How's that song go again? 4 minutes

Madonna inspires fierce loyalty from her devotees. While her upcoming album Hard Candy isn't out in the US until 4/29, fans have been rabid about spreading the word on Mother's next coming. While the lead off single, 4 minutes (w/ Justin Timberlake), was officially available as a digital download last Tuesday, copies have been passed back and forth like the bird flu (those darn internets!)


To conquer the US market, she's enlisted all of Virginia (or at least its producers: Timbaland, Pharrell, Danja, etc.) to help craft an R&B/pop sound (UPDATED):


25 years in the business and we get *this* as the opening salvo for her last jaunt with Warner Bros.?

As other reviews have noted (particularly this one from Rich at fourfour), it's Promiscuous (which came out in 2006) + Lose My Breath (2004!!!). Not exactly trailblazing -- but then again, how do you remain the vanguard when you're approaching 50?

But to get back to the lyrics...uhm....hunh?

C'mon boy, I've been waitin' for somebody to pick up my strobe
(C'mon boy, I've been waitin' for somebody to pick up my stroll) <-- actual lyric! or later in the chorus... Keep it up, keep it up, don't be a prig, you gotta get 'em a...hut (Keep it up, keep it up, don't be afraid, you gotta get it line, hop!) I mean, I guess it's about the music, because even w/ lyrics posted online (see here) I *still* don't know what they're talking about...???

Of course the lyrics could be read as Madge passing the pop wand to Princess Justine, but...is it that serious?

UPDATE: So the video's out -- uhm, what's w/ the homage to Damien Hirst?

How's that song go again? Caribbean Queen

Amazing how videos found on YouTube can unlock warm, tucked away memories. Sometimes you're able to look at these moments from a sober perspective, gained out of hard-fought "maturity". Other times, you're still as lost as you were when you were 10.

Case in point: Caribbean Queen, Billy Ocean's snazzy hit from 1984.



I mean...what is he saying???

She touched by me...and blamed it on jeans
(She dashed by me in painted-on jeans)

Even though you can now find correct lyrics to songs via numerous websites (such as this one), sometimes it's more fun not knowing...