Chance Meeting
Friday August 16th, 2024 with Heavy Ben
Coversions XIV: Madonna / Italians Do It Better
Chance meeting on a holiday of a groove and a lucky star
covers | versions | edits | dubs | remixes
Happy 66th birthday to Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, born today in Bay City, Michigan, USA
(she was raised in the Detroit suburbs)
This is a radio show about a t-shirt from 1986
That inspired a record label to form in 2006
That released a record in 2024
As a tribute to the label's muse and the influence that her music has had on the world around us
Playing versions of songs from an album released in 1983
I am talking about the New York label "Italians Do It Better"
That is based on Madonna's t-shirt in the "Papa Don't Preach" video
Label head honcho and executive producer Johnny Jewel collected 20 covers
From 10 different countries
Italians Do It Better is one of my favourite record labels from the past 20 years
Madonna's 1983 debut album and period singles are wistful and nostalgic to me
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| Who's That Girl (Instrumental) Madonna - Who's That Girl (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Sire - 1987 |
| The centerpiece of today's show is a reconstruction of Madonna's debut album from 1983. Here are the 8 tracks - in their original playing in order - in various coversions. |
| Lucky Star The Pirate Biker [orig. Madonna] - (single) - Sampleforge White Label - 2017 |
| Borderline Bark Bark Disco [orig. Madonna] - Italians Do It Better - Italians Do It Better - 2024 |
| Burnin' Up (Mike Watt Original Demo) Ciccone Youth [orig. Madonna] - 12" - Blast Frist - 1986 |
| I Know It (Paulstretch version) Madonna - (not on album) - (orig Sire - 1983) |
| Holiday Sally Shapiro [orig. Madonna] - Italians Do It Better - Italians Do It Better - 2024 |
| Think Of Me (Instrumental) Madonna - (not on album) - (orig Sire - 1983) |
| Physical Attraction (Instrumental) Madonna - (not on album) - (orig Sire - 1983) |
| Everybody Ariel Pink [orig. Madonna] - Archevil - Glue Moon - 2021 |
| Reggae versions, Sonic Youth, further tracks from the excellent Italians Do It Better collection
... including Max Kamin (as Club Intl) - the son of New York DJ Mark Kamin, who helped Madonna break through in the early 1980s |
| Like A Virgin Marlene Johnson [orig. Madonna] - Best Of Reggae Lounge - Chet Records - 2013 |
| Angel Desire [orig. Madonna] - Italians Do It Better - Italians Do It Better - 2024 |
| Into The Groovey Ciccone Youth [orig. Madonna] - 12" - Blast Frist - 1986 |
| La Isla Bonita (Isola Bella Riddim) Adro C [orig. Madonna] - (single) - Adytum Productions - 2022 |
| Lucky Star Club Intl [orig. Madonna] - Italians Do It Better - Italians Do It Better - 2024 |
| Everybody (Dub Version) Madonna - 12" - Sire, Warner Bros. - 1982 |
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Madonna??? On ckcu??? And after Dylans show??? No freaking way ??? You gotta be kidding me. This is the apocalypse. Im tuning out .bye
3:04 PM, August 16th, 2024