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ring the alarm y'all she posted pics from the recording studio, and she's gotten clever about our sleuthing, she covered any possible lyrics we could snoop from notebooks.

I'm excited for the video, I just wish the remix was longer. Reducing a six minute song to two is criminal. I like this remix, but I need at least four or more minutes of it. Here's hoping that on the remix collection it's a longer cut #soon

"Good things come in threes"...I thought that comment might be a hint at a March release.

I don't know who any of these jokers are but it's another name for the gay mafia

Madame X is a skater boi

Am I crazy or do her breasts look huge in these pics? Has she had them done?

What an interesting topic idea! I think that she wants to exert as much control as possible over career, and will even in death. To which end, releasing an album posthumously only allows the artist so much control over how it is perceived. However unlikely, I think it would be brilliant if she left us something that added a bit of mystery to her; so if something was released and there wasn't any background information, all we had was the music to go off of, it could be really interesting.

I recently watched this video on YouTube not expecting to learn about 360 deals, but when he brought it up I instantly remembered that that's what Madonna got into back in 2007, and I started to wonder if that deal is what has led to some of the things that many of us on the forum have complained about over the last decade. For instance, this article on NPR mentions that as part of her 10 year, $120 million deal with Live Nation they would receive a share of her touring revenue but NOT revenue from recorded music. Could this be why promotion for albums has been so poor? They have no stakes in album sales, so why promote it? Based on the video it seems like promotion would have had to come out of her own pocket and be arranged by her team. There is also this article, referenced in the video which mentions the percentages labels take from different aspects of an artists revenue (e.g. touring, merch, et cetera), and lots of other information some of you might be curious to read about it. She has wrapped her end of this deal, and we know that she has her own recording studio built at her Hamptons home, so maybe she is now taking the more indie approach to recording and releasing music. Having your own studio means not having to pay for studio time. No label means she might not be forced to work with certain writers or go to writing camps as she put it. There is a lot of potential for her to do things we haven't seen her do.

Thanks! That's good to hear.

I only got Madame X on cassette for the novelty of it, since I know I'll never play a CD; that is to say that what's in my iTunes library is the digital version of the album. Some of the tracks the bass seems to be overblown no matter if I'm listening on headphones or a speaker. Is this the case for all formats of the album, particularly vinyl?

In the age of streaming greatest hits collections don't seem very relevant anymore imo. Unless of course the songs are re-recorded (like what Blondie did in 2014 for their 40th), reworked (like Kylie's Abbey Road Sessions), or there are new and/or previously unreleased tracks included. I would prefer we got something much like what Kylie did for her first four albums; sets that were completely remastered, included all the b-sides and remixes from the singles, and a dvd of the music videos. That's a pipe dream to expect from Madonna though.

I can't wait to see this at the 50th anniversary of Madame X—June 14, 2069

I am very curious to hear all of these remixes. The Go Home Productions website is a mess to navigate. Any of them you would be willing to share? That Hollywood Express sounds especially interesting to me.

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I would have guessed she liked Take A Bow, she used the video after all as a bid to get her part in Evita. I recall reading about her dislike of Cherish. Is it possible she doesn't like I'll Remember because it's attached to that film soundtrack?

Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon revived the Barry Gibb talk show skit for the anniversary, and Madonna came on as another Gibb sibling. In the middle of the sketch she hastily and awkwardly slips on her grillz, and watching it I was just so embarrassed for her.

The grillz absolutely, but most cringey when she tried to slyly put them on during her bit for SNL's 40th anniversary special, and then afterwards couldn't speak properly. I really don't get her obsession with the grillz.

I think the title depends a lot on the time frame of the film. If it covers her rise to fame, up through the Blond Ambition Tour, then naming the film Blond Ambition makes a lot of sense. If it covers her early days in New York, her rise to fame, and ends with her performance of Like A Virgin at the first VMAs, then maybe a title referring to her first album, like Pre-Madonna, or Like A Virgin. I can't imagine this film will delve into her life beyond the 80s/early 90s. That would simply be too much to cover in one film, and music biopics are very formulaic, they typically end on a moment of triumph for the artist. The concert at the end of Bohemian Rhapsody for instance, or Elton John's rehabilitation and return to music in Rocketman. Which is what lead me to the two suggestions I made.

The remix has really grown on me, at first I wasn't so into it, guess I had gotten so used to the original. My only wish is that M had gotten an original verse, instead of just singing a verse sung by Dua on the original version. Missy contributed something entirely new, y'know? Perhaps that's why she's not in the video, although it would have been great if she turned out to be that Moon being at the end. Anyway, her vocals sound great...however processed they may be.

It makes sense for her/her label to bank on the surge of interest in her when the Levitating Remix drops and announce a release date and/or a teaser trailer. The other option being if that WW'84 song rumor is true, then make an announcement around the release of that film. Either way it makes the most sense for it to be released in the fourth quarter.

I was wondering if we might get it around her birthday

For me it has to be Confessions. Can't wait to hear what you all think.

Madonna Best: Borderline Worst: None Like A Virgin Best: Material Girl Worst: Shoo-Bee-Doo True Blue Best: Open Your Heart Worst: Love Makes the World Go 'Round Like A Prayer Best: Like A Prayer Worst: None Erotica Best: Deeper and Deeper Worst: Did You Do It? Bedtime Stories Best: Take A Bow Worst: Don't Stop Ray of Light Best: Frozen Worst: None Music Best: Paradise (Not For Me) Worst: None American Life Best: Nobody Knows Me Worst: None Confessions Best: Let It Will Be Worst: None Hard Candy Best: Give It 2 Me Worst: Spanish Lesson MDNA Best: Love Spent Worst: Superstar Rebel Heart Best: Wash All Over Me Worst: S.E.X. Madame X Best: I Rise Worst: Crazy This was difficult. You can see for several albums I couldn't even choose a Worst track, and truly in those instances I love the album from top to bottom. For most of the other albums my worst track is simply the one I like the least, but I still bop to it when it comes on, see: True Blue, Erotica, MDNA, Rebel Heart, and Madame X.

I did not hear those words exactly. Whoever did must have been sitting closer to the heckler in question. Just about anytime she paused to talk people would shout things at random, which made it difficult to hear what she was saying and on a few occasions made her stop what she was saying and delay the whole segment from moving forward.

They seemed to offer that to quite a few people in the upper levels, maybe to fill in holes in the orchestra.