I got my Madonna Candy !

This morning I went to the local CD store to get my copy of hard Candy.

As A gift I got a Poster of Hard Candy As well

Official release was on April 28Th, but as usual , the disc was available today

review of the album one of these day's

Made In Belgium : Natalia

First a beautiful ballad from Natalia - I survived you

And this is called Glamorous in a duet with En Vogue , made for her concerts early this year unfortunatly there is no official video,

And here a compilation of those concerts ( quality good)

Madonna preview part II

Thanks to MadonnaconneXion, here 2 different sound preview clips

Madonna - Hard Candy preview sélectionné dans Musique et Pop

Madonna - Hard Candy Preview Part 2 sélectionné dans Musique et Pop

Picture Madonnatribe

Madonna's New world tour confirmed ?

---found this on thaindian.com---

London, Apr 17 (ANI): It has finally been confirmed that the Queen of Pop, Madonna will be setting out on a world tour this year.
The tour, which is slated to kick off in September, one month after she turns 50, will be concluding at the Wembley Stadium.
Madge is till in the final negotiations with event organisers to sort out dates for the multi-million-pound gigs, reports The Mirror.
The show has promised that the choreography, which has been launched on the back of her stomping single 4 Minutes, will be more spectacular, demanding and physical than ever before.
Madge has been reported by Billboard to hold the record for the highest grossing concert tour by a female artist, namely her 2006 Confessions Tour. (ANI)

--- picture found on madonna conneXion ---

Belgium Expo 58 World trade fair

Today exactly 50 years ago the first Big World trade fair opened in Belgium.
It was the time of a new decade after the second world war. A few of the buildings from that time you can still see today ( like the Atomium ) , but most is long gone.
Here's a great site with info & pictures from 50 years ago Expo 58- it is in English ! , so take your time to make a nostalgia trip. And here's a link to all the events that will be held in Brussels this year
Brussels expo 58-

and here a few original 8mm footage from the expo 58

pictures copyrights ckroberts61

Bertine Zetlitz In my Mind 1997-2007 the hits

I love the music of Bertine, She had a small hit in Europe with Girl like you & I believe that the First album of her Morbid late nite Show was even released in the USA.
Unfortunately More Hits did not reach to Europe. But in the Scandinavian country's she's very famous. She released at the end of last year a Best of album. Like always difficult to find here.
The lead single was Ashamed There is no official video but you can listen it...

And more viewing pleasure with

Fake your beauty

Ah Ah

500

Girl like you

Twisted little star

Eurovision 2008 Serbia Jelena Tomasevic Oro

OK, another Eurovision song, It's not the popular thing on the blog, but take a minute to listen.
this is a number that gave me goosebumps from the first minute . It's a very beautiful song, and I think it could win the eurovision song contest . She also recorded the song in Portuguese, Spanish & Greek so far. my favourite version is the Spanish one. It has such a melancholic feeling

thanks to http://eurovisionbelgrade2008.blogspot.com/

Jelena Tomasevic - Adios amor (Spanish)

Madona's hard candy 30" preview

The most of you guys will know it , the 30" preview of the album is all around;

So does te FAKE full album leaks .. here you can listen to the 30" samplers.

Madonna - Hard Candy (Album Sampler)

pre order the album in your (online) Store

Mariah Carey - E=MC² album review

With all the excitement of Madonna's new album, we almost will forget that Mariah also is releasing a new one E=MC² it's called. Don't like the first single . touch my body, so I'm a bit curious what the album will sound like. Here's the ROLLING STONE review

Mariah Carey embraces her extremes:

She's either grinding out R&B-hop or singing syrupy ballads,

talking dirty or cuddling with a Hello Kitty.

Her tenth studio album is no different: It starts in a club and ends in a church.

Carey tries on reggae with Damian Marley's scorching "Cruise Control" cameo,

conjures a text-message title for Swizz Beatz's flute-loopy "O.O.C." ("out of control")

and dials cool Seventies soul with "I'm That Chick"

(where she compares herself to ice cream, Tupac and a blunt).

She sounds the freshest when she fires up her Tommy Mottola resentment on the bumpy, Young Jeezy-assisted "Side Effects" and lives the high life on Danja's hard-hitting head-nodder, "Migrate," which dabs her vocal with Auto-Tune.

But nearly every song confines Carey to four-note verses,

offering little room for her glorious range,

and the six ballads are drenched in yearbook-quote lyrics that never quite work themselves into the froth of The Emancipation of Mimi.

Yet 2008's Mimi is also about redemption, and she brings it on the closer, "I Wish You Well," proving all she needs is a piano and a few Bible verses to save somebody — most likely herself. (CARYN GANZ Rolling stone)

Lene Alexandra My Boobs are OK!

Another Scandinavian song from Lene Alexandra , My boobs are OK!. For me personally I like the video, but don't particular like the song

official site : Lene Alexandra - Intro

The New Robyn video Whos that Girl

Scandinavian pop music I love it, Robyn had a major radio hit with the song With every Heartbeat. here's the new video Who's that Girl

It will be Available to download on April 14Th

physical CD single release on April 28Th

And for the Memory Here's with Every Heart beat again , A great 80's early 90's feeling

official website : Robyn Official Site-

Warning for my readers

I just want to tell you if you read the comments and see the name Fenridal please do not click the link !!! it leads to malicious content.

Artist Flashback Eurythmics

Eurythmics were one of the most successful duos to emerge in the early '80s. Where most of their British synth pop contemporaries disappeared from the charts as soon as new wave faded away in 1984, Eurythmics continued to have hits until the end of the decade, making vocalist Annie Lennox a star in her own right, as well as establishing instrumentalist Dave Stewart as a successful, savvy producer and songwriter. Originally, the duo channelled the eerily detached sound of electronic synthesizer music into pop songs driven by robotic beats. By the mid-'80s, singles like "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" and "Here Comes the Rain Again" had made the group into international stars, and the group had begun to experiment with their sound, delving into soul and R&B. As the decade wore on, the duo's popularity eroded somewhat -- by the late '80s, they were having trouble cracking the Top 40 in America, although they stayed successful in the U.K. During the early '90s, Eurythmics took an extended hiatus, as both Lennox and Stewart pursued solo careers.The origins of Eurythmics lay in the Tourists, a British post-punk band of the late '70s formed by Lennox and Stewart.

The pair met in London while she was studying at the Royal Academy of Music. Stewart had recently broken up his folk-rock group Longdancer and was writing songs with guitarist Pete Coombes. Immediately after meeting, Stewart and Lennox became lovers and musical partners, forming a group called Catch with Coombes, which quickly evolved into the Tourists in 1979. Though the band only was together for two years, the Tourists released three albums -- The Tourists, Reality Effect, and Luminous Basement -- which all were moderate hits in England; two of their singles, "I Only Want to Be With You" and "So Good to Be Back Home Again," became Top Ten hits.During 1980, Lennox and Stewart's romantic relationship dissolved and, along with it, so did the Tourists. Though they were no longer lovers, Lennox and Stewart decided to continue performing together under the name Eurythmics and headed to Germany to record their debut album. Featuring support from various members of Can and Blondie drummer Clem Burke, among others, the duo's debut, In the Garden, was released in 1981 to positive reviews, but weak sales.

Eurythmics' debut album, In the Garden, is the missing link between the work of the Tourists, who included both Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox, and 1983's commercial breakthrough, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This). Co-produced by Kraftwerk producer Conny Plank at his studio in Cologne, Germany, it has some of the distant, mechanistic feel of the European electronic music movement, but less of the pop sensibility of later Eurythmics. The chief difference is in Lennox's singing; even when the musical bed is appealing, Lennox floats ethereally over it, and the listener doesn't focus on her. As a result, In the Garden wasn't much of a success, though when Eurythmics streamlined their sound and emphasized Lennox's dominating voice on subsequent releases, they found mass popularity. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Following the failure of In the Garden, Stewart set up a home studio and Eurythmics recorded a second album, Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), which was released in 1983."Love Is a Stranger" was the first British single pulled from the album, and it became a minor hit in the fall of 1982, a few months before the LP appeared. The title track was released as a single in the spring, and it rocketed to number two on the U.K. charts; shortly afterward, it climbed to number one on the American charts. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" was helped enormously by its stylish, androgynous video, which received heavy airplay from MTV, who had only recently become a major influence within the music industry. After "Sweet Dreams," Eurythmics re-released "Love Is a Stranger" and it reached the U.K.

Top Ten (number 23 U.S.), beginning a string of hit singles that ran for a year. Touch, the duo's third album, was released toward the end of 1983 and continued their success throughout 1984, spawning the hits "Who's That Girl?" (number three, U.K.; number 21, U.S.), "Right by Your Side" (number ten, U.K.; number 29, U.S.),

and "Here Comes the Rain Again" (number eight, U.K.; number four U.S.). During the course of 1984, Annie Lennox's theatrical gender-bending was becoming increasingly notorious, which helped their record sales.

Artist Flashback Eurythmics part II

At the end of the year, they released the soundtrack for the film adaptation of 1984, which received poor reviews and sales, despite the Top Ten U.K. placing of its single, "Sexcrime

(Nineteen Eighty-Four)

"Released in the spring of 1985, Eurythmics' fourth album, Be Yourself Tonight, Eurythmics' most commercially successful and hit-laden album, the duo meticulously blended the new wave electronic elements that dominated their previous sets with the harder straight-edged rock and soul that would dominate later sets to come up with a near-perfect pop album.

This disc scored no less than four hit singles and kept them a mainstay on MTV's play lists during the channel's heyday. Fusing pop, soul, rock, electronic beats, and even gospel, this is arguably the duo's finest moment. The first hit,

"Would I Lie to You," is a straight-forward rocker, complete with great guitar licks, a soulful horn section, and Annie Lennox sounding as vicious and vivacious as ever.

The second single, which was a huge chart topper in Europe, "There Must Be an Angel,"

is nothing short of shimmering beauty, with Lennox providing truly angelic vocals and Stevie Wonder lending an enchanting harmonica solo. Aretha Franklin lends her powerhouse pipes for the duet "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves," which has gone on to become an immortal feminist anthem. From the soulful electronic beats (a rarity) in "It's Alright (Baby's Coming

Back)"

to the beauty of the Elvis Costello duet "Adrian" to the pain and longing of the sorrowful rocker "Better to Have Lost in Love (Than Never to Have Loved at All)," this album runs a wide array of musical styles, each song standing tall on its own two feet. This disc is, without a doubt, one of the best rock/pop albums from the 1980s and one of the grandest, most creative albums delivered by the ever-appealing and innovative duo of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart. A true classic. ~ Jose Promis, All Music Guide .

Revenge, released the following year, followed the R&B and soul inclinations of Be Yourself Tonight to a harder-rocking conclusion. Though the album peaked at number 12 in the U.S. and spawned the number 14 hit "Missionary Man,"

its sales were noticeably weaker than its predecessor. In the U.K., the group was slightly more

popular --

"Thorn in My Side" reached the Top Ten -- but it was evident that the group was past the point of its peak popularity.

Artist Flashback Eurythmics part III

As appropriate for a group passing their commercial pinnacle, Eurythmics began branching out into other areas. During 1985 and 1986, Dave Stewart produced a number of superstars, including Bob Dylan, Daryl Hall, Tom Petty, and Mick Jagger. Annie Lennox began a short-lived acting career, appearing in Revolution.

Eurythmics reconvened in 1987 to release Savage, which was greeted with mixed reviews and weak sales.

If Revenge, Eurythmics' fifth album, marked a slight fall-off in the group's commercial and artistic accomplishments, Savage, their sixth collection, confirmed that decline. In the U.S., the album failed to generate a substantial hit single





(though both "I Need a Man" and "You Have Placed a Chill in My Heart" charted) and sold poorly compared to previous efforts. In the more faithful U.K., the album hit the Top Ten and spun off four chart singles, but none that matched earlier hits. Musically, Eurythmics for the most part abandoned the more conventional pop/rock they recently had been pursuing, returning to the synthesized dance music and arch tone of their early hit "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).

" (Revenge had credited a rock band backing -- guitar, drums, etc. -- Savage simply noted, "All programming by Olle Romo.") But they still seemed less inspired than before, and when a song came up called, "Do You Want to Break-Up?," it was hard to avoid thinking that the title had more to do with the group's future than with romance. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide




That same year, Stewart married Siobhan Fahey, a former member of Bananarama who had also appeared in the "Love Is a Stranger" video; she would later be a member of Shakespear's Sister, which was produced by Stewart. In 1988, Lennox had a hit duet with Al Green with "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," taken from the Scrooged soundtrack.