CMoody
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Perfect everything...production (I also adore the orchestral version), vocals, and VIDEO! This is Madonna at her soulful, heartbroken, epic ballad peak!
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<3 Cher. She always tells it like it is and doesn't give a fuck. She's not being nasty here, she has expressed her love and respect for M many times now...but come on, she isn't the minority here, the grillz are gross, AT ANY AGE.
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Yes I remember that!! It was neither of the two actually. OMG that was hilarious, it was an older journalist, a woman and she made a complete fool of herself". Do you really think you have the MORAL AUTHORITY to write stories for children?
The higher moral horse bitch was trying to make Madonna feel uncomfortable or like she had to justify the incongruence between the publishing experience of the SEX book and the Cabala-inspired children's books.
Of course Madonna managed like a pro, she didn't bat an eyelid and just smirked, quickly quipping "I think I have the right to write any book I want really. SEX represented what I was interesting in exploring then and these stories are what I'm into now since I have kids"
It was Diane Sawyer who said that.
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At this point, didn't HC and MDNA sell about the same, or even less than AL? AL was the FIRST time she didn't sell like crazy, but that was largely due to the lack of a strong lead single. I remember many friends commenting around this time that they "didn't know she had something new out" when I mentioned it to them. AL is a masterful gem in the Madonna catalog. She was personal, bold, and fearless with this release, her closest thing to a concept album. That fearless trait hasn't really followed a full album release since (here is hoping she brings back some edge to the new album!)......
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I have always adored this track. It's so perfect and beautiful in it's simplicity. The beat, the lyrics. Just perfection. The rock opera performance on the DWT is so very beautiful. Also, the live version has that gorgeous string finale.
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Rhapsody in Blue is what the two pianists play later for M and the dancers in France. I believe this bit is something else....
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This was leaked a few years back, along with various other demo and incomplete, alternate takes of the track. There are some with Madonna speaking to Mirwais at the start and stop of the recordings. Fun stuff!
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I just caught this on FB.....loved his intro.
I wonder what her feeling towards the song is today...I know she eluded to not being a big fan of 'This Used to be My Playground' around GHV2 time and when someone held up a sign for 'I'll Remember' during the Sticky and Sweet audience participation section, she said something to the effect of "ugh, no, too slow"... I hope that she hasn't lost any love for it as she seemed to have with '...Playground'.
IR is a classic, yet sometimes forgotten M gem, regardless of it's #1 status (same with TUTBMP). I too hope it finds some love on a future tour, as with many of her other tour-unloved ballads from the same era (Take a Bow, You'll See, etc).
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LOL @ some of the suggestions. In reality, I would imagine whoever set up her IG account was certain to make the password some series of meaningless and random letters, numbers and characters to make hacking more difficult.
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THIS x10000000000000000000000000000000000
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Doesn't it stand for Madonna and Esther? Not really "me."
She totally meant for it to stand for ME and I fucking LOVE her for it. Best.IG.post.everrrr.
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I love reading stories like this....to quote Luis in Truth or Dare: "She can be mean sometimes, I mean, we all can. I love it when she's mean."
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My official hardcore fan status started around 1997, but I was still very hyper aware of Queen M long before then. I was 11/12 during the BS era and M was EVERYWHERE. Secret and Take a Bow were radio monsters so there was no escaping. I remember sneaking off to watch MTV with my neighbor friend, as both of our mother's banned us from watching MTV, mainly due to artists like Madonna, and I will never forget seeing the TAB video for the very first time. I was instantly drawn in, my friend thought she was "nasty" for removing her clothes and writing around on the bed, but I was in LOVE. As I said, it was a few years later, when I was a bit older, that I was able to become a true blue fanatic. I agree with what someone else said about the vocals on BTS...pre-training, yet so perfectly warm, sensual and sultry. People can say what they want about M's singing voice, but to me, she has one of the most versatile vocal instruments in pop music.
Secret is and has always been in my top 5 M songs!
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I could be in the minority here but the fact that Madonna treats people with respect who have unfairly trashed her is classy. She rises above the hatred and does not dwell on it. This has always been Elton's problem and the fact that she is not nasty to him back, only shows how petty he has been.
Absolutely agree.
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Aw, Miss Spider's Tea Party is a sweet story. I always loved that she chose it to read as it is a direct reflection of her own image/life/celebrity, she is always prejudged for one reason or another, but mainly because she is MADONNA in the same way Miss Spider was judged simply because she is a spider. Madonna perfectly sums it up in the end when saying "never judge a bug until you know her..."
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This video was shot in Europe (Iceland I think), Cherish was shot in Malibu
Vid was shot in Cali:
The music video for "The Power of Good-Bye" was directed by Matthew Rolston, and was filmed from August 8–10, 1998 at Silvertop House in Los Angeles, California and Malibu Beach. The video premiered on MTV on September 10, 1998, a few minutes before the MTV Video Music Awards show began. The video was occasionally played on The WB Network after the television show Felicity, which played the song as the background music during its TV ads. The video shows Madonna and her lover playing chess and ultimately Madonna destroying the chess board, symbolizing an end to their relationship. Madonna also goes walking by the sea, but it is unclear whether she drowns herself in the last scene. Throughout the video, there are the scenes of Madonna sitting, singing and slowly dancing in front of the curtain. Madonna's lover in the video is played by Croatian actor Goran Višnjić. The video is color graded to that of a blue-green tint.
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I remember being 15 and oh so in love w M....I became a fan after Evita and just prior to ROL so this was my first era and WHAT an era it was! I was SO excited when it was revealed that she had gone back to brunette for the video....I agree, GORGEOUS look, timeless video, and breathtaking song. One of her absolute best!
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It really is an overlooked gem. The orchestral breakdown bit towards the end, the climatic rise and then fall :"love yourself.....". I have always adored this gorgeous track. Besides being the title feature for the ballads collection, it really doesn't get much mention, and it certainly displays Madonna has a great lyricist and singer.
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Fuck yes! former M fans are the worst. they're bitter and have the need to tell everyone how awful Madonna is for some reason. it's almost obsessive.
I think the obsessive need ex-fans have to bash Madonna is because they are in fact STILL obsessed with her. It's the same when someone breaks up with someone and yet they still constantly talk about the person.....the reason being they are still very much in love and emotionally attached.
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I remember watching this over and over and over and over again when it first aired. I still find it one of her most inspiring interview features. Her creative energy was SO infectious! I wish MTV still did these sort of music-based specials.
PS: A few years back (I think 2008) MTV had their "vaults" open where they aired a bunch of cut footage from this piece....I am sure much of it is still floating around YouTube.
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I've just noticed that Guy is still wearing the red string
I found that interesting as well...I assumed he wasn't much of a student of the big K now that he is no longer w Queen M....but it's cool to see that his interest and involvement transcended the marriage.
I Want You.
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Um, how have I missed this all these years!? And WHERE can one download this????