Gonzus

I meant HAS, lol

You're right

At one point she had U$S 800. Seems like her fortune is dwindling. Maybe she has too many children? LOL. Or Guy Ritchie took too much away from her?

Yes, but she also invests much of her own money on her career, she has financed her own videos, films, etc, and spends a lot of money on art too.

Well. I have to confess I haven't listened to 3 of her live albums yet, but I'm not saying I won't. Honestly I'm not a big fan of her live recordings, except maybe for The Confessions Tour. I think she is the greatest live artist. But if you take away all the visual part of the show and you listen to her voice only, she's a lot less interesting. She hast's got the skills to sing live and she often sings off-key, besides she's zero spontaneity which, IMO forms the core of live shows. She used to be quite good during The Virgin Tour and WTGT, but from BAT onwards, she started to lip-synch and sing off-key which has worsened over the years, so she needs some oberdubs here and there, back-up singers and "studio versions"-lip-synching. It's just an opinion, not to offend anyone. Oh, I have to say that I LOVE her live version of Je t'aime moi non plus at the Olympia, it's awesome. I've listened to all her studio albums, of course there are some I still listen to, whereas some I don', but I will keep the titles to myself.

LOL

A whole image makeover, which hasn't happened for, like, 10 years. A new album, with a whole new sound and... a role as an actress in someone else's movie. She hasn't acted since 2002. And, last but not least, I want her old face, and I mean it in both ways

It's REALLY good. I wouldn't say the same about Hotspot, their previous album. it's great they're still around and putting out consistently good stuff since 1986.

I also think that she lets a lot of time pass between each album release, during which time, new artists rise to stardom and threaten her status and relevance in the music industry (only Sade can allow herself to put out albums every ten years). Look at Swift, Beyoncé and Lana Del Rey: they release albums almost every year, whereas Madame X came out in 2019! Sometimes I think that making abums bores her, but she is compelled to continue for the sake of relevance, it's just my impression

I'd say the "Music" album / Drown World Tour. Then she had a peak with COAD but mostly outside de US. I define "relevance" in terms of being copied, emulated and setting trends, not in terms of sales. Then, I think, she herself reverted to copy, emulate and follow trends. This doesn't mean what she did after Music wasn't good, it was and still is, but somehow she locked herself in a pretentious artistry and took herself too seriously, which is pretty close to being a bore.

I remember when I attended The Girlie Show. We had to wait an hour for the show to start. I was 17 and the arena was really, really far from my house and I remember it was extremely difficult to find a transportation that late at night. We were thousands in the same situation. After 3 hours, 4 AM, I could finally get a very expensive cab. But I didn't care, I was so full of excitement, we all were. Of course at that age you couldn't care less. I attended many concerts and neither starts on time.

Courtney Love is absolutely irrelevant in the music scene. Name at least 3 hits from her. She's a total zero, and she knows it. As an actress she's better than Madonna though.

I don't think "Madonna" should make number 1. It should be True blue, followed by Like a virgin, and Erotica respectively. I've always hated Like a prayer's, it's hideous IMO

I totally agree. Even though I deemed it a bore when it first came out, in retrospect I think it was the last time she sounded fun and natural. From then on she lost that quality in her voice.

Wow, I like it. I love her bouffant hair (a wig perhaps). Overdressed again but I love it. It's great she's still making magazine covers. LOL her cheek "bones" are the size of her tits. Never heard of this mag before, it's exquisite

I love Rescue me, one of my faves, but it's mostly spoken. And when she sings the chorus, she tries TOO HARD to sound like Aretha Franklin. I mean, it's good, but forced and not so authentic. Anyway I love Rescue me and hope one day it will earn the praise it deserves (her best lyric IMO)

OMG, thank God she isn't Dion. She is as bizarre as she is tacky. BTW, why doesn't anyone talk about her late REVERED husband having sex with her when she was 13??

She screams in that performance, which I love anyway, but screaming is not singing

I LOVE New Order though

I don't think so. You have to have a musical ear, which you are born with. And I don't think performing is very important

Yes, maybe too much cocaine?

Bob Dylan sings horribly and he was there. When he sings he sounds as if his testicles were being pressed. Lou Reed was a terrible singer too, and what about the New Order singer? However, Madonna is always attacked for her singing. True, she doesn't have a wide vocal range, but neither do have it Minogue or Spears, whose voices are irritating, mediocre and unbearable to listen to to me; what's more, what they lack is expressiveness and emotion, which Madonna has in spades. Or at least had, prior to her ruining singing lessons, which took away all the fun in her voice. "More" (From Dick Tracy) is a perfect showcase for her singing talent. It's a very difficult song to sing.

Bedtime story

Amazing

I hope she won't collab with ANYONE. I hate collabs. Artists must have their own sound, style and voice. Collabs make them sound all alike