badujunkie said:

give us Love Tried and maybe Survival, at least!!!

i would love to here a live version of that. even just an acoustic one.

suga10 said:

She was going to include this on the album too, its good she left it off ultimately

Interesting to hear the demo version. UK pop singer Gary Barlow took it to no 1 in 1997:-

Only a casual Madonna fan, but the album in general is lackluster. If I was a fan of mid 90's rnb, then sure I would probably like it, but its quite obviously a charm offensive (or inoffensive as the music seems to suggest) to offset the people she upset with "Erotica". Some of the songs sound tired and predictable to me. Too midtempo.

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Also I just felt the album was too safe. It may just be Iam not a big fan of the producers off "Bedtime Stories". The title track, despite being ambitious, is just not my thing at all for example, but I just can't get into it.

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and I'm not sorry (I'm not sorry),it's human nature (it's human nature)

and I'm not sorry (I'm not sorry),I'm not your bitch,don't hang your shit on me!

love that song!!

AlexdeParis said:

"Secret" is, of course, pure perfection and there are some other great songs like "Human Nature," "Take a Bow," and "Forbidden Love," but it's way too uneven and (at times) even boring IMO. It's a step up from Erotica, but all of her subsequent albums have been better.

I get a "bored" feeling in Erotica and Bedtime Stories...these were very two intresting times in her career but they were also in my opinion the "mid-life crisis" albums. Like I can feel that she was in the studio, but not really feeling any of it.

Bedtime Stories I dont spin too much but the singles released were AWESOME..the videos were great also. its just the album tracks seem to just linger..except for Survuval..and Id Rather be Your Lover..was a bit catchy..I cant remember the rest

My only criticism of 'Bedtime Stories' is,the grooves are too slow.There's not alot of uptempo stuff here.It's actually a mellow album,which is fine,but after awhile,I'm left wanting to hear some harder,faster beats.This is one reason why 'Hard Candy' is a more enjoyable album to me.

SoulAlive said:

My only criticism of 'Bedtime Stories' is,the grooves are too slow.There's not alot of uptempo stuff here.It's actually a mellow album,which is fine,but after awhile,I'm left wanting to hear some harder,faster beats.This is one reason why 'Hard Candy' is a more enjoyable album to me.

Perhaps you missed the album title?

SoulAlive said:

My only criticism of 'Bedtime Stories' is,the grooves are too slow.There's not alot of uptempo stuff here.It's actually a mellow album,which is fine,but after awhile,I'm left wanting to hear some harder,faster beats.This is one reason why 'Hard Candy' is a more enjoyable album to me.

Same here.

And Ernest you have a point...that doesnt mean we cant want what we wanted. Heck, Erotica wasnt even Erotic.

paisleypark4 said:

SoulAlive said:

My only criticism of 'Bedtime Stories' is,the grooves are too slow.There's not alot of uptempo stuff here.It's actually a mellow album,which is fine,but after awhile,I'm left wanting to hear some harder,faster beats.This is one reason why 'Hard Candy' is a more enjoyable album to me.

Same here.

And Ernest you have a point...that doesnt mean we cant want what we wanted. Heck, Erotica wasnt even Erotic.

The hell it wasn't! The title track still gives me wood.

ernestsewell said:

paisleypark4 said:

Same here.

And Ernest you have a point...that doesnt mean we cant want what we wanted. Heck, Erotica wasnt even Erotic.

The hell it wasn't! The title track still gives me wood.

I'v e always felt the album never lived up to the title track in the sexy department.

Erotica seriously started playing on my itunes as I typed. Creepy~~

sosgemini said:

ernestsewell said:

The hell it wasn't! The title track still gives me wood.

I'v e always felt the album never lived up to the title track in the sexy department.

Erotica seriously started playing on my itunes as I typed. Creepy~~

I made a couple of compilation CDs years ago called Fuck 101, and Fuck 102. They are songs mixed with rain/thunderstorms/etc to evoke a sense of romance. The songs are sequences from slower to a climatic ending, like making love. On both sets, I ended up using "Erotica" as the big ender (I used a remix on the 2nd CD). "Rope Burn" from Janet, and "Justify My Love" were also used as part of the ending moments. Those songs truly get my motor going.

As far as Erotica in general, it had a very street edge to it, less polished, rougher, but was still sexy to me.

SoulAlive said:

and I'm not sorry (I'm not sorry),it's human nature (it's human nature)

and I'm not sorry (I'm not sorry),I'm not your bitch,don't hang your shit on me!

love that song!!

me too.

ernestsewell said:

paisleypark4 said:

Same here.

And Ernest you have a point...that doesnt mean we cant want what we wanted. Heck, Erotica wasnt even Erotic.

The hell it wasn't! The title track still gives me wood.

SoulAlive said:

My only criticism of 'Bedtime Stories' is,the grooves are too slow.There's not alot of uptempo stuff here.It's actually a mellow album,which is fine,but after awhile,I'm left wanting to hear some harder,faster beats.This is one reason why 'Hard Candy' is a more enjoyable album to me.

Let Down Your Guard and Your Honesty should have been included on the actual album. I think they qualify as grooves...

MidniteMagnet said:

MidniteMagnet said:

Let Down Your Guard and Your Honesty should have been included on the actual album. I think they qualify as grooves...

too!!

AlexdeParis said:

MidniteMagnet said:

Let Down Your Guard and Your Honesty should have been included on the actual album. I think they qualify as grooves...

I like "Your Honesty" a lot more than most of what made the album.

do bitches have 3 titties on your planet too?

badujunkie said:

MidniteMagnet said:

SoulAlive said:

My only criticism of 'Bedtime Stories' is,the grooves are too slow.There's not alot of uptempo stuff here.It's actually a mellow album,which is fine,but after awhile,I'm left wanting to hear some harder,faster beats.This is one reason why 'Hard Candy' is a more enjoyable album to me.

Let Down Your Guard and Your Honesty should have been included on the actual album. I think they qualify as grooves...

alphastreet said:

VinnyM27 said:

It would be intersting to hear those tracks in between "Bedtime Stories" and "Take A Bow".

but take a bow is from bedtime stories, that doesn't make sense...you mean you want to hear songs between the bedtime stories era and the time something to remember was released right?

I just read that and it doesn't make sense. I think I meant to say it would be interesting to hear the tracks that came between "Bedtimes Stories" and "Ray Of Light", the albums. My bad!