Idlerwheel
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Has moira ever been interviewed, aside from in the documentary in 1990? What ever happened to her? Did she name the child Madonna?
She did name her child Madonna. Matt Rettenmund interviewed her for his EM 20 book. You should check it out. It has some minor errors but aside from that, the book is massive and pretty damn good.
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is this a new outtake from a new session?
fake. they are never ending.
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Electronic Musician (April 1, 2000): An interview by Paul Myers with songwriter David Frank
“One day I got a call from Lou Bolognese, who owned a 24-track studio in Long Island. He wanted me to do a session as a favor, and he offered me some studio time in return. I thought I’d just do some demos and sample commercials with the time, but but Lou said, ‘Why don’t you do a song? You know, a dance song, a 12-inch. Just get a singer, you can do it!'”
Frank programmed a song in a few weeks, but he still needed a singer. Why not ask the girl upstairs? he thought. “The girl upstairs was Madonna,” Frank explains. “This was in 1981, before she had a record deal. We were in a pickup band together, and she was the singer. We rehearsed in the same building, called the Music Building, on 37th Street and 8th Avenue. I was actually paid to write with her. I made $30 for four hours of work,” he laughs.
Frank had only the title for the song, “Crimes of Passion.” He brought in the future mogul to write some words and a melody. Then fate intervened. “We were all set to do it. But the night before we were going to cut the song, Madonna called me and asked if Steve Bray, her drummer, could be in on the session as coproducer. “I love Steve, but I knew he would want to put guitars on the track. I had visualized it as a synth-only song, which was still a bit of a novelty at that time.”
The conflict meant that Madonna was out. “I called up Mic Murphy, a singer I knew,” Frank continues. “He wrote a new melody for the song and changed the words to “In Times of Passion.” We recorded and mixed all of it in one day. He took it to a friend of his, who cut an acetate, a 12-inch, and we got a record deal with Atlantic the next day.”
Notes by Bruce Baron:
Madonna and Bray obviously did their own version which appeared on "Pre Madonna."
Mic Murphy and David Frank went on to form the pop duo The System. They charted several dance hits including “Don’t Disturb This Groove”.
Mic Murphy is credited as a co-writer to the “Erotica” era unreleased Madonna song “Dear Father” along with Andre Betts. Mic Murphy also played with Bray and Madonna during her early demo days.
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this is the version that premiered on MTV.
This was not shown on MTV. It premiered October 2nd with a warning label and it was only played three times and never again. However the version they played is the censored version. I have the original VHS taping of the premiere however it has not been transferred digitally otherwise I would share it.
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Love this thread! As someone said already, I would love to know where the steps from the PDP video are located. I wanna recreate this iconica moment!
Love it. Where are the steps from PDP located???
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Missy Coggiola?
Possibly? https://www.linkedin.com/pub/missy-coggiola/98/333/149
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Missy Coggiola?
Hmmm. That makes sense. Although I have never seen a photo of her before, this is the period she took over for Melissa. Good thinking!!!
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That woman looks a lot like Enya.
Madonnas was at a Versace fashion show if I remember well so it's very possible she was sitting right next to another celebrity not necessarily a friend or a stylist of hers.
She does a bit. She was seen with M several times in 92 and 93. Maybe 91 - not sure.
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Who styled Madonna in the Erotica video? That whole era is one of her best style wise.
Paul Cavaco styled the SEX book
Marina Schiano styled Vanity Fair
Not sure about the others.
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This is the woman I was talking about. Anyone know who she is?
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that was Madonna's assistant missy in 92
Do you mean Melissa Crow? That girl in the video does not appear to be Melissa. This is Melissa - although this was taken in 1986 and that video 1992, I don't think she changed that much.
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Where's the pink hair?
She must have chopped it.
That is not the length of her hair. Those are extensions. I imagine the extensions she used for the video had the pink in them. I am just guessing though.
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Does anyone know who the short haired woman next to Madonna at the fashion show at the :31 second mark is? She was with her a lot in 92 and 93 and usually at fashion shows. I wondered if she was a stylist or just a friend.
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Any info about these pictures?
Acording to a recent Herb Ritts book the first one is from a party in 1994 at Herb Ritts Malibu's house after the Mtv Awards.
And supposedly the third one is from 1989, also from a party at Herb Ritts Malibu.
Neither 1989 nor 1994, IMO they are from 1990! Maybe the event is right, a party after the 1990 Mtv awards.
All three are from the same event. Donna is wearing the same thing in two of the pics and M has the same "Justify" vest and cross for all three. It's 1990 - the only problem is I can't place the event.
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HQ Photo thread: June - Nov 2015
in ARCHIVE - Madonna
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This isn't out in HQ. This pic was shared by Jeffrey Toleu [guy on the right of the photo] who used to work with Herb Ritts at the time.