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    Leandro Gomes reacted to pawn_shop_blues in The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)   
    My friend isn't even a Madonna fan like us, but before we went to see her show, I told her that, you know, she's 65. She won't be moving around much or singing. She might be out of breath sometimes. And my friend said it doesn't matter to her, even if she lip-syncs the whole show. She is a legend. She almost died a few months ago, so you're lucky that you're seeing your fav live. It might be her last big tour. So, I don't get these constant complaints about her voice on this forum.  poor woman had put so much effort into the concept of the show or other things.
    I am also a fan of Lana Del Rey and love her a lot. I am an active member of lanaboards/reddit and I swear to god if her fans criticize her voice or moan about using heavy backing tracks that much. We just eat whatever she gives us. We already know she's not a strong vocalist. She doesn't even sing full songs and points her mic to the crowd. But still, we go and see her shows.
    I personally noticed it often here on this forum that  Madonna fans criticize her so negatively all the time. Sometimes it's just too much. 
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    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from pcd in your DREAM ballroom bitch   
    Britney in L.A. (I hope March 5th or 7th, the two nights I'll be attending)
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    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from RUADJAI in your DREAM ballroom bitch   
    Britney in L.A. (I hope March 5th or 7th, the two nights I'll be attending)
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    Leandro Gomes reacted to PaperFaces in Erotica (Extended 12" Mix w/ " You Thrill Me" Bridge) UPDATED January 6th, 2024   
    UPDATED LINK MARCH 1st
     (***Tweaked the layering of the bridge vocals. Also added some elements based on the live mix.)
    Reposting the Extended mix id done for myself using the album mix and instrumental. This time, incorporating the You Thrill Me bridge.
    Did as best I could considering they are demo vocals. Mixing and layering them properly was a pain. 
    Hope you like:

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    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from TOpher in your DREAM ballroom bitch   
    Britney in L.A. (I hope March 5th or 7th, the two nights I'll be attending)
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    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from Roy in Truth or Dare Quotes   
    Belgium stress!
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    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from Ian in Truth or Dare Quotes   
    Belgium stress!
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    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from Donna in Truth or Dare Quotes   
    Belgium stress!
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    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from RUADJAI in Truth or Dare Quotes   
    Belgium stress!
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    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from WopaelWopael in The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)   
    After watching many videos of the show, I can definitely say that I loved it. However, it’s not perfect and could be much better with some tweaks, in my opinion.
    Main issues: the narrative is not always clear, there are some very anticlimactic moments (Papa Don’t Preach, Human Nature, Crazy For You, La Isla Bonita), The Beast Within interlude (again???!!!) and the closure.
    I would start the show in the future. Bob could state this, to be clear, and we have the same beginning with Nothing Really Matters followed by Bedtime Story, Ray of Light, Frozen intro and first verse tied to full Rain (including the bridge), and leading into the Ghosttown chorus “When it all falls...”. At the end of the song, we see the first “Madonna of the past” in a Like a Virgin wedding dress and the real Madonna tells her “Not everyone is coming to the future because not everyone is learning from the past”. The Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude begins (I loved it), and then we go back in time to NY in the early 80s.
    Then we have Everybody, Into the Groove, Open Your Heart and Holiday leading into the same incredibly beautiful Live to Tell (no Burning Up, we need to save some time and this one is cut). Then the same Unholy/Act of Contriction intro, Like a Prayer (adding the second verse), the same Living for Love interlude leading into the Erotica segment.
    I would merge Erotica and Justify My Love (songs and choreography) to save some time to at least have the first verse and chorus of Papa Don’t Preach when Madonna finds her old Blond Ambition self (which is genius). Then the Fever snnipet, Hung Up (only the original, bye Tokischa) and (the wonderful) Bad Girl.
    The same Up & Down Suite interlude, Break My Soul/Vogue mashup (including the second verse and bridge please!), the ballroom funny thing and full Crazy For You as a sweet moment (no Human Nature here).
    A new little interlude is needed here, not the long, recycled and out-of-place The Beast Within. It could be Human Nature, with the screens showing her political side (fighting misogyny, homophobia, ageism, etc. – another interlude has some of these images that could be relocated). So I would replace Die Another Day with Express Yourself (keeping the same witch costumes and similar choreography), followed by Don’t Tell Me as it is. A little talk about family, then Mother and Father (although I prefer Promise to Try), more talking (freedom fighter, revolution of love bla bla bla), a snippet of Rebel Heart playing guitar and La Isla in full (I Will Survive karaoke and Don’t Cry for me Argentina are cut). Her “old self” could appear again here, perhaps the same “No Fear” from American Life.
    Then we would see the I Don’t Search I Find interlude, which I think works better introducing the final act (but not that long, remember we moved some scenes to the previous interlude), the same GMAYL chants, the same Bitch I’ m Madonna with the drag queens dressed in her iconic looks, and a revised and longer encore: a medley with Celebration, Give It To Me and Music, ending with “Nothing really matters, love is all we need”, referencing the first song and becoming full circle as she loves!l
    The show would go like this:
     
    Bob’s intro
    Nothing Really Matters
    Bedtime Story
    Ray of Light
    Frozen / Rain / Ghosttown
    Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude
    Everybody
    Into the Groove
    Open Your Heart
    Holiday
    Live to Tell
    Unholy / Act of Contriction intro
    Like a Prayer
    Living for Love interlude
    Erotica / Justify My Love
    Papa Don’t Preach
    Fever
    Hung Up
    Bad Girl
    Up & Down Suite intro
    Break My Soul / Vogue
    Crazy For You
    Human Nature interlude
    Express Yourself
    Don’t Tell Me
    Mother and Father
    Rebel Heart
    La Isla Bonita
    I Don’t Search I Find interlude
    GMAYL / Bitch I’m Madonna
    Celebration / Give It To Me / Music
     
    I tried to keep the runtime the same and only make a few small but effective changes. What do you guys think?
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    Leandro Gomes reacted to DiegoLCL in The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)   
    I'm not saying this to anyone specific here but I just saw another comment about how the little skit with Bob before Holiday brings down the show and takes too long and I went to check and it doesn't take more than 3 minutes!

    We are living in a world where people suffer from attention span and if things are not clear, direct and quick they are quickly seen as bad. There's no way a show can be built like this. I sometimes wonder how people would react to the long banter of Blond Ambition and Girlie Show today... This technological world, and here I also include myself as guilty, where everyone is able to edit, modify and reimagine things as they are happening makes us fail to appreciate the artist's vision and appreciate things for what they are.

    The show has 7 hits from the 80s in a row in versions extremely close to the originals, not counting those from the 90s and 00s that come later during the show and even so, there are people saying that she didn't think about the general public when doing the show. It's not her fault that the people who decided to leave the house and go to the show expect her to act like an artist that she never was and never will be. It's been 40 years, if people still don't know what Madonna has to offer, again, that's not her problem or her fault.

    I saw a lot of people wanting Frozen instead of Rain and like, the songs are literal opposites in their meaning. Everything that Madonna puts on her shows has a reason, no matter how much we like or dislike a song choice, let's take some time to at least understand the reason for her choices and respect her as an artist with a vision, especially in a day and age where there are very few of these in the mainstream pop music.

    If in the past Blond Ambition managed to be iconic and reinvent what is expected of a show with a Dick Tracy segment, and the Girlie Show is still revered in the fandom today, having that version of Like a Virgin and I'm Going Bananas, I think we are capable of overcoming something that we personally don't love in this great show without making it the end of the world and the end of Madonna's redemption as a touring force.


    This is a woman who has done it all and is still giving it all at 65 years of age and 40 years of career, we probably won't be seeing anybody doing like her again. Let's be nice and grateful, it doesn't cost anything.
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    Leandro Gomes reacted to stefo in The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)   
    Wow, this is interesting for me.
    It's the first time I hardly understand why people is not satisfied about her. I'm not criticizing, I want to specify it, at all. I'm usually very critical myself, I have to say. I found quite cold and not that interesting the much acclaimed MDNA tour and much much much worse the tragic Sticky and sweet experience.
    There are some flaws here too, of course. Yes, maybe some performances could have been shorter, like the Holiday raw intro, The beast within and Billie Jean/Like a virgin - wich is nice though and it opens the finale, making a point about the pure iconicity of M character, image and spirit of decades of pop, just as MJ, Burning up could have been substituted by a rock reinvention of some other old hit, La isla and Rain are weaker than what they could have been, especially Rain - but some theatrics addition could still be made - and, after the first two parts, the show is much less explanatory, so one really has to know her story to understand what she's saying. At the same time these points are a few for me in comparison to the sophisticated and selfconscious tale she presents. 
    I think this show brilliantly represents the essence of Madonna's story: the light and fun disco girl who quite soon becomes commited and participating about cultural and social issues, arriving to challenge the common morality and not begging pardon for this, finding a complete balance and strenght in her family, standing still on her positions and going on expressing her point of view about politics and society. I mean, her themes are all there (the AIDS plague, the Catholic morality percieved as oppressive, sex freedom, the support for the LGBTQI+ community, her mother loss, her family, the discovery of a new kind of priorities - this is maybe the only point wich suffers a little opacity, the ageism). Her looks and most famous dance steps are all in (the OYH chair, the vogueing, the HU disco routine, the DTM folk dance, the hands oriental Frozen moves). And she performs giving in personality and in a very spectacular mise en scene what she can't give in athletics anymore.
     
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    Leandro Gomes reacted to MattyMads in What story is the show telling?   
    I took hung up as her experiencing her sexuality which she did with Sandra B etc the topless female dancers,  hung up on Tokisha is quite sexual so I feel it fits in well at the end of that erotica/ justify my love section. 
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    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from Rodrigo Olivero in The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)   
    After watching many videos of the show, I can definitely say that I loved it. However, it’s not perfect and could be much better with some tweaks, in my opinion.
    Main issues: the narrative is not always clear, there are some very anticlimactic moments (Papa Don’t Preach, Human Nature, Crazy For You, La Isla Bonita), The Beast Within interlude (again???!!!) and the closure.
    I would start the show in the future. Bob could state this, to be clear, and we have the same beginning with Nothing Really Matters followed by Bedtime Story, Ray of Light, Frozen intro and first verse tied to full Rain (including the bridge), and leading into the Ghosttown chorus “When it all falls...”. At the end of the song, we see the first “Madonna of the past” in a Like a Virgin wedding dress and the real Madonna tells her “Not everyone is coming to the future because not everyone is learning from the past”. The Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude begins (I loved it), and then we go back in time to NY in the early 80s.
    Then we have Everybody, Into the Groove, Open Your Heart and Holiday leading into the same incredibly beautiful Live to Tell (no Burning Up, we need to save some time and this one is cut). Then the same Unholy/Act of Contriction intro, Like a Prayer (adding the second verse), the same Living for Love interlude leading into the Erotica segment.
    I would merge Erotica and Justify My Love (songs and choreography) to save some time to at least have the first verse and chorus of Papa Don’t Preach when Madonna finds her old Blond Ambition self (which is genius). Then the Fever snnipet, Hung Up (only the original, bye Tokischa) and (the wonderful) Bad Girl.
    The same Up & Down Suite interlude, Break My Soul/Vogue mashup (including the second verse and bridge please!), the ballroom funny thing and full Crazy For You as a sweet moment (no Human Nature here).
    A new little interlude is needed here, not the long, recycled and out-of-place The Beast Within. It could be Human Nature, with the screens showing her political side (fighting misogyny, homophobia, ageism, etc. – another interlude has some of these images that could be relocated). So I would replace Die Another Day with Express Yourself (keeping the same witch costumes and similar choreography), followed by Don’t Tell Me as it is. A little talk about family, then Mother and Father (although I prefer Promise to Try), more talking (freedom fighter, revolution of love bla bla bla), a snippet of Rebel Heart playing guitar and La Isla in full (I Will Survive karaoke and Don’t Cry for me Argentina are cut). Her “old self” could appear again here, perhaps the same “No Fear” from American Life.
    Then we would see the I Don’t Search I Find interlude, which I think works better introducing the final act (but not that long, remember we moved some scenes to the previous interlude), the same GMAYL chants, the same Bitch I’ m Madonna with the drag queens dressed in her iconic looks, and a revised and longer encore: a medley with Celebration, Give It To Me and Music, ending with “Nothing really matters, love is all we need”, referencing the first song and becoming full circle as she loves!l
    The show would go like this:
     
    Bob’s intro
    Nothing Really Matters
    Bedtime Story
    Ray of Light
    Frozen / Rain / Ghosttown
    Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude
    Everybody
    Into the Groove
    Open Your Heart
    Holiday
    Live to Tell
    Unholy / Act of Contriction intro
    Like a Prayer
    Living for Love interlude
    Erotica / Justify My Love
    Papa Don’t Preach
    Fever
    Hung Up
    Bad Girl
    Up & Down Suite intro
    Break My Soul / Vogue
    Crazy For You
    Human Nature interlude
    Express Yourself
    Don’t Tell Me
    Mother and Father
    Rebel Heart
    La Isla Bonita
    I Don’t Search I Find interlude
    GMAYL / Bitch I’m Madonna
    Celebration / Give It To Me / Music
     
    I tried to keep the runtime the same and only make a few small but effective changes. What do you guys think?
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    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from milotjuh in The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)   
    After watching many videos of the show, I can definitely say that I loved it. However, it’s not perfect and could be much better with some tweaks, in my opinion.
    Main issues: the narrative is not always clear, there are some very anticlimactic moments (Papa Don’t Preach, Human Nature, Crazy For You, La Isla Bonita), The Beast Within interlude (again???!!!) and the closure.
    I would start the show in the future. Bob could state this, to be clear, and we have the same beginning with Nothing Really Matters followed by Bedtime Story, Ray of Light, Frozen intro and first verse tied to full Rain (including the bridge), and leading into the Ghosttown chorus “When it all falls...”. At the end of the song, we see the first “Madonna of the past” in a Like a Virgin wedding dress and the real Madonna tells her “Not everyone is coming to the future because not everyone is learning from the past”. The Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude begins (I loved it), and then we go back in time to NY in the early 80s.
    Then we have Everybody, Into the Groove, Open Your Heart and Holiday leading into the same incredibly beautiful Live to Tell (no Burning Up, we need to save some time and this one is cut). Then the same Unholy/Act of Contriction intro, Like a Prayer (adding the second verse), the same Living for Love interlude leading into the Erotica segment.
    I would merge Erotica and Justify My Love (songs and choreography) to save some time to at least have the first verse and chorus of Papa Don’t Preach when Madonna finds her old Blond Ambition self (which is genius). Then the Fever snnipet, Hung Up (only the original, bye Tokischa) and (the wonderful) Bad Girl.
    The same Up & Down Suite interlude, Break My Soul/Vogue mashup (including the second verse and bridge please!), the ballroom funny thing and full Crazy For You as a sweet moment (no Human Nature here).
    A new little interlude is needed here, not the long, recycled and out-of-place The Beast Within. It could be Human Nature, with the screens showing her political side (fighting misogyny, homophobia, ageism, etc. – another interlude has some of these images that could be relocated). So I would replace Die Another Day with Express Yourself (keeping the same witch costumes and similar choreography), followed by Don’t Tell Me as it is. A little talk about family, then Mother and Father (although I prefer Promise to Try), more talking (freedom fighter, revolution of love bla bla bla), a snippet of Rebel Heart playing guitar and La Isla in full (I Will Survive karaoke and Don’t Cry for me Argentina are cut). Her “old self” could appear again here, perhaps the same “No Fear” from American Life.
    Then we would see the I Don’t Search I Find interlude, which I think works better introducing the final act (but not that long, remember we moved some scenes to the previous interlude), the same GMAYL chants, the same Bitch I’ m Madonna with the drag queens dressed in her iconic looks, and a revised and longer encore: a medley with Celebration, Give It To Me and Music, ending with “Nothing really matters, love is all we need”, referencing the first song and becoming full circle as she loves!l
    The show would go like this:
     
    Bob’s intro
    Nothing Really Matters
    Bedtime Story
    Ray of Light
    Frozen / Rain / Ghosttown
    Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude
    Everybody
    Into the Groove
    Open Your Heart
    Holiday
    Live to Tell
    Unholy / Act of Contriction intro
    Like a Prayer
    Living for Love interlude
    Erotica / Justify My Love
    Papa Don’t Preach
    Fever
    Hung Up
    Bad Girl
    Up & Down Suite intro
    Break My Soul / Vogue
    Crazy For You
    Human Nature interlude
    Express Yourself
    Don’t Tell Me
    Mother and Father
    Rebel Heart
    La Isla Bonita
    I Don’t Search I Find interlude
    GMAYL / Bitch I’m Madonna
    Celebration / Give It To Me / Music
     
    I tried to keep the runtime the same and only make a few small but effective changes. What do you guys think?
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    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from Homogenic79 in The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)   
    After watching many videos of the show, I can definitely say that I loved it. However, it’s not perfect and could be much better with some tweaks, in my opinion.
    Main issues: the narrative is not always clear, there are some very anticlimactic moments (Papa Don’t Preach, Human Nature, Crazy For You, La Isla Bonita), The Beast Within interlude (again???!!!) and the closure.
    I would start the show in the future. Bob could state this, to be clear, and we have the same beginning with Nothing Really Matters followed by Bedtime Story, Ray of Light, Frozen intro and first verse tied to full Rain (including the bridge), and leading into the Ghosttown chorus “When it all falls...”. At the end of the song, we see the first “Madonna of the past” in a Like a Virgin wedding dress and the real Madonna tells her “Not everyone is coming to the future because not everyone is learning from the past”. The Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude begins (I loved it), and then we go back in time to NY in the early 80s.
    Then we have Everybody, Into the Groove, Open Your Heart and Holiday leading into the same incredibly beautiful Live to Tell (no Burning Up, we need to save some time and this one is cut). Then the same Unholy/Act of Contriction intro, Like a Prayer (adding the second verse), the same Living for Love interlude leading into the Erotica segment.
    I would merge Erotica and Justify My Love (songs and choreography) to save some time to at least have the first verse and chorus of Papa Don’t Preach when Madonna finds her old Blond Ambition self (which is genius). Then the Fever snnipet, Hung Up (only the original, bye Tokischa) and (the wonderful) Bad Girl.
    The same Up & Down Suite interlude, Break My Soul/Vogue mashup (including the second verse and bridge please!), the ballroom funny thing and full Crazy For You as a sweet moment (no Human Nature here).
    A new little interlude is needed here, not the long, recycled and out-of-place The Beast Within. It could be Human Nature, with the screens showing her political side (fighting misogyny, homophobia, ageism, etc. – another interlude has some of these images that could be relocated). So I would replace Die Another Day with Express Yourself (keeping the same witch costumes and similar choreography), followed by Don’t Tell Me as it is. A little talk about family, then Mother and Father (although I prefer Promise to Try), more talking (freedom fighter, revolution of love bla bla bla), a snippet of Rebel Heart playing guitar and La Isla in full (I Will Survive karaoke and Don’t Cry for me Argentina are cut). Her “old self” could appear again here, perhaps the same “No Fear” from American Life.
    Then we would see the I Don’t Search I Find interlude, which I think works better introducing the final act (but not that long, remember we moved some scenes to the previous interlude), the same GMAYL chants, the same Bitch I’ m Madonna with the drag queens dressed in her iconic looks, and a revised and longer encore: a medley with Celebration, Give It To Me and Music, ending with “Nothing really matters, love is all we need”, referencing the first song and becoming full circle as she loves!l
    The show would go like this:
     
    Bob’s intro
    Nothing Really Matters
    Bedtime Story
    Ray of Light
    Frozen / Rain / Ghosttown
    Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude
    Everybody
    Into the Groove
    Open Your Heart
    Holiday
    Live to Tell
    Unholy / Act of Contriction intro
    Like a Prayer
    Living for Love interlude
    Erotica / Justify My Love
    Papa Don’t Preach
    Fever
    Hung Up
    Bad Girl
    Up & Down Suite intro
    Break My Soul / Vogue
    Crazy For You
    Human Nature interlude
    Express Yourself
    Don’t Tell Me
    Mother and Father
    Rebel Heart
    La Isla Bonita
    I Don’t Search I Find interlude
    GMAYL / Bitch I’m Madonna
    Celebration / Give It To Me / Music
     
    I tried to keep the runtime the same and only make a few small but effective changes. What do you guys think?
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    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from MaDöner Kebab in The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)   
    After watching many videos of the show, I can definitely say that I loved it. However, it’s not perfect and could be much better with some tweaks, in my opinion.
    Main issues: the narrative is not always clear, there are some very anticlimactic moments (Papa Don’t Preach, Human Nature, Crazy For You, La Isla Bonita), The Beast Within interlude (again???!!!) and the closure.
    I would start the show in the future. Bob could state this, to be clear, and we have the same beginning with Nothing Really Matters followed by Bedtime Story, Ray of Light, Frozen intro and first verse tied to full Rain (including the bridge), and leading into the Ghosttown chorus “When it all falls...”. At the end of the song, we see the first “Madonna of the past” in a Like a Virgin wedding dress and the real Madonna tells her “Not everyone is coming to the future because not everyone is learning from the past”. The Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude begins (I loved it), and then we go back in time to NY in the early 80s.
    Then we have Everybody, Into the Groove, Open Your Heart and Holiday leading into the same incredibly beautiful Live to Tell (no Burning Up, we need to save some time and this one is cut). Then the same Unholy/Act of Contriction intro, Like a Prayer (adding the second verse), the same Living for Love interlude leading into the Erotica segment.
    I would merge Erotica and Justify My Love (songs and choreography) to save some time to at least have the first verse and chorus of Papa Don’t Preach when Madonna finds her old Blond Ambition self (which is genius). Then the Fever snnipet, Hung Up (only the original, bye Tokischa) and (the wonderful) Bad Girl.
    The same Up & Down Suite interlude, Break My Soul/Vogue mashup (including the second verse and bridge please!), the ballroom funny thing and full Crazy For You as a sweet moment (no Human Nature here).
    A new little interlude is needed here, not the long, recycled and out-of-place The Beast Within. It could be Human Nature, with the screens showing her political side (fighting misogyny, homophobia, ageism, etc. – another interlude has some of these images that could be relocated). So I would replace Die Another Day with Express Yourself (keeping the same witch costumes and similar choreography), followed by Don’t Tell Me as it is. A little talk about family, then Mother and Father (although I prefer Promise to Try), more talking (freedom fighter, revolution of love bla bla bla), a snippet of Rebel Heart playing guitar and La Isla in full (I Will Survive karaoke and Don’t Cry for me Argentina are cut). Her “old self” could appear again here, perhaps the same “No Fear” from American Life.
    Then we would see the I Don’t Search I Find interlude, which I think works better introducing the final act (but not that long, remember we moved some scenes to the previous interlude), the same GMAYL chants, the same Bitch I’ m Madonna with the drag queens dressed in her iconic looks, and a revised and longer encore: a medley with Celebration, Give It To Me and Music, ending with “Nothing really matters, love is all we need”, referencing the first song and becoming full circle as she loves!l
    The show would go like this:
     
    Bob’s intro
    Nothing Really Matters
    Bedtime Story
    Ray of Light
    Frozen / Rain / Ghosttown
    Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude
    Everybody
    Into the Groove
    Open Your Heart
    Holiday
    Live to Tell
    Unholy / Act of Contriction intro
    Like a Prayer
    Living for Love interlude
    Erotica / Justify My Love
    Papa Don’t Preach
    Fever
    Hung Up
    Bad Girl
    Up & Down Suite intro
    Break My Soul / Vogue
    Crazy For You
    Human Nature interlude
    Express Yourself
    Don’t Tell Me
    Mother and Father
    Rebel Heart
    La Isla Bonita
    I Don’t Search I Find interlude
    GMAYL / Bitch I’m Madonna
    Celebration / Give It To Me / Music
     
    I tried to keep the runtime the same and only make a few small but effective changes. What do you guys think?
  18. Like
    Leandro Gomes got a reaction from Voguerista in The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)   
    After watching many videos of the show, I can definitely say that I loved it. However, it’s not perfect and could be much better with some tweaks, in my opinion.
    Main issues: the narrative is not always clear, there are some very anticlimactic moments (Papa Don’t Preach, Human Nature, Crazy For You, La Isla Bonita), The Beast Within interlude (again???!!!) and the closure.
    I would start the show in the future. Bob could state this, to be clear, and we have the same beginning with Nothing Really Matters followed by Bedtime Story, Ray of Light, Frozen intro and first verse tied to full Rain (including the bridge), and leading into the Ghosttown chorus “When it all falls...”. At the end of the song, we see the first “Madonna of the past” in a Like a Virgin wedding dress and the real Madonna tells her “Not everyone is coming to the future because not everyone is learning from the past”. The Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude begins (I loved it), and then we go back in time to NY in the early 80s.
    Then we have Everybody, Into the Groove, Open Your Heart and Holiday leading into the same incredibly beautiful Live to Tell (no Burning Up, we need to save some time and this one is cut). Then the same Unholy/Act of Contriction intro, Like a Prayer (adding the second verse), the same Living for Love interlude leading into the Erotica segment.
    I would merge Erotica and Justify My Love (songs and choreography) to save some time to at least have the first verse and chorus of Papa Don’t Preach when Madonna finds her old Blond Ambition self (which is genius). Then the Fever snnipet, Hung Up (only the original, bye Tokischa) and (the wonderful) Bad Girl.
    The same Up & Down Suite interlude, Break My Soul/Vogue mashup (including the second verse and bridge please!), the ballroom funny thing and full Crazy For You as a sweet moment (no Human Nature here).
    A new little interlude is needed here, not the long, recycled and out-of-place The Beast Within. It could be Human Nature, with the screens showing her political side (fighting misogyny, homophobia, ageism, etc. – another interlude has some of these images that could be relocated). So I would replace Die Another Day with Express Yourself (keeping the same witch costumes and similar choreography), followed by Don’t Tell Me as it is. A little talk about family, then Mother and Father (although I prefer Promise to Try), more talking (freedom fighter, revolution of love bla bla bla), a snippet of Rebel Heart playing guitar and La Isla in full (I Will Survive karaoke and Don’t Cry for me Argentina are cut). Her “old self” could appear again here, perhaps the same “No Fear” from American Life.
    Then we would see the I Don’t Search I Find interlude, which I think works better introducing the final act (but not that long, remember we moved some scenes to the previous interlude), the same GMAYL chants, the same Bitch I’ m Madonna with the drag queens dressed in her iconic looks, and a revised and longer encore: a medley with Celebration, Give It To Me and Music, ending with “Nothing really matters, love is all we need”, referencing the first song and becoming full circle as she loves!l
    The show would go like this:
     
    Bob’s intro
    Nothing Really Matters
    Bedtime Story
    Ray of Light
    Frozen / Rain / Ghosttown
    Like a Virgin / Billie Jean interlude
    Everybody
    Into the Groove
    Open Your Heart
    Holiday
    Live to Tell
    Unholy / Act of Contriction intro
    Like a Prayer
    Living for Love interlude
    Erotica / Justify My Love
    Papa Don’t Preach
    Fever
    Hung Up
    Bad Girl
    Up & Down Suite intro
    Break My Soul / Vogue
    Crazy For You
    Human Nature interlude
    Express Yourself
    Don’t Tell Me
    Mother and Father
    Rebel Heart
    La Isla Bonita
    I Don’t Search I Find interlude
    GMAYL / Bitch I’m Madonna
    Celebration / Give It To Me / Music
     
    I tried to keep the runtime the same and only make a few small but effective changes. What do you guys think?
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    I have never seen anything like it HD
     

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    I couldn't agree more!
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    Leandro Gomes reacted to Alibaba in Erotica + Boxing: Why?   
    I think it represents that this is how she experienced the era from Justify My Love to Erotica. Boxing with society. Throwing punches. Calculating her next move. After Human Nature she throws it all into the fire, and moves onto spiritual awakening. 
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    Leandro Gomes reacted to DiegoLCL in The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)   
    My two centes about the show and how it narrates her career/life.
    "Nothing Really Matters", "Everybody", "Into the Hollywood Groove", "Burning Up", "Open Your Heart", "Holiday"  the first part of the 80s, a joyful and celebratory pop.

    Then late 80s with "Live to Tell" and how the AIDS crisis made her lose people and how it affected her life, culminating in her questioning things and the development of her work and rebellion against religion/patriarchy: "Like a Prayer"/"Unholy”/"Act of Contrition".

    Then the  sexual and queer defiance of her work in 90s with, "Erotica", "Justify My Love"/"Fever" (Medley), "Hung Up on Tokischa"/"Hung Up" (Medley), "Bad Girl", "Vogue", "Human Nature".

    "Crazy for You"  how it all comes down to love after all the controversy (or you could see it as how she re-invented herself as a ballad singer in the mid 90s to "save her career" if you're cynical lol). "Die Another Day", "Don’t Tell Me" is her drive to keep her head up and keep going no matter what. "Mother and Father", 'La Isla Bonita", "Argentina". about her wounds from the loss of her mother and how important it was to make Evita and how it ended up closing a circle with her becoming a mother there. 
    "Bedtime Story", "Ray of Light", "Rain" her rebirth and spiritual awakening after Lola which culminated in ROL and gave a twist , a revival, survival to her career. 
    "Bitch I’m Madonna"/"Give Me All Your Luvin'" (Medley) , "Celebration"/"Music" (Medley) is where she is now, being the baddest bitch who refuses to go away and to live up to people's expectations.


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    Leandro Gomes reacted to DiegoLCL in The Celebration Tour (Spoilers)   
    I'm not trying to tear anyone down to lift Madonna up, but remember that NO OTHER POP BITCH will be giving this high level of artistry, commitment, motivation, drive, fire and love 40 years into a career and at 65 years old.

    BE THANKFUL MOTHERFUCKERS, we stan the best pop artist ever and we still have her.
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