[M on TONIGHT SHOW with Jimmy Fallon ~ April 9th]

I am hoping for a rousing version of Ghosttown with The Roots then maybe "Express Yourself" or "Cherish", something light and classic with Jimmy and The Roots on kids instruments. "Living For Love" might be cool on the kids instruments. 

[Game: + and - of Madonna Songs]

Rather Be Your Lover

 

Positive: The 90s! I just want to put on my parachute pants and this tape in my Walkman and go to the mall. 

Negative: As much as I love Me'shell Ndegeocello she should've released the 2Pac version. Would have been legendary.

 

NEXT: Words

[Bitch Im Madonna NEXT SINGLE?]

"Take a pole? Yeah and ram it up your ass."

 

 

I'm just kidding.  :wink: That poll zing has followed me for years and basically poisoned the word with Madonna-ism. 

[Bitch Im Madonna NEXT SINGLE?]

Its totally a great track. Totally. She is having a ball and it shows... but if an anthem like Turn Up The Radio didn't hit this isn't even going to impact. I'm all for her being #1 but it just doesn't seen reasonable especially with a novelty cut like this. Honestly since the bubblegum 80s I don't think Madonna has released such a pandering desperate sounding tune. I love it and it is great fun. 

 

What is the goal of a single anyway? To sell records or to get a kid thats 15 to say "bitch i'm madonna"? Honestly the "goal" has been elusive for the whole RH era.

 

If she wants to sell records to grown folks JOA is the safest choice, bring back the cowboy hat, jeans, and the fake guitar playing for another Love Profusion/Don't Tell Me style video showcasing how "normal" she can act.

 

If she wants to impact pre-pubescents then more surgery, bigger wigs, grills, and more cartoonish behavior I 'spose. 

[Game: + and - of Madonna Songs]

Some Girls

 

Positive: Here's our girl back with an attitude kicking 50's ass and writing receipts.

 

Negative: A rock n roll remix was never released.

 

Next: Another Suitcase In Another Hall

[Bitch Im Madonna NEXT SINGLE?]

I want some of what y'all are drinking - the general public is gonna murder this song. I think its a fun track but its hardly going to increase the album's profile. 

[Game: + and - of Madonna Songs]

Angel

 

+ = 80s SYNTH HEAVEN, the sound that Debbie and Tiffany and all the rest would've sold their souls for....

 

- = The remix is destroyed, absolutely decimated by "Madonna! Madonna! Madonna!" at the top. Velveeta-level cheese.

 

Next: Voices

[Madonna self references & self quotes in Rebel Heart]

Living For Love demo has a literal re-creation of the Vogue piano run but all on the same note. 

[Game: + and - of Madonna Songs]

Mother And Father

 

Positive: Disco guitars and lyrics about being let down by your parents.

 

Negative: "I cried and cried and cried all day until the neighbors went away" 

 

Next: Ring My Bell

[Game: + and - of Madonna Songs]

Die Another DayPositive: Another melancholy tune with an amazing orchestral. Analyze this.Negative: Hard to find a negative for a Bond theme.Next: Goodbye To Innocence/Updown Suite ⬆ï¸â¬†ï¸â¬‡ï¸â¬‡ï¸â¬‡ï¸

[Game: + and - of Madonna Songs]

Next:

 

LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE 

[Game: + and - of Madonna Songs]

ADDICTED (The One That Got Away)Positive: God she sounds good with the guitar at the breakdown. The flirty under your spell tone of her voice is nice and innovative, not sure she does this tone on any other tune. Like she's stalking her prey.

 

Negative: It just doesn't work with the album. And a bit weird that theres an Addicted and an I'm Addicted. The One That Got Away would have been literally F-I-N-E without the seconds of "I'm Addicted" repeated at the end of the chorus

[Game: + and - of Madonna Songs]

This Used To Be My Playground

 

POSITIVE: Introduced "no regrets". Made my grandmother actually like a Madonna song. Theme to fantastic "A League of Their Own" one of her best cinematic offerings.

 

NEGATIVE: The movie version with additional recorded material was never officially released in the US despite the film and song being so popular.

 

Next: IMPRESSIVE INSTANT

[Game: + and - of Madonna Songs]

True Blue

 

Positive: It was a teeny bopper anthem, a nice little ditty with a cute video about unabashed devotion. Not too deep.

 

Negative: It was a teeny bopper anthem, a nice little ditty with a cute video about unabashed devotion. Not too deep. And the hair... 

 

Next: In This Life

[Ghosttown - Single Thread]

Her b-sides are usually amazing!! "Supernatural" "Cyberraga" "Has To Be" "Let Down Your Guard"... some of my favorite tracks are b-sides. Its a fun way to feature a sound somewhat different or close to the album. 

[Rearrange The Songs from Rebel Heart]

This is my playlist "Ultimate Rebel Heart" - I loves it. All album versions unless indicated. 

 

1 Living For Love

2 Wash All Over Me (Uptempo Remastered Version)

3 Alone With You

4 Two Steps Behind Me

5 Addicted (The One That Got Away)

6 Devil Pray

7 Messiah (Orchestral Version)

8 God Is Love

9 Revolution

10 Graffiti Heart (Demo)

11 Freedom

12 Take A Day

13 Bitch I'm Madonna (Demo)

14 Unapologetic Bitch

15 Illuminati

16 Holy Water

17 S.E.X.

18 La Isla Bonita (Dubplate)

19 Iconic Pt. 2

20 Veni Vidi Vici (with Nas)

21 Ghosttown

22 Wash All Over Me (Acoustic)

23 Rebel Heart

24 Inside Out

25 Never Let You Go

26 Joan Of Arc (Demo 2 or as I call it "the supermarket version")

27 Beautiful Scars

28 Hold Tight (Demo 5)

29 Borrowed Time (Version 2)

30 Best Night

31 Body Shop Demo

32 Autotune Baby

33 Queen

[Madonna self references & self quotes in Rebel Heart]

Also try mouthing out or reciting the lyrics to Like A Prayer while listening to Living For Love. The structures are about identical. 

[Madonna self references & self quotes in Rebel Heart]

In "Take A Day" she does some "when the groove begins to play you know what i wanna..." that sounds reminiscent of "when the room begins to sway you know what i'm trying to say". The bassline on Devil Pray is very Erotica. The synth horns when Nas hits on Veni Vidi are either Holiday or Material Girl.