her attitude through those interviews did not win anyone over, to me it seemed contrived and self important and lacking any fun or connection which she always had to get away with the attitude. In Australia the general public ended up with promo snippets of weird eye patch lady
...but you just KNOW that this Pride footage will actually be edited in to part of the main Vogue MXT performance Even that crazy Madame X space rock shiz...
Honey this is Madonna. The hag makes fans wait til the early hours of the next day before she finally arrivers on stage.
Time is more of a .....concept with ha.
Also..scream at Madonna queen of thanksgiving. I see you Mariah dodger
Maybe a digital playlist, in the best case.
I hope warner puts a stop in the aldo diaz days. Her love for his artworks shows how low is her creative taste right now.
Small changes that made my GHV2 better.
I was also not happy with the ’GHV2:Greatest Hits Volume 2’ when it arrived in 2001. I was 15 when I first heard of Madonna (a bit late to the party I know) & loved 'Frozen' which lead me to have a listen to one of my Mum's CD's (Can you imagine such a thing!!!!?)… Madonna’s 'Music' Album from 2000.
I could not get the 'Music’ Album out of my head it was so good. So good I sat up all night & educated myself with VH1's Madonna's Top 40. I was not so crazy on the 80's stuff (this opinion has changed since) but it was the 'Rain/I'll Remember' work that was beginning to sound more and more like the Artist from the 'Music' Album.
Towards the end of the Countdown there was the 5 videos from the 'Ray of Light' which lead me to finally by my first Madonna Purchase… the 'Ray of Light' album.... life changed...!
Not long after the ‘Drowned World Tour’ was shown on TV & it just seemed Madonna was everywhere!! Over the course of 2001 I Built up My Madonna Collection till there was no more Albums to get, then shortly afterwards GHV2 was announced.
Just like the 80's Material, 17-year-old me found the Albums 'Erotica' & 'Bedtime Stories' to be boring & Dated and I had a real urge to hear new material. As GHV2 was mainly a re-hash of a lot of material I had already got that year I was both exited at the prospect of a new collection, a squeal to 'Immaculate', and disappointed at the Track list.
In the coming weeks I had convinced myself that the Tracks on GHV2 may be slightly mixed (like Immaculate) even though the version's being used were clearly advertised.
Christmas Day 2001 & I loved the Album Art more than the Album itself. Do not get me wrong I listened to it everywhere I went but I did think as much as I was not a massive fan of it, the ‘Erotica’ album should have been represented with more than just 2 songs...
I understood Why they did not want 'Erotica' to be the opener.
I understood why ‘Human Nature’ was censored.
I even understood that the track listing was an inaccurate re-creation of each Era like sections of her Tour (leading up to the finale 'Music')
I think from that perspective the Album would have taken too long to get going if it were in chronologic Order.
I just felt it was almost perfect but there were one or two elements missing and with a little balance & confidence in the earlier parts of the decade we could have had a really great collection that would hold up next to ‘The Immaculate Collection’.
'The Immaculate Collection' (Which after being disappointed with the early 90's I was beginning to fall in love with from 'Express Yourself' onwards... 'Rescue Me' being my favourite) was simple enough, 3 Hit Singles from 4 Hit albums, 2 Movie Soundtrack's (never released on a Madonna Album before) & 2 Brand New Songs, all exclusively Mixed (Including 2 of the big hits, 'Like A Prayer' & 'Express Yourself' being replaced by their successful Remix's) in chronologic order, the perfect recipe.
So, I decided to FIX GHV2 for myself...
Firstly 'Rain' was my favourite single from the 'Erotica' Era and in the UK, it charted higher than ‘Drowned World/Substitute for Love’ therefor I guessed it deserved a place on the Album. I found the Album Version to go on too long & much preferred the Video Version.
I remember purchasing the 'Fever' Maxi Disc just to get the 'Video Edit' of ‘Rain’ for my collection and for me, if it had been put on GHV2 that would have been one of those rare versions Exclusive to this collection…
Adding one extra track would push the collection up to 17 Tracks (Matching IC).
I also wanted to have some decent remixes in the collection and so was thinking the next track added should be the 'Edit One' Mix of ‘Fever’.
However I still felt I wanted to change things up very subtly, and so using the scratching at the beginning and end of 'Erotica'... 'Deeper & Deeper', 'Erotica' & (using a shortened down edit of) 'Bad Girl' would work as one continues mix.
Madonna like’s a journey & ‘Bad Girl’ contrasts with where the album is heading to... ‘Ray of light’. So I felt it fitted in with an overall Album theme of her Return to form & Recent success’.
With 'Rain' [Video Edit] rounding off the Erotica Era we would continue with 'Human Nature' but using an Uncensored Video Edit, another slight change and exclusive to this collection.
· The inclusion of the uncensored lyrics on ‘Human Nature’ would incur a Parental Advisory Warning on the cover art however this is a collection of Madonna’s greatest works from 1992-2001 & most of Madonna’s greatest works have always had controversy.
Following on from Secret I decided 'Don’t Cry for Me...' would have to be replaced with the 'Miami Mix Edit'. The OG Version was so Jarring on the official track list... it kind of took you out of it, the remix however was a big hit!
The Miami Mix of 'Argentina' had more radio play in the UK than the OG & was also the 'go to' Madonna Dance Track in the UK Gay Scene (Pre-Hung Up of course) ...
I was not sure if replacing the Main Title Track of an album with the remix on a greatest hits album was a form of Sacrilege but 2 of the biggest tracks on IC had been and therefor I was going to do the same with 'Argentina' & 'Bedtime Story'
I am aware putting remixes onto a greatest hits album can 'date' it, but that would happen anyway...
I decided to use the remix of ‘Bedtime story’ used for the 1995 Brit Awards.
At this point the Second Section, The Bedtime Story/Dance Mix Section is finished.
From this point (Track 9) on My Version of the Album carries on pretty much the same swapping 'Take A Bow' for 'You'll See' [Edit] (as it was a Bigger hit in the UK) & replacing 'Ray Of Light' with the 'Video Edit', 'Don’t Tel Me' with the 'Radio Edit' & 'WIFLFAG' with the 'Above & Beyond Radio Edit'.
GHV2 would now have 3 or 4 UK Hit Singles from 4 Hit Albums, 2 Movie Soundtrack's (never released on a Madonna Album before) including some hard to find & exclusively Mixes & Edits (Including 2 of her biggest Dance Hits 'Argentina' (Miami Mix) & 'WIFLFAG' (Above & Beyond Radio Edit) with track list that inaccurately re-creates each Era like sections of her Tours leading up to the finale 'Music' (Her Latest No1 Hit Single)!
I had put this Album together in 2002 and only recently found it again in a box.
I really enjoyed playing it again, deliberately not glancing at the track list and genuinely having a few surprises and really enjoying it.
I even forgot that I mixed the intro of Shep's Classic 12 " of Deeper & Deeper "00:48 - 01:05" with the 7" Edit.
From beginning to end this was FAR more exciting than to lazy collection I received on Christmas 2001.
I was not trying to make a 'My Favourites’ Collection (Apart from ‘You'll See’) I was trying to make an accessible product that would not disappoint.
Cannot please everyone...
PS ‘Erotica’ is now one of my favourite Albums x
Funny you.
After I especified I won't be talking about the film anymore, you sent me a message playing nice trying to get more info from me, saying you were antsy, that you believe me 100%, asking me to reply your questions (altought many of them were already answered, and including one very rude question about M's ass), swearing privacy and that you won't leak anything, and finally calling me "boo". Suddenly when I didn't replied to you in the time you expected, like if replying to your messages had to be my number one priority, turns out i'm lying, everything is fake, and now you play the "i don't care about this anyway" card.
It seems you really cared about it, since you had to pretend you were nice to get what you wanted.
Keep enjoying your covid news.
I think people like concrete evidence, and well, facts. The Madonna fan community has been littered with rumors and false information for DECADES, and a lot of those inaccuracies still get spread around as truth.
Just because some people ask for a source doesn’t mean their negative. Just because some people don’t want to take a rumor as a fact, doesn’t make them negative either.
I think we need to be better at how rumors are presented to us, and to digest them as they are; a rumor. And leave it at that till the day it is proven as fact.
Personally, I’d be happy if people just copy what was posted at Popjustice and Paste it here. It just turns into a bad case of telephone with “he said” “she said.”
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