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I don't see the problem in talking about her ass I mean it's her too. Anyway I just wanted to say one last thing about it & then I'm over it again. My theory is that her bacterial infection or whatever it was that put her into the hospital stemmed from the BBL or implants & she had MOST of it removed. Obviously she left some there but it is NOTHING like what it was when she first debuted the "look" @ Stonewall! I've NEVER judged M for any look (Grammy's "Jigsaw", Madame X misses, VMA's w Camilla Cabello) I realize that all of that can easily be taken off & isn't a part of her permanent body which makes it fine. Of course I don't like any of the above mentioned looks AT ALL & could probably think of a few more but when I saw the ass implants I literally could not believe it! M has always had the best figure in my opinion & that is something I always admired about her - her commitment to stay in the best shape & not smoke or be addicted to drugs, alcohol what have you. When I saw the BBL it made me very sad because I suddenly saw that M must not have been happy with herself for whatever reason & for someone who has always been so strongly vocal about loving yourself etc.. it just made me sad. But then I started to think about what the pressure must be like as the world's #1 most famous woman/pop ICON to stay looking the same & I can't imagine that. I am sure that would fuck up & fuck with even the strongest people. I mean look at Britney :( It's hard to age & really is a struggle that some can handle better than others. I'm just glad the BBL is gone or at least reduced it was the worst thing she's ever done in my opinion. Just wanted to say that. I LOVE seeing her healthy again & able to move around without looking like her ass is all disproportioned or about to pop! It's def not a look for her! She is so tiny & small she looks best with a fit dancers body. I knew back in the I'm Going To Tell You A Secret days when she started talking about her "fat thighs" that she has to have some sort of body dismorphia issues whether small or big cause it's like girl for real are you serious right now? There is nothing "fat" about you I'm sorry! Fat is easy to see. Rant over LOL! 

Yes but it still annoys me that she didn't do it solo. 

Everyone here talking about how long was Give me all your luvin', but Like a prayer for me is worst. It looked like a Glee theatre show, and it was endless. 
But anyway, we see this with eyes from 2024, she set a standard as always and I was obsessed with the show, I think I watched it 6 million times. 

No. for her standards, you know at that time she can do better. the first act was good but the 2nd was meh with the slacklining and the awkward shuffling with one of the members from LMFAO holding her leg up. 
Seriously WTF was happening here?

The final act was good. 
The whole performance was meant for TV and it did set a standard. if you were at the arena, the whole set up was VERY underwhelming because the stage was small. later acts did better (specifically Katy Perry), as her team studied Madonna's performance and definitely utilized the same mechanics and used the ENTIRE stage for a choreographed show. 

This is the saddest post I'm reading in the last year or so. Passionately hoping for a retraction as soon as it's possible.
The infinte wait is going to be the most boring thing for us and it's quite probably gonna be another misstep in her career imo: instead of maximizing her actual moment of success and respect with a strong new track or music, she goes back to a two years long process on an already rejected project where she will tell her story AGAIN, after just having done that succesfully with her tour
Sorry, my opinion about her in movies always was that it's not her thing, she's not a talented actress, screenwriter or director, I never watched anything really cinematographically worth watching wich included her honsetly, with all the love I feel ... but really, it wasn't enough to think that's a great movie wich gave me something intense, wich I wanna watch again. She neither could chose the right scripts when she was at her peak in the 90s, rejecting Batman returns and THE MATRIX, to play in Body of evidence and The next best thing    

Worth mentioning also that the album version was boosted very loud (and of course louder on "Celebration", cause they used that original soundtrack album version) while Orbit's radio version remained more quiet and probably true to the original sound he wanted, I think. It sounds quieter on digital and on "GHV2" than the soundtrack and the "Celebration" versions at least.
Orbit himself complained about it (of course he did) years later, about how he loved the song but can't listen to it cause it was ruined by loud mastering, but I can't find it now. Anyone knows how to find that one, please?

The Hard Candy cover is what the music videos should have looked like. So bad it's good imo.
Bedtime Stories cover will always be the upside down pic for me. The right side up looks weird.
I'll never forget seeing the ROL cover bills wheat pasted all over NYC when it was being rolled out. She looked like a magical goddess. What a time.

I disagree , while Hard Candy the concept is as corny as a dad joke. With CODF the whole concept is dated and so 2000 amateur graphic designer job. I remember discussing it in the forum before and went down investigating and is the same guy that did I believe rebel Heart and MDNA design.
Bedtime stories is far more interesting and better put together.
The typefonts are an interesting choice, using a modern style font,  with an attempt of neon effect (just go into layer styles and add glow) matching with a cursive handwritten. Adding a 3D element of a globe that suppose to look like a disco ball. But is not a disco ball is a globe. None of the typefonts represent 70s or disco.
Background: an overlay gradient with pattern of circles that suppose to represent the disco ball reflecting, but they don't. They look like  a weird circle pattern from the 50s
Madonna cutout like a paper-doll and buttered up with a soft filter removing any shadows or lines and adding color over layers that make her hair and skin look like the coloured photos from the 20s. She even has a shadow over , from the title, because nothing cast more shadow than a neon light (?)
It's a mess from a visual graphic point of view. The photoshoot with Klein has lots of great photos and they used the lights and reflection so good.  Just to get them all wiped out and do that cover.
One of the photos with some profesional editing, keeping the disco lights contrast  and add some simple but retro typeface. Like from Studio 54. And you have a great, classy effective cover.

I think the X in Madame X refers to Portugal being at the center of the world in the past, it was central to triangular trade and when Colombus went to colonize the world and boats went to asia, south & north america....Madonna's concepts are always confused but this may explain why we go from Portugal to south America to Asia and Africa...and the covers are her mothers : her real mother and her art mothers : frida Kahlo and Martha Graham...another concept within the concept. It's like she can't focus anymore since Rebel Heart, it's like she wants to put too much in one project. It's something i've also witnessed on the Celebration tour. She needs a better editor.

She hadn't have a solid lead since Hung Up anyway. Some were nice (Living for Love, 4 minutes...) but nowhere near as strong  as a lead should be. Like a Prayer, Frozen, Music, Hung up, this is what i'm talking about.

Worst first single ever
Worst era ever
Worst boyfriend ever

My changes would be the track list (Including some unreleased stuff from Ray of Light & Music) & the title  
MADONNA: THE SECOND COMING - Greatest Hits 1992 / 2001
Track List
Music Ray Of Light Beautiful Stranger Erotica Secret Don't Tell Me Deeper And Deeper Human Nature You'll See Don't Cry For Me Argentina Revenge (unreleased from the Ray of Light sessions) This Used To Be My Playground Frozen Drowned World / Substitute For Love What It Feels Like For a Girl Nothing Really Matters Little Girl (La Petite Jeune Fille) (unreleased from the Music sessions) Rain I'll Remember Bedtime Story The Power Of Goodbye Take a Bow

I barely listen to this album, I probably play it 6 times in my whole life. I keep forgetting it exists.
There's nothing in it that brings me to it. It's weird because it compiles a time I really enjoy musically but as compilation  I find it weak and soulless. It hasn't got a journey not a sense. It's just edits of songs chronologically.  And DCFA kills me in there. Maybe closer to Frozen and Take a bow so it gets a mood and then half put the more upbeat stuff.
 

I feel the same way but then you can say the same about Fever , LDLHA, I Want You.
I think the issue is that it breaks the mood of the whole compilation. It feels too musical and out of place

For me, Don't Cry for Me Argentina being there is terrible. That is not a Madonna song. 

I love all of you b!tches!
Sometimes I get overwhelmed with the state of the world and just need a place to escape.  This forum  is that escape. This forum does get heated and a bit crazy but it is because we are all family.  Families always bring out the fire.  Through all of the squabbling and insane opinions (like I'm Breathless is not a studio album-lol), you all really shine.  I would rather debate Madonna's artistic endeavors with this passionate group any day of the week than discuss the true state of the world.  Again.... I love all of you b!tches and thank you for always being genuine.

When I'm sad, basically those songs:
The Power of Goodbye
Love tried to welcome me
Love don't live here anymore
Bad Girl
Love Spent (Acoustic)
 

When I listen to her songs, I'm already in the mood. The songs help me deal with my feelings

Songs I listen to when I'm sad:
I Deserve It Falling Free Bad Girl Thief Of Hearts This Used To Be My Playground Time Stood Still Paradise (Not for Me) Gone The Power Of Good-Bye I Deserve It (Dubtronic Fallen Down Remix) Love Spent Songs I listen to when I'm frustrated:
Some Girls -> I know many fans hate this song, but I personally love it. It's perfect for being in a grumpy mood. Let It Will Be How High How High (Dubtronic & Sartori Remix) this (just kidding)