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PrintableSupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: AlexdeParis said: Well, it's not a bad album. I'm just glad she hasn't revisited it. Too much of it is boring IMO. listen with your heart!   Sorry, but tracks like "Love Tried to Welcome Me" and "Don't Stop" take the album's title a little too literally.  "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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i love this album. sexy, soulful pop. Got a real elegant vibe to it that I really dig. * * *
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AlexdeParis said: Arnotts said: Maybe statistically they are? But neither of those songs felt that big at the time of their releases. I don't remember them having the same kind of impact say like a song like 'Music', 'Like A Prayer', 'Ray of Light' etc. Maybe you just can't remember clearly. Here in the states, "Take a Bow" was virtually inescapable when it was released. Radio, video... the song was everywhere.Well I'm not from USA. Its just not a song that I immediately think of when I think of Madonnas biggest hits. But I'm obviously not thinking about it in a literal way. | |
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Arnotts said: AlexdeParis said: Maybe you just can't remember clearly. Here in the states, "Take a Bow" was virtually inescapable when it was released. Radio, video... the song was everywhere.Well I'm not from USA. Its just not a song that I immediately think of when I think of Madonnas biggest hits. But I'm obviously not thinking about it in a literal way. In that case, you remember correctly. Compared to her other singles, it was only a really big hit in the US and Canada. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: listen with your heart! Sorry, but tracks like "Love Tried to Welcome Me" and "Don't Stop" take the album's title a little too literally. "Love Tried To Welcome Me", written by the late singer composer, Dave Hall, from the group Intro. I love the laid back vibe of that track. It is always in my rotation. Not boring to me at all. "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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shorttrini said: AlexdeParis said: Sorry, but tracks like "Love Tried to Welcome Me" and "Don't Stop" take the album's title a little too literally. "Love Tried To Welcome Me", written by the late singer composer, Dave Hall, from the group Intro. I love the laid back vibe of that track. It is always in my rotation. Not boring to me at all. Dave "Jam" Hall wasn't in Intro and he's still alive AFAIK. I think you're confusing him with the late Kenny Greene. Dave co-wrote Mary J. Blige's "You Remind Me" while Kenny co-wrote "Reminisce." FWIW, Dave was married to Wanda Sykes, though. "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said: shorttrini said: "Love Tried To Welcome Me", written by the late singer composer, Dave Hall, from the group Intro. I love the laid back vibe of that track. It is always in my rotation. Not boring to me at all. Dave "Jam" Hall wasn't in Intro and he's still alive AFAIK. I think you're confusing him with the late Kenny Greene. Dave co-wrote Mary J. Blige's "You Remind Me" while Kenny co-wrote "Reminisce." FWIW, Dave was married to Wanda Sykes, though. My bad. You are correct. I still love, "Love Tried To Welcome Me". "Love is like peeing in your pants, everyone sees it but only you feel its warmth" | |
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: I just LOVE this album. Interesting how many Madonna slaves hate it.
It's one of those Madonna albums that totally divides her fanbase Some love it,some hate it.I notice that many of her fans don't like her to work with "popular" producers.By working with Dallas Austin and Babyface (the two hottest R&B producers back then),they felt that she was "selling out" and "following trends"  They tend to forget that,by and large,she has always been a POP artist (meaning,she does music that is popular with the mainstream). | |
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SoulAlive said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: I just LOVE this album. Interesting how many Madonna slaves hate it.
It's one of those Madonna albums that totally divides her fanbase Some love it,some hate it.I notice that many of her fans don't like her to work with "popular" producers.By working with Dallas Austin and Babyface (the two hottest R&B producers back then),they felt that she was "selling out" and "following trends" They tend to forget that,by and large,she has always been a POP artist (meaning,she does music that is popular with the mainstream).I'm not big on Madonna. She's cool and all but meh. This would be my fave though. I really got into this one, I think moreso cuz of the producers on it than Madonna herself. Secret is pretty bomb-diggity and Take A Bow is as good at balladering as Madonna gets. Human Nature is Human Nature...kinda like Hip Hop Madonna style. it was pretty gritty for Madonna's standards/style. plus those boobs in the secret video....whoo...looked like she had a baby's butt stuffed in her shirt. Got my adolescent ass pretty randy every morning while I watched MTV and VH1 before I left for High School in the morning. isn't it funny how sexuality always leaves such a lasting impression. sex--->sexuality edit [Edited 10/27/09 5:45am] | |
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BobGeorge909 said: plus those boobs in the secret video....whoo...looked like she had a baby's butt stuffed in her shirt. Got my adolescent ass pretty randy every morning while I watched MTV and VH1 before I left for High School in the morning.
isn't it funny how sexuality always leaves such a lasting impression.
 
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SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: I just LOVE this album. Interesting how many Madonna slaves hate it.
Oh don't worry. They hate Hard Candy a lot more than Bedtime Stories. | |
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Remember Mary J. Blige's debut album What's The 411?
It was the album Mary and producer Sean Combs use to introduce the genre known as "hip-hop soul". Basically, they used downtempo & mid-tempo hip-hop tracks for Mary to sing on it instead of rapping on it. Anyway, the success of What's The 411? gave Janet & Madonna the opportunity of having albums with that kind of vibe. In Janet's case, it was janet. In Madonna's case, it was Bedtime Stories. | |
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CHIC0 said: BobGeorge909 said: plus those boobs in the secret video....whoo...looked like she had a baby's butt stuffed in her shirt. Got my adolescent ass pretty randy every morning while I watched MTV and VH1 before I left for High School in the morning.
isn't it funny how sexuality always leaves such a lasting impression.
one word, 2 syllables. MA-MA! [Edited 10/27/09 20:51pm] | |
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im mad this album never got a tour
it's the 2nd best of M's to have seen her stage Bedtime Story I'd Rather Be Your Lover Inside of Me Sanctuary Love Tried to Welcome me (with that latin vibe...caliente! you know she was bumpin some gloria estefan with that one) I'll leave it alone babe...just be me | |
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this is sorta off-topic,but.....
Does anyone remember when Madonna won some award,and she was backstage talking about it,saying how much it means to her,etc....and then,out of the blue,she started kissing and licking (!) the award,and faking an orgasm I'm going crazy trying to find this footage.I think it was the Blond Ambition era?? | |
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SoulAlive said: this is sorta off-topic,but.....
Does anyone remember when Madonna won some award,and she was backstage talking about it,saying how much it means to her,etc....and then,out of the blue,she started kissing and licking (!) the award,and faking an orgasm I'm going crazy trying to find this footage.I think it was the Blond Ambition era??Artist of the Decade award 1989 MTV used to play clips of it on the Madonnathons I'll leave it alone babe...just be me | |
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badujunkie said: SoulAlive said: this is sorta off-topic,but.....
Does anyone remember when Madonna won some award,and she was backstage talking about it,saying how much it means to her,etc....and then,out of the blue,she started kissing and licking (!) the award,and faking an orgasm I'm going crazy trying to find this footage.I think it was the Blond Ambition era??Artist of the Decade award 1989 MTV used to play clips of it on the Madonnathons thanks | |
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badujunkie said: im mad this album never got a tour
I agree, what a crime! And I can't believe she ONLY performed 2 songs on tour from it! Not to mention that predictable as she can be sometimes, the next tour will have "Secret" performed... The Mary J Blige influence is well noted, I think it was said that Madonna worked with Dave Hall because of that album. Also, supposedly Madonna's most preferred song from Babyface's canon at the time was "Breathe Again" sung by Toni Braxton and of course "Take A Bow" has a similar feel. | |
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TonyVanDam said: SupaFunkyOrgangrinderSexy said: I just LOVE this album. Interesting how many Madonna slaves hate it.
Oh don't worry. They hate Hard Candy a lot more than Bedtime Stories. I'm a Madonna fan -- certainly not a "slave" -- but I greatly prefer Hard Candy over Bedtime Stories.  "Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind." ~ Clive Davis | |
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AlexdeParis said: TonyVanDam said: Oh don't worry. They hate Hard Candy a lot more than Bedtime Stories. I'm a Madonna fan -- certainly not a "slave" -- but I greatly prefer Hard Candy over Bedtime Stories. Me too I love 'Bedtime Stories' but my only complaint is that,most of the songs are midtempo.'Hard Candy' is much more uptempo,with faster beats. | |
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SoulAlive said: AlexdeParis said: I'm a Madonna fan -- certainly not a "slave" -- but I greatly prefer Hard Candy over Bedtime Stories. Me too I love 'Bedtime Stories' but my only complaint is that,most of the songs are midtempo.'Hard Candy' is much more uptempo,with faster beats.I prefer not to relate the two - the comparison is abit embarassing i think. I mean, just because she chooses to work with black producers, we suddenly have to categorise them as being the same kind of record?!?! Hard Candy is closer to Confessions (and also has a 'Madonna' vibe to it), they're both club records, albeit different kinds of clubs. Bedtime Stories is the most mid-tempo album she ever recorded, and the most romantic also. Its the closest she's got to doing soul music, Hard Candy couldnt be further away from soul music if it tried. Madonna is not the kind of artist you'd associate with any kind of soul music, but i love the vibe she created on Bedtime Stories - and I wish she'd revisit that. She may not have a soulful voice, but she can emote brilliantly on record - she could do her own take on soul. Itd be a welcome change from her recent stuff. [Edited 10/28/09 5:37am] | |
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lol...no,I think these albums are compared (by some fans) because of the style of music (urban/R&B) and the fact that both albums use "popular" producers in that genre.
Dallas Austin and Babyface were the top R&B producers of that era,while Timbaland and Pharell are considered the top R&B producers of this decade. | |
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BobGeorge909 said: CHIC0 said:
one word, 2 syllables. MA-MA!  That cleavage was hypnotizing.  | |
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InsatiableCream said: probably my least favorite Madonna album after American Life
 ----- It is awful this is right around the time she started to go down hill. | |
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CHIC0 said: BobGeorge909 said: plus those boobs in the secret video....whoo...looked like she had a baby's butt stuffed in her shirt. Got my adolescent ass pretty randy every morning while I watched MTV and VH1 before I left for High School in the morning.
isn't it funny how sexuality always leaves such a lasting impression.
I love that video  It's extremely sexy and inviting. | |
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plus her titties seems o much bigger in this vid than normal...it's like she was thick in the titty cream or had a "miracle" bra or summin. | |
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BobGeorge909 said: plus her titties seems o much bigger in this vid than normal...it's like she was thick in the titty cream or had a "miracle" bra or summin.
Im pretty sure this is the period where the wonderbra became huge (no pun intended). She's always been pretty voluptuous, considering her small size, but here thy look gigantic! | |
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SoulAlive said: lol...no,I think these albums are compared (by some fans) because of the style of music (urban/R&B) and the fact that both albums use "popular" producers in that genre.
Dallas Austin and Babyface were the top R&B producers of that era,while Timbaland and Pharell are considered the top R&B producers of this decade. I guess - but its a lazy comparison, and bears no relation to the music stylistically. | |
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On a related note, does anyone know what happened with Dave Hall? I know he did Mary's album and Mariah's "Dreamlover" before he worked with Madonna, and then "Fantasy" but that's about it when it comes to his production credits... Whereas the other 3 producers kept working way into our current decade as well. | |
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CrozzaUK said: SoulAlive said: Me too I love 'Bedtime Stories' but my only complaint is that,most of the songs are midtempo.'Hard Candy' is much more uptempo,with faster beats.I prefer not to relate the two - the comparison is abit embarassing i think. I mean, just because she chooses to work with black producers, we suddenly have to categorise them as being the same kind of record?!?! Hard Candy is closer to Confessions (and also has a 'Madonna' vibe to it), they're both club records, albeit different kinds of clubs. Bedtime Stories is the most mid-tempo album she ever recorded, and the most romantic also. Its the closest she's got to doing soul music, Hard Candy couldnt be further away from soul music if it tried. Madonna is not the kind of artist you'd associate with any kind of soul music, but i love the vibe she created on Bedtime Stories - and I wish she'd revisit that. She may not have a soulful voice, but she can emote brilliantly on record - she could do her own take on soul. Itd be a welcome change from her recent stuff. [Edited 10/28/09 5:37am] then something to remember is a good record for you too, it continued that image she had in the mid 90's | |
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