Music Does Indeed Make The People Come Together!
Busy Body | London, England | 08/02/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The year 2000 was a pretty big year for Madonna. She gave birth to her second child, married Guy Ritchie, starred in the film The Next Best Thing, topped the charts worldwide with her cover of Don McLean's American Pie, and released her album Music. The album topped the charts in both the US and UK, and a further 24 countries around the world! The album went on to sell 14 million copies worldwide, and produced some huge hit singles. Excluding American Pie, the first single to be released from the Music album was the title track itself. Music the single was released in August 2000, and stormed straight to No.1 in the US and UK, giving Madonna her 12th and 10th No.1 singles in each country respectively. The song spent an incredible 23 weeks on the UK chart - the longest time for any Madonna single, easily beating Like A Virgin from some 16 years previously.
Music begins with the voice of what appears to be a computer seductively whispering, "Hey Mr. DJ. Put a record on. I wanna dance with my baby." The beat then starts, and an instrumental presents itself. The beat hits strongly, and a computer asks, "Do you like to boogie-woogie? Do you like to boogie-woogie? Do you like to boogie-woogie? Do you like my acid rock?" The beat then rises, and Madonna sings the first verse, "Hey Mr. DJ, put a record on. I wanna dance with my baby. And when the music starts, I never wanna stop it's gonna drive me crazy." A muffled voice then sings "Music," before Madonna sings the chorus, "Music makes the people come together. Music makes the bourgeoisie and the rebel." It's a short chorus, which is instantly followed by Madonna singing the second verse, "Don't think of yesterday and I don't look at the clock. I like to boogie-woogie. It's like riding on the wind and it never goes away. Touches everything I'm in. Got to have it everyday." The song then goes all funky with a brilliant instrumental. The beats are wonderful and the electronic input in the song is very creative. I remember hearing this song back in summer 2000, and everyone loved it. There was nothing like it before, and Madonna had created this totally awesome sound that only she could bring to the mainstream. The chorus is then repeated a few more times, and the beat grows ever more aggressive, before the song fades out and ends.
The video to Music is just superb. We see British comedian Ali G sitting in the driver's seat in a limousine. He's waiting for Madonna, when she taps her bling-bling on the window. The two talk, and Madonna then gets into the car with her two backing dancers. They sing and dance in the car, before arriving at clubs to dance and totally turn the place on its head. It's basically a girl's night out, with a brilliant cartoon segment where Madonna fights baddies across the city, while crashing through constructions which are made of words - titles of some of her past hits such as Express Yourself and Fever. It's just a brilliant video. I remember I was shopping with some mates back in 2000, and I walked past a store in a mall, and they had a big screen at the back, which was premiering the video on MTV. I just gorped and walked straight in and watched it, glued to the screen! Hey, I didn't care that it was a lingerie store! All in all, Music is one of Madonna's biggest hits and rightly so with a creative style and funky video like this!"
Not the best release to scream about, really...
Michael Olivarez | 12/24/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"OK, as for this Australian Import of Madonna's excellent single 'Music', it's OK but really nothing to scream about at all. It contains a few deep dish mixes, quite a hand full of groove armada mixes (these did 'I See You Baby'!) and if you were a big fan of these mixes by Groove Armada you must have this release, otherwise get CD 2 (it's much better) or the US Maxi or both (Like I have). This aussie import also contains the video - but that's nothing special either, i'll tell you why later... (all the other reviewers have already said but i'll say it anyway). Below is the tracklisting and comments for everything on this CD.
1. Album Version (3.44) - Excellent track. It makes you get out of your seat and really start dancing!! This was Madonna's tenth number 1 and I can see perfectly why!! It was also a US No.1, a number 1 on the dance charts, a million seller, entered the UK charts at no.1 and finally, came from the no.1 album (in the UK) of the same title. The album 'Music' also went to no.1 in the US.
2. Deep Dish UKRadio Mix (3.59) - It's a good remix but I really didn't see any point in it. They also remixed the original Deep Dish version before it got edited and stuff (the 4.15 version) and honestly, that was better... because all they've done hear is cut the first 15 seconds off from that remix!! Just get the Maxi for the original radio edit - really, again, nothing to scream about.
3. Groove Armada 7" Mix (3.38) - The intro to this remix is absolutely excellent but the mix as a whole it not very exciting. It's really just an edit of the 12" BA remix, found on track 5. Groove Armada also used 'Down By The Lake' to sample this remix, wouldn't all of us Madonna and Groove Armada fans liked to see them sample 'I See You Baby'? Oh Well. I'm personally sending this message out to Groove Armada, because it's not Madonna's fault. Again, nothing special.
4. Deep Dish Dot Com Remix (11.21) - Probably the best remix on this import. It definately get full, top marks!! The concept and sound quality of it all is pure genius and excellent!! It's the full club mix and it's definately there best remix of Madonna's 'Music.' (There are 4 mixes by Deep Dish, the 2 on here, the mentioned above 4.15 version and the US 4.29 version - all that's different there is they put a 15 second outro on the end!). Compared to the 3.59 version on track 2, this version by Deep Dish does really make a difference. I'd like to see them remixing something for Madonna, that samples their 'new' track, 'Flashdance'!
5. Groove Armada 12" BA Mix (5.30) - I really couldn't say weather this mix is the Bees Knees or not. At the end of the day, it's just an 'full club mix' of the 3.37 edit. Or atleast just an extended version. I don't at all hate the Groove Armada mixes of 'Music,' however, they are all dubs and I personally think dubs are rather tacky. I'd like to see them do a vocal mix of the hit that's all, I mean a hit like that does deserve more than 4 dubs versions by the same remix artist for what it is.
6. Groove Armada Bonus Beats (4.51) - This is really just an edit of the full club mix, found on track 7 (the next track). It really is no Bonus Beats and to be quite honest with you, it's really not that exciting!!!! Just a few chants of the lyric or vocal 'I wanna dance' or 'I wanna dance with my baby' and a few chords of what you hear in the club mix. The mix I least like on the disc and by Groove Armada.
7. Groove Armada Club Mix (9.29) - Wooooooo!! The best mix by far that Groove Armada have done for Madonna's 'Music.' I really can't critisize this mix at all as it is excellent!!! They changed the music and made it a little faster to all the other Groove Armada remixes ('Bonus Beats' is an exception) and made it in to a dance anthem! A great remix and really the Bees Knees of Groove Armada, this is their true colours coming out!! This mix is, really something special!!
As for the video, it's rubbish as it is sensored and has blurs in it - Buy the DVD single if you want the video. Overall, the CD is OK but buy CD 2 or the US Maxi. The US Maxi has a truckload of mixes by Deep Dish and Groove Armada, plus Tracy Young, Victor Calderone (suprise, suprise) and the fantastic mix of Hex Hector & McQuayle: HQ2. Aussie Import CD 2 includes mixes by Victor Calderone, HQ2 and Tracy Young (Includes the Radio Mix lasting 3.44!!!). US Maxi just includes remixes, but the Aussie CD 2 includes the Album Version plus the edit mix for Tracy Young and The Young Collective Club's remix!!!!!!!!
>>> Madonna is GREAT!!!!! "
Track Listings (8) - Disc #1