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Re: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting (91,160) (91,186) by Anonymous from Oh Unagi, oh I've missed you. (Sunday 27 October 2019; 19:37)

Re: 90s R&B and 1994 albums (91,179) (91,185) by Licia from USA I found the demo for Take a Bow on YouTube. It still sounds nice, but the Babyface touches really helped to boost the final product of the song alot. (Sunday 27 October 2019; 15:18)

Re: 90s R&B and 1994 albums (91,182) (91,184) by Edward from USA That's a good analogy. (Sunday 27 October 2019; 14:17)

Re: 90s R&B and 1994 albums (91,181) (91,183) by Edward from USA Of course not, it was a mistake. (Sunday 27 October 2019; 14:12)

Re: 90s R&B and 1994 albums (91,179) (91,182) by Norman from USA Very true about BS and the current state of music. The thing I find interesting is how much Erotica was overlooked as an album because of her whole Erotica book. The album itself is one of my favorite Madge albums. It's akin to what happened to Mariah, the Glitter movie, and the Glitter soundtrack. (Sunday 27 October 2019; 09:34)

Re: 90s R&B and 1994 albums (91,173) (91,181) by Steven Berning from USA You don't really think it's "Take a Vow?" Right? (Sunday 27 October 2019; 03:59)

Re: Mariah's IG (91,078) (91,180) by Matini from United States I hope not because M has been following me since 2014 and she knows me when she sees me. (Saturday 26 October 2019; 23:28)

Re: 90s R&B and 1994 albums (91,173) (91,179) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Madge gets a lot of hate for being a button-pusher who has minimal talent, but truth be told, the woman is still the wisest, boldest, most instinctive woman in music. She wasn't popular because of shock value. She was popular especially among women and the LGBT community because she embodied what they secretly wanted to be, especially in such a restrictive and repressive society at the time. It's almost like they lived vicariously through her. Bedtime Stories was the first album where she hired the hottest, most in-demand producers. I am still pleasantly surprised she pulled it off, both the change in sound and the album's success in general, especially coming off of Erotica which almost ended her career. BS redeemed her to the public, saving her career and was the first step to making her likable again. It's a masterclass in crisis management. The album is also a prime example that an artist can dabble in current sounds and work with the producers of the moment without sounding like they were "selling out". It's her last album that had her sense of humor, as well as the last time she ever effectively pulled off the sex symbol image. Plus all the videos in that era were just art. (Saturday 26 October 2019; 22:01)

Re: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting (91,176) (91,178) by Edward from USA I apologize because it seems to be my post got under some guys' panties here, it wasn't my intention. A mean comment about supposedly mean people, hypocritical effing much. (Saturday 26 October 2019; 21:37)

Re: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting (91,175) (91,177) by Edward from USA It seems to be 21 people so far. (Saturday 26 October 2019; 21:10)

Re: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting (91,172) (91,176) by 123 from USA Looks like the three means girls have reunited. Ugh. Looks like it’s trash day, get rid of it before the garbage truck rolls by. (Saturday 26 October 2019; 18:38)

Re: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting (91,172) (91,175) by Hanno van Leeuwen from The Netherlands Missed by who? (Saturday 26 October 2019; 08:58)

Re: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting (91,166) (91,174) by Licia from USA Aww thanks Bill. I adore you and enjoy our conversations. Edward I like 2.5 songs on CB. Get it right. Lol. (Saturday 26 October 2019; 03:10)

Re: 90s R&B and 1994 albums (91,169) (91,173) by Edward from USA I also love Bedtime Stories, especially "Secret", "Take a Vow", "Human Nature", "Bedtime Stories" and "Love Tried to Welcome Me". It was also a huge surprise for me when Madonna went from Pop to R&B. Babyface's background vocals on "Take a Vow" are just amazing to me. CrazySexyCool has always been a favorite of mine too. I miss the 90's so much in terms of the quality of the music, when we actually didn't have all these online platforms overstimulating and throwing things at us from all directions without giving us time to digest this or that. I loved when Mariah would disappear and just show up with a new single, and the single already had notes stating the future album it was coming from, the anticipation was simply great. (Saturday 26 October 2019; 01:58)

Re: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting (91,160) (91,172) by Edward from USA Andy, you can't hide behind a nickname. Welcome back, you're right on time for Merry Christmas Deluxe album release. You've been missed, by some of us, that is. (Saturday 26 October 2019; 01:38)

Re: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting (91,166) (91,171) by Edward from USA Oh no you did not. Liciia loves 1.5 songs from Charmbracelet. (Saturday 26 October 2019; 01:33)

Re: Christmas tour (91,170) by Jeff from USA Warren, I hope you have an amazing time. What city are you visiting for the concert? By the way, I visited Tobago a few years ago. It is one of my favorite places on Earth. (Saturday 26 October 2019; 01:18)

Re: 90s R&B and 1994 albums (91,162) (91,169) by Licia from USA You said a mouthful. 90s R&B music was everything. They certainly don't make a lot of great music like that anymore and the ones who still try to don't sell very well and are deemed flops by the children. Bedtime Stories is the last great album by Madonna for me. The last person I'd ever thought I'd hear on a Madonna song is Babyface. The combination was so odd yet it worked so well. Whomever steered her in that direction deserves so much praise. That whole album was a beautiful surprise. (Saturday 26 October 2019; 00:43)

Re: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting (91,160) (91,168) by Bill from the UK Thank you. (Friday 25 October 2019; 20:53)

Re: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting (91,156) (91,167) by Bill from the UK Thanks for the clarification Edward, I thought as much and that was how I read it. You're a good soul, thank you for the message. (Friday 25 October 2019; 20:53)

Re: Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting (91,159) (91,166) by Bill from the UK Here here. Licia you are a lovely, funny, warm and kind person and I know this only through interacting with you on this message board, so you must be even better in real life. I love that you hate every song Mariah ever did yet are still one of her biggest fans haha. Much love and respect to you. (Friday 25 October 2019; 20:52)

Re: So disappointed Sony and Def Jam (91,157) (91,165) by Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada I am still old school and love dvd/Blu-ray releases but with streaming services now, they aren’t a huge money maker for companies anymore. Less incentive to make them available. (Friday 25 October 2019; 19:19)

Re: 90s R&B and 1994 albums (91,162) (91,164) by Deedre aka MiTodoChop @HBF from Canada All the albums you mentioned are great. I still give Crazy Sexy Cool a spin now and then. I enjoy Brandy and Bedtime Stories is one of my Madonna albums because of the R&B influence. Yes, lambs can listen to other music and appreciate other artists lol. I rarely ever listen to too 40 music anymore for the same reason. (Friday 25 October 2019; 18:40)

Re: Christmas tour (91,150) (91,163) by Warren from Trinidad & Tobago Hi Jeff. Bought my tix today. Flying up from the Caribbean for this. (Friday 25 October 2019; 18:33)

90s R&B and 1994 albums (91,162) by this_is_qhm from the Philippines Was listening to albums that turned 25 this year including Age Ain't Nothing But A Number, Brandy, CrazySexyCool, etc. and I was reminded just how much I love 90s R&B, including Madonna's attempt at it, Bedtime Stories. I know some lambs love it as well, which is totally understandable, because it's the the Madonna album that a lamb would gravitate towards the most musically. Love Tried To Welcome Me, Forbidden Love, Secret are gorgeous, and it also contains one of the best (if not the best) Babyface productions ever - Take A Bow. And then I switched back to a current hits playlist on Spotify and was reminded just how dire today's Top 40 is. I just miss those days when brilliant songs like Take A Bow deservedly topped the charts. Right now it's mostly just hype and star power. (Friday 25 October 2019; 17:23)

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