Comments on: MADONNA – “Die Another Day”

By: Richaod

Richaod — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:14:31 +0000

I agree totally – love the fucked-up approach, but even more that it retains a melodic/cinematic edge.

Like the Sigmund Freud line too – but the massive pause before “analyse this” makes it come off as a bit, well, random on first listen.

By: Kat but logged out innit

Kat but logged out innit — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:31:30 +0000

I had a big problem with the vocoded voice at the time – obv that effect is so prevalent these days that it’s barely worth mentioning! I still think the track is pretty thin-sounding though, like it’s missing a bassline (esp compared to the Daft Punk thud of ‘Music’).

The Sigmund Freud line is awesome however.

By: masonic boom

masonic boom — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:12:39 +0000

The squelchy synth line at the end totally *makes* this song for me. (I am such a sucker for squelchy synths.)

By: abx

abx — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:04:49 +0000

Shame about the movie..

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:56:01 +0000

Haha yes, it’s like she’s looked at a few Bond films and thought “Hmm, yes, these are OK but they’d be better if they were about ME”

By: Lex

Lex — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:51:29 +0000

YES! This is probably my favourite post-Erotica Madonna track. It kind of…completely encapsulates her, in a way.

Terrific video, too. Love the way that Bond’s only presence is one frame where he gets casually caught in the crossfire of the two Madonnas, neither of whom notice or acknowledge him.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:54:42 +0000

I think I’m probably just misremembering some old ILX argument! You’re right abt “Don’t Tell Me” of course but the sweetness of the melody is a sticking plaster there on the harshness of the cut-ups.

By: Steve Mannion

Steve Mannion — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:31:59 +0000

I dunno about the Akufen thing really as Mirwais had done a fair bit of the stop/start cut-up trickery already (esp. with acoustic guitar loops e.g. Don’t Tell Me, Naive Song) so it just seemed a continuation of that…unless you mean something else about the production? Point stands tho. It was and is one of her best 00s singles.