The Celebration Tour (No Spoilers)

[Honey Little 3,946]

We need a performance of Superstar in this tour. It was a smash hit in Brazil and that official remix is amazing. 

[Honey Little 3,946]

During her shows that near Christmas, it would amazing if she performed Santa Baby too!

[Andreo 5,305]

Let's stop here. Thanks. 

[MattyMads 5,489]

45 minutes ago, Honey Little said:

During her shows that near Christmas, it would amazing if she performed Santa Baby too!

absolutely not

[Honey Little 3,946]

We need a Madonna Infinity show like Tears of a Clown or the little show she did in France with Beautiful Killer: 

Tears for Infinity  Show (special visit to Australia):

Infinity 

Push

I Want You

Superstar

Santa Baby

Gone

 

[stefo 6,280]

9 hours ago, Honey Little said:

I think the blond ambition performance was the best for like a payer.

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Yeah, absoluteluy agree: in term of theatrics and arrangement the Blond Ambition was unparalleled, at the same time the Reinvention version is the best for me in terms of fun and comunion with her audience.

The Sticky and sweet one was a betrayal imo (the start and the closing part are unbelievably strong and interesting, but the rest of the song just didn't find the right match with the sampled track).

The MDNA, Rebel Heart and Madame X versions are a slow descent to the sloppiness I was talking about in my previous post (yeah, MDNA too, sorry, better than the others but still sluggish in terms of interpretation for me).

[Honey Little 3,946]

2 minutes ago, stefo said:

Yeah in term of theatrics and arrangement the Blond Ambition was unparalleled

And her voice was the best for me.

[stefo 6,280]

3 minutes ago, Honey Little said:

And her voice was the best for me.

Also agree, I loved her pretrained voice. Madly. Her best tour in terms of vocals is the Grilie Show imo 

[Donna 16,132]

15 minutes ago, stefo said:

Also agree, I loved her pretrained voice. Madly. Her best tour in terms of vocals is the Grilie Show imo 

She had training for her voice prior to Blond Ambition when she was involved in Dick Tracy in '89.  Not to say, she applied that training when singing live on tour in 1990, but I'm sure the training came in handy. 

I think what the difference is that on Blond Ambition, she didn't sing along with a backing track, which in these more recent performances of the song, she was singing along with a backing track.  Though I think she sang the song without backing tracks when she chose to sing it on Rebel Heart Tour.  Or at least, you can distinctly hear and see her singing it live.

[Mden 2,252]

I love Madonna’s live vocals. The Grammy Nothing Really Matters vocals are not perfect. But that performance is one of my favorites. 

[Donna 16,132]

"Back to the Grind"... So is she going to rock climb on tour?  She's scaling a wall in her latest Instagram story.  Or maybe she's just training, getting her body more in shape?

[WopaelWopael 722]

47 minutes ago, tscott said:

"Back to the Grind"... So is she going to rock climb on tour?  She's scaling a wall in her latest Instagram story.  Or maybe she's just training, getting her body more in shape?

She is crawling on the floor, not scaling a wall

[Donna 16,132]

32 minutes ago, WopaelWopael said:

She is crawling on the floor, not scaling a wall

I actually thought of that, but how are you sure that is the case?  Also, if not, she's still giving the illusion she is doing so.

[Drownedboy 1,659]

2 hours ago, stefo said:

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Yeah, absoluteluy agree: in term of theatrics and arrangement the Blond Ambition was unparalleled, at the same time the Reinvention version is the best for me in terms of fun and comunion with her audience.

The Sticky and sweet one was a betrayal imo (the start and the closing part are unbelievably strong and interesting, but the rest of the song just didn't find the right match with the sampled track).

The MDNA, Rebel Heart and Madame X versions are a slow descent to the sloppiness I was talking about in my previous post (yeah, MDNA too, sorry, better than the others but still sluggish in terms of interpretation for me).

I think Mdna´s one was not bad. 2003, 2004 2005 were good I agree. I think the 1990 was pretty cold, like more the dancing and the theatricality, but not the joy of the song. 

I think in Blonde Ambition her vocal technique is very bad. She sounds super hoarse and deep and throaty.

[BuggedOut 4,121]

She sounded dreadful during the BAT.

Nothing tops her live vocals from 2001-2015.

[Honey Little 3,946]

4 minutes ago, BuggedOut said:

She sounded dreadful during the BAT.

Nothing tops her live vocals from 2001-2015.

We are talking about the song like a prayer live. 
 

I think her girlie show live vocals were the best, followed by Who’s that girl tour and a Virgin tour and blond ambition. I didn’t care for her vocals as much starting with drowned world onward. 

[Jackie 8,028]

5 minutes ago, Honey Little said:

We are talking about the song like a prayer live. 
 

I think her girlie show live vocals were the best, followed by Who’s that girl tour and a Virgin tour and blond ambition. I didn’t care for her vocals as much starting with drowned world onward. 

Same, I felt her earlier tours she sung in her natural octave (lower key) - the more recent tour apart from RH - I think the reason it sounded off in some parts (other than dancing her tits off) was singing in a register that isn't necessarily her native register.

[TOpher 897]

21 minutes ago, BuggedOut said:

She sounded dreadful during the BAT.

Nothing tops her live vocals from 2001-2015.

Maybe 2001-2005. She’s sounded horrible since Sticky and sweet

[BuggedOut 4,121]

2 minutes ago, TOpher said:

Maybe 2001-2005. She’s sounded horrible since Sticky and sweet

I don’t agree.

You Must Love Me during Sticky and La Vien Rose  or whatever she sounded amazing.

The voice is there, she just needs to train it better.

[Mden 2,252]

11 minutes ago, TOpher said:

Maybe 2001-2005. She’s sounded horrible since Sticky and sweet

I only saw the video, but there were no horrible vocals in Rebel Heart Tour to my recollection. 

[missberic 763]

Imo Like a Prayer is too long and always brings this weird cult-like atmosphere to the concert. Not to mention we have to witness someone failing miserably trying to mimic/recreate/reinvent Niki's adlibs. I really wish she would make it more enjoyable by cutting a few verses or changing it up a bit - not like that awful S&S version tho.

[Donna 16,132]

19 minutes ago, Mden said:

I only saw the video, but there were no horrible vocals in Rebel Heart Tour to my recollection. 

Well, for a lot of the performances, she relies a lot on pre-recorded backing tracks.  Of course, there are moments throughout the show we do get her pure live vocals.  For instance, I believe True Blue is completely live vocals and La Vie En Rose as well.  The latter was definitely a vocal highlight of the show.  While other performances such as Rebel Heart, she's singing right over a pre-recorded track. 

For me, her last best vocals on tour was Confessions Tour, but I believe a lot of that was her singing along with backing tracks, but for the most part, it's very well mixed, unlike her follow up tours. 

I'm not bothered when she doesn't sing well, but that's because I rather hear her live than singing along with a backing track where the backing track seems to take the lead.  This is when we have horriblly screaming vocals over backing tracks on some songs (Sticky and Sweet's Borderline, anyone?).  Just sing it live the best you can. If I want to hear a recording, I'll pull out the album. 

I have noticed with her last several tours, many of her pre-recorded vocals are purposely not sung well, so it gives the illusion of live vocals, but the problem is, she still sings over them and it's usually horribly mixed. 

As for "Like A Prayer", I think the coldest and worst is Madame X.  Everything before that, you can hear much more feeling and emotion put into it.  The few times she performed it on Rebel Heart, it sounded far more genuine and full of emotion than anything I heard since Blond Ambition. I still think Blond Ambition is probably her best live vocal of it, while RIT her vocals do sound better, but that version lacks the punch and energy the song deserves. It still was a nice re-edition though. 

[musicinferno 3,660]

When does she start rehearsing with the full stage setup in an arena? Surely by the beginning of June, right? We're sooo close 

[Drum Dub 1,883]

41 minutes ago, tscott said:

I have noticed with her last several tours, many of her pre-recorded vocals are purposely not sung well, so it gives the illusion of live vocals 

That's a good option. Girl Gone Wild   I would love if she pre-records like 15 different versions of each one so they can switch from show to show 

[Donna 16,132]

1 hour ago, Drum Dub said:

That's a good option. Girl Gone Wild   I would love if she pre-records like 15 different versions of each one so they can switch from show to show 

Or just sing it live.  I will say, that is a good example of her relying on a pre-recorded vocal.  I have no doubt she was singing along with the track, but you could only hear that horrible recorded vocal instead.  I saw this one B-Roll Pro Shot footage, where about 2:59 in the song, you can hear what sounded like her live vocals (which were actually better than the pre-recording).  She still was relying some on backing track, but at least it sounded like she was singing live at that point.  Then the last minute, you only hear the pre-recording again.