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I LOOOOOVED the wigs

The setlist was on point 

She looked amazing

Since some people are spamming this topic with 4 negative comments at a time, I'm gonna do the same

Biggest  Thanks to everyone there at the event reporting back to us all over the world.  much appreciated.

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For me the show delivered three knock out punches... Rescue me, Frozen and then Come Alive. I was floored and very emotional by the middle of Come Alive! Amazing.... 

Definitely ... The moment where everyone  standing in my row taking each others hands holding them in the air and i didn't want that moment to end. 

Come Alive was the most emotional moment by far. I was totally moved. 

Hi,
So we know in 1992 Madonna refused permission to Was (Not Was) to release her unused 1982 vocals on the remix track "Shake Your Head (Lets Go To Bed)", so the remixes by Steve Silk Hurley had to be remade with Kim Basinger vocals. The full 12" remix with Madonna vocals was issued by error on "Now Dance 93" on vinyl and cassette only (these have quite poor sound), and the Madonna Dub was put on the CD "Somewhere in America there's a street named after my dad". The Kim Basinger version was then put out as the 12" remix and also had two official edits; the 3.45 "Single Remix" on the CD of "Now Dance 93", and just to really confuse everyone a different longer 4.00 edit on "Now 23"!!
In the folder there's all the official Madonna and Kim Basinger Versions, plus I removed Kim Basinger off the Now 23 edit and Single Remix to create Madonna and Ozzy versions, plus a solo Madonna Single Version. I also remade the 12" Remix with a CD rip removing Kim's vocals and overdubbing Madonna's vocals from my cassette rip. I'm really pleased with that one, at last it has a more pristine sound instead of crappy analogue rip quality. 
So to avoid confusion they're all well labelled!
We have;
1. Single Remix - Madonna only vocals - fanmade
2. Single Remix - Madonna & Ozzy - fanmade
3. Single Remix - Kim & Ozzy - Official CD Rip
4. Dub - Madonna & Ozzy - Official CD Rip
5. 12" Remix - Madonna & Ozzy - Official Cassette Rip
6. 12" Remix - Madonna & Ozzy - Digital remake with CD backing track
7. 12" Remix - Kim & Ozzy - Official CD Rip
8. Now 23 Edit - Madonna & Ozzy - fanmade
9. Now 23 Edit - Kim & Ozzy - Official CD Rip
 

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It's important to be careful not to draw conclusions.
She could be upset at something else and is using the Director's cut image to make her point.
It is not necessarily in relation to the posting of the video.
Just because an explanation makes sense doesnt mean that that's it.
We dont know what she is talking about. Could be music-related, MX Tour-related. 
We cant be sure. Dont assume,

THANK YOU!!!  Finally, someone gets it.
The last four albums truly do have incredible music on them, and it's a real shame that so much of this work doesn't get the proper respect and credit it truly deserves, especially from some 'fans'. As someone who has consumed the pop music of the last 30 something years, and certainly seen what some of these acts of the last 10 to 15 years have put out, I will gladly take M's contemporary work any day over this other "stuff". Particularly from some of the obvious names previously mentioned in this thread, who, in my opinion, are nothing but derivative, glorified tribute acts to everything better that has come before in the last 30-something years. Thanks, but no thanks.
Not to mention her tours, that in the last decade are just as ambitious and artistically driven as they've ever been. I can't see any of these others continuing on as such, on that level, into their 40s, 50s, and 60s, while refusing to settle into nostalgia act territory. Let alone pulling back and reinventing once again in a theater format. Then there's her music video game that brought some of her strongest visual work she's done with just the last album alone. That doesn't touch on her tour visuals which are a work of art unto themselves. (Let alone conception, design, staging and choreography).
Sadly, I feel that she can't even catch a break with her own fanbase at times. And sadly, this 'third chapter' (and the incredible, unprecedented things it's bringing that you will NOT see from these others) won't truly be understood, nor appreciated, until many years from now. Such is life.

For me the show delivered three knock out punches... Rescue me, Frozen and then Come Alive. I was floored and very emotional by the middle of Come Alive! Amazing.... 

For me the show delivered three knock out punches... Rescue me, Frozen and then Come Alive. I was floored and very emotional by the middle of Come Alive! Amazing.... 

Come to terms with her legacy? In case you haven't noticed, she's putting together her biopic. So she's revisiting her past in her own way, at her own pace and in the way she wants to do it. 
Moreover, I think she's actually been flirting with her legacy for a while, just not in a very obvious way (which is her right too). She often likes to reuse her old lyrics (like "Vogue" on "Holy Water", or even "Don't Tell Me" in "Future"), posts old photos on her IG, and I'm pretty sure Madame X is the closest she's been to embracing her own body of work. In fact, I remember she mentioned how she became her own muse while working on the album. Madame X was sort of a homage to her younger self, to her struggles in NYC pre-fame, and to the creative re-inventions throughout her career. 
Also, remember that Prince released very uncommercial and unconventional albums for many years, and also enjoyed the creative freedom and eccentricity that came along with them. Likewise, Geogre Michael always took a LONG time in between albums, and you didn't see anyone denying/doubting his standing in music. There is this strange expectation for women to keep up and to constantly demonstrate that they are at the top, that they are relevant. At this point even us, Madonna's hardcore fans, shouldn't even be questioning or worrying about her status in music history, or her relevance at all. She is actually a rarity in the music industry in terms of CREATIVE longevity. Cher has been around for ages but look at how many studio albums she released in the 2000s and 2010s. Also, while she relied on repetitive tour concepts and milked her catalogue like crazy (am I the only one who noticed how similar all of her shows are?), it's clear Madonna is far more interested in making new & innovative music, and to look ahead.
My call is for us to simply enjoy the fruits of her current work while she's still willing to release new music. She's clearly slowing down, after all. Madame X gave us some of the most amazing videos of her entire career and even if the MX Tour was a f-ing nightmare for many, it was truly a bold move on her behalf —artistically and conceptually speaking. People like Bob Dylan rarely look back  and release new studio albums like crazy and no one is questioning his legacy (also, he's a man, of course! Duh!). I'm a fan of Bob too and let me tell you, his concerts can be a nightmare in terms of his "mistreatment" of his own legacy—he reworks his old songs beyond recognition, and I think most of his fans are actually okay with that. Not the case for demanding M fans. They just want their diva to be stuck in the past with the same arrangements and giving them constant nostalgia. Which makes me think, people like Cyndi Lauper (one of my all time fave live performers, by the way) or Belinda Carlisle who sing the same 3-5 songs on every tour and with very little creativity behind the arrangements. So it's really frustrating how Madonna fans dismiss or underestimate her current work while whining too much about the past. We'll really miss it when she stops recording new material. That's for sure. 
Even if the 2010s saw M moving away from the centre of the pop music world, remember she always disliked being called a pop star. She preferred it far more to be called a performance artist, and maybe during the last few years, she took the opportunity to fully explore the depths of that. Furthermore, these "underperforming" albums still gave M 2 #1 albums in the USA in the 2010s, sold out tours, press and plenty of social commentary, which I'm sure will be better understood and embraced by future generations. 
Don't despair people! Enjoy the ride, one doesn't know when it could be over. Whether or not she gets another hit single again. 
 

Kylie's album is fun and I have been a fan from the beginning, but there is a point where you think can a 50+ year old woman really have nothing to say/share through her music. I've said it a few times when listening to Disco.... Madonna would get absolutely slated if she put out that album.  The press would not take it from Madonna. 


 

She should 100% issue new versions in the Portuguese style played before the Madame X shows and release them alongside the tour film.  

Just looking at my book and realised Madonna is using a Corona ? At least she is wearing gloves...
 

Just looking at my book and realised Madonna is using a Corona ? At least she is wearing gloves...
 

Just looking at my book and realised Madonna is using a Corona ? At least she is wearing gloves...
 

Just looking at my book and realised Madonna is using a Corona ? At least she is wearing gloves...
 

Just looking at my book and realised Madonna is using a Corona ? At least she is wearing gloves...
 

She really tried to warn us all this time.

Just looking at my book and realised Madonna is using a Corona ? At least she is wearing gloves...