Roy

That might look good actually.

True. It's a fact that S&S uses her rehearsals vocals instead of tuning hr live vocals so it's not really authentic to hear and I don't quite understand why she did her impression of Mr. Roboto. XD
 
MDNA was good but the overly processed vocals and the fake crowd was too much to bear. I started to wonder what was in the head of the people behind the EPIX special. I wonder if someone here edited the live audio with little or no fake crowd cheers. 
 
RHT was a big improvement but I would have been better if they raised her live vocals up or remove the studio vocals singing along with her but hey, it's enjoyable and her voice sounds authentic and real from start to finish. <3

True. It's a fact that S&S uses her rehearsals vocals instead of tuning hr live vocals so it's not really authentic to hear and I don't quite understand why she did her impression of Mr. Roboto. XD
 
MDNA was good but the overly processed vocals and the fake crowd was too much to bear. I started to wonder what was in the head of the people behind the EPIX special. I wonder if someone here edited the live audio with little or no fake crowd cheers. 
 
RHT was a big improvement but I would have been better if they raised her live vocals up or remove the studio vocals singing along with her but hey, it's enjoyable and her voice sounds authentic and real from start to finish. <3

True. It's a fact that S&S uses her rehearsals vocals instead of tuning hr live vocals so it's not really authentic to hear and I don't quite understand why she did her impression of Mr. Roboto. XD
 
MDNA was good but the overly processed vocals and the fake crowd was too much to bear. I started to wonder what was in the head of the people behind the EPIX special. I wonder if someone here edited the live audio with little or no fake crowd cheers. 
 
RHT was a big improvement but I would have been better if they raised her live vocals up or remove the studio vocals singing along with her but hey, it's enjoyable and her voice sounds authentic and real from start to finish. <3

Yeah. I was expecting Crazy For You as an added extra in the Philippine release. </3

I AM SNATCHED. IMMA GET THE 2CD and DVD.
 
For real, I'm okay with the SHOWTIME edit. For as long as I can get my hands on the set, I'll be good.
 
NOW TO FIND THAT MDNA DELUXE DVD/CD. XD

What happened to everyone? o.o
 
I came back from school and when I checked here, it was trolls, vocal problem, Britney and the DVD.
o.O

What happened to everyone? o.o
 
I came back from school and when I checked here, it was trolls, vocal problem, Britney and the DVD.
o.O

I grew up with her due to "Like a Virgin," the first song I sang from her when I was three. I am 16 and still enjoying that 80's vibe.

Y'all are already commenting on how the CD audio is quite the mess while I am here, saving pennies for the DVD and CD release.

Here in the Philippines, there are still copies of the explicit deluxe edition of RH left. I grabbed one just a year ago.

Let's just wait and see. Awful or not, I will stick through it.

I am just hoping that Who's That Girl and Crazy For You will be part of the DVD since Crazy For You has been performed more frequently and since she started the tour with Who's That Girl being part of the setlist.

Yes but I just call it that. XD

I want Bad Girl to replace Take a Bow then GHV2 will be better.

Act Of Contrition is the eleventh and final song from Madonna's third studio album "Like A Prayer" released in March 21, 1989. Little has been known about the track. Most of the people who listened to this track in the album considered this song as "mysterious, confusing and haunting."
 
I am one of the people who considers this track as weird and mysterious at the same time. I was so confused when I listened to it. However, after many repetitions of listening to this song, I did my best to analyze what this track meant.
 
So here are my personal analysis. You may agree to it or you may state your own analysis.
 
Here is the link to the song: 
 
The track has two sides of the story: one is the ability of a person to sin or commit mistakes again and one is showing how everything happened that led to that moment.
 
The first part of the song is Madonna whispering the final part of the prayer. For those who don't know, the Act Of Contrition is a prayer recited more often during confessions when you ask forgiveness from God and promise to not commit the same mistake again. The prayer is said after telling the priest your sins and hearing his advise. This part of the song is the start of two possible stories.
 
STORY ONE: A person sins again.
 
After hearing her whispering the "Hail Mary" prayer that comes after the Act Of Contrition, a reversed distorted guitar (played by the late Prince) could be heard. Few seconds later, a reversed singing and clapping of a choir could be heard, overlapping the guitars. The guitars could be some sort of strong temptation or urge while the choir could be angels, reminding her that she has to fight the urge to sin again having recited the prayer in the first place. As the song continues, the guitars and choir voices are trying to overlap against each other, creating a wild conflict in the story as Madonna tries to concentrate on reciting the prayer.
 
The kick drums come in as the conflict seems to intensify even more along the way. However, as Madonna recites the prayer again, you will clearly hear the distorted guitars fading out, giving way for the choirs to have their part. This means that she is truly reciting it with full concentration and she is clearing out any urges, temptations or thoughts that could lead to her sinning again later. As she finishes the first part of the prayer, the distorted guitars come in again for a brief moment. This could mean that Madonna might have thought of something that could disturb her in her moment of reflection but she comes back to concentrate more in her thoughts.
 
After reciting the first part of the prayer, she recites the first part again but through singing it. However, the guitars are back again, trying to overlap the choirs. Madonna tries to concentrate on her prayer so perhaps singing it could work but it did not work as the guitars intensifies, disturbing her. As she sings the prayer, she slips out saying: "...like I knew you would." This means that she is starting to surrender to her disturbing thoughts.

She starts to repeat the phrase: "I reserve" which means that she is trying the best she can to fight the temptations to commit a big mistake again. As she repeats it, her voice goes deep from her singing voice, being immersed in the prayer. The guitars suddenly cuts out, meaning that she has felt her thoughts in prayer and concentration. Suddenly, she says: "I resolve." She has a decision but what is it?
 
She decides to reflect and think if she can go to heaven. Thus she says this line "I have a reservation." This means that since she said the prayer, her sins are forgiven and she can go in. However, her voice agitates a little bit as she repeats the line again, trying to let St. Peter know that she is pure again like she was before (referring to her first three eras in her solo music career). After that, the guitars come in briefly. Yes, she is finally angry. The guitars come in and overlaps the choir, intensifying itself. Finally, she snaps and shouted the line that scared the living daylights out of us: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT ON THE COMPUTER?!"
 
So what does this mean? Well, it might be that she needs to do more work in Earth for her to go to heaven or she has given up being good, having surrendered herself to her darkest thoughts in the middle of praying. Personally, the latter meaning fits more, since this song oddly enough follows to her single "Justify My Love" wherein she finally embraces her sexual thoughts and finally starts her Erotica Era, which remains to be the most controversial era in her career.
 
This story tells us that we sin again even after a confession but hey, we are humans who are perfectly imperfect.
 
Now to the other side:
 
STORY TWO: A person recalls having sinned.
 
This side of the story is actually what I imagined when I heard the ending part of the song. Unlike the first story, this story is way shorter.
 
Both the guitars and the choirs come in like a flashback kind of a effect. Madonna starts to recite the prayer again and again. As she says the line "...like I knew you would," in the singing part, she recognizes God to be forgiving and caring.
 
She repeats the line: "I reserve" which means that she won't do it again following to her line: "I resolve." She locks in her decision to never sin again.
 
In the last part of the song, we can imagine what she did that made her sin. In the last part, Madonna is in the restaurant saying that she has a reservation. However, she want to clarify that she made a reservation days ago. As the person in charge checks her name, it is no where to be found, leading to Madonna yelling the line: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT ON THE COMPUTER?!"
  If you would reverse this track, then this story would be clear but do not mind her vocals reversed. Have the thought that she sinned and she goes to church for a confession which means that the last part of the track of you were to reverse it is her reciting the Act Of Contrition.   So that is all. I know that the second story is odd but that's what I imagined when I heard it for the first time. I hope you like it. If you have your own analysis to the track, let us know.

@@heartcore Genius! I like how you connected this song to some of the songs in the album.

Act Of Contrition is the eleventh and final song from Madonna's third studio album "Like A Prayer" released in March 21, 1989. Little has been known about the track. Most of the people who listened to this track in the album considered this song as "mysterious, confusing and haunting."
 
I am one of the people who considers this track as weird and mysterious at the same time. I was so confused when I listened to it. However, after many repetitions of listening to this song, I did my best to analyze what this track meant.
 
So here are my personal analysis. You may agree to it or you may state your own analysis.
 
Here is the link to the song: 
 
The track has two sides of the story: one is the ability of a person to sin or commit mistakes again and one is showing how everything happened that led to that moment.
 
The first part of the song is Madonna whispering the final part of the prayer. For those who don't know, the Act Of Contrition is a prayer recited more often during confessions when you ask forgiveness from God and promise to not commit the same mistake again. The prayer is said after telling the priest your sins and hearing his advise. This part of the song is the start of two possible stories.
 
STORY ONE: A person sins again.
 
After hearing her whispering the "Hail Mary" prayer that comes after the Act Of Contrition, a reversed distorted guitar (played by the late Prince) could be heard. Few seconds later, a reversed singing and clapping of a choir could be heard, overlapping the guitars. The guitars could be some sort of strong temptation or urge while the choir could be angels, reminding her that she has to fight the urge to sin again having recited the prayer in the first place. As the song continues, the guitars and choir voices are trying to overlap against each other, creating a wild conflict in the story as Madonna tries to concentrate on reciting the prayer.
 
The kick drums come in as the conflict seems to intensify even more along the way. However, as Madonna recites the prayer again, you will clearly hear the distorted guitars fading out, giving way for the choirs to have their part. This means that she is truly reciting it with full concentration and she is clearing out any urges, temptations or thoughts that could lead to her sinning again later. As she finishes the first part of the prayer, the distorted guitars come in again for a brief moment. This could mean that Madonna might have thought of something that could disturb her in her moment of reflection but she comes back to concentrate more in her thoughts.
 
After reciting the first part of the prayer, she recites the first part again but through singing it. However, the guitars are back again, trying to overlap the choirs. Madonna tries to concentrate on her prayer so perhaps singing it could work but it did not work as the guitars intensifies, disturbing her. As she sings the prayer, she slips out saying: "...like I knew you would." This means that she is starting to surrender to her disturbing thoughts.

She starts to repeat the phrase: "I reserve" which means that she is trying the best she can to fight the temptations to commit a big mistake again. As she repeats it, her voice goes deep from her singing voice, being immersed in the prayer. The guitars suddenly cuts out, meaning that she has felt her thoughts in prayer and concentration. Suddenly, she says: "I resolve." She has a decision but what is it?
 
She decides to reflect and think if she can go to heaven. Thus she says this line "I have a reservation." This means that since she said the prayer, her sins are forgiven and she can go in. However, her voice agitates a little bit as she repeats the line again, trying to let St. Peter know that she is pure again like she was before (referring to her first three eras in her solo music career). After that, the guitars come in briefly. Yes, she is finally angry. The guitars come in and overlaps the choir, intensifying itself. Finally, she snaps and shouted the line that scared the living daylights out of us: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT ON THE COMPUTER?!"
 
So what does this mean? Well, it might be that she needs to do more work in Earth for her to go to heaven or she has given up being good, having surrendered herself to her darkest thoughts in the middle of praying. Personally, the latter meaning fits more, since this song oddly enough follows to her single "Justify My Love" wherein she finally embraces her sexual thoughts and finally starts her Erotica Era, which remains to be the most controversial era in her career.
 
This story tells us that we sin again even after a confession but hey, we are humans who are perfectly imperfect.
 
Now to the other side:
 
STORY TWO: A person recalls having sinned.
 
This side of the story is actually what I imagined when I heard the ending part of the song. Unlike the first story, this story is way shorter.
 
Both the guitars and the choirs come in like a flashback kind of a effect. Madonna starts to recite the prayer again and again. As she says the line "...like I knew you would," in the singing part, she recognizes God to be forgiving and caring.
 
She repeats the line: "I reserve" which means that she won't do it again following to her line: "I resolve." She locks in her decision to never sin again.
 
In the last part of the song, we can imagine what she did that made her sin. In the last part, Madonna is in the restaurant saying that she has a reservation. However, she want to clarify that she made a reservation days ago. As the person in charge checks her name, it is no where to be found, leading to Madonna yelling the line: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT ON THE COMPUTER?!"
  If you would reverse this track, then this story would be clear but do not mind her vocals reversed. Have the thought that she sinned and she goes to church for a confession which means that the last part of the track of you were to reverse it is her reciting the Act Of Contrition.   So that is all. I know that the second story is odd but that's what I imagined when I heard it for the first time. I hope you like it. If you have your own analysis to the track, let us know.