Candy Shop? Not again. But how often?

[Craigypants 15,275]

12 hours ago, Nobody Knows Me said:

I think she’s always resented the fact that it wasn’t selected as the first single from Hard Candy, and she did say during promotion for the album that the song is one of her favourite records. It’s not the best song so I won’t be sad if she doesn’t do it again, and it is such a waste of a spot on a setlist. 

Yep. I remember her saying that at the listening party for warner that she was actually shocked that people thought 4 minutes was better than candy shop and should be the first single. Obviously nobody else did. I find it just boring except for the opening of the Sticky & Sweet Tour, I like that version. But, enough is enough. 

[Raio_05 777]

6 hours ago, Craigypants said:

I remember her saying that at the listening party for warner that she was actually shocked that people thought 4 minutes was better than candy shop and should be the first single. Obviously nobody else did.

I swear to God, I'd love to be inside her head sometimes. How she thought Candy Shop was better than 4 Minutes is fascinating. Absurd, but still fascinating. 

Her musical perception/taste must be so different than what we fans imagine. 

Edited September 5, 2020 by Dito (see edit history)

[Blue Jean 15,110]

Give It 2 Me is better than both of those songs!

[bedtimestory 758]

Candy is a basic, boring song. I dont get why shes so fascinated with it! Such a waste of tour time space, that should be used for iconic songs.

If it was up to her, candy will be the opening to all her tours followed by the over-performed : human nature. Its so unfair these 2 songs get so many performances, while her best material is ignored and never performed on tours!

 

Wish she was as passionate with Girl gone wild, NRM, bad girl, ghosttown, papa dont preach, etc...

[bedtimestory 758]

I wish her Madonna of the 90s-2000s mindset was in charge again. She USED to have impeccable music taste.

[steady75 9,566]

It never needs to be heard live again. 

[ludowillo 88]

On 9/19/2020 at 11:17 AM, steady75 said:

It never needs to be heard live again. 

EDIT: Sorry, I just realised you wrote “It never needs to be heard live again”, but I missed that pretty important distinction upon first reading  So my answer below hopefully makes more sense with that disclaimer added...

——-
 

Said no one.

 

 

Just kidding. To each their own!

I personally wouldn’t mind if she never performed Candy Shop again, especially if it meant we got a less often performed song in its place, like Cherish or Nothing Really Matters 

Edited October 7, 2020 by ludowillo (see edit history)

[milotjuh 975]

..but she's got candy galore; why won't you come into her store..? 

[anton5000 1,493]

I don't LOVE Candy Shop but I really enjoy it everytime she sings it, the RHT one was the most fun! On the other hand, PLEASE stop trying to make Human Nature happen, it's overrated by herself... I think the MDNA performance was the best of them all, and it represents the song perfectly, any other performance is just meh.

[Roland Barthes 5,818]

I hate Power of Goodbye (and so did Orbit according to Madonna) and I wish GGW was a person so i could kill it with my bare hands.

I have no problem with Candy Shop especially the RHT version and i love Human Nature.

[Blue Jean 15,110]

Love Power of Goodbye! Love Human Nature too!

[RinoTheBouncer 1,130]

It’s not that I hate Candy Shop, Human Nature, Vogue, Like A Prayer, Like A Virgin, Ray of Light, Hung Up, Express Yourself and La Isla Bonita, some of them are along my most favorite songs, but the frequency of singing them live at the expense of far better tracks, especially Human Nature, Candy Shop and Vogue is making them not enjoyable anymore, especially with how low effort her performances of these songs are becoming recently.

[Andymad 10,318]

Well when she tours it’s like her lyric. “Have some more” lol. 

[luluthecat 1,109]

I adore Human Nature, one of her greatest singles of all time! Love all her performance of it apart from S&S, which horrendous and boring.

I’ll never understand Candy Shop, but I did like the MDNA version, that mix really brings the song to life. 

[Blue Prince 995]

There is one factor that sometimes we forget. And that factor is Madonna's own contribution to the creation of the song. Candy Shop sounds so much like her lyrically. Sexual innuendos are what keeps her alive. She is credited with Pharrell as the sole writers and I do believe she wrote like 80 percent of it or more. 4 Minutes might have felt more synthetic at the time, like she didn't have a big inspiration for the song, just sat with other three men and went with their flow. I think this is the reason she loves it so much. I think it's her being proud that she made it. Maybe working with renowned hitmakers after a long time didn't give her the chance to be the leader with many songs, 4 Minutes included. Give it 2 me isn't that smart lyrically to be proud of anyway. 

[Clark_Kent 1,044]

I hope she closes her goodbye tour with candy shop.

Hipnotic song.

[steady75 9,566]

Everytime a fan endorses her trolling of us with Candy Shop live, a gay man loses his ability to walk quicker than heterosexuals. Just  think about what you’re doing here folks. 

[Markdonna 692]

Her love of Candy Shop is — interesting to me.  I don’t get it, personally.  That said — the Rebel Heart Tour version was surprisingly fun.  And I was pretty OVER the song by that point.  But it kinda won me over that show a bit.  That said.  I say it needs a good, longgggggggggggg break.

[MDNA22 1,165]

I think she has improved Candy Shop with each tour she has performed it on Rebel Heart version being the best  - the baseline was just killer so can understand why she has included it - it was actually a highlight for me of the Rebel heart tour and the best performance of the tour and I don't especially like the song lol  - it felt very Madonna and original and worked much better than Music.  I don't think we need to see another incarnation of Candy Shop though lol 

[dylanlioncourt 5,774]

I wouldn't be surprised if she films a video from her bathroom for it and releases an EP on Friday:

1. Candy Shop (Album Version)
2. Candy Shop (12" Inch Mix)
3. Candy Shop (Tracy Young Mix)
4. Candy Shop (Offer Nissim Candy Galore Remix)
5. Candy Shop (Instrumental)
6. Candy Shop (Live From Sticky and Sweet Tour 2008)
7. The Erotic Candy Shop (Live From MDNA Tour 2012)
8. Candy Shop (Live From Rebel Heart Tour 2015/16)
9. Ain't No Big Deal

[bedtimestory 758]

This basic song should be removed for good from any future setlist. She needs to start paying attention to what her fan base actually likes. She has to give her other gems a chance at being performed live. Songs like NRM, bad girl etc

[OhBabyReadyOrNot 659]

I'm a big fan of Human Nature! I've always liked the sassy-ness of this song and how she points out the hypocrisy of the critics.

As for Candy Shop, that's a whole different story. I think the lyrics are stupid and I can't believe the same woman who wrote Express Yourself and Bad Girl came up with this crap!

 

[into the erotico 971]

On 9/5/2020 at 3:56 AM, RinoTheBouncer said:

Candy Shop
Vogue
Human Nature
Express Yourself
Ray of Light
Hung Up
Like A Virgin
Holiday

Those aren’t bad songs, they’re great on different levels, but they’re overplayed and over-represented and I’d rather have much better and much less represented tracks on future tours than any of these. It’s like she fixated herself on the safest choices for hits and I get that most of those are iconic, but she overexposed Candy Shop and it’s not even a single, all while ignoring wondrous tracks like Get Together, Nothing Really Matters, The Power of Goodbye, Easy Ride, Girl Gone Wild, Bad Girl, Justify My Love, Why’s It So Hard, American Pie and evening Erotica.

Yes, some of those did get tour/live performances but it’s nothing compared to how many times she did Human Nature, Candy Shop and the rest. She did Candy Shop in 3 consecutive tours plus Ellen’s show all while doing below the bare minimum for the new album tracks...

+ la isla bonita

NO MORE!

[RinoTheBouncer 1,130]

9 hours ago, into the erotico said:

+ la isla bonita

NO MORE!

She overplayed all those too many times, they don’t even feel special anymore... ugh 

[Raio_05 777]

As much as I'd like her to stop performing all those songs that have already been mentioned here, we need to step out of our roles as hardcore fans (who are only, like, 10% of her shows attendance?), and realize 90% of the public go to her shows *for* those songs. They're the ones who listen to her casually.

I'm not a Beyoncé hardcore fan but you bet I'd wanna hear Single Ladies and Crazy In Love on every show I'd go to.

EDIT: this being said, I hope Madame X killed the Candy Shop curse, yes.