09/28/09 Madonna - Celebration

No one is ever going to be happy with the tracklist I guess. I for one could do without "Hollywood". I would much rather have a higher charting single in it's place.

I would also love a single edit of "Oh Father"

Madonna deserves a career-spanning singles box set!

 

Youre absolutely right about the singles box. There should be two boxes. One would be the original singles mixes and the other should be the original 12" remixes. Possibly they could combine them, but it might be too damn big, I cant think of anyone who deserves it more that hasnt already had some kind of box set compiled.

Steve

 

A poster on MadonnaNation says a contact at Warner tells him what was leaked on Madonnatribe is not finalized, and is "90% correct."

 

Friends that work at Warner have told me that the track listing has not been finalized and possibly expect some surprises. i.e. the original 7" edit of "Everybody".

 

A month away and they still haven't finalized it yet?

 

I read somewhere recently that it had been pushed to October.

 

I've been reading about these Madonna singles mixes for years but I still don't know why everyone wants them so bad. Are these superior mixes or is it just that people remember the edited versions from 45s, radio, etc.?

If they're superior mixes, I might have to search some of these things out.

 

I think it's more a case of people wanting the version they heard most. With Madonna, it seemed like there was a radio mix, a mix for the music video, an extended mix in the clubs and yet another mix on the actual album you could buy in the store.

She and Prince and the two artists in most need of career spannng singles boxes.

 

For me it's just a matter of having every recording/version on CD

 

a lot of the original 45 mixes are really perfect IMO and are maybe edits, but some are edits of remixes and really they are what were the hits on the radio. i've always wondered why they werent put on cd. they are THE HIT VERSIONS. they are what radio played over and over....

the 45s also have a sonic clarity I cant find on her cds. Every 45 I have heard sounds amazing. I hope they are on this comp, but I wonder how the sonics on this comp are going to be. i'm anticipating a brickwalled mess myself. she's going to sign off on it's sound no doubt, i bet she wants it to sound like the cd's of today...brickwalled. the 45 masterings are detailed and somewhat delicate, i cant imagine this CD set will sound like that...i'm hoping for a vinyl release on this myself...

 

The radio and music video mixes were always very similar to the album version. I have bought quite a few 12" and 7" singles of the early stuff but it's mainly for the album covers! and occasional b-side. Musically, I really don't care about alternate mixes, as I've heard very few that were superior.

 

There are certain Madonna 7" mixes such as "Express Yourself" that are different mixes than the album version, not just edits.

 

Exactly. Id like to think they were going to use all of those on the Celebration greatest hits but I am not holding my breath. Still, I like the tracklist that Madonnatribe put out and I hope its either the final tracklist or one very like it. If they can put some well-mastered versions of the hit single mixes on it then it will be a real bonus. Cant wait.

Steve

 

The official wea.com sell sheet finally includes the following track listing.

2 CD Edition:

1
HUNG UP
MUSIC
VOGUE
4 MINUTES
HOLIDAY
EVERYBODY
LIKE A VIRGIN
INTO THE GROOVE
LIKE A PRAYER
RAY OF LIGHT
SORRY
EXPRESS YOURSELF
OPEN YOUR HEART
BORDERLINE
SECRET
EROTICA
JUSTIFY MY LOVE
REVOLVER

2
DRESS YOU UP
MATERIAL GIRL
LA ISLA BONITA
PAPA DON’T PREACH
LUCKY STAR
BURNING UP
CRAZY FOR YOU
WHO’S THAT GIRL
FROZEN
MILES AWAY
TAKE A BOW
LIVE TO TELL
BEAUTIFUL STRANGER
HOLLYWOOD
DIE ANOTHER DAY
DON’T TELL ME
CHERISH
CELEBRATION



Single CD Edition:

HUNG UP
MUSIC
VOGUE
4 MINUTES
HOLIDAY
LIKE A VIRGIN
INTO THE GROOVE
LIKE A PRAYER
RAY OF LIGHT
LA ISLA BONITA
FROZEN
MATERIAL GIRL
PAPA DON’T PREACH
LUCKY STAR
EXPRESS YOURSELF
OPEN YOUR HEART
DRESS YOU UP
CELEBRATION



Still no word on what will be included on the 2 DVD video collection.

 

I would hope that the 2DVD video collection at the very least has everything thats on the 2CD set! It would be nice to have a complete video set, but I dont think that will happen. Maybe we will get some nice alternative vids as easter eggs but thats probably about the best we can hope for.

Steve

 

Gonna be tough since no videos exist for some of those songs...

 

Link, please?

 

Um. wea.com.

 

If you type that exact address (wea.com) it comes up new.wea.com/login as WEA Axis.

The actual link provided would be helpful.

 

You need a name and password for which I cannot provide, but madonnatribe.com has updated to include this finalized list as well as developing information on Warner Bros. bringing the release forward a week (September 22 in the US).

madonna.com has removed their "September 29"-heavy intro page which seems to support this.

Stay tuned.

 

Which ones are missing? I know they usually use the TV performance for "Everybody" so what else is missing? Dress You Up has a live video from the Virgin Tour shows and I think everything else except Revolver has its own official video.

Steve

 

No video for "Holiday" - at least not one from 1983/84 - or "Into the Groove" or "Crazy for You". Actually, I guess there might be "movie clip montage" videos for those two, but who cares? Those are a waste of time.

I've never seen a TV show video for "Everybody" and wouldn't consider it to be a "real video". Live ones are debatable, but at least the video for "Dress You Up" was actually released AS a video - it's not something that is being passed off as one now...

 

Ive seen the "Everybody" clip a bunch of times on TV back in the day. I checked online and it wasnt a TV performance but was filmed in a nightclub, so its a proper video [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_(Madonna_song)]. "Into the Groove" and "Crazy for You" both had movie clip videos which were aired constantly at the time also."Into the Groove" was fun but was basically snippets of Desperately Seeking Susan edited into a clip. With "Crazy For You" at least they had the video from the movie for that. They are a bit of a waste of time. However, if you wanted a complete collection they would have to be included.
Personally, I would like a complete video collection like David Bowie's Best Of Bowie with alternate versions as easter eggs. Im almost certainly not going to get it though. Still it would not be hard for them to do the complete Celebration tracklisting that way [with the exception of Revolver obviously].

Steve

 

The upcoming single "Revolver" is not on the single-disc release, only the two-disc? That makes no sense at all. I'm skeptical that this is really the final tracklist.

 

From Madonna.com:

Madonna Celebration CD Track Listing:

CD 1:
01) Hung Up
02) Music
03) Vogue
04) 4 Minutes
05) Holiday
06) Everybody
07) Like A Virgin
08) Into The Groove
09) Like A Prayer
10) Ray Of Light
11) Sorry
12) Express Yourself
13) Open Your Heart
14) Borderline
15) Secret
16) Erotica
17) Justify My Love
18) Revolver

CD 2:
01) Dress You Up
02) Material Girl
03) La Isla Bonita
04) Papa Don't Preach
05) Lucky Star
06) Burning Up
07) Crazy For You
08) Who's That Girl
09) Frozen
10) Miles Away
11) Take A Bow
12) Live To Tell
13) Beautiful Stranger
14) Hollywood
15) Die Another Day
16) Don’t Tell Me
17) Cherish
18) Celebration

Madonna Celebration DVD Track Listing:

1) Burning Up
2) Lucky Star
3) Borderline
4) Like A Virgin
5) Material Girl
6) Crazy For You
7) Into The Groove
8) Live To Tell
9) Papa Don’t Preach
10) True Blue
11) Open Your Heart
12) La Isla Bonita
13) Who’s That Girl
14) Like A Prayer
15) Express Yourself
16) Cherish
17) Vogue
18) Justify My Love
19) Erotica
20) Deeper and Deeper
21) Rain
22) I’ll Remember
23) Secret
24) Take A Bow
25) Bedtime Story
26) Human Nature
27) I Want You
28) You’ll See
29) Frozen
30) Ray Of Light
31) The Power Of Good-Bye
32) Beautiful Stranger
33) American Pie
34) Music
35) Don’t Tell Me
36) What It Feels Like For A Girl
37) Die Another Day
38) Hollywood
39) Love Profusion
40) Hung Up
41) Sorry
42) Get Together
43) Jump
44) 4 Minutes
45) Give It 2 Me
46) Miles Away
47) Celebration