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For who is interested, I've found an article which explains what caused her injury: as I supposed, it's osteoarthritis, but please remember this problem is not merely age related. It's caused primarily by mechanical and traumatic stress to the joints and it's quite common in sports: I remember that former N.1 in tennis, Andy Murray, suffered the same injury when the was 30, so I wasn't surprised she had it, 'cause she's pushed her body to the limits and beyond since she was very young.
https://onewelbeck.com/orthopaedics/uncategorised/a-closer-look-at-madonnas-hip-surgery/
Hope you enjoy it and have a great new year.

Good analysis, I partially agree with you, but I'm a bit more pessimistic about our society. I mean, this year could have been a golden opportunity for the music industry to have a strong impact on the future and be part of the change, but artists who decided to release their music this year chose to give people an escape from reality and not to push them to reflect about global problems and be a better version of themselves. That's why we had mainly a disco revival. Other artists chose to take advantage of this situation to release songs which were infused with a false sense of depression, in order to mime the feelings all of us had this crazy year. Back in the past, lots of young singers spoke against the Vietnam War in their songs: Billy Idol, Bruce Springsteen, The Clash, and all of them were around 30-35 years old. But today? They brought disco-dance back to life and tried to make people forget the brutality and the atrocities we witness every day. That's what the market commands: you have to be the entertainer who gives the audience joy and happiness, you don't have to expose your inner ideas about politic, society and so on or you'll lose your fans, who provide you money. I'm so sick and tired of this.
I really appreciated Madame X because it was dark enough to shock people and oblige them to ask themselves what kind of world they want to live in. And today shocking our society is not so easy, mainly because people lost the sense of wonder and think that everything is granted. We lost hope and trust in the future. 
Back to the album, I agree with you, I would like something à la Ray of Light, spiritual, ethereal, soft, but at the same time meaningful and impactful, but I'm afraid that it could sound anachronistic (but I'd die for good electro-ambient music).
Our world deserves the best and it's time the music industry comes back to play an important role in the changing process.

Good analysis, I partially agree with you, but I'm a bit more pessimistic about our society. I mean, this year could have been a golden opportunity for the music industry to have a strong impact on the future and be part of the change, but artists who decided to release their music this year chose to give people an escape from reality and not to push them to reflect about global problems and be a better version of themselves. That's why we had mainly a disco revival. Other artists chose to take advantage of this situation to release songs which were infused with a false sense of depression, in order to mime the feelings all of us had this crazy year. Back in the past, lots of young singers spoke against the Vietnam War in their songs: Billy Idol, Bruce Springsteen, The Clash, and all of them were around 30-35 years old. But today? They brought disco-dance back to life and tried to make people forget the brutality and the atrocities we witness every day. That's what the market commands: you have to be the entertainer who gives the audience joy and happiness, you don't have to expose your inner ideas about politic, society and so on or you'll lose your fans, who provide you money. I'm so sick and tired of this.
I really appreciated Madame X because it was dark enough to shock people and oblige them to ask themselves what kind of world they want to live in. And today shocking our society is not so easy, mainly because people lost the sense of wonder and think that everything is granted. We lost hope and trust in the future. 
Back to the album, I agree with you, I would like something à la Ray of Light, spiritual, ethereal, soft, but at the same time meaningful and impactful, but I'm afraid that it could sound anachronistic (but I'd die for good electro-ambient music).
Our world deserves the best and it's time the music industry comes back to play an important role in the changing process.

Good analysis, I partially agree with you, but I'm a bit more pessimistic about our society. I mean, this year could have been a golden opportunity for the music industry to have a strong impact on the future and be part of the change, but artists who decided to release their music this year chose to give people an escape from reality and not to push them to reflect about global problems and be a better version of themselves. That's why we had mainly a disco revival. Other artists chose to take advantage of this situation to release songs which were infused with a false sense of depression, in order to mime the feelings all of us had this crazy year. Back in the past, lots of young singers spoke against the Vietnam War in their songs: Billy Idol, Bruce Springsteen, The Clash, and all of them were around 30-35 years old. But today? They brought disco-dance back to life and tried to make people forget the brutality and the atrocities we witness every day. That's what the market commands: you have to be the entertainer who gives the audience joy and happiness, you don't have to expose your inner ideas about politic, society and so on or you'll lose your fans, who provide you money. I'm so sick and tired of this.
I really appreciated Madame X because it was dark enough to shock people and oblige them to ask themselves what kind of world they want to live in. And today shocking our society is not so easy, mainly because people lost the sense of wonder and think that everything is granted. We lost hope and trust in the future. 
Back to the album, I agree with you, I would like something à la Ray of Light, spiritual, ethereal, soft, but at the same time meaningful and impactful, but I'm afraid that it could sound anachronistic (but I'd die for good electro-ambient music).
Our world deserves the best and it's time the music industry comes back to play an important role in the changing process.

Good analysis, I partially agree with you, but I'm a bit more pessimistic about our society. I mean, this year could have been a golden opportunity for the music industry to have a strong impact on the future and be part of the change, but artists who decided to release their music this year chose to give people an escape from reality and not to push them to reflect about global problems and be a better version of themselves. That's why we had mainly a disco revival. Other artists chose to take advantage of this situation to release songs which were infused with a false sense of depression, in order to mime the feelings all of us had this crazy year. Back in the past, lots of young singers spoke against the Vietnam War in their songs: Billy Idol, Bruce Springsteen, The Clash, and all of them were around 30-35 years old. But today? They brought disco-dance back to life and tried to make people forget the brutality and the atrocities we witness every day. That's what the market commands: you have to be the entertainer who gives the audience joy and happiness, you don't have to expose your inner ideas about politic, society and so on or you'll lose your fans, who provide you money. I'm so sick and tired of this.
I really appreciated Madame X because it was dark enough to shock people and oblige them to ask themselves what kind of world they want to live in. And today shocking our society is not so easy, mainly because people lost the sense of wonder and think that everything is granted. We lost hope and trust in the future. 
Back to the album, I agree with you, I would like something à la Ray of Light, spiritual, ethereal, soft, but at the same time meaningful and impactful, but I'm afraid that it could sound anachronistic (but I'd die for good electro-ambient music).
Our world deserves the best and it's time the music industry comes back to play an important role in the changing process.

She receives a lot of racist comments on her instagram about the music she uses on instagram. It's kinda disgusting tbqh, and I think she continues to use rap and hip hop music as a way to annoy them. Much like how complaints about her grillz just force her to wear them even more.

While I agree with what you say there is one caveat to it. We are listening to music in isolation and that changes the experience and the gravity. When political music is listened to in a social situation such as a gig or festival, the narrative changes to a feeling of unity and like mindedness with those around you. It can be very empowering and hopeful. In isolation these feelings aren’t evoked. Music is historically a social experience and 2020 Has robbed us of that and so much more. 
Hopeful joyous music is an escape in times like this. A moment to switch off and forget for a moment. Some respite through the grief olympics daily life and the news cycle has become.

Also the music industry is in trouble. 
Gigs have been rescheduled to 2021 practically a year and a half after the pandemic began. These gigs have to go ahead to deliver the shows that have already been sold. The companies have had the money for those tickets and the gigs have to go ahead or the refunds could have unlimited financial implications. 
The artists album / tour cycle has been interrupted. Artists who have released this year will likely not be able to tour til 2022 because the arenas are booked up with rescheduled gigs and venues will prioritise big hitters to generate more revenue on ticket fees and concessions at venue. Cash flow is a major issue and festivals are already experiencing problems with insurers who won’t insure them in case of further outbreaks etc. Planning for summer events started in October and should really be gearing up around now. If insurers won’t back them the events won’t go ahead. 
This is fine for big acts that make the money, but new and evolving artists are currently delivering shopping and working in warehouses to survive. This has had a devastating effect on the arts and once again the poorest, (with arguably the most to say and the least opportunities in life), are the most affected. Not a great jump off point for a rich while woman in her sixties who ate all the fish and likes rose petals baths. 

Good analysis, I partially agree with you, but I'm a bit more pessimistic about our society. I mean, this year could have been a golden opportunity for the music industry to have a strong impact on the future and be part of the change, but artists who decided to release their music this year chose to give people an escape from reality and not to push them to reflect about global problems and be a better version of themselves. That's why we had mainly a disco revival. Other artists chose to take advantage of this situation to release songs which were infused with a false sense of depression, in order to mime the feelings all of us had this crazy year. Back in the past, lots of young singers spoke against the Vietnam War in their songs: Billy Idol, Bruce Springsteen, The Clash, and all of them were around 30-35 years old. But today? They brought disco-dance back to life and tried to make people forget the brutality and the atrocities we witness every day. That's what the market commands: you have to be the entertainer who gives the audience joy and happiness, you don't have to expose your inner ideas about politic, society and so on or you'll lose your fans, who provide you money. I'm so sick and tired of this.
I really appreciated Madame X because it was dark enough to shock people and oblige them to ask themselves what kind of world they want to live in. And today shocking our society is not so easy, mainly because people lost the sense of wonder and think that everything is granted. We lost hope and trust in the future. 
Back to the album, I agree with you, I would like something à la Ray of Light, spiritual, ethereal, soft, but at the same time meaningful and impactful, but I'm afraid that it could sound anachronistic (but I'd die for good electro-ambient music).
Our world deserves the best and it's time the music industry comes back to play an important role in the changing process.

I love me a political album but hmmm. I don’t know if it’s what her brand needs again so soon after quite a heavily / socio political album. 
 
Madame X was not a party album and I genuinely think we’re about to move into a more post war Glorious Technicolour escapist era in music. 
 
Life is heavy right now and historically young new artists speak about societal ills in times of crisis whilst established artists act as a reassuring comfort with messages of hope and escapism. 
I suppose that’s too much to expect of an artist like Madonna and I’m not sure if Fun is something I associate with her anymore anyway so it may come off as flaccid as Turn Up The Radio.
I dunno. I’d like her new music to literally feel like a hope filled Ray Of Light in this dark world right now. And that doesn’t have to be hearts and puppies... it doesn’t have to be gas masks and burning flags either. 
And Martyrdonna is the completely wrong tone. 

?I saw that on social networks lots of people were scared/ disturbed by the painting. It's by Frida Khalo (what a surprise) and it's called 'Mi nacimiento', 'My birth'. The interpretation of this painting is not so easy, because to do it we must remind Frida's life and the fact that this painting is surrealist, so it has a strong bond with her unconscious. Most of the critics agree that the painting is connected primarily to the miscarriage Frida suffered when she was in Detroit with her husband Diego Rivera around 1932: this event left its mark in her life forever and she was haunted by this memory until her death. So, the first idea is that this painting is representing her giving birth to a died child. Secondly, the painting was made not long after the death of Frida's mother, so it could be the representation of her own birth from a died mother (it could explain why She bought the painting). Besides this particular work, I'm very intrigued by Frida and at the same time worried by her works, which describe her inner fears and thoughts.

If it's true, I could die serenely after the movie.

Ok so here are the new tidbits : 
M & Pat Leonard have worked on 6 tracks together (for now). One of them is called "I can't help myself"  (like mentionned on the previous page). Another one talks about her father, and the tumultuous relations M has/had with her brothers and sisters, and asks herself if everything would be different if her mother was alive, and also confess she doesn't spend enough time with her father, uncounsciously probably because she connects family with sorrow since her mother passed away. "Who is to blame ?!" She keeps on asking several times in the song. Most of the 6 songs are ballads or mid tempo.  Another producer is gonna work with them in February.

When I listened to 'Erotica' for the first time I hated it. I grew up in a very Catholic family (especially my mother) so some topics were taboos, in particular sex and sexuality, but since I was a child I've read about everything (when I was 13 I read the biblical prophecies, just for fun ?) and I've always been intrigued by psychology, mainly Freud, and psychiatry. So, after the first listening of Erotica, I started to analyze lyrics and connected them with what I read about human sexual behavior: it was a revelation,'cause the album bloomed in front of my eyes and I appreciated the depth and the precision of the lyrics about human feelings about love, sexual relationships, jealousy and so on. This approach brought me to understand the choice to record an album infused with hip-hop, new jack swing, house and jazz and the choice to not sing but to speak and whisper the lyrics. I can safely assure that, along with her darkest and most complex albums like 'American Life' and 'Ray of Light', 'Erotica' is one of my favorite albums from her (love her dark, intellectual and quirky side). 

??Wait a minute, I've done a little research and I found out that, besides being the abbreviation for sodomite, Sod is also the final approach to the interpretation of the Torah, according to Kabbalah. (I remembered I heard something about it some years ago) There are 4 approaches and their names form the acronym PaRDeS:
1. Peshat, the literal meaning
2.Remez, the allegoric one
3.Derash, the comparative one
4.Sod, the esoteric meaning
If we look at this rumor from this point of view, maybe the song is Kabbalah related. In my opinion it's not unbelievable she writes songs about mysticism and esotericism, since she's posting lots of stuff about oriental religions, but it's very unlikely she releases them. For sure, it's a very fascinating scenario. 

Here I made you the cover
 

If it's sweet at the start, then it's bitter at the end... 

Beautiful. I think her face looks pretty settled down atm:

A look back at this quiet little town in Scotland. Fun photos at the link....
Madonna: First lady of pop’s wedding put quiet Sutherland town in world spotlight
by Stan Arnaud
December 22, 2020, 10:00 am
Madonna and Guy Ritchie got married in Scotland in 2000.
It was the undisputed “celebrity wedding of the year” when pop superstar Madonna tied the knot with movie director Guy Ritchie in a Highland castle two decades ago.
With Gwyneth Paltrow, Donatella Versace, Stella McCartney, Rupert Everett, Sting and his wife Trudy Styler among the A-list guests, it was an event that briefly bathed the exclusive venue and a quiet Sutherland town in the spotlight of worldwide attention.
Rock star Sting and wife Trudi Styler at Dornoch Cathedral in Sutherland.
And, while the star couple may have gone their separate ways, Skibo and Dornoch remain firmly associated with the multi-million selling singer referred to as “Madders” by the local minister who married them. 
News that Madonna, then aged 42, was planning to marry Mr Ritchie, 10 years her junior, in a “fairy tale” £1.5 million Highland wedding, with Skibo the expected setting, broke in early December 2000.   
Cloaked behind a dense veil of secrecy, further details proved hard to come by in the following weeks as a scoop-hungry international media pack started to gather in the north. 
Even today, local people who had a role in the events remain bound by the conditions of strict confidentiality agreements they had to sign. 
Among them are the Very Rev Dr Susan Brown, who officiated at the marriage and baptised the couple’s four-month-old son, Rocco, in Dornoch’s Church of Scotland cathedral, where she is still the minister. 
Madonna arriving at the christening of her son Rocco.
While Mrs Brown is happy to recall leading a posse of journalists staking out her home on an aimless car tour of the town, she still politely declines to confirm or deny that former Police frontman Sting sang Schubert’s Ave Maria at the baptism on the eve of the wedding.  
Highland Madonna mania started to build to a crescendo when the pop star and her husband-to-be arrived in a private jet at Inverness Airport jet four days ahead of the big day. 
Famously, she was serenaded there with a bagpipe version of her hit, Like a Virgin, by Aviemore’s Callum Fraser, better known as Spud the Piper. 
Guy Ritchie arrives in Scotland prior to his wedding.
The buzz of activity at the airport continued over the following days as designer Ms McCartney, daughter of former Beatles star Paul, and Ms Paltrow, who had won the Best Actress Oscar the previous year, were spotted jetting in. 
The huge level of world-wide interest in the celebrity events that were unfolding was captured in Press & Journal coverage at the time. 
Ahead of the Thursday evening baptism it was said to be impossible to buy a step ladder in Dornoch, Tain or Inverness, after the members of the paparazzi snapped up every one in the area.  
And it was reported residents with homes overlooking the cathedral were paid up to £250 each to allow the media to bag the best view of stars arriving. 
Madonna and British film director Guy Ritchie with their four-month-old baby son Rocco, wrapped in a white christening gown, after the baby was christened at Dornoch Cathedral.
With snappers starting to claim prime pitches by chaining their ladders to police safety barriers from 7am, around 400 photographers, camera crew and reporters had gathered among the crowds of well-wishers by the time the service started. 
The 13th century cathedral was the scene of a dramatic arrest, when a man who had hidden behind the organ pipes to film the baptism was caught by security guards as he left the building.  
The evening before the December 22 wedding, three paparazzi had been ejected from Skibo’s 7,500 acre grounds after sneaking in. 
The world’s media outside Skibo Castle.
The imposing Skibo Castle and its estate were once home to prominent 19th century industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. 
At the time of the wedding it was owned by English entrepreneur Peter de Savary, who had turned it into one of the world’s most exclusive residential private members’ clubs, The Carnegie Club.  
Among other famous names in Skibo’s guest book are ex-US presidents George Bush senior and Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones, Sir Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, Bob Geldof, Ted Danson and Mick Jagger. 
On the evening of the marriage, as it had been for days, the castle was on full lockdown, with private security guards, rumoured to be former members of the elite SAS regiment, patrolling the grounds. 
Inside, amid the expensively re-created Highland stately home luxury, Madonna wore a white Gothic-style dress, said to have been designed by Ms McCartney, and a sash of Hunting Mackintosh tartan, matching the kilt worn by Mr Ritchie. 
Ms Paltrow was maid of honour and the two best men were nightclub owner Piers Adam and film producer Matthew Vaughn. Madonna’s four-year-old daughter, Lourdes, was among those watching as the bride was given away by her father, Tony Ciccone. 
After the ceremony, guests were treated to a smoked salmon and haggis champagne reception, followed by a ceilidh and disco. 
There was to be no post-wedding public appearance by the couple and it fell to Mrs Brown to confirm to reporters outside her house that it had happened. 
Madonna and Mr Ritchie’s marriage ended in divorce in 2008 and, as the anniversary approached, the minister said it would have the “icing on the cake” if it had lasted.  
The “Madonna-effect” was credited with boosting interest from around the world in the Highlands as a place to get married and visit. 
And it was estimated Dornoch’s moment at the centre of the celebrity universe brought an unexpected pre-Christmas bonus to the town’s economy of around £250,000.   
Reverend Susan Brown cleans up after the christening of Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s baby Rocco.
Mrs Brown, who went on to serve as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 2018-19, said: “I have no regrets about it happening here because I suppose it highlighted what a fantastic place this is. 
“The whole town was stirred and there was a lot of fun around as well.  The picture of Madders on the Cathedral Green is on that will stick with me forever.
“I do remember coming out of my driveway and three or four cars starting up and following me.  I just took them on a tour of the town, which I thought was quite funny at the time – but some of them didn’t think it was terribly funny.” 
Mrs Brown, Honorary Chaplain to the Queen in Scotland, and a regular P&J columnist, remains slightly bemused by the place in celebrity history forged for her by the events of December 2000. 
“I suppose it sort of hurled me into the spotlight in an unexpected way and there are those for whom I will forever be associated with Madonna and I think I’ve done a wee bit more than that,” she said. 
“I have no regrets about doing it.  I am just really sorry it didn’t actually work out, because that would have been the icing on the cake. 
“But lots of couples experience the same thing when things don’t work out the way they anticipated.  But it’s just sad when it happens.” 
How the Press and Journal reported on Madonna mania back in 2000.
Mrs Brown said the anniversary of the December 22 2000 wedding, which she “hadn’t even twigged to”, may not be at the forefront of her thoughts today as “there are one-or-two Covid-related things we are going to be concerning ourselves with.” 
“But, I hope they are happy, whatever they are doing,” she added.  
Donatella Versace steps down from her aircraft and walks to her waiting Range Rover.
When the paparazzi are clamouring for celebrity pictures on your home patch, local knowledge and an understanding of Highland weather can give you the edge. 
So it was that Press & Journal staff photographer Sandy McCook found himself the sole snapper present when Donatella Versace stepped out of a private jet at an otherwise deserted Wick Airport on the day of Madonna’s wedding. 
With Inverness Airport closed by a thick blanket of mist and in-bound flights diverted to RAF Kinloss, most members of the media pack headed for Moray in the hope of spotting famous faces arriving at the last minute. 
But Sandy, who still works for the P&J, took the informed risk to head 100 miles north and was rewarded with exclusive images of the black-clad international fashion house boss arriving from Milan and being whisked off in a Skibo Range Rover.  
For those who went to Kinloss, the 30-mile journey was not entirely wasted, as actor Rupert Everett, Madonna’s father and boxes containing the couple’s wedding cake arrived on delayed scheduled flights. 
 

??Wait a minute, I've done a little research and I found out that, besides being the abbreviation for sodomite, Sod is also the final approach to the interpretation of the Torah, according to Kabbalah. (I remembered I heard something about it some years ago) There are 4 approaches and their names form the acronym PaRDeS:
1. Peshat, the literal meaning
2.Remez, the allegoric one
3.Derash, the comparative one
4.Sod, the esoteric meaning
If we look at this rumor from this point of view, maybe the song is Kabbalah related. In my opinion it's not unbelievable she writes songs about mysticism and esotericism, since she's posting lots of stuff about oriental religions, but it's very unlikely she releases them. For sure, it's a very fascinating scenario. 

This rumor reminds me a lot of an article about the 'album' Magic. The structure of the text above and the concept of this fake EP are quite identical. 
https://medium.com/@joannejackson495/first-listen-madonnas-new-album-magic-is-more-sexually-suggestive-than-erotica-1aa68511a157

Did someone question why the OP just joined the forum to drop 'this secret' that's nowhere else mention on the web but here?

aawwwwww that was lame. I strangely love a fake rumours. But that one was clearly just a joke.

When I listened to 'Erotica' for the first time I hated it. I grew up in a very Catholic family (especially my mother) so some topics were taboos, in particular sex and sexuality, but since I was a child I've read about everything (when I was 13 I read the biblical prophecies, just for fun ?) and I've always been intrigued by psychology, mainly Freud, and psychiatry. So, after the first listening of Erotica, I started to analyze lyrics and connected them with what I read about human sexual behavior: it was a revelation,'cause the album bloomed in front of my eyes and I appreciated the depth and the precision of the lyrics about human feelings about love, sexual relationships, jealousy and so on. This approach brought me to understand the choice to record an album infused with hip-hop, new jack swing, house and jazz and the choice to not sing but to speak and whisper the lyrics. I can safely assure that, along with her darkest and most complex albums like 'American Life' and 'Ray of Light', 'Erotica' is one of my favorite albums from her (love her dark, intellectual and quirky side). 

One of those songs for me is God Control. At first, I couldn’t see why fans were loving it. I thought it was just awful and a mess. But wow, now I think God Control is true brilliance. It’s like a rollercoaster...and how is it someone make a song into a rollercoaster?! I just love it. 
 
And don’t hate me for this, lol, but, I never liked Crazy For You until the last few years. I’m kind of waiting for this to happen with Take A Bow , but, I don’t know? 

I want the so-called Rain Tapes so badly. In any case, for me she should re-release each of her albums with demos and outtakes: an album which is full of these gems but lacks the final tracks is useless, 'cause we wouldn't be able to compare the quality of the outtakes to the quality of the songs which made the final cut. Plus, we couldn't follow the process which led to the final product.