The Moments Of The Bagpipe, The Drums, and The "Into The Hollywood Groove" Performance From The Reinvention Tour

[Voguerista 16,377]

How about this performance of  "Into The Hollywood Groove"  from the Reinvention Tour? What are your first thoughts and memories watching this and seeing it on tour?  I remember having complete and utter  GOOSEBUMPS when the Bagpipe started to roll. To this day, I am stunned and in awe by this performance!!! I just read  The Piper is Lorne Cousin ....a professional and accomplished Piper. His bagpipe was fitted with microphones for this performance. The drummers were actually Madonna's dancers from the show. They were taught to play side and tenor (including flourishing) in a very short space of time by Steven Kilbride. The kilts are long because that's the way Madonna wanted them. If you know more, let us know. If this isn't magnificence, I don't know what is??  

 

[TakeYaSeat 507]

I wish it was Into the Groove but sadly it's Into the Hollywood Groove

[Voguerista 16,377]

5 minutes ago, TakeYaSeat said:

I wish it was Into the Groove but sadly it's Into the Hollywood Groove

Thank you. I corrected it. 

[SweetMadonna 2,045]

Thank you. It's amazing. I just love it a lot.

[Blue Skies 2,188]

My best memory of this was hearing my Dads take on it.  I remember that skit with the bagpipes came on TV one night advertising her concert.

 

He just said What the Heck and commented everyone looked goofy.

 

He has since only gotten more cantankerous in general 🤭

 

 

[Andymad 11,105]

I thought the bridge of the song was great!

I wasn’t a total fan of the bagpipes but it was very on brand for her back then. I wish she had done more for the CT version

[RUADJAI 17,145]

9 minutes ago, Andymad said:

I thought the bridge of the song was great!

I wasn’t a total fan of the bagpipes but it was very on brand for her back then. I wish she had done more for the CT version

I'm not the biggest fan of the Who's That Girl Tour, but there's no denying the power of the "Now I know you're miiiiine" in that show. Must have been the musical director who knew the power of it cuz she hasn't really ever done it like that since. 

[Candy Perfume Boy 7,230]

The bagpipes weren’t live every night. They were playback. I read an interview with Lorne where he described feeling a bit stupid/redundant pretending to play every night

[Andymad 11,105]

1 hour ago, RUADJAI said:

I'm not the biggest fan of the Who's That Girl Tour, but there's no denying the power of the "Now I know you're miiiiine" in that show. Must have been the musical director who knew the power of it cuz she hasn't really ever done it like that since. 

Yall know I love a good bridge

[musicinferno 4,098]

1 hour ago, RUADJAI said:

I'm not the biggest fan of the Who's That Girl Tour, but there's no denying the power of the "Now I know you're miiiiine" in that show. Must have been the musical director who knew the power of it cuz she hasn't really ever done it like that since. 

She went AWF during that performance. Definitely one of her best 

[Dita 3,278]

15 minutes ago, musicinferno said:

She went AWF during that performance. Definitely one of her best 

One of those things that seemed like a mess on paper and actually worked in execution!

[Andymad 11,105]

6 hours ago, musicinferno said:

She went AWF

Wait what does that mean 

[musicinferno 4,098]

2 hours ago, Andymad said:

Wait what does that mean 

Lol it's just slang for saying she went off, aka she slayed, aka she nailed it, etc. 

[Andymad 11,105]

5 hours ago, musicinferno said:

Lol it's just slang for saying she went off, aka she slayed, aka she nailed it, etc. 

[EgoRod 6,461]

Cloud was the first drummer and that's Stuart Price (Right):

[Papa Zelko 1,743]

Pretty magical indeed. Just wish she had stayed with the original lyrics. Other than that loved everything about it. 

[into the erotico 1,158]

Out of place for me!

[mr00mister 909]

apparently i'm the one out of the groove here but i actually love the Hollywood Groove chorus, and also this is one of her most legendary numbers. I loved she brought the chorus back for Celebration 

[Andymad 11,105]

1 hour ago, mr00mister said:

apparently i'm the one out of the groove here but i actually love the Hollywood Groove chorus, and also this is one of her most legendary numbers. I loved she brought the chorus back for Celebration 

When I think about it, I think she should have done the first two choruses as the original and the last as the Hollywood groove. That would have been amazing.

[DiegoLCL 6,098]

I like the Into the Hollywood Groove chorus too. The lyrics are better and flow better than the original. There, I said it.

[androiduser 4,267]

1 hour ago, DiegoLCL said:

I like the Into the Hollywood Groove chorus too. The lyrics are better and flow better than the original. There, I said it.

I like the Into the Hollywood Groove chorus. The lyrics are better and flow better than the original Into the Hollywood Groove. There, I corrected it.

[mr00mister 909]

11 hours ago, DiegoLCL said:

I like the Into the Hollywood Groove chorus too. The lyrics are better and flow better than the original. There, I said it.

"let me show you some moves, best to take it from me" show that she is currently the queen of dancing, and she's showing is that she still got it. those were better fitting to the Celebration concept as that part was her dancing days and that's all that was in her mind back then, instead of wanting someone to prove her love.

[BLUE JEAN 20,913]

This performance is so strange. Into the Groove, Missy Elliot, a milf in a kilt and come fuck me boots swinging a stick, bag pipes … it’s all very random, I do enjoy it though