Deep Dive - Deeper and Deeper (part1)

FromInside The Groove - Madonna’s Music

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Deep Dive - Deeper and Deeper (part1)

FromInside The Groove - Madonna’s Music

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25 minutes

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Feb 15, 2021

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One of Madonna's most loved songs, from its origin on a cassette played to Madonna in Chicago, through to being a high;ight of the Erotica album. This episode discusses everything from Castanets to Plagiarism, via a record shop in Paris.

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Feb 15, 2021

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The story behind Madonna’s most famous songs Each episode focuses on a particular track or era and discusses the creative process and how the song was received. With reference to the videos and live performances, the episode often plays snippets from the song’s multitrack session.

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Bonus Beats: Vogue / Babylon: Has Lady Gaga ripped of Madonna? That's what some fans are saying... so I'm hot off the line to NYC where I spoke to Tony Shimkin, the man who recorded and edited Vogue and wrote several other songs with Madonna for the definitive word. by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
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Deep Dive: Ray of Light: Second single and title track of Madonna's Grammy award-winning album, Ray of Light also features a stunning vocal performance from the singer. Its origin dates back to a 1971 British folk song which was dramatically reworked by producer William Orbit. by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
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Deep Dive: Express Yourself: One of Madonna's first songs. Hear how it was written, how it was recorded, what the people behind the song think of it and we also go there... down the Lady GaGa route but not before examining what song Madonna was "influenced" by. Plus there are a few ... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
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Deep Dive: Vogue: Madonna's 'Vogue' is 30 years old and one of the singer's most popular hits. But did you know it was recorded as a b-side? Did you know that it's backing track is based on a Janet Jackson song? And do you want to hear studio outtakes from the original 19... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
24 min listen
Bonus Beats: Open Your Heart by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
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Deep Dive: Give It 2 Me: Second single from the album Hard Candy, Madonna's co-write and co-sing with Pharrell Williams, has stood the test of time as we deep dive into this 2008 single, listening to demos, multitrack takes and a brief tutorial on pitch correction. by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
22 min listen
Deep Dive: Justify My Love: The song that closed one era of Madonna's career and began another and it still sounds fresh almost 30 years later. Shrouded in controversy, not least of all for its video, which was banned from MTV, but for the fact that three separate legal cases were ... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
21 min listen
Deep Dive: Open Your Heart: The fourth single from Madonna's hugely acclaimed and highly successful album, True Blue, started out as a demo for Cyndi Lauper. But the writers of the track have very different stories about its origins. Listen to a demo along with studio takes from th... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
24 min listen
Deep Dive: Borderline: Borderline was key in launching Madonna's career and this is the story of, not only the artist's signing to Sire records, but the recording with producer Reggie Lucas. Included is a demo recording, isolated track from the session and a brief history of a... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
25 min listen
Deep Dive: Die Another Day: The 20th movie in the James Bond franchise was released on 007's 40th movie anniversary and who better to write the theme tune than Madonna? Die Another Day was also a sneak peak of her upcoming new album, American Life, which would be released a few mon... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
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Deep Dive: Music: The song that would hit no.1 in over 20 countries was seen as a "success for avant garde music" by the track's co-writer and producer Mirwais as it heralded a new era for the superstar. But how and where was the song recorded? Listen to not only a rarely... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
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Deep Dive: Live To Tell: The first single from True Blue was also the main song from husband Sean Penn's movie 'At Close Range'. The story behind the writing and recording with collaborator Patrick Leonard is as dramatic as the film itself and, by listening to the isolated track... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
23 min listen
Deep Dive: Hung Up: What happens when you combine Madonna with Stuart Price and ABBA? You get one of the most fantastic pop songs of all time and as her highest-selling digital single, a great commercial success too. The song's origin was as part of a musical written by Luc... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
23 min listen
Interview: Lucy O’Brien: Lucy is author of the definitive biography of Madonna, Like An Icon, which charts the singers career and includes interviews with many of the key players from Madonna's times in the studio and on the road. Here, she discusses the book, her research and h... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
30 min listen
Deep Dive: Living For Love: This stunning house pop track launched the Rebel Heart era, but this time with a controversy not of Madonna's making as it was rushed out early following a leak of 13 songs from Madonna's new project. But this is an opportunity to explore the creation of... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
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Deep Dive: Into The Groove: The ultimate 1980s dance tracks and one of the finest musical compositions and productions of all time. Yet 'Into The Groove' couldn't be simpler and this podcast discusses the lead up to its recording, including Madonna's inspiration for the lyrics alon... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
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Promo: Inside The Groove Trailer: Madonna has sold 300 million records worldwide in a career fast approaching 40 years, but people only talk about the scandals and never the music. Here at Inside The Groove, we break it down... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
1 min listen
Interview: Darren Hayes: In this special episode, I chat with Madonna fan, musician, and singer Darren Hayes, about his love of the icon and the story behind his astonishing cover of her song Ray of Light. Darren describes the time he met Madonna and gives an in depth appraisal ... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
31 min listen
Deep Dive - Don‘t Tell Me: Yee-haw! Get ready to line dance in celebration of that folky piece of electronica. But also to hear some of the songs which didn't make the final cut for the Music album on its release in 2000. by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
25 min listen
Promo: Series 2: Get a sneak peak of some of the songs and subject to be covered in 2021. by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
2 min listen
Interview: Tony Shimkin: Tony was the composer of so many tracks on Erotica which he discusses in great detail along with his experiences on the songs Vogue, This Used To Be My Playground, Rescue Me and the mixing of Immaculate Collection. There are some terrific recollections h... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
39 min listen
Deep Dive: Bedtime Story: Penned by Bjork and British producers Nellee Hooper and Marius De Vries, this song would be the turning point for Madonna as she moved from commercial music to a more avant garde sound. The podcast also talks about the jettisonned follow up to Erotica re... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
22 min listen
Deep Dive: Erotica: The song that flagposted Madonna's most controversial era, released in conjunction with her fifth studio album of the same name and her collection of erotic photographs called Sex. Erotica went through many versions before becoming the final piece of mus... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
22 min listen
Album Deep Dive - 13 - American Life: Hear about the recording of this album including unreleased tracks, the demo of Nothing Fails, individual elements from Love Profusion and, of course, the very distinctive album artwork. by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
43 min listen
Album Deep Dive - 10 - Something To Remember: The story behind Madonna's third compilation LP, including the songs I Want You and You'll See. Plus you can hear some unreleased tracks from that period and find out all the info on the beautiful Testino cover... plus, what was the original title and pl... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
40 min listen
Something To Remember - Gareth Jones: Excuse the sentimentality - here's an interview with my husband, about his favourite Madonna songs... and also a chance for me to answer the Something To Remember questions. by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
23 min listen
Bonus Beats: Sorry: A demo of this 2005 song has leaked with quite different verses, so here's a chance to hear it and find out a little more about how it ended up on the internet. by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
6 min listen
Live Performances: Vogue (teaser): A teaser for the patron-only episode about the live versions of Vogue including rare rehearsal audio and examples of the many iterations of the song. by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
2 min listen
Deep Dive - Cherish: The third single from Madonna's Like A Prayer album had its origins in Madonna's Broadway dressing room. But it was the second song she'd written with the title Cherish. Find out about that unreleased track, hear the demo for Cherish and discover new and... by Inside The Groove - Madonna’s Music
22 min listen

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