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Thank you for telling us all what to do and how to feel. Appreciated. 

A long break musically for sure.
I wouldn't be surprised if she did a Number 1 dance singles album rather than a traditional greatest hits. 
This then leaves room for a second ballads collection and a smattering of re-releases starting in fall this year. 
I honestly think we will start to see the back cat explored while she focuses on films and family. 
One thing is certain. Everything depends on what kind of contract she renegotiates now her three album deal and tour contract with LiveNation is over. 
 

Thank you for telling us all what to do and how to feel. Appreciated. 

Thank you for telling us all what to do and how to feel. Appreciated. 

Thank you for telling us all what to do and how to feel. Appreciated. 

Thank you for telling us all what to do and how to feel. Appreciated. 

Thank you for telling us all what to do and how to feel. Appreciated. 

Medellin
GMAYL
Apart from those two I think her best songs this decade have been non singles.
Body Shop Rebel Heart Iconic I'm A Sinner Lovespent Devil Pray Future I don't think you can say that about any other period in her history. Warner knew what the fuck they were doing. 
 

Thank you for telling us all what to do and how to feel. Appreciated. 

A long break musically for sure.
I wouldn't be surprised if she did a Number 1 dance singles album rather than a traditional greatest hits. 
This then leaves room for a second ballads collection and a smattering of re-releases starting in fall this year. 
I honestly think we will start to see the back cat explored while she focuses on films and family. 
One thing is certain. Everything depends on what kind of contract she renegotiates now her three album deal and tour contract with LiveNation is over. 
 

The show had some stunning moments and some intimate highlights...but it's her least spectacular or well thought out show for sure. Nice to see something different for a change but it was nowhere near as conceptual or clever as I thought she was capable of in a proper theatre space
I got a heavily abridged show so essentially 14 songs for little under £1000. 4 of which were classic hits. I love her so its fine but it's essentially touring suicide for any casuals that went and paid these prices. 
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I mean, here in the UK we were pretty much here for everything she ever did up until Hard Candy campaign. We were there through Erotica Who's That Girl and American Life. We always showed up and even though the British press were tough on her, the public always held her dear. She always felt very much like one of us in spirit. The US audiences always seemed harder on her than Europe. 
There's no doubt the first very "obvious" surgery around 2008 caused a bit of a disconnect with the casuals and even some of her regular fanbase. The building of the Madonna LEGACY artist phase by roping in Britney, Justin through to Nikki and co has been a tough pill for a lot of fans to swallow. Madonna simply works better on her own for the most part and although she's always collaborated with people it was nowhere near as front pedelled as it has been in the last decade+. 
All cool but actually...If anything,,it made her appear older than she actually was. Seeing her perform, attempt to out dance and and try so hard next to artist half her age had the adverse affect. This came to a head when Gags arrived and the Celebration era felt like a bit of a Jubilee / abdication. 
MDNA was neither forward thinking or well written and produced and Rebel Heart was probably her final chance to claw back....but the leaks and the fall at the Brits seemed to undermine it all. I think the song Rebel Heart would have made an amazing lead single and put her back in the main frame. I think she has conceeded to the commercial peak being over and now wants to make the music she wants to make.
Good for her.

Actually a Vogue 12" EP would be kinda fly
Bright Green with Justify My Love / Rescue Me / Hanky Panky. 
Or even a throwback Maxi CD
Vogue - Single Version Vogue 12" version Keep It Together - 12" Remix Hanky Panky - Bare Bottom 12" Justify My Love - Orbit Mix Rescue Me - Houseboat Vocal This Used To Be My Playground - Long Version Sooner Or Later - Live From The Oscars  
Nice little mini era. 

I mean, here in the UK we were pretty much here for everything she ever did up until Hard Candy campaign. We were there through Erotica Who's That Girl and American Life. We always showed up and even though the British press were tough on her, the public always held her dear. She always felt very much like one of us in spirit. The US audiences always seemed harder on her than Europe. 
There's no doubt the first very "obvious" surgery around 2008 caused a bit of a disconnect with the casuals and even some of her regular fanbase. The building of the Madonna LEGACY artist phase by roping in Britney, Justin through to Nikki and co has been a tough pill for a lot of fans to swallow. Madonna simply works better on her own for the most part and although she's always collaborated with people it was nowhere near as front pedelled as it has been in the last decade+. 
All cool but actually...If anything,,it made her appear older than she actually was. Seeing her perform, attempt to out dance and and try so hard next to artist half her age had the adverse affect. This came to a head when Gags arrived and the Celebration era felt like a bit of a Jubilee / abdication. 
MDNA was neither forward thinking or well written and produced and Rebel Heart was probably her final chance to claw back....but the leaks and the fall at the Brits seemed to undermine it all. I think the song Rebel Heart would have made an amazing lead single and put her back in the main frame. I think she has conceeded to the commercial peak being over and now wants to make the music she wants to make.
Good for her.

Madonna is a business woman. She surely knows the public perception of her is maybe at an all time low and worse than that there's an air of indifference about her. Like "go away" or "she's at it again". She just doesn't come across as much fun anymore. As fans who follow her everyday we know better but to the general public she seems very removed from reality. 
I'm not expecting her to be mega lolz Katy Perry levels of nerdy but she seemingly went down the Michael Jackson route.
A public perception overhaul is definitely whats needed here. I don't think she's in any mood to do it though. I even think the second ballads collection she spoke about would be off the table now. Last time it was used as a public image softener. I can't see her head space anywhere near that now. 
I honestly want her to get with the best pop writers there are. I've really enjoyed the majority of the last decade but there is no denying that the sparkle found in much of the work up to Confessions is not quite hitting the mark. If Madonna has built her entire career writing every single thing and composing al the music, that would be understandable...but she hasn't. She's always collaborated. She needs to find a new collaborator that she sparks with again.
Songs like Medellin, God Control, Crave are brilliant but they are a bit spiky in places and as much as I adore Medellin, there is so much of Maluma that I just can't sing along even if I wanted to. I don't speak Portuguese and there is a lot. It sounds beautiful but it's unrealistic for me at least. A lot of the chorus on Madame X are undercooked and the coldness and lack of melody / warm chords on much of American Life come back to haunt us again in Madame X in places. 
There's still brilliance there but so many of the songs edge you with pleasure without the final pay off. 
I think she's scared to go too pop again. The Avicci demo of Rebel Heart was truly a slice of old school Madonna melody with big sing along chorus and production sparkle. The album version, while nice, lacks the pop punch that she'd have eaten up 15 years ago...as would the public. I think this is the best example of what I'm trying to say. It's all still there, it's just not being harnessed in the way it used to be. 
I love GMAYL but a lead single it aint. Girl Gone Wild is the MacDonna happy meal of her catalogue. You hope no oe finds you listening to it and you feel dirty, empty and ashamed of yourself  afterwards.
Turn Up The Radio & Living For Love don't quite get there in terms of the Madonna euphoric pay off. 
Miles Away is a good song devoid of any emotion.
4 Minutes bangs but it's essentially a Justin song.
Bitch Im Madonna gained its views through video features and as brilliant as it is it would have remained a fan favourite album track if it was on Music and probably never seen the light of day as a single. 
Ghosttown is a bonafide hit but the dodgy autotune and production issues are again a bit of an issue that drop you out of the experience, and it also falls in that slightly twee Madonna song that she used to throw out every now and then to please the public but don't feel very Madonna. See I'll Remember, TUTBMOP, American Pie. It's a soundtrack song. 
What she's doing is still great but there's defo something POP wise that is missing the mark.
 
 

Madonna is a business woman. She surely knows the public perception of her is maybe at an all time low and worse than that there's an air of indifference about her. Like "go away" or "she's at it again". She just doesn't come across as much fun anymore. As fans who follow her everyday we know better but to the general public she seems very removed from reality. 
I'm not expecting her to be mega lolz Katy Perry levels of nerdy but she seemingly went down the Michael Jackson route.
A public perception overhaul is definitely whats needed here. I don't think she's in any mood to do it though. I even think the second ballads collection she spoke about would be off the table now. Last time it was used as a public image softener. I can't see her head space anywhere near that now. 
I honestly want her to get with the best pop writers there are. I've really enjoyed the majority of the last decade but there is no denying that the sparkle found in much of the work up to Confessions is not quite hitting the mark. If Madonna has built her entire career writing every single thing and composing al the music, that would be understandable...but she hasn't. She's always collaborated. She needs to find a new collaborator that she sparks with again.
Songs like Medellin, God Control, Crave are brilliant but they are a bit spiky in places and as much as I adore Medellin, there is so much of Maluma that I just can't sing along even if I wanted to. I don't speak Portuguese and there is a lot. It sounds beautiful but it's unrealistic for me at least. A lot of the chorus on Madame X are undercooked and the coldness and lack of melody / warm chords on much of American Life come back to haunt us again in Madame X in places. 
There's still brilliance there but so many of the songs edge you with pleasure without the final pay off. 
I think she's scared to go too pop again. The Avicci demo of Rebel Heart was truly a slice of old school Madonna melody with big sing along chorus and production sparkle. The album version, while nice, lacks the pop punch that she'd have eaten up 15 years ago...as would the public. I think this is the best example of what I'm trying to say. It's all still there, it's just not being harnessed in the way it used to be. 
I love GMAYL but a lead single it aint. Girl Gone Wild is the MacDonna happy meal of her catalogue. You hope no oe finds you listening to it and you feel dirty, empty and ashamed of yourself  afterwards.
Turn Up The Radio & Living For Love don't quite get there in terms of the Madonna euphoric pay off. 
Miles Away is a good song devoid of any emotion.
4 Minutes bangs but it's essentially a Justin song.
Bitch Im Madonna gained its views through video features and as brilliant as it is it would have remained a fan favourite album track if it was on Music and probably never seen the light of day as a single. 
Ghosttown is a bonafide hit but the dodgy autotune and production issues are again a bit of an issue that drop you out of the experience, and it also falls in that slightly twee Madonna song that she used to throw out every now and then to please the public but don't feel very Madonna. See I'll Remember, TUTBMOP, American Pie. It's a soundtrack song. 
What she's doing is still great but there's defo something POP wise that is missing the mark.
 
 

The show had some stunning moments and some intimate highlights...but it's her least spectacular or well thought out show for sure. Nice to see something different for a change but it was nowhere near as conceptual or clever as I thought she was capable of in a proper theatre space
I got a heavily abridged show so essentially 14 songs for little under £1000. 4 of which were classic hits. I love her so its fine but it's essentially touring suicide for any casuals that went and paid these prices. 
Vogue I Don't Search I Find American Life Batuka Killers Who Are Partying Crazy La Isla Bonita Medellín Extreme Occident Frozen Come Alive Future Like a Prayer I Rise

The show had some stunning moments and some intimate highlights...but it's her least spectacular or well thought out show for sure. Nice to see something different for a change but it was nowhere near as conceptual or clever as I thought she was capable of in a proper theatre space
I got a heavily abridged show so essentially 14 songs for little under £1000. 4 of which were classic hits. I love her so its fine but it's essentially touring suicide for any casuals that went and paid these prices. 
Vogue I Don't Search I Find American Life Batuka Killers Who Are Partying Crazy La Isla Bonita Medellín Extreme Occident Frozen Come Alive Future Like a Prayer I Rise

Why do people care so much when the chart is infested by artists mumbling over soundcloud beats or rappers who won't even last a few years? When even Justin Bieber has to find tricks to even try hit the top spot, it shows how being viral and just being what people want is all it takes and then fickle as they are, they latch onto something else. Very rarely is a song ever #1 now because of it's meaning, emotion or artistry as it used to be when top acts like Madonna, Prince, MJ and others ruled.

Actually a Vogue 12" EP would be kinda fly
Bright Green with Justify My Love / Rescue Me / Hanky Panky. 
Or even a throwback Maxi CD
Vogue - Single Version Vogue 12" version Keep It Together - 12" Remix Hanky Panky - Bare Bottom 12" Justify My Love - Orbit Mix Rescue Me - Houseboat Vocal This Used To Be My Playground - Long Version Sooner Or Later - Live From The Oscars  
Nice little mini era. 

I think a West End Stage show where the songs of Madonna are worked into a well written beautiful show with a political / feminist edge would remind the world of how important she is. The music in its largely original versions would put her work front and centre again without Madonna having to go through the motions of trotting the hits out again as we know she hates to. Write a couple of new songs with famed old producers for good copy (Stuart / Pat / Shep) which would be a great way of revisiting the magic without committing to a whole album. 
She could executive produce and if the stage version is good enough and works it cold eventually turn into a movie that she could direct. Who better? 
This feels like the best balance of reaffirming her position without compromising on her artistic integrity. 

It's very simple.
A Greatest Hits album with heavy promotion and a whopping new dance anthem included. Followed by a worldwide Greatest Hits Tour. Something epic and celebratory like the Superbowl but a full concert/tour.
There's no other option now. Call it 'The Immaculate World Tour' and the album 'The Immaculate Collection 40th Anniversary' or something like that. It's not the most creative idea but it'll SELL.

Calm down dear you’ll give yourself a nosebleed ;-p

I laughed because I thought of Titanic as Rose is being put in that corset by her mother.

? xx