Elena Paparizou, a Greek singer who represented Greece in Eurovision Song Contest back in 2005, performed her song "Porta Gia ton Ourano" (which means Door to Heaven), remixed with extracts from Madonna's 4 Minutes at thiy year's Greek VMA's.
You can watch the performance here:
Thanks to akisno1 from Madonna Fanzine!
I don't hear 4 Minutes being sampled!! This song is not so good.
First Off, I love the blog.
Secondly, I am one of the Biggest Elena fans you'll ever meet and I'm so glad to see her getting noticed - even on a Madonna website.
Third, I also fail to hear the "sample" of 4 minutes - it's probably more channelling 4 minutes - I love this remix (and the original) though!
First of all, I love this blog too! :)
Secondly, I think, too, that it's nice to see Elena's songs in a Madonna site...
Thirdly, and most importantly, I had noticed that this remix has a sample of "4 Minutes" way before I saw it posted here...even a friend of mine, who is not at all a Madonna fan, had noticed the "4 Minutes" sample...
You can hear it from the beginning (0:00) until before she starts singing (0:12)! There is a sample of the melody that is being played with the horns in "4 Minutes" but here it's played in a slower and more mellow tempo...and you can also hear quite clearly the "ticking" of the clock... :)
I really like this song. If you come across a HQ audio recording (or studio version), please email me.
Thanks!
I think it's clear that she's sampling 4M ;)