― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 11:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.toto691.co.uk/Madonna_American_Life_192.mp3
Set your standards VERY low and maybe you won't be disappointed.
― edward o (edwardo), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
Fab Five Freddie told me everybody's highDJ's spinnin' are savin' my mindFlash is fast, Flash is coolFrancois sez fas, Flashe' no doAnd you don't stop, sure shotGo out to the parking lotAnd you get in your car and you drive real farAnd you drive all night and then you see a lightAnd it comes right down and lands on the groundAnd out comes a man from MarsAnd you try to run but he's got a gunAnd he shoots you dead and he eats your headAnd then you're in the man from MarsYou go out at night, eatin' carsYou eat Cadillacs, Lincolns tooMercurys and SubarusAnd you don't stop, you keep on eatin' carsThen, when there's no more carsYou go out at night and eat up bars where the people meetFace to face, dance cheek to cheekOne to one, man to manDance toe to toeDon't move to slow, 'cause the man from MarsIs through with cars, he's eatin' barsYeah, wall to wall, door to door, hall to hallHe's gonna eat 'em allRapture, be pureTake a tour, through the sewerDon't strain your brain, paint a trainYou'll be singin' in the rainI said don't stop, do punk rock
Well now you see what you wanna beJust have your party on TV'Cause the man from Mars won't eat up bars when the TV's onAnd now he's gone back up to spaceWhere he won't have a hassle with the human raceAnd you hip-hop, and you don't stopJust blast off, sure shot'Cause the man from Mars stopped eatin' cars and eatin' barsAnd now he only eats guitars, get up!
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:22 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:25 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:26 (twenty-one years ago) link
i think this bit is wrong, i'm sure she says 'DJs spinnin I said 'my my'
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:32 (twenty-one years ago) link
ahem ahem "do THE punk rock"
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― russ t, Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
Dance crazes that never quite made it, part 86: PUNK ROCK!
"A one, and a two,that's how you do,the PUNK ROCK,don't you dare to stop!"
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
and yeh Russ, you had block parties in the Bronx bopping to The Clash and Kraftwerk - sounds amazing
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 12:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 13:08 (twenty-one years ago) link
The link above to the Madonna track doesn't work, and all the p2p sources I've tried have resulted in a loop of what seems like Madonna's voice saying "what the fuck are you trying to do?"
― Sean (Sean), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
(It's not very good but the rap is great!)
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― russ t, Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:52 (twenty-one years ago) link
― j0e (j0e), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 16:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Sean (Sean), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:27 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.hmv.com/servlet/HMVApp/Registration.StartUp/createSessionId?ct=pd&sku=352697
it's kinda dire
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:30 (twenty-one years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 17:58 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 18:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 18:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
i hate it
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 18:14 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 18:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 18:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 18:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
Not that hard to do, admittedly.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 18:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
lyric of the year
― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 19:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
half of my record collection sounds like a bonus round
rephrase:
it sounds like it was composed with My First Keyboard
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 19:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 19:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
okay:
it sounds like a bonus round done on a My First Keyboard except it's rub
― mark p (Mark P), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 19:09 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tom (Groke), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 19:35 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 19:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 20:15 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Nicole (Nicole), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 20:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
This is like a vintage Morrissey lyric; imagine if Madonna had written "How Soon Is Now?". Juxtaposing this bleakness with the part where she talks about how she's living the American dream with her honey, then completely nods to Prince, then jumps straight into her "Fuck J-Lo" rap... absolute genius.
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 20:24 (twenty-one years ago) link
...can someone pretty please forcibly air-drop Monsieur Mirwais into a small rural Texas town so he can get his eyes gouged out and his hands cut off by a parade of French wine bottle-smashing hoodlums since he has almost singularly destroyed my Madonna-lurve and made the last three years excrutiatingly difficult for my worship of the former Great Goddess of popular culture? Please S'IL VOUS-PLAIT ppplease?
WHERE THE FUCK IS PATRICK LEONARD???????????????
― Vic (Vic), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 21:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 21:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 26 March 2003 21:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 March 2003 21:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 28 March 2003 21:17 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 28 March 2003 22:37 (twenty-one years ago) link
― James Blount (James Blount), Saturday, 29 March 2003 00:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
same but "dark ballet"
single is both trend-hopping and deeply weird, but it's probably the first time i've been more intrigued than indifferent toward a lead madonna single since.... "hung up"? this is no "hung up" but
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 17:10 (five years ago) link
Y'all enjoy. This is v bad.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 17:34 (five years ago) link
it was also produced by mirwais which is extremely weird to me
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 17:35 (five years ago) link
appears that a lot of the album has been produced by mirwais.
― mark e, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 18:11 (five years ago) link
Madonna finally relents and works with a prior collaborator and she chooses Mirwais?
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 18:19 (five years ago) link
Didn't she try working with William Orbit again and it didn't work out?
Not really feeling the new single. There's a nice breezy feel to the verses but the chorus feels clumsy and the song is two minutes too long. It's definitely stronger than her last few leads but that really isn't saying much.
― kitchen person, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 18:21 (five years ago) link
i mean i'd say the majority of stuff she made with mirwais was good
of course i wish it were stuart price, alas xp
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 18:22 (five years ago) link
Hung Up is prob my favourite single of the 2000s so that’s a high bar.
This is a bit dull but it’s curious enough to pique interest about the album. I don’t mind Mirwais. “Nobody’s Perfect” remains incredible.
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 19:32 (five years ago) link
i said it was no "hung up"! it absolutely isn't, i haven't even decided if i like it lol
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 19:39 (five years ago) link
OK, kids, let's see what's got you hopped up.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:10 (five years ago) link
I'll say her Spanish is pretty decent. That's the best thing I can say about the track.
― daavid, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:33 (five years ago) link
^^^ fair reaction
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:37 (five years ago) link
Me and the newly-out lodger were just dancing round the kitchen to this, and we've decided we like it. Extra points for the Usha Uthup reference, too. https://youtu.be/k8f5Itra2Wo
― mike t-diva, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:39 (five years ago) link
time to dig out that Mirwais album then I guess.and, to be fair while driving home, when the song came on the radio (Sara Cox R2 : EXCLUSIVE build up etc), it was rather enjoyable ..
― mark e, Wednesday, 17 April 2019 20:56 (five years ago) link
too funny. will never intentionally listen again.
― dyl, Thursday, 18 April 2019 02:14 (five years ago) link
I listened to it four times in a row, hoping I could dig anything out of it. I couldn't. How many times is too many times to still give Madonna the benefit of the doubt?
Then I thought, young people don't give one fuck about Madonna. And her older fans just listen to Lady Gaga now instead. She's in an interzone desperately attempting to stay on-trend when she could probably do something else with far more success.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 18 April 2019 04:14 (five years ago) link
And her older fans just listen to Lady Gaga now instead.
i'm not sure this is accurate
― dyl, Thursday, 18 April 2019 04:47 (five years ago) link
Me neither; I know an “older” Madonna megafan who cares little for Gaga (despite my recent attempts to get him into Joanne).That said, I’m not sure how much he cares about “new” Madonna, either...
― get your hand outta my pocket universe (morrisp), Thursday, 18 April 2019 05:02 (five years ago) link
I'm talking about moms and shit who probably still buy cd's, but a couple a year. Not us (although I now listen to way more Gaga than anything Madonna is making).
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 18 April 2019 11:51 (five years ago) link
wtf @ "Dark Ballet"
― Jeff W, Saturday, 8 June 2019 15:21 (four years ago) link
Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Uagw4zser8
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 June 2019 15:31 (four years ago) link
oh i guess it makes sense she worked with Mirwais on this because this is just as bizarre as "American Life"
― ufo, Saturday, 8 June 2019 15:52 (four years ago) link
the album's credits have fewer collaborators since the Stuart Price days. We'll see if it works.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 June 2019 16:05 (four years ago) link
ILM has never been more wrong than in the first hundred or so posts to this thread.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 8 June 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link