Battle Of The Dancefloor Ladies: Madonna Vs Goldfrapp
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pk
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acid priest said:
This sums it up perfectly.
It's like comparing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Vera Lynn, for fucks sake.
As far as I know Goldfrapp have never had to sleep with their record producers in exchange for a hit record - added to the fact that their sound is way more original and they write and produce it themselves.
Besides - I'm hardly a Goldfrapp superfan - I've had the new CD since Xmas day and have yet to play it once!
Personally - "Train" or "Strict Machine" beat the entire Madonna back catalogue in my view, but I've never liked Madonna's shallow voice and lack of range... something Alison Goldfrapp can never be accused of suffering from.
Madonna is way past it - she should have resigned with Bye Bye American Pie, a fitting end.
But no - she's living in MY country, trying to claim that ramblers on her vast tract of countryside are "violating her human rights" and banging on about Kaballah.
She should fuck off back to Noo Joisey.
pk
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killer b said:aye, fucking millionaire pop star immigrants. they come over here, take all our jobs & houses, marry our movie directors... send the bastards back!
Oh, she can take that movie director with her.
I know a couple who spent three months in NYC applying gold leaf transfers to some wallpaper Madge had chosen for one of her apartments... ended up costing her about $30,000 - for some wallpaper... Jeez... no wonder she needs to attend some revised 60's Jewish cult meetings...
pk said:
relevant to their music how?
pk said:
bollocks - EVERY Goldfrapp hit since she reinvented herself as the Rocky Quatro Picture SHow has been an obvious rip off of something else.
pk said:
relevant to her music how?
the more extraneous stuff you throw into the debate, the more you admit defeat
belboid
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mm, what a bizarre set of comments! Which Iggy look are you thinking of, circe 1980? I dont think our Alison has much in the way of heroin chic, or in letting her trousers drop down over her arse.Dubversion said:
WhichT Rex record does the sublime Black Cherry sound like? You haven't just drawn a vast over-simplification based on a single single have you??!!
And the Scissor Sisters aren't considerede risque they're considered incredibly cheesy disco music - they're the friggin beegee's for frugs sake!
And whoever mentioned stuck up vicars daughters from Brighton....get the heck away!
i'd vote Goldfrapp just for her Orbital vocals anyway.
Goldfrapp's shit. Can't understand the fuss - she's a one trick eelctro pony as well. And she's not half as smart as she'd like to think she is - she comes across as gormless on a good few interviews. Can't see her lasting; well, you can only hope.
On the other hand I admire Madonna for her ability to re-invent herself by latching onto any emerging trend. It's only the music and that thin old voice that turn me right off
It's like a choice between shit. It's more difficult to avoid the madonna shit - like dogshit it's ubiquitous and nearly always lurking nearby. Goldfrapp, on the other hand, is like a huge steaming pile of horse and elephant shit mixed, albeit one with topped with a jaunty hat and a trendy light-electro backgroud.
On balance. I marginally prefer madonna's shit...
On the other hand I admire Madonna for her ability to re-invent herself by latching onto any emerging trend. It's only the music and that thin old voice that turn me right off
It's like a choice between shit. It's more difficult to avoid the madonna shit - like dogshit it's ubiquitous and nearly always lurking nearby. Goldfrapp, on the other hand, is like a huge steaming pile of horse and elephant shit mixed, albeit one with topped with a jaunty hat and a trendy light-electro backgroud.
On balance. I marginally prefer madonna's shit...
belboid said:
erm,, the horse look. which is why i quoted the previous post.
i didn't say every track sounded like T Rex, i said every single sounded like something elsebelboid said:
belboid said:
i couldn't agree more - that was the basis of the comment.
belboid
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aye, i cant quite recall iggy as a horse tho, or, aaah, were you referring to a different kind of horse?Dubversion said:erm,, the horse look. which is why i quoted the previous post.
whereas madonna.....
mmm, and indeed, hmmm - y'see Goldfrapp is music for people who enjoy sex, whereas SS is for people who enjoy talking about sex......
or summat
belboid said:
oh come on, you've seen the footage of Iggy in leather with the horse's tail attached to his trousers?
pk
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belboid said:
Yup.
Nile Rogers being the most important person in her career, out of respect for him I'll leave his productions out of it.
Express Yourself - crap watered down fake-Motown bollocks.
Hanky Panky - needs no comment, frankly.
Dire Another Day - worst Bond theme ever recorded... no matter how much she bribed Mirwais to sound original she still sounds like she's singing on a Daft Punk record.
In terms of today - and her new album...
"the album could best be described as one long mix tape consisting of Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love,” New Order’s “Blue Monday,” Blondie’s “Atomic” and Madonna's own “Bedtime Stories.”
One electronic dance groove fades into another without much ado.
A few of the lyrics may deal with Madonna’s inexplicable Kaballah obsession, but words are mostly negligible here, or worse.
Those that do jump out, most notably the appallingly bad rhymes of “I Love New York” (which will most likely cause even New Yorkers to cringe).
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Madonna 14 70.00%
Goldfrapp 6 30.00
Goldfrapp 6 30.00
read the thread, pk, and see why it was mentioned. certainly not relevant to either person's music, but then i didn't bring it up.
oh and
Madonna 14 70.00%
Goldfrapp 6 30.00
oh and
Madonna 14 70.00%
Goldfrapp 6 30.00
pk
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Since we're on non-musical issues:
Shanghai Surprise (1986) Director: Jim Goddard
Starring: Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths, Philip Sayer, Clyde Kusatsu, Kay Tong Lim
Madonna plays a missionary nurse in 1937 China who hires a dim-witted American fortune hunter (her then-real-life-husband, Sean Penn) to find a stash of stolen opium. She wants the drugs so she can help her patients and get out of China. There’s no chemistry between Penn and Madonna and the pacing of the movie is awful, and the dialogue is terrible.
George Harrison who was the executive producer of this film said working with the very spoiled Madonna was the worst experience he ever had since he had been in show business and he shortly there-after got out of the film business selling his interest in Handmade Films.
Shanghai Surprise (1986) Director: Jim Goddard
Starring: Sean Penn, Madonna, Paul Freeman, Richard Griffiths, Philip Sayer, Clyde Kusatsu, Kay Tong Lim
Madonna plays a missionary nurse in 1937 China who hires a dim-witted American fortune hunter (her then-real-life-husband, Sean Penn) to find a stash of stolen opium. She wants the drugs so she can help her patients and get out of China. There’s no chemistry between Penn and Madonna and the pacing of the movie is awful, and the dialogue is terrible.
George Harrison who was the executive producer of this film said working with the very spoiled Madonna was the worst experience he ever had since he had been in show business and he shortly there-after got out of the film business selling his interest in Handmade Films.
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