Roland Barthes
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No, Reebok AND Nike actually
Madonna Gets the Boot Again, This Time From Reebok- EmailShare
Reebok has stopped holding its breath for "Breathless" Madonna.
The rock star, who plays the sensual Breathless Mahoney in the film "Dick Tracy," was dropped late Tuesday as a spokeswoman for the athletic shoe maker even before filming a single commercial. Reebok and Madonna, 31, had previously agreed to--but not signed--a contract that would reportedly have paid her nearly $6 million.
"Madonna's availability and our need to get her weren't a mesh," said Bernadette Mansur, Reebok's vice president of marketing communications. "We needed to get some benefits out of it to continue with the deal."
For Madonna, who is currently on a world tour that has received mixed reviews, the Reebok action must bring feelings of deja vu. Last year, Pepsi signed a $5-million endorsement contract with Madonna but aired her spot only once before yanking it from the U.S. market. The commercial was being confused by some consumers with her "Like a Prayer" music video that featured religious imagery that some found offensive. Pepsi later pulled out from sponsoring Madonna's planned U.S. tour.
At the same time, suits and countersuits have been filed between Nike and Madonna. Representatives for Madonna claim the singer and Nike had signed a $4.25-million endorsement contract for which she was never paid. And in May, her song "Hanky Panky" was banned from some radio stations that received objections to lyrics like these: "Some guys like to sweet talk and others like to tease. Tie my hands behind my back and ooh, I'm in ecstasy."
Madonna, her manager and publicist were all out of the country and unavailable for comment.
A Pepsi spokesman declined to comment on the company's short-lived experiment with Madonna. But spokesman Tod MacKenzie said, "Any time you get involved with a personality of that stature, there's always the risk of the unknown."
One consultant who matches celebrities with sponsors said she is not surprised by the latest snafu between Madonna and Reebok. "Between her films, her concerts and her love affairs, I'm sure there would be a problem with most advertisers," said Noreen Jenney, president of Woodland Hills-based Celebrity Endorsement Network. "It takes a very special advertiser to take these kinds of risks."
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"Dick Tracy" was not the reason for the tour's postponement: Madonna signed on to play Breathless Mahoney in December 1988.
The Pepsi deal -- including Pepsi's sponsorship of the "Like a Prayer World Tour" -- was announced in January 1989. The tour was simply said to be "later" that year. Obviously it never happened, and Blond Ambition was announced in November 1989.
I believe the tour was postponed / canceled due to a lack of sponsors. No one wanted to end up as the next Pepsi -- paying her millions only to get tarred and feathered by the religious right after her next controversy.
Disney/Touchstone gave money for the tour hence why there was a whole dick tracy section in it, that was the deal. I bet they did not know about the nature of the show. Pioneer sponsored it too hence why we never had a proper video release because of rights being acquired by the company exclusively for i can't remember how many years.
Reebok was rumoured to be involved until the deal was called off.
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If somebody has the french Glamour issue from may 1990 with M & Gaultier on the cover and can scan the Gaultier diary (a diary on their collaboration from the moment Herb Ritts called him on behalf of Madonna in october of 1989) we could settle this for good because if i remember well he talks about the brunette vs blond thing and why she finally toured as a bond.
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another rarely seen sketch from the french glamour issue with M & Gaultier on the cover :
More from the same issue (don't pay attention to the Pepsi & 84 pics they were added by me in my teen M scrapbook^^)
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You're welcome.
It's in this interview that Gaultier says that the only song that was scrapped at the last minute was "La isla bonita" and so were the costumes he made inspired by his
"skeletor collection". Sadly i did not keep the whole interview, just the cover and sketches. Oh and the sketch with the stocking suspenders were for the back up singers. Now picture Niki Harris in this outfit.Here's the Thierry Perez sketch (he used to make them for Gaultier & Vogue as well as that infamous SEX book party invit). This one was for the cover of a french magazine in 94 if i remember well.
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i remember people being so disappointed with the promo shows. first time i saw M fans angry. the livestream showed her in that trainer outfit and those arm socks if I'm not mistaken.. i liked 4 mins and remember it got a pretty good reception. just not with some of those coadf fans
Really ? It was awesome at the Olympia in Paris. I'm gay and i couldn't take my off her smooth milky white breasts. And those boots are everything. It was too short though but it was just a FREE apetizer for sTicky & Sweet after all.
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10 years ago i shared the sketches on DrownedMadonna forum but since i didn't have a scan i took pics of them. I recently stumbled upon these phone pics with my nails showing so i decided to scan them properly after going to my mom's to get them.
They are early sketches made by Gaultier and published by french daily newspaper Libération on the day the Blond ambition tour hit Paris. He wanted her to shower on stage.
Enjoy :
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Hard Candy is the first record Demo Castellon worked on explaining the thin nasal vocals. We must petition to have him fired before he ruins another album.
If i could go back in time i'll add "Take it back" and "Take a day" on the album ^^
I love Candy Shop but it's too long. The Rebel Heart edited version is a lot better and punchier (not repeating the first verse at the end completly unleash the energy of the track)
4 Minutes : i can't stand the Timbaland ad libs in the intro and outro. The voice is awful. It sounds robotic. Would have been better with real horns. Would have been EVEN better as a duet with Michael Jackson instead of a wannabe.
Heartbeat : is a nice electro funk track about losing yourself into dancing
Give it to me : is wonderful BUT there's something missing, i don't know what it is. It's an anthem but she does not sing it as an anthem, she does not give her all.
Miles away is perfect, i only miss the round bass from the demo produced by Danja
Incredible : I adore the second part of the song, love the part where she sings harder (i remember when), love the verses, absolutely HATE the chorus.
She's not me : perfect
Dance 2night : THAT BASS ! Even more than 4 minutes it should have been a duet with Michael Jackson, it screams "Off the wall" era
Spanish lesson : i love it but it should have been edited to a 3 minutes tops track.
Devil wouldn't recognize you : i adore this song but i hate the production. I never listen to the album version but i listen to the accoustic version made with steam made by Jorge. I hate hate hate the production on this one, it made a fantastic track generic. Basic.
Voices : The distortion and added phoned in lyrics ruin it. I like "Is this love : bon d'accord" way better.
Beat goes on : Fantastic !
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There's no stopping this woman. <3
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I adore this Tisci dress
and the S&S tour version too.
It must have been a grueling time for her. Right on the tracks of being universally criticized for saving David, turning 50, Christopher book, wanting to move back to New York, menopause, editing her movie, finishing the album and most of all being in the middle of a divorce, trying to hide it as much as possible plus rehearsals. It's not a perfect album and it's not a perfect era but she was such a trooper and she went through it with panache. Everything was against her.
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Did somebody mentionned that the (supposed) studio version of Candy Shop rebel heart tour leaked ?
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^ Good catch!
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I'm dying for somebody to leak the stems of Take a Bow so someone out there could make an orchestral version of it. The "asian" strings are gorgeous.
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Demo 4 not 1 Bill d'amour
It only leaked yesterday
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Wow, i don't know if can share it here but her cousin (actually Joan's nephew) is a hot gay cub and a Madonna fan and he's raving about the Toronto show he attended.
The girl commenting about the hashtag is Martin's daughter.
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Monte making fun of Prince on periscope:
https://www.periscope.tv/w/1DXGywlgjNLxM
And he says that Madonna's "Rain" sucks.
Kiley looks like a cross between EG Daly, Mariah Carey and Jennifer Lawrence
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There should be two separate threads for both dates
Next time you'll make the thread and don't wait for someone else to make it if you want things done your way.
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Oh where to begin. I drove up from Kansas City with my mom, and we arrived around 4pm. We stayed at the Holiday Inn right across the street from the Xcel center, and when we made it into the lobby to check in, we saw that the hotel was bursting with Madonna fans! We could also hear people playing her music in various rooms on the floor where our room was, so that was pretty fun. Lots of pre-concert partying!
Anyway, the show. First of all, I had MUCH better seats than the ones I had in Brooklyn (which were practically on the roof), so that made for a much different (better!) concert experience. We were just two rows up from the floor, to the right of the heart. We had a great view.
Opening video was amazing, even with the slight, temporary screen black-out glitch. I feel like I can watch it again and again and again and still see something new every time.
The biggest highlight for me was "Fever." A completely unexpected, beautiful surprise.
So sorry to hear she wasn't feeling well, but damn that woman is a trooper. Her energy level was maybe a little toned down, but she pressed on like the ultimate professional she is.
Lots of audience banter this time, too! Much more than in Brooklyn, I think. I LOVED that she acknowledged all of her fans that dress up like her for the shows, saying how creative we all are.
My mom loved the show, too. She loved M's performance, especially her ukulele songs. lol And she could not stop talking about "the guys on the poles, oh my god!" hahahahhaha
Yes, I'd have to agree that the "Illuminati" interlude is freaking incredible, and it practically makes your heart stop.
I wish I could remember more! I could barely sleep after the show was over. I maybe got 4 hours of broken sleep, and then had to drive 6.5 hours home. That was brutal. I'm still exhausted.
Also, I was really worried about my section wanting to sit the whole time, but they didn't! I stood the entire time and danced like it was my job. hahahhahahaha
I kept bumping into the poor lady next to me, though, oops. I apologized after the show.
And now I'm in a terrible post-concert depression, which is just silly because I have one more show in January (Tulsa).
OH! I didn't notice it in BK because our seats were so far away, but there were a LOT of people crowded around the front of the heart. Didn't seem like security cared much at all. hm.
Finally, here's me in my BIM outfit. Don't laugh.
If I think of more to say about the show, I will post it!
Wow kick ass ! You look fierce.
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Living for Love (beautiful BUT would have worked better with Devil Pray. Too dark for Living for Love)
Girl Gone Wild (even though i HATE the song with a passion)
Give me All Your Luvin'
Bitch I'm Madonna
Hung Up (the scenes with the pink leotard are iconic/ the rest not so much)
4 Minutes
Ghosttown (i hate the cheesy ending)
Celebration (the following 4 + this one are equally uninspired. I ranked them alphabetically)
Get Together
Jump
Miles Away
Turn Up the Radio
Give it 2 Me (lazy effort/ Remaking her Elle shooting. It worked with Deeper & Deeper not on this one)
Sorry (garbage)
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No one is in Edmonton ?
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She did make that many movies in the end. Even when you count documentaries and cameos she's far from Elvis...
Madonnanation exclusive : Blond ambition tour early costumes sketches
in ARCHIVE - Madonna
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Thank you for posting. The scans are tiny but i managed to get some infos.
The sketches i posted from Liberation are the first set of sketches he made for her and brought her to New York in november of 1989 when they first met for the project.
He says in this Glamour diary that his idea was to have her appear on stage as the Madonna (mother of Jesus) and to remove the layers of clothes she wore after each song to end up showering on stage = "Shiny and new". This matches the sketches. The inspiration was his spring/summer 90 ready to wear collection "Les nonnes" (the nuns). It also inspired the final LAP costume. Here two ads for the collection :
In this Glamour Diary we learn that Madonna loved the idea but it was Christopher who vetoed it "We already have too much problems with the church" (Gaultier quoting him saying in this article)