Stuff like this is so iconic. If I was her, I'd watch these in bed while rubbing one out.
Stuff like this is so iconic. If I was her, I'd watch these in bed while rubbing one out.
I'm so going to stream the shit out of this. Don't be surprised if Gambler ends up my most streamed song of the year. It will be 1985 again, when the single wouldn't leave my record player.![]()
"Gambler" expected December 9.
Looks like it's going to be backdated to 1985, so we'll probably need to search manually or scroll through her discography pages to find it on Friday.
- Gambler (7" Version) - 3:54
- Gambler (Extended Dance Mix) - 5:42
- Gambler (Instrumental Remix) - 3:54
It’s actually really interesting how she has always been framed as a constructed product and a smart business woman. The narrative was essentially that she was talentless but a smart marketing machine. In fact she has always put her vision first. She has been successful first of all because she had ideas, because she was original even if everyone said she was copying others.
Brazilian promoNEED for a future RSD
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I never realized Gambler wasn't released in the States, felt like such a big hit in Australia at the time..I really don't like the Gambler single cover nn. It looks like a cheap bootleg
Yeah it's definitely one of M's least-known singles over here, which is a shame because it's a bop. But oh well, hopefully it does well on streaming now.I never realized Gambler wasn't released in the States, felt like such a big hit in Australia at the time..
For those interested or people who didn't know, back in 1996 William Orbit had a half hour radio show on KCRW in Los Angeles every Friday around midnight for three months. He basically played what he wanted and all tracks were mixed, scratched and fused live on air. The show contains many shards and fragments that would later become the base for tracks he would create for Madonna's Ray of Light album.
I've found this three hour version of the recordings, which are a lot of fun to listen to. At the 44:00 mark you can hear a very rough instrumental of what would later turn into Swim for instance. At 55:55 you can hear the "you say" vocal which opens "Drowned World/Substitute For Love", mixed with elements from Shanti. At 58:24 a very rough draft of what later turned into Ray of Light, and so on. I highly recommend having a listen.
Did I read somewhere that Gambler has been brought into the fold label-wise? That surely increases its potential for inclusion on future greatest hits comps and a Like A Virgin super deluxe?
It's crazy to think Madonna recorded her small cameo on Vision Quest when she was still a rising star but when the movie came out she was so huge that the movie title got changed in certain territories to showcase Madonna.
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