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Post by HolidayGuy on Jun 20, 2017 20:12:37 GMT -5
I believe "Take a Bow" was performed during the filmed shows?
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Post by KeepDeanWeird on Jun 21, 2017 0:27:13 GMT -5
Wonder if that will be the cover. Actually, I don't care what the cover looks like- more concerned about the show being as intact as possible. Like it would be so difficult to include the segments missing from the Showtime version. That cover looks like a bootleg or one of those 'unofficial' products that show up when you do a search on Amazon. But, yeah, of course it's the content and repo quality that matters.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2017 20:03:55 GMT -5
What do you guys think the next album will sound like? Madonna has been one of my favorites since I first started getting into music and I even went through a phase years ago where I was OBSESSED with her, but I have been so disappointed with her last few albums. I really don't want another MDNA or Rebel Heart. :(
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Jun 26, 2017 0:26:16 GMT -5
What do you guys think the next album will sound like? Madonna has been one of my favorites since I first started getting into music and I even went through a phase years ago where I was OBSESSED with her, but I have been so disappointed with her last few albums. I really don't want another MDNA or Rebel Heart. :( I am hoping for something a little more introspective and experimental in the vein of Ray Of Light but in a modern context. I would love for her to work with Ali Payami, Ilya, Cashmere Cat, and Offer Nissim. The latter did several remixes for singles from the last two albums, but he can also do production in a downtempo style that would work well with M's vocals.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 16:33:02 GMT -5
I would love to see Madonna back to beginning with some 80's influenced songs or Confessions part II
Just this afternoon I spent a great deal of time listening to her 80's hits - which are perfect for the summer
Rabel Heart remains my least favorite album by her ( that I own ) - I do not have only Music and ALife albums
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 1, 2017 14:10:57 GMT -5
RH is somewhere in the middle of her albums for me. There are some songs I really enjoy, while there are some I'm perfectly fine with skipping over. There really was a strong 12- or 13-track album in there (not the 12-track version that was released).
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Post by Dammn Baby on Jul 1, 2017 20:30:03 GMT -5
I would love to see a songwriting collaboration with Marina Diamandis.
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Post by August on Jul 2, 2017 6:04:57 GMT -5
RH is somewhere in the middle of her albums for me. There are some songs I really enjoy, while there are some I'm perfectly fine with skipping over. There really was a strong 12- or 13-track album in there (not the 12-track version that was released). Very much the same for me. In fact, I created a playlist I call "Rebel Heart Pared Down". It is my take on what a more enjoyable and consistent Rebel Heart album would look like. I pretty much listen to this playlist instead of the regular album. I pared it down to 11 tracks as follows: Living For Love Devil Pray Ghosttown Hold Tight Joan of Arc HeartBreakCity Body Shop Inside Out Veni Vedi Vici Messiah Rebel Heart
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Jul 2, 2017 8:19:15 GMT -5
I'd keep Wash Over Me to that list.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 3, 2017 17:29:54 GMT -5
^Likewise.
RH, I had "Iconic" rather than "Body Shop" as one of the 12 tracks, but the latter's a decent track. Otherwise, all the rest the same. :)
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Post by August on Jul 3, 2017 21:15:22 GMT -5
^Likewise. RH, I had "Iconic" rather than "Body Shop" as one of the 12 tracks, but the latter's a decent track. Otherwise, all the rest the same. :) I don't dislike Iconic, but it kinda feels out of place stylistically with the other tracks. I am going to add Wash Over Me to my playlist, as you guys got me thinking of it and it goes with the rest of the flow.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 11, 2017 15:07:36 GMT -5
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Jul 11, 2017 15:54:43 GMT -5
Proud of M and her compassion.
That music clip sounds great and also sounds familiar. Can't put my finger on it.
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on Jul 11, 2017 16:24:38 GMT -5
That music clip sounds great and also sounds familiar. Can't put my finger on it. The clip reminds me of "Who's That Girl."
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Jul 11, 2017 16:45:27 GMT -5
That music clip sounds great and also sounds familiar. Can't put my finger on it. The clip reminds me of "Who's That Girl." me too, and that's one of my favorite Madonna vibes.....the WTG/CAC/LIB sound.
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Jul 12, 2017 8:22:09 GMT -5
People Magazine Madonna Recalls Emotional Fight to Adopt Daughter Mercy James: ‘I Never Gave Up’ BY JEFF NELSON• nelson_JEFF AND KAREN MIZOGUCHI POSTED ON JULY 12, 2017 AT 12:26AM EDT people.com/babies/madonna-how-she-fought-to-adopt-daughter-mercy-james/Nearly eight years ago, Madonna went up against Malawi’s highest court to win the right to adopt then-four-year-old Mercy James. Fast forward to today, the songstress opened the country’s first-ever pediatric surgery and intensive care center, which she named The Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care, after her now-11-year-old daughter. At the opening ceremony on Tuesday, Madonna recalled the emotional three-and-a-half year journey she went through to call Mercy her own after she had successfully adopted son David Banda in 2006. “I met Mercy soon after I met my son David, but they were living in different orphanages. David was in Mchinji in Home of Hope, and Mercy was here in Blantyre at Kondanani. Mercy was suffering from malaria, and David from pneumonia. And when I held each of them in my arms, I whispered in their ears, that I would look after them. And I promised them that they would grow up into strong and healthy adults,” Madonna told the audience at the Queen Central Hospital. “I was granted permission to adopt David first. And some time later, I filed a petition to adopt Mercy. But this time, the judge who was presiding said no. I was recently divorced, and she informed me, as a divorced woman, I was not fit to raise children and that Mercy James was better off growing up in an orphanage,” the seven-time Grammy winner continued. The adoption raised strong public reaction because Malawian law requires would-be parents to reside in Malawi for one year before adopting, which Madonna did not do. In addition, she was in the process of legally separating from second husband Guy Ritchie, citing irreconcilable differences. Mercy was placed at Children’s Village following the death of her teenage mother. “If you know me, you can imagine how I received this information. It’s true, I am a freedom fighter. I am a feminist. I am a rebel heart. But I am also a compassionate and intelligent human being. And if you cannot give me a logical reason for the word ‘no,’ then I will not accept the word ‘no.’ I hired a team of lawyers, and I took my case to the supreme court, and it was not an easy battle,” Madonna said in her moving speech. “The adoption laws in Malawi had not been reformed since the early ’40s, and it had not occurred to anyone to change them yet. So my argument was that women have been raising children for centuries, on their own … not to mention the fact that I was doing just fine raising my own three children,” she said. David’s adoption had been rushed through because a court had granted an interim order, but Madonna faced more judicial pushback in Mercy’s case. “I never gave up. And I never backed down. And I believe that if you want something badly enough in life, the universe will conspire to help you get it. It may not be exactly when you want it, it may not come exactly when you think it’s gonna come. It may not come in the package that you want it. But if you persevere, you will win,” the entertainer emphasized. Concluding, “I fought for Mercy, and I won. It wasn’t easy. And with the blood, sweat, and tears of so many people here today, we fought for this hospital—and we won. So I’m here to say: never, ever give up on your dreams. Never stop fighting for what you believe in. And finally: Love conquers all.” All of Madonna’s six children, except daughter Lourdes, were at Tuesday’s ceremony. David Banda danced with kids from the Jacaranda School for Orphans, Rocco painted a mural in the hospital and Mercy James gave a speech, calling her mom “the bomb” — and then dabbed at the end. The Mercy James Institute for Pediatric Surgery and Intensive Care at the Queen Central Hospital was funded by Madonna’s charity, Raising Malawi, which she founded in 2006. Madonna said the center has been up and running since the end of June, and the first surgery was completed last week, nearly two years after construction began on the center in 2015. The facility includes three operating rooms for children’s surgery, as well as a day clinic and a ward with 45 beds.
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Post by Active Aggressive on Jul 12, 2017 10:23:38 GMT -5
Great, heartwarming story. I love when celebrities do good in the world. Madonna's rebel heart is in the right place and she is changing these kids' lives for the better.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 13, 2017 14:55:38 GMT -5
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Post by August on Jul 13, 2017 15:22:20 GMT -5
In November 2016, Forbes did their annual highest paid musician list and Madonna came in third. Here is a snippet from their article:
Madonna, who was named the highest-paid woman in music in 2013, ranked third this year. Her recent "Rebel Heart" tour grossed $170 million, bringing her career total on the road to $1.4 billion pretax, according to the magazine.
In the past 12 months, Madonna, 58, earned a total of $76.5 million.
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Jul 19, 2017 9:11:48 GMT -5
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Post by @DjKingBee on Jul 20, 2017 13:36:48 GMT -5
Im going to post a youtube vid of my vinyl M collection
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Post by August on Jul 24, 2017 8:10:30 GMT -5
Given Madonna's touring schedule since the year 2001, she has toured every 2 - 4 years. I would guess she probably has at least 1 more big tour in her, possibly more, but I think at least 1. I would love for the next tour to be nothing but a greatest hits tour. In no particular order or theme, I would LOVE to see a tour consisting of the following songs, done in a pure way, no massive remixes or rock-guitar versions:
Everybody Holiday Borderline Lucky Star
Angel Like a Virgin Into the Groove Crazy for You
Papa Don't Preach Open Your Heart Who's That Girl Causing a Commotion
Like a Prayer Express Yourself Keep it Together Oh Father
Erotica (not the You Thrill Me version) Bad Girl Rain
Secret Take a Bow / You'll See (some sort of medley)
Frozen Power of Goodbye
Beautiful Stranger Music Don't Tell Me
Hung Up Sorry
4 Minutes
Give Me All Your Luvin' Rebel Heart
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 24, 2017 15:04:22 GMT -5
www.npr.org/2017/07/20/538317263/turning-the-tables-150-greatest-albums-made-by-women-page-14The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women13. Madonna Like a Prayer (Sire, 1989)In 1989, AIDS was ravaging cities everywhere, particularly New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Supreme Court had begun to chip away at abortion rights. Activists were handing out condoms in the streets and fighting the indifference of the Reagan Administration, which instead supported the abstinence-only policies of fundamentalist Christians and the Catholic Church. Madonna's album Like A Prayer, released that same year, daringly takes on the struggles of a generation that refused to accept spirituality without sensuality. Through interweaving gospel, funk, soul and pop, the album's songs raise questions about religion, sexuality, gender equality and interdependence. For one thing, the title song opens with a few seconds of a hard rock guitar that stop abruptly and make way for a gospel choir and an organ. The lyrics suggest a girl who might experience God as a lover — or is it a girl who loves a man as if he is God? While "Oh Father" was in many ways about Madonna's own father, it goes beyond her relationship with him and instead alludes to someone who abuses power. And when all those activists weren't agitating in the streets they were dancing to "Keep It Together," Madonna's tribute to her family. While most critics saw this as the album where Madonna went from bubblegum pop to true artistry, that wasn't the only thing she did with Like a Prayer. With this album she also led the way for a new generation top female pop stars to express themselves. —Laura Sydell (NPR Staff) and... www.npr.org/2017/07/24/538354622/turning-the-tables-150-greatest-albums-made-by-women-page-963. Madonna Like a Virgin (Sire, 1984)Her self-titled debut, in 1983, had been Madonna Louise Ciccone's declaration, of sorts. She would one day be a household name — and just one name, thank you, would be plenty. But it was the follow-up album Madonna released, Like a Virgin, that made that a reality. Co-produced with Nile Rodgers, its buoyant, confectionery dance-pop glossed with a modern, new wave sheen helped usher in the golden age of MTV, an era that still feels defined by her ecstatic writhing, wrapped in acres of bridal tulle, dangling crucifixes, and rubber bracelets, on the stage of the first VMAs two months before the full album's release. She went on to show savvy, intuitive mastery of the new form (and marketing platform) to build a dazzling, ever-shapeshifting 360-degree persona — sound, image, art, text — which she manipulated with an iron fist clad in a fingerless lace glove. Like a Virgin, and all that came with it, made it clear that there would never be a pop music landscape without the impact and influence of Madonna again — and it made it hard to imagine how there had even been one without her in the first place. —Alison Fensterstock (Contributor)
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Post by HolidayGuy on Jul 26, 2017 13:39:18 GMT -5
LAV gets cited on these more frequently than some may expect it to. That wrote-up doesn't really touch on the music, though. Granted, it's always been about the full package with Ms. Ciccone (as mentioned here).
LAV probably is a bit stronger than the debut, overall, but I think the debut helped a blueprint for dance-pop to follow, more than LAV- simply musically speaking.
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Post by Dreams on Jul 26, 2017 13:57:07 GMT -5
Instrumental snippet of "Angels With Dirty Faces": Unreleased track from the LAP recording sessions NOT a 20 second snippet without any vocals or lyrics demolishing the entire MDNA album!
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Jul 26, 2017 16:19:12 GMT -5
LAV gets cited on these more frequently than some may expect it to. That wrote-up doesn't really touch on the music, though. Granted, it's always been about the full package with Ms. Ciccone (as mentioned here). LAV probably is a bit stronger than the debut, overall, but I think the debut helped a blueprint for dance-pop to follow, more than LAV- simply musically speaking. I disagree. Her debut album is one of the best. Has a bit more identity than LAV. It's in her Top 5 for me.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 26, 2017 20:00:14 GMT -5
M performing 4 Minutes at the Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation event in Saint Tropez
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Jul 26, 2017 20:04:30 GMT -5
I wonder if she's writing new music or not...
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Jul 26, 2017 20:26:50 GMT -5
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Jul 26, 2017 21:58:57 GMT -5
She looks fantastic...
But it's gotta be hard for her. To be honest, I don't even really listen to the clips as much as I look at what she looks like at 58. Which is mostly good, if not great, but still.
I think Madonna is changing what it's like to be 30/40/50...and beyond.
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