tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.comments2021-06-27T18:39:10.905+10:00VinylLuverPhillipRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09842593436006867894noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-77150862188692849592016-03-31T13:52:23.048+11:002016-03-31T13:52:23.048+11:00Best !!!Best !!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08684279680644739656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-74200911669596763882013-08-20T00:08:07.683+10:002013-08-20T00:08:07.683+10:00not bad.not bad.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187989483280210008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-55938436870263604552013-07-10T12:35:32.334+10:002013-07-10T12:35:32.334+10:00very cool! Thank you!very cool! Thank you!Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16187989483280210008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-48277739246998908442012-07-29T17:52:01.701+10:002012-07-29T17:52:01.701+10:00I´ve had her album on repeat since March. It´s coh...I´ve had her album on repeat since March. It´s cohesive in a way that pop records rarely are nowadays in the age of digital downloads and buying songs individually off an album.<br /><br />I find that in Born to Die the musical style, lyrics, and themes are so consistent that the album feels like it was conceived in the 90s, when people listened to albums all the way through. It really feels like something from another era, that looks forward and reaches back at the same time. Glad to hear it is one of your favorites, too.Rudolphnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-84652822907102182292012-05-30T09:16:52.575+10:002012-05-30T09:16:52.575+10:00Yes its not good is it! LOLYes its not good is it! LOLPhillipRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842593436006867894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-61334479285962022412012-05-29T23:29:24.078+10:002012-05-29T23:29:24.078+10:00Jedward 3rd in Oz...OMG!!Jedward 3rd in Oz...OMG!!David Anthonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-29970624655229844232012-04-04T06:10:02.137+10:002012-04-04T06:10:02.137+10:00Thanks Rudolph. Its interesting that this album ha...Thanks Rudolph. Its interesting that this album has polarised her fans. I speak to some who absolutely love this album and others who think it is a mediocre effort. I still am in the latter category. I think she is capable of much more and I'm always hopeful for another great Madonna song/album.PhillipRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842593436006867894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-35038485034209299592012-04-03T01:45:03.729+10:002012-04-03T01:45:03.729+10:00My reaction to the album was somewhat similar. I w...My reaction to the album was somewhat similar. I was excited (with caution) prior to the release, and then when it finally came out I was underwhelmed by the album as a whole -- and it wasn't that the songs weren't good but rather that a number of them were unremarkable and not very memorable -- and paying attention to the lyrics just exacerbates the problem.<br /><br />The issues for me are that she's obviously capable of doing much better and that we had to wait four years for something that is "just okay" in my opinion. Clearly she can't please everybody, but with Hard Candy and now MDNA she's got two "okay" albums in a row in 7 years.<br /><br />I agree, as it was pointed out in a different post, that with her new livenation deal, most of the money comes from touring. However, she really needs new hits to keep touring in support of every album. As it stands, each new album generates only one hit single and everything else is either past hits or songs from the current album that only fans recognize and that aren't that great anyway. That, I think, was the problem with the Sticky & Sweet tour.<br /><br />I'd hate to think that she has peaked album-wise, but then again after American Life we got Confessions, so who knows?Rudolphnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-26035047763019839732012-03-30T19:58:09.342+11:002012-03-30T19:58:09.342+11:00Hey Phillip,
I'm not sure time will be kind ...Hey Phillip, <br /><br />I'm not sure time will be kind to it. A bad record is a bad record. Do we love Hard Candy 4 years later or American Life nearly ten years later? I do think the production is quite good, the sound is closer to Confessions-era Madonna and suits her much more that the Timbaland sound. I think the problem for me (as a fan from day one) is that there is no joy on this record. If you listen to Holiday, or Lucky Star, or Angel, or Into The Groove, or even later cuts like Music or Ray Of Light, she sounds like she's having a a lot of fun. There's nothing happy about the music on MDNA. Even the chants on Luvin' sound false.<br /><br />Yes i am being harsh but it's the Queen! I hate to make comparisons because every artist is different, but if you consider Kylie's last few albums they are still joyous and happy affairs. True, they may not have generated the smash hits of her early 2000 period but they are brilliant pop records made well. <br /><br />As much as i dislike Pitchfork for it's hipster try hard ways it really is the most intelligent review i've read of this album.<br />Anyway, see you at the live shows!<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-53225948419926582152012-03-30T10:13:24.127+11:002012-03-30T10:13:24.127+11:00Thanks for comments Eamon and Jim! I completely ag...Thanks for comments Eamon and Jim! I completely agree with pitchfork too. <br />Love the ballads on MDNA. I think overall the lyrics are banal across the album. Theres only a few exceptions to this such as the ballads. Pitchfork hit the nail on the head where the focus (for Madonna) is on her contract with Live Nation so the tour is where the money is and the music is secondary to that (which is kinda sad). The singles are bad choices but I don't mind gimme all your luvin. I think the days of Madonna having a number 1 single are long gone. I really disagree about singers being able to sing about whatever they want. Gang Bang doesn't work for this reason. If it was Rhianna or Nicki Minaj it wouldn't be an issue. I think we will have to agree to disagree on that one. <br />Jim there aren't enough great moments on this album to make it memorable but maybe time will be kinder to it?PhillipRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842593436006867894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-15240860893834750542012-03-27T22:08:03.028+11:002012-03-27T22:08:03.028+11:00I agree the pitchfork review is v good.I agree the pitchfork review is v good.EamonBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-78736989180020927642012-03-27T18:27:32.738+11:002012-03-27T18:27:32.738+11:00I think this review by Pitchfork sums it up perfec...I think this review by Pitchfork sums it up perfectly.<br />It really is a cynical, terrible record.<br />I don't mind Love Spent and Beautiful Killer.<br />Masterpiece is the best track but it's so out of place.<br />As bad as Hard Candy was, it had one wicked tune - She's Not Me, featuring Wendy on bass. It rocks. <br />MDNA has none of these moments.<br />Jim<br /><br />http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/16426-mdna/?utm_campaign=search&utm_medium=site&utm_source=search-acAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-84890564078158851082012-03-27T07:07:32.619+11:002012-03-27T07:07:32.619+11:00So glad to have your review. I can see all your po...So glad to have your review. I can see all your points and I guess this album is going to divide as all her stuff does these days. I think I am on a different side to the Madonna fence. Firstofall, to explain, I have to say that American Life is one of my favourite M albums so I have been waiting for this one. Confessions never really took me anywhere special and Candy missed too many marks. I have been dying for a ballad for so long she delivered on this one for me. The ballads are great. Falling Free has been played many times and Masterpiece sounds so beautiful. I Fucked Up is a surprise for me as I don’t think I should like it but I do. The lead singles are damp squids though for me. Give Me All Your Luvin’ has one of her worst lyrics yet – ‘we can drink some wine, burgundy is fine, we’ll drink the bottle every drop’ desperation to rhyme or what – she has always been a fan of the couplet. Girls Gone Wild was so boring but the video did make me like it more. Gang Bang is too much of an experiment and it doesn’t really work. Turn Up The Radio should have been the lead single to me, it’s cute and fun and commercially viable and I have already thought of a great video! I’m Addicted goes with one of my favourites from Music – Amazing, the only song from that album she never performed and I hope it doesn’t suffer the same fate. Some Girls steals from Beyonce but I think the message is better – Madonna has always been more of a humanist than feminist. I heard Superstar out on Saturday night and it brought a smile to my face, I really like it but don’t love it, it doesn’t go off enough. I Don’t Give A is good but a little too self-reliant on being who she is – I don’t think that music should be dependent of who you are – one of the reasons I disagree with your criticism of Gang Bang because she is a 50 year old mother of 4 – songs should be judged by their value not what the singer is in her private life. Alas this is something that Madonna always suffers from in all that she does, music, movies, books…I’m A Sinner is a good pop song and will be a crowd pleaser in concert. Beautiful Killer may end up annoying me. B-Day Song is one of those songs that she does every now and again that is just odd but not wrong – I’m Going Bananas or the one from The Drowned World tour that I can’t remember the name of. Best Friend is a beautiful ballad and a great end but does make me want to say ‘your marriage is over and you have both moved on, why are you still flogging that horse?’ <br />I think the album gives some fans that have been starved for so long, what they want. Is it perfect? Far from. Two bad singles so far in my opinion and that doesn’t’ help. In general it is missing a theme and is too long and for that I blame the record companies – Gaga’s last album was also too long and disconnected. However, Minaj is a great collaborator choice. One thing is for certain it will have fans talking for a long time and I am dying to have that conversation. As usual her tour will over-whelm it all – as long as she doesn’t try to go back to Confessions! One last thing, I really wish that she would hook up with Patrick Leonard (Like A Prayer era) again and also write more stuff with Joe Henry (Don’t Tell Me and Falling Free).EamonBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-73604104742618509772012-03-22T07:21:03.039+11:002012-03-22T07:21:03.039+11:00Thanks Annika. Was a great concert! xpThanks Annika. Was a great concert! xpPhillipRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842593436006867894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-913267592263021602012-03-21T17:32:27.454+11:002012-03-21T17:32:27.454+11:00Sounds great and she still looks amazing, very gla...Sounds great and she still looks amazing, very glad to hear you had such a wonderful time!!<br />xxxAnnikanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-49956649537173268092012-03-21T12:47:41.505+11:002012-03-21T12:47:41.505+11:00Thanks Kyle! Glad you enjoyed my post. Youtube ant...Thanks Kyle! Glad you enjoyed my post. Youtube anti tour and you can see lots of peformances from Melbourne and hopefully Sydney in the next day or so. Cross fingers she brings the show stateside! All the best<br />xPPhillipRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842593436006867894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-65217164267758425992012-03-21T08:44:10.037+11:002012-03-21T08:44:10.037+11:00P.S. I linked your page to my Anti TOur Blog. ;-)P.S. I linked your page to my Anti TOur Blog. ;-)Kyle Bentley Stevenshttp://kylieantitour.tumblr.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-49213858837493572652012-03-21T08:40:50.663+11:002012-03-21T08:40:50.663+11:00Outstanding post! Thank you very much for posting....Outstanding post! Thank you very much for posting. I was near sick here in San Francisco when I saw the set list, that I had to miss these first shows. But I am very happy you were there so you could share this wonderful media with the less fortunate.<br />XO<br />KyleKyle Bentley Stevenshttp://www.youtube.com/dskskbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-1020956912470488342012-03-18T20:40:56.097+11:002012-03-18T20:40:56.097+11:00Jim, Thanks for the mega-comment! I didn't tal...Jim, Thanks for the mega-comment! I didn't talk alot about my fave Duran tracks/albums as will do another post before their concert on the 31 March about that! i am not a fan of Something to Remember. One of their weakest songs and certainly should not have been the lead single off Pop Trash! I am a BIG FAN of the BIG THING album. A very underrated an album from the 80's. I am also looking for the Nick Rhodes polaroids book. I think it will be a miracle if we find it now. The first 2 albums were and still are amazing!PhillipRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842593436006867894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-3304749226078701892012-03-17T11:06:27.183+11:002012-03-17T11:06:27.183+11:00Fantastic post Phillip!
My Duran mania is nowhere...Fantastic post Phillip!<br /><br />My Duran mania is nowhere near these excessive levels, who could match it?!!<br /><br />So there is no way I can match this mammoth post but I thought I would list some of my fave Duran things and fave music:<br /><br />-DD are without doubt the best POP band of the 1980's. Many come close but no one matched their style and flair, influence on fashion and video, and their songwriting holds up strongly to this day<br /><br />- I love the Power Station! Robert Palmer, members of Chic, and the Taylors were a match made in 80's heaven. Some Like It Hot over Election Day for me but let me stress I also love So Red The Rose!<br /><br />- I cannot choose between DD's debut and Rio. I love them both equally.<br /><br />- Late Bar should have been included on DD's debut album. No argument!<br /><br />- John Taylor is one of the best bass players of all time. Play that fucking bass John!<br /><br />- My Own Way (album version) is one of my favourite DD songs. I don't know why DD have disowned this song, it's brilliant! I don't love the single edit but the Rio version is perfection<br /><br />- 2 of my favourite DD albums are Big Thing and Notorious. I LOVE the Nile Rogers production on the latter record, and I LOVE the experimental side two of the former. Classic records both.<br /><br />- As terrible as Pop Trash is, it still contains one beautiful song: Something To Remember. This is true of all their terrible albums - eg. Nite Runner from RCM, My Antarctica from Liberty.<br /><br />- My fave DD video is Girls On Film (nite version)<br /><br />- I LOVE The Wild Boys, which contains some of the worst lyrics of the 80's: 'your telephone's been ringing while your dancing in the rain'<br /><br />- My favourites on AYNIN are Before The Rain, Leave A Light On and Runway Runaway<br /><br />- After all these years I still occasionally hunt for a copy of Nick Rhodes' Polaroids on eBay when I have some spare time (which is never!...)<br /><br />Here's to Duran Devotion - there should be more of it!<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-85626199047021894032012-03-17T10:38:57.025+11:002012-03-17T10:38:57.025+11:00I think its going to be interesting to see what sh...I think its going to be interesting to see what she plays. I think she's got to do a good mixture of songs that people want to hear. I am also not an expert on Kylie b sides so am hoping for some album tracks and covers thrown in! I am sure it will be amazing.PhillipRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842593436006867894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-53398237723310569982012-03-15T22:23:21.501+11:002012-03-15T22:23:21.501+11:00Yes well Sunday should be amazing! I will be a zom...Yes well Sunday should be amazing! I will be a zombie at work the next day - it doesn't start until after midnight!<br /><br />I'm not overly up with a lot of the demos or b-sides so i'm hoping some album tracks get an airing.<br /><br />Also on my wish list would be:<br /><br />Made of Glass<br />Secret (Take You Home)<br />Sweet Music<br />Love Affair<br />Where Has The Love Gone<br />Things Can Only Get Better<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-87450787658686678342012-03-14T21:39:21.935+11:002012-03-14T21:39:21.935+11:00I think that song would really suit Kylie's vo...I think that song would really suit Kylie's voice particularly in a stripped back live performance. Can't wait for Tuesday night to come around!PhillipRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842593436006867894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-83512018042174804742012-03-14T20:05:42.842+11:002012-03-14T20:05:42.842+11:00I would love to hear Love Is The Drug from the X s...I would love to hear Love Is The Drug from the X sessions, recorded with Calvin Harris, her best non album track by far!<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7726770076635761505.post-64408913670305928682012-03-12T09:06:02.536+11:002012-03-12T09:06:02.536+11:00Hope you enjoyed the gig himerusanderos! I am seei...Hope you enjoyed the gig himerusanderos! I am seeing them on 31 March! Can't wait! I have Nick's home address and sent the CD to him directly! BTW - Nick is my favourite too. Such a character as well being one the wittiest, smartest men in POP!PhillipRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09842593436006867894noreply@blogger.com