Name That Tune #187

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Song of the Year 2012

 

It's the last day of the year and I haven't even picked my favourite song of 2012 yet! Is it the Scissor Sisters with Let's have a Kiki from their fantastic album The Magic Hour? Or will it be Will.I.Am and Britney with their anthem-like single Scream and Shout which is topping the hitlist here in The Netherlands?

 

Or am I mistaken and shouldn't I pick one based on taste? Should I look at the hard numbers and see what I played the most last year? In that case the choice will be simple. That will be Madonna's Love Spent sung live during her American part of the MDNA tour. My favourite song from the album was performed only once during her concerts in Europe and I am glad she decided to add it to the setlist halfway this tour.

Happy Birthday, Bitch!

It's Britney, Bitch! And it's her 31st birthday today! There's only one Queen of Pop and that's M, but there are several princesses. Britney has been my favourite princess for years now, so I'll celebrate her birthday with her new video which she did with Will.i.am called Scream and Shout. Happy birthday, Bitch!

Hold Me Like Your Money

Name That Tune #186

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Case Mayfield

Case Mayfield is a Dutch singer who I saw on television a few years ago. Cute, but soon soon forgotten. Until I discovered his YouTube channel. He released videos for all the songs on his album 10 and some of them really are special. My favourite is the one below for the song Feed Me. Beauty's got to hurt!

Name That Tune #185

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Name That Tune #184

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Twenty Years Ago

Today, 20 years ago, Madonna released her fifth sudio album Erotica. Some may say this was the beginning of her first backlash, because it also was the day she released the SEX book. 

To me this album remains very special. It was heavily played on my cd-player (which had an orange placed under one side so it would not skip. And don't ask me why I used an orange for that... I still have no clue why I did that) in the days I met Peter. I remember the two of us not leaving my bedroomn at my parent's home for hours, mattress on the ground,  burning incense and singing along with Deeper and Deeper, Words, Thief of Hearts and Fever. Good memories of good times, good music and loads and loads of love!

Goodnight

Madonna - Everybody

Yesterday was a special day. Madonna's first single Everybody celebrated its 30th anniversary! And in those 30 years she never stopped delivering music. The artwork for Everybody is some of her best in my not so humble opinion, even though her face isn't on it.

Dance and sing, get up and do your thing!

Goodnight

MDNA - Like a Virgin

MDNA seems months ago. MDNA actually WAS months ago. Still I get caught up with the rest of the tour and every now and then I find such beautiful pictures like these. Madonna sining Like A Virgin with only a piano. One of the many highlights of the show.

And those lucky bastards in Chicago got an extra highlight last week. After she finished Like A Virgin, she sang Love Spent... for the very first time. I hope that one is a keeper and I hope she'll sing it in Rio in December when the show is being filmed for release!

Goodnight

Name That Tune #183

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No Doubt by El Mac

It's September. Which means this is the month No Doubt will release their long awaited album Push and Shove. Here's the artwork, created by Los Angeles based street artist El Mac. He did these paintings and the four portraits together form the cover of the new album.

Lock the Doors. Tight!

To me, Magig Hour by the Scissor Sisters is already THE album of 2012. And Let's Have A Kiki is probably my favourite song this summer. So I was very happy to see the facade of this little bar in Die, France.... Chez Kiki. Soso, Oui Oui, Non Non.

MDNA - Moment Factory

Tired of me posting stuff on Madonna's MDNA tour already? Well, tough titty, because here's another post dedicated to this brilliant show.

The Moment Factory, who designed the backdrops and projections for her Superbowl performance, also created these beautiful backdrops for the MDNA tour. And on their website they placed these beautiful shots of the church interior for the opening segment of the show. I fell in love with these pictures.

No Doubt - Settle Down

Remember this post, which I published on March 30th 2008? Probably not, because it's over 4 years ago. Well, Gwen Stefani announced she would get in the studio again with No Doubt and now, 4 years later we finally get to hear (and see) the result. Settle Down is the first single in many, many years and it sounds like No Doubt is supposed to sound. Can't wait for the album Push & Shove in September!

Madonna in Hyde Park, London

Look at this beautiful shot of Madonna performing in Hyde Park last night. And look below how crowded the place was. I'm glad I watched the show in a smaller and enclosed venue. 

Speaking of smaller and enclosed venues. Madonna's promoter announced an extra date to the MDNA tour. Next week, on July 26th she'll be performing at the legendary Olympia in Paris. I don't think it will be the whole show, but just a nice promotional concert featuring the best of MDNA. For more information on how to get tickets, click here.