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Re: Music Music Music
« Reply #100 on: November 21, 2009, 03:29:47 pm »
In 1998, Madonna had just had a hit with "Don't Cry For Me Argentina", and the Evita movie.  She was also expecting her first baby, abut to turn 40, and Madonna wanted to go into a different musical direction.




Madonna worked with new producers, and came up with "Ray Of Light".  The CD was a critical and commerical success.  No only did it get back to the (near) top of the Billboard charts (her prior CD got to #6), but it earned Madonna a handful of Grammy awards (Best Music Video, Best Dance Recording, and Best Pop Vocal Album).

The CD "Ray Of Light" got to #2 on the Top 200 chart.  "Frozen" got to #2.  The single "Ray Of Light" got to #5, and the last single "Power Of Good-bye" hit #10.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U60AgVeRRhc[/youtube]



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'Voulez-vous, will you kiss my dick?'
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Re: Music Music Music
« Reply #101 on: November 21, 2009, 03:41:56 pm »
The year 2000 came, and gave us a new Madonna CD.





After the success of "Ray Of Light", Madonna was ready to continue the hit streak.  She released "Music" to more commercial and critical acclaim.  The CD "Music" hit #1 on the Billboard Top 200, and the single of the same name also hit #1.  It was the first time that Madonna had managed that feat since 1989, when she did it with the "Like A Prayer" single and CD.  "Don't Tell Me" was also released as a single, and it hit #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.




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[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgL3lLjELHE[/youtube]


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Re: Music Music Music
« Reply #102 on: November 26, 2009, 01:00:52 pm »
After the success of "Music" in 2000, Madonna decided to release another greatest hits collection, focusing on her 90s hits (The Immaculate Collection was her 80s hits).

So in 2001 Madonna released GHV2  (Greatest Hits Volume 2).




Unlike Madonna's prior hits collections, this CD had no new songs on it.  However, it did have to previously released tracks, that were on soundtracks and ever on any Madonna CD before.

Those two tracks were "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" (from Evita) which had hit #8 on the Hot 100, and "Beautiful Stranger" (From Austin Powers) which got to #19 on the Hot 100.

GHV2 got to #7 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.


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Re: Music Music Music
« Reply #103 on: November 26, 2009, 01:12:12 pm »
Madonna's next CD was released in 2003, and began what seemed to be a slide downhill for her career.



2003 gave us "American Life".   The CD seemed to be off to a good start by hitting #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.  The first single was from the James Bond soundtrack, "Die Another Day".  This song got to #8 on the Hot 100 singles chart.


[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOf4MyY032c[/youtube]

However, things went downhill from there.  The CD was quick to drop from the charts, and the follow up single "American Life", only got to #37 on the Hot 100.  Two more singles were released, and failed to hit the Hot 100 at all.

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Re: Music Music Music
« Reply #104 on: November 26, 2009, 01:18:28 pm »
It was still 2003, and Madonna felt that perhaps the music on "American Life" was pushed aside too quickly, so she took a gamble, and released a remix CD, similarly to "You Can Dance" back in the 80s.



"Remixed & Revisted" featured songs from "American Life" in remixes that were supposed to give the music new life.  It was a mistake.  The CD never got higher than #115 on the Billboard Hot 200, Madonna's worst charting CD ever, and any songs that were given to radio received little to no airplay, and never charted.


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Re: Music Music Music
« Reply #105 on: November 26, 2009, 01:26:58 pm »
After a two year absence from the music scene, Madonna knew she needed a comeback, and she prepared the release of her newest CD.




2005 gave us "Confessions On A Dancefloor".  Madonna previewed the CD with a single first to build up interest.  Going back to the 70s for samples, Madonna released the first single "Hung Up" which samples ABBA's song "Gimme Gimmie Gimme".


[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qp38ca5Qzs[/youtube]


The single "Hung Up" got massive amounts of airplay, and it got Madonna back into the Top 10, getting to #7 on the Hot 100 chart.  "Confessions was a success as well, getting to #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

The second single "Sorry" (containing a sample of "Can You Feel It by the Jacksons) was not a big pop hit (#57) but was a fan favorite and a huge hit on the dance charts and in the clubs.


[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMXZbptfRrw&feature=related[/youtube]


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Re: Music Music Music
« Reply #106 on: March 21, 2010, 03:10:49 pm »
After 3 years away, Madonna returned in 2008 with her new CD, "Hard Candy".




The CD's lead single was "4 Mintues", a collaboration with Justin Timberlake and Timberland.  It was a massive hit, and got to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

A second single, "Give It 2 Me" got to #57 on the Hot 100 chart.

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Re: Music Music Music
« Reply #107 on: March 21, 2010, 03:14:46 pm »
2009 saw the release of Madonna's most recent CD, a greatest hits compilation with two new songs.



The CD is titled "Celebration" and the new songs are the title track, and "Revolver".




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Re: Music Music Music
« Reply #108 on: March 21, 2010, 03:22:53 pm »
Today I've decided to share pics of the autographed CD collection I have. 

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The artists are all performers of Freestyle music. 

Freestyle is a genre of music that was very popular from the mid 80s to the mid 90s.  Take the Latin sounds of salsa and merengue and mix a little dance/pop into it, and you have freestye.

Where I can, I will give chart statistics and information on the artists, and post YouTube links to samples of the music, so you can listen to them, if you choose to.  When I can, I will post footage of the artists performing, or their videos.


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Re: Music Music Music
« Reply #109 on: March 21, 2010, 03:25:00 pm »
This first artist helped dance music in a BIG way!

The year is 1983, and freestyle was about to break out into the national stage.

Shannon releases her debut CD, "Let The Music Play", and the first song released is the title track.  The song became known as "electro-funk" and went to #8 on the Hot 100 singles chart.  It's considered the first song to break open the door to dance themed music on radio again, after the "death" of disco in 1980.

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A second single from the CD was released, called "Give Me Tonight".  While not as successful as "Let The Music Play", this song did get play on pop radio, and kept dance music on the airwaves.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcoK0TzVXVw[/youtube]

In 1985 Shannon released her second CD, "Do You Wanna Get Away".




The first single was the title track, and much like "Give Me Tonight", didn't hit the Top 40, but kept dance music on the radio airwaves, and hit the top of the dance charts.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKPvqa26En4[/youtube]

The follow up single, "Stronger Together", also hit the dance charts.  After this, Shannon didn't release new music for years.


Tell him when l come up to him and ask to play the record, l'm gonna say: ''Voulez-vous jouer ce disque?''
'Voulez-vous, will you kiss my dick?'
Will you play my record? One-track mind!