GHV2 - 2001
GHV2 was released November 13, 2001. This album
debuted at #7 and that will probably be the highest it will get. There are no
new songs on here and everything is basically edited. Don't Cry for me & Human
Nature are the bad versions. And these aren't 'hits', especially Human Nature,
Bedtime Story, What it feels like for a girl, & Drowned World which wasn't even
released in America! Ofcourse we have the following missing: I'll Remember,
This used to be my Playground, Don't Cry for me argentina DANCE remix, You must
love me, Fever, American Pie, You'll See, & Rain. Even Bad Girl peaked higher
than some of these tracks. I don't know who's responsible for this wanna be
Greatest Hits package. The inside booklet does have a great shit-load of pictures
and a very funny story and the CD design is pretty cool, but they can fit new
songs and some more old ones on this. You can also see that it says GHV2 in
Madonna's eye on the cover.. WOW!..... I predict this to bomb...
We will call this one "The Un-Immaculate Collection".
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BEST 3 SONGS: |
WORST 3 SONGS
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BEST VIDEO:
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BEAUTIFUL STRANGER
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WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL
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BEDTIME STORY
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MUSIC
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DROWNED WORLD
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WORST VIDEO:
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BEDTIME STORY
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DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA
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DONT CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA
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Deeper and Deeper (edit) -
Basically the only dance song before 1996 that we had was Deeper & Deeper and
this album kicks off with this edit of the song which if you listen closely
has some weird sounds in it.
Erotica (edit) - I love Erotica. We don't hear the
7 seconds of the record playing silence in the beginning on this album. This
song hit #3 back in 92 and the video was played some few times after midnight
back then. They still won't play the whole thing without ending it like 3mins
early. They cut out parts on this album which I dont see the point why they
do it? Just to be pain in the asses? Taking out 2 seconds here, 5 seconds there..
like it makes a big difference or something.

Human Nature (radio version) - That horrible version
which we all forgot about which was on the regular single for Human Nature back
in 95, somehow resurrected to this album. Whoever was responsible for putting
this version on here needs a bullet in their head. I don't understand why the
album version wasn't used, and due to an absent parental advisory sticker ever
appearing on the "Bedtime Stories" album this song is not offensive with language.
And if anyone was going to be anal about releasing that version the video version
is awesome also. I will not be listening to "Human Nature" on this album.

Secret (edit) - Edit?!? They really needed to cut
out 10 seconds or whatever from this beautiful song? Secret is one of my all-time
favorites and it also peaked at #3 like Erotica did. She looks so good in this
video I will forever remember that look in my head.

Don't Cry For Me Argentina (radio edit) - WARNING:
SLOW VERSION!!! Don't be deceived by seeing 'radio edit', it is NOT the dance
version. Ofcourse you expected the crappy version to appear, I can't believe
the mindlessness in the planning & choices for this album.

Bedtime Story (edit) - Peaking at #42 back in 95
does not qualify as being a 'greatest hit', but it is one of the only few tracks
which I could bare to listen to b/c I like the way it starts off louder than
the slow fade in on the Bedtime Stories album. The video for this song is my
favorite one of her's yet.

The Power Of Good-Bye - Ok this is a beautiful song,
but what is it doing over here at track 7 after Bedtime Story? This song peaked
at #11 on the charts back around September 98.
Beautiful Stranger (William Orbit Radio Edit) - I
think the edit just fades it out a little earlier, nothing highly noticeable..
still why edit anything at all? Beautiful Stranger just made the top 20 back
in 99 hitting #19 for a week based on airplay alone, since Madonna was going
through that stage in her life where she gave up releasing singles in the U.S.
The video showed her looking 'hot' & 'bang' again.
Frozen (edit) - Frozen is track 9 on both here &
the Ray of Light album. The editing of this song is ok, they take out most of
the already too much instrumental parts of this song. Frozen was the kick-off
single for the Ray of Light album and won an MTV video music award for

Take A Bow (edit) - If your argument for this attempt
of a 2nd greatest hits album of not including Rain, You'll See, I'll Remember,
& This Used to be my Playground was that they were on Something To Remember,
your theory is misproved here for Take A Bow makes a 3rd appearnce on a Madonna
album. This song is her highest most weeks at #1 in the U.S. sitting at the
top spot for 7 weeks. The video was shot in Spain & MTV did a whole hour special:
"No more Bull" the making of "Take A Bow", the first really behind the scenes
looks of making a video. This song was only performed once in our lives at the
American Music Awards.

Ray of Light (radio edit) - Ray of Light to me is
most amazing for it's music all over the place and its constant explosion of
energy, and to edit that out of a song is just simply wrong. This song debuted
and peaked at #5 when it was released back in spring 98. Video cleaned up the
MTV Music Awards that year where Madonna embarassingly attempted to perform
this song. This video was also her 2nd video single for sale and there is a
remix video of this video which is very cool but a little too long.
Don't Tell Me - Don't Tell me to stoppppppppppp..
No complaints about this one. I still love it, and I've seen basically every
performance of it and I love the choreography for this song. This song peaked
at #4 under 3 rap/R&B songs back in February '01.

What it Feels Like For A Girl - The one song on this
collection that should be edited is sadly not. We still have that Spice Girl
sounding woman babbling in this song which is not on the Radio Edit version
which is on the What It Feels Like For A Girl promo. This song is Madonna's
most worded song title hitting 7 words. This used to be my playground has 6
obviously, and comes in 2nd.

Drowned World / Substitute For Love - Who doesn't
belong on this album? Guess who snuck his way in. Obviously this was never released
in America and clearly does NOT deserve to be placed on a greatest hits cd.
Apparently, Madonna is obsessed with this song because she also named her tour
after it. This song debuted & peaked at #10 in the UK and the video shows a
night out for Madonna is like.
Music - This upsetting journey of samples of some of the songs released
since the immaculate collection ends with the one song that got Madonna back
on the top of the charts. Music video is OK and I actually went to the strip
club where it was filmed in Los Angeles. And I am in love with the Music Montage
video that was played at the tour and all over the place during the promotion
for various Madonna releases. Music was in the top 2 for 8 or 9 weeks being
at #1 for 4 of them.