Madonna - Madame X

[electrosamurai]

I wish Kanye was executive producing this album, I trust him with vocal processing more than Mirwais at this point.

Oh yes, he did a great job on RH lol

 

[electrosamurai]

Agreed! I posted there briefly during Rebel Heart era thinking it would be a nice place for her discussions. I decided to venture to other parts of the site and saw the awful stuff they said about the other female artists. One day I decided to defend Britney after them making gross comments about her mental health and then my posting privileges got revoked.

It was a pretty nice place years ago, but then the new moderators created a toxic mood ad the best people left. I’m banned too now.

 

[velvetsoap]

I used to be on MadonnaNation and it was literally such a vile and ignorant environment I'm so happy I recently found this forum

 

[Vasilios]

All old fan sites / old fans are trash. The trash I see Spice Girls and Madonna stans throw because I'm interested in their tours...

 

[electrosamurai]

Live stream?

 

[push the button]

My only slight gripe so far this era.
I....don't need the eye patch in every pic / promo / shoot / interview / tv / vid and performance teebs.

 

[Charmander]

Oh yes, he did a great job on RH lol

I’d take Illuminati over whatever is going on in Dark Ballet any day.

 

[cockatoo]

Also, I love it when she speaks during songs. Does anyone else do it better? Vogue, Rescue Me, Justify My Love to name just a few. Nobody does it better.

Taylor being a strong contender

 

[JMRGBY]

Taylor being a strong contender

 

[bazayer]

My only slight gripe so far this era.
I....don't need the eye patch in every pic / promo / shoot / interview / tv / vid and performance teebs.

Indeed. Her eyes are her most stunning feature. It's criminal to have even one of them covered really.

 

[Omead]

Taylor being a strong contender

I wish...there was a dislike button

 

[johnoclock]

This thread is moving too fast and Dark Ballet is still not available for me but I just wanted to say Illuminati is a bop.

 

[cockatoo]

Okay let the games begin

 

[cockatoo]

I love how Taylor was THE pop girl just a few years ago and now she deservedly gets shredded in every pop forum

 

[push the button]

Taylor being a strong contender

Reaching is fun

 

[push the button]

I love how Taylor was THE pop girl just a few years ago and now she deservedly gets shredded in every pop forum

I mean Gaga is the obvious other good talky pop Girl. Taylor feels like a random shout is all.

 

[Verandi]

Is there a single talky bit by Taylor that doesn't make you wanna lose your hearing?

 

[MrWonderfulPop]

Dark Ballet sounds so interesting from the snippet....cannot wait to hear the entire song and cannot wait to hear God Control, Killers and Crazy...

 

[Carlo]

This might be the weirdest song in any major pop singer's discography TBH. The vocodored section particularly weirds me out.

Is this weirder than, I don’t know, Gang Bang? (I’m still not listening)

 

[MrBartolozzi]

The first part of Dark Ballet sounds very good, not nearly as clunky as I expected based on the Met Gala performance. I guess I've had a full year to warm up to it, though. I'm not that blown away by the second half, I'm afraid. Not that it's bad but I think I'm too familiar with the Tšaikovski piece for it to stand on its own feet. It's pretty much just the notation of Sugar-Plum Fairy run through a midi synth. But I have to give credit to her for trying something a bit different and breaking free from the conventional pop structure.