Fabiolous 5,488 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Which one is the cover that you consider THE Bedtime stories album cover, the one where she is upside down or the one where she is up-side up? I always thought Madonna herself considered the one where she is upside down as the official cover, but she has the other on spotify. MadonnaXLB and Beautiful Madonna 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadonnaXLB 167 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 27 minutes ago, L-U-V said: Which one is the cover that you consider THE Bedtime stories album cover, the one where she is upside down or the one where she is up-side up? I always thought Madonna herself considered the one where she is upside down as the official cover, but she has the other on spotify. the upside down nito84bcn, drivebitch and stormbringer 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazedmadonna 16,395 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 45 minutes ago, L-U-V said: Which one is the cover that you consider THE Bedtime stories album cover, the one where she is upside down or the one where she is up-side up? I always thought Madonna herself considered the one where she is upside down as the official cover, but she has the other on spotify. This one. It's the one that is still being used for repressings as well. deathproof and Ziploc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormbringer 180 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 The full photo is of her lying upside down on the bed and my original LP and CD had her upside down so it just looks weird in the other way up pics. Joseebus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mlvc* 823 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I BELIEVE that the right side up was actually a mistake. I heard that when the album was being pressed they thought her face was supposed to be right side up but they were corrected that Madonna's face was supposed to be upside down. The pressings which followed were upside down. I haven't seen any recent pressings, but I think it's odd that they would be printing them right side up since that's not what M intended. Levon and BringUrLUV 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringUrLUV 1,108 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 11 minutes ago, *mlvc* said: I BELIEVE that the right side up was actually a mistake. I heard that when the album was being pressed they thought her face was supposed to be right side up but they were corrected that Madonna's face was supposed to be upside down. The pressings which followed were upside down. I haven't seen any recent pressings, but I think it's odd that they would be printing them right side up since that's not what M intended. This is correct. I bought the CD the day it came out & it is right side up. When the second printings went out a couple months later, it was upside down (so of course I had to buy that one too lol) momosfantasy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madame Madonna 4,107 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 2 hours ago, L-U-V said: Which one is the cover that you consider THE Bedtime stories album cover, the one where she is upside down or the one where she is up-side up? I always thought Madonna herself considered the one where she is upside down as the official cover, but she has the other on spotify. I had this one but I also think that upside down is the right one. personally I don't like this album's photo shoot. It's just...hmmm for me. it feels like ambiguous to me. Not a classic enough nor trendy enough. it just very middle of somewhere and there's no charisma at all. it looks like very cheap lingerie catalog to me. I still remember when I saw this photo at first all I thinking was "oh she is loosing her hair so much!" If i'm right at this moment there's some rumors going around that Madonna gonna shave her hair because she's gonna shoot movie which some kind of female version of terminator. Her role gonna be warrior mother which trying to protect her son from enemy. something like that. lol RUADJAI, Can-We-Get-Together, Posthuman and 1 other 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bitch I’m Madonna 4,678 Posted September 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2018 The problem with the upside down one is the fact, that they forgot to switch the color of the text. I have recreated the original two covers as well as an upside down version with color corrected text. The album title doesn’t disappear as much in this one as it does in the one above but it’s still kinda hard to see. I personally don’t like how they zoomed in on her. Was that really necessary? I use this cover instead because it stays true to the original photograph and avoids the text issue altogether: julia425646, Enrico, rlittler81 and 16 others 16 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poserdemadonna 1,630 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Although I love this album, this entire photoshoot is awful. I'd switch it to any of the Secret single covers. rlittler81, Nobody Knows Me, madaboutM and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoThomas 1,171 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I use this one which I think looks far better and how it was originally intended I'm sure. Hate the zoom in on the released cover: Bitch I’m Madonna 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoThomas 1,171 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 stormbringer, NowRadiate and Mr. Peanutbutter Horseman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Candy Perfume Boy 6,074 Posted September 11, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2018 1 hour ago, ChoirBoyHotel said: Is this her new uberkinky store? Note that they’ve dropped the “I” in stories to “store” addictedsober, Bitch I’m Madonna, Can-We-Get-Together and 8 others 4 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mlvc* 823 Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 49 minutes ago, Candy Perfume Boy said: Is this her new uberkinky store? Note that they’ve dropped the “I” in stories to “store” And Bedtime is now Bedtme Bitch I’m Madonna, Candy Perfume Boy and madaboutM 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathproof 10,555 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 14 hours ago, Dazedmadonna said: This one. It's the one that is still being used for repressings as well. It's the original cover. The way it was meant to be seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madaboutM 474 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 On 9/11/2018 at 10:19 AM, poserdemadonna said: Although I love this album, this entire photoshoot is awful. I'd switch it to any of the Secret single covers. Same. It felt so forcibly vanilla in order to tone down her Erotica/SEX image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mlvc* 823 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 15 hours ago, deathproof said: It's the original cover. The way it was meant to be seen. No, it was meant to be upside down. That's the way the photo was taken. The company that did the first pressings made a mistake and thought it was supposed to be right side up. They were corrected and the pressing which followed had the photo upside down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Peanutbutter Horseman 3,652 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 She looks interesting in the upside down one. She looks ugly in the other one. When a pic is meant to look interesting in one way, flipping it (vertical/horizontal or left/right) usually makes it look ugly. Can-We-Get-Together 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathproof 10,555 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 1 hour ago, *mlvc* said: No, it was meant to be upside down. That's the way the photo was taken. The company that did the first pressings made a mistake and thought it was supposed to be right side up. They were corrected and the pressing which followed had the photo upside down. No. No one has ever said that. Not Madonna, not even WBR lol. Look at the font. The pink text is supposed to be on top of turquoise sheet and hair, and the blue text is suppose to be on top of her clothes. Reversing it causes legibility issues. This is how Fabien designed it and intended it to be. rlittler81 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sonny Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Since we are talking about the Bedtime Stories album cover... I have a question for you! I read that Madonna wanted another photo as the album cover and I found these two pics on the net when doing my research Which one did she choose as the album cover but was later rejected by her label? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NowRadiate 3,331 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Sonny said: I think this one. apparently she looked "too old" and not glamorous enough in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kesiak 3,032 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 22 minutes ago, NowRadiate said: I think this one. apparently she looked "too old" and not glamorous enough in it. That session was done by Paolo Roversi. His work is really beautiful. Madonna talks about this image not being used for Bedtime Stories in the Aperture interview from 1999: "I also had my photograph taken by this other photographer who I adored, but the photographs never got used: Paolo Roversi, he does beautiful work. They were going to be pictures for my album cover – not this record but the record before – but the people at the record company were all too freaked out; they thought the pictures were too blurry, they weren’t going to read well – whatever." NowRadiate, Certified Fuck Up, Levon and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathproof 10,555 Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 It's often cited by fans that the beige photo was for the cover image. But it wouldn't surprise me if it was the pink one, as that was already mocked up and used for the limited Bedtime Story 12" UK single. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mlvc* 823 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 5 hours ago, deathproof said: No. No one has ever said that. Not Madonna, not even WBR lol. Look at the font. The pink text is supposed to be on top of turquoise sheet and hair, and the blue text is suppose to be on top of her clothes. Reversing it causes legibility issues. This is how Fabien designed it and intended it to be. I would have to locate the source, but I know for a fact that I read that many years ago. Why do you think they switched it if it was correct to begin with? Also, that photo was taken like that, so it wouldn’t make sense to flip it. Madonna was being “artsy.” momosfantasy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathproof 10,555 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 3 hours ago, *mlvc* said: I would have to locate the source, but I know for a fact that I read that many years ago. Why do you think they switched it if it was correct to begin with? Also, that photo was taken like that, so it wouldn’t make sense to flip it. Madonna was being “artsy.” We all know how the photo was shot. We also know how the text and color choices are supposed to be placed too. If you want to talk about flipping, and it not making sense..., talk to the "Erotica" album cover, it has a receipt for you. RUADJAI, Bitch I’m Madonna, Ziploc and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mlvc* 823 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 9 hours ago, deathproof said: We all know how the photo was shot. We also know how the text and color choices are supposed to be placed too. If you want to talk about flipping, and it not making sense..., talk to the "Erotica" album cover, it has a receipt for you. https://www.discogs.com/Madonna-Bedtime-Stories/release/704624 Please check the notes section of that link. A quick Google search turns up a lot of discussion about this, for instance from Pop Justice: "As with most things in her career, Warner fucked it up. When she submitted the artwork for the album, the image was purposefully upside down, that is what she wanted, it's an image of her hanging off the bed. Warner assumed it was a mistake and flipped the image the right way up, M had a bitchfit and got it changed. So technically, any copy with the image the right way up is a misprint." This isn't a p*ssing contest, but I don't think you're correct. BringUrLUV and Sprk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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