Mattress
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Disc One of that fake tracklisting is nearly 83 minutes long using radio edits.
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Billboard.com:
BIRTH OF 'AUTO-TUNE': Jay-Z enters the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 24 with "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)." The track previews "The Blueprint 3," due Sept. 11.
The song marks Jay-Z's 55th Hot 100 appearance, breaking him out of a tie with Madonna.
Here is a look at the acts with 50 or more chart entries dating to the Hot 100's Aug. 4, 1958, inception:
108, Elvis Presley
91, James Brown
74, Ray Charles
73, Aretha Franklin
71, The Beatles
67, Elton John
63, Stevie Wonder
57, The Rolling Stones
56, Marvin Gaye
56, Frankie Valli
56, Dionne Warwick
55, The Beach Boys
55, Jay-Z
54, Madonna
53, Neil Diamond
53, Connie Francis
53, The Temptations
53, Jackie Wilson
51, Rod Stewart
So... Jay-Z counts as having had 55 Hot 100 entries, a large portion of which are little more than two second shout-outs on the intros of other artists singles, yet someone like, say, Michael Jackson can't count all of those Jackson 5 singles on which he sang lead toward his total?
More Billboard bullshit.
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I still think *new* songs should remain on their original compilation.Inclusive of JML & RM will kill her best selling GH TIC.
They were hits. This is a collection of hits. From an album, from a soundtrack, from a compilation... a hit is a hit is a hit.Why would it matter that they originated on a compilation? The inclusion of the fifteen classics from "Holiday" to "Vogue" on this new compilation would risk killing sales of The Immaculate Collection before "Justify My Love" alone would. The forthcoming release is likely meant to be the dominant, definitive Madonna compilation. "Killing" The Immaculate Collection thereby falls under the objective.
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*bites nails*
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and the title of the 1st single is called "Vibeology"
HORNY HORNS!
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"You may find all else a ball?!"
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Cancelled according to Tribe.
The clunk you just heard was Mattress' jaw hitting the floor.
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I can´t understand why it wasn´t on Something to remember
Because she was in full-on Good Girl Balladeer Evita Chiquita Banana mode.
I'm surprised she included "Rain" considering it was from Erotica.
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The video is great, but on record Madonna's lead vocal should probably have been rerecorded. This wasn't a case of a raw, emotional vocal performance that couldn't be recaptured in subsequent takes (see: "Live To Tell"). It sounds like she has a bit of a head cold and much of the phrasing is whiny.
"Bad Girl" holds the distinction of being my mom's favorite Madonna song.
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A short clip claiming to be La Petit, leaked onto the internet. But this isn't real, it's just Madonna reading a part of a Winnee The Pooh book.
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"I had to listen to the 'Music' album tracks on which I'd participated the other day for something that Warners had requested."
And what would this be?
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Then it means "Hanky Panky" should be there as well, because it reached #2. It would have been immortalized as one of her #1s if it wasn't for...
Which she in turn reinterpolated on the final verse of "Rescue Me."
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when you know the notes to sing, you can sing most anything.
that's what my mama told me.
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*watches Carlton fist Luka on repeat on VHS*
To be fair, it's more of a "credit card swipe" than a proper fisting. But, yeah.
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"Deeper And Deeper" is among my top 10 favorite Madonna songs.
Picture this. Italy (okay, not Italy)... October 20, 1992. An eleven year old boy who did not yet have his own compact disc player (but who had been pining after one and knew it was only a matter of time) convinces his parents to buy the CD pressing of Madonna's new album Erotica to play <i>occasionally</i> on theirs. He sits down and listens to the album for the first time whilst dubbing a cassette copy for repeat listens on his own primitive stereo equipment. Suddenly, the "Vogue" ending of "Deeper And Deeper" kicks in and --all excited-like-- he mindlessly lunges toward the stereo and rewinds, fucking up his cassette recording.
That little boy was me, and that little boy had to listen to a glitched cassette dub of his favorite song from the new album for the better part of a week before he had the opportunity to re-record it, hands restrained. And Santa brought him a CD player two months later. <i>Thank you babyjesus.</i>
<b>Deeper And Deeper</b> [David's Radio Edit] | download
This is the promo only radio remix by David Morales which was the dominant radio version where I lived. This concise version features fuller instrumentation than the 12" length David's Klub Mix version (though, oddly, some synth string fills are missing during the middle break.) I like this version as much as (if not slightly more than) the original album version arrangement. The more prominent vocal harmonies sound lovely.
<i>That's why!...</i>
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So, what is this song really about? Infatuation? Love? Sexuality? I get the whole idea of discovering some sort of libido but the whole "daddy couldn't be all wrong" part throws me off.
It's always seemed straightforward to me. Sung from the perspective of a person who has either never been in love or who has had a few bad relationships, she was cynical about love and the generic idea of it. As a result she "hid" the feeling.
The verses are cliche' things that her parents said that she lost faith in/didn't believe/didn't understand until she found someone who really loved her...someone who she likely avoided or alienated initially. So, it's her understanding the positive musings her parents instilled in her with regard to love because she's in a relationship that allows her to feel and express those things and she's using their words as a sort of validation/means to override her cynicism.
The bridge explains the entire song: "Someone said that romance was dead, and I believed instead of remembering what my mama told me, let my father mold me, then you try to hold me...you remind me what they said. This feeling inside, I can't explain, but my love is alive and I'm never gonna hide it again."
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Okay. I think I've worked it out so that the only missing MADONNA! UK singles --those which were also released in the US and which sold over 100,000-- would be "Hanky Panky," "Rescue Me," "Rain," "The Power Of Good-bye," "Nothing Really Matters" and "Give It 2 Me". Taking time restraints into consideration, I think we can just about all live with that.
Breaking down the UK sales list based on my previously posted track listing....
FIRST TIER: The 14 strongest sellers in the UK; sold between 400,000 and 900,000
843,561 Into The Groove
768,129 Like A Virgin
752,968 Holiday
662,481 Crazy For You
629,386 Papa Don't Preach
534,728 True Blue
517,036 Hung Up
513,992 Beautiful Stranger
513,231 Like A Prayer
508,296 Frozen
484,308 Vogue
430,000 4 Minutes
421,760 La Isla Bonita
400,531 Music
All of these made the track listing.
SECOND TIER: 5 additional singles respectfully sold between 300,000 and 400,000
389,999 Material Girl
380,937 American Pie
376,498 Who's That Girl
338,494 Don't Cry For Me Argentina
302,432 You'll See
Of these, only the two aforementioned covers are (purposely) omitted from my previous track listing. Thus far, of Madonna's own original hits, the 17 biggest UK sellers are already included.
THIRD TIER: 11 more singles, all sold between 200,000 and 300,000
298,388 Borderline
292,341 Gambler
271,897 Live To Tell
270,800 Erotica
270,427 This Used To Be My Playground
262,514 Ray Of Light
250,769 Dear Jessie
229,934 Causing A Commotion
228,683 Justify My Love
205,733 Hanky Panky
204,970 Dress You Up
All but three of these (two non-US releases "Gambler" and "Dear Jessie" plus "Hanky Panky") already appear on my track listing, bringing our totals to 25 of her 30 biggest UK sellers.
FOURTH (and final) TIER: 18 additional singles that sold between 100,000 and 200,000
198,650 Angel
194,102 Express Yourself
192,891 Cherish
186,742 Open Your Heart
179,939 Don't Tell Me
178,963 Sorry
175,095 The Power Of Goodbye
167,863 Die Another Day
148,000 Give It 2 Me
136,854 Deeper And Deeper
134,764 Rescue Me
130,771 Rain
128,137 Nothing Really Matters
121,439 The Look Of Love
117,957 Secret
117,470 Lucky Star
102,739 Take A Bow
100,090 I'll Remember
Of these, 11 are included on the track listing, 7 are not.
Only 12 of 48 UK singles that sold over 100,000 copies are missing and everything is (in my opinion) well repesented from a "hits" aspect. As loomer suggested, if we found the most logical way to include "Sorry" (fourth tier seller, but an original #1 all the same) I feel my previous track listing could work for both markets.
Ah, but how to do it...
How about a similar list of US singles sales?
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Edited the interview bits from Raiuno's Bedtime Stories special...Pt 1.
The hair
a proper crackwhore..Can we settle this once and for all? Did bitch have leopard print brows to match her coat?
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In a lot of euro countries 'Gambler' was even bigger than 'Crazy For You' but Holidayperson won't believe me.
I'm in the US and knew "Gambler" just as well as I did "Like A Virgin" or "Into The Groove" thanks to a certain little television network. I was surprised when I discovered it wasn't a single here.
I always include it on my otherwise US-centric multi-disc compilations along with "Fever" and "I Want You" for their video releases.
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Thank you! OUCH at "Miles Away."
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Where can one find a complete list of these UK singles sales? *raises brow*
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I'd go along with this exactly. Except you don't have enough space for 2 new songs, so I'd cut Die Another Day. It was much hated when it came out in certain quarters and isn't the best remembered Bond theme.
I have a feeling that some of the 80s hits will be cut
Angel and Commotion seem most vulnerable.It's a pity Oh Father and Drowned World couldn't be added to give the album more breadth and show her more thoughtful side.
If you're wanting to do a UK version, then cut the flop I'll Remember and replace with Sorry. Fuck American Pie, # 1 or not, it was a cover
If the two new songs run in the respectable 3:20 range (like many recent singles have) they would fit perfectly without having to drop anything from disc two.Definitely agree, due to the tight time restrictions, "American Pie" and "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" truly don't belong. They're covers of already famous recordings, not MADONNA! songs.
And which flopped harder in the UK... "Take A Bow" or "I'll Remember"?
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That actress also made a cameo in Dennis Rodman's authorized TV movie.
There's a clearly fabricated scene where "Dennis" and "Madonna" are breaking up in a garage (?) while paparazzi snap away. (Of course we've all seen the actual photos that this scene recreates. Not.)
She's wearing an oriental print gown --similar to the one Madonna wore for "Take A Bow" on the AMA's but in blue-- and has what appears to be a $10 mall haircut.
New Single ("Celebrate" or "Celebration"?) to hit Radio Soon
in ARCHIVE - Madonna
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With one addition, that's the tracklisting I've stuck to since the mention of new recordings being included. The only thing that differs is mine also includes "Angel" on disc one. It fills the CD just past 79 minutes and makes it so that her entire, legendary run of consecutive top 5 US hits --"Lucky Star" to "Cherish"!-- are included. Disc two (once the new songs are added) would land somewhere in the 78-80 minute range.
So, to me, the perfect tracklisting would be:
CD1
Holiday
Borderline
Lucky Star
Like A Virgin
Material Girl
Crazy For You
Angel
Into The Groove
Dress You Up
Live To Tell
Papa Don't Preach
True Blue
Open Your Heart
La Isla Bonita
Who's That Girl
Causing A Commotion
Like A Prayer
Express Yourself
Cherish
CD2
Vogue
Justify My Love
This Used To Be My Playground
Erotica
Deeper And Deeper
I'll Remember
Secret
Take A Bow
Frozen
Ray Of Light
Beautiful Stranger
Music
Don't Tell Me
Die Another Day
Hung Up
4 Minutes
Celebrate
Revolver