Скачать или смотреть Madonna - Spotlight (1984 Lisa Stephens Demo Excerpt)

"Bray confirmed original demo written & produced by Madonna and Stephen Bray. Different than released version remixed by Jellybean. Library of Congress registers 1985 PAU-716-379, and then a revision to music & lyrics 1987 PAU-1-924-278. Bruce Baron recently listened to this track at the Washington DC Library Of Congress, and he writes: This was the first Madonna related tape that I listened to on June 12th, 2000 in Washington DC. It was one song on a SIM C90 audio cassette. I selected the item as part of my 24 requests to review because I was aware of several different registrations for the same song from searching LOCIS on-line at http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/rb.html This entry is the first entry created in 1984 and registered in 1985. It is credited to Curtis Hudson alone. No mention of Madonna. It is the original demo version of the song and probably the version Madonna first heard before making revisions with Stephen Bray. I viewed it as a great opportunity to see if it was a true re-write or just Madonna taking credit. The 1987 released "You Can Dance" version that we are familiar with was written by Madonna, Stephen Bray and Curtis Hudson (a writer from "Holiday"). This was submitted as PAu-924-278 on Jan 27th, 1987 referencing a change of lyrics. I did not request the 1987 submission, only the unknown 1985 version. This song is a basic demo approximately 8 tracks. The vocal is performed by a female vocalist, probably Lisa Stephens the other "Holiday" co-writer. Her vocal is flat, strong, clear and deeper than Madonna's which sounds child-like in comparison. The instrumental sound is a near re-write of Holiday featuring nearly identical chords and rhythm guitar. It's kind of odd to hear it this way. It has a funkier groove instead the bubblegum pop sound that was developed for Madonna's version. The lyrics and melody line have been substantially re-written (approximately 60%) while keeping the same theme. The chorus is totally different and sung in a different rhythm. On Madonna's version, everything is often drawn out into long sounds: "Spot-liiiighhht" or "Shine br-iiight" etc.... On the original version, each syllable above falls on a different note, and nothing is drawn out: "Spotlight shine on me, spotlight shine on you. Be what you want to be, do what you want to do." and "Spotlight shine so bright, spotlight shine tonight". When listening to the whole song, in my view the changes made justify the credit that Madonna and Bray took when they recorded it circa the "True Blue" album sessions."

Lyrics:
Spotlight, shine bright
Baby, love is on your side
Spotlight, shine on me
Spotlight, shine on you
Be what you wanna be