Madonna
Who’s That Girl (Extended Version)
Causing A Commotion (Silver Screen Mix)
Express Yourself (Non-Stop Express Mix)
Express Yourself (Stop + Go Dubs Mix)
I think I’ve posted rips of all of these before, save for maybe the extended remix of “Who’s That Girl,” but I’m also fairly certain that those old rips were taken from old, used vinyl. These rips were taken from CDs (that were also old and used) and sound much better than my  vinyl rips. Don’t get me wrong, I think that my old vinyl rips sounded damn good, but they got nothing on some crystal clear, not-too-loud, of-the-era CD masters. I should rename this blog “The Lost CD Player” and dedicate myself to tracking down and posting tracks from rare and out-of-print CDs exclusively. Millennials will have to get some CD nostalgia soon, right? I need to capitalize off of that shit.

Not only are these remixes from CDs, but they’re from tiny CDs! Look how tiny they are!

I don’t own many 3-inch CD singles (most of the times the full-size CD singles have the same remixes on them) but I came across these at a massive Madonna sale and had to buy them. They’re so cute. The only downside to buying 3-inch CD singles (aside from them objectively being a waste of money) is that you have to be careful about what kind of CD player you put them in. My computer’s disc drive is one of those that you feed the discs into and they slide in automatically. If I tried to put a 3-inch CD into that, the CD would never be able to leave. I had to buy an external drive. Anything for my Madonna remixes though.

The best thing about posting stone cold classic Madonna is that I don’t have to try that hard when I write about them. Hey, everyone, “Causing A Commotion” and “Express Yourself” are fucking amazing tracks that are near-perfect examples of 80s pop music, did you know that? Good, I don’t have to say any more about them. These remixes are all also very good as well. Extended versions of perfect pop songs are usually also really good. Funny that. Even the dub mix of “Express Yourself” is good. It has a good breakdown halfway through, and that bassline just slaps so much, that’s all you need.

I feel that “Who’s That Girl” is probably the least beloved of all these tunes. And sure, it doesn’t have the instant hook appeal of “Causing A Commotion” or “Express Yourself” but it’s still a banger of a number, even if the movie it came from is dogshit. It also has a great bassline and the drum sound is fantastic. I’m fairly certain that the song was entirely created with synthesizers and other electronic instruments, but it has a slight, hard-to-explain, organic element or feeling to it, like all great synthpop. There’s a lot going on, lots of sounds, effects, and production, but none of it overpowers the rest. The song isn’t necessarily restrained, but all its elements are.

And it has fake steel drums. I love fake steel drums. Makes me think of Super Mario World.

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