Madonna and Others in upcoming iTunes Ad?

[rosalindavenue]

If you aren't a fan of her "music" (and I'm not), you can (perhaps) admire Madonna for savvy marketing and an ability to somehow stay relevant for 20 years while flacking her inferior products. Sound familiar? Madonna should be a spokesperson for Microsoft, not for itunes.

 

[tsaxer]

If you aren't a fan of her "music" (and I'm not), you can (perhaps) admire Madonna for savvy marketing and an ability to somehow stay relevant for 20 years while flacking her inferior products. Sound familiar? Madonna should be a spokesperson for Microsoft, not for itunes.

Here here. But I guess when you're aiming at the mindless drones who think music is all about icon and image, you just shoot for the household names (though 'Madonna' spoken in my household is met with an eerie silence). I still reserve judgement on the phone, but landblasting with a bunch of celebrity endorsements is hardly thinking different.

 

[wdlove]

I also don't think that Madonna us the best person to represent Apple.

 

[Trowaman]

ya know when the first Pepsi ad ran and we heard greenday was doing the song we all went "eww they're an old band and don't deserve to do this for Apple."

Then came American Idiot, one of the best albums of 2004, and SHOULD have won album of the year.

My point is people are bashing Madonna hear and she has a new CD on the way that might be pretty good. WE HAVEN'T HEARD IT YET!

As for last year Pepsi though, while catchy, Gwen Stefani solo album is not good. I like Tragic Kingdom.


Also to the Person who said "Dave Matthews sucks" if you are simply referring to their new album, I'll accept it. Otherwise, "HEY! HEY! HEY! Stop it. Just stop it."

 

[oskar]

Also Jack White especially isn't really big on technology in music, so I don't see why he'd be advertising it. He records all his stuff with no computers and really old equipment. I really don't think the White Stripes would go for something like this.

Someone get him a G5 and Logic Pro please.

 

[Porchland]

Since Madonna is releasing a new album in a month or so, I don't find it hard to believe that she'd be up for some more exposure right about now.

According to her web site, "Confessions on a Dance Floor" comes out November 15, which (curiously) is the week before Black Tuesday.

(Traditionally, several "major" albums come out on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. The Friday after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas shopping season gets into high gear and retailers move their sales into the "black.")

Paul McCartney has an album coming out September 13, which lends a little credence to guesswork that maybe Tuesday's announcement involves The Beatles' catalog. That would be the first Tuesday following the September 7 announcement at the Moscone Center.

 

[Porchland]

Celebs stuffed into a phone booth....sounds like a new reality show. I wonder which one will win.

"Ewww, I think Little Richard farted!"

 

[iAlan]

Moms make the best Dominatrixes

Err, other people's moms ...

I nearly drowned on my OJ after reading your post....funny!

 

[beatle888]

Umm, if Madonna was going to be good for iTMS, it would be because she sold a buttload of music through them. If she can't move song sales, then she doesn't deserve more money that the one hit wonder who likewise can't move massive song sales. If she CAN move song sales, then she gets a significantly larger paycheck by the wonders of multiplication.

I make a lot of money from the company for which I work. It's not because I've been here long; it's because I provide a distinct value to that company. How? My experience with the products is certainly a factor there, as is my general industry experience. At the end of the day, I contribute to more sales of the product, which is logarithmically related to the amount of pay I get over Joe College Graduate stepping through the door.

"Seniority" by itself is not an asset. That having been said, there's a lot of Madonna's catalog that I'd snatch up on a per-song basis. Bad taste, of course, but I revel in it. I just can't stand buying an album of hers for two songs and gritting my teeth through the other ten that have no emotional or otherwise significance to me. As it is, she loses out on my sales, and iTMS gets the same budget allocation regardless, and I'm probably better off in discovering a new artist I'd never heard of than indulging my reminisces anyways

its not about what madonna can sell now. its about memories and a name that defines super stardom. she doesnt have to sell anything anymore. her past will always resonate....damn i sound like a fan...which im not but i wll not deny that shes hot and famous and will always be an icon to what a star is regardless of what she sells.

 

[jhomayne]

This sounds totally stupid.

I also don't think The White Stripes would get involved with this kind of thing at all. It would be a very sellout type move (not that that's really bad, but it doesn't seem like something the band would do).

Also Jack White especially isn't really big on technology in music, so I don't see why he'd be advertising it. He records all his stuff with no computers and really old equipment. I really don't think the White Stripes would go for something like this.

apparently he's writing a song for Coca-Cola as well.

 

[spencecb]

Threads such as this one always amuse me...Whenever there is a company that is involved somehow with Apple, there are people that post things that make it sound like Apple is involved with every aspect of the connection. This is not an Apple commercial, so those of you that are saying Madonna should not represent Apple, well, you got what you wanted because she is not. In a sense, she is representing Motorola, since it is a Motorola product and commercial. And its perfectly understandable why Madonna would want to do something like this, she has her new album Confessions on a Dance Floor that comes out in about a month and a half. Why wouldn't she want to be out there in the public eye as much as she can? It gets people talking and interested. And one more thing, to the person who posted that there will be a Madonna iPod, there already was one, remember? You could get an iPod that was "signed" by Madonna on the back, when Apple first came out with the lazer-engraving.

 

[ZorPrime]

Madonna is enought to keep me away!

I wasn't interested in the first place... Now i am definitely NOT interested!

I wonder if their ads are going to have "I Stay Away" (Alice in Chains)? That would be the first time I actually would heed an ad...

 

[GlamTech]

Madonna on iTunes

Confessions and Hung Up on iTunes
Posted: 06 September 2005
madonnalicious.com has received this information about iTunes and the release of Madonna's new single and album:

Madonna's new single Hung Up will be available via download from Apple's iTunes Music Store a week before it's sold in retail outlets.

The full album will be released at the Apple iTunes Music Store a day in advance of retail stores with a bonus song that's not to be included on the CD.

 

[iApollo]

Confessions and Hung Up on iTunes
Posted: 06 September 2005
madonnalicious.com has received this information about iTunes and the release of Madonna's new single and album:

Madonna's new single Hung Up will be available via download from Apple's iTunes Music Store a week before it's sold in retail outlets.

The full album will be released at the Apple iTunes Music Store a day in advance of retail stores with a bonus song that's not to be included on the CD.

I can't wait!!

And I am sure that the rest of her catalog will be added later.

 

[MarkCollette]

I can't wait!!

And I am sure that the rest of her catalog will be added later.

This will be my first iTMS purchase

 

[MontyZ]

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