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Rating: In 2001, Madonna releases her second greatest hits, "Ghv2" (standing for Greatest Hits Volume 2), an ideal follow-up to "The Immaculate Collection", the best of which compiled her hits from the '80s.
No new tracks are added: Mrs. Ciccone mentioned in an online interview that adding new tracks in a collection of hits would be a cheat for the fans. Good point: it's a pity that in the first greatest hits there were actually two new tracks, one of which, "Justify My Love", was a mega success, staying at the top of the U.S. singles chart for two weeks.
The album still remains a summary of the best offered by Madonna in the '90s: from the sexual phase of "Erotica" to the warm rhythms of "Bedtime Story", moving through the spirituality of "Ray of Light", and concluding with all three singles from "Music". Additionally, it includes "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" which Madonna performed for the musical "Evita" and "Beautiful Stranger", which Madonna composed for the film "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me". It is particularly pleasing to see this last track included in the tracklist, as it had never been published on any of Madonna's albums but only as a single or on the film's soundtrack.
The booklet contains thousands of small photographs capturing Madonna in her numerous transformations, placed there to emphasize her chameleon nature. "Ghv2" entered the top 10 worldwide and sold more than six million copies.
P.S. = I am reading your opinions on my reviews. Obviously, everyone can appreciate them or not, but what has negatively struck me is the attitude toward pop music.
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1) if a metalhead or rocker doesn't want to read things about Madonna because they consider her musically rubbish, they can skip the reading without leaving superficial judgments laced with swear words and a very poor knowledge of the Italian language.
2) serious pop music is as valid as rock. Dismissing it as "useless" is ignorant. I suggest reading something on Andy Warhol, as well as musical and non-musical aesthetics, to gain a more open and prejudice-free idea about art.
3) I listen to a lot of music, mainly pop and pop-rock, as well as some forays into rock, in addition to classical music. I place no limits on my thirst for knowledge: considering everything that is pop as low, inferior, or useless is really short-sighted.
I added this small message because I could no longer endure the comments saying "Madonna is pop, what's the point of reviews on her?" or similar. It's really too much on a music review site, which would lose credibility by excluding artists from its range of reviews.
Tracklist and Lyrics
07 The Power of Good-Bye (04:12)
Your heart is not open, so I must go
The spell has been broken, I loved you so
Freedom comes when you learn to let go
Creation comes when you learn to say no
You were my lesson, I had to learn
I was your fortress, you had to burn
Pain is a warning that something's wrong
I pray to God that it won't be long
Do you wanna go higher
There's nothing left to try
There's no place left to hide
There's no greater power
Than the power of goodbye
Your heart is not open, so I must go
The spell has been broken, I loved you so
You were my lesson, I had to learn
I was your fortress
There's nothing left to lose
There's no more heart to bruise
There's no greater power
Than the power of goodbye
Learn...to...say...good...bye
I yearn...to...say...good...bye
There's nothing left to try
There's no more places to hide
There's no greater power
Than the power of goodbye
There's nothing left to lose
There's no more heart to bruise
There's no greater power
Than the power of good-bye
15 Music (03:45)
(Hey, Mister D.J.
Put a record on
I wanna dance with my baby)
Do you like to boogie-woogie
Do you like to boogie-woogie
Do you like my Acid Rock
Hey Mister D.J., put a record on
I wanna dance with my baby
And when the music starts, I never wanna stop
It's gonna drive me crazy
Music
Chorus:
Music makes the people come together
[Never gonna stop]
Music makes the bourgeoisie and the rebel
[Never gonna stop]
Don't think of yesterday
And I don't look at the clock
I like to boogie-woogie, uh, uh
It's like riding on the wind
And it never goes away
Touches everything I'm in
Got to have it everyday
(chorus)
Hey Mister D.J.
[Never wanna stop]
Do you like to boogie-woogie
Do you like to boogie-woogie
Do you like to boogie-woogie
Do you like my Acid Rock
Hey Mister D.J.
Put a record on
I wanna dance with my baby
And when the music starts
I never wanna stop
It's gonna drive me crazy
Uh, uh, uh
(chorus)
Do you like to boogie-woogie
Do you like to boogie-woogie
Do you like to boogie-woogie
Do you like my Acid Rock
(repeat and fade)
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