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July 2008
Looking Ugly
It's funereal girl! Shocking photo reveals unkempt, scrawny Madonna
Madonna Down in the Dumps - Just Jared
Gym Doesn't Fix It! Life's Strains Etched on Face of Madonna
And, as usual, for more great Madonna photos, be sure to visit the Vogue Gallery. (July 27, 2008. Please note: if you sign up for the Vogue Gallery today, your application might not be approved until August 3, 2008 or later. Sorry for the delay; please be patient.)
Environment
Someone
at Disney Thinks Madonna is an Eco-Hero [But She's Not]
Excerpts:
...Madonna isn’t green. I know, I know...
Then came the news that she spends $120,000 a year on bottled water.
Followed by a bizarre rant on London’s congestion tax — meant to curb CO2 and increase the use of mass transportation.
After that, the appearance on the cover of not one, but two ‘green’ edition magazines; of which nothing in the interviews even hinted at her involvement with any environmental initiatives.
To cap it all off, the BBC reported that Madonna’s carbon output last year was 200 times the average American’s; and her latest tour features nothing green like so many other acts out on the road making a difference.
...we seriously can’t get behind any list honoring her for her work with the environment.
Mental & Physical Health
Madonna ordered to rest by doctors
Excerpt:
The stress of the past month is taking its toll on Madonna.
The Queen Of Pop has sacked two dancers and her tour manager is threatening to walk out over her spectacular moods.
And for the first time, despite her incredible fitness regime, her health has started to suffer.
Religion
From 2005: Madonna says you should go to Hell:
Pop queen Madonna has launched a broadside at modern life, insisting people need to change their behavior or they will go to hell. The Material Girl singer, who is a staunch follower of the mystical Offshoot of Judaism Kabbalah, believes the western world is chasing illusionary dreams which ignore the real issues that need addressing.
She says, "(People) are going to go to hell if they don't turn from Wicked behavior... The material world... the physical world. The world of illusion, that we think is real. We live for it, we're enslaved by it. It will ultimately be our undoing."
Slams and Put-Downs
You- know- who is on the list:
Ten Artists Who Should Stop Making Albums
Excerpts:
..."Hard Candy," makes it clear that Madonna's moment as a musical force has long since passed.
....despite whether she's a massive influence, she feels unnecessary. And pop can be a lot of things, but never that.
High-lights
from the Christopher Ciccone book Life With My Sister Madonna and
interviews with Ciccone:
• Madonna is unoriginal and untalented:
We discover how, when Madonna started off, Christopher [Madonna's brother] learnt how to give insincere applause. She was always a brilliant dancer, but he would tell her that she had a great voice, and no, she wasn't fat.
Now he tells her he lied to make her feel better. Yes, she was fat. No, she couldn't sing. [source: Independent]
I reply to her. 'You have never in the entire time I have worked for you since 1985 paid me even close to what I was worth. I gave up my life to help make you the evil queen you are today. Fifteen years listening to your bitching, egotistical rantings, mediocre talent and a lack of taste that would stun the ages.
'Every ounce of talent you have, you have sucked dry from me and the people around you. [source: Daily Mail]
• Is Too Cheap to Financially Help Her Own Grandmother Much:
....He [Christopher Ciccone] also made reference to Madge's lack of generosity. He said that Madonna does very little to help care for their 93 year old grandmother only giving her $500.00 a month to help make ends meet.
• Madonna is sex obsessed [source: Mirror]
• Madonna is a big slut:
His new biography Life With My Sister Madonna, he [Christopher Ciccone] accuses her [Madonna] of being a sexual predator – and hints that she's also had lesbian relationships.
Christopher – who no longer speaks to Madonna, 49 – says before starting a family she drew up a list of men, including basketball star Dennis Rodman and actor John Enos, who could father her child. [source: Now]
• Madonna does not object to or halt the derogatory anti-homosexual jokes and comments that take place during her wedding celebration:
"I [Christopher Ciccone] glance at my sister [Madonna], hoping to see a look of outrage on her face [regarding insults against homosexuals made by a wedding guest], but there is none. I am sad that Madonna, whose early success was built on her legions of gay fans, can listen to these comments without protest.
I feel even sadder that she is now married to a man [Guy Ritchie] who seems so insecure in his masculinity that he thrives on homophobia." [source: book excerpt at Daily Mail]
• Madonna jilts Christopher repeatedly — summoning him to New York and then relinquishing her offer of a place to stay, or forcing him to eat half the cost of a set of paintings he purchased at her behest. source: Time]
• Madonna has lied about her background:
"...she is a middle-class girl who propagates the story that she landed in Times Square with just a pair of ballet shoes and $35 to her name. But that's pure mythology and the further she progresses, the more mythological her life story becomes." [source: Daily Mail]
• Madonna exploits her brother's sexual orientation for her own publicity:
Soon after exploiting her mother's grave [for her Truth or Dare movie] she [Madonna] exploited Christopher's [Madonna's brother's] gayness. She outed him in an article.
"At that point everybody in my immediate family knew I was gay, but not my grandmother. It was not her business to out me. I think she must have been feeling that she'd gone very mainstream. She'd done S&M, she'd done Sex, what she really needed was a gay brother." At the time he tried to forgive her, but he could not forget.
....What does he think she means with her flirtations? "I think it's publicity. She craves attention and it doesn't really matter where it comes from." [source: Independent]
Madonna has lied about her background, Part 2:
• ... Madonna's image of herself as a benevolent babymama to her younger siblings is baloney. By Ciccone's account, she was as starry and remote as a child as she was to become later in life, and ruled the house like a tempestuous deity.
....She was rude before fame, and ruder after it.
.... He suggests a contract for when he does up Madonna's next home, but when he sends it over, she calls him “a f***ing piece of sh*t”. He dispatches a return fax calling her “an ageing popstar”. [source: Times]
• Madonna is egotistical and uses Kabbalah to back up her egotism:
My sister [Madonna] always gets bored unless the conversation centres on her, her next tour or her next album. [source: Daily Mail]
Kabbalah ended up validating Madonna for her bad behaviour. The theory is that on some level you are who you deserve to be. And since she was in a position of power and wealth she thought she deserved to be there and was closer to God than the rest of us. [source: Independent]
Some narcissistic tendencies at work [in Madonna]? He laughs, "It's not a tendency, it's a lifestyle. But you don't get to where she is by not being narcissistic." [source: Independent]
• Madonna is a hypocrite and judges by physical appearance:
"You're the one who is always telling people that they shouldn't judge others by outside appearances," Warren [Beatyy] said to her [Madonna]. "How dare you judge me? It works both ways, you know?"
"Oh please," Madonna said as she sipped a cocktail ... "You older guys are too sensitive," she said, taking a drag from a cigarette. "I'm just being helpful. If you want to be fat and flabby, Warren, fine with me. Go right ahead."
• Cares about her public image and not relationships:
....Above all, my sister being my sister, she's acutely aware that being Warren's [Warren Beatty's] girlfriend is wonderful for her mythology, her status in Hollywood - and the positive effect on the final cut he, as director, will make on her latest movie, Dick Tracy. [source: Daily Mail]
Dry and Sour Tour / Old Lady Album
Roger
Friedman has done a turn-about. Now he's writing that Madonna's tour is
not doing so well after all.
Excerpt:
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
By Roger FriedmanAccording to her Web site, Madonna.com, there are plenty of tickets available in most major American cities, including New York and Boston. Apparently, all this publicity — a lot of which this reporter admittedly thought was being generated to sell tickets — has not helped much at all.
Site or Board Updates
July
8, 2008. I have completed the new "Madonna Rips Off Marilyn Gallery."
I can think of maybe one or two more images that should go in that gallery, but overall, I'd say it's pretty much done.
Access it via the Rips Off Index Page or click on the graphical link to the right (the one that says "Madonna Rips Off Everyone").
(And if you people at the "Madonna Revelations" blog use any of the photos or ideas from this updated Marilyn Monroe gallery, or any others at this site, or any of the material at the Anti Madonna Board, then you really ought to give me, or whomever the appropriate person is, credit.
As of July 20, 2008, the individuals at the "Madonna Revelations" blog still refuse to cite either source (this site and the Anti Madonna Discussion Board).
Their new blog disclaimer essentially says they think they have the right to rip me off. Enjoy the irony, everybody.)
Media Misinformation and Propaganda
Is The Editor Of People Too Friendly With Madonna?
Excerpts:
Part of the problem is [People magazine] editor Peter Castro... Shady anonymous whisperers tell us he likes to suckle at the teat of Madonna, figuratively!
According to a tipster, Castro has been accepting free tickets to Madonna shows since at least the early 90s.
Those tickets, of course, sell for exorbitant amounts, and can be scalped for even more—in all they add up to "thousands" in value, the tipster says.
The most recent case, they say, was the Madonna show in New York that Yankee superstar A-Rod attended, and which is now the subject of great interest because of the rumored fling between the two.
And who is bestowing all these tickets on Castro? Reportedly it's Liz Rosenberg, Madonna's lying flack!
You may also have noticed People's recent sappy and credulous coverage of the supposed strength of Madonna's marriage to Guy Ritchie.
Our source says that the friendly Castro deliberately chose to overlook the A-Rod affair rumors and "play nice" with Madonna and Rosenberg.
While People Runs Madonna’s Denials, The Other Tabloids Are Free to Spill Blood
Baby Stealing
Marriage to Guy Ritchie
There are now approximately 4,000+ news stories (yes, literally, there are 4,000+ stories, I'm not exaggerating) on Google News about the state of Madonna's relationship with husband Guy Ritchie, and whether or not she's having an affair with a ball player named "A-Rod."
News flash to media: nobody cares about either rumor. They're both likely media stunts to get free press for Madonna's upcoming tour.
Madonna and Guy Want You To Buy The Hype
Excerpts:
So.... Is Vadge's [Madonna's] marriage drama one big publicity stunt for her upcoming world tour? Sources tell TMZ that Vadge has been planning the divorce rumors for months in hopes that it will boost sales for her ["Dry and Sour"] world tour.
The plan is that they would slowly leak details of the divorce months before the tour started to get the publicity machine running. Guy is on board with the plan, because he knows how much money this sh** is going to make.
Sometimes Roger Friedman can be so naive:
A Rod's Secret Love Shack, by Roger Friedman
It didn’t make sense, did it? Madonna wouldn’t have a lover come to her apartment while children were there. Not even Madonna would do that.
Yes, Roger, yes she would.
Madonna used to have sex with children (according to sources listed here), so why do you think she'd feel uncomfortable having sex in front of them?
Friedman does redeem himself later in this same piece when he writes,
The Madonna-A-Rod saga is a strange one, but little by little the pieces are coming together. If Kabbalah is involved, for example, the probability is that Madonna and her guru, Philip Berg, the sect’s founder, are more interested in Rodriguez for his bulging wallet than anything else.
A Rod has earned over $200 million in his lifetime. His new deal with the Yankees is worth $350 million.
Consider that Madonna has been the Kabbalah Center of Los Angeles’s top celebrity benefactor for a long time. She may be tapped out at this point, what with declining CD sales and slow-moving concert tickets at some venues. She has a lot of mouths to feed. A-Rod is a great catch for her and Berg.
June 2008
Rebuttals To Madonna Apologetics
Roger Friedman's Hostile Relationship With Facts Continue
Excerpt:
The real falsity here is Friedman's assertion that Dodger Stadium is "the only venue Madonna hasn't sold out."
Yesterday I did a little Ticketmaster searching for Madonna's shows in Boston and Houston, and found available seats at both dates; repeating that experiment just now revealed similar results.
(I just did a plain old search, without any wiggling around for VIP seating or secondary-market offers.)
Is there another definition of "sold out" that I'm not aware of?
A Response to FOX News Writer Roger Friedman's 'Is Madonna Being Sabotaged?'
Are you pressed for time? The short of it is, No, Madonna is not being sabotaged.
Sickly Sweet Tour / Old Lady Album
Madonna
and her "career," and her so-called "success," have
always been shams and illusions, fueled by half-truths and much exaggeration.
Every so often, the mask slips, and the truth comes out:
MADONNA SALE$ SAG: Live Nation Defends Limp Response To Her U.S. Tour
Excerpts:
By BRIAN GARRITY, June 24, 2008
....Big sales around the world for the Material Girl's upcoming "Sticky & Sweet" tour have been overshadowed in music industry circles by chatter about the large number of tickets still available for a key stop in Los Angeles in November and softer-than-expected sales of her latest album "Hard Candy."
....But just over half of the 43,000 seats available for a Nov. 6 date at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium - 27,000 tickets in all - have been sold in their first three weeks of availability, raising red flags about the limits of US demand for the 49-year-old Madonna at this stage of her career.
....But at the biggest venues, consumers in the US are not rushing for Madonna tickets with the same fervor that they are in Europe and other parts of the world.
Madonna's Ticket Sales Give Live Nation Something Else To Suck On
Marriage to Guy Ritchie
Three Reasons Why Madonna Will Never Have "Incredible Sex" with Guy Ritchie Again
Excerpts:
The seven-year itch has reportedly struck the unusually long and strong union between Madonna and Guy Ritchie, but news of the split isn’t exactly sending anyone into shock.
...most likely reasons we think the love story went sour:
1. The World No Longer Wants Madonna's Sex:
As we know by now, Lesbian Chic is the word.And despite her reputation as being so very salacious in the Erotica department, Madonna's on-stage kiss with her female backup dancer two months ago didn't cause much of a ripple in the pop culture universe.
Beaten in Polls / Charts (Non-Music)
Kylie Minogue has been voted the celebrity who is growing old most glamorously
Ugly & Mannish
Madonna's muscling her way to 50
Mighty Madonna: No rest for the queen of eye-popping muscles
Madonna Has Chest Hair ... Stop Using The Cream!
Feminism
'I won't conform to this ageist society,' says Madonna as she nears the big 50
If she's not going to conform to "ageism," why does she keep getting botox injections? Why is she a slave to working out at the gym? Why has she admitted in interviews that she will be getting plastic surgery?
Says Madonna in the article:
"I'm a big cry baby - I actually cry all the time."
Hmm, some feminist she is. She "cries like a baby?" I thought she was supposed to be feminism's poster girl for toughness?
Madonna: Unoriginal & a Thief
The folks at this 'Revelations' blog got some of their images and ideas from this site and the board - and they refuse to cite either as a source. It's nice to see someone else pointing out Madonna's many thefts:
According to French newspaper Le Parisien, Madonna was so angry with the hotel staff [for allowing a TV crew to film her empty hotel room], she refused to pay the $90,000 (GBP45,000) bill.
Duran Duran accuse Madonna of copying them
[Duran Duran band member John] Taylor said that he wasn't surprised to see Madonna employ both artists [Timberlake and Timbaland for Madonna's Hard Candy album] but claimed it was their idea.
“It wouldn’t be the first time Madonna’s copied us. She’s been doing it for years,” he told the Daily Star.
Media Misinformation and Propaganda
Despite the fact that I e-mailed the editor at Jamacia Observer to inform them of the incorrect information in Diane Abbot's editorial, I did not get a reply, and as of June 2008, the incorrect information in Ms. Abbott's piece remains:
Mistakes in the editorial 'In Defense of Madonna' by Diane Abbott
Slams and Put-Downs
Madonna wins an award at Cannes. But not for her film.
The daily French Riviera newspaper gave Madonna its “Egocentric Award” because she “acted like the whole film festival was organized just for her.”
"Madonna is wretched at the moment - absolutely vulgar," The Sun quoted him, as saying in Attitude magazine.
"Put it away! You're not young and sexy anymore. She went thoughtful and mature for a while, and now she's chucked it away in some desperate attempt at being hot again. It's just a bit vile," he added.
Comedienne ROSEANNE BARR has launched an online attack on MADONNA, accusing the pop star of abusing face-freezing Botox injections.
....In a posting on her blog, Barr ranted, "Please lay off the Botox. You are scaring the children. Act your age. You are doing good things and your face negates your message of spirituality."
According to the National Enquirer Barr has since removed the post.
Excerpts:
And the Leeds band’s frontman Matt Bowman, never short of an opinion, says she [Madonna] needs to pull her sticky finger out if the show is to be better than the performance she turned in at Maidstone.
“Madonna is quite an easy person to have a pop at because she is so successful,” he began, attempting to lend some context.
“But she was a joke.
“She was clearly struggling to sing live, she looked out of practice, and there was a bit where she pretended to play the guitar and, as someone who knows how to play a guitar, she was clearly just holding down an open G chord and strumming it.
“The problem for her is that she has got no credibility left, which is why she is always working with these young new musicians.
“She is looking increasingly desperate to hang onto the fame she has left, but she isn’t aware of the way she is perceived because she lives in a bubble.
Music Biz
Gabriella Cilmi topples Madonna
AUSSIE singing sensation [16 year old] Gabriella Cilmi yesterday did what most teenagers can only dream of: she knocked Madonna from the No. 1 spot on Britain's top 10 chart.
Duffy Steals European Crown From Madonna
Welsh soul star DUFFY has scored a chart double to become the queen of Europe.
The singer has toppled Madonna from the top of the European singles chart, and she's keeping hold of her album chart number one for a second week.
Duffy's hit song Mercy has overtaken Madonna's 4 Minutes collaboration with Justin Timberlake...
Madonna was beaten by Siouxsie Sioux in '89. From the June 1989 issue of Smash Hits magazine, page 20, "Smash Hits 5th Annual Readers' Poll"
BEST FEMALE SINGER
1- Siouxsie Sioux (of Siouxsie and the Banshees)
2- Debbie Gibson
3- Madonna
May 2008
Baby Stealing
Even up to now, Madonna keeps repeating on film and in interviews that David Banda was completely abandoned, despite the fact that David's biological father, Yohane, has corrected this misinformation more than once, and he did so beginning over a year ago.
This month:
Father of Madonna's Adopted Son May Challenge Custody Ruling
Banda's Father Speaks Out Over Madonna Adoption
Excerpts:
....And Yohane Banda insists he never wanted to leave the youngster in an orphanage, but severe poverty forced him to take drastic action.
....He [Yohane Banda] says, "After losing two sons, I really wanted David to survive. It isn't true that we abandoned him."
Excerpt:
There is something creepily colonialist in Madonna’s attitude to Africa. First we had the White Man’s Burden -– now we have the White Madonna’s Burden. More and more celebrities are treating Africa as a wide-eyed child that needs a Hollywood hug -– or as a wicked devil that needs a Hollywood hammering.
Music Biz
Neil Diamond finally makes it to No 1
Neil Diamond tops US and UK charts for first time
The singer-songwriter Neil Diamond's new album Home Before Dark has gone straight to the top of the UK and US charts, the first time he has had a number one hit with original material in either country.
His double success comes 42 years after he released his first LP, The Feel of Neil Diamond.
Ting Tings end Madonna's chart reign
The Ting Tings have taken the top spot in the [UK] singles chart, ending Madonna's four weeks at the top.
German techno band topple Madonna
German techno group Scooter have knocked Madonna off the number one spot in the UK album chart.
Madonna has been knocked off the top of the album charts with new entry Jumping All Over The World by Scooter, according to The Official UK Charts Company.
The techno artists, whose last album came out in 2002, went to number one in the album charts less than a week after it was released on May 7.
Scooter knock Madonna from top spot
Madonna's new album, Hard Candy, is her last for Warner's:
Record labels' woes deepen Warner losses
Excerpt:
Not even Madonna, one of the top acts for Warner Music, could prevent the group from recording gloomy figures
Edgar Bronfman, chairman and chief executive, was also forced to admit that recorded music sales had effectively stagnated over the period and that losses had deepened twice as rapidly as expected.
Live Nation down as 1Q loss misses analysts' estimates
Excerpts:
Live Nation Inc.'s stock fell Friday as its first-quarter loss narrowed but missed analysts' estimates.
For the period ended March 31, the live event and venue management company reported a loss of $35.4 million, or 47 cents per share, compared with a loss of $45 million, or 69 cents per share, a year earlier.
Performance at Big Weekend, UK
Madonna, Radio 1 Big Weekend - review
Excerpts:
Clearly, the plan was to prove that a pop star about to turn 50 in August can remain relevant to the kids.
Instead, a sterile, soulless performance made Madonna resemble an embarrassing auntie desperately trying to be hip.
...her singing occasionally strayed off key...
....The Abba-sampling hit Hung Up, from 2005, began with a steal from the Rolling Stones’ Satisfaction and was a given a grungey rework that felt as fake as Madonna’s overblown guitar-thrashing.
Performance at Olympia in Paris, France
Desperately seeking publicity: Now Madonna stages another lesbian kiss
Excerpts:
It was a case of recycling rather than reinvention for Madonna last night as she pulled out her tried and tested move - a lesbian kiss - during her show in Paris last night.
The singer, who is rapidly approaching 50, locked lips with one of her female backing dancers during a private concert in the French capital, just like she did with Britney Spears at the MTV Awards more than five years ago.
Madonna's Lame Stage Pash - Been There, Done That
Excerpts:
Let's face it - after about 500 years in the pop game, you're bound to run out of steam at some stage. And it looks like Madonna is getting a bit desperate - scraping at the bottom of her shock tactics barrel to keep her audiences interested.
The world groaned as 49-year-old Madge pashed a backing dancer on stage in Paris on Tuesday - an exact recreation of her onstage antics with Britney Spears at the 2003 MTV Awards.
Miscellaneous
Summary:
Madonna allowed an entertainer, a man in drag who was hired to sing at one of her private birthday parties, to be physically abused at her birthday party, did nothing to stop it, and laughed about it
Excerpts:
...On the publicity trail for her new single with Justin Timberlake, she's [Madonna has] tried to reinvent herself by teaming up with a younger star.
Unfortunately, instead of making her look youthful and sexy, the pictures of Madge pinning Justin to a wall while she writhed against him and thrust her groin at the cameras, were cringe-worthy.
Rather than raising pulses, the only thing rising among many fans was bile in throats. Who is this embarrassing old lady trying and failing to prove she's still got "it"?
....Her reputation is a mess of conflicting messages - get your boobs out for the boys, dress chastely for the kids, save the planet, smash the system, blame religion, use religion. I don't know if even she knows what she stands for any more.
If Madonna still thinks she's hot, it's probably down to her menopausal hormones.
Here's hoping her next reinvention will be "Madonna in retirement".
Madonna Upsets French Fans With Short Performance
Pop superstar Madonna upset her fans in France on Tuesday night after turning up to a concert more than two hours late.
And the Holiday hitmaker further disgruntled her followers by only giving a 40-minute performance in the nation's capital, Paris.
[Fans decribed the show and Madonna as lacking charisma, emotion, energy. One used the word "disappointed."]
Environment
Madonna's Latest Tour Offers Zilch For The Environment
Excerpts:
So now we come full circle — a little less than a year after Madonna urged to us to ‘love the planet’ on-stage at Live Earth and, well, nothing has changed.
Unfortunately, Madonna is doing an injustice to environmental campaigning by claiming to care but then not showing anything meaningful to reflect such talk.
Old Lady Album
For
more Old Lady - um, I mean, Hard Candy reviews, scroll
down this page and look under April 2008.
German techno group Scooter have knocked Madonna off the number one spot in the UK album chart.
Madonna's 'Hard Candy' is more bland than sweet
Excerpts:
"Hard Candy" feels and sounds like a desperate attempt to remain relevant, with Madonna enlisting the likes of Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Pharrell Williams and Kanye West for support.
.... The music is so overwrought, so contrived, that Miley Cyrus seems like an innovator in comparison.
What's most apparent is that Madonna, at 49, has become what she must fear most: Irrelevant, boring and disposable.
CD Review: Madonna 'Hard Candy'
Excerpts:
But with "Hard Candy,” Madonna plays catch-up with mainstream pop charts. She essentially has remade Nelly Furtado's "Loose” and half of Justin Timberlake's "FutureSex/LoveSounds,” following fashion trends that are 2 years old. Is this where Madonna wants to be?
Never mind the off-putting come-ons such as "My sugar is raw, sticky and sweet” from the opener, "Candy Shop,” or the nausea-inducing cover art redolent of down-market porn: Those are the least of Madonna's problems.
She banks everything on the catchy but vacant single, "4 Minutes,” in which Timbaland recycles the marching band trope that drove Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl.” With Timbaland and Timberlake in the foreground, Madge certainly doesn't own the song; she is a bit player on her own track.
On "Hard Candy,” when she slags Madonnalikes such as Britney Spears and Furtado ("She's Not Me”), the argument falls flat because these days, Madonna's trying to be them.
....By letting her formidable personality disappear into the tasteless "Hard Candy,” Madonna sold herself out. It is the least essential disc of her career.
Excerpts:
Her [Madonna's] attempt to get down with the kids on opener 'Candy Shop', a track far more suited to her collaborator on this album, Timberland, than herself is cringeworthy.
Hard luck for Madonna as Tesco two-for one sales disqualified
Madonna Suffers Massive Sales Loss
Excerpts:
Madonna’s previous album “Confessions On A Dance Floor” that Reuters declared a flop, sold 350,000 in its first week of release.
To put that in perspective for you, Britney's “Blackout” sold 272,000 copies in the first week of sales and flopped...
In spite of having the most popular pop star in America, Justin Timberlake, on “Hard Candy” the CD came in with weak sales anyway.
Justin Timberlake’s current solo CD sold over 800,000 copies in the first week. When he did a duet with 50 Cent for the rapper’s current CD, he sold over 800,000 copies in the first week as well. Kanye West is also on "Hard Candy" and he sold over 800,000 copies in the first week of his current CD.
Yet, instead of "Hard Candy" debuting with 800,000 copies sold in the first week like Warner Bros. and Madonna hoped, they suffered a massive sales loss, way down from her previous CD.
[Neil] Diamond Is A Chart's Best Friend
Legend’s Rick Rubin-Produced Columbia Album Will Debut at #1
....set to debut at #1 next week for Steve Barnett and company with a one-week total of 125-130k.
That number, which could go higher with Mother’s Day weekend sales, should be more than enough to beat out Madonna’s WB release, Hard Candy, which appears on tap for between 85-95k after one week on top.
Are Madonna's first-week sales numbers a disappointment? Blame Mariah
Excerpts:
.... Yet it's ... hard not to note that Madonna's "Hard Candy" sold about 180,000 fewer copies than Mariah Carey moved two weeks ago.
....But back to Carey. Her "E=MC2" scored the highest debut of the year when it opened at No. 1 after selling 463,000 copies. In just three weeks on the chart, "E=MC2" has sold more than 740,000 copies.
Album sales may be down across the board, but Madonna would certainly be expected to be closer to Mariah than, say, Leona Lewis on the diva totem pole. Newcomer Lewis entered at No. 1 a few weeks ago, her debut, "Spirit," selling 205,000 copies.
Hard Candy Review from Live Daily
Excerpts:
The biggest disappointment with "Hard Candy" isn't that it sounds bland...
Derivative lyrics paired with overly produced club beats do not make for anything especially artistic or extraordinary.
After a while, these songs just feel like a lot of fluff and filler.
It's painful to hear Madonna, who has always set trends and shocked listeners, struggle so much with finding a solid, or even interesting, direction.
Even with the support of mega stars like The Neptunes, Kanye West, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Pharrell Williams, she seems to fall flat.
Instead of being a leader, Madonna seems more like a follower on "Candy Shop," chasing what has become Gwen Stefani's signature sound, for the most part. Stefani already did the sugar-themed album in 2006 with "Sweet Escape."
Madonna even borrows the "tick tock," whistle and marching band samples that Stefani made central forces in her 2004 debut, "Love. Angel. Music. Baby."
"Hard Candy" proves the adage "what goes around comes around." Madonna may have paved the way for her peers, but now she is fighting to stay on the path.
...."Don't stop me now," Madonna sings on "Give It To Me." It's a plea she's made before, but at what point should she call it quits? If "Hard Candy" is any indicator, that time may be sooner than she'd like.
Hard Candy "Reeks of Desperation"
Excerpts:
....But: Man, does this album ever reek of desperation.
....All of this would be forgivable if the album were great. But it's not. It's just... meh.
"Candy Shop"? Are you kidding me? Hasn't everyone and their mother (hi, Fiddy) employed this tired double entendre?
And "Spanish Lesson" is virtually unlistenable, the lyrics are so cheesy and depressingly literal.
The first single, "4 Minutes"? The production on that track completely overwhelms her (as it does on much of this album), and it's actually rather sad how much of a better singer Justin Timberlake is than Madonna.
Perplexingly, "Beat Goes On" is about as joyless an outing as a trip for a root canal...
....But overall, there's little on this album that's truly noteworthy.
April 2008
Baby Stealing
Madonna 'cuts off' father from adopted son
Excerpts:
The father of the Malawian boy adopted by Madonna has accused the pop star of severing contact between him and his son and says he regrets ever putting the child up for adoption.
Yohane Banda, 33, said the singer had reneged on a promise to allow him to maintain regular contact with his son David, whom he last saw in 2006.
“I feel robbed. I should be able to see my son and say hello,” Banda said.
....Banda claims the star [Madonna] snubbed him during a visit to the country in April last year.
....Justin Dzonzi, a lawyer and prominent critic of the adoption, said both Madonna and the Malawian government had a moral duty to maintain contact between Banda and his son.
Malawian Father Claims Madonna Has 'Robbed His Son'
Father of Madonna's adoptee lashes out
Old Lady Album
There's
a New Queen of Pop: Mariah Beats Madonna
Excerpt:
Hitsdailydouble.com is reporting that estimated first week sales for Madonna’s Hard Candy album will range between 275,000-300,000.
Mariah’s “E=MC2” sold 475,000 in its first week and was Carey’s biggest debut ever.
In addition to that, Madonna’s numbers are a slide downwards from her last album, "Confessions on a Dance Floor," which 350,000 copies its first week out and went on to sell 1.7 million copies in the U.S. That was three years ago.
Madonna’s ‘Hard’ Sell Hardly Succeeds
It's almost as though, as middle age creeps up, Madonna is out to prove to the kiddies that she's not some old lady holding onto the house-music '90s. But she's out of her comfort zone, while her producers are too much in theirs, making "Hard Candy" an uncharacteristically desperate bore.
....Unless Madonna can figure out how to recalibrate her identity in a way that compliments her, she could be facing an early retirement.
Hard Candy Review from Variety.com
Excerpt:
But for the most part, the [Madonna] album is suffused with a predatory desperation that's not pretty at any age. Here, it's as taut and affectless as the Botoxed faces of "The Real Housewives of Orange County."
Madonna's Hard Candy Underwhelms
Excerpt: ... critics have been underwhelmed by the [Hard Candy] album.
'Hard Candy' by Madonna, Review by Courant
This time, Madonna is just another singer drawing on the chart appeal of Timbaland, Timberlake and Pharrell, which makes this particular piece of candy taste like a sour ball: It's appealing to fans, but it's not for everyone.
Excerpts:
But while she can still generate a paparazzi frenzy and get herself on the covers of Vanity Fair and Elle, Madonna is not doing anything particularly innovative or original on her new album.
In fact, Hard Candy sounds a bit like Madonna parodying Madonna.
...There is next to nothing on Hard Candy that can be called innovative.
....One has to wonder what will come of Madonna when she can no longer rely on her sex appeal? Her voice certainly can't carry her.
....there is something incredibly sad about a near-50-year-old woman unwilling to show her age and instead choosing to ramp up her campish sexuality to sell albums.
Excerpt:
The problem is Madonna. She sounds out of touch, like she's not sure what to do with herself. Her trademark frigid coo doesn't fit with these bump 'n' grind rhythms, and her usually harmless pop hooks repeatedly fall flat.
On the album's first track, Candy Shop, her opening lines - "Come on into my store, I've got candy galore / Don't pretend you're not hungry, I've seen it before / I've got Turkish delight baby and so much more" - come off oh-so contrived.
...this album isn't much fun...
Madonna takes on all comers with hit heavy Hard Candy
Excerpts:
Where the album sags, it's usually due to Madonna herself.
Despite the usual self-important meditations on sex, life and her own relevance -- she's constantly out to convince us she's cutting edge -- a lot of Madonna's lyrics on Hard Candy are pretty dopey.
Weak lyrics and forgettable hooks spoil too many killer rhythms on the disc...
Hard Candy Review - the star.com
Excerpts:
Hard Candy's endlessly embarrassing lyrics and dearth of vocal melodies suggest Madonna herself didn't bring much to the table, yet surprisingly, neither did Pharrell or Timbaland, who split production credits on the album evenly.
.... serves as proof that Madonna, for once, is a little late to the game in hooking up with the cutting-edge talent upon which she's staked her career. She's still got taste to spare, yes, but she's not necessarily a tastemaker any more.
March 2008
Fans Lying to Radio Stations to Get Madonna Songs On Air
So desperate are Madonna fans to get songs from Madonna's new "Hard Candy" album played on American radio stations, fan site owners have been pleading with their readers to call radio stations and request her songs be played.
Read examples in the following threads:
Fans Try to Inflate and Skew Sales Numbers and Song Rankings
and
Baby Stealing
Yohane Banda Infuriated by Madonna's Comments
Hall of Fame
Rebuttals to the Various Nauseating Articles Defending Madonna's Induction to the Hall of Fame
Feb. 2008
Excerpt:
Well, it had to happen. Madonna has been a terrible actor in many, many films and now - fiercely aspirational as ever - she has graduated to being a terrible director.
Malawi Ministers says Madonna adoption not over
Oct. 2007
Live Nation could lose money on Madonna deal
Second Adoption: 'You'll Never Take My Girl, Madonna'
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: Do Not Induct Madonna
Sept. 2007
Trip to Israel
Rabbis Disgusted by Madonna's Visit
Baby Stealing
-Oh please! Even she doesn't think so:
'I'm a crap mother,' says Madonna
David Banda's real father doesn't think Madonna is a perfect Mom, either:
'Other Woman Would've Made Better Mom for David' Says Yohane Banda
Environment / Live Earth
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Climate
change concert star Madonna accused of hypocrisy
The stars of a major Live 8-style concert to raise awareness of climate change have been condemned as hypocrites for failing to lead environmentally friendly lives themselves.
The likes of Madonna and Red Hot Chili Peppers will perform at Live Earth at Wembley Stadium on July 7, yet campaigners say they are among the least "green" individuals on the planet.
.... But green campaigners called the stars' involvement hypocritical last night saying their lifestyles which demand they jet themselves and their huge entourages on world tours give them enormously large carbon footprints.
Last year, for example, they report how Madonna flew as many as 100 technicians, dancers, backing singers, managers and family members on a 56-date world tour in private jets and commercial airliners.
Madonna herself also has a collection of fuel-guzzling cars, including a Mercedes Maybach, two Range Rovers, Audi A8s and a Mini Cooper S. Yet she will headline the London concert to "combat the climate crisis".
"Madonna's Confessions tour produced 440 tonnes of CO2 in four months of last year. And that was just the flights between the countries, not taking into account the truckloads of equipment needed, the power to stage such a show and the transport of all the thousands of fans getting to the gigs.
• A song by Madonna won't save the world
...by the way, there's not one recording artist in history who has not sold more records as a result of appearing in one of these charity shows beamed live to billions of people around the world. Beats a couple of blogs on Myspace, doesn't it!
Madonna continues to use private jet planes, SUV automobiles:
• Madonna leaves Malawi after six-day visit
• Madonna had a hair stylist flown in to style her hair
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