Madonna - Get Together (6 tracks) +Album Reviews

I wanna be with you but only if the remixes were better

Dogville | Sunny Island | 06/15/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Madonna's 3rd single off Confessions, Get Togther is an apt follow-up to Sorry. Reminiscent of Stardust's Music Sounds Better With You in production, the track is progressive electronic with a pumping bassline.

However, as with the recent Madonna remixes, the maxi-single is severely dismal. Stuart Price's production may be commanding on Confessions but his remixes of the three Madonna singles have been lacklustre so far compared to his stellar work for Goldfrapp, The Killers and Coldplay. The Danny Howells and Dick Trevor Kinky Fun Mix is really neither kinky nor orgamsic at all, relying on repetitive beats to produce a generic dancefloor club mix. Then come the slightly more interesting mixes from revered remixers Tiefschwarz and James Holden. However, the two remixes are a complete departure from the original tune. Tiefschwarz manages to infuse more futurism into the song, giving it a slight Kraftwerk edge. James Holden's remix held great promise at the beginning but gets tiresome after a whole 8 minutes of repeated electronic blooping (read: irritating).The I Love New York remix by Stuart Price finally recovers some lost ground with a rather rocked-up version of the original.

And the original cover of the maxi-single is hideous if you do come to see it. The video has just premiered but it's just Madonna performing the song live superimposed against a futuristic animated background.

If Warner Brothers (and Madonna) know what they are doing to the recent Madonna releases and promotional blitz, they'd have some inkling that they are doing everything wrong or not doing anything well at all. Such a wasted opprotunity for an excellent track."

Broad range of mixes...

Dale E. Hopkins, II | Lakewood, OH USA | 06/06/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"TRACKLIST:

1. GET TOGETHER (Album Version) 5.15

2. GET TOGETHER (Jacques Lu Cont Mix) 6.18

3. GET TOGETHER (Danny Howells & Dick Trevor KinkyFunk Mix) 9.13

4. GET TOGETHER (Tiefschwarz Remix) 7.34

5. GET TOGETHER (James Holden Remix) 8.00

6. I LOVE NEW YORK (Thin White Duke Mix) 7.43

The problem with most club mixes these days is that they rip the melody out of each piece of music and you need to be on some mind altering substance to "appreciate" them. Most of the mixes retain the original melodic structure of the song while expanding the arrangements. The biggest sonic departure is the Jacques lu Cont mix. It starts with a very crunchy and jangly guitar line and builds from there. It will remind those familiar with the full album of "I Love New York". In all honesty, I don't really consider the last two mixes to be mixes at all. They sound like completely different songs and there's very little of Madonna in them. I don't really understand why the record companies allow remixers to sorta forget that the song is about the artist.

The version of "I Love New York" isn't too different from the album mix. It just pumps up the dance aspect of the song a couple notches and adds some filters and sweeps to the general mix. Very nicely done."

She totally dropped the "discoball" on this one!

A. Hurt | Peru | 06/12/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"The album version is great. And so is the "remix" of ILNY (it's really just a dub of the original).

The trax inbetween are a complete mess!!!!!

To the previous reviewer's statement: "Most of the mixes retain the original melodic structure of the song while expanding the arrangements." You are clearly smoking something if you think the James Holden or Tiefschwarz mixes have ANY MELODIC STRUCTURE AT ALL. My initial reaction was to laugh during my first listen to both versions. No use of the verses or chorus appear in either mix; just a few words smattered over ATARI like sounds and electro splats. The JLC mix has none of the excitement of the other Stuart Price productions from Confessions. And the Howells & Trevor mix is listenable only by default.

I'd like to see one person try to dance to the James Holden mix. Hell, MADONNA should be forced to dance to it everynight for serving up this plate of poo."

Not Worth the [...]Pricetag...

Rudy Palma | NJ | 07/24/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I am a reasonably big fan of Madonna. I bought 'Confessions' the day it dropped in November and went twice to see her on the tour in New York City, both of which were such amazing, absolutely incredible nights that I am absolutely thrilled she is in talks for an NBC special to bring the show to network television this fall.

Nevertheless, I cannot honestly recommend this CD single at all.

Don't get me wrong, the 'Confessions' album is an awesome spectacle from start-to-finish, and the remixes for "Hung Up" and "Sorry" are just awesome. The Bill Hamel and Pet Shop Boys remixes of the former and Paul Oakenfold's remix of the latter are so awesome that they equal or even arguably surpass the fun of the originals.

Thus it is all the more dissapointing that the remixes of "Get Together" are as terrible as they are. Even the "Jacques Lu Cont Mix," which is named for the French alter ego of producer Stuart Bryce, who actually produced the original 'Confessions' album, is nothing special, despite its rhythmic, quirky guitar work which sounds promising at first. Quickly something sounds wrong; this sounds like the kind of frothy, slightly above mid-tempo music that one can usually hear played in swanky, high-brow cocktail bars. That's right - lounge music.

"Danny Howells & Dick Trevor KinkyFunk Mix" starts out to be more promising but quickly grows boring due to its meandering, lingering pace and only sparing use of vocals/lyrics. In fact, none of the remixes on the CD use Madonna's vocals enough at all. The remixes of "Hung Up" and "Sorry," however, did, and that was an important part of why they were so good.

The "Tiefschwarz Remix" and "James Holden Remix" are even worse, since the former starts out with propulsive, frothy, initially promising dance beats but then never goes anywhere, while the latter is pure lounge music, complete with the sound of raindrops popping in and out.

The I Love New York (Thin White Duke Mix) is also terrible. Also remixed by Stuart Bryce (Think White Duke is another one of his undercover monikers), this remix yet again does not feature enough Madonna and the beats simply take the song nowhere.

Sure, you would probably dance to all of the songs on this CD if you were in a club and they came on. But for Madonna, they are terrible. And since they overall make minimal use of her vocals, it is doubly hard to find anything satisfying.

Worst of all, the moment I heard "Get Together" I could not WAIT to hear remixes of it, and when I heard it would be a single I was so excited that I would. The original song, from beginning to end, spells "DANCE/POP CLASSIC."

Imagine my dissapointment then when the remixes finally arrived in June and they were this terrible. With such an incredible song, one would think a remixer who knew what they were doing would not be able to mess it up, yet that is exactly what has happened. This CD is certainly not worth the $7.49 I paid on it.

Let's hope Madonna goes back to Bill Hamel, Paul Oakenfold and Pet Shop Boys for the remixes of "Jump."

"

Nice Song, But Bad Remixes

K. J. Bryant | 07/24/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Since becoming British, Madonna has not been the same artist and while I consider Confessions an album that clearly shows she is running out of ideas, "Get Together" has always been one of my favorite Madonna tracks. However, the remixes are awful. What happened? Madonna's remixes used to take her songs to a new level, but her recent remixes are flat. I really had high hopes for this song because the song is so interesting. Oh well, you can't be number one forever."

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	Madonna Get Together Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop Track Listings (6) - Disc #1 Get Together [Album Version] Get Together [Jacques Lu Cont Mix] Get Together [Danny Howells & Dick Trevor Kinkyfunk Mix] Get Together [Tiefschwarz Remix] Get Together [James Holden Remix] I Love New York [Thin White Duke Mix] - Madonna, Madonna [1]
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