theglamorous 4,088 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Nile Rodgers doesn't name names but curious to know who vetoe'd her involvement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoLCL 5,057 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Her guardian angel, thankfully! Worked! I don't believe that anybody considered her, to be honest. She was not a titan by then, Like a Virgin was seen as a fad by many. If her name was indeed considered I suspect Labels/Company issues played a part, given most artists on it were from CBS, and even Prince (also a Warner Records artist) was left out. Madonna would collapse in that environment. She's been very vocal about how she sees her work in the studio to be an intimate experience and that she can only do it with people she likes/trust. Imagine her recording a line in front of a buch of stars! 8-tee's, rlittler81, proxy and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoth 499 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Still haven't gotten over that she was absent from this. Bob Geldof could've invited her on Band Aid though 🥴 Levon and theglamorous 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlittler81 1,601 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Glad she wasn’t. It’s a truly awful song. I can’t imagine Prince or Madonna being involved in such a song. DiegoLCL, momosfantasy, poodle and 4 others 4 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levon 2,223 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 It was said at the time that Michael Jackson hated Madonna and Prince, but since USA for Africa was his project, among others, they were ignored for the single. Of course, this was noticeable because both were at the (first) peak of their careers - and the biggest pop acts were invited to this charity event. Madonna was at Live Aid shortly after, but Michael Jackson declined to be there. Prince didn't show up either, but contributed a song (as for the USA for Africa album) and Madonna wore a Prince designed suit. madgefan and theglamorous 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drownedboy 1,676 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 It was a promo event done in favour of Michael Jackson totally. I´m glad she stayed out of this, Barbra Streisand was not there too. Very caothic for them probably, and all done in a way that Jackson could be the greater star, not for Madonna or Barbra, definitively. rlittler81 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Prayer 14,367 Posted December 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2022 1 hour ago, diegolcl said: Her guardian angel, thankfully! Worked! I don't believe that anybody considered her, to be honest. She was not a titan by then, Like a Virgin was seen as a fad by many. If her name was indeed considered I suspect Labels/Company issues played a part, given most artists on it were from CBS, and even Prince (also a Warner Records artist) was left out. Madonna would collapse in that environment. She's been very vocal about how she sees her work in the studio to be an intimate experience and that she can only do it with people she likes/trust. Imagine her recording a line in front of a buch of stars! Prince wasn't left out: he declined to be in it, but offered a full song of his own instead ("4 The Tears In Your Eyes"). tomasjohn, Velvet Rope, rlittler81 and 7 others 8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theglamorous 4,088 Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 It's funny how even when a project is for charity the ego still brings out the worst in these people. I wonder if the biopic will set the record straight on this. bitchimmadonna, madgefan and heikeeduardo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Barthes 5,850 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Her peers were not kind to her and some still aren't and only see her as th girl who rolled "butt naked" on the floor at the MTV awards, she was considered trashy. On the other hand : 1/ it made her closer to Prince which is way better than being involved in 2/ that horrible song. For Live AId the organisers did not want her there either, it was Dick Clark who produced the show for tv whom imposed her because he understood the bond she had with the kids who got her where she was and how it would bring them to watch a show with a line up of "old timers". Into The Groove and a few months later Live To Tell changed the way she was perceived. Before the VMA's, she was kind of the underdog the industry cherishes, cute but not lethal, the VMA's made her a superstar but it scorned her image at the same time. And if Jackson vetoed her involvment it may have had more to do with having go at De Mann (his ex manager) than her imo. PlayPause and RUADJAI 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semtex1 845 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 A kick in the teeth considering she, along with everyone else was in town for the American Music Awards. Got sweet revenge knocking this toot off the top spot tho - bitchimmadonna and rlittler81 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theglamorous 4,088 Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 18 minutes ago, Semtex1 said: A kick in the teeth considering she, along with everyone else was in town for the American Music Awards. Got sweet revenge knocking this toot off the top spot tho - If it wasn't for charity it would've been sweet lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musica 192 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 She was probably left out of it because she refused to do it. She's never been known to have a charitable spirit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Glassy24 992 Posted December 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2022 Well they lost, because we got the marvelous Hey You instead! luchoypx, Rebel Hugo, aleex123 and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
androiduser 2,465 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 For sure whoever decided not to invite her did it to be hurtful, but to be honest, at that time Madonna was not really as big and as successful as the singers who participated. The song was recorded in January 1985, and M just had her first #1 hit in December 1984. Vogue Italia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna 16,445 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 I wouldn't read much into it. As some already stated, she wasn't hugely influential or popular yet. All the artists that contributed were very well established artists when that event took place. I'm sure if the recording happened during the summer of '85, she would have been included and she probably would have taken part. It all worked out in the end because she manage to knock the song off from the top spot with "Crazy For You" and had a pretty incredible year. poodle, FallingInLove and Velvet Rope 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
androiduser 2,465 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 7 minutes ago, tscott said: It all worked out in the end because she manage to knock the song off from the top spot with "Crazy For You" and had a pretty incredible year. and the song was #1 without her, so it's not like it did worse without Madonna... in the end everyone did well on their own Velvet Rope 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicinferno 3,687 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 She wasn't a megastar yet, so they probably didn't even consider her. That'd be like asking Dua Lipa right when New Rules became a hit, not realizing how major her career would be shortly after. Madonna was too new to the scene. MaDöner Kebab, gafuller and heikeeduardo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaDöner Kebab 6,878 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 1 hour ago, androiduser said: For sure whoever decided not to invite her did it to be hurtful, but to be honest, at that time Madonna was not really as big and as successful as the singers who participated. The song was recorded in January 1985, and M just had her first #1 hit in December 1984. Fucking LaToya Jackson had a part in that song 😂😂😂 LongIslandTea, theglamorous, jtrover and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
androiduser 2,465 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 1 minute ago, MPowered said: Fucking LaToya Jackson had a part in that song 😂😂😂 well, she didn't have a solo part, she was just one of the many singers in the chorus, most of the Jacksons took part in the chorus poodle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDRA 4,223 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 It was clearly Lady Gaga. heikeeduardo and sl-pr 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theglamorous 4,088 Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 1 hour ago, musicinferno said: She wasn't a megastar yet, so they probably didn't even consider her. That'd be like asking Dua Lipa right when New Rules became a hit, not realizing how major her career would be shortly after. Madonna was too new to the scene. She was intentionally blocked, Nile Rodgers explicitly talks about how awkward it was in the interview. bitchimmadonna 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoLCL 5,057 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 43 minutes ago, theglamorous said: She was intentionally blocked, Nile Rodgers explicitly talks about how awkward it was in the interview. On the video Nile just says she wasn't invited and felt hurt, though. What would be "intentionally blocked" either way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. A. Aardvark 4,842 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 6 hours ago, diegolcl said: Her guardian angel, thankfully! Worked! I don't believe that anybody considered her, to be honest. She was not a titan by then, Like a Virgin was seen as a fad by many. If her name was indeed considered I suspect Labels/Company issues played a part, given most artists on it were from CBS, and even Prince (also a Warner Records artist) was left out. Madonna would collapse in that environment. She's been very vocal about how she sees her work in the studio to be an intimate experience and that she can only do it with people she likes/trust. Imagine her recording a line in front of a buch of stars! Prince turned up drunk and was told to go. No accident. Have you seen the Bob Dylan rehearsal bits ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicinferno 3,687 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 2 hours ago, theglamorous said: She was intentionally blocked, Nile Rodgers explicitly talks about how awkward it was in the interview. The intentionally blocked rumour was seemingly made up cause of MJ's dislike towards her (which was created by fans as he didn't bash her until the 90s). All Nile implied was that she wasn't invited, along with many other artists. In my opinion, it's because she wasn't a star yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luluthecat 1,114 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Dodged a bullet with one. Awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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