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Post by Positive Tension on Dec 22, 2014 22:52:27 GMT -5
I think it's pretty smart to focus on getting the best first-week sales possible, as she did with MDNA, even if the second week drop is larger-than-normal.
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 22, 2014 23:17:34 GMT -5
"Diamonds are an #unapologeticbitches best friend #rebelheart" -Madonna That's hot. "Love thy haters as thyself! #rebelheart verse 313..........#livingforlove" -Madonna "Today I'm a Cosmo Girl Living for Love#rebelheart" -Madonna "Even the Grinch has a Rebel Heart#rebelheart" -Madonna
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Post by xxzion72xx on Dec 22, 2014 23:25:37 GMT -5
Thank You Darliing!... I think we are gonna have more surprises sooner then we think.
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Dec 22, 2014 23:51:14 GMT -5
Is her album cover starting a fad? The Grinch's Heart grew 2 sizes plus 2 because of the Queen. Sean Penn are #livingforlove. Check out who else... pescirossipigri.blogspot.it/2014 ... ybody.html
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Post by Me. I Am Justin... on Dec 23, 2014 0:07:43 GMT -5
Let's assume there will be a reggae section of her tour. What songs should she do? "Why's It So Hard" would be a definite must.
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Post by Keelzit on Dec 23, 2014 1:15:00 GMT -5
Loving the direction of the album. My favorites are Devil Pray, Living for Love and Unapologetic Bitch. The Queen has done it again and there are still 13 tracks we haven't heard yet! :'(
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Post by grandelf on Dec 23, 2014 2:29:37 GMT -5
Let's assume there will be a reggae section of her tour. What songs should she do? La Isla Bonita, obviously. She even re-recorded a bit of it with Diplo.
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Dec 23, 2014 2:32:24 GMT -5
Album's production is great but then again, I thought the same of her last two so...
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 23, 2014 3:18:34 GMT -5
12 more demos leaked. Jesus. Maybe I was wrong.
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Post by Relaxing Cup on Dec 23, 2014 3:21:14 GMT -5
12 more demos leaked. Jesus. Maybe I was wrong. Wrong about what? Where'd you hear about the leaks?
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 23, 2014 3:29:37 GMT -5
12 more demos leaked. Jesus. Maybe I was wrong. Wrong about what? Where'd you hear about the leaks? I made a quote somewhere saying I was convinced this was all planned, regardless of anything. But now that this happened, I think I'm gonna change my mind. This can't be intentional. It's so confusing and fucked up.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 23, 2014 3:39:50 GMT -5
I'm not listening btw, but the talks about them are on basically every other site besides this one.
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Post by popbox on Dec 23, 2014 3:53:05 GMT -5
I do agree her vocals on most of the tracks are the one aspect of these songs that could have definitely used some work (especially LFL like I've already mentioned). Except Devil Pray. She sounds great on that one. Her vocals on the verses are perfection.
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Post by SPRΞΞ on Dec 23, 2014 3:56:54 GMT -5
I do agree her vocals on most of the tracks are the one aspect of these songs that could have definitely used some work (especially LFL like I've already mentioned). Except Devil Pray. She sounds great on that one. Her vocals on the verses are perfection. See, I just don't know what you guys are talking about. For me, these are the best vocals in like forever. Like it's not even a question for me, nor had I ever thought that before one of you said something. I think she sounds great! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ perhaps even better than ever? That's how I feel.
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Post by seaguy27 on Dec 23, 2014 5:56:54 GMT -5
I do agree her vocals on most of the tracks are the one aspect of these songs that could have definitely used some work (especially LFL like I've already mentioned). Except Devil Pray. She sounds great on that one. Her vocals on the verses are perfection. See, I just don't know what you guys are talking about. For me, these are the best vocals in like forever. Like it's not even a question for me, nor had I ever thought that before one of you said something. I think she sounds great! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ perhaps even better than ever? That's how I feel. I agree with you!
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Post by August on Dec 23, 2014 7:24:49 GMT -5
I just heard the demo for "Inside Out." Beautiful ballad that I hope makes the album.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2014 7:49:32 GMT -5
I caved and listened to the demos for 'Messiah' and 'Heartbreak City.' Both are awesome. 'Messiah' is a wonderful orchestral piece, reminds me slightly of 'Frozen.' This album is going to be ridiculous.
Edit: 'Heartbreak City' is beautiful. Love when the 'They Don't Care About Us' drums kick in at 2:25. Haunting song. Hope it makes the final cut. This album will have some of her most memorable ballads, I can feel it.
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 23, 2014 8:46:10 GMT -5
I do agree her vocals on most of the tracks are the one aspect of these songs that could have definitely used some work (especially LFL like I've already mentioned). Except Devil Pray. She sounds great on that one. Her vocals on the verses are perfection. See, I just don't know what you guys are talking about. For me, these are the best vocals in like forever. Like it's not even a question for me, nor had I ever thought that before one of you said something. I think she sounds great! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ perhaps even better than ever? That's how I feel. Me too, Spree. I think she sounds amazing. Epic era upon us!
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Post by floridagrl on Dec 23, 2014 8:57:07 GMT -5
RuPaul approves!! LOL He is such a stan. Love him.
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Post by jumpb4uthink on Dec 23, 2014 8:57:23 GMT -5
See, I just don't know what you guys are talking about. For me, these are the best vocals in like forever. Like it's not even a question for me, nor had I ever thought that before one of you said something. I think she sounds great! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ perhaps even better than ever? That's how I feel. Me too, Spree. I think she sounds amazing. Epic era upon us! i 100% agree. Her vocals so far are stronger and I love the way you can hear her breathing in at the first lyric in Ghosttown.. So natural and smooth. Absolutely no regrets here.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 23, 2014 9:43:40 GMT -5
Positive T- that is one way to look at it. But, there was a good amount of negativity after that second-week tumble. But, they may just go the same route as before- she doesn't give an F, right? Lots be getting into that album-cover groove.
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Dec 23, 2014 9:45:13 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2014/12/24/arts/music/madonna-6-songs-offers-preview-of-rebel-heart-album.html A Flurry of Releases, and a Show of Force by Madonna6 Songs Offer Preview of ‘Rebel Heart’ Album DEC. 23, 2014 By JON PARELES In some circles, the six saddest words in the English language may be: “Don’t you know who I am?” Often the answer is an ego-crushing “no.” So when Madonna names a song “Bitch I’m Madonna” — and books Nicki Minaj to add praise — well, no one knows better than she does that celebrity is Darwinian. At 56, Madonna has to contend with a generation of singers who have studied her playbook so thoroughly that they are far more her competition than her admirers. But with the six songs she suddenly released on Friday, she’s still a contender.
Madonna put the songs out shortly after the online leak of more than a dozen songs thought to have been planned for “Rebel Heart,” the album she had scheduled for release on March 10. In a post on Instagram that she later deleted, she called the leak a “form of terrorism.” But her commercial response was shrewd. The songs can be downloaded from online music services with a pre-order of the album or separately, and Madonna’s name recognition is still so strong that the announcement catapulted all six tracks into the iTunes Top 10 in dozens of countries. (They have since slipped in the United States, but five of the tracks were in the Top 20 early Tuesday morning.) Madonna stated that the leaked files were unfinished, and that’s exactly how they sound, particularly those that can be compared with the official releases. Madonna and her producers tweaked the songs further, changing up rhythms and adding sizzle and sharpness to each mix. In some ways, “Rebel Heart” shapes up as a sequel, with lessons learned, to her 2012 album, “MDNA.” On that album, she switched off between angry breakup songs and party-girl boasts; she also returned to her longtime strategy of collaborating with top D. J.s of electronic dance music as producers. But the resulting songs often felt coldly mechanized and dutifully trendy; overprocessed vocals and cliché-slinging lyrics didn’t help. The six-song preview of “Rebel Heart” features Madonna’s better side: as a savvy pop ear and musical team leader, and as a lyricist who sometimes ponders sin along with romance and fame. Madonna is still reacting to a breakup in two of her new songs (and in more of the demos). But at this point, she’s bouncing back. “Living for Love,” easily one of Madonna’s best singles in a decade, transmutes revenge into upbeat redemption. Diplo and Alicia Keys are among its seven songwriters; Ms. Keys’s piano is also in the track, which harnesses blipping electronics and a house beat to a gospelly buildup. Madonna moves through accusations on the way to positive thinking: “After the heartache, I’m gonna carry on,” she declares. “Unapologetic Bitch,” another Diplo collaboration, is more testy. It swerves in and out of a reggae band groove, punctuated by air horn and electronics, as Madonna insults her ex’s sexual performance and taunts, “I don’t care no more / Tell me how it feels to be ignored.” “Ghosttown” mixes affection and postapocalyptic gloom. It’s a straightforward ballad over synthesizer chords, written with songwriters who have also supplied material to Rihanna, Demi Lovato and Jason Derulo; it begs for a dystopian-romance video. “This world has turned to dust / All we’ve got left is love,” Madonna sings, before the chorus promises, “When it all falls down, we’ll be two souls in a ghost town.” Most of the “Rebel Heart” songs tend to check off at least two idioms per track. “Bitch I’m Madonna” is, fortunately, the most negligible of the “Rebel Heart” tracks. Behind generic club-night lyrics like “We get freaky if you want,” Diplo’s production alternates between blipping, trance-flavored verses — hinting at the chords from “Heads Will Roll” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs — and the slow, sparse beat of trap. Kanye West shares the production credits on “Illuminati” and leaves his imprint with distorted vocal effects, a hard kick drum and a rubbery bass line. He’s also mentioned in the song’s merely clever lyrics, which have Madonna rapping the names of celebrities, summarizing the theory of the all-seeing Illuminati conspiracy and concluding, “It’s like everybody in this party / shining like Illuminati.” Madonna’s hedonism and higher consciousness converge in “Devil’s Pray.” Its music, with Avicii among the producers, is a little behind the curve; it uses acoustic rhythm guitar above synthetic four-on-the-floor like Avicii’s hit with Aloe Blacc, “Wake Me Up.” Madonna, the longtime God-fearing bad girl, sings about how “we could do drugs and we could smoke weed and we could drink whiskey,” but no, those would be bad alternatives. She wants her soul saved from the devil, and not even the tempting electronic beats of clubland can dissuade her. “Teach me how to pray,” she implores. That’s a different Madonna — not blasphemous but devout. The leaked tracks might, in the end, only raise Madonna’s stature. When the finished album is released — with or without different songs — fans will hear what she adds to them, what she changes, what her standards and instincts demand. They won’t experience Madonna the celebrity or Madonna the fashion statement, but the Madonna who has kept us listening for decades: Madonna the musician.
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Post by chartfreak on Dec 23, 2014 10:30:35 GMT -5
Yes, people seem to forget...Madonna the Musician. :)
I feel like not many are listening to LFL on Youtube...only 1.2 million views. I listen at least once every morning getting ready for work.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 23, 2014 12:31:33 GMT -5
Thanks for posting, areyouready. Pareles has been with the NY Times since, at least, the Blond Ambition days- he does good Madonna pieces.
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Post by August on Dec 23, 2014 14:01:38 GMT -5
Yes, people seem to forget...Madonna the Musician. :) I feel like not many are listening to LFL on Youtube...only 1.2 million views. I listen at least once every morning getting ready for work. It seems to be the second most popular of the tracks on iTunes. Currently sitting at #20 and Bitch, I'm Madonna at #16. It has always been behind that track on US iTunes.
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Post by HolidayGuy on Dec 23, 2014 14:06:58 GMT -5
^When iTunes first updated later Saturday, wasn't LFL ranked ahead of BIM?
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Post by August on Dec 23, 2014 14:09:11 GMT -5
^When iTunes first updated later Saturday, wasn't LFL ranked ahead of BIM? Hmm, that I am not sure of...I was asleep when that happened. But when I first checked iTunes, it was always behind it..it may have slipped from its initial position, but I am not entirely sure.
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Dec 23, 2014 14:15:36 GMT -5
Shitty vocals aside, LFL is HOT. It's very radio-friendly and classic Madonna with melodies. As much as I loved MDMA and Hard Candy, even I will admit those were missing because, when she was at her top in the 80s, she had some melodic GEMS that are still untouchable. The other songs, based on the clips, sound hot. I will definitely buy this.
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