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Love this one and the other few crazy remixes of 4 Minutes that make it like... 8 Minutes haha

What are you jamming to in the shower lately? I'm always so curious about what her personal music life is like. Is singing just a job now, or something she likes to just do for fun?

I'm assuming Gypsy and Olga are her kids' dogs and happily cared for by a nanny somewhere!

What's fixed here? Curious to compare to the album version! Thanks for sharing!

"Wash all over me" missed body wash opportunity imho

This thread is exactly why I love Madonna fans. Imagine if we all worked in government, shit would get done.

Ah yes, my mistake. "Never come down!" is what sounds like a male vocalist who has a bit of a cold, but could very well be gender-bending pitching down of someone else.

So I’m a bit obsessed with this remix lately, included on the “Justify My Love” single. I think of it as “Shep’s Fun with Stems” remix. The more I listen to this epic version, the more questions I have: 1. What’s the story of this mix? Why such a crazy mix of it in 1990? Did they think Justify would sell better with a dancey throwback remix included? 2. What male vocalist is doing the “baby on your own” part? 3. Kind of an addendum to my first question, but maybe more technical. Were they using computers by this time to edit, or was this all still analog tape? I can’t imagine any PC in 89/90 being able to resist bursting into flames under the pressure this track would present, which I can only imagine was assembled in some sort of caffeine/cocaine-fueled all-nighter. Anyway, what other Express Yourself mixes do you love? I love the ones on the Like a Prayer single as well, but this one for sure takes the crown in my book.

I love reading about the technical stuff like this. All very interesting food for thought when listening! What mix is considered Diplo’s final say on BIM? I have some remix of his of it I think that was in a set of his, but it has this annoying filter that makes the whole song sound Iike it’s playing in a bathroom. That can’t be it, can it?

Whatever this is, more please! Love Madonna doing spoken word. She’s got an amazing voice for it actually, like the Rumi poem and “The Beast Within” and the whole Secret Project thing. Oh, and “Future Lovers”! Hopefully this is a look for the new album. So bad ass.

No one would say anything if Bono was hawking a skin care line.

Thanks for sharing this fun mix, even if it's not official!

Whenever I'm out walking around or on the treadmill, and this silly song comes on shuffle, it always gives me life.

I'm not too offended by cleaned up versions for DVDs and whatnot. It's not like she didn't sing it. Maybe she recorded a vocal during a rehearsal when she wasn't quite out of breath or in a studio afterward. And lest we forget, she shreds her voice on tour. That's why I'm glad some saint recorded the Chicago show so well, when her voice was still on point. She's not Adele and never will be, never will be. At least she tries (here's looking at you Britney).

F I E R C E !!!!

Love Spent, without a doubt. Followed by Human Nature and Thief of Hearts. Fuck 'em.

Maybe the DVD version will remove the Detroit segment, pop back in the missing song(s) and move the Detroit thing to the special features? A boy can dream for "LDLHA" to be restored at least.

OH MY GOD THANK YOU for pointing this out. Every time I listen to it I think "How many Madonnas are singing on this fucking thing!?" There's like 12 different lead vocals interspersed throughout, including (as you pointed out) the horribly over-autotuned vocals from S&S. Who was like, "YES. Yes, this is it. It is finished." NOT to mention La Vie En Rose has some autotuning that is completely unnecessary because she KILLS it on the Chicago bootleg. Just use a recording from a show where she truly hit it out of the park! I don't understand the corner cutting and audio decisions on some of these tracks. THAT being said, we haven't seen the final version, so hopefully some of this gets altered before the final release. And the vast majority of the tracks are pretty kick ass as they are. But we could start a whole thread to nitpick the little editing quirks.

Thanks!

Love this. I think she's using the Cher and MJ lyrics as placeholders. So fascinating to see the creative process in action.

Love this photo! Any idea what shoot it was for? I've never seen it before. Thanks for sharing!

In response to 45 calling our beloved "disgusting," I made this:

Thanks!!!

I'm quite confident the clip is from Rebel Heart/Australia TOAC rehearsals. So perhaps it's a good sign that we'll be getting both shows. I mean, it's possible it's taken so long because she's surely wanted to fix some of the vocals/missed lyrics. Fingers crossed!

This is not a drill.