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I listened to the songs and really tried to like them, but all I can say is that the songs are unreleased for a reason: they're just not good. So I'll skip this megarate.

I listened to the songs and really tried to like them, but all I can say is that the songs are unreleased for a reason: they're just not good. So I'll skip this megarate.

I listened to the songs and really tried to like them, but all I can say is that the songs are unreleased for a reason: they're just not good. So I'll skip this megarate.

Voted!

I’d rather have her memoirs. Screw the movie. Publish a book and do a tour or something. 

I finally voted. It was quite an experience going through this album again. Songs I initially loved have lost their appeal and some songs I used to dislike I find quite charming now. Not the mess that MDNA was, but still a rather uneven album. 24 songs really is a lot to go through and I think less would have been more. My votes are based on the official release, not on the demos despite some demos being quite good. As usual very much looking forward to the results!

Madonna posting a video of Queens Remix with Janet showing up in the video call outs.
Hell hath frozen (on fire remix) over l,
my acne is healed
and my overdraft has cleared. 

FINALLY!!!! This is how her legacy deserves to be treated . Bye Bye random tiktokers/rappers/etc. 

Imagine telling someone in 1990 that in 30 years Janet will be in the Vogue rap. I'd pay to see it. 

Sorry if it’s already mentioned but it’s number 1 on UK iTunes amazing seeing our  M at number 1

Beyonce sampled Vogue
Rihanna sang Vogue
Lana Del Rey danced to Vogue
Whitney Houston bopped to Vogue
Katy Perry did a mashup of Vogue
Ariana Grande performed Vogue Britney Spears used in her tour Vogue
Anne Hathaway walked to Vogue
Lady Gaga copied Vogue
In conclusion, VOGUE

Girl miss Big Freda is singing “release your trade” over the damn thing and she’s naked on a disco ball horse. It’s gay as fuck 🤣🤣

It's like the main single version lacks something, like she's not willing to fully commit to the queerness this concept should have (and this remix has). Maybe 100% conscious of that and with the goal of not alienating some of the general public, of course.
But if you go there, you GO THERE. This should be the main version. It would be Beyoncé's "Hung Up", definitely.

This is just stan wars, not a serious argument being made there . Even the person that typed that knows it’s bogus.
Also B and M fan bases both have a reputation for nutty behaviour online.

Twitter is full of people hating on everyone. Not necessarily a true indication of the real world.
Imagine if this forum was a basis to evaluate the views and attitudes of Madonna fans lol

What a GREAT surprise. They clearly LOVE each other, it's obvious. Let's enjoy it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Madonna journey with the gay community has been authentic and lived through. Even before she was a gay icon. We all know this. Yes there have been appropriation claims because it is actually right to question these things and have the dialogue,  but no one brought more attention and centred queer people of colour in mainstream culture more than Madonna up and to that point. Periodt. An artist at her peak powers. 
 
This remix straddles the line between a thank you to an amazing and pioneering ally and recentres people of colour in the call outs. It couldn’t be more perfect in that sense. Like… couldn’t be more perfect. Ain’t no shit to stir here. I came up through these times and I never remember any PoC queens from my house having any kind of problem with Madonna or Vogue. On the contrary.  They were out there on the dancefloor maybe even moreso in a “ok this my moment clear out I’m coming through” kinda way. It was powerful and celebratory and the lyrics to Vogue were inclusive too to make sure people knew everybody was invited. Madonna has proven her credentials and commitment to black culture, women, and queer culture repeatedly since day one. 
There is zero slight or shade from Bey here. It’s all love. 
Get into it. 

I feel like Remix Revolution was more than just Finally Enough Love.  I mean, we're in the midst of a bunch of remixed hits, and I'm not sure we realize it yet. Maybe the Katy Perry rumors are true as well. And whatever the Wonder Woman song rumored to happen... I'm too lazy to go hunting for what that was. but all of this with the box sets and FEL...seems like the perfect way to infiltrate regular people's lives to get them ready for a Biopic. 
And Im extremely happy that Bey is showing Madonna love and doing it by sampling this specific song. It helps quiet the narrative that M exploited ballroom culture for her own gain as something malicious or predatory. 
ITS SO GOOOOOD!!!! and I love that she shouts out to Jill Scott! 
 

The rap being homage to all the amazing queens of colour while Bey and Madge host the cookout. 
This is gay fan fiction and I fucking live! 
 

If Madonna released Into the Groove, Live to Tell, Like a Prayer, Take a Bow or Hung Up today, they would be shreded to bits for an extra click here or there, some mixing anomaly, piss poor marketing, a lack of inspiration, weak vocals, her hairdo or "hairdon't", her ass, her waistline, her grilz, her age, being too political and not being fun enough, her social media accounts, having a life outside of her job... etc etc etc.  Maybe the true issue at hand is that Madonna has evolved over and over and many of her fans have not.   She is the Queen of reinvention.  I do not understand the obsession with dragging down everything that she does on a fan blog site.   It is rather tiresome and mundane.  Madonna has inspired and entertained me for decades and each era has spoke to me on a unique level.  She has never stopped, even when it made total sense to do so to the average person.  But here we are...  Madonna ushered us through many trials and tribulations and we are now making fun of her efforts. Some of us are attempting to rewrite history and pretend that none of it mattered.  She was, is and will continue to be a freedom fighter.  This one human being stood up for those who could not in a time when most would not.  We are simultaneously lamenting the past, present and future and forgetting her amazing discography and body of work, her contribution and her talents.   We need to lay off of the micro-aggressions and the outright assaults on her person and embrace her light while we still have it.  Forty years on and she "still melts my heart".  She will not provide sanctuary forever.   I remind you that the world will one day miss her light so keep your meltdowns to a minimum and enjoy the journey a bit more. 
 
 

Madonna became close with the man she calls her “ride or die” in the same way that most people bond: through late nights out, long conversations — and no small amount of mischief.
In an interview with Variety, the pop icon opens up about her unconventional relationship with Variety’s 2022 Music Mogul of the Year Guy Oseary, that extends from partner-in-crime, at least in their early days in Miami, to trusted business partner and source of “calm wisdom.”
“I was always the adventurous, crazy one,” Madonna says. “As soon as Guy would get a little look of fear in his eyes, I’d think it was a good idea. I would use him as a weathervane.” However, that dynamic only crystallized over time. When the hitmaker first met Oseary, just 18 at the time, they were both unapologetic troublemakers. “As the years went by, he took on a more of a parental role,” Madonna reveals.
 
Oseary urged the notorious workaholic to rest more and spend wisely. Occasionally, Madonna heeded his advice. More often than not, she remained unswayed — such as the time Oseary suggested the superstar tone down on the elaborate staging of her tours. “He would try to get me to do less production because then I would have less overhead and make more money,” Madonna says. “He was always the voice of reason.”
While Oseary is now “the old man in the house in Benedict Canyon” according to his most famous charge, Madonna’s fearlessness has rubbed off on him in perhaps unexpected ways. Like his forays into the world of cryptocurrency and NFTs. “He’s always been the man behind the artist taking the risk,” she says. “Now he’s taking risks. He reminds me on a regular basis that he’s essentially invested all this money in the crypto world.” (Amusingly, their close bond didn’t guarantee Madonna the NFT ape she wanted from the Oseary-repped Bored Ape Yacht Club. )
 
As Oseary settled down, started a family, and rose in prominence as a manager, producer and investor, Madonna has learned, somewhat begrudgingly, to share her dear friend. “I’m not happy sharing him with apes. Cryptocurrency, Ethereum, U2, Anthony Kiedis, his four children and wife,” she jokes. “Why did all these people have to show up?”
Read on for more from the endlessly quotable multi-hyphenate.
 
How has Guy evolved over the years?
He’s changed a lot since I met him. When I met Guy, he was 18 years old. My first reaction to him was that he had a lot of opinions. But then, as I got to know him, I realized that he had good taste in music and recognized talent. We just became friends. I would get his advice about people I was dating and he was always going after supermodels that were breaking his heart.
In business, was he good cop to your bad cop?
More or less. I was always the adventurous, crazy one. As soon as Guy would get a little look of fear in his eyes, I’d think it was a good idea. I would use him as a weathervane. But that didn’t happen right away. We were on even ground and then, as the years went by, he took on a more of a parental role. He was always very practical. When I would go on tour, he would try to get me to do less production because then I would have less overhead and make more money. He was always the voice of reason and I was the mischievous one pushing the envelope.
Guy says that your risk taking rubbed off on him as a businessman.
He’s always been the man behind the artist taking the risk. Now he’s taking risks. He reminds me on a regular basis that he’s essentially invested all this money in the crypto world.
Which brings us to Bored Ape #3756.
I was so pissed off that I didn’t get the one I wanted. Once I get my mind around something then that’s what I’m going to have. But I learned quickly that wanting 32 musicians on stage in a small theater is not the same as wanting an ape with a leather motorcycle cap and multicolored teeth.
That’s the one you wanted?
Yeah and I didn’t get it. Even though I was told that it was inspired by me, and modeled after me. It was bought by a woman who is a fan of mine. I was like, “She should just sell it to me!” She was gonna sell it to me, but it was way, way too expensive. I can’t afford my own ape.
Do you share everything with Guy?
To a point. Once he got married, he created his own universe. Obviously, I had him all to myself and now I have to share him with his wife, which really pisses me off. I’m kidding! Before that a lot of pretty girls came and went — he’s gonna kill me for saying all of this — but then he settled down with a really nice girl. I was like, “God dammit. Now I have competition!” And then he started managing other artists, which really pushed me over the edge.
You have an unconventional relationship.
Like I said, before it was just me and Guy. We did everything together. I remember the tour where he went, “I can’t do this anymore.” It was for MDNA. I never settled down in a conventional way. I have a very unconventional family. I call myself a citizen of the world and my family unit moves with me.
He couldn’t be on the road all the time?
It probably had to do with him wanting to grow a business, but also having a family. Now he’s the old man in the house in Benedict Canyon. Is that where he lives? One of those canyons. I’ve only been to his house 3,000 times. But he has a lot of practical, calm wisdom that I do not have, so we still have a good dynamic. It’s just shifted.
What are your plans for music going forward?
I’m just looking for interesting, fun ways to rerelease my catalog and introduce my music to a new generation. I’m focused on that and I’ve been writing a screenplay for my film for the last couple of years. The whole thing with “Frozen” was so fun, but I woke up one day and went, “I’m sick of living in the past!” I want to go on tour again, I’m a creature of the stage. That is my happy place.
Would you miss Guy on tour?
I’m always happy to see him. In my opinion, he doesn’t come around enough. I wish he would come around more. I’m not happy sharing him with apes. crypto currency, Ethereum, U2, Anthony Kiedis, his four children and wife. Why did all these people have to show up?
Guy says you shot down any consideration of selling your song catalog. Why? 
Because they’re my songs. Ownership is everything isn’t it?  I mean, that’s why he’s buying apes.
Where are you at with the biopic?
I have a very long script that is really hard for me to make shorter. I’ve been whittling away at it, but it’s like hacking off my limbs.
Why did you decide to make the film?
I’ve had an extraordinary life, I must make an extraordinary film. It was also a preemptive strike because a lot of people were trying to make movies about me. Mostly misogynistic men. So I put my foot in the door and said, “No one’s going to tell my story, but me.”

I think this is her. 

DrownedMadonna claims the remix coming to streaming this Friday 7/29