Madonna Music:

Music Reviews:
still an excellent tape!
2004-12-11 - [...] I have the version of Music that I was looking for and just wanted to tell you the DEEP DISH US MIX EDIT hardly changed/changes from the original mix edit! Oh well!

This is the US casette (sp?). The UK casette (our tape) includes an exclusive slow remix of MUSIC by Groove Armada, mostly famous for 'I SEE YOU BABY, SHAKIN' THAT ASS...!'

Bye!

cyber-raga
2004-05-19 - It contains 'Music', of course & B-Side, 'Cyber-raga'. It is a great track & sounds like 'Shanghti/Ashanti' from her great-selling album, 'Ray Of Light', which was by far (& still is) madonna's best album. I can not understand what (the hell) she is saying in this song but it's good. You will or should, find lyrics to this song on amazon, or somewhere else. You will also find the English Transilation. Well, other versions of Music (cd-single) include the following.

US Maxi Single:

1 HQ2 Club Mix
2 Calderone Anthem Mix
3 Deep Dish Dot Com Remix
4 Groove Armada 12" Club Mix
5 The Young Collective Club Mix
6 HQ2 Radio Mix
7 Calderone Edit Mix
8 Deep Dish Dot Com Edit Mix
9 Groove Armada BA Mix

Austrailian Imports:

CD1 -
1 Album Version
2 Deep Dish UK Remix (Different to the 'Edit Mix')
3 Groove Armada 7" Mix
4 Deep Dish Dot Com Remix
5 Groove Armada BA mix
6 Groove Armada Bonus Beats
7 Groove Armada 12" Club Mix
Includes Video - Sencored version with blurs !!!

CD2 -
1 Album Version
2 Calderone Edit Mix
3 HQ2 Radio Mix
4 The Young Collective Promo/Radio Mix
5 Calderone Anthem Mix
6 HQ2 Club Mix
7 The Young Collective Club Mix

UK CD1 -
1 Album Version
2 Deep Dish Dot Com Edit Mix
3 Calderone Anthem Mix.

Those are some of the versions I have. This is the version I am now looking for -

UK CD2 -
1 Album Version
2 Groove Armada BA Mix
3 Deep Dish Dot Com US Remix

Why, you ask? For the Deep Dish US Remix. These are all available on CD's, not Cassets(...)

"Cyberraga" is good
2001-10-01 - The reason I buy singles is to get all the non-album tracks that they include. "Music" is a great example. The non-album song, "Cyberraga" is in Sanskrit (like "Shanti/Ashtangi" on "Ray of Light"). It is not very "Music"-like, and the fact that it is in Sanskrit make it more "Ray of Light"-ish.

THE BEST album, not the best single.
2000-11-20 - There's not much left to say about this single. In my opinion, it's not the best "album opener" Madonna has had ("Secret" and "Frozen" were better as first singles). but it does belong to her BEST CD EVER. I know that if "I deserve it" or "Impressive instant" become singles, they will leave "Music" way behind. And the b-side here, "Cyberraga", is amazing. It's NOT Japanese, it's Sanscrit, just like "Shanti Ashtangi" was (the confusion started because it's a bonus track in the japanese and australian versions). You should all buy it before this song gets lost in time and becomes really rare.

The finest single this year
2000-10-18 - When this single first leaked out on the Net, people were quick to say that it was the end of Madonna's career and that 'Music', the single and album would sink without a trace. Now that the single has been the US No. 1 for 4 weeks in a row, and now that the 'Music' album has debuted at No. 1 on the US and UK album chart, we can quietly brush aside the views of those naive fools, and get down to the music. And what a song it is.

For those of you with cash to spare, dont hesitate in getting the Maxi-CD single of this song. It contains over 72 MINUTES of music, and is quite a bargain for the price.

This CD single also contains the infamous Sanskrit song only available in Japanese editions (whats with it with Madonna and Japan? The Ray of Light album in Japan had one extra track not seen in the US called 'Has to be'). Here are the lyrics to 'Cyberraga', which you most likely will find only on amazon.com :

Ohm sri guru bjor namaha Hare Ohm Svastika jabyaha Pari va layanta

Meeahyayna margayna Ma he ma he saha gobra nebyaha Soomastu leetum Nocah samasta Sukino lavantoo Cay yeahna bacha mana sen greeyarva Boodyajmah nava brakri tes bavalvat Cahrohn viel eyat Saka lamparasmai Naray anai aytee samarpayavee Hare Ohm gotsade Hare Ohm gotsade Hare Ohm gotsade Hare Ohm Svastika jabyaha Pari va layantah Meeahyaynah margayna Ma he ma he saha gobra nebyaha Soomastu leetum Nocah samasta Sukino lavantoo Cay yeahna bacha mana sen greeyarva Boodyajmah nava brakri tes bavalvat Cahrohn viel eyat Saka lamparasmai Naray anai aytee samarpayavee Hare Ohm gotsade Hare Ohm gotsade Hare Ohm gotsade Hare Ohm

(Translation) May all be well with mankind May the leaders of the earth in every way Protect the earth by keeping to the right path May there always be goodness For those who know the earth to be sacred May all the world be happy Whatever I do Whether my body, mind, sense, organs, intellect, self Or out of natural inclination I make it all an offering to The all-pervading supreme being

That said, buy the CD!

Kabir Ahamed