RyanUK

AMEN! 🙌

She appears to ask them to turn off the AC and then says “last time”….so read into that what you will. It seems they had been asked numerous times and they did not do what she asked. It’s only natural that she is going to lose her shit.

It sounds like M had asked for the AC to be switched off and the crew didn’t honor the request. Fair play to M for her reaction. She’s the boss at the end of the day. I would be pissed too.

I guess if she is under the weather it would be best to not have the AC on?

I’m currently reading the Mary Gabriel biography “A Rebel Life”, which is fantastic by the way. She talks about the Virgin Tour in some length and explains that the Burning Up performance was very sexually provocative and at one point she simulates giving Paul Pesco a BJ. She says that because Madonna’s grandma was in the audience in Detroit that night, they cut the Burning Up performance and didn’t perform it out of respect for her grandma. I’ve never heard that story before. Very interesting. So Burning Up wouldn’t have been included anyway.

You are missing the point. I will leave it at that.

What is there to consider? It’s not as though this is an autobiography of his life. It is a tell all about Madonna’s life, and more to the point, her personal life. Key word here is PERSONAL. If Madonna had said that she agreed to him writing this book then I would have been on board with it and would have read it, but she clearly was not happy that he had wrote it and I dare say it hurt her very much. So with that in mind I will not read it or support it. I’m a Madonna fan and I have her back, just like she’s had ours for 40 years.

I too have never read it. M gave him some fantastic opportunities and he repays her by writing a book about her and her life to make a quick buck. He has no integrity at all and I don’t blame her for not trusting him again. I hope she has moved on and forgiven him for her own peace of mind, but like they say, you can forgive but never forget. She deserves more respect from her brother.

1. Into the Groove 2. Express Yourself 3. Dress You Up

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It was reissued the following year because the original red and black 6LP set was limited and sold out very quickly. Lots of fans wanted to get a copy, so it made sense to reissue it in larger quantities.

When you say that it was a compilation of stuff we already had, what exactly are you expecting of the upcoming reissues? I fear you are setting yourself up for disappointment if you are setting your heart on unreleased tracks or demos. No one knows if she will include them. And if she doesn’t, are you then going to complain that you already have the album, b sides and remixes?

I think that when the album reissues come we can expect more than just the original track listing and a colour vinyl. In the press release it states that M will personally curate EXPANDED deluxe editions, so more content will be added, however in what form this will take, none of us know at this point. I think at the very least we can expect official b sides and official remixes to be added. Hopefully it won’t be too much longer before we get some information on the 40th celebrations of Like a Virgin.

I think calling what has been released so far messy, confusing and lazy is a bit of a stretch. For the first time in years we are getting brand new items related to her back catalog. After years of only getting the same albums released on a different colour vinyl we have items that have brand new artwork, brand new track-listings. Finally Enough Love is brand new. Yes it contains previously released songs, but a lot of the edits are rare and have never been put on a commercial release before. It was very well put together and is a nice companion to the “Celebration” compilation.

Agreed, but predominantly it tends to be vinyl that is the format that has the big exclusives. Vinyl is a massive seller at the moment, so it makes sense for bigger artists such as M to have their RSD item pressed on vinyl. We have to remember that this is a business too and they want to make as much profit as they can. Vinyl will seal the deal much more than CD or Cassette.