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Say which reissue you'd like 
I won't drop it for you  
Cmon in my store I got blankets galore 
Don't pretend you're broke, I've seen this before 
I sell t-shirts online and not much more 

Ch-cheap and lazy (my merch is expensive) 🎶 
Ch-cheap and lazy (my merch is expensive) 🎶 
Ch-cheap and lazy (my merch is expensive) 🎶 

I told my bf "don't worry, Madonna's concert won't he 3 hours." He said "No but we'll be waiting for 3 hours"  

I hope you know who is excited about announcing this weeks "release" info on socials 
 
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Jesus, this forum will implode itself on the Tour openning night. Can't wait!!

BILLBOARD TODAY (MAR 8TH, 2023):
 
Madonna’s 100 Greatest Songs (Critics’ Picks)
The best songs from the inarguable Queen of Pop.
By  Joe Lynch, Andrew Unterberger, Bianca Gracie, Nolan Feeney, Katie Atkinson
 
The history of pop music can essentially be divided into two eras: pre-Madonna and post-Madonna. Michael Jackson sold more albums and Prince was more prolific, but of the three singular musical icons born in 1958, Madonna is still the one who most set the template for what a pop star could and should be: bold, brilliant, ambitious, consistently innovative and constantly evolving.    
Madonna’s rise to galactic superpower status in the ’80s mirrored the rise of MTV as a cultural force, and hardly by coincidence: no figure since David Bowie married sound and vision so expertly. Before Madonna, artists could be considered daring if they reinvented themselves with each new album; she sped up the pace to where she was doing so practically with each music video, defining “iconic” so many times over she eventually had to make a song about it. Unlike many of her superstar predecessors and peers, there is no one true definitive Madonna sound or album — rather, there are a couple dozen definitive Madonna eras, which could last as long as four years or as short as, well, four minutes.   
Starting with her 1983 self-titled debut, the hits (and controversies) came quickly for the woman who boldly declared she wanted “to rule the world” during her North American network TV debut appearance on Dick Clark’s American Bandstand. Since then, she’s delivered on that promise, reigning as the undeniable Queen of Pop.
Her four decades of culture-shifting hits — including 12 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1s — will take center stage during her 2023 Celebration Tour. And there’s a lot to celebrate. For years, Madonna wasn’t ahead of the curve so much as consistently bending its angle with her gravity. She talked (and sang, and wrote, and performed) frankly about sex and desire at a time when doing so largely inspired mockery at best and condemnation at worst. She loudly championed her LGBT fanbase while many pop stars were still avoiding their existence altogether. She confronted misogyny, abuse and gender double standards inside and outside of the music industry for decades before there was any kind of nationwide #MeToo movement to support her.
While many of her peers struggled to adapt or openly railed against new trends in popular music, she successfully incorporated elements of house, trip-hop, techno, drum and bass, G-funk and Auto-Tune into her music at various points in her career, working with everyone from Nile Rodgers to Lenny Kravitz to Björk to Andrew Lloyd Webber to Pharrell to SOPHIE — scoring Billboard Hot 100 hits with all of them — without ever losing her center. She’s spent so much of her career dragging pop music into the future that it’s not surprising to see today’s pop stars continuing to call back to her, whether it’s Drake invoking her name as the ultimate superstar presence, or Ariana Grande casting her as the no-credit-needed voice of biblical female vengeance, or Rihanna simply using her entire career arc as the pace-setter for her own. 
But for all her innovation, iconicity and activism, what really endure are the songs. So many, many songs: well over 200 officially released tracks over the course of her career, a stunning percentage of which should remain familiar to even casual pop fans of her lifetime. Madonna scored her first Hot 100 top ten hit with “Borderline” in 1984, and her (to date) last with “Give Me All Your Luvin'” in 2012. In between, she’s amassed a total of 38 top ten hits — most of any artist in Billboard history, a record that stands tall even in this robust era of streaming-powered single-artist chart dominance. And the range of those hits is similarly unimpeachable, encompassing euphoric dance floor slayers, heartbreaking big ballads, bubblegum pop perfection, edgy electro-funk and the most vital radio-ready sounds in between.
We here at Billboard wanted to celebrate the living legend with a list of our 100 favorite tracks from her incredible career. See our picks below, and be sure to take one day out of life to celebrate your own favorites by the artist who remains the dictionary definition of pop stardom. 
 
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spoiler:
96 - "Sooner or Later" (I'm Breathless, 1990)
91 - "You'll See" (Something to Remember, 1995)
73 - "Rain" (Erotica, 1992)
55 - "Love Song" (Like a Prayer, 1989)
50 - "Living for Love" (Rebel Heart, 2015)
23 - "Get Together" (Confessions on a Dance Floor, 2005)
9 - "Deeper and Deeper" (Erotica, 1992)
4 - "Ray of Light" (Ray of Light, 1998)

I don’t think you should be this petty. If something is upsetting you, then try explaining why. 

Madonna's "team"

Madonna does not owe us - the public - any explanation on a private, complicated family matter that is, frankly, none of our business.
She posted a tribute on Instagram a few hours ago.

for real?
so now we are gonna rank fans according to taste?
way to go. really helps to lessen the continuous meltdowns and personal attacks on this board.

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at least, someone is getting laid...not like me, full of spider webs and dust... 

Rock rendition of Shoo-be-Doo

It’s the Candy Shop/Human Nature/Jimmy Jimmy Medley, for the real fans 

I could just make out some of the writing, something along the lines of 'come into my store, I've got candy galore' - not sure is that from CAC?

She's gonna whip Sam Smith's titty out isn't she?

Her left leg is 2ft longer than her right leg. She hides it with corrective boots when out in public but in her homes she has a specialised, continuous groove built to accommodate her elongated appendage. It's known as the Madoniana Trench. 
It was the inspiration behind her smash hit Get Into the Groove

I was hesitating to say something about it.

Edith Piaf gave her the nickname Little Parrot

Are you serious? Lol.
She came on consistently at 8:30, almost on the dot, for most of the Confessions shows. You think the projector and blank stairs on Madame X had such extreme production issues each night that starting the show past midnight was a justifiable professional response? And you think that these said production and wardrobe issues are so regular that they wouldn't adjust the setup and soundcheck schedule accordingly to ensure proper checks were performed earlier in the day? No, if Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, the Rolling Stones, U2, etc etc etc. can come out before 11 PM with the productions they offer, then Madonna can do the same. 
All of these anecdotes from posters in this thread about "other artists starting just as late" are laughable -- Name ONE concert you've been to by a major artist that started past 10:30 PM. The absolute extreme I've experienced in the 100+ concerts I've been to was Mariah Carey starting at almost 10 PM, and the audience was *not* happy, myself included. 
Stop finding excuses for her. She's proven that she can come out on time if she wants to. She just doesn't. It's really not complicated.
We as fans know it likely won't change. We as fans also know that by and large, a lot of her audience may be seeing her for the first time and be upset by her lack of respect for them and their time. They will complain. We will tell them she's known for this. They will continue to complain. They have extremely reasonable reasons for doing so. They may be dependent on public transportation that will shut down. They may have early meetings in the morning and were planning to be home by midnight, as is normal for most concerts. They may have babysitters that can't stay until 3-4 AM. It won't change what Madonna does, and she'll continue to do what she feels like.
Let's accept it and move on.

I see many accuse Madonna of being unprofessional for delaying the start of the show, but I think that it is precisely because she is professional that these delays occur, since no one can deny that since the Confessions Tour, she has always been concerned with offering an impressive show in terms of technology is concerned and that it has no point of comparison with the five-cent shows offered by other artists, in which case the public's indignation at hours of delay would be totally justified.
I think that there may be extremely serious problems or setbacks that fully justify a certain delay. A failure in electronic devices or a problem with her wardrobe or with her hair and makeup could be some examples. As a fan I will always try not to get angry at these last minute inconveniences and if 4 or 5 hours of delay is the side effect of being able to see an amazing show and that I will remember until the end of my days then I will not mind at all waiting.

Defending her lateness by saying "oh everyone else is too" as if that somehow makes it okay? It isn't just a Madonna problem, no, but that doesn't mean it's not still a problem of Madonna. Yes, 30-40 minutes late is to be expected with complex live shows, that's just how it is. 1.5-2 hours is not acceptable. 

Was this user complaining? No, they were asking a question. Please try to be nicer.