Madonna

[Monkey Meat]

Stuff like this is so iconic. If I was her, I'd watch these in bed while rubbing one out.

 

[samosamosamo]

Stuff like this is so iconic. If I was her, I'd watch these in bed while rubbing one out.

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.

 

[Vasilios]

NEED for a future RSD

 

[Reinventor]

"Gambler" expected December 9.

1. Gambler (7" Version) - 3:54
2. Gambler (Extended Dance Mix) - 5:42
3. Gambler (Instrumental Remix) - 3:54

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.

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.

 

[Applause]

NEED for a future RSD

QUEM É ESSA GAROTA? is sending me.

 

[P'NutButter]

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.

99% of successful women in the media are never thought of as the ones in control, most are presumed to have been guided by so-called "powerful men".

 

[Andy French]

I really don't like the Gambler single cover nn. It looks like a cheap bootleg

 

[boy toy]

NEED for a future RSD

Brazilian promo

 

[MrWonderfulPop]

I really don't like the Gambler single cover nn. It looks like a cheap bootleg

I never realized Gambler wasn't released in the States, felt like such a big hit in Australia at the time..

 

[Andy French]

I never realized Gambler wasn't released in the States, felt like such a big hit in Australia at the time..

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.

 

[johnoclock]

It's a banger and apparently it's Madonna's last solo written song until... Hey You.

Anyway, it's such a high octane song and has another classic Madonna 80s bridge, so good they use it twice. And I love the subgenre of Madonna songs where she sings about what an unstoppable, irresistible hurricane of willpower she is (see also, Burning Up, Over and Over). The rate at which she churned out perfect pop songs back then was incredible.

 

[Vasilios]

The song being a rocky Maniac vs lost Exposé / Pretty Poison track... a win.

 

[diegolcl]

Hey You is credited to Madonna/Mirwais/Pharrell on the Live Earth CD though. Thankfully it can't be placed next to the 80s solo written anthems (and Shoo-Be-Doo).

I Love NY from I'm Going to Tell You a Secret is the last song, and first since Gambler, only credited to Madonna.

 

[Stopremix]

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.

This is so cool! Thanks so much for sharing this.

 

[manloveuk]

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?

 

[electrosamurai]

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?

Yes It’s coming from Warner/Rhino.
The truth is that it was also included on the Japanese La Isla Bonita EP back in the day and in the RSD reissue on vinyl.

 

[WhatKindOfKylie?]

It's nice to have Gambler be finally readily available. That run of classic singles that all peaked and were in the UK singles charts, was sure something:
Like A Virgin
Material Girl
Crazy For You
Into The Groove
Holiday
Angel
Gambler
Dress You Up

Few artists could ever do that.

 

[boy toy]

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.

 

[Vasilios]

PAZZO PER TE

I remember the movie was always rented at my local VHS, and yes they even had A Certain Sacrifice but I was too scared to watch that one dd.

 

[bazayer]

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.

Side note - that's a horrible illustration of Madonna......