[Celebration Tracklist (according to the "three themes" concept)]

I'm relaly loving this idea! The Celebration project had so much potential and I feel it didn't really meet some expectations, but on the other side, it was nice to see a good compilation of her hits. This tracklist really fits an ideal selection.

[Madonna Song, This or That Game!]

dear jessie.

die another day or american life?

[WTF ? Fnac France selling unofficial vinyls as exclusive limited editions]

25 minutes ago, TOpher said:

Anyone have them? What’s the quality?

honestly? I don't even wanna try, I won't give my money to a cheap cashgrab. By information on the covers of the LPs I have seen in front of me, these "live" shows are mostly FM broadcasts, then YouTube rips transfered to vinyl. if that gives you an idea.

[WTF ? Fnac France selling unofficial vinyls as exclusive limited editions]

here in Chile it's the same thing, I'm seeing those bootleg fake LPs everywhere

[Santa Madonna - The first Madonna podcast in Spanish is on!]

writing from Chile! I haven't had the time to listen to it, but it really looks promising! I really love how the Latin American community keeps growing and growing <3 and Santa Madonna is really the perfect name.

 

PS: I remember a radio special for her 50th birthday where local musicians talked about her influence on them and their work, it was called Te Lo Juro por Madonna.

[Unpopular Madonna Opinions]

~ American Life was definitely underrated when released, and it's still being looked over by most critics and general audience.

~ I expected more tracks from AL on the Madame X show since she said its album was a continuation of that one, I feel so many other songs could have fitted the storyline.

~ The first single from American Life should have been Intervention, and then Hollywood.

~ Madame X had the potential to become a conceptual album, the first tearer gave me that idea, instead we got a collection of standard songs not connected to each other with a nice artwork. I cannot see the story of "a spy in the house of love" in that album, not even rearranging the tracklist. she could have had that story.

~ The first single from Madame X should have been Batuka, with the same video, and then later, Medellín.

~ MDNA was a bit overproduced but it still feels as one of her most honest albums. Falling Free is the best album closer she's ever had.

~ The triangle pit on The MDNA Tour was not a really good idea. it worked on paper, it had worked on other tours (see the Elevation Tour by U2, first show ever to have a pit) but it was not well excecuted here. Had i have given the change, I'd rather choose to stay on the tip of the triangle, outside of it, to appreciate the entire show, instead of turning my back to the stage and miss what's going on there just to see her back when she's on the B stage.

~ Her latest MTV appearance was more cringe than anything. I get it, she's free to do whatever she wants, but come on.

~ I'd love to see an acoustic tour or something closer as what Tears of a Clown was instead of intricate stages, screens all opver and exhausting dance routines. I want a show focused on the music. I wanna see M the singer and musician instead of M the showwoman.

~ When the Madame X show was announced with residences in few cities, I expected the setlist to be way more flexible, so the possibility of adding new songs each night became real, and keep the surprise element to the audience.

~ I enjoy her later albums way more than her earlier, but her debut is one of the best things she's ever made.

~ M and Mirwaïs have together created her best and most experimental songs. I have friends that don't listen to her often/only know her biggest radio hits, and they're all amazed by those songs.

[Madonna Song, This or That Game!]

Rain.

Incredible or Spanish Lesson?

[Do you still keep your Madonna physical media on visible display?]

I only have all 14 Studio albums, and the first 3 live CD+DVD albums, plus 12 of the 14 albums on LP. I keep them on the living room with the rest of my music collection because the record player is right there. sunlight never ever gets to that point so i don't have to worry. I do want to frame an official Rebel Heart Tour poster I got and place it in a room i'm turning into an office.

[Remember when American Life leaked?]

4 hours ago, Angelo said:

Yes

they catch him in 2015, thanks to Rebel Heart

was it actually the same guy?

[Your favourite MOMENTS in M songs?]

On 10/31/2021 at 1:46 PM, Prayer said:

Till DEATH.    Do... us.   PART

I've listened to it a million times but still gets me EVERY F*****G TIME.

THIS is the part that literally breaks me, turns the entire outro into something so sad, like, there's nothing left to say or fight for. 

[Your favourite MOMENTS in M songs?]

there's so many but out of the top of my head:

~ the MDNA MDNA chant at the end of I'm Addicted
~ the moment there's two voices armonizing and sounding alsmot robotically on Falling Free, and her delivery when she sings the title

i will remember more for sure.

OH, the Vogue sample in Holy Water, right after the synth crescendo

[Live album on streaming Friday]

22 minutes ago, PanditaRulez said:

She already missed to enter into the Billboard 200 with the Rebel Heart Tour Live album

ok but she took like decades to release it since the end of that tour, the hype had already faded. I didn't even buy any physical edition because it wasn't really up to quality of previous live releases.

[Live album on streaming Friday]

are there any news on the tracklist? I'm loving the title, Music from the Theater Xperience.

[Madonna to be on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon next week !]

3 hours ago, Bjonkers said:

I wonder if that's going to be the official cover or just a promo shot. I love it. She looks fab.

Here's the original picture, it's the highest quality I could google.

According to metadata on the picture, it was taken on 23 November 2019, the second to last show in Los Angeles.

[[RHT screens] New attempt - same old story]

U2 fans get the IEM audio of their shows all the time, from most venues, not just Tokyo.. And yes, most time is someone getting into the airwave and recording it.

[Your Madonna "Go Song" Before A Special Event]

Jump is the song I go when I feel some big changes come into my life, or when I need motivation to make them happen.

[Madonna and Diablo finished the script!]

"I'm not letting someone else tell my story. i'm twlling my story here with Diablo".

"Some people tried to write this movie and I tried to burn their homes".

"It's not gonna be a musical but there will be a lot of music, the actors portraying me will be singing my songs, but where they were supposed to be sang. It's not like there's gonna be people eating and they'll spontaneously start singing".

[Madonna and Diablo finished the script!]

some selections so far:

story about my life / pretty weird to write about me / have to remember lots of stuff / a form of therapy / we're writing a movie / the focus is about my struggle as an artist, to survive in a man's world as a woman / we talk about andy, and keith, and jean michael basquiat / i hope i can portray and express what a thrilling time that was (the 70s) / i'm not playing myself, that's not gonna happen, and it's better that way / we are editing the madame x dvd as we speak / 

[Madonna and Diablo finished the script!]

SHE'S LIVE NOW

[Madonna and Diablo finished the script!]

5 minutes ago, Enrico said:

I woke up two hours early, and obviously: she is late.

coming from soneone who was at The MDNA Tour in Santiago, this is absolutely unhead of (?

[Madame X Tour DVD]

On 7/13/2020 at 9:56 PM, Gilbert said:

nope. it premiered Dec. 9th 2016 for Showtime and released on DVD/CD and digitally on Sept. 15th, 2017. 

well the announcement of the album cover and pre-order of Rebel Heart Tour happened on her birthday 2017.

[Madame X Tour DVD]

16 hours ago, madenis said:

The last song played before she came on stage was this one

There were no song after the show

thank you so much! this really sets the mood after the band, I'll play it before the official video when it's finally released

9 hours ago, Brendanlovesu1 said:

 

I love the build up when MJ starts then the lights go out

yes! I believe it was an amazing thing to play exactly the same song every night on that tour, we all knew it was gonna start. 

 

20 hours ago, Semtex1 said:

Like 'Tears of a Clown' and 'Make em Laugh' at the end of the Girlie Show? ..Love it. 

exactly. all I've collected is this:

Who's That Girl Tour outro: "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Joe Cocker.

Blond Ambition intro: "Whole Wide World" by A'me Lorain // Outro: "Stand" by Sly & The Family Stone

The Girlie Show intro: "The Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles / Outro: "Be a Clown" by Gene Kelly and Judy Garland

Re-Invention Tour intro: "Water Ride" by Omid 16B // Outro: "This is Radio Clash" by The Clash

Sticky & Sweet Tour intro: "Young Folks" by Peter Bjorn and John // Outro: "Holiday" by Madonna

The MDNA Tour outro: "Holiday" by Madonna

Rebel Heart Tour intro: "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" by Michael Jackson // Outro: "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson

and now Madame X Tour intro: "Song for my Father" by The Horace Silver Quintet

i'm missing the intros and outros fro the VIrgin and Drowned World tours, and the intro to WTG. even tho I was on The MDNA Tour, I can't remember the last song they played before the show.

[Madame X Tour DVD]

2 hours ago, madenis said:

At my show in Paris, there were some old songs before she came on stage

this song was the first one being played after the band left the stage after having played those fado songs

thank you! 

15 hours ago, Nobody Knows Me said:

There was no pre-show playlist at my date. Just the band coming on and doing fado versions of the songs I mentioned and we sang along, then we just talked amongst ourselves for the next hour. When the show was over, again, no song. Just her leaving the building when I Rise was over.

thank you! I really love collecting pre-show songs from her shows, i feel it helps me revive the whole concert experience again. i've been looking for audience reordings of some shows, paying special attention to the last song before a show, and the first once it's over

[Madame X Tour DVD]

1 hour ago, Nobody Knows Me said:

Not to my knowledge. At my show they did fado versions of Who’s That Girl, Secret, Don’t Tell Me and Like a Virgin. Then we waited for over an hour until she got onstage.

what played over on the pre-show playlist while the band wasn't on stage? and also, what was the song played after the show was over?

[Phone-Free Performance]

wasn't M that said in a Tears of a Clown show "I feel you're more interested in taking a picture of me than what I have to say"?

I support her in this. i know people like to take pictures or record, but I feel it's not alright to record the whole thing. besides killing the surprises of the show for those who don't go to the opening night, it's quite a bother for those around. i hope this helps people actually focus on the show.

also, this is not something new either. acts like Jack White and King Crimson demmand the same thing (White uses the exactly same technology for all this shows), and I swear I have never seen anyone complain about it this much as some M fans.

= = = = = 

alright, you're going to the show. enjoy the show then. feel the experience of actually being there instead of focusing if yoour recording's worrking. immerse yourself in the experience. I used to record before, and then I lament I wasn't feeling the music while i was actualy there. this is why I never record or take pictures (just a picture of the stage once I get to my place).