Classic Madonna Thread- Page 3

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 10:25pm

"Ray of Light" was the last time I dreamed someday she and I would star in a reworked version of "The Rink." I never liked a Madonna after that.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 10:27pm

Those *were* the days.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 10:28pm

Oh, I did. I love AMERICAN LIFE and even like lot of HARD CANDY. But after that it just went downhill, I think.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 10:41pm

I liked Ray of Light, enough even if it got a little preachy. That's also the only album I ever went and got at midnight the night of its release. Although, for the Evita soundtrack, I had to drive from my college town to a bigger college town ninety minuets away to get it.

Music was Ray of Light without the preachiness. I think I listened to American Life a couple of times and I haven't been able to take much else since. Same goes for her period. She never struck me as someone who would be a barrel of laughs, but she used to seem like she had a little penchant for fun and whimsy back in the day.

Updated On: 2/19/14 at 10:41 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 10:49pm

I bought Erotica as a midnight release. At Tower Records. 22 years ago.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 10:50pm

"Same goes for her period."

Can't remember her ever talking about that....

As for RAY OF LIGHT, I consider it to be her masterpiece and one of the best albums of all time.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 10:51pm

That's how I feel about Like a Prayer. Or Erotica. Seriously, those albums are my Sophie's Choice.

Updated On: 2/19/14 at 10:51 PM

[HorseTears]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 10:53pm

The last Madonna project I truly loved was her interview with ABC's Cynthia McFadden.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 10:56pm

I was done with her after The Next Best Thing. That movie was so gross and yes, reductive.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 11:05pm

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 11:06pm

Is that the one where she said how Rupert wasn't a typical gay because he was masculine? And then the movie flopped and she dropped him as a friend?

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 11:11pm

The one and only. That movie made me ragey. From the part where Rupert shames the straight guy by acting flaming to the part where Maddie's like, "I want to move and you can't stop me and you're not the father and I knew this for years and basically gifted you. Also, we're gonna sex-shame you in court."

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 11:11pm

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 11:19pm

I recall somebody posting this 7 years ago and...
… wetting my underoos real bad.

[HorseTears]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 11:41pm

OMG, Namo, I've never seen that before. That is ****ing hilarious. I laughed so loud the first time she sang "Ty-em goes by so-lowly"!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 11:44pm

I know. And "por loly". I remember gasping for breath.

Updated On: 2/19/14 at 11:44 PM

[HorseTears]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 11:50pm

Even as a parody, that song is an absolute monster. It makes me a bit sad, though, because I think "Hung Up" is pretty much the last time she was truly culturally relevant. That song felt fresh and like a return to form. And the Confessions tour was incredibly stylish and powerful.

Ah, well, Granny worked hard. We should just let her go a bit coo-coo now if that's what she needs to do.

Updated On: 2/19/14 at 11:50 PM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/19/14 at 11:55pm

I kinda hated the fact that the entire thing was built on an Abba sample, which had already been done to death by Erasure (the first to make Abba cool), Muriel's Wedding, The A-Teens and Mamma Mia! It was also an utter surrender and Madonna giving up her previous drive for constant forward momentum. She looked backwards for the first time.

But I liked the song.

Posted: 2/20/14 at 2:08am

Fave M albums in order:

Erotica
American Life
Confessions
Ray of Light
Like A Prayer

I do enjoy the Pharrell parts of Hard Candy as well.
and I actually listened to some MDNA the other week and said 'Hmmmmm", half of it is pretty decent for me.
I think it's the first M album that I could say I actually skip over "gimme all your luvin" and detest it.

I think she's gonna have a good 'comeback'. a decent one-
she has nothing to prove anymore- so hopefully she could focus on music.
and not have it feel like a rushed project ( i hope).

she's had a very lucrative, prolific 30+ years. she's allowed a clunker or two.




this one is fun too

Posted: 2/20/14 at 2:16am

The last 2 minutes of this is probably the most uncomfortable madonna interview I have ever witnessed.
Like a Virgin - rare Japan

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:16am

But lets try to remember the good times:
Back when Madonna and Sandy were still friends. Back when late night shows were spontaneous and surprising

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 2/20/14 at 10:38am

I wonder what 1988 Madonna would have said if she saw a picture of 2014 Madonna.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 2/20/14 at 11:10am

Good question. If you look up her execrable appearance on the 1000th episode of the Arsenio Hall Show, she actually makes fun of Sharon Stone for getting a boob job. Madonna. Making fun of somebody for having plastic surgery. I'd LOVE to see her react to that today.

She also does an overly long, unmusical version of Fever and a duet on Lady is a Tramp with Anthony Kiedis (wherein she slams Stone) and it's horribly under-rehearsed and amateurish. And it goes on and on and on.

In that Letterman clip above the first six minutes are hilarious because Sandra is steering the ship. The final couple of minutes are awful because Maddie is trying to be funny but she has never had a sense of humor about herself and that is the first step to being able to be funny.

[Brave Sir Robin2]

Posted: 2/20/14 at 11:32am

I think since Hung Up, the two times she has been culturally relevant were 4 Minutes and her Super Bowl halftime show.

[Jane2]

Posted: 2/20/14 at 1:10pm

" she actually makes fun of Sharon Stone for getting a boob job. Madonna. Making fun of somebody for having plastic surgery. I'd LOVE to see her react to that today. "

Especially since Sharon Stone looks one million times better than Madonna does. I'm sure Ms. M. knows it too.