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I’m not sure I’d agree with that. If you listen to a lot of r n’b, soul and boogie from 1978-1982, all of Madonna’s earliest material is inspired by and derivative of those genres. Reggie Lucas is literally one of the architects of that sound, and Madonna was a regular at clubs where Larry Levan, Jellybean and champions of the genre DJ’d. It’s mostly a case of that music not making it to the pop mainstream because the genre was considered black, and neither radio nor burgeoning video channels and programming like MTV would play it. Where Into The Groove and much of Nile’s electronic influence on Like A Virgin differs is in the slow infusion of techno, which was also already big in black clubs in Chicago and NY. In this sense, Into The Groove is a blueprint for the future of mainstream dance pop. 
Also, I posted this literally three hours before this post by Chihuahua with the video embedded. It helps to take the time to check if something has already been shared. 😎

Into the groove encloses perfectly the 80s...... the hedonistic 80s........ the desire to dance, have fun and live......... love so much this song and this era of Madonna...........

The guys who lived in the clubs at 80s maybe have a better opinion about it

Into The Groove is one of the most transcendent “lose yourself in the music and dancing” tracks of all time. It’s definitely a highlight of her discography, especially the first few years.

Nothing personal, but why don't some people just enjoy these good things they say about Madonna? It always seems like a competition to impose your opinion, and if it were just that that would be fine, but they end up depreciating incredible work that won over a large part of the fan base. Life is too short to be so bitter. Be kind 

Oh I remember the days of those record stores in the mall or even stand alone ones.  To walk in a store, with nothing but music was so great.  Now, it's reserved to just a section in selected stores. 
What urks me is that every time I check out the VInyls at Walmart or Target, they always have in stock older 80's albums from soundtracks or a few retro albums from Prince, Michael Jackson, Metallica and even some obscure one hit wonder from the 70's, 80's or 90's, but never carry anything from Madonna when she has had a plethora of iconic hits.  And I wouldn't just reserve that frustration for Madonna. There are plenty of other famous artists from those eras who had huge albums that deserve to be stocked as well. 

This is what I do every time I enter any record store… 😎😃😎
 

the all madame x era was so powerful and original....... so sad a lot of people don't like it........

Everyone I showed it to, loved it!

Totally agree, it’s an unpopular opinion 
My fave is the silver!

I saw it live and loved it, exactly is a better lead to the closer than the other two 

I'm envious you still have family that indulge your obsession with Madonna.  I'm at the point of my life that I don't care what anyone thinks of my interest in Madonna. Besides, those people who give you a hard time about your interest in Madonna have their own obsessions that others aren't interested in.

I saw her in 3 venues and overall I could hear her speaking voice clearly for the most part, moreso when she was addressing the audience. I did not see her from the seats though, only the floor.
I think mixing would usually be easier without a live band. And the people doing it are pros so I doubt its any kind of nightmare. I think the only issue is her voice, which seems weaker than past tours. It would be better at least having backing singers imo as it would keep that live sound throughout rather than her voice being doubled so much to compensate. 

I think the start of mdna tour is a very good girl going evil. She tried very hard to be convenient and nice during the Guy ritchie years, but after they splited, she is not the good one anymore. The church is about being saint or about her wedding. But now she expresses her rage and is not a nice one anymore. So the journey starts for her so the concert.

While discussing the best live to tell performances in another thread , and looked at some of the celebration tours performances i came across this great video from MSG, the vieuw 😍
 
 

Hello everyone!
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As part of my YouTube channel, to celebrate the finale of the tour being broadcast live I will be doing a special fan voted awards "ceremony" for The Celebration Tour. Categories will include things like best tour costume, best hairstyle, best song arrangement, best ballroom judge, favourite dancer etc. There will also be a countdown of the best performance from the tour as voted by the fans. I would love if you could all click on the two links and vote in each category! (I promise it should only take you a few minutes.)
I will share the results on YouTube 
 
http://www.polljunkie.com/poll/eixikp/rate-x27the-celebration-tourx27-performances
http://www.polljunkie.com/poll/xnerxx/the-celebration-tour
 
 
 
 

The indoor arenas use the actual arena infrastructure to suspend rigging for whatever show is being presented, as in the picture above. Yes, all arenas are different, but they're made for rigging up whatever a production may need.
For stadium or outdoor shows, since there is no roofing (and said infrastructure) to house/hang a production, they have to actually build it (that's what I meant by "custom engineer" it). Like the Sticky & Sweet stage below -

What I meant was they'll have to build something like this if they're going to present the full, original production as she's touring it now - as major parts of the production require rigging (hanging) far out into audience, over the multiple catwalks.  I don't think it's impossible...I think some of us are just unsure considering all shows so far have been indoors.
(Sorry, I'm trying to explain it as best I can (based on what I've learned about touring productions). I apologize if I'm not clear... )

The reason for lack of tourbook may just be cost to produce.
As someone who attends pro national tours for theater regularly, as well as other live shows, for the past decade tour books, or "souvenir programs", have been all but slowly phased out. Majority of shows I go to now no longer have tour books. I've inquired why with industry professionals, and they have all stated that the cost to produce them is high, and is no longer considered worth it compared to how many they sell. So, essentially, they're just not seen as profitable anymore.
Yes, some shows do make them still, luckily...but it's becoming much more of a rare thing.
It's not unique to Madonna whatsoever.

That's ok, I understand what you mean. It is hard to really know how feasible it is but to me going by these images it seems pretty straight forward. It is just a matter of adding another structure to hold it all up as they've done with Sticky. Considering they lease the stages and everything and that the components are recycled I would assume adding that wouldn't be anymore difficult than building a bridge from the hotel to the stage. Keeping in mind I know absolutely nothing about this type of thing. I don't believe the fans saying it's logistically impossible (not you) work on big arena/stadium shows designing or setting up staging equipment either. Unless they do, I'm not sure how they would really know what is and isn't possible? There are a number here who insist the show won't be the same but I don't know how they've determined that? The image above shows that it's very possible, it would just have to be a bigger version of that. I also feel, knowing what we know about Madonna, the idea of her doing a half missing version of her show and then broadcasting it to millions seems unlikely. But I guess we'll see.

Actually, it is setup to be attached to the venue though. All the rigging for the entire show, particularly the extended lighting, flying portal, etc. are suspended using the infrastructure of the arena. That's typical setup for arena shows. Considering the design of this show, it essentially was made with arenas in mind -

The only time they design and erect custom housing for the rigging system (depending on the design of the show) is when artists do outdoor stadium gigs (hence no roof). They can design a housing that will support it though, but it has to be custom engineered for it (like the extended rigging housing the circular screens that came down over the circular stage b for Sticky & Sweet). So technically it's not impossible. But I think it depends on the specific design of the individual show.
Perhaps she worked it out as part of the deal? It would seem a bit out of character for her to compromise nearly the entire presentation of her show, esp. if said show is going to be filmed. Anyways, who knows...

The indoor arenas use the actual arena infrastructure to suspend rigging for whatever show is being presented, as in the picture above. Yes, all arenas are different, but they're made for rigging up whatever a production may need.
For stadium or outdoor shows, since there is no roofing (and said infrastructure) to house/hang a production, they have to actually build it (that's what I meant by "custom engineer" it). Like the Sticky & Sweet stage below -

What I meant was they'll have to build something like this if they're going to present the full, original production as she's touring it now - as major parts of the production require rigging (hanging) far out into audience, over the multiple catwalks.  I don't think it's impossible...I think some of us are just unsure considering all shows so far have been indoors.
(Sorry, I'm trying to explain it as best I can (based on what I've learned about touring productions). I apologize if I'm not clear... )

Actually, it is setup to be attached to the venue though. All the rigging for the entire show, particularly the extended lighting, flying portal, etc. are suspended using the infrastructure of the arena. That's typical setup for arena shows. Considering the design of this show, it essentially was made with arenas in mind -

The only time they design and erect custom housing for the rigging system (depending on the design of the show) is when artists do outdoor stadium gigs (hence no roof). They can design a housing that will support it though, but it has to be custom engineered for it (like the extended rigging housing the circular screens that came down over the circular stage b for Sticky & Sweet). So technically it's not impossible. But I think it depends on the specific design of the individual show.
Perhaps she worked it out as part of the deal? It would seem a bit out of character for her to compromise nearly the entire presentation of her show, esp. if said show is going to be filmed. Anyways, who knows...

The indoor arenas use the actual arena infrastructure to suspend rigging for whatever show is being presented, as in the picture above. Yes, all arenas are different, but they're made for rigging up whatever a production may need.
For stadium or outdoor shows, since there is no roofing (and said infrastructure) to house/hang a production, they have to actually build it (that's what I meant by "custom engineer" it). Like the Sticky & Sweet stage below -

What I meant was they'll have to build something like this if they're going to present the full, original production as she's touring it now - as major parts of the production require rigging (hanging) far out into audience, over the multiple catwalks.  I don't think it's impossible...I think some of us are just unsure considering all shows so far have been indoors.
(Sorry, I'm trying to explain it as best I can (based on what I've learned about touring productions). I apologize if I'm not clear... )

The indoor arenas use the actual arena infrastructure to suspend rigging for whatever show is being presented, as in the picture above. Yes, all arenas are different, but they're made for rigging up whatever a production may need.
For stadium or outdoor shows, since there is no roofing (and said infrastructure) to house/hang a production, they have to actually build it (that's what I meant by "custom engineer" it). Like the Sticky & Sweet stage below -

What I meant was they'll have to build something like this if they're going to present the full, original production as she's touring it now - as major parts of the production require rigging (hanging) far out into audience, over the multiple catwalks.  I don't think it's impossible...I think some of us are just unsure considering all shows so far have been indoors.
(Sorry, I'm trying to explain it as best I can (based on what I've learned about touring productions). I apologize if I'm not clear... )