Leaderboard

Word by word. Fans usually claim that she got the backlash from the radio and the American public because the album was very political and critical, putting her on a pedestal for her “courage” and showing her like a hero or something whereas in reality it really wasn’t. Instead it was apolitical and highly ego-central. It was not successful because the album was subpar, and its sound was far from what the American audience in general liked back then, that is R&B/hiphop. Personally I like this album, but generally speaking it was not meant to be popular. When Madonna made good music (‘Hung Up’) or the sound that would appeal to her citizens (‘4 Minutes’), she saw success in the US again. Besides, her 2004 tour in the US was extensive and played sold-out. On the other hand, “American Life” wasn’t unsuccessful only in the US. International sales of the album was slow and low, too. In short, the “American Life” era seems full of myths among the fans. In reality it was a mediocre era.

For what we know so far, in almost total absence of concrete infos about the new material ... I'm ninety per cent sure she is going to sing "Live To Tell" and "What It Feels Like For a Girl" this time (her MeToo support makes me hypothesize it), with some fado rearrangements of old hits (hoping a little more inspired than that mexican Dress You Up one... I liked the Like a Virgin Instagram recording she posted back in 2017 for example). There are possibilities for something from Evita, some potentially political theme-related tracks, like "Papa don't Preach" (reinvented in some form: it's really an infinite time) or "American life" (hope not) and a cut from the neglected "Confessions on a Dancefloor" and "Ray of Light" (because it really needs to be back in her live catalogue after 10 f...cking years!!!) My personal hopes are for "Rain" (with a proper backing vocals rendition), "Secret", "The Power of Goodbye", "Love Profusion" and finally the "Living for Love" album version. My aware illusions are for even just a quote of the Andre Betts' Erotica tracks (especially Secret Garden or Where Life Begins... and I'm dead then), whose jazz afflatus could be recalled from the new fado-oriented material, and "Bedtime Story", if the new album will really have an electronic vibe as supposed after the Mirways collab news and the few secs we heard of "Beautiful Game".

Totally.

Bad Girl or Oh Father. David Fincher was the best. None of her videos after those were at the same level.

Bad Girl. Hands down.

Hard Candy Album/Tour/Gym/Collaborators/Videos

She sounds soooooo good here! Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

Ditto - criminally ignored by the 93 Mtv Awards too ! :(