anyone in this thread rolling on Molly?
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Monday, 26 March 2012 19:37 (twelve years ago) link
not atm :|
― surm, Monday, 26 March 2012 20:30 (twelve years ago) link
y, you holding?
― Lil T the Bowed Jet (forksclovetofu), Monday, 26 March 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
lol otm
― surm, Monday, 26 March 2012 20:34 (twelve years ago) link
I think what I like about "Love Spent" is that it seems like she got bored with it mid-way through and then started right into a completely different song. The alternative explanation is that there were so many writers on it (check the credits, there's 5 or 6 co-writers) that Orbit just grafted everything together and hoped for the best.
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 26 March 2012 23:46 (twelve years ago) link
is molly the US version of mandy?
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
americans: stick to weed slang, you're better at that than ecstasy slang
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:07 (twelve years ago) link
This album has a billion songwriting credits.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 13:15 (twelve years ago) link
Christgau:
Forget the four "Deluxe" extras, not one of which except maybe the pretty little "I F***ed Up" improves on the updated '90s arena-dance power tracks of the first 43 minutes, although they top the deadly-dreamy closer "Falling Free" as well as the penultimate "Masterpiece," which begins "If you were the Mona Lisa . . . ." Granted, I could mock "Ooh la la you're my superstar/Ooh la la that's what you are" just as easily. But lyrics have never been where she showed off her gorgeous brains, and anyway, the 10-track mix I propose as an alternative goes out on a real song called "Love Spent": "Hold me like your money/Tell me that you want me/Spend your love on me/Spend your love on me." Nikki Minaj shines bright, but she's no more crucial structurally than the cheerleaders who garnish "I'm Addicted" at its close and embellish "Give Me All Your Luvin'" throughout. Play loud. She's smart and she's proud. A MINUS
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
what the hell
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 22:17 (twelve years ago) link
lol he's finally lost it for good.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 27 March 2012 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
that entire thing might as well say:
I had strained peas for dinner. I never thought about growing old when I was younger and the indignities aging would visit upon my body; the infirmity visited upon my limbs, the rapid deterioration of my eyesight, the unpredictable and embarrassing episodes of incontinence. Even now I don't know that I can trust that my mind is formulating coherent thoughts and that the words I am using to express myself are lucid once they have been written down. And yet, amidst all of this, the largest indignity I suffer is eating. That, and I like an extraordinarily crappy Madonna album. A MINUS
― THIS TRADE SERVES ZERO FOOTBALL PURPOSE (DJP), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSl2ezoyPuo
― if you feeling frogbs, leap (The Reverend), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
You get a free CD or digital download w each ticket purchased, and when you go to redeem them the header at the top of the page reads "Get your MDNA (clean) album" despite it not mentioning a clean version anywhere else in the email or on the redemption page. Ugh.
― Joan Cusack clumsily running into a water fountain (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 27 March 2012 22:50 (twelve years ago) link
what the hell indeed
― Lil T the Bowed Jet (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 00:39 (twelve years ago) link
Agree with people above...a lot of these songs would be pretty damn good if they were sung by someone who sounded like she was actually trying.
― skip, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
whoever had the idea of putting Girl Gone Wild as the opening track is outta their mind. gets loads better by track 3 but man by halfway through track 2 it was starting to sound like a 21st century version of
http://turntabling.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ethel-merman-disco-album.jpg
― piscesx, Wednesday, 28 March 2012 05:18 (twelve years ago) link
irl lols
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 March 2012 05:22 (twelve years ago) link
This miserable album entirely justified its existence once it resulted in me seeing that Teen Witch clip posted upthread.
― Look At How Funky He Is! (jer.fairall), Friday, 30 March 2012 01:32 (eleven years ago) link
You may enjoy this episode of Freaky Trigger and the Lollards of Pop, in which we play that clip on the radio....
http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/11/freaky-trigger-and-the-lollards-of-pop-series-4-week-9/
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 30 March 2012 09:59 (eleven years ago) link
I'm Addicted is Confessions.. standard good IMHO.
― piscesx, Friday, 30 March 2012 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLbMuPkqGIw/RxvakxZa6FI/AAAAAAAAAt4/Pe_pFgUfWxo/s400/Mrs__Miller_-_Does_her_thing.jpg
― beanz meanz lulz (snoball), Sunday, 1 April 2012 17:40 (eleven years ago) link
It makes a difference hearing this thing in sequence. The two singles remain garbage but I can get down with "Gang Bang," "I'm Addicted," "Some Girls," and "I Don't Give A."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 April 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
saying your name is somewhere between a prayer and a shout~
― lex pretend, Friday, 6 April 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
Exclusive: Madonna MDNA Will Have Biggest Second Week Drop in Chart History
Madonna‘s “MDNA” album had the biggest second week drop in chart history last week, I am told. When all the numbers are in on Tuesday night, “MDNA” will have fallen from number 1 by 88%–from 359,000 copies in its first week to roughly 46,000 the second week. Wow. The first week’s sales, as I revealed exclusively (and then the New York Post lifted it from us), most of Madonna’s first week sales were CDs that were included in the sale of concert tickets. That promotion artificially inflated Madonna’s numbers, putting her first before Lionel Richie and his “Tuskegee” album. In the second week, Richie fell only 47% and sold about 110,000 albums–which is normal. “Tuskegee” will now finish much higher than “MDNA.” I do think that all the people involved in the Madonna ticket-CD deal should apologize to Richie for denying him his rightful place at number 1, starting with Billboard and SoundScan. But Richie’s consolation is that he has a major hit, while “MDNA” is a total dud. So far, “MDNA” has not produced anything like a hit single either, no radio play or anything to provide organic promotion. But Madonna’s concert tour with Live Nation will be a big hit, so it’s not like we have to worry about her financial situation.
― Reality Check Cashing Services (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
Set list was revealed apparenty but I don't think I wanna spoil it
― Time, a group with Jam and Lewis (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 23:01 (eleven years ago) link
A friend and I were discussing this story last night, and how much more adeptly Richie has marketed himself to the Target and Walmart crowd.
Also, from what I've read and been told, it's a much better record than it has a right to be: better than Madonna's.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 23:04 (eleven years ago) link
Lionel Richie has been ready for the middle-age market since before Madonna was recording
― da croupier, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 23:08 (eleven years ago) link
whereas Madonna has no idea she IS the middle age market
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
no way all the hip dance kids totally love her amirite
― Disco Bob & MC Criminal (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
she'll have her "believe" yet, i'm sure
― da croupier, Tuesday, 10 April 2012 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
read the comments on that Forbes article
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 23:13 (eleven years ago) link
This whole Madonna/Lionel thing suddenly makes me feel like I'm living in a weirdo version of the 80s.
― Look at how funky he is! (jer.fairall), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah, i passed by an electronics/music store downtown that had a new release slate and it was MADONNAIRON MAIDENLIONEL RICHIEKATY PERRY
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 01:56 (eleven years ago) link
Leftsetz ragging on Madonna almost makes me want to buy this
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
haha
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:16 (eleven years ago) link
Madonna‘s “MDNA” album had the biggest second week drop in chart history last week, I am told.
well she's all about the drop these days right?
― liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:53 (eleven years ago) link
www.rimshot.com
― boy, was that Dan Fielding hungry for some cake! (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 11 April 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
which does not lead where i woulda thought it would
This album is not actually as unrelentingly terrible as you ppl say it is.
It does sound, however, like she went to all the trouble of throwing this amazing fabulous party - and then couldn't be bothered turning up for it.
― I want to smother him in electronic butter. (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Friday, 3 August 2012 09:45 (eleven years ago) link
Picks up considerably in the second half, so I'm glad I persisted with it. I Don't Give A and I'm A Sinner have been enjoyable circle rides where she stops crowing about how awesome it is Being Madonna, and gets back to the serious business of, y'know, being Madonna.
― I want to smother him in electronic butter. (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Friday, 3 August 2012 09:58 (eleven years ago) link
Holy shit, Falling Free.
I cannot believe the difference between the two halves of this album. Like, side 1, which is all "drugs, sex, shooting dudes in the head" is completely phoned in, like she didn't even turn up at the studio, went through the motions, etc. But then the second half, which is all "musings on life and love and ageing and the death and decay of impossible love" and then suddenly she stops phoning it in, and MADONNA turns up.
Like she's only doing the "yay, parties, clubbing!" stuff to fulfill contractual obligations, but the album tracks that come when that's out the way are subtly amazing.
― I want to smother him in electronic butter. (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Friday, 3 August 2012 10:11 (eleven years ago) link
It's actually pretty unrelentingly terrible.
― I dont even know that I think this sucks per se (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 August 2012 19:42 (eleven years ago) link
completely forgot that this even came out
― giallo pudding pops (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 3 August 2012 19:44 (eleven years ago) link
It does pick up towards the end, but after that tedious first half-hour I feel like "hey, this isn't completely crap" rather than "ok, this is a good song"
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 3 August 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
so glad this bombed in the US.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 3 August 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
get HER!
http://www.towleroad.com/2012/08/eltonmadonna.html
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Monday, 6 August 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
By referring to Madonna as a fairground stripper, Elton has basically described 99% of all female pop singers out there today. Their shtick consists of look changes, showing a boob, showing a piece of ass, pretending to be bisexual etc etc etc. The saddest thing is that gay men have supported the careers of these women.
I honestly don't know why men who are interested sexually in men have gone and supported the careers of women who appeal sexually to men who are not like us. Strange, isn't it?
Posted by: jason | Aug 6, 2012 8:55:23 AM
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 August 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
Here let me just fix that up for you
The saddest thing is that gay men have supported the careers of these women.I honestly don't know why men who are interested sexually in men have gone and supported the careers of women who appeal sexually to men who are not like us. Strange, isn't it?Posted by: jason | Aug 6, 2012 8:55:23 AM
― the mandy moorhols (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 6 August 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
I listened to Hard Candy a couple months ago and it didn't seem nearly as bad as I remembered.
I don't think I've ever been more wrong, more often, more vehemently, in as many different ways, over a longer period of time, and with as many supposedly clear-eyed self-revisions as with Madonna. There was never a Madonna album I liked on first listen. I'm still suddenly falling in love with old singles I hated. It's all on an upward curve, though, so there's something pleasingly right to me about her confidence, which makes me laugh. I feel silly offering strong opinions about her music at all anymore, one way or the other (given how much I now like Hard Candy, I suspect MDNA is better than this thread's borderline consensus, but of course I'm going to think that).
I will say, I now might vote the other way on that TS: Madonna vs. Elvis thread. The not-trying/not-showing-up-to-the-studio quality discussed above strikes me as a refinement of something that was always mysteriously there (or not there) in her singing. To me it's the sound of close, fascinated, concerned attentiveness to the contours of a melody just within reach of her ability, almost child-like with wonder or conscientiousness or both, but which winds up registering emotionally as all kinds of intimacy and attitude. Or maybe that's just me. Anyway, I'm beginning to think I'd love her if she'd never released anything but the last two albums...
― Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 11 August 2012 00:28 (eleven years ago) link