Madonna signed many great rock bands with Maverick Records, including Alanis Morrisette, Deftones, Erasure, The Prodigy, Candlebox, Marilyn Manson, Soundgarden, Korn, Nine Inch Nails, Michelle Branch, Muse, Ministry, Solar Twins and Bad Brains, among many others. Not many people are aware of this but Madonna was behind most of the underground rock bands in the 90's 🤘🏻🎸
And none of them sound anything like Madonna which was the biggest difference between Maverick and Paisley Park studios....As much as I enjoy Prince, many of the artists on his label ended up kind of being an extension of the whole Prince package.
@@jonevan580 Madonna was more successful with the label then Prince, the proof was with Alanis Morisette, it's was a massive selling during the 90's and ''Jagged Little Pill'' was one of the best selling albums of all time.
I love that you react to the interviews from each era to help understand where Madonna’s head was at during each album. It’s always interesting to hear her talk. As a huge Madonna fan I look forward to your reactions as you go through her journey. Your understanding and appreciation of her is awesome. X
Same, so agreed. Thats why i dont want to rush and leave out interviews. I get fans want more Madonna reactions and wanna get to Bedtime Stories etc but theres many really interesting interviews for Erotica. We should not skip them.
Mavewick received more underground artists and she sign artist to give her chance.. Madonna was more oriented at the underground at 90's, this is the reason this record company signed more independants or underground artist. Her most successful artist of this record company was when she signed Alanis Morrisette in 1995 after she dropped her old label. This was the most successful artist of the label. Her album ''Jagged Little Pill'' was released with Madonna record company, it's massive and one of the 20 best selling albums of all time (32 millions since her released and included in a lot of book has one of the best albums of all-time). Depist Bedtime Stories was in majority pop and RnB, she made few songs who it's made the lead in to her sound of ''Ray of Light''.
What people forget is that Maverick was a company that consist of a record company and a music publishing company, and television, film, merchandising and book-publishing divisions. 'The Sex Book was released under Maverick as well.
Speaking of "shrimping" I have a funny memory for you. When the Erotica album came out both the CD and Cassette came with a fold-out booklet that had all of the lyrics, plus had blurred-out pictures from the Sex book. You really had to kind of use your imagination to figure out what you were seeing. The back cover photo was the one of Madonna sucking on a toe (except blurry). One day my friend was looking through some music and found this CD. He flipped it over, looked at the back cover and said, "Oh look, she's eating a taco!" Everybody in the room started dyin and it still comes up sometimes in conversation 😆
There's a group she signed in the late 90s called Baxter..they have an album called Baxter and their second album is called About This...both are great albums..they were on Maverick also..
@@EmpressReacts I love both of their albums, also Alanis put out a new album a couple of years ago, which is pretty good.. and also a remix EP called Such Pretty Forks In The Mix
One thing I’ll always credit Madonna for is introducing me to directors, films and artists I’d never heard of. Empress you need to look up Cindy Sherman - not that I think she is amazing - but because you will see the influence she had on Madonna going forward. Frida Kahlo is another, but I think she’s brought her up before ✌️
Madonna is the epitome of the American dream. She started from the bottom… In the beginning she was not heralded or even thought of as “talented. Empress 💯 about the sadness, it’s lonely at the top for real.
I do enjoy Johnathan Ross in general, and in this interview in particular. It’s so refreshing to see a man reveal himself and his own investment in the “porn” aspect of the art she’s made. That fantasy of voyeurism that depends on fooling oneself that we are privy to the true act by the actual person, when we know that of course it’s an act. Truth is an ingredient of art making, but the process of making art is inherently ARTificial. The words artifice and art are so closely related they’re almost twins. Oscar Wilde once said that art is the lie that reveals the truth. One of my all time favourite quotes. That shift when she looks at Mr Ross with impatient exasperation for a moment, then side eyes him with a look that almost appears hurt. She is so self possessed, so intelligent, genuinely interested and interesting, but those flickers of vulnerability or restless mood are also key to her appeal as an interview subject. Given an intelligent, respectful interviewer, she is introspective, courageous, sometimes impulsive, often wise, always riveting.
Empress, I hope you remembered to Google Cindy Sherman! Her self portrait photographs are amazing! Sometimes shocking or grotesque but fascinating in the way the character portrayed in each photograph is so fully developed. And she works totally alone....acting as set designer, make up artist (often with prosthetics) costume designer, model and photographer. I love her work! Cindy Sherman, however, is able to "disappear" in her characters. She's a very "average" looking person irl and totally unrecognizable in her work. Madonna, obviously, doesn't achieve that with Sex. And I believe I did read some Anais Nin after this interview. A 1930s era French writer who published her diaries of bohemian life as well as erotica (I don't think the erotica was published until after she died)
GREAT REACTION EMPRESS!! By this time Madonna's "business side" was definitely more apparent, which is why I think she seems more serious and comes off as bossy; which in turn makes her look less jovial and playful. However, I do not detect in her this sadness you keep talking about. I'm not saying you're wrong, I just fail to see it. I do see some "vailed anger" that causes her to be on defense more often than ever before, but that is obviously due to the back lash she got from the press during this era. Having said that, being angry for extended periods of time does lead to sadness so you may be right after all.
@@EmpressReacts Oh I see, so it's not just in this era. I wasn't aware of that, but like I said, you may be right. But just out of curiosity: Do you detect it in her voice, her facial expressions or is it just a vibe you get from her?? I ask this because now that I think about it, there is a future interview in the pre Evita era that might prove you right. (One of her Best ever)
She did make some adjustments to the original lyrics, so I guess that is what she meant. There are several videos out there in which Madonna acknowledges Ingrid Chavez as the writer.
Please react to “Madonna - Erotica Promotion - 60 Minutes Australia Interview, 1992”. The man interviewing her is overtly misogynistic. Madonna remains patient and playful. She totally flips the script. The man becomes so irritated and flustered. At one point he asks someone to turn the heat up in the room so she can comfortably remove her top. It's unreal.
EMPRESS GIRL…. PLEASE DO NOT react to the Ruby Wax interview. It’s too painful to watch and all about Ruby trying to be funny and constantly interrupting M. Totally cringeworthy.
Hi. Been with you since you began this incredible journey and I appreciate your dedication and understanding of a very difficult subject. Seeing these old interviews again is educational. She seems very vulnerable and there is an air of sadness and melancholy in a lot of her interviews(especially during this time)and like you said a sense of insecurity and a lack of validation for what she has done and achieved. Her steel gaze wasn't so impenetrable and I think that all the intense criticism and condemnation and misunderstanding and judgement hurt her very much and made her doubt herself and what she was doing. There is an enormous price to be paid for standing up like that with conviction and confidence and putting yourself out there like that. She knew this all too well at this point in her career and life. If only she knew how much she was admired and respected and appreciated for what she had created and meant for ppl that she gave a voice to and gave hope to and gave inspiration to to live their lives as they saw fit without shame or doubt or hesitation. She was beat down so much and judged so severely and unfairly that she set up many defense mechanisms to help her cope with the onslaught of a relentless and poisonous public mostly out to destroy and dissolve her and her art and what she had single handedly created out of thin air through hard work, talent, smarts and determination.j
Madonna signed many great rock bands with Maverick Records, including Alanis Morrisette, Deftones, Erasure, The Prodigy, Candlebox, Marilyn Manson, Soundgarden, Korn, Nine Inch Nails, Michelle Branch, Muse, Ministry, Solar Twins and Bad Brains, among many others. Not many people are aware of this but Madonna was behind most of the underground rock bands in the 90's 🤘🏻🎸
And none of them sound anything like Madonna which was the biggest difference between Maverick and Paisley Park studios....As much as I enjoy Prince, many of the artists on his label ended up kind of being an extension of the whole Prince package.
I knew about some of these names being under maverick but it’s amazing to see them all listed. Wow!
@@jonevan580 Madonna was more successful with the label then Prince, the proof was with Alanis Morisette, it's was a massive selling during the 90's and ''Jagged Little Pill'' was one of the best selling albums of all time.
Oh wow‼️
You should react to Candlebox. Change, Far Behind, Blossom, Cover Me, Rain. All from their debut album. ❤️
I love that you react to the interviews from each era to help understand where Madonna’s head was at during each album. It’s always interesting to hear her talk. As a huge Madonna fan I look forward to your reactions as you go through her journey. Your understanding and appreciation of her is awesome. X
Thanks! Glad you're still enjoying 🥰
Same, so agreed. Thats why i dont want to rush and leave out interviews. I get fans want more Madonna reactions and wanna get to Bedtime Stories etc but theres many really interesting interviews for Erotica. We should not skip them.
Mavewick received more underground artists and she sign artist to give her chance.. Madonna was more oriented at the underground at 90's, this is the reason this record company signed more independants or underground artist. Her most successful artist of this record company was when she signed Alanis Morrisette in 1995 after she dropped her old label. This was the most successful artist of the label. Her album ''Jagged Little Pill'' was released with Madonna record company, it's massive and one of the 20 best selling albums of all time (32 millions since her released and included in a lot of book has one of the best albums of all-time).
Depist Bedtime Stories was in majority pop and RnB, she made few songs who it's made the lead in to her sound of ''Ray of Light''.
What people forget is that Maverick was a company that consist of a record company and a music publishing company, and television, film, merchandising and book-publishing divisions. 'The Sex Book was released under Maverick as well.
wow! even more boss! great revelation here
Your baby is so beautiful. God bless you and family.
Thank you so much!
🫣Covering the baby eyes! 😆
Eye roll…
@@teralmiles 👌🏾
gots too 😂 this era too wild
National Anthem music video by Lana Del Rey ❤, Off To the Races, Radio…most every song of her Born To Die album will have you hooked
She does some great interviews with Ross over the years.
that's good to know, i like him so far
Speaking of "shrimping" I have a funny memory for you. When the Erotica album came out both the CD and Cassette came with a fold-out booklet that had all of the lyrics, plus had blurred-out pictures from the Sex book. You really had to kind of use your imagination to figure out what you were seeing. The back cover photo was the one of Madonna sucking on a toe (except blurry). One day my friend was looking through some music and found this CD. He flipped it over, looked at the back cover and said, "Oh look, she's eating a taco!" Everybody in the room started dyin and it still comes up sometimes in conversation 😆
😂oh wow
“Would you like to find another Madonna?”
“Well I don’t think that’s possible.”
And yet soooo many have tried
Boom‼️
There's a group she signed in the late 90s called Baxter..they have an album called Baxter and their second album is called About This...both are great albums..they were on Maverick also..
Interesting
@@EmpressReacts I love both of their albums, also Alanis put out a new album a couple of years ago, which is pretty good.. and also a remix EP called Such Pretty Forks In The Mix
Baby Empress look away!! Eventually Madonna does write a couple of children’s books that are much more suitable for Baby Empress. 😂😂
😂😂another unexpected thing I did not expect to hear in this journey
@@EmpressReacts Yeah Madonna has been “all over the shop” as they say! I haven’t read the children’s books but I’ve heard they’re really good.
One thing I’ll always credit Madonna for is introducing me to directors, films and artists I’d never heard of. Empress you need to look up Cindy Sherman - not that I think she is amazing - but because you will see the influence she had on Madonna going forward. Frida Kahlo is another, but I think she’s brought her up before ✌️
Noted!
Great and fun interview.
Madonna is the epitome of the American dream. She started from the bottom… In the beginning she was not heralded or even thought of as “talented. Empress 💯 about the sadness, it’s lonely at the top for real.
Whew‼️You said that 🚀
I do enjoy Johnathan Ross in general, and in this interview in particular. It’s so refreshing to see a man reveal himself and his own investment in the “porn” aspect of the art she’s made. That fantasy of voyeurism that depends on fooling oneself that we are privy to the true act by the actual person, when we know that of course it’s an act. Truth is an ingredient of art making, but the process of making art is inherently ARTificial. The words artifice and art are so closely related they’re almost twins. Oscar Wilde once said that art is the lie that reveals the truth. One of my all time favourite quotes.
That shift when she looks at Mr Ross with impatient exasperation for a moment, then side eyes him with a look that almost appears hurt. She is so self possessed, so intelligent, genuinely interested and interesting, but those flickers of vulnerability or restless mood are also key to her appeal as an interview subject. Given an intelligent, respectful interviewer, she is introspective, courageous, sometimes impulsive, often wise, always riveting.
💯💯
The sadness and insecurities really comes out in Bedtime Stories. More so than Erotica.
Interesting ‼️
Wat! You have an insta? I’ll follow!
This Madonna journey has given me life since day 1.
😂yeah, I was just playing around with it. And now the page is picking up followers
Empress, I hope you remembered to Google Cindy Sherman! Her self portrait photographs are amazing!
Sometimes shocking or grotesque but fascinating in the way the character portrayed in each photograph is so fully developed.
And she works totally alone....acting as set designer, make up artist (often with prosthetics) costume designer, model and photographer.
I love her work!
Cindy Sherman, however, is able to "disappear" in her characters. She's a very "average" looking person irl and totally unrecognizable in her work.
Madonna, obviously, doesn't achieve that with Sex.
And I believe I did read some Anais Nin after this interview. A 1930s era French writer who published her diaries of bohemian life as well as erotica (I don't think the erotica was published until after she died)
I looked her up and your assessment of her is spot on🤯. Looking back at the sex book I see the influence
GREAT REACTION EMPRESS!!
By this time Madonna's "business side" was definitely more apparent, which is why I think she seems more serious and comes off as bossy; which in turn makes her look less jovial and playful. However, I do not detect in her this sadness you keep talking about. I'm not saying you're wrong, I just fail to see it. I do see some "vailed anger" that causes her to be on defense more often than ever before, but that is obviously due to the back lash she got from the press during this era. Having said that, being angry for extended periods of time does lead to sadness so you may be right after all.
I've always detected a sadness in her interviews - perhaps it stems from her mom
@@EmpressReacts
Oh I see, so it's not just in this era. I wasn't aware of that, but like I said, you may be right. But just out of curiosity: Do you detect it in her voice, her facial expressions or is it just a vibe you get from her?? I ask this because now that I think about it, there is a future interview in the pre Evita era that might prove you right. (One of her Best ever)
IF LOOKS COULD KILL 16:46
😂💯
she did NOT write justify my love wich is a well known fact so i dont know why she said that.
She did make some adjustments to the original lyrics, so I guess that is what she meant. There are several videos out there in which Madonna acknowledges Ingrid Chavez as the writer.
Songwriter(s)
Lenny KravitzcIngrid Chavez Madonna
Well she got a writing credit.
Please react to “Madonna - Erotica Promotion - 60 Minutes Australia Interview, 1992”. The man interviewing her is overtly misogynistic. Madonna remains patient and playful. She totally flips the script. The man becomes so irritated and flustered. At one point he asks someone to turn the heat up in the room so she can comfortably remove her top. It's unreal.
What‼️Noted
EMPRESS GIRL…. PLEASE DO NOT react to the Ruby Wax interview. It’s too painful to watch and all about Ruby trying to be funny and constantly interrupting M. Totally cringeworthy.
😂noted
Hi. Been with you since you began this incredible journey and I appreciate your dedication and understanding of a very difficult subject. Seeing these old interviews again is educational. She seems very vulnerable and there is an air of sadness and melancholy in a lot of her interviews(especially during this time)and like you said a sense of insecurity and a lack of validation for what she has done and achieved. Her steel gaze wasn't so impenetrable and I think that all the intense criticism and condemnation and misunderstanding and judgement hurt her very much and made her doubt herself and what she was doing. There is an enormous price to be paid for standing up like that with conviction and confidence and putting yourself out there like that. She knew this all too well at this point in her career and life. If only she knew how much she was admired and respected and appreciated for what she had created and meant for ppl that she gave a voice to and gave hope to and gave inspiration to to live their lives as they saw fit without shame or doubt or hesitation. She was beat down so much and judged so severely and unfairly that she set up many defense mechanisms to help her cope with the onslaught of a relentless and poisonous public mostly out to destroy and dissolve her and her art and what she had single handedly created out of thin air through hard work, talent, smarts and determination.j
dang,,,well said!