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Tuesday, November 15, 2005
edit: kayhian asked me what
Ray of Light is. so to enlighten all-
In the album charts, Ray Of Light debuted at no. 2 in the US and stayed there for two weeks, only the Titanic soundtrack kept it from the top spot. It did top the album charts in Australia, Canada, Germany and the UK. The album sold 15 million copies worldwide; 371.000 US copies in its first week. March 2000, it was certified 4 times Platinum in the US. In the UK it was recertified 6 times Platinum in January 2003. At the 1999 Grammies, Ray Of Light got six nominations and it received four Grammies: 'Best Pop Album', 'Best Short Form Music Video', 'Best Recording Package' for Art Director Kevin Reagen and 'Best Dance Recording'. Madonna was also the big winner at the 1998 MTV Music Video Awards, winning 'Video of the Year', 'Best Female Video', 'Best Direction', 'Best Editing', 'Best Choreography', 'Best Special Effects', 'Best Dance Video' and 'Breakthrough Video', all for the videos of Ray Of Light and Frozen.econs today. at first i thought it was good. but i'm not so sure anymore. after some discussion which i don't think i should have done. well at least it was 3 microeconomy questions for me (which was my strategy from the very start) and i know PPC is more macro than micro but heck. that question was a do-able macro then.
questions all very short this year. compared to last year's lengthy lines.
anyway! am totally disregarding my "thou shalt not log online rule" cos frankly, i don't really care anymore. as long as i can get into the U. lost all my verve after math. so yeah.
on a happier note i bought madonna's
Confessions on a Dance Floor! woot!
i don't really feel like giving a review, although i swear it really is good. a psychedelic pop-swirl of luscious ear candy. and no i'm not saying that just because i'm a fan. it's on the same plane as
Ray of Light, and if you've never heard of
Ray of Light before, maybe you're not very into music (caveat: english mainstream music. although these days i find she's getting less and less mainstream) or general knowledge.
shall end off with this line i found on an Amazon review, which i found very funny. with regard to the lead single Hung Up and the line "time goes by so slowly".
This feeling is helped along by the legendary call to action that is ABBA's bassline from "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)," sampled here to the point of saturation. In the original, it was "half past twelve," while in "Hung Up" it's "a quarter to two"-maybe time really does go slowly, since in the 26 years from the original's invention to "Hung Up"'s addictive reinvention, only an hour and 15 minutes have elapsed!
mike just took up your time at
11:28 pm
th time!