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Vin 01:09 am UTC 06/21/11 |
| In reply to: | re: Radio programmers talk about Madonna and Jim Steinman collaboration - Wilbury 11:11 pm UTC 06/20/11 |
| Such a bizarre news item. Cool, but.... bizarre. I mean, with all the recent talk of some more or less blogosphere-created Jim / Gaga connection, and thoughts of what a Jim/Gaga team-up might be like, NOW Madonna, the original Gaga, crawls out from under a heaping pile of impending irrelevance and REACHES OUT TO JIM for songwriting help, as though she were some neophyte wanna-be desperate to get out of her cocktail-waitressing gig via the generous hand of a Legendary Songwriter who hasn't unleashed a legendary song on the general public since the Lewinski Scandal? NOW??? I mean, where was her admiration for Jim in the 80s, say, at the height of her fame? After all of her hits, all of her years at the top, NOW she turns to Jim Freakin' Steinman? I mean, in a perfect world, Madge might have done "Safe Sex" in a decade when the term still had resonance and a touch of novelty. Again, I think its cool, I just don't think it makes any sense. Unless she's trying to head Gaga off at the pass. > Well spin my nipple nuts and send me to alaska! > > > /> > > > Radio programmers talk about Madonna and Jim Steinman > > collaboration > > > > By Peter Buchanan, Chicago Pop Music Examiner > > June 20, 2011 1:10 pm CT > > > > At the gathering of program director’s meeting in Chicago > > this weekend, the hot topic was Madonna. My June 9th > > column was the very first to reveal that The Weinstein > > Company picked up distribution rights to Madonna’s eagerly > > anticipated film W.E. I have a lot more information on > > that, but will keep quiet for now. After all, Madonna is > > primarily a recording artist, right? > > > > The big talk at the meeting was Madonna’s upcoming album > > and the possibility of Jim Steinman (hello, Bonnie Tyler, > > Meat Loaf, and Celine Dion) as a collaborator. Apparently, > > Madonna wrote some songs with melody ideas and sent them > > to Mr. Steinman, who was very impressed. Madonna, despite > > what some say, does write her own lyrics and melodies, but > > relies on producers to come up with the music. > > > > Some of the program directors thought the idea was > > interesting, while others thought that Jim Steinman would > > be cheapening himself. Even if Mr. Steinman doesn’t come > > through, one of the definite collaborators for Madonna’s > > next album is going to be Joe Henry, who co-wrote two of > > Madonna’s most loved songs: “Don’t Tell Me” and “Jump.” > > Are you looking forward to Madonna’s new album? What > > collaborators do you want her to work with? > > > > | |
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