldn’t give us any of her stuff. I said I understood — I do get it — and I said I bought the album, so I wouldn’t need to take anything, anyway. But that was before we’d done anything.
It was mesmerizing to see her looping (the red tint footage of her she posted on IG a while back) — it was on almost every screen in tbe Apple store. Gorgeous.
If you have an opportunity to register for one of these labs near you, go! Listen to Madonna’s voice in isolation!! (It’s free!!)
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4 minutes ago, jamesshot said:
I interpreted the children singing and the coffins as those being the coffins of kids, not of the nightclub goers.
I think this is quite possibly correct ...
As the timeline works backward, toward the end of the video (which would be early in the chronological sequence), one or both of Madonna’s characters is/are seeing on the television about a school shooting in Arizona ... this is possibly what is inspiring the brunette Madonna to compose at the typewriter. And then the shooting at the disco/club happens. Possible that the coffins are from the school shooting referenced before the disco shooting.
It’s like Gertrude says in Hamlet: “One woe doth tread upon another’s heel, so fast they follow.”
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I don’t remember if it had it’s own thread, but that “Today at Apple” Music Lab: Remix Madonna thing is going on now ... There were five sessions at different Apple stores in the Pittsburgh area when I checked. I can only make one of them work, but I signed up for it! If they’re doing it in Pittsburgh, I am sure other cities are doing it, too.
I think it’s a little weird this isn’t a bigger “thing” getting pushed by Apple. She tagged Apple Music, but if you go to their IG account, there’s no post about this. I had to Google “Today at Apple” and scroll way down to find this.
Glad I was able to enroll/make a reservation. Hope this mention encourages other fans to check out this opportunity. (I hope there’s a way to keep what we make — and I hope the visuals are a part of the finished remix!)
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2 minutes ago, Shaun said:
It’s used incorrectly. It would be one thing if it were used as an adjective and read “It’s an everyday occurrence.” Instead, it reads “It’s happening everyday.”
Right! This.
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^ Well, it doesn’t help that many formats of the album were not available in the U.S. In order to source the box set or the 2CD version, U.S. fans had to resort to imports, which don’t contribute to chart success in the U.S. I was thinking perhaps that was part of the delayed release date to June 21 on Amazon U.S. originally, but now it’s pushed back by almost a month, and I still doubt those sales will track in the U.S. charts, anyway.
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6 minutes ago, reQuiem4adream said:
Not trying to be a grammar police here. But the use of everyday is correct. Everyday as adjective doesn’t mean things happen every single day, but rather happen very often. Correct me if I’m wrong.
It’s one word “everyday” (adjective) versus two words “every day” (adverbial phrase).
So gun violence is an everyday occurrence in the U.S. ... but gun violence occurs every day in the U.S.
The English language is odd, I know. But that’s how it is supposed to be.
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