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Put in the original bridge twice instead of the chorus, extended it a bit, brought up the funk guitar.

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UPDATED LINK MARCH 1st
 (***Tweaked the layering of the bridge vocals. Also added some elements based on the live mix.)
Reposting the Extended mix id done for myself using the album mix and instrumental. This time, incorporating the You Thrill Me bridge.
Did as best I could considering they are demo vocals. Mixing and layering them properly was a pain. 
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Fair enough, I don't hate the song, I just think as far as singles choices are concerned, it was abysmal choice. It just felt hokey and manufactured to my ear. But hey, that's life. Some people will love it, some will hate it. I respect your opinion though :-)

I understand the Super Bowl performance, but actually that song did absolutely nothing for that performance. 
Super Bowl would be fierce even without that song (no one was  mentioning it after Super Bowl anyway and rather talking about Music and/or Like A Prayer performances), + Nicki or M.I.A had absolutely no effect for charting of that song. It was just a flop. 
There are other artists performing at Super Bowl and they are not releasing songs so directly aiming on Super Bowl performance. This was just a completely unnecessary move, if you ask me. 

Nah, it was written specifically for the Superbowl appearance. I personally enjoy the song, and it really is catchy and radio friendly. Unfortunately, the success of this song only rides on Superbowl and the deal made to play the song excessively on radio the week leading up to the Superbowl.  Outside of this, many fans weren't impressed or interested.  However, it did managed a fun big production video. I enjoy the song for what it is.  I don't hate it, but it's hardly my favorite Madonna song.

I would order it slightly differently, but otherwise I completely agree what you wrote
1. Gang Bang (what a killer first single and something noone would expect from Madonna at that time) 
2. Girl Gone Wild (as you said very Madge, catchy) 
3. I'm Addicted (also agree, why not capitalize on the theme of "drug" that album is clearly about, she was talking about MDNA vs MDMA basically in every interview) 
4. Turn Up a Radio (I don't mind it being a single promoting a tour at that time) 
5. I'm a Sinner (I know the fifth single is highly unlikely but I would be fine here with video only including footage from the tour, similar to Miles Away) 

I 100% agree, Give Me All Your Luvin' was an abysmal choice of a single. It was clearly a management choice to try to get as much promo out of featuring Nicki and M.I.A. as possible. I hate collaborations that just feel like a business deal. I think Girl Gone Wild was a good single choice, very commercial, catchy and very Madge. Gang Bang would've been my second single choice and I would've followed it up with I'm Addicted. I mean the whole album was a triple entendre involving drugs, why not capitalize on its schtick with a song that's reminiscent of it? I mean she literally says MDNA in the song. Turn Up the Radio was also very odd choice to me as far as singles go. I don't find the song bad but I didn't see that as a stand out either. My personal choices would've been:
 
1. Girl Gone Wild
2. Gang Bang
3. I'm Addicted
4. I'm a Sinner

I think a whole response regarding MDNA would be slightly different if they would have chosen different singles. 
Start of a new era with Gang Bang and video directed by Quentin Tarantino? Everyone would lose their mind!
Instead, we got her absolutely worst single GMAYL 

I quite loved Girl Gone Wild, it was a little too commercial and safe, but I enjoyed it. The choreography was awesome, the video was awesome, the tour performance was great, I just think it was too safe. When we were used to Madonna being ahead of the curve, MDNA was more of a "What the kids are listening to" kind of album. I actually quite like it but will admit there was very little about it that was ahead of the curve. But on the other hand I think Madame X was very experimental and different but I didn't take to really any of it. Sometimes it's better to be safe, sometimes it's better to experiment. The best we can do is just enjoy what we enjoy <3

I quite loved Girl Gone Wild, it was a little too commercial and safe, but I enjoyed it. The choreography was awesome, the video was awesome, the tour performance was great, I just think it was too safe. When we were used to Madonna being ahead of the curve, MDNA was more of a "What the kids are listening to" kind of album. I actually quite like it but will admit there was very little about it that was ahead of the curve. But on the other hand I think Madame X was very experimental and different but I didn't take to really any of it. Sometimes it's better to be safe, sometimes it's better to experiment. The best we can do is just enjoy what we enjoy <3

Actually, if I remember correctly, when MDNA was released there was a very good response regarding Gang Bang from the fans. And also Love Spent... These two songs were often mentioned as highlights of not-so-well received album

In chronological order, no particular order of favoritism:

01. Borderline
02. Like a Virgin
03. Dress You Up
04. Into the Groove
05. Papa Don't Preach
06. Open Your Heart
07. Like a Prayer
08. Vogue
09. Justify My Love
10. Erotica
11. Human Nature
12. Frozen
13. Music
14. Hollywood
15. Hung Up
16. Future Lovers
17. 4 Minutes (feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
18. Revolver (feat. Lil Wayne)
19. Girl Gone Wild
20. Gang Bang

Best Revenge Fantasy song <3

I too!  I'm sure there are a lot more fans who really love the song.

I absolutely f*cking love Gang Bang 

Finally! Someone who loves Gang Bang. I thought I was alone 

In chronological order, no particular order of favoritism:

01. Borderline
02. Like a Virgin
03. Dress You Up
04. Into the Groove
05. Papa Don't Preach
06. Open Your Heart
07. Like a Prayer
08. Vogue
09. Justify My Love
10. Erotica
11. Human Nature
12. Frozen
13. Music
14. Hollywood
15. Hung Up
16. Future Lovers
17. 4 Minutes (feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
18. Revolver (feat. Lil Wayne)
19. Girl Gone Wild
20. Gang Bang

Finally! Someone who loves Gang Bang. I thought I was alone 

In chronological order, no particular order of favoritism:

01. Borderline
02. Like a Virgin
03. Dress You Up
04. Into the Groove
05. Papa Don't Preach
06. Open Your Heart
07. Like a Prayer
08. Vogue
09. Justify My Love
10. Erotica
11. Human Nature
12. Frozen
13. Music
14. Hollywood
15. Hung Up
16. Future Lovers
17. 4 Minutes (feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
18. Revolver (feat. Lil Wayne)
19. Girl Gone Wild
20. Gang Bang

Finally! Someone who loves Gang Bang. I thought I was alone 

Also not in particular order, but probably these:
- Paradise (Not For Me) 
- Easy Ride
- Forbidden Love (COADF) 
- Human Nature
- Erotica
- Justify My Love 
- Gang Bang
- Batuka
- Hung Up
- Like It or Not
- Nothing Fails
- Vogue 
- Gone
- Skin
- Sky Fits Heaven
- Thief of Hearts
- Love Song
- True Blue 
- Nothing Really Matters 
- Drowned World/Substitute for Love

I agree, it's insane to fill a 40 Years+ Career into a 1.5 - 2 hour film. I think she should do a miniseries, perhaps each episode could be for separate eras? Now that i'd watch :-)

Hi!
I love "Hold Me Closer" original version leaked on 19th August so I remastered this
I hope you enjoy it! ♥
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THE TIME HAS COME.
As I promised to y'all, this is part one of the ongoing project of fixing the MDNA Tour Live Audio and I am so proud to share this. Took a couple of weeks to finish this part but at the end, it was all worth it, bitches.  It was a whole lot of fun to redo the live audio that can tailor to what we wanted it to sound and I think I have achieved that.
Now, it's yours to have and cherish. Thank you so much for waiting. Love y'all so much. <3
DOWNLOAD ACT ONE OF THE MDNA TOUR: REDUX:

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[EDITING NOTES]
I have used @PanditaRulez's leak of Act 1 (No Mixdown) that stops after Papa Don't Preach as the base for the edit and his mic feed leak for Gang Bang, Papa Don't Preach, Hung Up and I Don't Give A. After initial listens, the mix lacked so much boost for both the bass and vocal presence so I made use of the center channel from a Blu-ray rip of the live film to give it that necessary boost. I even have to do some AI stem separation and it worked wonders. For Hung Up down to Best Friend Interlude, I used their respective studio versions to at least complete Act One.
- GENERALITIES -
Created a more natural sounding crowd Better boost on the bass, beats and vocal presence Better sounding EQ for the entirety of the tracks - TRACK BY TRACK -
1. The Virgin Mary Intro
Simple boost overall on the track, nothing much to do Gave the crowd a more quieter ambiance for the intro 2. Girl Gone Wild
Added extra drum stems and synths to resemble the real live version performed since the final live album version released has a different mix (listen to the Paris soundboard and compare it to the final version released in the live album) Added an extra layer of the pre-recorded live vocals 3. Revolver
Pre-recorded vocals extracted from the center channel (some AI stem separating websites and softwares confuses her vocoder ass voice for instruments) Boosted Lil Wayne's voice on his part, slightly Simple boost overall on the track, nothing much to do 4. Gang Bang
Used @PanditaRulez's mic feed for the first part of Gang Bang then transitioning it to the pre-recorded live vocals to resemble the actual performance on tour (I was tempted to keep the mic feed on in its entirety just to fuck around with y'all) Pre-recorded vocals and monologue were extracted from the center channel, then boosted Extra synth added on the breakdown part, sourced from the center channel 5. Papa Don't Preach
Used vocal stems from the studio version of the song to resemble the actual performance, specifically on the pre-chorus and chorus part Missing the mob's noise at the end when they kidnapped her but eh, who cares about that? 6. Hung Up
Used an official studio version as base, took away the lead vocals, leaving the background vocals 7. I Don't Give A... (feat. Nicki Minaj)
Used an official studio version as base, took away the lead vocals then extended it to match the live album's length Used @PanditaRulez's leak of the rough mix of the live album to support the studio version base and to complete the track with the drums at the end Boosted the live drums and guitars 8.  Best Friend/Heartbeat Interlude
Simple boost overall on the track, nothing much to do 9. Video stream portion
Sourced from a Blu-ray rip of the film Took away the heavy blues and greens dominating the overall video (I am thinking they used an LUT as color grading and it shows.) Toned down the skin exposure and gave everyone a more natural skintone (though it's no hope for Madonna, especially in Papa Don't Preach) Boosted the saturation a little more NOTE: There seems to be some inconsistencies of the color grading of the entire film because the saturation and style keeps changing in most shots and it's really annoying. Wanna laugh a little? Watch the Virgin Mary intro with my new mix and look at the crowd.

Just now, I was listening to the MDNA Tour Live Album and I keep reminding myself how horrible the mixing and editing is. I don't know who the fuck approved of this because they must have lost their hearing upon listening to the final mixes. It was such a disappointing mix because the tour was spectacular so of course, we wanted a release that would justify it.
Don't even get me started with the video portion. Just no.
That is why despite of me being busy and shit in college, I am perhaps thinking of fixing the MDNA Tour Live Album using all the leaks that @PanditaRulez and the rest of y'all shared. My goal is to capture the grandeur of the tour through editing, tweaking and replacing some aspects to make the live album sound better. I am going to use the rough mix of the live album as my guide since it slightly sounds better without all that fucking fake ass crowd noise overshadowing the songs.
So far, I have created a demo mix for the first part of Gang Bang using the mic feed leaked and Papa Don't Preach but without the choir in the chorus. I shared it in our Discord but I will share the WAV versions here.
This MIGHT be a work in progress. If you wish to help me, that would be great. :D
 
GANG BANG (first few parts):

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