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What are your favorite final performances?
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12 hours ago, The Same Parts said:
After the negative things surrounding Erotica, we got Bedtime Stories...
After American Life, we got Confessions on a Dance Floor...
Funny that if you take COADF out of the equation, it's been one big damage cycle since American Life lol.
I wonder how Rebel Heart era would have been had the leaks not happened. The potential was there to fix the mess left behind by HC and MDNA, but it seems that as soon as the songs appeared online, the project lost its compass. Even the final re-inventions that some tracks ended up getting felt forced and didn't make sense if compared to the quality that the demos had (e.g, the title track, Wash All Over Me, Graffiti Heart).
But, answering the question, I think that Rebel Heart was a mix of true artistic vision (lyrically, it was a departure from Spanish Lesson, Incredible, GMAYL, Girl Gone Wild, Superstar (The Bitch's songs are more statements than silly songs)) and damage control (having the hot producers of the moment working on it; Diplo and Avicii). And the new album seems to follow the same path, even if the producers this time aren't A-list(ish) worldwide (in terms of popularity, not quality).
But, for her career's sake, there most be something in the music, lyrics and image that separates this new album from RH, MDNA and HC. Of course that Interscope/Livenation will do nothing again to promote it, but the question here is not exactly its comercial sucess; but its identity. Erotica was unequal to Like A Prayer. Evita was poles apart from Dita. Ray Of Light, Music, American Life and Confessions all were different from each other. And that's what Madonna means for the grand public. But, just like her first three albums, the last three ones all feel like just one (I'm including RH as the final chapter of the hot mess cuz its disorganization was on a par with the other two).
In my opinion, this new one should/must be an unique era on its own. Not exactly bigger than the ones before (if it happens, great), but better. Everything associated with them should be left behind (Candy Shop, Minaj, grills, etc.). Madonna can do whatever she wants (as she will, of course), but, for real, that chain must be broken; it's past its time and it didn't do her any good. Her brand needs desperately something new. And now. -
1 hour ago, gafuller said:
We'd be both wrong. Joe Henry cowrote and coproduced it.
Wikipedia says Stuart and so does Mad-Eyes. Who knows.
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1 hour ago, gafuller said:
10) History (honestly the B-side version wasn't awful)
History was written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price.
My Top10 is:
01. Don't Tell Me
02. Hollywood
03. Nobody Knows Me
04. Mother & Father
05. American Life
06. I Deserve It
07. Music
08. Intervention
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6 hours ago, Liam said:
I honestly don't care. All this fretting over what is uploaded and not uploaded, etc. is meaningless and doesn't change anything. I have every video in decent quality on my hard drive and on DVD's. No one but the fans care about it. For the casual or non-fan, the essential videos/songs can be found, and again many could care less if they found it on the Madonna channel, Warner Channel or some fan's channel. Not like they are going to go looking for obscure videos like "Get Together" or "The Look of Love" or the remix videos.
Yes, but let's remind ourselves that this is about Madonna, an artist/brand that the public sees not only as the Queen of Pop but also as the Queen of Music Videos. So to have her own
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As a damage control album, I prefer Bedtime Stories over Confessions On A Dancefloor. The 1994' one just embraced the soundof that time (what was selling) so its musical identity feels natural and the lyrics' sadness are a reaction to the backlash, while the latter sounds artificial by recycling American Life message and being a back-to-roots album from a singer who claims to always look forward. Just my opinion.
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Give Me All Your Luvin' is a joyful and inoffensive song that was in the wrong place at the wrong time, so the negative reaction that it got is easy to understand. Being it Madonna's first single from a new studio album after a 4 years hiatus and since it would be part of the most watched American television broadcast setlist, the public and fans were expecting a great song. And when it was nothing but a b-side at best, the sky fell down.
It's one of my favorite M songs when it comes down to search and find out remixes and covers of her music and I've learned over the years to appreciate it more (the demo was, and is, always fantastic and the MDNA tour performance is a highlight everytime I watch it). -
On 24/05/2018 at 12:45 PM, wtg1987 said:
So i watched this again the other night and even though its not her best performance i was kind of surprised that i never noticed she didnt wear her wedding ring in this ?? Anyone else spot it ?
Not only didn't she wear her wedding ring, but she also didn't sing Ring My Bell on that stage. Hmmm...
Jk lol. She probably forgot it at home (or maybe she did never wear it on performances, idk).
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On 10/05/2018 at 3:20 PM, MerBoy13 said:
I was just listening to Run To You by Bryan Adams and I'd love her to cover this on guitar on her next tour.
Run To You is everything; I love that song!
But, in my opinion, if Madonna could cover a Bryan Adams song, it should be When You're Gone. And the day the tour hit Canada, Bryan would be invited on stage to sing Mel C' part while Madonna sing his lines ahahah!
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1 hour ago, discohub said:
are we seriously answering this ? it's like "if the Beatles had happened 15 years later, would Marvin Gaye be a part of it ?"
The Beatles invented pop, Madonna invented the MTV crossover-pass-the-pop-baton, nothing will ever be the same after period.
Calm down, it's just an innocent question, no one's erasing the trio's place in Pop music history lol.
Besides it, that pass-the-pop-baton thing wasn't even serious as Madonna still around and working; "The Kiss" was just one more performance in Madonnaland in the end of the day. And that's where the thread's premisse comes from: who would fitPink and JLoBritney and Aguilera spots had it happened nowadays. -
Had "The Kiss" originally happened in 2018 and not in 2003, who do you think that would be the choices for brides?
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1 hour ago, Dazedmadonna said:
If I remember correctly.. the painting was made by Christopher Ciccone (her brother), MLVC is her name (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) and the fallen 'P' should stand for Penn (Sean Penn) as they were just divorced
This.
And also, the P is drawn in the left side of her chest = heart = love. Which can be interpreted as: They did divorce, she's no longer Mrs. Penn, but she still love him.- Enigmanotta, madgefan and Enrico
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This Used To Be My Playground have a more interesting music video, even though I like them both.
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There was some talk about a duet with Billy Idol back in the 80's. I read it in an old Bravo or so magazine some years ago.
Madonna was also supposed to record a cover of "These Boots Are Made For Walking" with Barbra Streisand in her Back to Broadway album, but couldn't because of scheduling problems. There was also a duet song called "Anything You Do I Can Do Better".
Also, M and Frank Sinatra almost worked together.
And "When You Believe" was to be Whitney and Madonna, not Mariah. -
I don't think that any era got an exaggerated love/attention from the fans or the public itself. In the rearview mirror, them all are cases of easy-to-understand action/reaction situations. But... in my opinion, Madonna kinda overrate the Hard Candy era. She seems to have a distorted vision of how sucessfull it was not. To keep performing album tracks from it in the next tours while ignoring hits singles from her hey days, is just overratedly strange. She can't be that attached to such songs. The only explanation is that Oseary must have told her a lie about its sales. And a very good one lol.
- PlayPause and into the erotico
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Wow, the Live To Tell one could come straight from the Confessions era; it fits perfectly.
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Oh, I had forgotten about this gem; it was one of the first Madonna's rare songs that I did download back in the day and I loved it (and it seems that I still do lol).
Thank you for reminding me.
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Perhaps it is a remix of Come On A My House, from Swept Away?
It probably is fake. -
I kinda like it when the cylindrical screens go up and we see Madonna and the pink outfit, but while she's behind them it all is very uneventful. The song itself is what keeps my attention, not the performance. I'm not very keen on this one.
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On 08/03/2018 at 4:54 PM, PWCCA said:
I don't think it is underrated. It got a lot of acclaim, and still remains a favourite amongst fans. Its only problem was that it got caught up in the Sex book furore which didn't do it great favours.
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In my opinion, if there's an underrated Madonna album it is Bedtime Stories. -
23 hours ago, rlittler81 said:
Not watched it for years. My DVD copy started to corrupt during 'Music' and 'Holiday' so probably doesn't work anymore. Trying to locate a digital file of it I can keep on a hard rive rather than a dvd copy. The DVD copy I had was good though, had a great animated menu and a few news footage extras on it.
Are you sure that it was your DVD copy that got corrupted? From what I remember the leaked RIT always had a problem in 'Music' and 'Holiday' performances.
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I can't wait to know if the first single is Sitting On The Whole World or Waving With The Crowd.
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What are your favorite music videos from the 2000s?
Madonna : "My Lisbon Life" (new documentary?)
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La is a Spanish word, it does not exist in Portuguese lol. If anything, the wordplay could be "Madonna: A Vida Lisbonita!" (which could be translated as "Madonna: The Beautiful(isbon) Life".