lol.Lazario wrote:So again, anyone who disagrees - you are wrong. Sorry.That's all you need to know (but I'll tell you more, later)
Hey, I wasn't going to reply to this, but I'm so curious how you figure that Christina isn't as talented as Britney. A lipsyncher, an artist who doesn't write her own music, and does music that completely lacks depth and meaning isn't someone who tops Christina in my book. 
I just feel Britney's music has been more focused than Christina's, a lot more. Christina still seems brighter and more gutsy than Britney. But she's going to have to do an incredible amount of work to catch up. We'll have to see, but it's going to have to extend further than this new album. I wish her all the luck in the world, I do think she deserves it more than Britney.HalRoachFan wrote:I'm so curious how you figure that Christina isn't as talented as Britney. A lipsyncher, an artist who doesn't write her own music, and does music that completely lacks depth and meaning isn't someone who tops Christina in my book.
It's pretty frustrating for fans to have to wait every 4 frickin years for a new album by her. I was dying. But, she does say she wants to live life a while between records and then write about what she's been up to. So if that's what she wants, okey dokey smokey. It's kind of dangerous for her to be releasing a not-so-commercial album after so long since the previous one. At least so far, BTB is doing ok, considering there's been lack of promotion.Lazario wrote:I just feel Britney's music has been more focused than Christina's, a lot more. Christina still seems brighter and more gutsy than Britney. But she's going to have to do an incredible amount of work to catch up. We'll have to see, but it's going to have to extend further than this new album. I wish her all the luck in the world, I do think she deserves it more than Britney.HalRoachFan wrote:I'm so curious how you figure that Christina isn't as talented as Britney. A lipsyncher, an artist who doesn't write her own music, and does music that completely lacks depth and meaning isn't someone who tops Christina in my book.
A French Country Chicken soup bread bowl, actually, which is what I always get at Quizno's. Mmm-mmm.Escapay wrote:What sandwich did you get?
Mmm, sounds delish. I'm partial to the prime rib and peppercorn, but I have tried their bread bowls before.AwallaceUNC wrote:A French Country Chicken soup bread bowl, actually, which is what I always get at Quizno's. Mmm-mmm.Escapay wrote:What sandwich did you get?
-Aaron
Oh, I can't take ALL the credit! Aaron mentioned it in his post first! *points finger at Aaron*MadonnasManOne wrote:Quiznos?! Only Escapay could turn a discussion about Madonna into a discussion about Quiznos! LOL!
WOW you are the first person, like myself that I have heard say that Bedtime Stories and Erotica are their favs. I have always thought that Erotica was by far one of her best albums and still to this day stands the test of time. But then when BS came out, I was completely blown out of the water. I think that since Ray of Light something changed. I thought Ray of Light had amazing lyrics and her vocals were amazing, but to me ever since that album things have really changed. Granted Music was a fun album, I barely listen to this album any more, it doesn't stand the test of time as well as some of her past albums do. Then along came American Life and I HATED this album when it came out, I have learned to appreciate it but I tend to get bored listening all the way through.Lazario wrote:Has anyone noticed how her lyrics are not as great as they once were? Starting with EVITA, all her albums have lyrically become very simple and childish. Lacking passion and expecting the sound of the production to make up for it. Which it surely did on Ray of Light, which of course was an outstanding album based purely on the quality of the music mixed with her outstanding vocals (but they're almost always outstanding, considering that she never was as classically trained or talented as the Whitney Houston's or Mariah Carey's).
I've been considering this ever since 2001 or so, when I became a little bored with Madonna's albums. And I had the amazing Erotica and Bedtime Stories to compare it to. Bedtime Stories I still consider to be her greatest album ever. And if other people feel it has to be Like a Prayer, we'll just call it her best '90s album. Because right from songs like "Sanctuary" and "Bedtime Story," we know she's about to go techno. Or Techno-pop, much difference. But Bedtime still had amazing lyrics. And songs like "Sanctuary" and "Love Tried to Welcome Me" are some of the most moving songs she's ever recorded. Because those lyrics absolutely slay on an emotional and sonic level.
But then, along came the stale Evita, and she changed her whole style. Everything became about a lesson she had learned. It's impossible not to notice. Ray of Light is about her learning to be Spiritual. American Life is about her learning to be Political. Confessions is about her learning to distance herself from fame and fortune. Music is about her learning to just have fun. It's like she's going through a mid-life crisis, in individual stages, with each album. And her lyrics are all about herself, as in, Madonna, the superstar, "my personal life." From the perspective of her Inner self as though she weren't her Outer self anymore.
She uses her music to sell slightly more European versions of whatever trendy pop type songs are the most popular, with, like I said, very "me me me" lyrics. Her songs used to be about an overwhelming passion or joy of something. Now it's from such a personalized point of view, the message of her music feels alienating.
