HolidayGuy
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The night of/day after was somber. I got emotionally involved with HRC (in 2008 and this year), and the result affected me. I'm better now, but it still stings- but, there also was baggage that she could not overcome, and the electoral method didn't help (the scandals, being female, fact that there hasn't been 12 years of consecutive Democrat president since the 1940s, etc.)
Aside form likely winning the popular vote buy a decent margin when all is said and done, here's something to ponder. If the Electoral College distributed electoral votes similar to how delegates are awarded in the primaries, the result would look something like the following (I simply took the number of electoral votes in a state and the current percentage of votes each had- no rounding off- I even gave Trump the full extra 1 from Maine):
Clinton: 256.602
Trump: 253.84 -
A number of shows at venues in which she played the last tour have lower numbers this time around.
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A video in which she interacts with people out on the streets or something, showcasing the universal "Living For Love" sentiment, may have worked well for the song. It's what I would have liked to have seen at the time, anyways.
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Not quite a year, but close enough.
It's a well-shot video, and it's good for what it is, but it's not among my overall favorite clips.
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As expected, the album didn't fare well in the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop poll of 500_+ critics. It ranked in the 400s among albums. Confessions... was her last album to do alright, placing No. 61 in the poll.
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Mmmmm- with what she's going through, that's probably the case.
She's not the Queen for nothin'- carries on like Her Madgesty that she is.
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So, probably a little less than four hours until the first show in Mexico City starts?
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The era was definitely her best overall since, at least, COADF. So, I get what you mean by saying we got our Queen back, even though she never left.
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Excellent read- I like seeing her give TB some love.
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I think this may have been mentioned somewhere? Anyhow, the tours and concerts aren't ranked, but she's, M was the only one pictured.
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The bottom line:
Great gift for the fans. Not-so-great of a commercial move. The album got decent pre-orders, but they just put the tracks out there and sat on them for a month and a-half before lead-single promotion kicked in (radio and otherwise). And, the tracks (at least not all) should not have been tied to the pre-order. LFL was withheld in the UK; they should have done the same for the USA.
Hopefully they learned from their mistakes and also will keep the next round of new music under much better wraps.
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cosmic, not an EP, but the six tracks were released as part of the album pre-order- a nice fan gesture, but not a great strategic move, putting the six tracks out there and sitting on them until first-single promotion (radio and otherwise) kicked in. Not that the music would have smashed, but it probably would have performed a bit better under regular circumstances. At least LFL was withheld in the UK.
Chelle- yes, some Santa Baby would be excellent.
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That's a single-critic list, but still nice.
The album hasn't made all that many year-end lists, so I'm not expecting a great showing in the Village Voice's annual Pazz N Jop poll. For perspective, COADF, which fared better on year-end staff lists than RH, ended up at around No. 61 on the PNJ Poll (with 26 top 10-list appearances from participating voters).
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Did anyone here vote? I knew nothing of it (though I know RS does reader polls).
Did some voters accidentally vote for the other "Ghost Town"?
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All I can say is that I LOVED the Queen's response to the negative people. She's been taking the stage much earlier than the last tour, and they run into a snafu and that's how some react. I suppose someone could have come out/said over the system that there were technical difficulties, but ah well.
Hope those attending the show tonight much enjoy themselves.
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M is not likely to get an Oscar nod for any song that she co-writes (no matter how good it is)- and one she directs? C'mon now.
Will get some Boxscores this week, or will they wait and report all of the rest at once?
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Would have been nicer if it made its overall best albums list, but...
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^What did you expect?
The Grammys takes commercial success and safeness into major consideration, unless there's sentimental value to a nomination. -
Why are you constantly referring to acts other than Madonna? (I know there are others that do, too, but you're a bit incessant).
As one female references from Mean Girls, "Why you so obsessed"?
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The RS albums and singles list are the only two major year-end lists that M has appeaeed on- good for RS to give some love, especially "Ghosttown" (which, incidentally, ranked a few spots lower than BIM on the RS 50 Greatest Madonna Songs list- the year0end, though, probably had more input than the seven writers who do the Madonna list).
On a chart note- "Ghosttown" did crack two (non-dance) U.S. airplay charts (Adult Contemporary, Adult Top 40), which no second single had done since the Music album. And it did reach 65 in UK sales. Of course, had it been released when she was younger, like some other singles in recent years, it would have smashed.
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For the three shows Madonna did at Wembley Stadium in 1990, the attendance/tickets sold was 225,000. Of course, the ticket prices were just around $30-$35, which meant a gross of nearly $2.6 million.
If she played three shows there today- at her current prices- the total would be astronomical.
On a side note- her three-show stint in Mexico City in 1993 grossed nearly $9 million, with an attendance of 137,234. Both were then-records.
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Madonna conquered that world with LAP, really. It's usually that album and ROL that get the biggest critical notices.
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Her Madgesty has an appearance, with the expected, and deserving, entry. The list appears in the December issue.
(Cue some comments about how a certain album from 1992 deserves a placement.
)1. Radiohead – Ok Computer
2. Tricky – Maxinquaye
3. Nirvana – In Utero
4. Jeff Buckley – Grace
5. Beastie Boys – Ill Communication
6. Bjork – Debut
7. DJ Shadow – Endtroducing
8. Oasis – Definitely Maybe
9. Pulp – Different Class
10. The Chemical Brothers – Dig Your Own Hole
11. Missy ‘Misdemeanor’ Elliott – Supa Dupa Fly
12. Blur – 13
13. Portishead – Dummy
14. PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love
15. Spritualized – Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
16. Massive Attack – Blue Lines
17. Black Grape – It’s Greate When You’re Straght… Yeah
18. Genius/GZA – Liquid Swords
19. Supergrass – I Should Coco
20. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – I See Darkness
21. Aphex Twin – Richard D James
22. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – The Boatman’s Call
23. Mercury Rev – Deserters Songs
24. Pavement – Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
25. Primal Scream – Screamadelica
26. A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Thory
27. Boards Of Canada – Music Has The Right To Children
28. Public Enemy – Fear Of A Black Planet
29. Nirvana – Nevermind
30. Super Furry Animals – Fuzzy Logic
31. Beck – Odelay
32. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
33. Daft Punk – Homework
34. Madonna – Ray Of Light
35. The Flaming Lips – The Soft Bulletin
36. The Beta Band – The Three E.P’s
37. Elliott Smith – Either/Or
38. Underworld – Second Toughest In The Infants
39. Suede – Dog Man Star
40. The Prodigy – Music For A Jilted Generation
41. R.E.M. – Automatic For The People
42. Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Nigga Please
43. The La’s – The La’s
44. Sonic Youth – Goo
45. Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
46. The Verve – A Northern Soul
47. My Bloody Valentine – Loveless
48. Blur – Parklife
49. Nas – Illmatic
50. Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible
51. Air – Moon Safari
52. Screaming Trees – Dust
53. The Charlatans – Tellin’ Stories
54. Orbital – Orbital (Brown Album)
55. Radiohead – The Bends
56. Weezer – Blue Album
57. U2 – Achtung Baby
58. Teenage Fanclub – Bandwagonesque
59. Fugees – The Score
60. Belle & Sabastian – If You’re Feeling Sinister
61. The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die
62. Urge Overkill – Exit The Dragon
63. Shack – Waterpistol
64. PJ Harvey – Rid Of Me
65. Metallica – Metallica
66. The Breeders – Last Splash
67. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream
68. The Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen
69. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
70. The Black Crowes – The Southern Harmonony And Musical Companion
71. Leftfield – Rhythm And Stealth
72. Eminem – The Slip Shady Lp
73. D’Angelo – Brown Sugar
74. Pulp – His ‘N’ Hers
75. Cornershop – When I Was Born For The 7th Time
76. Pet Shop Boys - Very
77. Pixies – Bossanova
78. Bestie Boys – Check Your Head
79. Mazzy Star – So Tonight That I Might See
80. Manic Street Preachers – Everything Must Go
81. Paul Weller – Heavy Soul
82. Nine Inch Nales – The Downward Spiral
83. Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
84. Mogwai – Come On Die Young
85. Basement Jaxx – Remedy
86. Denim – Back In Denim
87. Elastica – Elastica
88. Happy Mondays – Pills ‘N’ Thrills And Bellyaches
89. Goldie – Timeless
90. The Boo Radleys – Giant Steps
91. Morrissey – Vauxhall And I
92. Sparklehorse – Good Morning Spider
93. Dr Dre – The Chronic
94. Oasis – (What’s The Story) Morning Glory
95. Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine
96. Hole – Celebrity Skin
97. Bjork – Homogenic
98. Talk Talk – Laughing Stock
99. Saint Etienne – Foxbase Alpha
100. Neil Young And Crazy Horse – Ragged Glory -
"Erotica" on the CD is silly- why didn't they just take the version from GHV2?
I don't have any major issues with the DVD quality. I mean, it's like watching old movies- they're not going to be the quality of newer releases, no matter what they do.
Madonna working on new music - cont.
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Probably discussed somewhere, but... will Nicki Minaj have a new track featuring M on her new album? What she said at the Met Gala didn't make a lot of sense- they have a secret that will be out soon, or something to that effect. Maybe M sings part of '"Secret" on one of her tracks.