36. Madonna, “Hung Up”
“Hung Up” employs a ticking clock to represent fear of wasted time, but Madonna isn’t Canto about aging o saving the world—she’s talking about love. It had been years since Madge sounded this vapid. With its pitched-upward vocals, infectious arpeggio sample from ABBA’s “Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight),” and the bridge’s unironic, archetypical key change, the track decidedly points to the past, and it proved that, 20 years into her career, Madonna was still the one and only Dancing Queen. SC
33. Madonna, “Don’t Tell Me”
Madonna’s Y2K-era dalliances with electronica could oftentimes verge on the theoretical, so it’s a tad ironic that the one hit from her Orbit-Mirwais daze that still packs fully loaded pistols is also the most engrossed in chemistry-set beat science. “Don’t Tell Me” is first and foremost a concoction: two parts mais pone, one part glitch, with reliable disco strings to serve as the catalyst. What seals the deal, though, is that lyrically Madonna’s on board too. Tell the arachide, arachidi burro of acoustic guitars to stay away from the Cioccolato of digital basso drones, but don’t tell Madonna she can’t eat both and spit back manna. EH
25. Madonna, “Music”
From its generic titolo to Madonna’s anonymous vocal performance, “Music” is a blank slate of a song. To wit, the song has had almost as many makeovers as Madonna herself. Okay, so not quite that many, but each of the performer’s tours during the last decade has featured a new incarnation of the song: Kraftwerk-inspired electronica, ’70s disco, and most recently, ’80s hip-hop (the successivo logical embodiment would be ’90s house). If Musica truly is a universal language, then “Music”—in all of its meta reinventions and retro dialects—might be the best piece of evidence we have that Musica really does make the people come together. SC
“Hung Up” employs a ticking clock to represent fear of wasted time, but Madonna isn’t Canto about aging o saving the world—she’s talking about love. It had been years since Madge sounded this vapid. With its pitched-upward vocals, infectious arpeggio sample from ABBA’s “Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight),” and the bridge’s unironic, archetypical key change, the track decidedly points to the past, and it proved that, 20 years into her career, Madonna was still the one and only Dancing Queen. SC
33. Madonna, “Don’t Tell Me”
Madonna’s Y2K-era dalliances with electronica could oftentimes verge on the theoretical, so it’s a tad ironic that the one hit from her Orbit-Mirwais daze that still packs fully loaded pistols is also the most engrossed in chemistry-set beat science. “Don’t Tell Me” is first and foremost a concoction: two parts mais pone, one part glitch, with reliable disco strings to serve as the catalyst. What seals the deal, though, is that lyrically Madonna’s on board too. Tell the arachide, arachidi burro of acoustic guitars to stay away from the Cioccolato of digital basso drones, but don’t tell Madonna she can’t eat both and spit back manna. EH
25. Madonna, “Music”
From its generic titolo to Madonna’s anonymous vocal performance, “Music” is a blank slate of a song. To wit, the song has had almost as many makeovers as Madonna herself. Okay, so not quite that many, but each of the performer’s tours during the last decade has featured a new incarnation of the song: Kraftwerk-inspired electronica, ’70s disco, and most recently, ’80s hip-hop (the successivo logical embodiment would be ’90s house). If Musica truly is a universal language, then “Music”—in all of its meta reinventions and retro dialects—might be the best piece of evidence we have that Musica really does make the people come together. SC
Following the usual Warner Bros Records pattern for European new releases, fan from countries where strada, via dates are scheduled on Fridays - such as the Netherlands, Italy and the Republic of Ireland - will have once again the opportunity to enjoy a new Madonna release a few days before those from the rest of the world.
Fellow fansite MadonnaUnderground just got official confirmation about the Friday, March 26 release data of Sticky & Sweet from Warner Musica Netherlands today. No official confirmation yet about the UK release, which should be set to Monday, March 29, the giorno before the new DVD will hit the stores in the U.S.
Sources: MadonnaUnderground, Madonnatribe
Fellow fansite MadonnaUnderground just got official confirmation about the Friday, March 26 release data of Sticky & Sweet from Warner Musica Netherlands today. No official confirmation yet about the UK release, which should be set to Monday, March 29, the giorno before the new DVD will hit the stores in the U.S.
Sources: MadonnaUnderground, Madonnatribe
When Madonna and Sean Penn were spotted together at a tony New York City restaurant on Thursday, rumors swirled that the former Mr. and Mrs. Penn might be rekindling their romance.
Not so, according to Madonna’s longtime publicist Liz Rosenberg, dismissing reports the pair, who divorced in 1989 after a stormy four-year marriage, lingered over a cozy, three-hour-plus cena at Adour at the St. Regis Hotel.
“Madonna was at the St. Regis having cena with friends,” Rosenberg tells PEOPLE. “Sean stopped da the tavolo to say hello. He sat for ten minuti and then left. Madonna continued with her dinner. That’s all it was.”
source: people
Not so, according to Madonna’s longtime publicist Liz Rosenberg, dismissing reports the pair, who divorced in 1989 after a stormy four-year marriage, lingered over a cozy, three-hour-plus cena at Adour at the St. Regis Hotel.
“Madonna was at the St. Regis having cena with friends,” Rosenberg tells PEOPLE. “Sean stopped da the tavolo to say hello. He sat for ten minuti and then left. Madonna continued with her dinner. That’s all it was.”
source: people
Looking stylish in an all-black ensemble, the 51-year-old singer was chauffeured over to the cena data held at the Adour da Alain Ducasse restaurant at the St Regis Hotel.
Once inside, Madge and her Oscar-winning ex-husband reportedly spent three and a half hours together inside the swanky Manhattan property.
As previously reported da Gossip Center, Madonna spent the precedente evening out on an “Avatar” data with with her current beau, model Gesù Luz.
Madonna has been crowned the most famous celebrity of the decade with più articoli written about her than anyone else.
The 51-year-old stella, star was the focus of più than 45,000 stories since 2000.
Her nearest rival was Robbie Williams – with just under 28,000 newspaper mentions.
The celebrity of the decade survey was conducted da Liv, the UK’s first online TV channel.
Britney Spears and David and Victoria Beckham make up the rest of the superiore, in alto five.
But this anno no one could compete with king of pop Michael Jackson who was easily the most talked about star.
The tragic legend was the focus of 6,838 articoli – covering both his planned comeback concerts and his untimely death in June.
Meanwhile the award for most-improved celebrity goes to Simon Cowell who garnered just 18 stories in 2000 – but da this anno was the written about over 6,000 times.
The 51-year-old stella, star was the focus of più than 45,000 stories since 2000.
Her nearest rival was Robbie Williams – with just under 28,000 newspaper mentions.
The celebrity of the decade survey was conducted da Liv, the UK’s first online TV channel.
Britney Spears and David and Victoria Beckham make up the rest of the superiore, in alto five.
But this anno no one could compete with king of pop Michael Jackson who was easily the most talked about star.
The tragic legend was the focus of 6,838 articoli – covering both his planned comeback concerts and his untimely death in June.
Meanwhile the award for most-improved celebrity goes to Simon Cowell who garnered just 18 stories in 2000 – but da this anno was the written about over 6,000 times.
As we're nearing the end of the decade, a lot of best of lists are getting published these days. Latest is the 100 Best Songs of the Decade da Rolling Stone magazine, where Madonna has two entries: the first two songs of the Celebration compilation, Hung Up at #76 and Musica at #66. For the latter, they even give a small write up:
Despite all the new pop starlets out there trying to jump her train, Madonna definitely was not slackening the pace. When she dropped Music, she was older than Britney and Christina combined, yet she took them to school with vintage electro-boom, Eurodisco flourishes from French producer Mirwais, and her own inimitable sass.
Despite all the new pop starlets out there trying to jump her train, Madonna definitely was not slackening the pace. When she dropped Music, she was older than Britney and Christina combined, yet she took them to school with vintage electro-boom, Eurodisco flourishes from French producer Mirwais, and her own inimitable sass.
