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Here is lick me down under. It's definitely the HBO broadcast, This is how it sounded on the night, Far better than the official. The tape that was used is obviously slightly damaged. But this is the real sound from the night. Not what was released. They should have left it alone. This stereo Mix is far better. You can NOT hear a lot of the backing that was on the DVD. This is better than the crappy stereo mix they released.
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I highly doubt we would have had STR, she would have been touring in the late summer or early autumn 1995. It was planned and she was starting to think of it when the Evita thing happened.
And you know what, it would have been AMAZING!!!! Cause Niky and Donna would have been there, with their groovie voices working on stuff like I'd rather be your lover or Human Nature, the sound of the band, with such an RnB material, would have also been quite probably more raw and acoustic, like in the GS. Oh and can you even imagine the arrangements of those tracks in that moment of her career, when she still was that wild and experimental??? I think since the Confessions tour, she went closer and closer to the album versions in terms of sound for the live renditions and she clearly reduced the length of the performances and the space of her backing vocalists interactions. And we would have had quite probably "I want you" the same, as it came to her for the Inner City Blues compilation and was THEN chosen to be included in STR. We would have had a Human Nature set, with maybe an Erotica previously unperformed track on the set list, and maybe also the boxes coreo LIVE. And after the tour she would have become mama without having to travel and promo for Evita and then she would have recorded ROL, gorgeous as it is. Oh gotta stop this right now, I really have to ...

You see? It's always BS ... that's a wound not fully recovered.

I've always wondered what would have happened if she hadn't scored Evita. What would the BS tour have been like and where would she have gone musically? Was STR more about moving her towards a certain sound for a certain demo to prep them for Evita, or was it in the works before she got the part?

I've always wondered what would have happened if she hadn't scored Evita. What would the BS tour have been like and where would she have gone musically? Was STR more about moving her towards a certain sound for a certain demo to prep them for Evita, or was it in the works before she got the part?

Thanks for that, I had a similar thought but wasn't sure, as I always thought it would be a nightmare to stop and start all the time.
On top of that, Toby Phillips talks about changing the lighting for the show. You can tell from the B Roll and even the bootleg that the colours are more saturated and the stage is nowhere near as brightly lit as normal and that is for all numbers. Why go to all the trouble of changing the entire shows lighting to only film certain numbers. Especially when M raised concerns about the audience being able to see the show. 

Yeah the fact they can't even give us unedited versions of the songs in the movie says a lot. Plus they re-created the original trailer and none of the outtakes from songs are used as I assume they didn't have those scenes anymore to re-create it. 
I think they did lose all the concert filming tbh, but often those things pop up unexpectedly

Actually I agree Unruhe, I think if she had toured in 1989 she might have had a Spanish section. I think she confirmed La Isla Bonita at some point, so your picks make sense. Dear Jessie may have been with Cherish with that section being a little longer. I think most of it probably was failry similar to BAT just with maybe a Spanish section instead of a Dick Tracy section. 

Yeah the fact they can't even give us unedited versions of the songs in the movie says a lot. Plus they re-created the original trailer and none of the outtakes from songs are used as I assume they didn't have those scenes anymore to re-create it. 
I think they did lose all the concert filming tbh, but often those things pop up unexpectedly

I think it was madonnatv.com that confirmed Nocturn who shot the screen footage in the arenas/stadiums has every show from WTG onward archived. So the Paris shows likely exist in full. 

Yes. Truth or Dare was re-released on VHS in May 1992 by Live Home Entertainment and they included both bonus songs at the end of the movie. I got a copy from ICON fanclub back in the day. 

Toby Phillips who produced the concert sequences said otherwise.
He also did cinematography and stated that he needed to get special permission from Madonna to change the lighting with gels and bring the brightness down, hence why the Paris news footage is darker and with deeper colours. Madonna had concerns the paying audience wouldn't be able to see the show properly and he had to compromise to make sure it looked good on film and good for the audience.
It was a completely different crew that Toby was in charge of, just because Alek claims he only needed certain songs, doesn't mean he made the decision about which parts of the concert were filmed. I doubt he had any say, it was Madonna who decided that. 
He said all three nights were shot in full. I doubt Madonna would be willing to compromise her show for three nights just for a handful of songs. Yes it was shot on 35mm film. They shot the B&W scenes on 16mm and shot 250hrs, you think that wasn't expensive? 
 

Toby Phillips who produced the concert sequences said otherwise.
He also did cinematography and stated that he needed to get special permission from Madonna to change the lighting with gels and bring the brightness down, hence why the Paris news footage is darker and with deeper colours. Madonna had concerns the paying audience wouldn't be able to see the show properly and he had to compromise to make sure it looked good on film and good for the audience.
It was a completely different crew that Toby was in charge of, just because Alek claims he only needed certain songs, doesn't mean he made the decision about which parts of the concert were filmed. I doubt he had any say, it was Madonna who decided that. 
He said all three nights were shot in full. I doubt Madonna would be willing to compromise her show for three nights just for a handful of songs. Yes it was shot on 35mm film. They shot the B&W scenes on 16mm and shot 250hrs, you think that wasn't expensive? 
 

I think it was madonnatv.com that confirmed Nocturn who shot the screen footage in the arenas/stadiums has every show from WTG onward archived. So the Paris shows likely exist in full. 

I think it was madonnatv.com that confirmed Nocturn who shot the screen footage in the arenas/stadiums has every show from WTG onward archived. So the Paris shows likely exist in full. 

I don’t think it has anything to do with the strength of the shows but how big the hardcore fanbase is and how to make the most money. There is a very limited market for dvd/bluray releases at all let alone for old concerts. We did not even get Madame X.

Toby Phillips who produced the concert sequences said otherwise.
He also did cinematography and stated that he needed to get special permission from Madonna to change the lighting with gels and bring the brightness down, hence why the Paris news footage is darker and with deeper colours. Madonna had concerns the paying audience wouldn't be able to see the show properly and he had to compromise to make sure it looked good on film and good for the audience.
It was a completely different crew that Toby was in charge of, just because Alek claims he only needed certain songs, doesn't mean he made the decision about which parts of the concert were filmed. I doubt he had any say, it was Madonna who decided that. 
He said all three nights were shot in full. I doubt Madonna would be willing to compromise her show for three nights just for a handful of songs. Yes it was shot on 35mm film. They shot the B&W scenes on 16mm and shot 250hrs, you think that wasn't expensive? 
 

Yes it was the earliest title of the film, then 50 violins came next. Possibly like me, many thought Fiddlesticks was a horror film when paired with Wes Craven's name. 
Haha, I don't doubt that

Yes Fiddlesticks was the original title directed by Wes Craven. I thought it was a horror film when it was first announced but it was about Roberta Tavares and her teaching violin to inner city school kids. Madonna dropped out 2 seconds before filming over creative differences and Meryl Streep stepped in and the title changed to Music of the Heart. This was around the time she went brunette and did the Power of Goodbye video, that was the look she would have had in the film or similar.
I have to say Rupert is basically saying the same as Griffin Dunne who said Who's that Girl? ruined his career. He was on an upward trajectory until that point. Griffin surprisingly has more anger over it than Rupert.

According to Variety the creative differences were indeed about how the character should be portrayed so you may be right.
Also correction the woman's name in the film was Roberta Guaspari not Tavares, I have no idea where I got that name from, unless there was a name change, but likely I got it confused. 

Yes Fiddlesticks was the original title directed by Wes Craven. I thought it was a horror film when it was first announced but it was about Roberta Tavares and her teaching violin to inner city school kids. Madonna dropped out 2 seconds before filming over creative differences and Meryl Streep stepped in and the title changed to Music of the Heart. This was around the time she went brunette and did the Power of Goodbye video, that was the look she would have had in the film or similar.
I have to say Rupert is basically saying the same as Griffin Dunne who said Who's that Girl? ruined his career. He was on an upward trajectory until that point. Griffin surprisingly has more anger over it than Rupert.

According to Goldie Hawn, she and Madonna were dumped from the project. So she would have been waiting an eternity for that one to go ahead.
I do think she should have learned her lesson and worked with an actors director. She always did better with directors who could guide her and help her shape her performance. When she was left to her own devices, it never turned out well.
I don't know why but I feel Jodie Foster could have gotten a great performance out of her, if she had had a project for her to do. 
In terms of Dangerous Game, that was a fluke as director Abel Ferrera used a lot of real footage from rehearsals when Madonna was literally being Madonna. 

Madonna never chased the part, Penny has always said she had another actress in the role who pulled out when her tv pilot got greenlit. She then went to Madonna (Just prior to her trip to Cannes) and asked her to be in it. M signed on to the film May 31, 1991. 

In saying that, I want to make it clear I would love a new album and it is possible we are getting something, it is still exciting to think about new music for sure and I'm not cynical at all. I guess I am more managing expectations as nothing is the same career wise for her anymore, so I don't think we can bet on anything. 

Whatever the case, I would like a musical release that's just her. Some joyous dance music that Madonna, the one and only Queen of Pop, can deliver. Something that gets EVERYONE on the dance floor. Lord knows the world needs it. Musical artists have become so humorless now.