Mine is She's Not Me

dance 2nite

"Miles Away"

I just woke up from a fuzzy dream
You never would believe the things that I have seen
I looked in the mirror and I saw your face
Your looked right through me,you were miles away
All my dreams they fade away,I'll never be the same
If you could see me the way you see yourself
I can't pretend to be someone else

this is one of my new favorite Madonna songs.

INCREDIBLE!

I can't believe she left it off the tour setlist

Heartbeat!
With Dance Tonight and Beat Goes On being very close behind. They're the three best songs she's done in ages.

Arnotts said:

I've said this before and I'll say it again...

the 4-song sequence that begins with "She's Not Me" and ends with "Dance 2Night" is excellent.....a frenzied,hypnotic dance music suite.All four of these songs have an 80s retro-feel."Dance 2Nite",in particular,sounds just like early 80s R&B.

SoulAlive said:

For me the sequence goes from 4 Minutes til Dance 2Nite!! HC is indeed my second favorite Madonna album (after ROL).

But my fave's Heartbeat!!!

"Heartbeat" gets alot of love Most fans love that song.

purplesweat said:

This is my second favorite song on the album.I like the "crisp,clean" production by the Neptunes.That's the best way I can describe it And the frenzied ending is amazing!

SoulAlive said:

YES! I love it too. When we first had the snippets (you could only hear the first part/song I thought It would be an awfull filler. But when I first heard the second part I was riding in my car and I thought: WHAT THE F...!?! This is, indeed, Incredible!

graecophilos said:

Exactly! I wonder how many poor souls are missing out on this song because the damn slow first half goes for too long! The only reason I discovered it is because I left the track playing accidentally one day!

purplesweat said:

yeah, that was the same in my case. I accidentally let the song play and THEN...
It could never be a single of course, but I feel pity for all teh people who may never hear the song.

Hard Candy is terrible! It's by far the worst Madonna album. None of the songs are even close to classics!

Moonbeam said:

what's your favorite album?

graecophilos said:

Pharrell trying to help Madonna get her marriage back on track...

don't want this thing to end
I am missing my best friend
Yes,it was incredible
there's no reason to pretend

love that part...where they sing it together.

graecophilos said:

Imo,these should have been the singles (in this order)...

*"4 Minutes (a wise choice for the first single and it did extremely well)
*"Beat Goes On" (some radio stations on The East Coast are already playing this song.It has alot of hit potential and should have been released at the beginning of summer)
*"Miles Away" (a perfect fall/autumn single)
*"Heartbeat" (a nice way to end the Hard Candy/Warner Bros. era,with a fan favorite).

SoulAlive said:

Me too, Pharrells voice is so dreamy

graecophilos said:

I'd rank her studio albums this way:

1. Like a Prayer
2. Ray of Light
3. Madonna

All perfect to the core!

4. Confessions on a Dancefloor
5. American Life
6. Erotica
7. Bedtime Stories

Not perfect, but pretty damn close!

8. True Blue

Let down by 2 bad tracks, but otherwise a classic.

9. Like a Virgin
10. I'm Breathless

Decent, but a lot of filler.

11. Music

Disappointing, although there are still a few songs that grab me.

12. Hard Candy

It makes me embarrassed to call myself a Madonna fan!

Moonbeam said:

your list is not bad. And yes, I agree, Music is somewhat disappointing, although I like the expermientely atmosphere.

I enjoy 'Hard Candy' alot more than 'Music' and 'American Life'.

SoulAlive said:

Yes, me too. And I'm glad I did. When I see many fans being upset or dissapointed by the whole album I feel sorry for them.

I still listen to HC a lot and I think it's her best pop record ever! For real! I never was too keen on LAP, because I only embraced three of the tracks (the title, Express Yourself and Keep It Together). I found "Love Song" totally garbage and songs like Cherish or Dear Jessie make me cringe.

I like Bedtime Stories as well. It has a lot of smiliarities to HC. Not musically, but shefelt the need to work with hip and commercial producers but many fans dislike the album.

I'll never understand how sooo many fans hate Don't Stop. She recycled Everybody lyrics but it has a nice melody.

it's a tie between beat goes on and dance 2night

graecophilos said:

I haven't seen too many fans who hate everything on it."Heartbeat",for example,is one song that most fans seem to like.It's clearly a fan favorite."Devil" is another one.









To her credit,Madonna doesn't go this route everytime.She doesn't always work with the "hot" producers and the guest rappers everytime.So I have no problem with her making a big,commercial,radio-friendly album from time to time.I appreciate the fact that she tries new things and doesn't repeat herself.It would have been really easy for her to make 'Confessions On A Dancefloor Part 2' with Stuart Price but I'm glad she didn't.



"Don't Stop" is the one filler track on 'Bedtime Stories'.She should have rejected that song and used "Your Honesty" or "Let Down Your Guard" instead.

alphastreet said:

"Beat Goes On" was my summer 2008 anthem I wore that song out! Whenever I'm driving someone around town,that song is playing...lol...

I hate Hard Candy because it barely seems like a Madonna record. She sounds like a guest on many of the songs, or worse, bored ("Dance Tonight"). Of course, it's a matter of taste, but I can NOT get with Timberlake and I find the songwriting to be lazy at best. Even the best songs to me have issues. "Give It 2 Me" is bogged down with the silly "get stupid" lyric, while "She's Not Me" has too many awkward transitions. "Beat Goes On" is probably the best of the bunch, but again she sounds like a featured artist. "Hearbeat" has potential, but her singing leaves a lot to be desired (the only waaaannnnn). The rest is either drenched in Timbertwat or sounds flat (or sometimes downright annoying!). I can't express how sad I was to hear this album. But the great thing about Madonna is that she is never too comfortable staying in one place, so I know I'll like the next album better.

SoulAlive said:

I'm on two Madonna-forums and most fans complain everyday how the Hc era and the new tour suck!

Don't Stop... but it's not a bad song, meaning, something with no melody?!

I find Let Down Your Guard much worse, Your Honesty is okay. But how about replacing "Love Won't Wait" with Bedtime Story?? I lve Love Won't Wait!!

SoulAlive said:

it is very summery, and it would have been the perfect single for summer although I also love give it to me which got a lot of airplay where I'm at.

"Love Won't Wait" is a good song....sounds very Spinners/Philly/early 70s

alphastreet said:

where are you at?

SoulAlive said:

I don't have scathing hatred for everything on it, but I do for at least half of it.



At least with Bedtime Stories, the transition seemed natural. She still seemed like she played a vital role in the creation of the songs and the atmosphere, and the music came out sounding like Madonna music. I'm not a fan of an artist treading water, but I would have much preferred a Confessions Part 2 to the vile, cheap, desperate cash-in that Hard Candy is. The album is out of the top 100 in the US, and I hope she gets the message.



I like "Don't Stop"! In fact, there's nothing on Bedtime Stories that I don't enjoy, samey as some of it may be.