Guest Sinisin Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 It took her best moments from a great promo gig for COADF and it was beautifully animated!!! WTF? I remember so much hate. Do you still hate this video, or do you now appreciate it? I showed this shit to non Madonna fans when it came out, and they loved it...so?
Nightshade Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I actually liked it from the beginning because she at least tried to do something somewhat creative rather than just put out a performance video. It is definitely retro animation, but futuristic in style and I think it fits the soft techno-dub texture of the song very well. From Madonna.com about the video: The ground breaking video for Madonna's most recent single, "Get Together", was directed by the animation team called Logan, based out of Venice, California. Logan has 20 employees and has worked on projects for Jurassic 5,Money Mark, and Felix Da Housecat, commercial campaigns for Apple iPod, Volkswagen, and Target, and experimental projects ranging from fashion to architecture. Logan cites Italian erotic comic book art, American science fiction magazine, covers from the 30's - 40's, and explosions from Japanese cartoons as inspirations for the animation in "Get Together".The Logan team submitted 3 different versions of the video to Madonna before it was approved. The verdict is in, Logan & "Get Together" are a great match!
Guest Sinisin Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I distinctly remember the Ipod animator factoid, and I loved this video so much (still do)- and I vividly remember the hate from MMad and MNation about this vid- and retrospectively- compared to the original, (YUCK!), and subsequent videos, it is kind of a masterpiece. Educate Nightshade!!!
BoyToy Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Looks cheap and straight from a windows xp package
Guest Sinisin Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I have a sense you might still be using XP, no?
Guest Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 The editing in the video is gorge but the visual effects make it look like promo for iPod/coca cola. If those visual effects had less like pterodactyls and cola fountains and maybe instead had more definition it would have been one of her best videos ever.
mamifero Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 The song is ICONIC but the video does look cheap, plus when I first saw it reminded me of this (check out the first 15 secs). This is a news segment that is shown in almost all movie theaters over here, before the trailers and the movie:
Narendra Sen Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 IKR I absolutely love this video. I too don't understand the hate. Nightshade said it best: she at least tried to do something somewhat creative rather than just put out a performance video It is better than many of her other videos (4 Minutes, Miles Away, Celebration, TUTR).
Guest Sinisin Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 The editing in the video is gorge but the visual effects make it look like promo for iPod/coca cola. If those visual effects had less like pterodactyls and cola fountains and maybe instead had more definition it would have been one of her best videos ever. Indeed The song is ICONIC but the video does look cheap, plus when I first saw it reminded me of this (check out the first 15 secs). This is a news segment that is shown in almost all movie theaters over here, before the trailers and the movie: Eh, other than the quick cuts and the generic female musician on stage, I dont really see the similarities. Also, I never thought of the word "cheap" with this vid, the first draft yes- soooo bad, but not the final cut. It never seemed cheap to me... Maybe it was a disappointment for fans because she was on tour at the time and didn't film a "proper" vid?
Guest Ivy Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Oh please, my atari 2600 could do better animation than this abomination! Georgeous song though.
Apples388 Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 Loved it then and I love it now. The KOKO footage is fabulous.
Butter9 Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 It's a brilliant song that deserved a better vdo treatment and after the horror-fest that was Sorry ( another great song ruined by nasty vdo ) I think people /fans were expecting something with a little more effort than this thrown together animation hot mess.
Lucky guy Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I've always really liked the video -but I think I'd like footage of a tin of baked beans if it were set to this classic song. One of Madonna's very very best.
Ugly Hecty Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 She was too busy with preparing for "The Confessions Tour", if I recall correctly.
Foxcatcher Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I remember some news that Madonna would be a syrene and i was so excited! but then, she told "i have no time for this" and i was like oh no. and we got this video... i like it but... THIS ONE is so much better imo potential has been permanently destroyed... what a shame... the only video i HATE from COADF is JUMP!
HolidayGuy Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I didn't mind the second video that was released (that appears on the Celebration DVD), as it showed M spinning at the proper moment (unlike this video). But, both are better than a straight performance clip, that is true.
neutrocks Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I find that a lot of fans get upset if she produces something they've seen before. For instance, she used the Koko footage to make this video and then gave it some animated treatment. I think it's clever. I knew she was busy with the tour, so what better way to do is take a live performance and have someone add something more creative to it.
5iVe Elements Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 This never really bothered me at all. Never hated nor liked. At least it's not like Miles Away.
Alpha Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I think for such an amazing song and as a follow up to HU and Sorry, it just seemed a bit blah....
Guest material_boy Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I think the hate stemmed from its laziness. She obviously didn't do shit for the "Get Together" video -- one of the best tracks on the album. I mean, come on. A live clip that was layered with enough special effects to look like a TV commercial. Calling it "groundbreaking" is complete BS. Apple had been on TV for months with half a dozen clips that looked exactly like this. The fan community had been worked into a lather ahead of "Confessions"'s release. "Hung Up" was an excellent lead single with an excellent video. The promo tour was amazing. Then "Sorry" had that corny sequel video. Then we got an iPod commercial. Then we got that mess called "Jump." Each video was just more anticlimactic than the last. Thankfully we had the tour to sustain us.
Guest bluejean Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 It's fabulous. Fans hate it because it was a lazy effort on Madonna's part but the actual result looked great. More engaging than Jump or Sorry imo.
ryan Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 It's fabulous. Fans hate it because it was a lazy effort on Madonna's part but the actual result looked great. More engaging than Jump or Sorry imo. YAAAAAAASS!!! I have always loved it and always will. Fits the song beautifully!
nick00 Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 There is something that I really like about the video, but this amazing song deserved a much better video to promote it to the public. GT is one of my all time favorite songs!!
Iconic Fetus Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 The song is great but the video don't, it's so weird and cartoonish, thank God that she did a proper video for Jump, she should've done something like Britney's Break The Ice but that video came 2 years later...
Guest Rachelle of London Posted December 1, 2013 Posted December 1, 2013 I liked this video! I dont get the hate for it either, I like Jump too
vocalism Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 No idea why people hate it. I've always thought it was pretty cool. If you're going to do a live performance video, this is how you do it. Much prefer it to, say, "Miles Away."
Guest Pud Whacker Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 It took her best moments from a great promo gig for COADF and it was beautifully animated!!! WTF? I remember so much hate. Do you still hate this video, or do you now appreciate it? I showed this shit to non Madonna fans when it came out, and they loved it...so? ive always loved it!
mnation09 Posted December 2, 2013 Posted December 2, 2013 Maybe this video sort of hailed a new era where Madonna was no longer a music video artist. A once great artform left behind for no other reason than money. If Madonna could only just see music videos as mini films then maybe she could inject a bit of life, money, time and energy back into the artform!? Meanwhile, this was always one of my top 5 M songs
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