Members Soapsuds Posted February 10, 2012 Members Share Posted February 10, 2012 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted February 10, 2012 Members Share Posted February 10, 2012 Apparently Britney is on one of the songs off the new album, Girls Gone Wild 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sheilaforever Posted February 10, 2012 Members Share Posted February 10, 2012 Am pumped to order my ticket. Too bad pre-sale starts on Monday (for Berlin at least) with me not at home, so hopefully the ticket site operate on Safari and doesn't have flash... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 10, 2012 Members Share Posted February 10, 2012 I got my pre-sale tickets today, really good seats too. I'll be seeing her in NYC at Yankees Stadium. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Eric83 Posted February 10, 2012 Members Share Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) Madonna said on an interview with Ryan Seacrest today that GGW is a solo track, no Britney. Edited February 11, 2012 by Eric83 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angela Posted February 10, 2012 Members Share Posted February 10, 2012 http://music.uk.msn....imed-her-throne Madonna v Lady Gaga: How the Queen of Pop reclaimed her throne Why Madonna's Super Bowl performance proves she's still light years ahead of Lady Gaga… For the last three years it has seemed as if The Queen of Pop was a title we only bestowed on Madonna as an affectionate courtesy for all the work she's put in, and that the real crown was actually now firmly on the head of Lady Gaga (when she isn't wearing a cup, some ham or a fascinator made out of beagles and moon rocks). At the half-time of a sporting event we can't begin to fathom, Madonna changed the game. Or more accurately, Madonna used the 2012 Super Bowl to remind everyone that the game is hers and that she is still the best pop star we've got, and any young pretender, no matter how ambitious/creative/deranged, is going to have to work a whole lot harder for a whole lot longer to even get near the ball. Long gone are the days when the pop world was ruled by giants. Madonna, Michael Jackson and Prince once strode about the Earth performing vast, dazzling, theatrically thrilling, stadium-busting concerts other acts could only dream about (as their accountants pointed to the bank balance and shook their heads). Now, even our biggest stars seem to exist on a more manageable scale. Certainly pop concerts are still big, flashy, laser-filled, dancified affairs, packed to the popcorn-odoured rafters with costume changes, trap doors, daft props and glitter canons. But such fripperies are now commonplace, expected and done on the cheap. That was until Gaga decided it was a perfectly shrewd business move to lose money on a tour - such were her extravagant technical tastes. Madonna takes it to 'a whole other level' Yet while Gaga's gigs are a riot of high camp, gore and awe (recently revealed stage plans for the Born This Way tour suggest the action will take place in a castle), Madonna's Super Bowl show was on a whole other level. We'd go so far as to call it her most inventive and impressive display since 1990's Blond Ambition concerts and the best use of a video floor since the Beijing Olympics. Most importantly she made several million dollars worth of excessive, advertiser-attracting, attention-demanding spectacle look almost effortless and hugely entertaining. Did you clock that smile during Music? Madonna genuinely looked to be having the time of her life up there with the hyper-real Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and her naughty finger, the frat-buffoons LMFAO, the Reverend Cee Lo Green, Roman centurions, cheerleaders, marching bands, and... oh my, we had forgotten what we were missing. Madonna makes pop fun; now we remember! Because no matter how fascinating The Haus of Gaga's work is (and we're not bored yet, despite the media saturation), their creative director sure goes a long way to make it seem like a thankless task. In her interviews she's always keen to stress just how much "hard work" goes into being this otherworldly superstar. And while we appreciate the extra effort, her job is simply to make some nice pop records, wear daft clothes and emerge from an egg from time to time. Gaga doesn't seem to enjoy herself And yet we don't get the sense Ms Germanotta is actually enjoying herself from the über-serious and often incomprehensible way she discusses her art. To borrow a phrase from an old editor of ours, we don't want to hear the labour pains; we just want to see the baby. The main difference between Madonna's approach to her work and Gaga's is that Ms Ciconne never makes it feel like a task. Being Madonna is always what Madonna has wanted to do, and it's what she does best. She positively revels in being Madonna. Or at least she used to before the marriage, religion and film directing made her boring. The first sign that the fun, solipsistic Madonna was back came when she was overheard expressing her disgust at the flowers presented to her by a fan. It was the Madonna of In Bed With Madonna - hilariously callous and particular. The second sign was when she responded to the media brouhaha about hydrangea-gate with a tongue-in-cheek video begging for absolution (once a Catholic...) The third indicator that the Queen of Pop was returning to her throne was a literal one: her arrival onto the Super Bowl stage on a colossal, man-pulled chariot - fit for a Cecil B. DeMille directed Cleopatra. These are good signs. "What are you looking at?" When Michael Jackson played the same show in 1993, he pulled off the illusion of darting from one side of the stadium to the other, as if to say, "You think you see me but you don't. I'm elusive. You can't pin me down". By contrast, Madonna's entrance was slow, stately and supremely confident. All eyes were on her as she drawled, "What are you looking at?" It was the entrance of someone at ease with her self, her stardom and her sense of humour. And no, we don't think Give Me All Your Luvin' (don't you just hate that spelling?) is going to trouble any 'best songs of all time' charts. Personally, we'd rank it as only our 59th favourite Madonna single, although we appreciate the Daphne & Celeste influence (we'll never forget you, girls). And judging by the titles on her upcoming album MDNA (that joke isn't funny anymore, is it?) we're not looking at classic songwriting (Gang Bang? Really?) But it doesn't matter if these new songs aren't the best songs of her career, because we've 11 previous albums to pick from. There's no shame in trading on past glories if no one else's current glory comes close. Lady Gaga has made two and a half albums so far, and while she's racked up a few cracking singles, at this point in her career Madonna had given us Holiday, Lucky Star, Borderline, Like A Virgin, Material Girl, Crazy For You and Into The Groove. There's no comparison. It seems ludicrous and unfair to Gaga that we even began to consider her worthy of pop royalty so soon. She's achieved an awful lot in a very short amount of time, but let's give it 30 years before we see if Madonna needs to abdicate. And no, as we're tired of reading in the comments sections of websites, Madonna didn't sing live for the majority of the performance, but then you can't be spun upside your head by impossibly elastic dancers and still hold a note immediately afterwards. It's one or the other. And if you think that singing live is more important than being spun upside your head by impossibly elastic dancers, on a night like that, then you don't understand pop at all. However, for those of you who still think singing is a competitive sport, her rendition of Like A Prayer was all her own live voice and it was faultless. Touchdown Madonna. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 Remember Rocumentary? I loved that show, it was like a pre-cursor to Behind The Music. Back when MTV was watchable. I remember how everyone used to joke that the 'M' in MTV stood for Madonna, and really it was kind of true. She dominated the channel during its music era, and her popularity rose with that of the network's. <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yN29wG5fzGM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Jqslm2nwPRo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hGyhGOS3jsc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TBAHepBoAU8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angela Posted February 12, 2012 Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 Sigh, I do. I remember when M(usic)TV lived up to its name. Madonna wishes M(adonna)TV a Happy 10th Birthday (1992). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLzXD_Naxmw 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angela Posted February 13, 2012 Members Share Posted February 13, 2012 I'm going to do the New York concert. This'll be my first concert, so as a child of the 80s, why not start with Madonna I got a ticket on the field for a lot of money (about $350-400), which is fine since I bought two extra tickets ($180-200 each) to sell to make up at least half that money, hopefully. Hopefully that newly added second concert in NY won't take up too much of that value. But I like the idea of the VIP tickets (that comes with the extra loot). The cheapest package is $275 and puts you off-field, the package on-field is $525 (plus I'd have to join the fan club for a week to make sure I get the ticket for an extra $19.00). I'm wondering if you were me would you try to sell the three 9/6 tickets for maybe $100-150 more each and get that $525 (err $545) VIP ticket for the second concert? Thoughts? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 14, 2012 Members Share Posted February 14, 2012 (edited) A totally meaningless list, given a lot of the artists on it and VH1's reputation, but Madonna is #1 on their 100 Greatest Women In Music list, which focuses on women who are successful from 1990 onward (though many on the list, like Madonna, pre-date the 90's). The special airs all throughout this week, and I'm sure it will be repeated a million times after that. http://www.vh1.com/m...-complete-list/ Edited February 14, 2012 by Y&RWorldTurner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted February 14, 2012 Members Share Posted February 14, 2012 As someone who goes to concerts more than he probably should, yes. Yes you should. And eat whatever overage there is if there is any and you can. You wont regret it, and you may regret not doing it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angela Posted February 14, 2012 Members Share Posted February 14, 2012 What I sort of hate about the VIP package is they don't tell you what seat you're getting. (ETA #3: I feel kind of stupid talking about seats. I just realized when you're on the floor everybody pretty much ends up standing. I don't know if I'm tall enough to enjoy that experience). They just tell you you'll be sitting within the first 25 rows of the floor seats. When you come in they'll show you to the seat. On top of that, I'm not sure if I want to do the Thursday or Saturday concert and VIP tickets are in blood. JP, any thoughts on which concert day may be better to attend? Right now, I think I may be within 25 (or 30) rows with the first concert. With the Live Pass I ordered last night, I'll get a free tour poster or laminate of the tour schedule. I probably could get the rest of the stuff they're offering while shopping there. Probably everything except maybe the commemorative ticket which I'd like but eh. I think I'm just going to get two more Floor seat tickets for Saturday at 11 today. I'll sell 2 of those 3 floor tickets for a nice profit as those are the money tickets. I'll barely break even on the non-floor seats. That'll most likely pay for my ticket plus any crap I want to buy. ETA #2: B4 and 5th row for Thursday. B5 (center) and 14th row for Saturday. Am I wrong in thinking B4 is better? It's almost mid-stage and a bit closer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted February 16, 2012 Members Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) http://www.billboard...006203552.story Madonna Scores Record-Extending 38th Hot 100 Top 10 February 15, 2012 By Gary Trust, New York Almost 30 years after her arrival on Billboard's charts, Madonna continues to feel L-U-V from her fans. On this week's Billboard Hot 100 songs chart, her latest single, "Give Me All Your Luvin'," featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., bounds 13-10 in its second chart week. The first single from Madonna's 12th studio album, "MDNA," due March 26 (which sports an "L-U-V, Madonna!" cheerleader chant), becomes her 38th Hot 100 top 10, pushing her further ahead of runners-up the Beatles (34). Madonna first reached the chart's top tier the week of June 16, 1984, when "Borderline" rose to its No. 10 peak. She had last ranked in the region with "4 Minutes," featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland, the week of June 28, 2008. Here is a look at the artists with the most top 10 songs in the Hot 100's 53-year history: 38, Madonna 34, the Beatles 28, Michael Jackson 28, Stevie Wonder 27, Mariah Carey 27, Janet Jackson 27, Elton John 25, Elvis Presley (whose career predates the chart's Aug. 4, 1958, inception) 23, Whitney Houston 23, the Rolling Stones As previously reported, "Luvin'" jumps 7-6 on the Digital Songs survey with 165,000 downloads sold (up 44%) in the list's tracking week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The period encompassed the first full week following Madonna's performance of the song at Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis on Feb. 5. The track slides, however, 28-59 on the Radio Songs chart (20 million audience impressions, down 54%, according to Nielsen BDS). "Luvin'" had benefitted last week from special promotion on Clear Channel Media and Entertainment's more than 50 monitored pop stations, which played it at the top of every hour from Friday, Feb. 3, at 9 a.m. ET until the big game's kickoff. Check billboard.com tomorrow (Feb. 16), when all rankings, including the Hot 100 in its entirety and the Digital Songs and Radio Songs charts, will be refreshed, as they are each Thursday. Edited February 16, 2012 by Y&RWorldTurner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JackPeyton Posted February 16, 2012 Members Share Posted February 16, 2012 Usually VIP tickets are the best seats you can get. They know your paying a lot, they try to ensure it is worth it. yes, likely everyone will be standing you will be too - because it will make the show much more fun if your singing and dancing with everyone else. Normally id say thursday, but in this case both will likely sell out so it will not matter. Tho, if she were to have a musical guest surprise id say thursday, as most other artists are appearing somewhere saturday, but you never know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricMontreal22 Posted February 16, 2012 Members Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) Honestly I speak from experience VIP tickets are NOT worth it. I was given them to her last tour (which was probably her worst--I expect a lot more this time) from the guy I was datring, but besides getting decent seats (and I got better seats this time anyway for Vancouver). I suppose the really expensive ones where you go backstage would be fun, but not worth the cost IMHO. The other ones basically give you decent seats and sawg like the program you can buy anyway. Edited February 16, 2012 by EricMontreal22 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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