Hard Candy ranks high on the suck-o-meter. 2005's Confessions on a Dance Floor is one of her finest releases. This new album might be a superhyped mess that I intend to preview before buying.

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CynicKill said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

I don't know, I mean, it's good to see someone her age still slaying the industry, but the song is just so...bleh. Whatever the outcome, I'll support her just because I love seeing ageism in the music industry being shattered.

Spice Girls 2012!?!

I agree with the ageism sentiment but I'm gonna go and contradict myself by saying Madonna is way too old for this type of thing.

It'll be a hit though.

It sounds a bit like Beautiful Stranger sped up, i dont really see the need for Nicki or MIA except to get her on the radio. Its catchy, nothing special, but its an attention grabber, i mean its all tied around "football" and she is doing the superbowl and now the video is out, etc...its all the marketing game, all the huge corporations, clear channel etc..dishing out big bucks to buy a hit.

rdhull said:

thats the song???

you gotta be kidding me

Yeah that! Crap song, crap video! Kind seems like a joke!

rdhull said:

Yall fans actually LIKE this song? Be honest (with yourselves).

Im a huge fan but this shit..just no.

For some reason this makes me want to revisit Hard Candy and give it the appreciation I never did.

I hope the rest of the album makes up for this cotton candy boolshet.

I'm being honest. I actually like this song. It's fun and catchy as hell. It's Madonna being Cougar Madonna. I think for promotional purposes it doesn't get easier than releasing a catchy infectious pop song and pushing/promoting the fuck out of it.

I'm not a "huge" fan. I only got into Madge about 5 years ago after seeing her shows. But yes, I like it. It's Madonna. Catchy as hell bubble gum pop. If I want "deep" music I know where to go.

hmm...i'm not sure about this one...i thought she was super ambitious and was gonna show the gagas and perrys how its really done...

LightOfArt said:

hmm...i'm not sure about this one...i thought she was super ambitious and was gonna show the gagas and perrys how its really done...

I know right?

I scoffed at 4 Minutes but that was 5 times better than this. It had an ominous groove and some meat etc. But this song here...I mean if I was a 13 year old white girl this shit would be the hotness to me but ...just no. And she had two black chicks to helpout and relegated Monster's Niki to this? Them two got played. They were supposed to bring something to HER soumd etc imo.

lastdecember said:

CynicKill said:

Spice Girls 2012!?!

I agree with the ageism sentiment but I'm gonna go and contradict myself by saying Madonna is way too old for this type of thing.

It'll be a hit though.

It sounds a bit like Beautiful Stranger sped up, i dont really see the need for Nicki or MIA except to get her on the radio. Its catchy, nothing special, but its an attention grabber, i mean its all tied around "football" and she is doing the superbowl and now the video is out, etc...its all the marketing game, all the huge corporations, clear channel etc..dishing out big bucks to buy a hit.

painfully embarrassing as usual

btw she looks like some kinda hamster

smoothcriminal12 said:

Listening again.

It's not completely awful.

I just don't like it that much.

It feels like a solid filler track---not a song that launches an album.

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BlaqueKnight said:

Is it just me or does anyone else think M.I.A. is out of place and out of character in this video?

It's like she doesn't want to even be there.

M.I.A. seems out of place. The song is all right. The anime masks on the cheerleaders are just as fucking creepy as usual. The video was aw'ight.

it was just "ok".

sosgemini said:

BlaqueKnight said:

Is it just me or does anyone else think M.I.A. is out of place and out of character in this video?

It's like she doesn't want to even be there.

She has that "my manager made me do this" look on her face.

lastdecember said:

CynicKill said:

Spice Girls 2012!?!

I agree with the ageism sentiment but I'm gonna go and contradict myself by saying Madonna is way too old for this type of thing.

It'll be a hit though.

It sounds a bit like Beautiful Stranger sped up, i dont really see the need for Nicki or MIA except to get her on the radio. Its catchy, nothing special, but its an attention grabber, i mean its all tied around "football" and she is doing the superbowl and now the video is out, etc...its all the marketing game, all the huge corporations, clear channel etc..dishing out big bucks to buy a hit.

Yeah, that deal with Clear Channel pretty much secured its initial impact on radio. The question is whether or not its going to able to stay there. I don't see much shelf life or replay value for this one.

Portions of the song actually reminds me of Katy Perry a little bit, believe it or not. I wasn't expecting Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" but I wasn't expecting a Katy Perry remix either. Consider me underwhelmed.

My review of the song: it's aight. Kinda underwhelming (since it didn't differ much from the leak except for Nicki's rap). It's like a mixture of "Beautiful Stranger", "Over and Over" (from Like a Virgin) and Avril Lavigne's "Boyfriend".

My review of the video: great images. But you can tell that both the song and the video co-aligns with her Super Bowl performance coming this Sunday.

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Still thinking of whether to or not buy it after seeing those song titles lol

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I laughed out loud at the ending

I'm still saying it's just an OK song (so no one say i'm a flip-flop fan or whatever) no hate

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getxxxx said:

eep...

I tell you one thing it's catchy enough to give Madonna another top ten hit at least but we'll see. But that's just it, really.

O-L-D Madonna..

L-O-L u wanna..

oh really?

just playin'. yay pop

Timmy84 said:

My review of the song: it's aight. Kinda underwhelming (since it didn't differ much from the leak except for Nicki's rap). It's like a mixture of "Beautiful Stranger", "Over and Over" (from Like a Virgin) and Avril Lavigne's "Boyfriend".

My review of the video: great images. But you can tell that both the song and the video co-aligns with her Super Bowl performance coming this Sunday.

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Still thinking of whether to or not buy it after seeing those song titles lol

[Edited 2/3/12 11:45am]

Yeah, the video is campy, silly and fun just like I expected.

Musicslave said:

Timmy84 said:

My review of the song: it's aight. Kinda underwhelming (since it didn't differ much from the leak except for Nicki's rap). It's like a mixture of "Beautiful Stranger", "Over and Over" (from Like a Virgin) and Avril Lavigne's "Boyfriend".

My review of the video: great images. But you can tell that both the song and the video co-aligns with her Super Bowl performance coming this Sunday.

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Still thinking of whether to or not buy it after seeing those song titles lol

[Edited 2/3/12 11:45am]

Yeah, the video is campy, silly and fun just like I expected.

I expected the video to be that anyway. The song's style was in that direction.

Timmy84 said:

I tell you one thing it's catchy enough to give Madonna another top ten hit at least but we'll see. But that's just it, really.

I think Clear Channel has pretty much guranteed that much. We'll see. As I said earlier, I don't see it having staying power.

Musicslave said:

Timmy84 said:

I tell you one thing it's catchy enough to give Madonna another top ten hit at least but we'll see. But that's just it, really.

I think Clear Channel has pretty much guranteed that much. We'll see. As I said earlier, I don't see it having staying power.

Yeah Adele and 'em ain't gotta worry about this song. Nicki won't brag about getting #1 either.

When the chorus hit, I started singing the chorus to this over it:

lastdecember said:

CynicKill said:

Spice Girls 2012!?!

I agree with the ageism sentiment but I'm gonna go and contradict myself by saying Madonna is way too old for this type of thing.

It'll be a hit though.

It sounds a bit like Beautiful Stranger sped up, i dont really see the need for Nicki or MIA except to get her on the radio. Its catchy, nothing special, but its an attention grabber, i mean its all tied around "football" and she is doing the superbowl and now the video is out, etc...its all the marketing game, all the huge corporations, clear channel etc..dishing out big bucks to buy a hit.

Agreed.

But my Spice Girls reference was more towards the presentation, whereas Madonna is Ginger, Nicki is obviously Scary and MIA is Posh (she can barely be bothered). All redux for 2012.

Madonna has always been an expert marketer and she fails to disappoint here. But Katy Perry does THIS type of thing much better now, and she should, she is only in her twenties.

Militant said:

When the chorus hit, I started singing the chorus to this over it:

I miss the Dandy Warhol's.

Timmy84 said:

Musicslave said:

I think Clear Channel has pretty much guranteed that much. We'll see. As I said earlier, I don't see it having staying power.

Yeah Adele and 'em ain't gotta worry about this song. Nicki won't brag about getting #1 either.

Hey, at least Adele earned her #1's the old fashion way. I ain't mad at the girl.