Icykiller
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Somrthing happened the moment she decided to pull of the AL video. I remember several tracks from the album were getting airplay in the US radio, particularly I recall both Hollywood and Love Profusion getting some notice. Suddenly the project sort of died. Something similar happen to MDNA after the superbowl, but I think it had to do most of all with how GGW was percieved. Also, by then people just made up their minds about the album, andthe consensus didn't seemed to be positive at all (outside M fandom, of course).
The strategy this time should be releasing 2 singles before the album, IMO.
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My biggest issue with HC is her voice (in most of the songs). Pharrell did a great job and Timbo did Ok mostly: the beats/music is great. Madonna's vocals on the other hand, ugh! It's like she was trying to sing in her LAV era voice again, mixed with those crow-ish sounds she does live sometimes.
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LOL @ Heartbeat! It's true though. IMO her best vocals in HC album are in Voices, but it all gets ruined by Timbaland's horrid production.
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4 Minutes was gold. She should have kept it for 2nd single release, and go for another song as lead single. Beat goes on should've been 3rd.
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^LOL, how dare you? She wakes up like this everyday, she's the queen!
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She worked really fast! Let's see: she recorded 3 songs during grammys, supposedly finished 11 demos with Avicci et al. Then worked with Natalia Kills, and last but not least with Mozella and S1. She must have had a lot of material to choose from!
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Madonna - naive
Like A Virgin - incomplete
True Blue - bubbly
Like A Prayer - consistent
Erotica - hedonism
Bedtime Stories - sultry
Ray Of Light - nourishing
Music - refreshing
American Life - honest
COAD - airy
Hard Candy - sweaty
MDNA - unfinished
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Hung Up - 7
Get Together - 13
Sorry - 7
Future Lovers - 11
Let It Will Be - 2
Forbidden Love - 10
Jump - 11
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Hung Up - 7
Get Together - 12
Sorry - 6
Future Lovers - 9
Let It Will Be - 8
Forbidden Love - 10
Jump - 5
Like It or Not - 3
There, don't call me lazy bitch!
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I'm on my Phone, so I say: push -1, future lovers +1.
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^ I agree things are moving faster than we are led to believe IMHO
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I think the AL songs worked well with her post-Evita singing style. The problem IMO mostly happens with those tracks that were recorded trying to mimic her 80s voice (i.e. Girl Gone Wild).
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Oh god Madonna, why? People, Frida Khalo did nothing for the Mexican Revolution. She das, though, am active member of the Communist party in México. Just has to Clear that out.
Other than that, I'm glad she's still pushing this Project.
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I really believe single choices were M and GuyO's decision. The whole "theme" of Madonna's DNA, album title, and the fact that singles/videos 2 and 3 especially are very much in tone to what nonfans remember of Madonna are to me more than enough proof that some thought went through when deciding it all... Though it didn't work.
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I think she should release the first single with just a bit of fanfare and promotion. The 1st Madonna single is always an event, so I think promotion should be spread over between single 1 and 2, to give another song the chance to do well. Also, I think that for single #3 (or #4!!) she should just let fans decide: see which performance catches concert goers attention/eyes more, which one they prefer, and go with it as a single and film a live video of it... my two cents of today
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Venus in furs - The Velvet Underground
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Regarding primo, I just wish for a little more coherence: if promoting the album is pointless, then releasing singles based on radio friendliness is even more so. I never understood her reasoning behind not releasing gang bang (she said radio wasn't going to play it... Yes, Madonna we know that, and?). Hopefully she will not sacrifice good material over potential mass appeal.
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Maybe I'm nuts, but I remember reading Madonna had already worked on some tracks that later on became part of American Life. I specifically remember Nobody Knows Me mentioned. Imagine!? IMHO It would have been nice to listen to NKM as a stand alone single off a GH.
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If I remember correctly people mostly agreed that HC had killer music, but lame ass lyrics/vocals. Or am I wrong? What Pharrell does is great. Spanish Lesson is the perfect example of how killer beats are completely ruined by pathetic lyrics and whiny vocals, IMO.
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Love it! Definitely wanted to see it as single. It is one of the few tracks from MDNA I still listen to, to be honest
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I adore her on guitar!! I wish she would use it more.
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No rent-a-rapper and hip hop-ers please! Are they even popular anymore? None of these guys you mention (Drake, the Ocean guy) get any airplay or video rotation where I live, so I assume it's a very US kinda music thing. The possibilities are endless of course, but I would like her to go the Love Spent/Like a virgin route or look for a sound similar to I'm Addicted & Nohody knows means
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The first time I listened to AL Nothing Fails was THE song, you know. That one track that really got through my system. But with the years, Intervention has lingered on with me. I've grown and the song still is pretty much a part of my playlists, still now. So I'd choose Intervention.
There's a certain warmth to Intervention, maybe it's the mother's love/protection theme of the lyrics, plus M's vocals. I love that song.
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I can ser why one would consider Tina or Aretha more influential. But what's the deal with the US and Beyonce? You guys adore her, right? She's not that big IMHO outside.
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