Fuzzy Dream
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Okay, I'm glad to hear that the article isn't true. I wasn't around in 1994, so all I know about the time period is from what I've read in old newspaper articles and magazine interviews. Again, happy to hear that this is fake and just Angela Cheng being a troll again instead of actual info.
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Yes, I know it's from Angela Cheng (ugh), but the article does contain some interesting info if any of it is actually true.
Madonna almost dropped from Warner Brothers in 1994
First, I am glad that my prediction (and it was only a prediction, folks) about Madonna singing the song for “The Giver” never came true. The movie was terrible. It was a flop. It’s a good thing that Madonna had nothing to do with the movie, though she was definitely asked to contribute to the soundtrack.
Second, I have received at least 500 emails asking me about Madonna’s next album. I have no details about it, unfortunately. All I know is that Interscope wants to release it in November in order to take advantage of the winter sales. It’s actually a good idea.
Even if Madonna doesn’t release an album this year, her fans can be happy that she is still recording music. I can exclusively tell you that Madonna’s musical career almost came to a complete stop in 1994, when Warner Brothers was considering dropping Madge and her label, Maverick, which was underperforming.
Madonna’s musical career did rebound with the “I’ll Remember” single, the Bedtime Stories album and, especially, the amazing Ray of Light album. She owes the surprise success of her label Maverick to Guy Oseary. Had she been dropped by Warner Brothers in 1994, it’s doubtful another record company would pick up what many described as “damaged goods.”
Let’s go back to 1992. Everything was going absolutely perfect in Madonnaland, until she decided to release her book Sex. Warner Brothers was completely against this book. Madonna’s manager, Freddy DeMann, secretly agreed with Warner Brothers. Behind the scenes, Madonna’s longtime publicist Liz Rosenberg was telling people that Madonna was about to make a mistake she would soon come to regret. However, Madonna was such a powerful force that nobody could deny what she wanted. She released the book and the backlash happened.
Madonna will probably never admit just how bad the backlash was, but it was horrific. Madonna’s life was threatened and half of her staff were forced to quit in order to protect their lives. Madonna’s father was severely beaten in a parking lot when going shopping in January of 1993. Madonna’s siblings received several death threats. Madonna’s manger was threatened. Warner Brothers, in Burbank, received several bomb threats. They never went public with the threats, because that would have produced more threats.
The album Erotica, now considered a masterpiece, got lost in the backlash. The album initially shipped over 2 million copies, but many of those unsold copies were shipped back. Radio programmers were besieged with callers asking them not to play any of Madonna’s songs. Madonna, who was initially in denial about the backlash, confronted Warner Brothers chairman Mo Ostin and asked him why Warner Brothers wasn’t supporting her. “Do you realize that you just threw away your career and legacy,” he answered. Madonna, reportedly, was in tears.
Some say Madonna was brave to tour in the midst of–perhaps–the biggest celebrity backlash in entertainment history. But it wasn’t Madonna’s decision; Warner Brothers wanted to get back some of the money they invested in her multi-million dollar deal earlier in 1992. They thought that Madonna would be worthless within a couple of years. Reluctantly, Madonna started her Girlie Show World Tour. It sold far more tickets than anybody ever expected. But Warner Brothers still wasn’t Madonna friendly.
In August of 1993, Madonna demanded that the record company finance the release of a new single and video called “Bye Bye Baby.” Her latest single “Rain” received a pretty decent response, despite the album Erotica being declared dead. Warner Brothers refused her request and Madonna was furious. The woman who ruled the world one year earlier was asked to leave the premises and threatened with security guards. Yes, it was that bad! Alek Keshishian, who was directing the Warner Brothers film With Honors in Chicago, called the next day and asked the record company to let Madonna sing the theme song to his film.
Producer Patrick Leonard, who wanted nothing to do with Madonna anymore, reluctantly agreed to put the song together so Madonna could record it in January of 1994–right after the end of her upcoming world tour. Madonna and Patrick Leonard rekindled their friendship during the short recording session. The song was released to radio during the second week of March in 1994.
Initially, “I’ll Remember” was well received. But when Madonna appeared on David Letterman’s show later that month, all hope was lost. Radio stations started slowing rotation of the song. The night of April 7, 1994, Freddy DeMann (not Madonna) received a call informing him that Warner Brothers cancelled their street team promotion of “I’ll Remember” and that the label has no interest in releasing her next album. In other words, they wanted to drop her.
However, there were legal issues involved, especially with Madonna’s contract and Maverick label. On April 8, DeMann–without even informing Madonna of the call–went to Warner Brothers and had harsh words with Mo Ostin, who actually resigned from the label a couple months later. The conversation was about how people deserve second chances. He convinced Ostin that Madonna would tone down her image and was currently working on what would be her best album to date (he lied). The conversation is one of two things that saved Madonna from being dropped into obscurity.
The second thing that saved Madonna was the fact that despite the backlash from her David Letterman appearance, “I’ll Remember” became a huge hit. It peaked at number two for four weeks and proved that Madonna had some life left in her. Madonna then started a campaign to change her image and let Warner Brothers know that they wouldn’t have to worry about her being oversexed.
Something else happened, thanks to Guy Oseary. He signed the group Candlebox to Maverick Records, which ended up turning profits for the label. He soon signed Alanis Morisette to Maverick, which helped even more. Madonna worked hard behind the scenes to help Maverick as well, but it was Guy Oseary’s decisions that really made the label a success.
Within the next year, Madonna released Bedtime Stories, had another number one song and signed on to play the starring role in the movie Evita. By the release of Ray of Light in 1998, Warner Brothers probably regretted almost dropping their biggest star.
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I would so go to that even though she can be extremely ott! Ain't I a Woman? is a great book
Please wear a M shirt and tell us how much stink face you receive from her
Haha now I totally want to do it. It would be especially AWESOME if my t shirt caused her to launch into an impromptu rant about Madonna.
What t-shirt do you guys think I should wear? I want to wear the look/image that would be most likely to her piss her off.
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Ugh, I just found out that bell hooks is going to be doing a week long residency at my university this fall. So not looking forward to it.
I kind of want to wear a clearly visible Madonna t-shirt and sit in the front row at one of her lectures though.
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and M could get even more inspired for her next tour
i hear she's doing this non-choreographed dance with bare feet. ive always loved to see M do something like that 
show off some real contemporary dance.I'd love to see her do some really out there, experimental contemporary dance like Kate Bush, but I don't think she'd ever do something like that non-choreographed in front of a concert audience. She's way too much of a perfectionist and control freak.
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"These fake fur slipper ny Simone Rochas are everything! #boom" -Madonna
She missed an opportunity to tag #fuzzy
"Ode to all corrupt regimes! #disobedientobjects#unapologeticbitch" -Madonna
Do you think this was intended as a message towards Timor?
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There's a new header on the main site lol. madonna.com
There's a new URL icon and name logo design! Is this going to be the typeface/graphic look for the new era?
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She has been off Instagram the last few days. Wonder why? Something's gotta give soon whether the album is released before or after next year.
She's probably just enjoying her vacation and spending time with family and friends before she starts a new era.
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shocked, well not really, and very disgusted at the evil comments some mongsters posted on this instagram post. i reported them all! pieces of shit!
BTW thank you Hector for the hard work you do to ensure that this is such a nice, pleasant place for us to discuss and appreciate Madonna and get to know other fans!
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Madonna especially became enraged when Eisner made statements that would now be considered homophobic. Even though this was 1984 and words like “fag” were common accepted language, Madonna–way ahead of her time as usual–didn’t react kindly to those words, especially since her brother and many good friends were gay.
I'm always so proud of how she stands up to bigotry and hatred and stays true to her values and friends.
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We got a lot of info about the Aviccii tracks that didn't come from Instagram. We knew about the writers involved, how M split everyone into 2 groups. And how many tracks were recorded.
Very true. Also, did we get any info from Avicci himself about their collaboration? It seems like almost everything we know about is from Instagram and other people working on the project.
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But you can tell from looking at him, that he's clearly a bottom.
Isn't it pretty clear that Madonna's a total top? I could totally see her being into pegging.
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JunkieMDNA said she's with Ricardo guy. He has been posting from Ibiza a lot lately.
The "Ricardo guy" is Riccardo Tisci, the head designer for Givenchy whose designed costumes for Madonna for S&S, the Super Bowl, MDNA Tour, and the Met Gala 2013. Perhaps he's working on creating outfits and costumes for the new era?
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I'm so here for this!
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The thread title should be something like "Shine the Spotlight on SPOTLIGHT" or something like that.
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Belinda Carlise and Paula
Matika and Latoya's Sister
Debbie Gibson and Tiffany
On a video on MTV
Mariah Carey, Minogue Kylie
Picture of a wannabe
Beyonce, Aguilera, Pink
Britney Spears can lip sync
She was vile, a disgrace
Lady Gaga gave ugly face
Katy Perry, Rihanna too, Miley Cyrus had no clue
Ladies with a creative team
Trying to replace the Queen
Don't imagine you ever could
You can strike a pose but you're not as good
Madonna!
This is hilarious!!
It's also made me realize that Madonna has outlasted in relevance at least four entire generations of major female pop stars. Only the QUEEN.
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Have you guys considered getting some fresh air and enjoying the lovely summer weather?
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I'm sure Madonna doesn't care that much about it. I mean, she does have a penis bong does she not?
I wonder if Lola's used it?
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That'd be great!! I know some celebrities have admitted to having accounts on Facebook and Instagram and what not with aliases! I'd love that!
I'm sure that Madonna has an alias account on here. How could she not? It seems like it would be pretty hard to have an entire website dedicated to yourself and not have the desire to check it out sometimes.
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I knew this was going to happen eventually. I'm surprised the prom proposal picture didn't get picked up first.
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I'm afraid for her performance too after the subpar addition of "Spotlight" on You Can Dance. I can't believe she did that and don't know if she will recover now in retrospect, the public is still mad she didn't make a video
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Madonna, she's just like us!